A/N: Hey guys! Sorry I took so long to update, I've just been really busy with homework. Who knew high school could be so hard? Anyways,  here goes…

Chapter Three: One Summer Can Change Everything

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An anxious dark-blond girl sat in the front passenger seat of her mother's blue minivan, staring out the window as she drove into the sleepy little town where she was going to spend her summer. She was going to Camp Maple (A/N: Not very original, I know.)

The car drove up the gravel road half an hour later. A young woman with a blue shirt and a pair of dark jeans, greeted the girl and her mother.

"Good morning and welcome to Camp Maple. I'm Joanne," said the young woman.

"Good morning," said the mother while she smiled. " I'm Stephanie Saunders (A/N: I don't know Kate's mom's name) and this is my daughter Kate."

"Hi," said Kate in a soft voice.

Joanne smiled, "Hi. I'm going to be your counselor. Our cabin is the second one behind the trees. I'll show you the way, just let me help you with your bags." She effortlessly lifted the dark green duffle bag over her shoulder and started walking towards the cabin labelled "Paris".

Kate was really nervous; it was her first time ever at a camp. She wondered how the girls in her cabin would be like. She hoped they were nice, so she wouldn't miss Lizzie and Miranda too much. Kate kept walking behind Joanne and stopped in front of a small cabin, painted yellow with a green roof. She walked inside and admired the 8 bunk beds lined up against the walls.

* Wow, this looks a lot bigger from the inside than from the outside. *

 "Hello," said a brunette that Kate hadn't noticed before in a snobbish voice.

"Um, hi. I'm Kate. What's your name? Where are you from?"

"I'm Claire. I'm, like, from New York. I used to live here when I was young, but I moved to New York and now I'm moving back here."

"Oh, that's cool."

"What's all of that?" said Kate pointing to a huge box in the corner of the room.

"Oh, that's, like, my make-up. And over there," she pointed to the closet, "are my designer clothes."

"You brought all of that to camp?" said Kate in awe.

"Like, duh! Of course!"

"This is going to be a weird summer," muttered Kate.

----------------------A Month Later---------------------------------------

"I'm gonna, like, miss you guys a lot," proclaimed Kate as she said goodbye to her cabin mates.

"Yeah, me too." Said everyone else in unison.

"At least we get to, like,  see each other in school this year," Claire said to Kate.

"Yeah, we will. And thanks for the best friend bracelet; I'm never taking it off. Bye guys!"

The two-hour drive back to the city seemed to drone on forever. Kate was finally going home after an amazing time (and transformation!) at camp.

Meanwhile, at Lizzie's --------------------------------------------------------------------------

"Yay, Kate's coming home today," Elizabeth "Lizzie" McGuire said to her best friend Miranda Sanchez.

"Yeah, you're right."

"I hope she didn't change or anything, 'cause I heard that Camp Maple is supposedly really stuck up."

"Si, I heard that too. But I don't think she changed too much, even though it is kinda weird that she only wrote me one letter."

"That's right, I only got one too. That's weird, "said Lizzie playing with a strand of blond hair, "She promised she'd write a lot."

End of chapter 3. I'll port the next one as soon as I can. Please review!!!!!! I need reviews! I can't live without them!!!!