TWO
Somewhere
"What the hell is that noise?" Magnet grumbled, walking out of D-Tent after a long, hard day of digging and rubbing his eyes sleepily. The rest of the guys followed him, "It's interrupting my napping time."
"I think it's a car!" Caveman said excitedly.
X-Ray took off his glasses, rubbed the lenses against his jumpsuit and put them back on, squinting into the distance. He didn't have brilliant eyesight, but he could kind of see what Caveman was saying.
"Actually I think it's more than one car," he commented, "Looks like buses in fact."
"Think we're getting a new guy?" Armpit questioned.
"Sounds like more than one new guy," Squid replied, "If X is to be believed that is."
"Course I am," X-Ray defended himself.
"Whatever man, they won't be in our tent. We're full already," Zig-Zag shrugged, turning to go back inside the tent.
Meanwhile, on the bus, the girls were talking amongst themselves. D-Tent were the lucky ones, all the other tents had to share buses, while they were the only tent on theirs. They probably would have been with E-Tent, but there was only about five of them, so they went on the other bus with A, B and C-Tent. D-Tent was the biggest with eight people (as their actual tent had been big enough to accommodate more cots), the rest only had six or seven.
"I cant believe we've been on this bus for six hours!" Normally calm Blue scowled. By then it was boiling hot in there and most of their hair was starting to stick to their foreheads with sweat or frizzing with the heat, "And you guys won't even let me sing!"
"That's because we really don't want to hear the entire Les Mis soundtrack a million times," Spider muttered.
"At least we're not digging," Jolt said, trying to cheer them up, but even she'd pinned her fringe back.
"This might actually be worse," Cherry, who was sitting next to Princess, was smoothing down her hair every few seconds, but it still popped up no matter how much she tried. Eventually, she decided to give up and tie it in a high ponytail (with much difficulty as one of her hands was handcuffed).
"Agreed. It never gets this hot when we're digging," Princess added, fanning herself with her hand in an attempt to cool down.
"I kinda want to go back to Red Pond even more now," Doll said shyly, "All this waiting is making me even more nervous to meet the boys."
Jolt wrapped her arms around her best friend as best she could with one of her hands handcuffed to the seat.
"Me too," she whispered, "Don't worry."
Swan, who was feeling even more homesick than usual, was sat staring out of the window. With nothing to do and Dizzy snoring gently beside her, she wanted more than ever to be back home. Spider and Blue were playing some sort of game by now in front of her, and she listened intently, despite not really understanding any of the words.
"Um, guys?" Doll said suddenly, "I think I might be sick in a moment."
Jolt's eyebrows furrowed, "Guard guy! Can you open the window or something?" she called.
The man sitting in the corner with sunglasses on shook his head, "Against the rules."
"Can you at least uncuff her?" Blue asked, shuffling away from the aisle as if she was worried Doll would puke there. She knew that if she actually saw the sick that she would be sick too.
The man sighed and walked over to the blonde, who was slowly turning green. He swiftly produced a key and unlocked the cuffs, before quickly retreating back to his seat.
"Actually," Princess added, "Before you sit down, could we have a bag?"
"Use one of yours," he sneered. Princess stuck her middle finger up at him, before turning to the girls.
"Any of you got a plastic bag?" Everyone shook their heads, apart from Swan, who was proud she had understood some of what they were saying without Dizzy's help.
"J'ai un sac," she said, producing a plastic bag from her rucksack, "I have a bag."
"Thanks Swan!" Jolt said, taking the bag from her and handing it to Doll, "Er, I mean merci beaucoup!"
"Ce n'est pas un problème," the small blonde said, "It's not a problem."
Just then, there was a sickening retching sound and Doll threw up into the bag
"Jesus Christ," Princess muttered in disgust, followed by a loud 'SUPERSTAR!' from Blue.
"Aw, no Doll!" Spider frowned, "Now the bus is gonna stink!"
"Never fear!" Cherry produced a small bottle of body spray from her bag, "I always come prepared!" She tried to squirt it, but nothing came out, and Doll threw up once more loudly, before sitting back in her seat.
"I hate long journeys," she moaned. Suddenly, the bus came to an abrupt stop, and the still asleep Dizzy almost fell off of her seat had it not have been for the handcuff and Swan managing to grab her in time.
"We're here!" Cherry said, rubbing on the window with a tissue to try and see better, but very little of the dirt and grime shifted, "I can't see anything though."
"Dizzy, wake up," Swan nudged her friend gently, "We're here." The brunette slowly woke up, yawning loudly.
Then the smell hit her.
"Woah, what the hell is that?"
Back outside, the boys had all been called out of their tents and the wreck hall, and were now standing around wondering what the hell was going on. None of the counsellors were telling them anything, and by then two buses were pulling up behind a car. Twitch, as usual, was twitching like crazy, as he always did whenever he saw cars. This one was an especially pretty one, and his fingers itched to drive it.
Two ladies stepped out of the car. It was Fox and Phantom.
"Alright guys, I know you haven't really been told anything yet, but we have some exciting news for you," Fox told the boys, who were all talking among themselves about how hot both of them were that she could barely be heard. Phantom sighed.
"Shut the hell up!" she screamed, and there was a sudden silence, with a few coughs.
"Uh, thank you Phantom," Fox smiled nervously at her fellow counsellor, "Anyway, like I said, we have some exciting news. As not a lot of you know, Camp Green Lake had a female counterpart, Camp Red Pond. Sadly, the warden died yesterday of cancer, and we have been unable to find a replacement, so your warden kindly agreed to turn Camp Green Lake into a co-ed camp!"
"We're getting girls!" Squid cheered to the rest of his tent, as many of the guys did, but they quickly shut up when they remembered how intimidating Phantom was.
"You can go back to whatever you were doing while we get the girls out here and sorted out," Fox continued. None of the boys moved, even the ones that were gay stayed out of curiosity. They hadn't seen a girl for months, for some it had been years, who could blame them?
"They're taking a long time out there," Spider commented impatiently. They were by then nearly done with B-Tent and D-Tent were getting restless in the oven of a bus that still stank of Doll's vomit.
"They'll get to us soon," Blue shrugged, trying to ignore the stench, "In the meantime, who wants to duet on 'Come What May' from Moulin Rouge?"
"NO!" the rest of the tent yelled in response.
About five minutes went by before the door to their bus was opened.
"Alright girls, you're up," Fox smiled, going over and unlocking each girl's handcuffs, "Line up in alphabetical order please, by last name."
The girls began to scramble out of their seats and into a line in the aisle.
"Finally!" Doll sighed, chucking the bag of vomit at the guard, clearly intending for him to catch it. However, the bag opened just as he managed to catch it, and the vomit went all over his shirt. The girls froze in shock before bursting out with laughter as the guard's face turned red and he stormed off of the bus, covered in sick. The boys moved away from the man as he walked past, holding their noses.
"Very funny girls," Fox rolled her eyes, but even she was laughing, "Alright, Fiona Cooper, come on."
The D-Tent boys stared intently as the first female member of their tent stepped off. Princess wore a black and white spotted tank top with lace around the neckline, blue denim shorts and plain black converse. Her ginger hair shone in the sun and hung down in loose curls as she went over to stand by Fox.
"She's hot," Squid commented, "Like, really hot."
"Now let's hope they're all like that," Armpit responded.
"Mathilde Dubois," Fox read off of her clipboard.
"What's that, French or something?" X-Ray asked Magnet. He shrugged.
"Probably."
Swan got off hesitantly and immediately scampered over to Princess to wait for Dizzy. Her t-shirt was striped with blue and white, and she too wore blue denim shorts with her pale blue converse. Her hair was in the two plaits she had done earlier in the day, but strands of her blonde hair were falling out and framing her face.
In the bus, Dizzy was rather worried. She knew that the boys would find Swan rather attractive, but also that she wouldn't know what they were saying about her, and would be worried without her there to translate. She just hoped they would be quick and get to her name so she could get off and comfort her.
"Sofie Flores."
A few jaws dropped open when Cherry got off. Her hair was still up in its ponytail, and she wore black jeans which were ripped at the knee, a blue and white floral tank top and blue pumps. She walked confidently over to the other girls, wolf whistles following her as she went. Even though she didn't appreciate the catcalling, she didn't show it, instead forcing out a tight smile.
"Damn, chica," Magnet murmured to himself.
"Clarissa Jacobs."
Jolt practically leapt off the bus. She had clipped her fringe up, but her black hair was in soft waves that were almost down to her waist. She wore a dark t-shirt with a daisy on it tucked into a red skater skirt with matching red converse. She, like the others, got quite a few catcalls, and it made her uncomfortable. As soon as she reached the girls, she began to play with her hair.
Twitch smiled as he watched her fidget. Maybe her behaviour around boys was the same as his around cars. He figured if that was the case they would get along very nicely.
"Reno Lewis."
"Like Reno Sweeney out of Anything Goes!" Caveman grinned, and a few of the guys from other tents had noticed that too, as they informed their fellow tent mates (who responded usually with a hard punch on the arm).
"Dude, that's just weird that you know that," Armpit frowned, "Since when did you like musical theatre?"
Caveman shrugged.
"I don't, but my mum does. I just pick up stuff when she's blasting it at full volume."
Blue, unlike her blonde namesake, had her long, dark hair in a high ponytail. Her stomach was shown off in a black and white crop top with the number 85 on it, but she wore blue jeans to avoid showing a lot of flesh. She moved quickly over to the girls, not liking how the guys were ogling her. It wasn't her fault, most of her tops were cropped as she assumed she'd just be among girls.
"Willow Marshall."
Finally Dizzy got to join Swan. Her light brown hair was down and straight, and she too had not been sensible with her clothing, especially not with the heat, as she wore a plaid top unbuttoned over a black tank top. Her legs were clad in black shorts, and on her feet were floral printed trainers. As soon as she reached Swan, she gave her a quick hug, whispering to the worried girl in French.
"She's pretty cute," Caveman tried to appear casual as he commented to Zero, but his best friend could tell that he thought that Dizzy was absolutely gorgeous.
"Eve Moore."
Doll's blonde hair had frizzed up slightly, but that didn't really matter as it was always really curly anyway. She got off of the bus shyly, wearing a light pink lace tank top, floral shorts and pink pumps. She had wiped the puke from her mouth and applied some lip gloss to conceal her pale lips, but as she saw the boys, she felt a little sick again. Luckily, Jolt was there to comfort her.
"Just ignore them," she whispered in Doll's ear, and the blonde nodded softly.
"I like her," Armpit said to the guys, "I think she's cute."
"They've all been pretty cute so far," Zig-Zag said, thinking about Blue as he said this.
"And Violet Thomas."
Spider's hair was, as usual, in a low ponytail with a few strands falling out around her face, and she didn't look very happy as she surveyed the crowd surrounding the buses. She wore a plain pink t-shirt with acid wash knee length shorts and black converse. She slunk off to the other girls, a scowl on her face. Spider absolutely hated when guys catcalled her.
"I'm not a dog!" she yelled finally, as it got too much, "Neither are the rest of these girls. Just shut up already!"
"Well said," Blue grinned at her friend, wishing she'd had the courage to say the same.
"Alright, now onto E-Tent," Fox continued, coming out of the other bus, "Alysha Arnold..."
"Spider's hot," X-Ray said, watching her in admiration, "I mean, she looks pretty pissed off, but she's still hot. Plus she's not afraid to call people out. I like that."
"I can't believe all the girls we got were decent," Armpit replied, "I feel sorry for C-Tent though. All of their girls were a little gross."
"I think one of them had blood on her shirt. That's scary man," Zig-Zag shuddered.
"Agreed," Armpit said, frowning.
"Well, I counted eight of our girls, that means one for each of us," Magnet said with a smile on his face, "I call Sofie!"
"That's assuming they want to be with us," Caveman said.
"Yeah, they could be lesbians," Twitch replied, "That's not a bad thing, but they could be."
"Let's hope not," X-Ray responded, "Especially not Violet. She's damn fine."
"I like Clarissa," Twitch grinned, "She's pretty."
"It doesn't matter how hot they are, they're probably all assholes like that last girl," Squid mumbled.
"She wasn't an asshole, she's just feisty man," X-Ray defended her, "Besides, would you like it if a bunch of guys were catcalling you?"
"Not if it was guys," Squid replied, folding his arms over his chest, "Girls, however..."
"Well, I wouldn't like it either way," X-Ray said defensively.
"I think we need to treat the girls with respect," Caveman said, "None of the other guys here will, it might make them feel more at home if we didn't treat them as objects, which they aren't."
"Agreed," X-Ray said, "They're hot but they're people too. Let's give them a little respect, yeah?"
The guys nodded.
"Besides, they'll only be our girlfriends if we treat them nice anyway," Zig-Zag added with a smirk, and the guys nodded in agreement once more.
"And this is your tent girls!" Pendanski gave them a big grin. Fox had introduced the girls to him, and the man had taken quite a liking to the dark-haired counsellor, despite her being considerably younger than him, "I hope you'll find everything to your liking."
"Let's give them their privacy," Fox said, "I'm sure they'll want to settle in after their long journey."
"Of course!" Pendanski replied, "Let me show you where you'll be sleeping." With that, he went to go show Fox their tent, leaving the girls outside theirs.
"That's creepy as hell," Princess shuddered.
"Yeah, he's, like, fifty!" Blue replied.
"That makes me want to be sick again," Doll joked, and the girls laughed.
"Well, come on then. Let's go check out where we'll be sleeping," Princess opened the tent flap and the girls filed in.
"It smells like milk in here," Cherry complained, "And I'm all out of body spray."
"Look what's on our beds," Jolt held up the jumpsuit in disgust, "They're orange."
"Ugh!" Dizzy frowned, "And look how tiny the crates are compared to the ones back at Red Pond!"
"Always look on the bright side of life!" Blue tried to smile as she sung a line from Spamalot, despite that being her least favourite musical, "The dinners can't be as bad as the ones at Red Pond."
Just then, the bugle for dinner went off.
"Well, let's find out," Princess said, "Come on ladies, the mess hall's this way," Unlike the others, she'd been paying attention on Pendanski's tour.
"How do you like it here?" Dizzy asked Swan on their way to dinner.
"Il n'est pas trop mauvais," Swan replied, "It's not too bad. I just wish the tents were bigger."
"Me too," Dizzy sighed, "But they wouldn't spend any extra money on us. After all, we're just criminals."
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