Author's Note: Hello again! I'm very very very sorry for leaving you without an update forever but I wanted to update my Harry Potter story to ten chapter for some reason unknown to even me! I must be insane! This story gets the most reviews, too! Which brings me to another issue... I do love the reviews I get from my faithful reviewers but I know that 17 of you get an alert notifying you that I've updated. So shouldn't I be getting feedback from 17+ people? Now I am going to answer some reviews and then start Chapter 14...
lilacsecrets I am feeling much better, thank you, and I appreciate your review!
ArwenEvenstar83 I love your long reviews! I'm always so excited when I get a review from you! Yes, the Kris who is the new D Tent member is the same Kris who Drew knew and went out with and who tried to rape her best friend and he is part of the reason she's at Camp Green Lake. Carp wasn't exactly gonna kiss her; he was just flirting. Plus, he knew she was gonna pull something so he didn't bother getting his hopes up too high.
loudgirlkatie I love your reviews too! They're just as long as ArwenEvenstar83's. I'm glad you found this chapter as funny as I wrote it to be. And Kris was mentioned earlier. I can't remember which chapter though... 10 maybe?
observer Thanks for reviewing and I'm sure demon-pup666 will forgive you for the small mix-up. And, I know, I'm guilty of writing a Girl-in-Green-Lake story. I admit it! But I actually like them unless they're the really overly dramatic, can't follow anything 'cause its all moving so fast, more than one girl, girl's camp got sent to Green Lake ones... I'm really picky, sorry. Lol
KillerRubberDuckiesR-J I'm glad you love my story and yes, Kris is an ass hole.
opklnm I know, I'm sorry breaks into hysteric tears . I'm horrible about spelling and grammar because I don't actually edit my chapters before posting them. I just spell check them. But I do occasionally go back and revise them every now and then so please, hold off the mob!
Melissa It made me so happy to hear that the first thing you did was check if my story was updated! But it made me very sad to know that you were grounded. My parents ground me from the computer if they wanna punish me, too. It bites. And I love ZigZag/OC too! And I totally agree with you, Max Kasch is the hottest one in Holes!
Chapter 14
One week, three days, eight hours. That was how long Kris had been at Camp Green Lake. Drew was mentally recording his time spent there in order to sue the court when she got home, for cruel and unusual punishment. Even though she was a criminal, this was just plain mean! She was leaning against her pool cue in the rec room contemplating the many ways to mutilate and torture the boy taking his shot at the moment. She had agreed to a pool game with Squid against X Ray and Kris. Drew secretly suspected X Ray was happy that Kris was here (even though he, himself, disliked the other boy), because that meant Drew was no longer trying to rip his throat out. Kris sunk the ball and straightened, smirking arrogantly.
"I always though you would have a hard time finding somewhere to put your balls," Drew said simply, flatly.
"Well it looks like you're pretty good at losing a game of pool to me," Kris said to her and then looked her up and down. He grinned cruelly. "And a few other things I know of." Squid's hand slipped on the pool cue and he sunk the eight ball. X Ray didn't even notice. Both boys were staring unblinkingly at Drew and Kris.
Drew scowled at him. "You're disgusting," she hissed at him, "And I wouldn't be surprised if someone dropped you in the bottom of a lake."
"We're at the bottom of a lake, baby," Kris pointed out. "And you were dropped here first."
"Go to Hell," Drew whispered threateningly. Kris took a few steps towards her until he was less than a foot from her. Drew refused to surrender her position. It would only give Kris a greater sense of power over her.
"It'll be a nice reunion with a few people," said Kris. Drew walked away; she didn't know what else to do. If she'd provoked him any more, the camp would have known why she was here, and she didn't want that. Kris hadn't told anyone, so far, thank God! That was one thing she had to hand to him: he respected her enough to know that he should keep his mouth shut. Plus, she had enough on him to blackmail him if she wanted to. She sat down on the couch beside Zig Zag, who was staring avidly into the static television.
"What're we watching, Zig?" she asked him and drew her knees up under her chin, wrapped her arms around her legs.. He tore his eyes away from the TV and focused on Drew.
"Nuthin'," Zig Zag said. "The TV's broken today." The truth was, the TV was broken everyday, but she wasn't about to take that small fantasy away from one of her closest friends.
"Aww, that sucks," Drew said sympathetically.
"I thought I told you to stop lying?" Zig Zag reminded her.
"So? You're not my father," Drew laughed.
"Thank God for that," Zig Zag muttered under her breath
"Hey!" Drew exclaimed and kicked him lightly. The couch sunk down on her other side. Drew fought to keep her balance, assuming it was some random boy in the camp, but then she felt a hand on her back, helping her, and looked behind herself at Carp.
"There's Baby Girl!" he laughed. "Thought I heard you with Kris over there." He nodded towards the pool table, where some E Tent boys had taken it over. Carp, true to Drew's prediction, had come to despise Kris. In fact, all of D Tent, at least, disliked him. And so Kris had taken to hanging out with F Tent, unsurprisingly.
"Yeah, well, you know..." Drew let her sentence trail off with a half smile.
"There's the whore."
Drew looked around for whoever had said that; it had to be about her because boys didn't call other boys whores. She spotted Kris sitting with Hammer, Kancell and Saw on the couch across the room. They were staring at her. Culprits found.
"What d'you want?" Carp called. He'd obviously heard the comment as well.
"Well apparently," Hammer began casually, "Our boy Kris, here, found a condom under your bed. Having some fun in that tent?"
Oh, God! Drew though, panicked, Kris found the condoms Sora sent me! I knew I should have got them back from the boys!
"Leave it alone, Kris," Drew moaned tiredly. She held her head in her hands, mind working furiously.
"Why should I? I always knew you were a slut, but I think you could do better than him," Kris stated cruelly.
"Shut up, Kris, all the boys have them," Drew told him and then realized, with horror, what she'd just said.
The four boys broke into fits of laughter and Drew shook her head. How could I have been so stupid? She asked herself disbelievingly.
"So you've been screwing all of them?" Saw laughed harshly.
"Ugh! Shut up, Saw!" Drew yelled. She hadn't had a serious confrontation with them in quite a few months and would prefer to keep it that way. She wasn't sure if she'd be able to, though, if they kept provoking her like they were. She could already feel the urge to fight bubbling up in her chest. Her father had taken her to a psychiatrist once, after her fourth school fight. He had said she was prone to violence and suggested therapy. Drew had refused to go. And look where that got me, she told herself sardonically.
"You gonna come over here and make us?" Kris challenged temptingly. Drew's fists clenched.
"Don't let them get to you, Baby Girl," Zig Zag whispered to her, seeing the signs of her anger.
"I'm trying," Drew told him huffily.
"Or are you gonna stay over there with your body guard-boyfriends?" Kris continued.
"You know the last thing I need is a body guard," Drew growled, looking at her ex-boyfriend darkly.
"Maybe you should prove it." Kris was doing this purposely. He wanted to get a rise out of her. He wanted her to get in trouble. Drew's mind rattled of reasons for his behavior but she never acknowledged one of them. The only thought she recognized was the one saying 'beat him to death'. The more she looked into Kris' brown eyes, the more appealing that option became.
"Scared?" Kris asked.
"I should have killed you, Kris," Drew said to him softly.
"But you couldn't," Kris spat evilly. "Your nothing but a weak little girl in a guy's world."
"You can hit him, now, if you want," provoked Zig Zag.
"Its tempting," Drew agreed.
Kris had risen from the couch and was now standing directly in front of her. He was taunting her with every movement, every bit of contact, ever breath he took.
"Leave her alone, man," Carp told Kris and she felt the couch rise beside her. Both boys had gotten up while she remained seated.
"She don't want nothing to do with you," Zig Zag added.
"They care about you so much, Drew," Kris said to her, and only to her. "Shouldn't they know why you're here. Shouldn't they know you're a-" Drew shot up from her seat and shoved Kris back a step.
"Baby Girl, the Warden'll come down on you," Zig Zag reminded her.
"Remember what Mom said," Carp said desperately. Drew remembered, she just didn't care.
"I see I hit a nerve," Kris taunted arrogantly.
"Anything I've done, you've done," Drew told him quietly, glaring hatefully all the while.
"True," agreed Kris lightly. "But the difference is you care, I don't. Why don't you go back to the tent, cool off a bit?" That was the best idea Kris had had for a very long time. Drew left. The tent was empty except for Spider, who was sleeping soundly on his cot two beds down from Drew. Drew let the coolness seep into her appreciatively. The sweltering heat outside was unbearable. The only sound Drew could hear was the muffled voices of the boys in the rec hall and the chirping of the cicadas.
Her cot was soft under her back as she lay down on it slowly, closing her eyes. Breathing deeply she calmed herself down. Kris shouldn't still be able to get to her so easily. After all, she hadn't seen him in almost two years. Drew's mind wandered and she didn't even notice when she drifted into unconsciousness.
It was silent in the dingy alley way she and her friends congregated in daily. The sky was clouding over darkly, a sure sign of an impending thunder storm. Drew could taste the rain already.
"The year's almost over," Kora commented excitedly. "A week till freedom, guys!" She rubbed her hands together happily and a few people laughed. The school year was coming to a close. All they had left to do were exams, a few of them were even off to college next year. Drew had been lucky enough to skip a year and was finishing up grade 8. Her dad had been so proud of her, despite the small problem of her criminal record. The first drop of rain fell onto Drew's forehead. She smiled slowly. There was nothing better than a thunder storm.
"Here it comes," Jay muttered to the group of twelve teenagers standing around him. They were thirteen in total. The eldest member of their group, Bryan, had named them Lucky Thirteen. Drew was the youngest. Sure enough, the rain came down in an curtain of water, the thunder clapped, a fork of blue lightning flashed above them. Drew closed her eyes. Thirteen teenagers stood stock still as the rain soaked them quickly and beads of water rolled off their faces. A sound at the other end of the alley caught Drew's attention, her eyes flew open. A group of people were walking through the rain towards them. Who were they? Drew counted sixteen. Puzzlement clouded her eyes.
"Bry," Drew said slowly.
"Hmm?" the older boy grunted. Drew pointed. Bryan turned.
The sky rumbled menacingly and a fork of lighting illuminated the mystery people.
"Shit!" Bryan yelled and the thirteen teenagers dispersed hastily.
Kris, whispered Drew's mind.
Someone was slapping her. Drew swatted the hands away.
"Stop, Squid," she growled.
"It ain't Squid, baby," Kris said. Drew sat up in her bed quickly and glared at him.
"What do you want?" Drew snapped.
"Tsk tsk, Baby Girl," Kris scolded annoyingly. Drew wanted to slap him. "Is that how you normally talk to people you've been dreaming about?"
"I don't know what you're talking about," lied Drew. "Get lost."
"You shouldn't talk to your boyfriend like that," he told her, waving a finger.
"You're not my boyfriend and since when can you tell me what to do?" Drew retorted disgustedly. Kris moved closer and closer to her. She held her ground and glared defiantly up at him, not that she could do much else.
"What do you want, Kris?" Drew asked again, calmly.
He kissed her and forced her onto her back once more. Drew was so shocked she let him. She felt his lips moving over her's and kissed him back before she realized what she was doing. She shoved him away ruthlessly and wiped her mouth.
"What do you think you're doing?" Drew demanded, her voice dangerously low.
Kris was smirking triumphantly. Drew punched him. His head snapped to the side but he continued to smile. "You seemed to enjoy it enough."
"Fuck you, Kris!" Drew shouted.
"You already did, remember?" Kris retorted easily.
"Get out! Now! Just get out!" she commanded.
Kris made a show of thinking about it. "Hmm, I actually like it here," he decided firmly. "I think I'll stay right here." He pushed her down and forced his lips onto her's again. Drew pushed him off and glared at him.
"Stop fighting it, Drew," Kris laughed evilly.
"Get out, Kris!" Drew yelled. Kris laughed again. Drew saw something move behind him. Kris didn't notice until a heavily muscled arm was around his neck and he was on the floor, gasping for air. As a reflex, Drew launched herself to the other end of her bed. Spider's arm was tightly wrapped around Kris' throat in an expertly executed sleeper hold. Kris's hands scrambled frantically over Spider's arm, looking desperately for a way out of the hold while his face turned redder and redder by the second.
"Jesus, Spider!" Drew cried. "You're going to kill him! Let him go!" Spider's black eyes focused on Drew and they exchanged glances. Kris was turning purple. The other boy glanced down at him and hesitantly let him go. Kris fell onto his side and coughed, gripping his throat and trying to get his feet under him.
Spider stood over him and watched him struggle, unmoving. Drew watched, amazed. Drew had never seen Kris on the short end of the spectrum. She'd never seen him intimidated or scared or on the ground because someone had put him there. He'd always been the stronger, better, more intimidating one. Spider had put him in his place for the first time in Drew's memory.
"Get out," Spider whispered threatening. Even more to Drew's surprise, Kris scrambled out of the tent as fast as he could. Spider watched him go and then turned on Drew.
"You okay?" he asked flatly.
Drew told him quietly, "You didn't have to do that." Spider shrugged.
Author's Note: Hey everybody! Its Easter and I'm bored out of my mind! Though, I did get lotsa chocolate so I guess I can't complain too much, right? Well I'm sorry this chapter was shorter than the others but I just felt it would be better to end it there. Review please! Bye!