Massie felt like she had two boulders resting on her shoulders, the pressure was starting to get to her.

"What do you mean we're all alone?"

"Massie, where do you want me to put this fire wood?"

"Um, you want us to eat fish for dinner?"

"How are the sleeping arrangements going to go now?"

"Ew, I can not sleep in the same tent as Lindsay!"

The stress was seriously getting to her and she was about to scream for everyone to shut up, but it looked like someone beat her to the punch.

"ENOUGH!" Derrick screamed.

The group of kids immediately fell silent. Massie shot Derrick a smile which only caused him to smile back.

"Listen, I have no idea what Selena or any of the other councilors were thinking, but what's done is done and we're out here alone. So we can either fight and get no where or work together!" Massie exclaimed.

Silence.

And with that, they broke out into fights.

"I'm not sleeping in the same tent as you"

"I do NOT smell!"

"Ehmagawd!"

"Selena is sooo going to pay for this" Massie muttered.


Claire watched as Massie fought with Lindsay. Telling her that they all had to pitch in no matter how nasty the fish smelt. She sighed, why did Selena have to teach them a lesson?

"Hey, Claire!" Cam called for her.

"Yeah?" Claire's eyes lit up.

"Where are you sleeping tonight?"

Claire's breath got caught in her throat. What was Cam implying?

"Alicia? You calling me? Oh I'm coming!" Claire called out into the open space.

Alicia sauntered over to the couple, "I didn't call you"

Claire began to sweat, "Oh, must have been Dylan. Better go"

She then sprinted towards the tents that had been pitched by them in the previous hours.

"That was weird…" Alicia stated.


Kristen watched as campers ran back and forth from the lake to the campsite. She wouldhelp, but she had too much on her mind. Like for one, how she was going to get Massie alone and let her talk. Yeah, that was going to be hard. No actually, that was gonna be close to impossible.

"Hey Kristen, do you mind helping me do something?" Derrick asked.

Kristen's eyes widened, this was the first time Derrick had spoken to her the entire trip.

"S-sure" She stuttered.

Derrick smiled approvingly, "Great"

He then offered his hand for her which she gladly accepted.

"You still wanna gain Massie's trust back?"

That's all Kristen needed to hear. She was game.


Dylan poked the fire with a stick and watched as the flames flickered.

"Dylan!" she heard her name being shouted.

She let go of the wooden stick, letting it fall into the fire and burn. Then, turned around to lock eyes with a flustered Claire.

"What's up?" Dylan asked.

"Can I sleep in your tent tonight?" Claire asked, out of breath.

"Um, well I was supposed to be with Bella and –"

Claire cut her off, "I need to sleep in your tent tonight!" she pleaded.

Dylan was taken aback by her intensity, "Uh, Claire I know we're close and all but if your having strange feelings for me that I should be concerned about…"

Claire lightly slapped Dylan's arm, "Shut up Dyl! I just need to, uh, keep away from Cam. You know…space."

Dylan's mouth formed an 'O' and then she quickly nodded her head, "Sure! I'm sure Bella wouldn't mind" she smiled.

Claire blew out a sigh of relief, "Thanks Dylan, you don't know how much you're saving me right now! Cam asked me something before, I'm not sure if he was just concerned or implying something…and I really don't wanna find out. I mean I like him and all. Actually, I really like him, but we're only in 8th grade. We're so young and…"

Dylan cut her off by raising her hand, "Whoa. Slow down there girl, I just said you could sleep in our tent…not to pour out all your feelings and secrets to Dilly."

Claire blushed, "I tend to do that…"


Massie's head was pounding, when did she become in charge? When did everyone decided she was going to be the leader? Why was everyone coming to her?

Oh yeah…she had chosen that job a long time ago.

"Hey" Josh smiled while sitting down on the tree stump next to her.

Massie didn't reply, she didn't even smile. She just…sat there, staring off into space.

"Heyyyyy" Josh tried again using a valley girl's voice, "Uh, hey girl hey?" he tried, still not succeeding.

"Mass!" he finally shouted, waving a hand in front of her face.

"Huh?" Massie snapped back to reality.

"What's your problem?" Josh asked, "Oh wait…let me guess. You like Zac, but you also like Derrick. Zac seems like an awesome guy, but you and Derrick have a lot of history. However, you don't know if you can trust Derrick anymore. You miss Kristen. It's obvious, but after what she did to you, you don't think you can forgive her. Everyone's waiting for you to tell them what to you and it's getting to you. And finally, I'm really annoying you right now by spilling all your secrets into the great wide open." Josh stated casually.

Massie was fuming, "Ya think?"

Josh laughed lightly, "He really likes you, you know"

Massie rolled her eyes, "the problem is…which one?"

After talking to Massie, Josh walked over to his tent which he would still be sharing with Zac and Derrick. Josh pulled down the zipper to the entrance of the tent and stepped in. He had been planning on just grabbing a hoodie, but instead found Derrick texting on his cell phone. "Dude..you actually brought yours?" Josh asked, while heading over to his bag.

"Dude.." Derrick mimicked Josh, "who didn't?"

Josh blushed embarrassed, "me" he coughed, trying to cover it up.

Derrick just rolled his eyes and laughed.

"What are you doing anyways?" Josh asked Derrick while rummaging through his bag, trying to find his Ralph Lauren sweater.

"Texting Kristen" Derrick stated simply.

"Oh god."

Derrick rolled his eyes, "It's not like that. She's just helping me out.."

Josh eyed him skeptically, "With what?"

Derrick just smiled innocently, "She's helping me gain something back that I lost a while ago."


Tadaa! Sorry I haven't updated in a while. Fanfiction took away my ability to post anything since I wrote a story about Miley Cyrus and Nick Jonas. They don't allow real people...so BAM...my privelages were taken away for a few days..not allowing me to post anything new. :( Yup, it was a sad day. But, here it is! And just for you! Review and make me smile please!

xxEmilyKearsexx