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Lizzie felt fear travel through her system as she watched the area where Kate had led Gordo away. Lizzie paid no attention whatsoever to the race; every scrap of attention she possessed was focused on that area. Lizzie continued to pray that Gordo would return soon.
"Well, that's all for Cabin 4! They had an overall combined time of 30 minutes and 27 seconds. Next up, Cabin 2!"
"Wow, we're going to have to work to beat their time," Mindy said, frowning. "We can do it though, right Lizzie?" Mindy turned and looked at her friend, who was gazing off at a dirt path longingly. "Lizzie?" Mindy began to wave her hand in front of Lizzie's face. "Lizzie? Earth to Lizzie!" Mindy sighed. "Lizzie McGuire has left the building."
"What's wrong, Mindy is Lizzie sick?" Jackie and Beth asked at the same time. They looked at each other and began laughing.
"Uncanny," Amy whispered to Mindy.
"No! Lizzie is fine, she just didn't get enough sleep!" Mindy answered quickly.
"Oh!" Jackie said.
"Ok!" Beth finished for her.
"I swear those two are psychic or something!" Amy whispered as Jackie and Beth went back to talking.
"Yeah. It's scary."
"What's scary?" Sandra questioned as she sat down. She was yanking her short hair into a pink bathing cap. "It'll make me swim faster," she explained noticing the questioning looks about her cap.
"Ok. Well, we were saying Jackie and Beth's abilities are scary. You know how they can finish sentences and stuff."
"Yeah, it is pretty freaky. What do you think Lizzie?"
Sandra turned and saw Lizzie staring off into space. "Lizzie? What's up with her? Is she dead or something?"
"Um, no!" Mindy said. "She just didn't get enough sleep last night, and you know how you get all trancy when that happens!"
"Oh. Well, she better snap out of it soon. Maybe some water will help." Sandra bent down to scoop up some water to throw at Lizzie, when Mindy stopped her.
"She wouldn't like that much. Don't do it."
"Whatever."
"Geez, Gordo and Kate have been gone for fifteen minutes now! What the heck are they doing?" Amy asked.
"I dunno," Mindy replied, feeling slightly nervous for Lizzie's sake.
"I bet they are making out!" Amy laughed. Her theory was soon proved wrong because Gordo came walking down the dirt path a second later. He had a confused look on his face. If you looked really hard, you could almost detect happiness in his face also.
Lizzie sat up straighter, and her face brightened up. "Well, when is our race?"
"In a few minutes, after these guys race."
"Alright."
"Ok, Cabin 2! Your time was 27 minutes and 55 seconds. Well, now that both the older cabins for the girls and boys divisions have raced, let's go to the younger cabins. Cabin 3, you're up!"
"Who wants to go first?" Amy asked.
"I'll go," Sandra volunteered.
The girls climbed in a canoe, and Sandra stood on the deck, waiting for the race to start. The whistle sounded, and she dove in. Sandra paddled as fast as she could toward the island, and the girls canoed behind her. Sandra cut through the water like a fish, and her time was fairly good.
Mindy was next, and she also had a good time. The twins, Maddie, and Amy also had good times. If Kate and Lizzie scored well, they'd beat Cabin 4. Kate was next.
Kate hesitated when the whistle was blown. "What are you waiting for stupid?" Maddie yelled.
"I can't get my hair wet!"
Mindy groaned and threatened to come shove Kate in if she didn't move it. Kate slowly eased herself into the water, and swam slowly to the island, struggling not to get her hair wet. She made it with a bad time.
Lizzie was last. She had to beat the new camp record of the auburn haired girl for Cabin 3 to win. The whistle blew, and Lizzie dove in, swimming her hardest. When she finished, she felt so tired. She felt as if her heart and lungs would burst she had swam so hard.
"I believe we have a new camp record! Yes! 2 minutes and 10 seconds! Congratulations Cabin 3, you win the girl's division!"
Everyone began screaming and mobbing Lizzie. She laughed, knowing she had won the race for her cabin.
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It was late. Cabin 3 had partied at the Mess hall till late, and now they were returning. Lizzie realized she needed to go mail her letter. She felt around for it on her bunk. It wasn't there! She looked around on the floor, but it was nowhere! Lizzie began panicking. "Mindy, have you seen the letter I wrote today?"
"No, Lizzie. I haven't, sorry."
Lizzie suddenly heard a laugh from the other side of the cabin. She saw Kate standing on the floor, in her pink cheerleading shirt and a pair of denim shorts, holding the letter! Lizzie shrieked.
"Looking for this, Lizzie?"
"Give that back!"
"Sure, Lizzie. I have no use for it anymore."
"What do you mean?"
"I showed the letter to a certain someone."
"You didn't!"
"I did. I showed the letter to our friend David."
No one but Lizzie and Kate understood this last sentence.
"How could you?"
"I'm popular, and it's my job to disgrace the lesser mortals of our grade."
Lizzie wanted to start crying.
"How could you, you ditzy freak!"
Lizzie saw Sandra sitting up, looking murderous. The whole cabin hated Kate, but after today, their hatred was growing worse.
"We hate you, Kate, and now what you did is enough! Get out of our cabin!"
Mindy was glaring at Kate so hard that Lizzie could feel the hatred across the room.
"Yeah, you loser! Get lost!" Beth and Jackie snapped.
"Get away from us, jerk!" Maddie hissed.
"Get out, Kate!" the chant began.
Kate laughed at them. Finally, Lizzie grew angry. She slapped Kate right across the face. Kate looked so shocked at this. She slowly turned, and walked out of the cabin.
"Yea!" everyone cheered.
Lizzie was suddenly a hero again, and the drama of Gordo seeing the letter was soon forgotten.
Lizzie felt fear travel through her system as she watched the area where Kate had led Gordo away. Lizzie paid no attention whatsoever to the race; every scrap of attention she possessed was focused on that area. Lizzie continued to pray that Gordo would return soon.
"Well, that's all for Cabin 4! They had an overall combined time of 30 minutes and 27 seconds. Next up, Cabin 2!"
"Wow, we're going to have to work to beat their time," Mindy said, frowning. "We can do it though, right Lizzie?" Mindy turned and looked at her friend, who was gazing off at a dirt path longingly. "Lizzie?" Mindy began to wave her hand in front of Lizzie's face. "Lizzie? Earth to Lizzie!" Mindy sighed. "Lizzie McGuire has left the building."
"What's wrong, Mindy is Lizzie sick?" Jackie and Beth asked at the same time. They looked at each other and began laughing.
"Uncanny," Amy whispered to Mindy.
"No! Lizzie is fine, she just didn't get enough sleep!" Mindy answered quickly.
"Oh!" Jackie said.
"Ok!" Beth finished for her.
"I swear those two are psychic or something!" Amy whispered as Jackie and Beth went back to talking.
"Yeah. It's scary."
"What's scary?" Sandra questioned as she sat down. She was yanking her short hair into a pink bathing cap. "It'll make me swim faster," she explained noticing the questioning looks about her cap.
"Ok. Well, we were saying Jackie and Beth's abilities are scary. You know how they can finish sentences and stuff."
"Yeah, it is pretty freaky. What do you think Lizzie?"
Sandra turned and saw Lizzie staring off into space. "Lizzie? What's up with her? Is she dead or something?"
"Um, no!" Mindy said. "She just didn't get enough sleep last night, and you know how you get all trancy when that happens!"
"Oh. Well, she better snap out of it soon. Maybe some water will help." Sandra bent down to scoop up some water to throw at Lizzie, when Mindy stopped her.
"She wouldn't like that much. Don't do it."
"Whatever."
"Geez, Gordo and Kate have been gone for fifteen minutes now! What the heck are they doing?" Amy asked.
"I dunno," Mindy replied, feeling slightly nervous for Lizzie's sake.
"I bet they are making out!" Amy laughed. Her theory was soon proved wrong because Gordo came walking down the dirt path a second later. He had a confused look on his face. If you looked really hard, you could almost detect happiness in his face also.
Lizzie sat up straighter, and her face brightened up. "Well, when is our race?"
"In a few minutes, after these guys race."
"Alright."
"Ok, Cabin 2! Your time was 27 minutes and 55 seconds. Well, now that both the older cabins for the girls and boys divisions have raced, let's go to the younger cabins. Cabin 3, you're up!"
"Who wants to go first?" Amy asked.
"I'll go," Sandra volunteered.
The girls climbed in a canoe, and Sandra stood on the deck, waiting for the race to start. The whistle sounded, and she dove in. Sandra paddled as fast as she could toward the island, and the girls canoed behind her. Sandra cut through the water like a fish, and her time was fairly good.
Mindy was next, and she also had a good time. The twins, Maddie, and Amy also had good times. If Kate and Lizzie scored well, they'd beat Cabin 4. Kate was next.
Kate hesitated when the whistle was blown. "What are you waiting for stupid?" Maddie yelled.
"I can't get my hair wet!"
Mindy groaned and threatened to come shove Kate in if she didn't move it. Kate slowly eased herself into the water, and swam slowly to the island, struggling not to get her hair wet. She made it with a bad time.
Lizzie was last. She had to beat the new camp record of the auburn haired girl for Cabin 3 to win. The whistle blew, and Lizzie dove in, swimming her hardest. When she finished, she felt so tired. She felt as if her heart and lungs would burst she had swam so hard.
"I believe we have a new camp record! Yes! 2 minutes and 10 seconds! Congratulations Cabin 3, you win the girl's division!"
Everyone began screaming and mobbing Lizzie. She laughed, knowing she had won the race for her cabin.
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It was late. Cabin 3 had partied at the Mess hall till late, and now they were returning. Lizzie realized she needed to go mail her letter. She felt around for it on her bunk. It wasn't there! She looked around on the floor, but it was nowhere! Lizzie began panicking. "Mindy, have you seen the letter I wrote today?"
"No, Lizzie. I haven't, sorry."
Lizzie suddenly heard a laugh from the other side of the cabin. She saw Kate standing on the floor, in her pink cheerleading shirt and a pair of denim shorts, holding the letter! Lizzie shrieked.
"Looking for this, Lizzie?"
"Give that back!"
"Sure, Lizzie. I have no use for it anymore."
"What do you mean?"
"I showed the letter to a certain someone."
"You didn't!"
"I did. I showed the letter to our friend David."
No one but Lizzie and Kate understood this last sentence.
"How could you?"
"I'm popular, and it's my job to disgrace the lesser mortals of our grade."
Lizzie wanted to start crying.
"How could you, you ditzy freak!"
Lizzie saw Sandra sitting up, looking murderous. The whole cabin hated Kate, but after today, their hatred was growing worse.
"We hate you, Kate, and now what you did is enough! Get out of our cabin!"
Mindy was glaring at Kate so hard that Lizzie could feel the hatred across the room.
"Yeah, you loser! Get lost!" Beth and Jackie snapped.
"Get away from us, jerk!" Maddie hissed.
"Get out, Kate!" the chant began.
Kate laughed at them. Finally, Lizzie grew angry. She slapped Kate right across the face. Kate looked so shocked at this. She slowly turned, and walked out of the cabin.
"Yea!" everyone cheered.
Lizzie was suddenly a hero again, and the drama of Gordo seeing the letter was soon forgotten.