A/N: Hope you like this chappy, and sorry it took SO long to update, but I had a hard time writing this. Writers Block, computer freezing after you typed everything up, ect, ect. Read and Review!
The next day a camper from C-Tent was being sent home. He didn't have to dig, and was cheering and jumping about all day, waiting for the bus to come. Then the tent door hit his nose and he quieted down. Finally, the bus pulled up, someone came out and the boy went in. The door closed and the bus drove off, leaving the new camper standing slightly nervous in the middle of camp. It was a girl. She was tall, about Squids height, with long blond hair with green streaks in it. She wore a pair of green capri's and a black tube top. She had a small backpack slung over one arm as well. Dish went over to talk to her. So did many boys, but Dish got there first.
"Hey I'm Dish who are you?" Dish asked
"I'm Lauren" said the girl is a slightly superior voice "And what kind of name is Dish?"
"A nickname, obviously" said Dish "Everyone gets one"
"Well I wont" said Lauren
Shorts came over from the shower, along with ZigZag and Squid.
"Another girl!" said Shorts "Sweet! Three now!"
"There are only three girls?" said Lauren "I am one, but were are the other two?"
"Right here" said Shorts coldly "I'm Shorts"
"What is with theses appalling nicknames" said Lauren
"I like them" said Dish, but Lauren wasn't looking at her anymore. Dish hadn't seem Squid yet, but Lauren sure had.
"Hey" she whispered to Dish "Who are those guys?"
Dish turned "Oh those are some guys from my tent, D-Tent. ZigZag is the one with the frizzy hair and the others Squid"
"Hey" said ZigZag
"Hi" said Squid
"Squid is hot" whispered Lauren "Are you or Shorts with him?" she said Shorts name sarcastically.
Dish wanted to say yes, but she shook her head slowly no. Just then Mr. Sir walked over, pushing boys out of his way roughly.
"Hello" he said with an evil grin when he saw the newcomer. "Welcome to Camp Green Lake. Its been working out so far with girls, so the Warden decided to have another one come in." He then proceeded to tell Lauren about Camp Green Lake, who was looking more shocked at every word. Once he was done Mr. Sir glared around at the surrounding boys, his gaze finally resting on Squid. Then he asked, well, more like commanded Squid to show Lauren around camp. Dish tried to keep from frowning in jealousy as they walked off together, Lauren pushing Squid lightly in fun as he laughed. Then Shorts dragged her to the Wreck Room.
"Sure is nice to have another girl her" she said
"Yea" said Dish
"I mean, its been fun with you and all these guys, but it'll be nice to have another girl to talk to, even if she is snobby. She seems to like Squid doesn't she?"
"Yea" said Dish
"Squid seemed to be having fun with her as well"
"Yea" said Dish sadly
Shorts turned and looked at Dish, the light coming from the Wreck Room lighting up her face as they stood just outside the entrance.
"You like Squid don't you?" she asked
Dish looked at the floor and blushed
"You do!" cried Shorts
"Yea, maybe" muttered Dish
"Explain" said Shorts
"Well, sometimes he makes me so mad, and I feel like I hate him, but I don't, I just feel terrible that I yelled at him. And he's hot"
"I dunno about that last part Dishy" said Shorts
"He is!" insisted Dish "And if was nice of him, offering to help me dig on our first day here. I didn't want to move when I fell into him either. Oh man Shorts, I really like him, but I gave him a black eye and now that Lauren girl is flirting with him, and he's gonna like her!"
"I dunno" answered Shorts "I think he likes you"
"You think, you don't know" Dish answered back, just as Squid walked around the corner. Dish could see from the surprised look on his face he had heard every word.
"Oh God Squid-" Dish started, but then Lauren came and slipped an arm around Squids waist.
"Are you going to show me the way to my tent?" Lauren asked
"I already did" aid Squid, looking slightly uncomfortable in Lauren's arm.
"So?" Lauren purred
"Ok then, if you already forgot" said Squid walking off with Lauren, but not before looking back at Dish one last time. His black eye wasn't so prominent and he raised an eyebrow before heading around the corner to C-Tent.
"Oh God" moaned Dish as she collapsed into a chair in the Wreck Room
"Aw, its not so bad" said Shorts as she sat "Think about it. He now knows how you feel about him, so maybe he'll make a move"
"Its easy for you to say" muttered Dish "You didn't tell Zig anything as embarrassing like that you didn't mind falling on him, and besides, Zig is wrapped around your little finger. He adores you"
"He does doesn't he?" mused Shorts "Do you mind if I go wind him a bit tighter?"
"No, go ahead" Dish replied glumly "I think I'll go to our tent."
Squid let Lauren to her tent and turned to leave
"Don't you want to come in?" asked Lauren
"No really" said Squid "I have to go talk to Dish"
"Your so funny Squid, you think that girl likes you!" Lauren said as she dragged him inside the tent, just as Dish walked around the corner. To her, it looked like Squid went into C-Tent willingly
"She just wants a guy" Lauren continued "That's the difference between her and me. She wants you, I have you" Squid was about to mention two things, that she didn't have him, and quiet a few differences, most of them involving attitude, when Lauren interrupted his line of thoughts.
Anger filled Dish as she saw Squid go into D-Tent. He didn't even care that she liked him, he just wanted the prettiest girl. She stormed into C-Tent to see Lauren kissing Squid passionately. She was to angry to notice at the time that Squid was pulling back but Lauren was holding him.
"Oh, sorry I interrupted you Lauren, and you Squid, you bastard, I hope you know how much I hate you" she snarled at them, with anger dripping off every word. And with that, she wen to her tent and for the second time at Camp Green Lake, she cried herself to sleep.
In the middle of the night, she rolled of her cot to the ground with a bump, waking herself up quiet well. Shorts wasn't in her cot either.
"Shorts?" Dish mumbled "Where'd you go?"
Since Shorts wasn't there, Dish got no answer. Dish noticed she was still wearing her orange jumpsuit, which she took off, leaving herself wearing only a sports bra and underwear. Pulling on a pair of boy's swimming trunks from her bag, she headed out to get a drink from the taps on the shower walls. Staggering towards the showers in her untied boots, she stopped short when she heard a sound. It sounded like someone crying softly, and it was coming from the shower! Thinking it was Shorts, Dish walked to the showers and looked over the wall. There, sitting down, his back against the wooden paneling, was Squid, tears running unchecked down his face.
"Oh man" said Dish quietly, her eyes wide. Squid turned to her and looked equally as shocked as he stared at her. Dish blushed. She had forgotten what she was wearing. Squid blushed as well and looked down.
"I got something in my eye, er, eyes" said Squid finally, breaking the minute long silence. Dish walked around the showers and sat down next to him, all anger forgotten for the moment.
"Squid, what's wrong" she asked
"Nothing" said Squid warily "I have something in my eyes, and it was annoying me, so I came here to wash it out. And besides, I thought you hated me"
"Didn't you hear me at the Wreck Room?" asked Dish
"Yea, the last bit, but then later with Lauren.." said Squid, trailing off
"Ah yes, your girlfriend" said Dish coldly, her anger coming back
"Dish" said Squid softly "She was kissing me, I wasn't kissing her"
Dish thought back about what she had seen. The anger had blinded her of all things except what she wanted to see, so for a moment, the memory was fuzzy, but then she remembered Squids wide confused eyes and how he was trying to get away.
"You weren't kissing her were you?"
"No I wasn't. And I washed out my mouth for as long as I could after I got out to" said Squid "She just pulled me into the tent, said I belonged to her and started kissing me. After you came in, I managed to get her off me, she got kinda mad. She was like that spider, she didn't let me go until I got out of the tent"
Dish grinned, but then frowned again.
"Why were you crying?" she asked, and Squid looked at his feet.
"I was thinking about my mom. She's an alcoholic, and when I told her I was coming here she told me I was good for nothing, and that she hated me. I left the next day."
"Oh Squid.." sighed Dish hugging him. His bare chest tightened for a minute as he tensed up, but then relaxed. "That's horrid"
Squid grinned slightly.
"Didn't you call me that?" he asked, and grinned a bit to.
"Yea, and I was going to apologize but…" she trailed off.
"About that... I'm sorry" said Squid
"Me to" said Dish
"How about we call it even?" asked Squid
"Sure" Dish agreed, still holding Squid. Squid stared intently at her for a moment, and then blushed.
"Do you mind… I mean, can I… Would you mind if…" he trailed off, not knowing how to phrase his question
"Go ahead" answered Dish with a slight grin.
Squid leaned forward, parting his lips slightly and placing them on Dishes, who closed her eyes as they kissed. Squid slowly moved his arms until he was holding Dish to him. Then, Mr. Sirs voice grated through the air.
"Were are those two girls? They're not in their tent, so they must be off with some boys. Better go find em.." He grumbled as he went on his nightly rounds, his flashlight swing to and fro. Dish and Squid looked at each other, eyes wide. They quickly untangled themselves and got up.
"Quick, this way!" whispered Squid, crouching low and running in the opposite direction of Mr. Sir, and their tents. They ran around the cabin were Dish and Shorts had gotten their jumpsuits and peeked around the corner. Mr. Sir was heading into the Wreck Room. They ran to D-Tent.
"Wait a minute" said Dish as he headed inside
"What?" asked Squid
"I heard something" answered Dish, moving silently to the back of the tent. When she looked around to the back of the tent, she smiled and motioned for Squid to come look. Shorts and ZigZag were kissing behind the tent.
"Now its your turn to get a room" said Dish, and the couple started
"Ha ha, very funny" grumbled ZigZag
"Having a good time?" questioned Squid
"Oh yea" said ZigZag, cheering up quickly. Shorts grinned.
"Did you know her tongues pieced?" asked ZigZag
"I don't want to hear about it!" said Squid, disgusted "But come on, Mr. Sir knows some people are up, which means he's looking for us."
" Ok, 'night then Ziggy" said Shorts "You coming Dish?"
"I'll be their in a minute" said Dish
"Ok" Shorts shrugged, and then with a quick glance about for Mr. Sir, ran to her tent. ZagZag glanced at Dish in surprise as he walked into his tent.
"She's mine" said Squid. ZigZag grinned
"Took you time getting her" he replied, and went inside D-Tent
"I just wanted to tell you one thing." Said Dish once ZigZag was inside "That was the best kiss I ever had"
"You've had others?" asked Squid, a hint of jealously
"Well, no" said Dish with a grin "You?"
"Nope" said Squid grinning back "And there wasn't really anyone I wanted to kiss before I met you anyways"
"You wanted to kiss me?" asked Dish
"From the moment I saw you"
"But I was such a bitch!"
"A hot one"
Dish grinned 'Thank you. But I'd better get back to my tent" She kissed Squid on the cheek quickly and ran to her tent. Squid watched her go, and stared as if in a trance at her tent after she had gone in. Until Mr. Sir clamped a hand of his shoulder
"Whatcha starin' at Squid?" Mr. Sir asked, his voice dangerously soft.
"Er.. I thought I saw a yellow-spotted lizard when I was er, coming back from the bathroom!"
"Where?"
asked Mr. Sir, suspicion in his voice
"Over that way!" said Squid, pointing at the 'library' and wrenching his shoulder out of Mr. Sirs grasp, and running into D-Tent
