For all of you who start reading at the second chappy, I don't own anyone but Eerin and Nick. Read and Review!

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Eerin and Nick settled down in the tent the boys set up. It was green, like the others, but made out of a different fabric, the kind that shows shadows when a light it turned on inside. Nick mentioned this to Mr. Sir.

"It doesn't matter, there wont be any light" he said "When it gets dark here, it gets dark"

"Right…" said Nick

Suddenly a short man with a stubby beard and cowboy hat walked up. He smiled up at Nick.

"Hello! I'm your councilor, Mr. Pendanski! If you have any problems with the boys, just tell me!"

"Er," said Eerin, who came up behind Nick "So what exactly do we do here"

"You dig holes" Said Mr. Sir with an evil grin

"We dig holes?" said Eerin, raising an eyebrow

"Every day, including Saturdays and Sundays. They have to be as deep and as wide as your shovel. Your shovel in five feet long."

"Eerin gawked at him. She was only 5.5, so she'd practically have to dig her own height!

"Dam" she muttered

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Soon a whistle blew, and boys began heading to the cafeteria. Many more headed to Eerin and Nick to show them the way. Eerin spotted the fat kid, Armpit, and the other kid with glasses, 'what was his name again? Oh ya, X-Ray', and dragged Nick towards them.

"Care to show us the way?" she asked

"Sure!" Armpit replied

Nick noticed a few other boys hanging out with them

"Who are you? She asked one, a tall guy with frizzy blond hair that stuck up in all directions

"I'm ZigZag, these are the boys of D Tent. Squid, Twitch, and Magnet

"Hmm, ZigZag huh? Your hot" said Nick

ZigZag blushed into a deep red color and Magnet laughed.

"You look like a beet man! A big red beet!"

ZigZag pulled Magnets bandana over his eyes and muttered

"Your just jealous"

Later in the Wreck room, Eerin asked Nick "Why were you teasing ZigZag like that Nick? I bet he hasn't seen a girl for a long time, and you've got him all excited"

"Who said I was teasing?" asked Nick in reply

The next day, at 4:30 am like usual, the trumpet began blaring away

"What the hell?" muttered Eerin, staggering out of her cot.

"Time to get up!" shouted Mr. Pendanski into their tent, "Rise and shine! Get your suits on!"

Nick tried to pull her pillow over her head, but Eerin took it and whacked her

"Come on' get up Nicky"

"Its Nick" muttered Nick, pulling herself out of bed.

"I know" said Eerin in an annoyed voice "Calling you that just makes you get up"

Nick hit her back with the pillow.

"Water Truck!" X-Ray yelled, and the boys got out of their holes. Eerin and Nick didn't move.

"Come on girls! Water time!" said Mr. Sir as he filled X's canteen.

"Need some help?" ZigZag asked Nick, holding out a hand

"Sure, thanks" said Nick as she grabbed his hand, and was quickly hauled out of her two-foot hole.

"What about you?" Magnet asked Eerin

"I don't need any help!" she snarled, and climbed out of her hole. Magnet looked at her in surprise

"Ok, I was just asking, calm down!"

Eerin ignored him, and got in the end of the line, behind Nick

"Hey" called Twitch "Why didn't you wear those shorts you wore yesterday?"

"Cause I didn't want to" replied Nick

"Heh, that's what we should call her, Shorts!" said Squid

"Good idea, Squid my man, Shorts it is!" said X-Ray

"Shorts?" said Nick

"What about 'Eerin' " asked Armpit

"Were gonna have to wait and see with her" said X

Soon, all their canteens were filled and they went back to digging. Soon, X-Ray finished, Squid soon after, and Armpit after another half and hour. ZigZag, was done a few minutes later, and Magnet about 10 minutes after. Twitch took another 15 minutes but then he to, headed back to camp. Then Shorts finished.

"Want any help?" she asked Eerin

"No thanks" panted Eerin "I'm almost done" She brought her shovel back into the dirt. She only had about half a foot left.

"Ok" said Shorts, and headed headed back to camp. Eerin was having a harder time with her hole, as it was almost as tall as she was, and she was having a hard time getting her shovel about her head. About five minutes after Shorts left, Eerin couldn't believe she was so hot, and rolled up her tank top, so it was like a halted top almost.

"Need help?" a voice asked. It was Squid! Eerin screamed slightly in shock of hearing him, and pulled down her tank top.

"How long have you been watching me?" she asked

"Not long, only since I finished digging…" he replied

"You pervert!" she yelled at him

"What? Its not like I've never seen a stomach before"

"Still" muttered Eerin

"So do you need help?" asked Squid. Eerin looked up at him 'Oh my god' she thought 'he has beautiful eyes'

"Er" said Squid "Why are you staring at me?"

Eerin blushed and looked down

"I don't need help" she growled, "So go away dirtball" Squid shrugged and headed back to camp, leaving Eerin to finish her hole and she couldn't help but watch him go, stumbling over a dirt pile, stubbing his toe and swearing furiously. 'Oh my god' she thought again 'I think I like him'

Half and hour later, she dragged herself back to camp. She got into the shower and sighed happily as the water poured onto her tired shoulders. She sighed again as the shower stopped, but unhappily. She wrapped a towel around herself, and ran to her tent. Shorts lay on her cot

"Hey" said Eerin as she plopped down on her cot

"Hey" said Shorts. They didn't say anything else, it was to tiring.

Meanwhile, Squid was talking to D-Tent

"What took you so long man?" asked Twitch, as he pulled threads out of the frayed hemp on his jumpsuit

"I was seeing if Eerin needed help" said Squid

"Did she?" asked Armpit

"No" said Squid, "But after you guys all left, she rolled her tank-top up. She's quite a dish."

"A dish?" questioned Magnet "Where'd that come from?"

Squid grinned "I dunno, I just kinda said it"

"I think we've got 'Eerins' nickname" said X-Ray with a slight grin

"Dish?" questioned Armpit

"Yup" said X-Ray

Later in the cafeteria, Eerin looked disgustedly at the beans on her plate.

"What is this slop?" she asked

"Beans, beans and more beans Dish" said Squid

"Why'd you say dish" asked Eerin

"Because that's you" said Squid

"Right…" said Eerin,

"That is right" said X

Later in the Wreck room, Shorts sat next to Zig as he watched TV and Dish sprawled out in a chair

"Wanna play a game on pool?" a guy from B-Tent asked

"No" said Dish shortly

"Come on chick, let's play" the guy said

"No" said Dish. The guy reached out a hand and touched Dish's hair

"We can play something else then, if you want"

"No! Get lost you freak!" said Eerin, drawing back from the guys touch

"I'm not a freak" the guy said angrily, his hand curling into a fist

"Yes you are, and you're also a hell sent bastard" replied Eerin

"You'll pay for that" snarled the guy, pulling back his fist to punch Eerin, when suddenly someone flew by and crashed into the guy, knocking him to the floor. The two guys were rolling on the floor pummeling each other, when X stepped in and pulled one guy off. It was Squid! Armpit grabbed the other guy and held him still.

"What's your problem asshole? You like the girl or something" The guy asked. Eerin looked to Squid

"No" he shouted, "but D-Tent sticks together , and she happens to be part of it!"

The guy made a face at Squid "Ye like the girl! You, the tough guy, the bad boy, likes this wimpy little girl!"

"I do not!" Squid yelled back "I hate her! She's just part of D-Tent"

"She's not in your tent!" yelled the guy back

"But she digs with us, even is she is a crappy digger!" was Squids reply

Eerin simply stormed out of the room, back to her tent. Shorts quickly followed.

"Go away" said Eerin, "I want to be alone"

"You sure?" asked Shorts

"Yea, just go away"

"If your sure…" said Shorts. She looked at Eerin for a moment longer, and then turned back to the Wreck Room. She knew that Eerin had to be alone at times like this. Back in the Wreck Room, the fight had been stopped by X and Squid was nowhere to be seen.

Eerin lay in her tent, crying slightly into her pillow. She had thought Squid had liked her, but she was wrong. Her tears instantly stopped when she heard the sound of footsteps approaching her tent.

"Can I come in?" asked Squid

"Why not?" grumbled Eerin

Squid came in and sat on Shorts cot.

"Look Dish, I'm sorry that I said I hated you, because I don't, and that you're a crappy digger"

"What does it matter?" said Eerin, suddenly uncontrollably angry at the boy sitting on the cot in front of her "I don't care what you say! You could be shot by Mr. Sir and I wouldn't care! I hate you, so it's a good thing you hate me! You're an ugly freak, and I hope you burn in hell! You're a horrid bastard! Get lost!"

Squid slowly backed out of the tent, and Eerin threw herself on her cot and burst out in tears.