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Chapter 3

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Zig-Zag started to walk our way. He was carrying something.

"Isn't that my back pack?" I asked him.

"Yes, you put your stuff on my cot." He answered awkwardly.

I could feel my face turning red.

"Sorry." I said as I took my bag from him.

"C'mon Liz." I told Lizzy.

We started heading back to the tent when we noticed Zig-Zag following us.

"So what did you guys do?" he asked.

"We got into a fight." Lizzy answered.

"Oh." he murmured.

We entered the tent.

"So where should I put my stuff?" I asked Zig-Zag.

"On this one." Zig-Zag said pointing to a cot on the farside of the room.

"What about me?" Lizzy asked.

"Your fine where you are. Your next to X-ray and the cot across from you is Zero." Zig-Zag answered.

"What about me?" I asked wondering.

"Your between Squid and me." Zig-Zag answered happily.

I dropped my stuff on the cot and Zig-Zag left. Secretly on the inside I was jumping up and down with joy.

"So Liz, who do you think is cute?" I asked Lizzy smiling.

"Like I'm telling you!" she replied while giving me a 'you know me better than that face'.

"What about you? You always think someone is cute!" she told me.

"I do not!" I said quickly while mildly blushing.

"You do too! Now who?" she asked matter of factly.

"Squid and Zig-Zag." I said while my face was turning beet red.

"Obviously."

"You seem to be getting along with X-Ray." I commented smugly.

"We're just good friends." she said to me angrily.

"Sure." I said I said with much emphasis.

"I wonder what time we have to get up?" she said out of nowhere.

"What if we had to get up at like 4:30 am?" I joked.

"I hope not!" she said horrified.

Zig-Zag came back into the tent.

"How do you get your hair like that?" I asked him.

He started to turn red with a big smile on his face.

"I like it." I complimented.

"I. It just sorta' does it by its self." he answered.

"Oh. By the way, what time do we have to get up in the morning?" I asked him.

"4:30." He answered simply.

"You're kidding, right?" Lizzy asked horrified at the thought of being up at such indecent hours.

"You get used to it." he said grinning at the face Lizzy was making.

He looked over to me.

"Do you like the color pink or somthin'?" he asked me curiously. My eyes widened.

"How did you know?" I asked surprised.

"Well almost all of your junk is pink!" Lizzy said matter-of-factly.

"Yeah. Your clothes, the streaks in your hair, your jewelry, your lips-" he stopped noticing his mistake, "I mean your lipstick!" he said blushing.

I blushed and almost started laughing.

"Let's go to dinner! I'm hungry!" Lizzy said breaking the tension in the room and saving me from a lot of embarrassment.

"Yo Pinkie, Lizzy, Zig-Zag! Over here!" X-Ray shouted to us after we got our trays of food.

"I saved you guys a seat." Squid said pointing to the empty space next to him. I sat by Squid and Lizzy sat by X-Ray. We were very squished.

"What are they serving today?" Magnet asked coming up to the table.

"Some sort of noodly crap." Squid answered showing him the food.

"Ya still don't have a nickname Lizzy." Armpit commented.

"No shit Sherlock." I said.

"Well sorry." retorted Armpit.

"Leave her alone." snapped Squid.

"Ohh, look, your boy friend Squidy is sticken' up for you!" Armpit shouted.

Suddenly the whole table, with the exception of Zero, Zig-Zag, and Lizzy, started chanting, "Pinkie and Squid, sittin' in a tree, K-I-S-S-I-N-G!"

Squid and I both blushed and were silent the rest of the night.

I was shaken awake the next morning by Zig-Zag. I got ready and headed out. I dug my hole by Squid and Lizzy. Lizzy was having trouble because her glasses kept becoming covered in dirt. By the time the water truck came my hole was 3ft. deep. Lizzy's hole was roughly 2 ½.

By the time it was 2 in the afternoon everyone was gone except for me and Lizzy. I was finished with my hole and Lizzy finished 10 minutes after me. When we walked into the tent everyone was sitting around in a circle with Mr. Pendanski. I sat in between Squid and Magnet, and Lizzy sat in between Zero and Armpit. It was very, very squished in that little tent. It was so squished Liz and Zero were practically overlapping each other for 1 of the 3 reasons:

1. Armpit REALLY Stunk.

2. They liked each other.

Or

3. It was so squished.

Personally, I think it was all 3 reasons.

X-Ray stood up. "We've come to a decision on Lizzy's nickname. It will be................................................ Shorty!"

"Oh come on!!!!!!!" she had a sour look on her face.

Armpit put his arm around Lizzy's shoulders. She looked like she was going to croak.

"I think it suits you!" Armpit said happily to her.

Lizzy and I then decided to go take showers. Even though we were in swim suits, morons from other tents sent out cat calls.

"Get a life!" I shouted back.