Chapter 5
The next few weeks were.Anne didn't have the words to describe them. The best word she could think of was.WAR. All out WAR as Emma and Leia tried to one-up each other. Anne learned all sorts of cool things about her camp buddy. Leia knew how to speak Spanish! But Emma had her beat on that count, too. Emma amazed them all by answering Leia. In Spanish, of course. Singing in French. She knew some German. And she knew how to sign her name in Chinese! Anne still couldn't figure that one out. But oh well.she had a tough time figuring a lot of things out.
Emma was terrible at softball. She refused to compete in the spitting contest (Anne didn't blame her there.Leia even grossed out Kelly with that one-joys of growing up with a bachelor dad and spending so much time with his buds). Each may have won SOME battles, but neither could take the WAR. That's why they were currently creeping around outside in full-fledged camo. Her, Kelly, AND Leia. Cabin inspection was tomorrow. And the Eagles.well, the Eagles were going to fail. With flying colors.
Anne winced as Kelly yanked her down to her knees behind the nearest shrub. "What was that for?" she grumbled. She had a million tiny rocks embedded in her knees. All thanks to. "Did you hear that?" Kelly hissed. Her face bathed in the blue light of the moon. "What?" Leia asked. All three girls strained their ears to hear the noise. "I don't hear a thing. Not one single thing," Anne huffed. "Come on. Do we have to do this? We're going to get in so much trouble, you guys. What if we get kicked out of camp? I don't want to go home," she whined. "Me, neither," Kelly admitted. Pulling at her braided blond pigtail nervously. "Leia.I don't like looking like a football player either," she griped. Pointing to the black streaks across her cheeks and nose. "Was this really necessary?"
Leia set her load of supplies down and planted her hands on her hips. "Do you really want that spoiled little princess and her little friends to.I thought I could count on you guys," she said. Pulling out the big guns. The pout that was eerily similar to one Ms. Emma Crane's most dangerous weapon. "Okay," Kelly sighed. "Are you in Anne?" Leia asked expectantly. Anne ran her finger across the bowl of chocolate syrup in her arms. This couldn't be **that** bad. Could it? It included chocolate. Her most favorite food in the entire world. "I'm in," she smiled timidly.
Kelly kept snickering as they tiptoed up the cabin steps. "Kelly," Leia chastised. "I can't help it," Kelly grinned. Her white teeth gleaming in the darkness. "This is the coolest thing I've EVER done. This camp ROCKS!" "If you ask me, it's over." Anne quickly shut up at Kelly's warning glare, and Leia's finger to her lips. They ALL held their breath as the screen door creaked open. "Mom," a plaintive voice mumbled in the corner. "There's not even a McDonalds." "Is she." Anne asked with wide blue eyes as they crept across the room to stand over Tiffany's prone form. "Nah," Leia grinned. Her blue eyes twinkling. "She's sound asleep," Kelly whispered. Swiping the feather in her hand back and forth on Tiffany's upper lip. Tiffany's nose wrinkled up, and she mumbled something else unintelligible in her sleep. "You guys," Anne tugged on Kelly's arm. "She's fixin' to." Kelly, Anne, and Leia hit the ground as Tiffany sneezed the sneeze to end all sneezes. And promptly fell off the bed.
It took them ten full minutes to get brave enough to make another move. Kelly scampered across the room to Josie's bed. She picked the thin wire frames from the bedside table and started her own artistic masterpiece. She coated the lenses in honey and stuck M&M's and Skittles all over them. She didn't feel guilty at all. After all.what girl out there didn't wish to have different colored eyes? And Josie's eyes were definitely going to be a different color. A lot of different colors. She glanced over at Leia. Planting water balloons above each door. Only some of the balloons didn't have water in them. Kool-Aid should sell stock to camps nationwide. Behind her, Tiffany was still sprawled out across the wooden floor. With twizzlers sticking out of her nostrils and a pretty good imitation of a police chalking drawn around the silhouette of her body. Man was she going to freak in the morning!
Leia painstakingly made Emma's face up. Emma Crane wouldn't have to wonder what she would look like if she were a man in the morning.she'd KNOW. Anne drizzled chocolate syrup over every inch of the floor. Stopping here and there to swipe a few licks. Duh! And when she ran out, she substituted honey. Kelly shook up the can of silly string in her hands and went absolutely crazy with it. It was a good thing she remembered to leave an escape route. One that they were going to erase as soon as they were home- free. She snickered as she caught sight of Anne sticking gigantic marshmallows on each and every one of Tiffany's toes, but then her laughter died down.that was kind of.icky. Kelly pulled the can of shaving cream out of their bag of 'supplies' and did a much better job than ANY plastic surgeon would have on Josie. Leia's mouth hung open as the blond always ready with a smart comment gradually disappeared under the white mound. The other two girls helped Leia write SPOILED on Emma's forehead. BRAT (Princess was too long) across her chin. They finished booby-trapping the entire cabin. Disappearing into the night. Their giggles hushed but merry as they slipped into their own cabin and their own beds. Visions of victory filling their dreams.
The next few weeks were.Anne didn't have the words to describe them. The best word she could think of was.WAR. All out WAR as Emma and Leia tried to one-up each other. Anne learned all sorts of cool things about her camp buddy. Leia knew how to speak Spanish! But Emma had her beat on that count, too. Emma amazed them all by answering Leia. In Spanish, of course. Singing in French. She knew some German. And she knew how to sign her name in Chinese! Anne still couldn't figure that one out. But oh well.she had a tough time figuring a lot of things out.
Emma was terrible at softball. She refused to compete in the spitting contest (Anne didn't blame her there.Leia even grossed out Kelly with that one-joys of growing up with a bachelor dad and spending so much time with his buds). Each may have won SOME battles, but neither could take the WAR. That's why they were currently creeping around outside in full-fledged camo. Her, Kelly, AND Leia. Cabin inspection was tomorrow. And the Eagles.well, the Eagles were going to fail. With flying colors.
Anne winced as Kelly yanked her down to her knees behind the nearest shrub. "What was that for?" she grumbled. She had a million tiny rocks embedded in her knees. All thanks to. "Did you hear that?" Kelly hissed. Her face bathed in the blue light of the moon. "What?" Leia asked. All three girls strained their ears to hear the noise. "I don't hear a thing. Not one single thing," Anne huffed. "Come on. Do we have to do this? We're going to get in so much trouble, you guys. What if we get kicked out of camp? I don't want to go home," she whined. "Me, neither," Kelly admitted. Pulling at her braided blond pigtail nervously. "Leia.I don't like looking like a football player either," she griped. Pointing to the black streaks across her cheeks and nose. "Was this really necessary?"
Leia set her load of supplies down and planted her hands on her hips. "Do you really want that spoiled little princess and her little friends to.I thought I could count on you guys," she said. Pulling out the big guns. The pout that was eerily similar to one Ms. Emma Crane's most dangerous weapon. "Okay," Kelly sighed. "Are you in Anne?" Leia asked expectantly. Anne ran her finger across the bowl of chocolate syrup in her arms. This couldn't be **that** bad. Could it? It included chocolate. Her most favorite food in the entire world. "I'm in," she smiled timidly.
Kelly kept snickering as they tiptoed up the cabin steps. "Kelly," Leia chastised. "I can't help it," Kelly grinned. Her white teeth gleaming in the darkness. "This is the coolest thing I've EVER done. This camp ROCKS!" "If you ask me, it's over." Anne quickly shut up at Kelly's warning glare, and Leia's finger to her lips. They ALL held their breath as the screen door creaked open. "Mom," a plaintive voice mumbled in the corner. "There's not even a McDonalds." "Is she." Anne asked with wide blue eyes as they crept across the room to stand over Tiffany's prone form. "Nah," Leia grinned. Her blue eyes twinkling. "She's sound asleep," Kelly whispered. Swiping the feather in her hand back and forth on Tiffany's upper lip. Tiffany's nose wrinkled up, and she mumbled something else unintelligible in her sleep. "You guys," Anne tugged on Kelly's arm. "She's fixin' to." Kelly, Anne, and Leia hit the ground as Tiffany sneezed the sneeze to end all sneezes. And promptly fell off the bed.
It took them ten full minutes to get brave enough to make another move. Kelly scampered across the room to Josie's bed. She picked the thin wire frames from the bedside table and started her own artistic masterpiece. She coated the lenses in honey and stuck M&M's and Skittles all over them. She didn't feel guilty at all. After all.what girl out there didn't wish to have different colored eyes? And Josie's eyes were definitely going to be a different color. A lot of different colors. She glanced over at Leia. Planting water balloons above each door. Only some of the balloons didn't have water in them. Kool-Aid should sell stock to camps nationwide. Behind her, Tiffany was still sprawled out across the wooden floor. With twizzlers sticking out of her nostrils and a pretty good imitation of a police chalking drawn around the silhouette of her body. Man was she going to freak in the morning!
Leia painstakingly made Emma's face up. Emma Crane wouldn't have to wonder what she would look like if she were a man in the morning.she'd KNOW. Anne drizzled chocolate syrup over every inch of the floor. Stopping here and there to swipe a few licks. Duh! And when she ran out, she substituted honey. Kelly shook up the can of silly string in her hands and went absolutely crazy with it. It was a good thing she remembered to leave an escape route. One that they were going to erase as soon as they were home- free. She snickered as she caught sight of Anne sticking gigantic marshmallows on each and every one of Tiffany's toes, but then her laughter died down.that was kind of.icky. Kelly pulled the can of shaving cream out of their bag of 'supplies' and did a much better job than ANY plastic surgeon would have on Josie. Leia's mouth hung open as the blond always ready with a smart comment gradually disappeared under the white mound. The other two girls helped Leia write SPOILED on Emma's forehead. BRAT (Princess was too long) across her chin. They finished booby-trapping the entire cabin. Disappearing into the night. Their giggles hushed but merry as they slipped into their own cabin and their own beds. Visions of victory filling their dreams.