The second I heard the pilot say that the plane was about to land at the small airport in California, I couldn't keep the butterflies out of my stomach. Of course, they were excited butterflies. It was the same feeling I got everytime I was about to go to camp. Just knowing that the bus to take me to camp would be waiting for me when I landed made me want to jump for joy. Camp was my favorite place to go. It had been for the past few years, which was how long I had been going for. It was meant to only be a one time thing, but when I told my mom about how much fun I had and all the friends I made, she decided she would let me go every summer.

"Are you ready, sweetheart?"

I looked up at the flight attendant who was supposed to be looking after me on the plane ride, and I realized that we had landed and almost everyone was off the plane. I grinned at her.

"I sure am."

The woman smiled as I grabbed my carry on bag, then she guided me off the plane so I could go to my home away from home.

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The camp was already crowded with girls by the time I got there. Thankfully I already knew the cabin I was in so I could skip the standing around with all the confused girls and quickly settle in. Then I'd be able to start having fun sooner.

"Lydia!"

I turned around at the sound of my name and smiled when I saw my two best camp friends running to me. Gabby, the girl who had called out my name, was the first to reach me. She almost tackled me with her hug. Brittany hugged me next, and even though her hug wasn't as strong as Gabby's, she was equally as excited to see me.

"How have you been?" Brittany asked as the three of us began walking to our cabin.

"I've been good. I'm so glad to be back here, though. I've missed you both," I said.

"We've missed you, too," Gabby said. "In fact, we were so excited to see you that we went up and started hugging some random girl we thought was you!"

"You didn't!" I said, laughing.

"Oh, we did," Brittany stated, joining me in laughter, "I don't think she was too happy about it. But she sure did look like you."

The three of us then continued to laugh, joke, and catch each other up on life as we got to our cabin and unpacked. These three weeks were going to be amazing.