"Hey Tyler, you coming?" Marcus yelled as he saw Tyler staring longingly into the distance. "Tyler..? Whatcha looking at?"
"Huh? Oh, nothing," Tyler replied. He turned in the direction of his friend, averting his gaze from Troye. "What were you saying? Sorry, I blanked out."
"I was wondering if you were coming; they told us all to meet outside the rec hall, remember?" asked Marcus.
Tyler answered, "Oh yeah, I'll be there in a moment. I'll catch up with you there; I think I left something in the cabin. I was just on my way to get it."
As Marcus marched in the direction of the recreational hall, Tyler turned to look at the lake again. Unfortunately, Troye and Alfie had disappeared. Huh. I wonder where they could've went. He quickly gazed around the lake before deciding they must've made their way to the hall, and decided it would be best to head towards it as well; showing up late on the first real day of camp activities would not be a good thing.
Tyler arrived at the rec hall just as Ms. Patel had begun speaking. "Good morning boys. To start off your first real day at camp, I decided it would be best to get to work right away. Counselor Sam will be talking you through the activity we will be doing today. A word of caution, this activity will talk up the majority of the day so make sure you spend your time wisely. Take it away Sam."
A tall, lanky boy made his way to the front of the crowd. A mop of dark brown hair sat on his head, and tattoos littered his arms. With a fierce expression set upon his face, he didn't look like a force to be reckoned with. "My name is Sam Pepper. Today we will be rebuilding some old cars. Hopefully you pussies are up for the task, because I don't want to wait around all day watching you fool around and not knowing what to do. You will be divided into teams; each cabin number will be a different team. Meaning, cabin one is team one, cabin two is team two, et cetera.
"There are manuals for each different vehicle which will be found in the front seat of the vehicles. The team that finishes last will be showering with cold water for the next three days. That being said, I'd hurry the fuck up if I was you. Get to work."
Tyler walked up to Marcus, who was strangely standing right beside Caspar. What the fuck was going on with them, honestly? He'd have to talk to Marcus later when they had some alone time.
"We are working on a truck. I've fixed one before with my step-dad, and we'll be done as soon as possible since I'll know what we're doing," Tyler explained.
Caspar growled, "Who gave you the right to choose what we do, huh?"
"You want to take cold showers for the next three days? Didn't think so. Come on," he retorted.
Meanwhile Marcus was unsure what he should do. He knew that the boys would be bothering each other for the rest of the day. His head was saying he should stand up for his best friend; he didn't want Tyler to figure out what was going on before he had the chance to explain himself. However, he stupid ass heart was telling him to stand up for Caspar. What the fuck did I get myself into?
Troye groaned as he flopped onto his bed in cabin two. It was only shortly past ten, and he was already completely exhausted. It probably didn't help that he didn't exactly sleep like a king last night. However, even though he was tired, he knew that he shouldn't sleep just yet. His tears had shortly stopped, and before he was going to start crying again, he knew there was a lot of things that he needed to consider.
He knew that he definitely wanted to stay at camp; that was no question. Even though he would be ridiculed here for being who he was, he was alright as long as there was no physical abuse going on. He could take the verbal abuse; he had dealt with it for the majority of his life. However, there's no way he could stand up for himself physically. He was all skin and bones. There was not one ounce of muscle on his tiny little body. Although he appreciated Hannah's offer, going back home would offer little benefits.
Staying at camp, he would be away from his dad. He wouldn't have to deal with his family saying that he was a disgrace, which hurt a lot more than he let show. The only disappointment would come from people that he'd most likely never see again after this summer was over. He needed a break from home, and camp gave him that opportunity.
However, if he were to stay, he'd have to deal with the sexual tension between him and Tyler; he was scared because he had never really thought about anyone the way he thought about Tyler before. He was Troye's first real crush, and it absolutely terrified him. Plus there would still be tension of a different kind between him and Caspar, as well as him and Marcus. In fact, the tension between his whole cabin was completely overwhelming. Other than that, camp wasn't as bad as he thought he would be. Perhaps asking to move to another cabin for a while would help me out a bit. It would at least relieve me from some stress.