Hours passed and Jasmine could see a dust pile moving forward. She sighed and slowly picked up her water gallon.
"'Bout time the stupid truck gets here.."She said to the boys digging around her.
"Ya I know...it seems like forever...doesn't it, Jas?"Squid added. Jasmine slowly nodded, after being at Camp Green Lake for a whole month things always seemed the same...slow and stupid. STUPID Jasmine, for some reason always liked that word...she used it all the time. It was making a statement as she put it.
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The truck drove up to D-Tent then slightly stopped, the dust around the truck settled as soon as everything was still. The 8 kids walked up to the water line. to get in there usual spots. Jasmine was placed after Magnet, ahead of Caveman. She waited for her water then returned to her digging spot. Jasmine felt a sharp pain across her shoulder as she dropped her filled jug to the side of her hole. She cringed in pain as she held her arm tightly. She then let go of her arm and resumed digging.
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"Hey, Jasmine ya almost done?"Zigzag asked as he walked by her hole.
"Almost...but whats it to you, Zig?"She asked.
"I was just wonderin...ya know, being 'friendly'.."Zigzag walked away. Jasmine smiled his way as he left.
She regretted it..but she was actually getting use to this place. The food, the boys, the clothes, the mornings, the digging, the routines...everything. She took one deep sigh, then dug another pile of dirt from her hole. Her digging turned to Day dreaming, and her day dreaming turned to a nightmare.
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The dark, motionless room. Her mother lifeless on the ground. The thunder booming outside. Caused the little girl to cry in fear, and want. She wanted her mom to get up and hold her once again. The fragile girl got to her feet and looked around the empty, dark room. She needed comfort and all she saw was pain, she walked slowly forward not knowing if she'd run into something or just walk into the darkness forever. Wait a second...
A light...a light came from a window up ahead of her...down the hallway she was walking. The windows pitter pattering from the rain drops and the flash of lightning that went through the night sky. Light led her to a way out of the cold, darkness...she walked slow..then faster, and faster..stressing to get to the window of light ahead of her. Until...the girls mouth let out a scream of fear, as two arms grabbed her and pulled her back.
"No..screaming, girl..ya know better then that.."The mans voice was once again heard. He roughly cupped his hand over her mouth. She squeeled and tried to get it off...no use. She was little and weak...he had control and she was useless.
"Where did ya think you were goin'?...Tryin' to escape through the window or sumthin? Tryin' to go tell on me?"The mans voice got angrier and angrier..it almost felt like he was shaking her. The little girl shook her head and the man released her mouth.
"Then tell me what were you doin?"
"I wanted to see the light.."The little girls voice shook, terrified.
"Well...how many times do I gotta tell ya to STAY AWAY from the window!"The man pushed his daughter to the ground. The little girls tearful eyes looked up at her father.
"What happened daddy?.."She whispered.
"What happened to you?"
"What are you talking about?"The man hissed.
"Y..you use ta care.."Tears ran down the little girls cheeks.
"You use ta care about me.."The little girl sniffed. "And mommy...what happened?"The little girl stared at her father and waited for a responce.
"Nuthin happened.."The man answered. "This is the real me.."The man grabbed his daughter once again and held her close to his face.
"This is me...and everyone else...everyones exactly the same..Do You hear me girl?...ALL ADULTS TREAT THERE KIDS LIKE THIS! Everyone is exactly the same.."The Man lied to his little girl.
"So just get use to it.."The man smacked his daughter in the head, then dragged her back towards the dark room.
"daddy...why?"She whispered to herself.
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Water splashed as Jasmine was released from her dreaming. She jumped back, startled from the water.
"Hey, Jas...you been out here all day..ya almost done?"Magnet asked. She stared wide eyed at him.
"Ya..Im just getting a little side tracked thats all.."She began finishing up her hole.
"You dont hafta wait for me Magnet...I'll catch up.."
"Ok..whatever you say, I'll be in the Wreck room when ya finish.."
"Ok, C ya,"Jasmine hurried him off then shoveled the last dirt scoops from her hole.
"'Bout time the stupid truck gets here.."She said to the boys digging around her.
"Ya I know...it seems like forever...doesn't it, Jas?"Squid added. Jasmine slowly nodded, after being at Camp Green Lake for a whole month things always seemed the same...slow and stupid. STUPID Jasmine, for some reason always liked that word...she used it all the time. It was making a statement as she put it.
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The truck drove up to D-Tent then slightly stopped, the dust around the truck settled as soon as everything was still. The 8 kids walked up to the water line. to get in there usual spots. Jasmine was placed after Magnet, ahead of Caveman. She waited for her water then returned to her digging spot. Jasmine felt a sharp pain across her shoulder as she dropped her filled jug to the side of her hole. She cringed in pain as she held her arm tightly. She then let go of her arm and resumed digging.
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"Hey, Jasmine ya almost done?"Zigzag asked as he walked by her hole.
"Almost...but whats it to you, Zig?"She asked.
"I was just wonderin...ya know, being 'friendly'.."Zigzag walked away. Jasmine smiled his way as he left.
She regretted it..but she was actually getting use to this place. The food, the boys, the clothes, the mornings, the digging, the routines...everything. She took one deep sigh, then dug another pile of dirt from her hole. Her digging turned to Day dreaming, and her day dreaming turned to a nightmare.
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The dark, motionless room. Her mother lifeless on the ground. The thunder booming outside. Caused the little girl to cry in fear, and want. She wanted her mom to get up and hold her once again. The fragile girl got to her feet and looked around the empty, dark room. She needed comfort and all she saw was pain, she walked slowly forward not knowing if she'd run into something or just walk into the darkness forever. Wait a second...
A light...a light came from a window up ahead of her...down the hallway she was walking. The windows pitter pattering from the rain drops and the flash of lightning that went through the night sky. Light led her to a way out of the cold, darkness...she walked slow..then faster, and faster..stressing to get to the window of light ahead of her. Until...the girls mouth let out a scream of fear, as two arms grabbed her and pulled her back.
"No..screaming, girl..ya know better then that.."The mans voice was once again heard. He roughly cupped his hand over her mouth. She squeeled and tried to get it off...no use. She was little and weak...he had control and she was useless.
"Where did ya think you were goin'?...Tryin' to escape through the window or sumthin? Tryin' to go tell on me?"The mans voice got angrier and angrier..it almost felt like he was shaking her. The little girl shook her head and the man released her mouth.
"Then tell me what were you doin?"
"I wanted to see the light.."The little girls voice shook, terrified.
"Well...how many times do I gotta tell ya to STAY AWAY from the window!"The man pushed his daughter to the ground. The little girls tearful eyes looked up at her father.
"What happened daddy?.."She whispered.
"What happened to you?"
"What are you talking about?"The man hissed.
"Y..you use ta care.."Tears ran down the little girls cheeks.
"You use ta care about me.."The little girl sniffed. "And mommy...what happened?"The little girl stared at her father and waited for a responce.
"Nuthin happened.."The man answered. "This is the real me.."The man grabbed his daughter once again and held her close to his face.
"This is me...and everyone else...everyones exactly the same..Do You hear me girl?...ALL ADULTS TREAT THERE KIDS LIKE THIS! Everyone is exactly the same.."The Man lied to his little girl.
"So just get use to it.."The man smacked his daughter in the head, then dragged her back towards the dark room.
"daddy...why?"She whispered to herself.
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Water splashed as Jasmine was released from her dreaming. She jumped back, startled from the water.
"Hey, Jas...you been out here all day..ya almost done?"Magnet asked. She stared wide eyed at him.
"Ya..Im just getting a little side tracked thats all.."She began finishing up her hole.
"You dont hafta wait for me Magnet...I'll catch up.."
"Ok..whatever you say, I'll be in the Wreck room when ya finish.."
"Ok, C ya,"Jasmine hurried him off then shoveled the last dirt scoops from her hole.