Zigzag's eyes turned into dinner plates. "Awe hell no!" He flew out of the Mess Hall in a flash, everyone watching after him.
"I never knew he could run like that." Armpit stated from the other side of the room.
When Zigzag got to D-Tent he was completely out of breath what-so-ever, he bent over and put his hands on his knees to try and catch his breath. X-Ray looked up at him from his cot.
"Where's the fire?" He asked Zigzag.
"I thought Esra may have been in trouble." Zigzag said in between breaths, he stood up and walked over to the passed-out Esra. He sat on the edge of the cot and picked up her limp hand from where it was laying on her stomach and held it in his.
X-Ray did a double-take for what he just saw, "It really seems like you care for her a lot, man."
Zigzag looked up at him from staring at Esra for a minute, "Uh, yeah. I do kinda, maybe a lot." He blushed, "But I don't know, man, I mean, she obviously doesn't trust anybody except for Jade."
"Don't even bring that little skanks name up." X-Ray snapped. Zigzag shot him a strong look.
"I'll freaking step on you if you talk about her like that again."
"So... You like both sisters? Sorry to tell you, Bro, but Jade's taken by Squid." X-Ray laughed, stopping when Zigzag shot him another hard glare.
"And you like your hand; so shut up. I only like Esra in that way." When Zigzag stated this, X-Ray got angry and stomped off.
Just then the dinner bell rang; Zigzag sighed and put Esra's hand down gently. He was just about to leave the tent when he heard something stirring behind him. When he looked back, Esra was trying to sit up. She was looking around like this was unfamiliar territory. He ran to her to help.
"Hey," he said, putting a hand on her back to steady her, "how ya feeling?"
When she was sitting up, she looked up at him, "Tired, what did I miss?"
Zigzag let out a small chuckle, "Um, Jade and Squid kind of, ya know, kissed." Esra did a double take.
"What?"
"They... kissed." He answered matter-of-factly.
To his surprise, she didn't flip out. Instead, she looked at him calmly and said, "I knew that would happen! I so knew it!" She got off the cot with the help of Zigzag, and said, "Now I have to get all the deets." She tried to run out of the tent but almost fell down, he caught her.
"Whoa there, you just woke up from passing out. I think you should just rest."
Esra crossed her arms like an angry four year old, "Then get her ass in here!"
"Ha. They're busy eating, sweetheart."
"Well... Well carry me!" Esra said, putting her arms up and smiling at him. They both laughed when he sighed and picked her up. She wrapped her legs around his waist and her arms around his neck. They walked out of D-Tent and Zigzag suddenly stopped.
"What?" Esra asked him, wondering why he stopped, she couldn't read his expression.
Zigzag started walking again, ignoring Esra's question.
"What?!" Esra demanded. She knew something was obviously up.
"Okay, promise me when we get back from dinner that you'll tell me what that whole freak-out was about."
A dark shadow came across Esra's seemingly happy face when she suddenly remembered what had happened. All the memories started flooding back again. "I tend not to talk about it." She said, her eyes starting to fill up with tears.
Zigzag noticed immediately and tightened his grip around her torso, "Esra, I was really worried. I had no clue what was going on, Jade didn't tell us anything," he paused, noticing that she was calming down, "and I promise that I won't hurt you."
"Yeah, okay. I'll explain it all to you after dinner," Esra accepted, "if you make sure that Razor and Lump stay the Hell away from Jade and I."
Zigzag smirked, "I think Jade's covered, but I promise." Esra put her head on his shoulder as they walked in silence to the Dinner Room.
When they got into the Dinner Room, everybody from D-Tent, except for X-Ray, ran up to the both of them.
"Esra!" Most of them screamed. Zigzag put her down, but kept her close just in case. She was still really un-stable. But then again, she kind of always was unless she was beating somebody up.
Jade got to her first, obviously super happy to see her sister awake, but before she could say anything to her, Esra started, "You, missy, have to tell me everything from that k-i-s-s." They both burst out laughing.
"Alright, alright." Jade nodded, hugging her sister.
Squid came up to Zigzag and asked, "What in the world did you do to the donkey? He seems pissed at the both of us. He came storming in here mumbling something about you and Esra? What was that about?"
Zigzag laughed, "Ha. He made me angry because he called Jade a skank, and then I defended her, and he thought I liked her. But I like somebody else..." His eyes drifted off towards Esra, and then he started blushing.
Squid must have noticed this because he nodded and said, "Oh, okay." Like he knew what Zigzag meant. Zigzag liked Esra. A lot.
When they all sat down to eat, Esra got her food and just sped through it. For one reason she was just really hungry and happy to get some food into her even if it wasn't the greatest in the world, and for another reason she really wanted the details from Jade and Squid's kiss. When she finished, a few seconds after Armpit and X-Ray went back to camp, she got up and dragged her sister off, tripping on the way because she was still a bit un-steady from passing out. Zigzag and Squid made sure to keep an eye out on them, just in case.
"Tell me everything. Now." Esra demanded. Jade laughed at her sister's eagerness.
"Well, we were both in the tent, and you were out cold. Zigzag had just left to go take a shower, but I could tell that he didn't want to leave you. I think he likes you by the way," Jade stopped to think.
Esra nodded eagerly, "Okay, yeah, so continue. I want to know the details!"
Jade laughed loudly, "Alright, so, I was being quiet and thinking really hard about something, and Squid was like, 'What are you thinking about?' So then I told him that I didn't really have good boyfriends, and he was all, 'What are you talking about?' So I started telling him that I liked this guy from 'school.'" She made air quotations around "school" so Esra knew that she didn't mean that. "And then he asked me who this guy was, and I said that I didn't want to say. Then, when there was a moment of awkward silence between him, I got up and told him that I was going to go find the boys. Before I got out the door he grabbed the back of my jumpsuit, turned me around, said, 'The guy you like likes you back.' and kissed me." She sighed.
Esra was giggling like an idiot at this point, she was actually really happy for her sister, "Oh my God! That is so sweet!" She paused, "Wait, what did you say about you thinking Zigzag liked me?"
Jade rolled her eyes at her sister, "I think he really likes you. I don't know, but it seems pretty obvious to me. Go ask him or Squid if you want to know for sure!"
"No!" Esra turned a bright red shade, and her sister stood there with her mouth wide open in shock.
"Oh my God! You like Zigzag! You so do!" She shouted.
Esra slapped her arm, "No! Don't yell that! He'll freaking hear us!" Jade just looked at her seriously, "Okay, fine. Maybe I do like him."
"Esra and Zigzag sitting in a tree, k-i-s-s-i-n-g! First comes love, then comes marriage, then comes Magnet in a baby carriage!" The younger sister yelled, twirling and dancing through the dusty camp. Esra hid her face in embarrassment. She knew her sister would at her torture unless she out did her. The clever sister waited until other campers started to file out into the open to see what the chaos was. When she saw Squid step in to the crowd, laughing at the little song, she took a long deep breath and yelled at the top of her lungs.
"Jade wants to see Squid naked!" Everyone turned to look at the now silent blonde. She stumbled over her tongue to form words.
"N-no I don't! W-what the heck are you saying Esra?" She tried to sound convincing, but the stutter and high pitch voice gave her clear away. The two boys approached the girls and led them away.
"Okay, okay, no teasing your sister no matter how much she loves Zigzag!" Squid calmed the blonde. Next to them, Zigzag was having a bit more of a struggle.
"Ez, it's okay, she is trying to get under your skin." He assured the girl. Esra laughed a harsh, short laugh.
"Oh, please. My bet is they will be getting it on by the end of the week!" She insulted, loud enough for her sister to hear. Jade spun and dramatically gasped.
"You did not just say what I heard, did you?"
"Oh, I did skank!" Jade visibly stepped back. She regained her balance and lunged at the redhead. Soon the two were on the ground, slapping, punching, hair pulling, and name calling. A crowd of campers gathered around the fighting females, yelling and cheering them on. Squid and Zigzag just stood awkwardly, surprised at how fast the girls went from playful to full on ready to kill each other. A gunshot rang through the area, causing everyone to freeze except the fighters. Mr. Sir, Dr. Pendanski and two large guards entered the middle of the circle. The guards latched on two the flailing girls and hauled them apart with struggle.
"What in tarnation is going on?" Mr. Sir ordered to know. The male campers glanced around, waiting for someone to explain. Magnet stepped up to the councilors.
He cleared his throat. "Well Mr. Sir," He started, looking over his shoulder for help. "The girls left supper and we heard Jade yelling. When we came out, Esra yelled something about Jade and Squid naked and Squid and Zigzag here tried to calm them down, and then they said other stuff and they tried killing each other." The vague explanation was enough for Mr. Sir. He walked scary close to the angry sisters as they fought against the restraining guards.
"And once again, the trouble lands on you two." He glared at them. They glared right back. "Now, you girls have been here three days, just three. And so far you have managed to start several fights between yourselves and other campers." He sighed a knowing and triumphant sigh. "I knew letting you girls in would be trouble. If you don't manage to keep yourselves in line, it's off to the state juvenile detention center you go."