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Chapter 3

No Privacy

Groaning, Katrina fell back onto her cot and shut her eyes. It had been a long day. She had come to Camp Green Lake, only to find that she was the only female there. If that wasn't enough, she was introduced to a group of guys who didn't fully trust her and was sexually assaulted. Then, to top it all off, she lied to her aforementioned tent-mates twice. What a wonderful day.

Standing up, she sighed. It wasn't too late, but she'd feel much better if she were wearing something comfortable to sleep in. She was sure it wasn't against the rules, the boys probably slept in just their boxers. Instantly, images of shirtless D-Tent boys popped up, causing Kat to blush.

'Stop it, mind, we are not going there!'

Turning to her bags, which were on the other end of the cot, she reached in and looked at what she had. It wasn't much but, besides the necessities, like clothing and hygienic materials, she had a small bit of candy and some personal items: books, stuff for writing and drawing, a small calendar, her cell phone, her CD player, her CDs, a truckload of batteries, etc. It sounded like a lot more than it was. Because she was a girl, they hadn't checked her stuff. They'd figured it wouldn't be right for a guy to be handling her bras and pads, so she just went through a simple metal detector. Thank god her Walkman was plastic.

She looked up as the boys entered the tent. They each went to their respective cots, giving her wary looks.

"Hey guys," Kat greeted, "what's up?"

"Nothin'." Armpit responded coldly. X-Ray stiffened as Squid, Magnet, and Zigzag sent their large friend withering looks. They didn't want her to know -at least, not right away- that they'd figured out she was lying.

"Oh…" She glanced down, slightly hurt, before asking, "Um, when's lights out?"

"About 2 hours." Squid answered nonchalantly, before uncomfortably adding "We should, uh, probably get changed." They all flushed and she nodded shyly. She'd taken a long, hot bubble bath before leaving, knowing it would be her last time in a real bathroom for a long while. The boys had showered just after digging their holes earlier that day.

"Uh, yeah, ok. Lemme just…" she moved the odd, sheet covered metal frame in front of her cot in order to block it. The boys turned away to get changed into their nightclothes, not sparing a second glance at first.

"Hey Magnet, pass me my shirt man." Squid ordered from across the tent. He didn't receive an answer. "Magnet… Magnet… Hey Magnet!"

He looked up to see why there was no answer and noticed that Magnet was staring straight ahead, not blinking. Turning, he saw why and dropped his jaw.

Yes, the 'curtain' blocked off their new roommate's personal space, but it didn't completely block her from view. A dark silhouette was clearly visible while getting changed behind the sheets. The two boys stared mesmerized as the figure began to remove her pants. Their lack of movement caught the other boys' attention.

"Hey guys, what's…" X-Ray broke away in mid sentence. He whacked Armpit in the shoulder, effectively catching his attention, and pointed. They now also stood completely engrossed by Katrina and poked Zigzag.

He winced at the sudden, hard jab to his shoulder, and looked up. The first thing he noticed was that no one was moving. Upon turning his head in order to find out what was so mesmerizing, he was met by, what he felt was, the most amazing sight he'd ever witnessed in his entire life.

The curvy, woman's silhouette immediately hypnotized him. None of the boys had noticed before, but Kat was all curves, definitely one hundred percent female. They nearly whimpered when she began to take off her shirt. All her movements seemed to be in slow motion.

Zigzag ripped himself from his observing stupor and shot his head straight down. Grabbing his shirt, he tossed it onto Squid in order to wake him up. It worked, for when the white fabric blocked his view, his gaze automatically lowered.

Such actions continued until all the D-Tent boys were watching the ground as they finished getting changed, a bright pink spreading across their cheeks.

"Hey guys," Katrina called out from behind the 'curtain', "you decent?" She received a few bashful confirmations before moving aside the sheets.

"Whoa…" Zigzag's low, rumbling voice erupted through the tent as Squid's signature toothpick fell to the ground.

"What's wrong?" she asked looking up. The boys were all staring at her, even Zero who seemed to have taken the least amount of interest in her arrival.

"Do you, uh, always sleep so… so… um…" Zigzag was finding it hard to come up with the right words.

"With so little clothing on?" Squid offered, before noticing the absence of his toothpick.

Kat looked down at herself to verify what he meant. She was wearing a skintight camisole that hugged her every curve and a pair of hot shorts that just barely covered her underwear. To finish it off, her feet adorned a pair of socks to keep them warm. Looking up, she frowned.

"Well, do you always sleep in your underwear?" The boys flushed in response, noting the fact that they were only in their boxers, some sans shirt.

"Besides," she added with a shrug, "it's hot. I, personally, would prefer not to die in my sleep of a heatstroke, thank you very much." The boys chuckled and rolled their eyes.

"Jeez, chica, it's not that bad." Magnet pointed out.

"Yeah. Besides," joked X-Ray, "it's a dry heat." they all gave a good laugh.

"Whatever." She sighed, shaking her head, before moving to her cot. She bent over, six pairs of eyes glued to her rear-end, and retrieved her toothbrush and toothpaste. Standing back up, she turned to exit the tent.

"Where're you going?" asked Zigzag as she passed, looking her in the eyes as she turned to him. The other boys tried, they really did, but just couldn't keep their gazes from drifting to other areas.

"To brush my teeth." She stated slowly, as if it were obvious.

"In the middle of a juvenile delinquent camp, dressed like that?" Squid's voice was incredulous, with an almost condescending under tone.

"Take someone with you, aiight." ordered X-Ray.

Kat only went on to implore, "Thank you for the concern, but I don't need someone to come with me so I can brush my teeth. I'll be fine."

"It aint't safe." He insisted. She rolled her eyes.

"Look, how about this. I'll ask one of you boys to come with me, but if you refuse then I can go on my own." The guys looked a bit confused, but nodded. She grinned and walked over to Zero, earning a chorus of groans from the other boys whom were shocked at their own stupidity for not thinking of that possibility.

"Zero," the brunette inquired sweetly, "will you please come with me?" the small boy looked up at her, blinking a couple of times, before nodding.

"Be back in a bit, boys!" the young female giggled. She and her escort then exited the tent.

It was a relatively uneventful trip. Kat and Zero walked to the water spigot where she brushed her teeth and he just looked around blankly. None of the other campers were out, all desperately hanging on to their final minutes of freedom by relaxing out in their tents. When the two returned, the boys had assembled on Zigzag's bed and taken out a worn deck of cards. Squid shuffled them quickly and began to deal.

Leaning over to the other side of her space, Kat pulled out a sketchpad and pencil from one of her bags along with a lap desk to lean on. Opening the front cover, she glanced at her past drawings and took note of the styles she experimented with. There was Japanese animation, Korean animation, impressionism, and more.

She gave a small smile; reminiscing over the joy she'd experienced creating her work, before turning to a blank page. The boys weren't going anywhere for a while and she hadn't had a chance to sit down and draw in a long time, what with the court hearings and all.

It was the perfect scene, too, like something… well, maybe not something from a book or movie, but it had a certain… feel to it that just made her want to grin. The boys were all seated in a circle, but at just the right angle so she could see all their faces. Even Zero was visible lying on his cot behind them, staring upwards blandly.

She sat there silently for a period of time, the exact length of which she wasn't sure, with the only noises to reach her ears being the scratching of her pencil, D-Tent's muffled words, and what ever scant creaks her mattress made the few times she shifted into more comfortable positions. She was nearly finished with her sketch by the time she was finally being addressed.

"Hey chica, I know I'm hot but do ya have to stare?" The boys laughed at Magnet's joke and let out a chorus of disputations such as 'No way' and 'ha, you wish!' Kat didn't answer, only worked on putting the finishing touches on her sketch.

"Uh-oh, guys, I think she's ignoring us." X-Ray spoke with mock lacing his voice. She still didn't move, or even react.

"I don't think she hears us." Zigzag stated, "She's too wrapped up in whatever she's doing." He stood and craned his neck to get a better view of what was in her hands. No such luck.

"See anything?" asked Armpit.

"No. She's probably recording everything we say so she can relay all of it to the government. Then they'll use the information to…" the others rolled their eyes and tuned out his paranoid babbling. Seconds later he realized no one was listening and quieted down in a huff.

"Done." Kat muttered under her breath, holding the sketchpad at arms length to fully take in the final product.

"With what?" Squid asked, louder than usual, catching her attention immediately. A dark flush spread across her cheeks when she noticed them all staring at her.

"Oh, n-nothing." The brunette stuttered nervously.

She went to put the pad away but it was too late. Zigzag's long legs had already carried him over to her in a few quick strides and he pulled it from her hands. She jumped up, futilely attempting to grab the paper from his hands, but it was no competition. The top of her head only came up to his nose.

Rather than looking at it on his own, he headed back to the rest of D-Tent and sat down. They all crowded around the tall blond in order to get a glimpse of what was in the book. He opened the cover and began slowly flipping through the pages. Zero looked at them through the corner of his eye but didn't move.

Meanwhile, Katrina was glaring at them angrily. What right had they to touch her things! She had half a mind to go over there and take it back by force. But, her common sense kicked in before she did anything. What was she, a weak little girl, going to do against five juvenile delinquents who'd been muscled up by digging holes everyday for months? Nothing, that's what.

"Hey look," Armpit pointed out as they reached the final drawing, "it's us."

"Cool, we're models!" Squid joked, "Only difference is we're not gay." (1)

"Well," Magnet grinned, "I'm certainly attractive enough for modeling." He struck a mock pose while his friends threw soft punches at his arms, telling him to knock it off.

"Think we aughta call her 'Sketch'?" asked Armpit.

"No, we can come up with something better. But these ain't bad." X-Ray commented, as Zigzag stood and carried back the sketchpad. Glowering, Kat ripped the book from his hands and stuffed it into her bag. They all looked taken aback.

"Jeez, we just wanted to see-"

"Don't touch my stuff." She hissed, before adding a sad "Please." The boys just shook their heads.

"Chicks." Squid muttered under his breath, irritated.

She sighed, "Sorry, kind of stressful having your first day at an all boys camp when you're a girl." The boys all shrugged.

"Yeah, well get used to it." Squid glared, still angry at the way she reacted. The female nodded.

"I'll try… so when's beddy-bye time?" she asked somewhat jokingly. The boys chuckled a bit, trying to help her lighten the mood.

"9:30, and we get up at 4:30."

"WHA-"

"Lights out!" Dr. Pendanski's voice rang out through the night as he checked each tent to ensure everyone's presence. D-Tent climbed into their beds as he came in to take a head count. A minute later, the lights went out loudly.

Fwoomtch!

Black.

End of Chapter

(1) No offense to homosexuals, models, or homosexual models!

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