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Kobe awoke the next morning to the sun streaming into the tent, and clothes strewn all over the floor. She stretched her hands above her head as she sat up. 'The boys must have let me sleep in,' she mused, scrunching her messy hair in her hand. Kobe groaned and rolled over. She thought about it for a moment, and decided it's a good idea to go get some new clothes from her room. 'But how to get IN there?' she thought. Then a mischeivious smile krept across her lips. Kobe chuckled to herself as she brushed out her long chocolate-brown hair 'til it shone. She got up, packed her clothes and belongings back into the duffle bag, and, not even bothering to change out of the white t-shirt she borrowed from one of the guys last night or her boxers, crept across the desert silently. It seemed eerily quiet as she stopped and surveyed her surroundings. Back at camp Kobe could see Mr. Sir getting ready to make water rounds. He cursed as he stubbed his toe getting into his truck. Kobe chuckled , then turned back to the cabin. She stood there a moment, contemplating how to make her entrance, then she remembered the small basement window at the back. Kobe didn't want to do it, but she had to. She went over to a pile of extra shovels. She picked one up and walked back to the window, then, without hesitation, smashed it. She cleared away the shards using the blade and tried to edge herself through, although the over sized t-shirt got caught on a nail, and she tumbled down to the floor, a shard of glass slicing just below he elbow. She yelped in pain, but quickly shut up (for fear someone heard her)before grabbing her duffle bag and creeping up the creaky wooden cellar stairs. Kobe ran to the bathroom and got tweezers to remove the glass. She winced in pain as it rubbed against her skin. Oh well. Thank god it was out. After that incident she finally made it to her bedroom.
She threw opened her closet and dressers and began to pull clothes out. Finally she decided on 3 t-shirts, 7 spaghetti strapped tank tops, 3 skirts, 2 capri pants, 2 pairs of short shorts, a pair of jeans, a few pairs of loungey-pants, a trucker-hat (Von Dutch..WOO!)2 pairs of flip-flops, and her converse. Kobe looked at the pile on her bed. She realised that if she wanted to bring everything, more than just a duffle bag would be needed. So, the worn-out Kobe grabbed the largest suitcase she could find and neatly folded everything and put it in place. Except for the footwear, that got put in the duffle bag along with her music and photo album and such she had before. Once she had packed enough stuff to last her a week or so (Kobe likes to change clothes alot, like me), she went to the kitchen, had a drink of water, ate an apple, and went out the door. Kobe lugged her stuff back to D-Tent. When she arrived Zero and Squid and Armpit were there
"Hey, boys!" she squealed, happy someone was there to talk to.
"Hey, Kobe." they chorused.
Squid stood up and walked over. "How'd you get that nasty cut on your arm?"
Kobe looked down at it. "Ahhh, jeeeesus." she groaned, realising she had forgotten to cover it up after she removed the glass.
Squid took her arm. "Man, girl, how'd you do it?" Kobe looked at the ground.
"Well, first, when I woke up no one was around, so I couldn't find someone to have helped me pick the lock, second, I had to get some new clothes, so I smashed a window in the cabin and cleared it away, but this shirt got caught on a nail outside as I was climbing it, and I fell and the glass went up into my arm. I think I damaged it more getting it out," she frowned.
Squid mumbled something about Kobe being 'crazy', and turned back to his cot. He leaned over his crate and pulled out a band-aid. The wrapper was dirty, so Kobe wasn't sure what it was at first. "Here." he patted the seat beside him and motioned for her to come sit. Kobe did as she was told, and took a seat.
"What IS that?" she asked, disgusted. Squid squinted at her.
"A band-aid, darlin', it's a band-aid." Kobe sighed and held out her arm. She was never good about looking at blood, even if it was her own.
Squid placed the band-aid over the wound and said, "All-done." Kobe hugged him and got up. She went to her cot and motioned for him to follow. He stood over her as she rummaged around in a small baby-blue and pink plastic bag.
"Here." she whispered, shoving something into his hand. He looked down at it. It was a chocolate bar.
"Where'd you get it?" he whispered back.
"Cabin. It's freezing in there, so it wouldn't melt. Now quick, eat it before anyone else sees!" Squid quickly and happily devoured the chocolate bar.
"Thanks Kobe!" he said, upon finishing it.
Kobe nodded and reached into her suitcase. She pulled out a simple white spaghetti-strapped top, and some hip-hugging beige capris. "Now don't follow." she ordered. Kobe went behind the tent and changed, instead of making them all get out, or struggling to change under the covers. It was much easier this way, and no one was around, only vast-desert. She returned to the tent moments later.
She padded back in, bare-foot, and sat down on her cot as she pulled some knee-high converse all-stars onto her feet. She folded the flaps down and stood up. "I'm booooooored," she whined, tugging on Squid's sleeve. "where's Ziggy and Magnet and X-Rayyyyy!"
Squid stood up, an amused grin playing on his face. "Well well well, when did you become such a whiner?"
Kobe pouted, hands on her hips. " I AM NOT A WHINER SQUID!" she yelled, turning on her heel. But uh-oh, Squid hadn't cleaned up his laundry this morning! Kobe tripped on a pair of his boxers. "AHHHH!" she screamed, trying to escape them. She jumped up, shaking them off her foot, they must have been caught on her shoe or something, because they were NOT coming off. She leaned against a corner pole to pull them off. Big mistake. All of a sudden the back half of the tent tumbled down on top of Kobe and Squid.
"KOBE! WHAT THE HELL!" Squid yelled, trying to find his way out from under the canvas.
"I DON'T KNOW!" She screamed back. Squid now stood just outside where the tent had collapsed. Kobe poked her head out, hair all messy. Squid laughed at her, and she glared at him. "HELP ME PLEASE!" she said, like a little five year old. Squi smiled at her and reached for her hand, dragging her out from underneath the flap. Slowly, they made there way around and walked back in. Armpit and Zero stood in shock, staring at the back of the tent. They looked at Kobe and Squid, and did a double take again.
"Whoa, dude. I think you found the faulty pole." was all Armpit could say. Pretty soon they heard commotion outside from other tent's along with Mr. Sir & Dr. Pendanski. The four of them rushed outside. Everyone turned to look at them. Dr. Pendanski rushed up over.
"Oh, thank goodness you're okay! Now, what happened."
Kobe blushed. "Well, sir, er..I tripped and fell against a loose pole."
Dr. Pendanski looked at Kobe for a minute. "Oh. Well I'm sure you kids can all think of some reasonable sleeping arrangements in there until we think of what to do." and with that he walked off, leaving the bemused D-tenters behind.
They looked around at their half-collapsed tent. They stood there, staring in shock and awe, for a while before the pounding of footsteps was heard behind them. "HOLY SWEET JESUS!" X-Ray exclaimed, slapping his forehead as he came up behind them.
"Whooooooaaaaa." ZigZag breathed.
Magnet let out a shrew of spanish words. Swears, to be sure. Kobe looked at the ground, tears welling in her eyes. "I'm so sorry, guys. I'm so sorry." she sniffed, blowing her nose on the sleeve of X-Ray's shirt. He grimaced and walked over to the tent, bending down. Kobe threw her hands up and walked inside, careful not to go to close to the collapsed end. She sat on her cot and laid down. The boys walked in and sat on the 4 cots that hadn't collapsed with the other end.
"Look, Kobe, sorry, but I mean..jeeeesus!" X-Ray muttered, taking a seat next to her. She sat up , and swung her legs off the side of the bed, inconveinently kicking ZigZag where-the-sun-don't-shine. His eyes bulged before he fell to the floor. Kobe gasped and ran to him.
"OHMIGODOMIGODOMIGOD!" she kept saying, over and over again. He looked up at her.
"It's.phew.oh.phew.okay." he said, holding himself. Kobe grimaced.
"M'kay, good." she replied, patting him on the shoulder as she stood up slowly.
No-one was really taking any initiative into what to do about the sleeping arangements, so Kobe stood up on an empty crate in the middle of the tent. Still nothing. "GUYS! LISTEN THE FUCK UP!" she yelled. They all stared in shock, Kobe had just sworn! She smiled sweetly at them. "Sorry. Now that I have your attention, I think there is an important issue that needs resolving. There are 8 of us, and 5 (an - sorry, earlier I may have mentioned 4 cots, but im changing it to 5)cots. What the heck are we going to do?" Kobe chewed on her bottom lip in frustration as she gazed around the room. The boys looked at each other, as if this was the first they've heard of it.
Squid stood up. "Uh, well, I can share with you." he smirked. Kobe didn't care if he was being slightly perverted, she just wanted to get this sorted out.
"Fine. Now there's 4 cots and 6 people. Who's up?" she smiled.
No one responded."Fine. I'm pairing you guys up, and you stick with what I give you, alright?" they just mumbled stuff as Kobe rattled off several pairs.
They all just stared at her when she was done. "You know what, girl, I think I'll just sleep on the floor. . ."ZigZag yawned. Kobe frowned.
"Aww," she began, before getting a great idea. "Guys! Oooooh!" she whispered loudly.
Everyone turned to her. "What is it?" ZigZag asked
"Why don't we put all the matresses is a big square on the floor!" she clapped her hands together excitedly.
The boys contemplated this for a moment. Then, X-Ray stepped forward. "What if you accidentally get groped in the night, though?"
Kobe shrugged. "Whatever, I just don't want any of you sleeping on the floor, alone." she stuck out her bottom lip. For the first time in a few days she saw genuine smiles from a few of the guys.
"Fine. Sure. Let's get movin', boys!" X-Ray ordered as they began to take the matresses down from the un-collapsed cots, and even salvaging 2 of the ones from the collapsed section.
"Looks like I'm going to make you boys quite uncomfortable." she smirked.
ZigZag looked at her and laughed. "Just a bit, baby girl, just a bit."
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a/n - WOO! Thanks to Hecates Diamon for the suggestions for this chappie..I hope you guys liked it. I know it may be unrealistic, but this is a fiction story, so..yeah..deal.:) lol. Anyways, REVIEW. REVIEWS ARE LIKE CHOCOLATE TO ME! AND CHECK BACK SOON! I UPDATE OFTEN!
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