It was the first day of summer camp at the Upstate New York Summer Camp for Girls. Many preteen girls were getting off of school buses and parents' cars as they eagerly headed to the middle of the camp to find out where they would be bunking for the next two weeks. Then coming out of a nearby cabin wearing two blue staff shirts were Riley and Maya. As the two saw the young girls coming onto the camp grounds, an excited Riley said, "Aw, look at them Maya. Young girls that have come ready to experience two weeks of bonding, boating, braiding, and beautiful friendships that will last forever." Maya rolled her eyes and said, "More like two weeks of us dealing with barfing, balling, bruises, and beautiful disasters that'll scar these kids for life." Riley then said, "Come on Maya. This is going to be a fun summer job for us. I mean we should be glad my workplace gave me two weeks off to work here. And since you get a month off from school, this is gonna be the perfect way for us to spend more time helping the world together. I mean I used to love coming to this camp when I was a kid. It used to be my favorite thing to do every year." Maya then said, "If it was such a great camp, then why don't I remember you leaving to come here every summer?" Riley then said, "Well since you couldn't afford to come to camp, once I met you, I decided to stay home every summer so we could spend more time together." With wide eyes and a happy face Maya said, "Aww. That's so sweet. But even with that being said, I'm pretty sure this is still gonna be two weeks of hell." A curious looking Riley then said, "Then why did you sign up to be a camp counselor with me?" Maya then said, "Because you're my wife and I'll go anywhere you go." With wide eyes and a happy face Riley said, "Aww."
Several minutes later, Riley and Maya were walking towards a cabin as an excited looking Riley said, "Okay Maya. All of our campers have already gotten to our cabin. Now I already have a binder with the girls' emergency contacts and medical info sheets just in case." Maya then raised an eyebrow and said, "In case of what? We're spending two weeks in the woods. I spent my childhood growing up on the streets of the city where real dangers lie. This is gonna be a walk in the park. Literally. Because there's a park nearby." Riley then said, "Well any good summer camp counselor must hope for the best, but prepare for the worst. It's that philosophy that got me this job in the first place." Maya then said, "How could you know so much about being a camp counselor? This is your first time ever working at a summer camp." Riley then said, "Well I kind of helped out the counselors a whole lot back when I was a kid here. All of the other campers called me the Little Counselor." Maya rolled her eyes as she said, "And knowing you, you must have taken that as a compliment." A confused looking Riley then said, "Well why else would they have called me that?"
Moments later, Riley and Maya stepped into a cabin with ten preteen girls all sitting around and talking. Riley then knocked on the door and said, "Hi girls. Sorry to break the bonding time. But I'm going to be your counselor this summer. My name is Riley and this here is my co-counselor and best friend: Maya." Maya then tilted her head up a bit and said, "How ya doin?" Riley then said, "Now no need to call us by miss or m'am. We're all friends here. Now for our schedule today, first we have crafts. I thought we could all make matching friendship bracelets. And if we have extra time, we could use that to develop our own super secret handshake. Then after that..." Then suddenly one of the preteen girls looked out the window and said, "Look. A fox is outside the cabin!" A wide eyed an excited looking Maya said, "What!? I've never seen a real live fox before. Where!?" Suddenly Maya and all of the preteen girls ran out of the cabin as a slightly flustered Riley said, "But that's... that's not on our schedule!" Riley then stepped outside of the cabin to see Maya and the preteen girls running off as she said, "Wait. Where are you all going!?" Riley then heard Maya yelling, "Come on! Chase it down and corner it girls! We've got to snap a close up picture of it! Remember, if you don't snap it, then it didn't happen!" Riley then made a moaning sound as she hit her face. Then Riley began to run after the girls as she said, "Wait up!"
In the camp nurses office several preteen girls were getting ice packs put on their knees and shoulders as Riley and Maya stood outside of the office. An upset Riley said, "Maya, you shouldn't have taken the girls running through an uncharted trail. New trails have to be walked upon and studied carefully. If you hadn't been running, then you all wouldn't have run into that beehive and we wouldn't have had to deal with eight campers suffering from bee stings." Maya then said, "Relax Riley. No one was allergic to the bee stings. Plus we got that close up picture of the fox. Plus, battle bites to prove we worked hard to get it! RIGHT GIRLS!?" All of the preteen girls began to cheer as Riley hit her face while looking frustrated.
That evening Riley was sitting outside of the girls' shower room on a chair looking frustrated. Riley then looked at her watch and said, "It's been half an hour now. How long does it take ten preteen girls to get showered?" Riley then sighed and stepped up and began to open the door to the shower room as she said, "Okay. What's taking you all so long?" Then as Riley opened the door, a bucket of water fell on her head. Riley became soaked in water as she saw in front of her was her ten preteen girl campers in the shower all giggling and laughing at Riley. Riley then with an upset face said, "Okay, that was very unkind of you all. Cabin lights out early tonight!"
Riley was walking towards the girls' cabin in the dark while carrying a jug of water. As she carried the heavy jug, she made some grunting noises. As she got near the door, Maya walked out of the cabin and said, "Oh hey, Riley. You okay there?" Riley then said, "No. Who knew water could be so heavy? So did the girls turn the cabin lights out early?" Maya nodded and said, "Oh yeah, they did." Riley then heard murmurs of talking from inside of the cabin, and then said, "Then why do I still hear talking?" Maya then said, "Oh, well you said cabin lights out. But you didn't say anything about flashlights. They've been playing strip poker since you left." Riley then said, "What!? Strip poker!? Maya, they're preteen girls!" Maya then said, "Relax. They've only been taking off watches and hair bands. You know, stupid stuff. That's it." Then the two heard a preteen girl inside the cabin said, "Woo. Ryan is taking off her socks! We're getting down and dirty now!" Riley sighed and said, "Well I guess that doesn't so too bad." Then Riley and Maya heard one of the preteen girls say, "Okay Miriam. Time to take off that underwear!" A suddenly very worried Riley then ran into the cabin and yelled, "Nooo!"
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