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Previously on Princess of the Camp...
"First of all, you don't know me. Second of all, you don't know me. So why don't you just leave me alone and run back to your little camp." She says.
"I just want to help you. I won't get you into trouble. I promise." I say, pleading with her.
"Nathan! What the heck!" I hear Jack yell. He comes out of the woods and walks towards us. "Who is this?" He asks. "Wait, aren't you the girl who keeps stealing from us?!"
"Way to keep your promise..." Brooke says.
Nathan's POV
My hand is still grasped onto Brooke's arm. Jack's standing feet away from us and he looks ready to kill us both.
"Office. Now." He says, breaking the silence.
"I'm not even a camper here. I'm pretty sure you can't send me to the office." Brooke says.
"Okay. It's either that or I call the police." Jack says, giving her an option.
"Office it is. Lead the way." Brooke says.
I don't understand how she can be so confident. She just got busted for stealing by the man running the camp she stole from.
"Sorry. I didn't think that this would happen." I say as I walk besides Brooke.
"It's cool. This is nothing compared to the trouble I've been in before." Brooke says.
"You never got to ask me your question." I say.
"What?" She asks.
"You know. I said you could ask me any question if I got to ask you one. I asked mine, now it's your turn." I explain.
"I think I'll save mine for later if that's okay." She says.
"Why?" I ask. "Don't you want to know my deepest, darkest secrets?" I say sarcastically.
She laughs. "Maybe later. I feel like I already know everything I need to know about you."
"Really? You only know my name." I say.
"Yeah but you're kind of an open book. So your name's Nathan. But I also know that you go to a karate camp and you look pretty athletic so you're probably really good at karate and it's kind of you're thing. Also, you look like you're 16. I'm a right?" She says.
"You got the name and age but not so much with all the karate stuff. I'm more of a basketball guy." I say.
"Wow. I could have sworn you were a karate guy." She says jokingly.
"First of all, you don't know me. Second of all, you don't know me." I joke back, referencing her line from earlier.
She laughs and elbows me in the side. "You seem like a good person Nathan..."
"Gillespie. That's my last name." I say, finishing her sentence.
"You're a good person Nathan Gillespie." She says.
"You're not to bad either Brooke..." I start to say.
"Walker. That's my last name." She says.
"You're a good person Brooke Walker." I finish.
"Not as good as you think. You'd be surprised by how many things I've screwed up. My life definitely has not been as perfect as your's." She says.
"My life is far from perfect. Anyways, I think we have a lot more in common than you imagine." I say.
"I hope you're right." She says.
"Here we are. Why don't you grab a seat right there." Jack says, interrupting our conversation We've arrived at the dining hall where the main office is located. They only people up here are Kim and Milton.
Milton wheels out of the room, leaving Jack and Kim to deal with us alone.
Brooke's POV
"Nathan." Jack says, breaking the awkward silence. "Why don't you head back to the cabin? You're not in trouble."
"If you don't mind, I'd rather stay here." Nathan says.
"Go." Jack says, pointing at the door.
"I guess that's my cue to go." Nathan whispers, only loud enough for me to hear.
Nathan gets up and leaves, closing the door behind himself.
"I heard you tell Nathan that you're name is Brooke Walker. Is that right?" Jack asks.
"Yeah. That's my name, don't wear it out." I say, trying to lighten the mood.
"Well I'm Jack which I'm sure Nate already told you. This is my wife Kim and were running the camp this summer." Jack says.
I nod, not really knowing what to say.
"Why would you steal food from us?" Kim asks.
"Don't worry. You're not the only place I steal from." I say.
"Why would you steal at all?" Kim asks.
"This might be hard for people like you to understand but it's not exactly easy to get food when you're poor." I say.
"Brooke, we want to help you." Jack says.
"I'm not a charity case." I say.
"And we understand that. We just want to offer you and your family some help if you're willing to take it." Kim says.
"I don't have a family. It's just me." I say.
"Where do you live then? You have to have someone." Jack says.
"I have a foster family but they suck and they don't even notice when I'm gone." I say, trying to fight back tears.
Kim comes and sits next to me on the couch, wrapping her arm around me.
"I'm sorry. But everything's going to be okay. Why don't you stay here? We have an opening in one of our cabins. You can be a camper here and we're here whenever you need us." Kim says.
"I don't know. I could never afford it." I say.
"For free. We just want you to be safe and happy." Kim says.
"Are you sure?" I ask, not wanting to be a burden.
"Of course. I was in foster care when I was your age and it really helped to be here, no care in the world." Jack says.
"Thank you. Thank you so much." I say before hugging Kim.
"I'll show you to your cabin. We can drive to your house later and get your stuff." Jack says.
We exit the office and head out of the dining hall. As soon as we open the door, I hear a noise from my left side. I look over and see Nathan getting up off the ground.
"Did you wait out here?" I ask.
"Yeah. I just wanted to make sure you were okay. Plus, I promised that you wouldn't get into trouble."
I laugh. "Well don't worry. I'm not in trouble. You're actually looking at the newest camper at Karate Kamp."
"That's great! That means I can annoy you all summer." He says.
I elbow him in the stomach.
"Do you even know how to do karate?" He asks jokingly.
"No but neither do you." I say.
"I know how to do karate." He says confused.
"I thought you were more of a basketball guy." I say and he laughs.
Thanks again for reading and I hope you enjoyed! The next chapter will have more of the other campers but I just wanted to take a chapter to introduce Brooke and have her and Nathan interact.
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