IHateCamp

How brilliant was iOMG? I know how they came up with the name considering I said OMG about twelve times during it. So anyway, thanks for all the support on this story and I'm glad everyone likes it.

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Chapter 4: The Great Canoeing Calamity

Freddie had never felt more nervous in his life as he sat in the mess hall with the other counsellors eating breakfast. Well he was trying to eat, he just wasn't doing a very good job. Not because the food was bad. But because he was going canoeing with the teens today and he had been warned it would most likely not end well. He felt sick to his stomach and the feeling wasn't going away.

"How bad do you guys reckon it will be?" he asked and the others all gave him a sympathetic look.

"Think of the worst thing that has ever happened to you," Frieda instructed. "You thinking of it?" Freddie nodded. "Ok, now I want you to imagine that memory being ten times worse than it already is. Yeah, that will still be no where near as bad as what you are about to experience today."

Freddie went pale and gulped. The teenagers hadn't seemed that bad yesterday. Not as bad as he had suspected anyway, however he wasn't about to be led into a false sense of security. If the others thought it was so horrific then he believed them.

That was the reason for his shaking hands when he approached the lake to see the negligent campers sitting waiting for him. They seemed calm but Freddie didn't doubt the old saying, 'the calm before the storm.'

All nine of the teenagers looked at him expectantly and he pointed towards the canoes that were set up on a rack beside the lake.

"Uh...morning guys," he greeted them, shoving his hands into his shorts pockets so they wouldn't see them shaking. "How are you all?" There was a few inaudible mutters in reply and Freddie grinned sheepishly. "Great, so today we're going to go canoeing! I assume you guys have all done this before?"

"Why would you assume that?" Missy asked in a snooty tone.

"Well," Freddie bit his lip and took a deep breath. "You've all been at the camp before so didn't you do canoeing last year?"

"I actually haven't been at this camp before," Missy spat. "I don't belong here."

"Will you give it a rest, Princess!" Jocelyn snapped. "No one cares about whether or not you should be here!"

"Alright, enough!" Freddie exclaimed, stopping the argument before it could get any worse. "You girls seriously need to put your differences aside and get along. I bet you have a lot in common." Jocelyn and Missy both scoffed at that comment. "Which is why, you two are going to be partners in canoeing today. Jocelyn, you've been here before; you can show Miss how it's done."

"What if I don't want to be her partner?" Missy spat. "I don't even want to canoe."

"Well you're at this camp and you have to do camp activities so if you didn't fancy doing them then you should have considered that before trashing your step-sisters car!" Freddie snapped. It was easier to stand up to Missy, she was more snobbish than threatening. "So everyone, partner up and we can get out there! Any questions?"

"Yeah I have one," Jake said, his eyes were squinting as the sun shone in his eyes. "What's the difference between canoeing and kayaking?"

"Why does that even matter?" Freddie asked raising an eyebrow.

"Cause I want to know why I'm canoeing and not kayaking," Jake told him and Freddie sighed.

"Look I'm not sure what the difference is, I suppose you use a single paddle in canoeing and a double paddle in kayaking," the boy shrugged.

"So if I used a double paddle today would I be kayaking?" Jake asked.

"No because you'd be sitting in a canoe!" Freddie exclaimed.

"So it's a different boat that you sit in?" Jake asked.

"Yes, I canoe is more boat shaped than a kayak," Freddie answered. "Can we just get in the water."

"Sure," Jonah nodded and pushed Rodney into the lake. When the boy resurfaced, his dark curly hair was flattened and his glasses had water droplets dripping down. Jonah smirked. "Look Rodney's in already." Rodney pulled himself out of the water and cleaned his glasses. He was dripping from head to toe and as he shook his hair to try and dry it off, droplets of water splashed on Avril.

"Watch it, moron!" she snapped as she backed away from him.

"Sorry, but I was just pushed into a lake!" Rodney spat back while glaring at Jonah.

"Alright, everyone just put a life jacket on and get a canoe with your partner," Freddie told them exasperated. Sam removed her jumper in order to put her life jacket on. As everyone geared up and got ready Duke glanced at Freddie.

"I don't have a partner," he grunted and Freddie realised that there was an odd number meaning one of them would have to go with him.

"Oh, well I guess you're my partner then Duke," he faked a grin. Of all the people to be put with, he could have ended up with Rodney who was weak and weedy and Freddie could have taken him if he got mad. Or Harper who seemed quiet and calm compared to the others. But no he had to end up with one of the biggest guys he had ever seen in his life and to be quite honest, Freddie didn't know if he would make it back to shore alive.

"Whatever," Duke shrugged and easily lifted the canoe from the rack. Freddie was impressed. The canoe looked pretty heavy but Duke had no problem lifting it.

Everyone was soon on their canoes and trying to paddle out but everyone seemed to be going in circles aside from Duke and Freddie as Freddie took control and told Duke when to row.

"Guys, the whole point of this is teamwork so you have to work together in order to actually move!" Freddie pointed out. "And uh...Missy, you're holding you're paddle the wrong way round."

Missy glanced at the paddle and quickly turned it around trying to hide her embarrassment. Harper and Rodney seemed to be the first ones to get moving and then Sam and Avril started to get the hang of it.

When Jake and Jonah did finally manage to get themselves moving it made it worse for Missy and Jocelyn.

"This is you fault!" Missy snapped. "We look ridiculous."

"My fault?" Jocelyn asked insulted. "Atleast I can hold my paddle right, Princess!" Missy flushed red in a mix of rage and humiliation. "Now just row the way I tell you and we'll actually be able to move."

"Who made you boss?" Missy asked furiously. "I don't want to take orders from some man beast."

"I'll show you man beast," Jocelyn fumed. She raised her paddle and in one swift movement had used it to push Missy into the lake. Missy was in a rage when she resurfaced.

"How dare you! My phone was in my pocket and it'll be ruined now!" Missy screamed.

"Missy it's fine! Just get back in the canoe," Freddie called over to the girls.

"It is not fine!" the angry red head yelled. "She pushed me out on purpose and now my phone is ruined."

As all this was going on, Rodney dropped it's paddle and as it began to float away he leaned over and reached out to try and grab it. However, Harper could feel the canoe starting to tip and turned around to see his partner was the cause of the shakey boat.

"Rodney, don't..." Harper couldn't finish as their canoe tipped over sending both into the water. "Dude! How stupid can you be?" Harper was not happy.

"Sorry, I didn't think we'd go right over," Rodney shrugged.

"You were tipping the boat! What did you think was going to happen?" Harper exclaimed frustrated and Rodney gave a sheepish grin.

"Well I didn't think we'd go right over," he admitted.

"Oh whatever, I'm done with this," Harper shook his head and started to swim back to shore. Rodney followed suit but as he was swimming Avril accidently hit him with her paddle. However, she didn't realise that it was actually Rodney she hit and began to panic.

"SHARK!" she exclaimed and went to hit him again. It pushed Rodney down and Avril peeked over to see Rodney. "OMG THE SHARK HAS RODNEY!" She stood up to hit the 'shark' harder but the boat became unbalanced and both she and Sam fell into the lake as well. "SAM QUICK SWIM BEFORE THE SHARK GETS US TOO!"

"THERE IS NO SHARK!" Rodney yelled. "I'm fine, there are no sharks in this lake!"

Avril began to calm down until Sam dove under the water and pulled at her leg and Avril screamed again and grabbed onto Rodney to try and keep herself above the water.

"HELP! SOMEONE HELP!" she squealed and everyone watched in confusion. Even Harper stopped swimming to watch the events unfold. Sam resurfaced in hysterics as Avril glared.

"Sam," she whined. "You scared me."

"I'm sorry Avril," Sam laughed loudly. "But it was too good to resist."

Freddie was a little bit shocked. Avril and Sam seemed to be the only two who were actually good friends and Avril did not seem angry at Sam in the slightest. Plus Sam had apologised, something Freddie suspected she wouldn't do if had been to anyone else.

However this canoe ride was meant to be a peaceful one and the majority of campers were in the water, one was actually swimming away from the group and the most ridiculous thing was that the two who were still in their canoe were now stranded in the middle of the lake going around in circles once again.

"Uh, what are we supposed to do?" Jake asked.

"Guess, we're going to have to swim it!" Jonah grinned and stood up. The boat began to rock.

"Know way! I'm wearing a rolex," Jake shook his head. "I ain't swimming anywhere."

"Stop being such a girl," Jonah rolled his eyes and dove into the water.

"I'm not a girl, idiot," Jake snapped and looked at his rolex watch. He could either risk his watch or his pride that Jonah had just damaged. He made his decision and jumped in the water much like his partner had and began to swim to shore. Though it would have been quite a journey.

"So what now?" Duke asked Freddie who sighed.

"I guess we should just row back to shore," Freddie shrugged and Duke nodded. The boys began to go back while Jocelyn started to row by herself, leaving Missy floating in the water. Rodney, Avril and Sam started to swim back as well.

When everyone was finally back at shore, Freddie sighed. Most of them were soaked and unhappy looking.

"Alright so canoeing didn't go quite as I hoped," Freddie sighed.

"No kidding," Sam rolled her eyes and Freddie glanced at her. She looked beautiful, her long blonde curls were flattened and her hair was sticking to her face. She wore a scowl but for some reason Freddie was attracted to her. Why was he only seeing this in Sam? Avril was cute too, yet all he could think about was how nice looking Sam was. He shook his head. He had a girlfriend. He should be thinking about Carly, not Sam.

"Man, this whole place is jank," Jonah told Freddie.

"Yeah what made you think that you could make it any different for us?" Harper asked him and Freddie looked at them feeling disappointed in himself.

"Alright," he nodded. "Just go back to your dorms and dry off."

As the nine of them started to walk away Freddie sighed and feel to the ground. He had hoped he would somehow be able to make the best of this summer but it did not look like it would be going that way. Running a hand through his brown hair he sighed. Suddenly he heard footsteps and turned around to see Sam standing there.

"I forgot my jumper," she told him answering his questioning look.

"Oh," he nodded and watched as Sam picked up her jumper. "Sam?" She turned to look at him expectantly and he opened his mouth to speak but decided against it. "Never mind."

"Whatever, nub," Sam shrugged and ran off towards her dorm. Freddie shook his head and tried to think of a way to make this work. He needed to think of something fun that they would all enjoy. His only problem was that he didn't have one single idea.

So what did you think? I'm not to sure if I like this chapter or not but I'm hoping that you guys do. So please review and if you are going to criticise, please make it constructive. I don't see the point in putting someone down if you're not going to help them improve.