A scavenger hunt.

WTF!?

What had she done to deserve this? Ok, sure she hadn't always been nice to her friends and yeah sure she maxed out her parents credit cards daily and ok maybe she could work on accepting people for…the way they are.

Alright. She deserved this. But, she wasn't going down without a fight!

Two tents were put together to become a team. Fortunately, she was with Zac and Josh. Unfortunately, she was also with Derrick.

"Ok the first thing we need to do is find a yellow flag on the north side of campus" Zac exclaimed while pointing north.

He was always taking charge, just like her.

Massie hadn't realized that they had already started moving until Derrick called her name, "Mass! You coming?"

"Uh, yeah! Sorry just kinda spaced out there for a moment" she laughed.

"It's alright" Kristen smiled and turned around to keep walking.

Massie felt a deep growl escape her mouth, but luckily it was a quiet one.

Everyone kept walking while Josh waited for her.

"What are you…a dog?" he laughed when she finally caught up to him.

"At least I don't have hat hair!" Massie shot back.

Josh touched his NYY hat involuntarily and blushed, "It's my thing"

"You're lucky Alicia thinks it's cute" she teased.

"Yeah" Josh sighed dreamily.

Massie could tell he was drifting off into dreamland so she silently walked to the front of the pack where Zac, Derrick and Kristen were. Oh gawd.


"We've been walking in circles for hours!" Alicia whined.

"Leesh…it's only been three minutes" Claire rolled her eyes.

"Really? Are you sure? Does your clock run on sunlight or something? Maybe it's not catching any light!" Alicia insisted.

"I miss Dan" Haley pouted.

Claire just continued to roll her eyes as they pushed branches out of their way.

Claire didn't exactly end up with a group of hitchhikers…

"My feet hurt!"

"Can we take a break?"

"Are we almost there?"

"I miss Dan"

"Do you-"

Cam cut them off, "SHUT UP!"

Cam must have read her mind.

It was silent for the rest of the hike except for the occasional complaint from Alicia saying it was too hot out, even though it was almost 6pm.

Claire caught a glimpse of something red and screamed, "I FOUND IT!" to the rest of the group. Which caused Martin to scream, "CLAIRE! YOU ARE MY FREAKIN HERO!"

Giggles erupted from her mouth as she swiped the red flag that was dangling from a branch on an apple tree. Cam helped her down, his skin brushing up against hers causing Claire to turn a crimson shade.

"Breathe Claire breathe!" Alicia exclaimed thinking she was turning red because of the lack of oxygen she was getting, "YOU CAN DO THIS!"

Claire rolled her eyes and took a breath, just to humor Alicia.

Alicia blew out a sigh of relief.

"I miss Dan" Haley pouted.

"WE KNOW!" the group screamed in unison.


"Alright, just one more thing and we're done!" Zac exclaimed.

"Are you going to tell us what it is?" Derrick asked bitterly.

"I was just about to" Zac shot back.

He didn't know what Derrick's problem was, but he had been getting weird vibes from him ever since that one day in the dining hall. It was like he turned into the target as soon as he sat down at the table.

Massie rolled her eyes and took the sheet of paper out of Zac's hands.

"A…piece of moss?" Massie asked. Damn, she should have been paying attention to Alyssa's rant after all!

Peyton walked over to a tree and ripped a piece off of the tree.

"Wow…that was easy" Kristen shrugged.

Massie squinted her eyes skeptically, "too easy"


"Bella bo Bella. Fee Fi Fo Fella…Bella!" Dylan sang.

She was in a group with absolutely none of her friends. Well at least, none of her home friends. She had gotten pretty close to Bella. Even though they weren't in the same field group they would always hang out at bonfires or at kitchen duty.

"Promise me something?" Bella cringed.

"Which would be whaaaaat?" Dylan asked stretching out the word 'what'.

"Never into the music industry" Bella pleaded.

Dylan just laughed seeing as she couldn't snap at Bella like she could with her other friends, then make up and have a pillow fight. One, because she wasn't like them at all. And two, there weren't any pillows around.

"Hey Rebecca!" Dylan called up to the girl who was holding the sheet of paper.

"Huh?" Rebecca looked up.

"Becca bo Becca. Fee Fi Fo Fecca…Becca!" she sang.

Rebecca, Nate, and Bella just covered their ears while Nick and Jesse sang and danced along.


Massie's group ran back to the meeting place to be met with … nothing.

"Uh, this was where we were supposed to go when we were finished…right?" Kristen asked the group.

"Pretty sure!" Derrick exclaimed, "It says it right here on the paper!" he added while snatching the paper out of Zac's hands who just growled.

"Seriously, what are you people dogs?" Josh thought to himself.

It was weird. Derrick and Kristen barely acknowledged each other. It's like they weren't even dating at all. Massie would have to look into that…

Massie walked over towards the tree stumps, where they usually sat and found a tape recorder. She looked at it curiously and then picked it up.

"Hey guys, I think I found something" she said while waving the tape recorder up in the air.

The rest of the group walked over towards Massie and waited patiently while she clicked the 'play' button.

"Hello winners of the scavenger hunt. First of all, let me congratulate you on your win!" Selena's voice rang throughout the tiny speakers, "But, it doesn't matter who won or lost. That was just a distraction for you campers. While you were out, we councilors raided your bags and took all the usually 'necessary' items. Including matches, blankets, food you were supposed to eat for dinner, etc. This is a test to see how much you have been listening to us these past 4 days. This is a time for all of you to come together and work as one. We won't be around for any questions that need to be answered. We actually won't be around at all until late morning. So if you need to resolve a problem, look into each other for the answers. You'll find them there. This is your head councilor Selena signing off…over and out"

There were a few giggles at the end, Selena must have not turned it off properly because Massie could have sworn she heard Chris ask who wanted to go get pizza and Alyssa and Tucker scream "PARTAY!", but maybe that was just her.

"What do we do now?" Peyton asked.

No one answered. What was there to say?

"Well you heard Selena. We have absolutely nothing with us except some firewood, tents and a whole lot of hungry campers who haven't even come back yet." Massie stated.

"Which leaves us where?" Josh knitted his eyebrows together.

"Derrick, you and Josh try and build a fire. Kristen, you and Zac try and find something we can all eat. Remember there's like 27 of us. Peyton, you come with me…we're gonna go look for the others." Massie listed off everyone's jobs.

"AND BREAK!" Josh exclaimed.

Massie just rolled her eyes; this was going to be a rough night. Actually, she had no idea how this night was going to go. It could either end up as a fun night where all of them bonded and became closer…or it could end up where nothing went right and a whole lot of drama came up.

She was really hoping for the first one.

But, with Massie…there was always drama.


Dun Dun...Duuuuuun. The only way we'll find out how the night will go is if you review!!

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