NOTE: OK, so this chapter isn't very exciting... in fact its rather boring,
but exams are coming up and I'm studying and... yeah, I'll stop with the
excuses, but I apologize in advance. Maybe I'll fix it later, or not,
we'll see.
A week had gone by since Laney, The Hotness, had arrived at camp, and things were finally starting to settle down. All the problems with The Hotness being a girl, which had erupted in discomfort the first day or two, had dwindled down to nothing. She was, for all intents and purposes, one of the guys. Almost like a sister. In fact the boys of D-Tent welcomed her openly into their clique one they had gotten over the initial awkwardness.
Laney was even getting used to the digging (her hands had begun to scar over nicely) and proved to be quite quick with a shovel. Which worked out well because it gave her a lot of time to hang out in the Wreck Room.
The boy enjoyed having her around simply for the change of pace she provided for the humdrum monotony they had been living before; and she never lost her slight temper, or strong-will for political correctness, which proved to be, on many occasions, an everlasting source of entertainment.
Yup, things were beginning to feel normal again at Camp Green Lake - until they saw the bus. As soon as Squid saw the first puff of dust rising in the distance, he rushed inside to inform everyone that the school bus was arriving with a new camper. A buzz of chatter filled the room. Not only did they have to speculate what the new kid would be like, but now they had to wonder if it would be a boy or a girl.
Many of the campers crowded onto the porch to await the new arrival, but the bus kicked up so much dust when it stopped that they could only make out a tiny figure before it was ushered roughly into Mr. Sir's office.
Everyone was bouncing with assumptions. Everyone except Laney. She stayed quiet, leaning up against the wood post, waiting with a bit of dread. *If* it was a girl and they didn't get along, it would be torture. They were going to have to be together constantly, merely because they were the only girls. They would even have to share a tent, and the showers (as soon as the female showers were completed, that is).
On the other hand, she thought, it would be nice to have someone to chat and gossip and PMS with if they got along. It wasn't always easy being the only girl at the camp.
But being the only girl would be better than being stuck with someone you hated.
She was shaken out of her thoughts by Magnet, who slung his arm easily over her shoulder, "Ready for a roomie?" He nodded towards Mr. Sir's door, where two figures had now appeared. It was evident the tall bulky one was Mr. Sir, and it was also obvious the figure with him was a female. The dust and heat clouded any more detail than that about the new arrival.
Laney squinted hard, desperately trying to see her new companion. But her ears proved to be stronger than her eyes. She heard a familiar voice jabber, "So... you're kind of like... the Gordon Bombay of the camp? Cowboy Bombay..."
"NO WAY!" Laney cried in disbelief, now walking towards the new girl, whose face lit up. They both started laughing instantly, and embraced in a friendly hug. Now that the dust had begun to settle, the boys looked out at the scene in puzzlement.
The most distinguishing characteristic about the new girl was her height. She was short; even shorter than The Hotness. She bouncing up and down as her and Laney walked towards the boys, and they heard Laney saying to her, "You got caught, too? I thought I was the only one who they found. I told them I had been working alone, but I guess they figured it out." The girl nodded.
By now they had reached the porch, and Laney changed the subject by saying, "Well, welcome to Camp Green Lake!" In the background Mr. Sir could be heard yelling about, "...can't leave the camp tour. I haven't even told ya about the damn lizards. I'm warnin' you! Git yourself back here this instant!" But no one paid him much attention.
Zigzag's eyes widened as they walked up, and he looked left and right before uttering, "Two of them."
Squid, quite used to it, ignored this comment, and asked through his toothpick, "Whose the gal?"
The new camper finally spoke, in a loud excited voice, "Oh my stoob! Don't mind me, I'm cool as a cucumber!"
Laney chuckled at this, but the boys just looked toward each other, their foreheads wrinkled with confusion.
"This is Q, er... Sarah Quimby. A friend of mine, if you couldn't tell," The Hotness laughed. She was in good cheer now that her friend was here.
Laney then introduced Q to all of the D-Tent boys, and had just finished going down the line when Mr. Sir stormed up and grabbed her by the shoulder, "Now listen here, missy, I have to tell ya about the damn lizards. This here ain't no gi-" he paused, "boy scouts camp." He squinted his eyes and growled deeply, "folla me."
Laney saluted her friend, "I guess you better finish off your tour. See you at dinner!"
Q saluted back, and a few of the boys who had been standing on the porch waved, or nodded their heads in acknowledgement. Others did nothing, but stared silently after the tiny, energetic figure as she bounded away. Squid squinted his eyes, and bit down on his toothpick.
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By dinnertime Laney was loaded with questions, and she shot them all at Q when she walked in the door.
"How is Frances? And Elliott? What about KP? Is Billy doing OK? What's Tyler up to these days? Is Lindsey well? And Katie? Brock? Claire? Emma? Laura, Lauren, Rachel, Efrem, Jesse?"
"Woah there slick, you've only been gone for a week!" Q replied.
"Oh, I know, but I miss everyone," Laney sighed.
"You might not have to miss them long," Q shrugged.
"What?! Do you think the rest of them will get caught?" Laney looked around her and lowered her voice, "Do they know how many people were involved?"
"I'm not sure," Q whispered back, "But they seem pretty vicious in their search. I don't bet they'll give up until they find them. But don't worry, we hid them *reeeaalll* well." Q winked.
"Haha, good good. I'm glad to hear the operation is still in action. I just hope -" she stopped suddenly, realizing that half of the boys around the table were staring in their general direction curiously.
Laney coughed into her hand, and quickly asked, "So, what's for dinner?!"
And what was for dinner was quite a pleasant surprise, at least for The Hotness. When she approached the counter, prepared to argue with the cook yet again, he handed her a plate with a burger in the middle of it, grumbled, "Veggie burger. You better damn well like it."
Laney's face broke into a smile, "Wow! Thanks!"
But the cook made no reply. He just walked away mumbling something about orders, and the warden, and lawsuits, and his salary. The Hotness didn't pay him much attention, for she was too busy bounding over to the table to display her victory to they other campers.
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NOTE: Haha, wow, it's kind of confusing to keep switching between the names "Laney" and "The Hotness". But anyway, yay Q's finally here! And this chapter was really boring!
*cough* I also realize my story has quite a few holes in it (no pun intended) like the fact that Laney was there a whole week before they started feeding her vegetarian food, but yeah, I'm over it. =)
A week had gone by since Laney, The Hotness, had arrived at camp, and things were finally starting to settle down. All the problems with The Hotness being a girl, which had erupted in discomfort the first day or two, had dwindled down to nothing. She was, for all intents and purposes, one of the guys. Almost like a sister. In fact the boys of D-Tent welcomed her openly into their clique one they had gotten over the initial awkwardness.
Laney was even getting used to the digging (her hands had begun to scar over nicely) and proved to be quite quick with a shovel. Which worked out well because it gave her a lot of time to hang out in the Wreck Room.
The boy enjoyed having her around simply for the change of pace she provided for the humdrum monotony they had been living before; and she never lost her slight temper, or strong-will for political correctness, which proved to be, on many occasions, an everlasting source of entertainment.
Yup, things were beginning to feel normal again at Camp Green Lake - until they saw the bus. As soon as Squid saw the first puff of dust rising in the distance, he rushed inside to inform everyone that the school bus was arriving with a new camper. A buzz of chatter filled the room. Not only did they have to speculate what the new kid would be like, but now they had to wonder if it would be a boy or a girl.
Many of the campers crowded onto the porch to await the new arrival, but the bus kicked up so much dust when it stopped that they could only make out a tiny figure before it was ushered roughly into Mr. Sir's office.
Everyone was bouncing with assumptions. Everyone except Laney. She stayed quiet, leaning up against the wood post, waiting with a bit of dread. *If* it was a girl and they didn't get along, it would be torture. They were going to have to be together constantly, merely because they were the only girls. They would even have to share a tent, and the showers (as soon as the female showers were completed, that is).
On the other hand, she thought, it would be nice to have someone to chat and gossip and PMS with if they got along. It wasn't always easy being the only girl at the camp.
But being the only girl would be better than being stuck with someone you hated.
She was shaken out of her thoughts by Magnet, who slung his arm easily over her shoulder, "Ready for a roomie?" He nodded towards Mr. Sir's door, where two figures had now appeared. It was evident the tall bulky one was Mr. Sir, and it was also obvious the figure with him was a female. The dust and heat clouded any more detail than that about the new arrival.
Laney squinted hard, desperately trying to see her new companion. But her ears proved to be stronger than her eyes. She heard a familiar voice jabber, "So... you're kind of like... the Gordon Bombay of the camp? Cowboy Bombay..."
"NO WAY!" Laney cried in disbelief, now walking towards the new girl, whose face lit up. They both started laughing instantly, and embraced in a friendly hug. Now that the dust had begun to settle, the boys looked out at the scene in puzzlement.
The most distinguishing characteristic about the new girl was her height. She was short; even shorter than The Hotness. She bouncing up and down as her and Laney walked towards the boys, and they heard Laney saying to her, "You got caught, too? I thought I was the only one who they found. I told them I had been working alone, but I guess they figured it out." The girl nodded.
By now they had reached the porch, and Laney changed the subject by saying, "Well, welcome to Camp Green Lake!" In the background Mr. Sir could be heard yelling about, "...can't leave the camp tour. I haven't even told ya about the damn lizards. I'm warnin' you! Git yourself back here this instant!" But no one paid him much attention.
Zigzag's eyes widened as they walked up, and he looked left and right before uttering, "Two of them."
Squid, quite used to it, ignored this comment, and asked through his toothpick, "Whose the gal?"
The new camper finally spoke, in a loud excited voice, "Oh my stoob! Don't mind me, I'm cool as a cucumber!"
Laney chuckled at this, but the boys just looked toward each other, their foreheads wrinkled with confusion.
"This is Q, er... Sarah Quimby. A friend of mine, if you couldn't tell," The Hotness laughed. She was in good cheer now that her friend was here.
Laney then introduced Q to all of the D-Tent boys, and had just finished going down the line when Mr. Sir stormed up and grabbed her by the shoulder, "Now listen here, missy, I have to tell ya about the damn lizards. This here ain't no gi-" he paused, "boy scouts camp." He squinted his eyes and growled deeply, "folla me."
Laney saluted her friend, "I guess you better finish off your tour. See you at dinner!"
Q saluted back, and a few of the boys who had been standing on the porch waved, or nodded their heads in acknowledgement. Others did nothing, but stared silently after the tiny, energetic figure as she bounded away. Squid squinted his eyes, and bit down on his toothpick.
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By dinnertime Laney was loaded with questions, and she shot them all at Q when she walked in the door.
"How is Frances? And Elliott? What about KP? Is Billy doing OK? What's Tyler up to these days? Is Lindsey well? And Katie? Brock? Claire? Emma? Laura, Lauren, Rachel, Efrem, Jesse?"
"Woah there slick, you've only been gone for a week!" Q replied.
"Oh, I know, but I miss everyone," Laney sighed.
"You might not have to miss them long," Q shrugged.
"What?! Do you think the rest of them will get caught?" Laney looked around her and lowered her voice, "Do they know how many people were involved?"
"I'm not sure," Q whispered back, "But they seem pretty vicious in their search. I don't bet they'll give up until they find them. But don't worry, we hid them *reeeaalll* well." Q winked.
"Haha, good good. I'm glad to hear the operation is still in action. I just hope -" she stopped suddenly, realizing that half of the boys around the table were staring in their general direction curiously.
Laney coughed into her hand, and quickly asked, "So, what's for dinner?!"
And what was for dinner was quite a pleasant surprise, at least for The Hotness. When she approached the counter, prepared to argue with the cook yet again, he handed her a plate with a burger in the middle of it, grumbled, "Veggie burger. You better damn well like it."
Laney's face broke into a smile, "Wow! Thanks!"
But the cook made no reply. He just walked away mumbling something about orders, and the warden, and lawsuits, and his salary. The Hotness didn't pay him much attention, for she was too busy bounding over to the table to display her victory to they other campers.
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NOTE: Haha, wow, it's kind of confusing to keep switching between the names "Laney" and "The Hotness". But anyway, yay Q's finally here! And this chapter was really boring!
*cough* I also realize my story has quite a few holes in it (no pun intended) like the fact that Laney was there a whole week before they started feeding her vegetarian food, but yeah, I'm over it. =)