" I can't believe we have to be here for the summer" sighed 14 year old Manny Santos she said looking at the Camp Green Branch Campus. The Degrassi students had just sat on a four-hour bus ride to Pennsylvania, where the camp was located. The bus ride had been pretty much horrible. The Degrassi students had taken a big coach bus with big comfortable seats- that was the only good part though. On the bus ride they had watched two movies ,one of the movies being ROAD TRIP. Because of this JT Yorke thought it would be extremely funny to yell "ROAD TRIP!" every 5 seconds- that had been the first thing that went wrong with the ride. The air conditioner broke down on the bus causing everyone on the bus to sweat like a pig. The whole bus smelled of body odor for the rest of the ride (actually just spinner masons body odor to be exact). Also Spinner, Jimmy, Marco, and Craig all broke into a round of "99 bottles of beer on the wall" but they got yelled at by the teacher for signing about beer so they had to change it to " 99 bottles of non-alcoholic beer on the wall". To top it all of Sean Cameron, who was sitting in the seat in front of Manny started snoring very loudly and her Discman broke. The bus ride had put Manny in a very bad mood. She was also very upset about going to Camp Green Branch this summer. She didn't want to spend the summer babysitting some little bratty kids, She wanted to spend her summer just hanging out, going to pool parties, and the mall like any other girl her age would want to do. Well, any other girl but her best friend Emma Nelson.

"Come on Manny!" Emma said "Camp Green Branch is going to be a great experience. We're going to make new friends, look after some pretty cool kids, be outdoors all day, and just experience the whole meaning of camp!" Manny rolled her eyes at her best friend. Emma was way to optimistic for Manny now.

"Em, I agree with Manny" JT said " I'd rather be home playing video games or something."
"That's all you do!" Emma said "Play video games- that's all you do!"
"There you are wrong Emma," JT said wittily "I also eat and sleep."

"And he poops" added Toby Isaacs. JT best friend

"ahh yes, I do that to!" JT said. Manny giggled. Emma rolled her eyes. A Group of grade 9 boys stumbled of the bus. Manny gazed at them- well at one of them. Her crush on Craig Manning hadn't stopped after there date. She only liked him more…

But he was with Ashley now, and as much as it hurt Manny to admit it, they were a pretty cute couple. Manny still though she still thought her and Craig would look much better together.

"Come on," Emma said "We have to go to the flag pole to get our bunk assignments" Emma and Manny saw everyone else heading towards the flag pole. There clumped together looking less then thrilled to be where they were.

"Attention All Junior Councilors, I'm Mr. Bob and I'd like to welcome you the 23rd consecutive summer at Camp Green Branch!" Mr. Bob said waiting for the Degrassi students to clap and cheer and really express how happy they were to be at camp. Instead he got blank looks from a bunch of dead looking teenagers who were just 'less then thrilled' to be there.

Marco Del Rossi raised an eyebrow at his friend Ellie Nash.

"His name is Mr. Bob?" he said trying to not laugh.

Ellie smilled. "You read my mind" she said.

"I'm so glad that you all could be here this summer!" Mr. Bob went on.

"Not that we really had a choice" Hazel whispered to Paige. They both giggled.

Mr. Bob was a man in his mid 50's. He was a jolly old man with a balding head and small brown mustache. He was wearing a forest green "CAMP GREEN BRANCH" tee-shirt which his very large beer belly looked like it was just about to rip the tee-shirt. He smiled. Mr. Bob had a nice friendly smile with pearly white teeth. When he smiled it made everyone near him feel welcome.

"Now, for your cabin assignments" Mr. Bob said reading off the list "There will be four, three, or five of you in each bunk. When I call out your name and I will send you to your bunk. First names, Ashley Kerwin, Hazel Aden, Paige Michalchuck, Terri Mcgreggor, and Ellie Nash. You ladies are in "Chipmunk Cove" That's down the path and make a left."

The 5 grade 9 girls picked up their ever so heavy bags and made their way down the path.

"Manny Santos, Emma Nelson, Liberty Van Zyke you are in in Raccoon Den. That's the small bunk by the lake.

"Craig Manning, Sean Cameron, Jimmy Brooks - you gentlemen are in the "Bat Cave" and last but not least Gavin Mason, JT Yorke, Toby Isaacs, and Marco Del la Rossi are in the bunk attached to bat cave- Bears Lair"

"Where in a bunk with spinner?!?" J.T freaked out. "He's gonna like kill while where sleeping or something" he cried. Toby rolled his eyes. Spinner wouldn't do anything to HIM he might mess around with JT a little but make no harm of Toby. The boys headed to their bunks.

_srry guys short boring chapter but ill try to get the next one up soon and I promise it will be better! Please review!_

xoxo-mariel