Part 4: The Secret Passed On and A Frightful Game
Magnet was waiting for Becky after dinner outside. He was about to leave when they bumped into eachother.
"Oh I'm sorry." she said awkwardly.
"No it was my fault." he said, just as awkwardly.
She couldn't think of anything else to say about it, so she just smiled a little. Then she remembered what she had wanted to tell him.
"MAGNET! I got to tell you something! I don't know if I want to tell the others yet though." she said quickly.
"Why not?"
"I don't know.........For some reason I........... don't want to......."
Magnet gave her a look. "Alrighty then........ So what's the news?"
"Do.......... Do you know what Kissing Kate looks like?" she asked.
"A little."
"Does.......... Do you think she looks like me?"
Magnet stared at her for a second. "Yeah. I thought it was just a coincidence though."
Becky rolled her eyes. "It's because I'm related to her you idiot!"
"Oh! I didn't even think of that!"
"You're such a moron!" she said, but she was very surprised. She only said that to her old sister.
"Hey! Anyway, is that all you wanted to tell me?" he said, a little angry.
"I guess. That's what the Warden was asking me when she took me in. Thought she already knew. She said something about seeing if the guards were right. I didn't get what she meant though."
"Well, me either. They must have said something about you."
"Oh."
There was a silence for a minute.
"We might as well go back............ Oh by the way! The guys wanted me to tell you we're playing spin the bottle tonight." he said, turning around.
"WHAT!?!? But I'm the only girl!"
"Yeah, we know."
"So you're saying I'm gonna have to kiss everyone?"
"No! Only the people who the bottle points to. You get to spin the bottle five times, which means you get to kiss five guys."
"No no no no no no! You decided this without asking me? How fair is that?"
"Come on we never got to play! I bet you any day now another girl will be sent here and the both of you will only have to kiss three."
"I DON'T CARE. I'm NOT playing!" she shouted over at him as they neared the tent.
*
"Ok, everyone knows the rules right? Becky spins the bottle and then the guy it lands on and Becky will go to the tent next door, got it?" said Squid.
Yep!" said the rest of them.
Becky rolled her eyes.
"Ok, who here hasn't kissed before?" Squid seemed to be the speaker of this game.
Twitch rose his hand, Magnet rose his hand, and then Squid rose his hand. 'No I'm just kidding." he said, then he took it down. Becky rose her hand as well.
"No way? Our spinner hasn't even kissed before! This is going to be a sweet game." said Squid.
"It'll only be sweet if it doesn't land on you," she said savagely. She didn't know why she was here anyways. But if anyone came near her in that other tent, she'd slap them. "Let's just get it over with."
They were all sitting in the middle of the floor in their cabin, and the bottle was in the middle. Becky scooted into the circle, then she spun the bottle.
Almost at once she began to become nervous. She felt sick as well. Maybe I can get out of this game if I say I'm sick. I mean, it's partly true! She thought. Nah, they'd think I'm lying............
It seemed like forever until the bottle finally stopped. It stopped at Squid. Becky swore she saw Magnet glance at her, a little unhappily.
"WHO HOO! Oh yeah first one!" said Squid standing up and acting like he won an award or something. Becky rolled her eyes.
*
Becky sat down on the cleanest bed she could find in the other cabin. "Don't come near me." she said to Squid.
"You're just chicken." he said.
'No I'm not! I just don't want to kiss you."
"You want to kiss Magnet don't you." he said, grinning.
Her head snapped towards him. "Shut up."
"That's what he said."
Silence.
"What?"
"Oh, nevermind. He'd kill me if I told you." she could tell he was grinning, though his back was too her now.
She stood up. "What are you talking about?"
"Nothing. Now if you want to kiss Magnet I can pull a few strings."
"What?"
"Just tell me. Do you want to kiss Magnet or not?"
"I............I don't know!"
"Come on we all know you like eachother anyway."
"How do you know I like him? I've been here only a few days! I mean, maybe I'm CONCITERING it........."
"Fine, if you don't want to........" Squid came closer to her. "I'll just kiss you then."
"Fine fine fine."
"Alright, it's settled then. Just one question." he asked.
"What?"
"Why don't you want to kiss me?"
*
"How long is it supposed to take?" asked Magnet impatiently.
"You just want it to be your turn." said X-Ray.
"Just mind your own business!" snapped Magnet.
This is what they were saying as Squid and Becky walked back in.
"Look whose back." said Twitch. "What took so long?"
"Well, you know..........." said Squid.
"Yeah yeah yeah just sit down. 1 down 4 to go!" said X-Ray. Becky made a face, then spun the bottle, glancing at Squid every once in a while. She saw him reach behind him for something. Then the bottle stopped, pointing at Magnet. She looked amazed over at Squid. He just shrugged, grinning a bit. Magnet looked suspicious.
"Go!" said ZigZag, shooing them away like they were small children.
*
When they were in the next tent, Becky had a knot in her throat. She kept swallowing. Magnet cleared his throat.
"Er........."
Becky looked at her feet. "So............."
"So how was it with Squid?" he asked.
"I don't know." she said.
"What do you mean?" he said, laughing a bit.
"Why not? Then what were you doing in there for so long?"
"Talking....... and to answer your first question, it was because I............ I wanted to kiss someone else................"
"And who was that?"
They were standing face to face of eachother, unlike before with Squid.
"Ummm.........." she said, starting to get really nervous.............
[by the way, whatever age I put that Becky was before, she's really 15 almost 16...]
Magnet was waiting for Becky after dinner outside. He was about to leave when they bumped into eachother.
"Oh I'm sorry." she said awkwardly.
"No it was my fault." he said, just as awkwardly.
She couldn't think of anything else to say about it, so she just smiled a little. Then she remembered what she had wanted to tell him.
"MAGNET! I got to tell you something! I don't know if I want to tell the others yet though." she said quickly.
"Why not?"
"I don't know.........For some reason I........... don't want to......."
Magnet gave her a look. "Alrighty then........ So what's the news?"
"Do.......... Do you know what Kissing Kate looks like?" she asked.
"A little."
"Does.......... Do you think she looks like me?"
Magnet stared at her for a second. "Yeah. I thought it was just a coincidence though."
Becky rolled her eyes. "It's because I'm related to her you idiot!"
"Oh! I didn't even think of that!"
"You're such a moron!" she said, but she was very surprised. She only said that to her old sister.
"Hey! Anyway, is that all you wanted to tell me?" he said, a little angry.
"I guess. That's what the Warden was asking me when she took me in. Thought she already knew. She said something about seeing if the guards were right. I didn't get what she meant though."
"Well, me either. They must have said something about you."
"Oh."
There was a silence for a minute.
"We might as well go back............ Oh by the way! The guys wanted me to tell you we're playing spin the bottle tonight." he said, turning around.
"WHAT!?!? But I'm the only girl!"
"Yeah, we know."
"So you're saying I'm gonna have to kiss everyone?"
"No! Only the people who the bottle points to. You get to spin the bottle five times, which means you get to kiss five guys."
"No no no no no no! You decided this without asking me? How fair is that?"
"Come on we never got to play! I bet you any day now another girl will be sent here and the both of you will only have to kiss three."
"I DON'T CARE. I'm NOT playing!" she shouted over at him as they neared the tent.
*
"Ok, everyone knows the rules right? Becky spins the bottle and then the guy it lands on and Becky will go to the tent next door, got it?" said Squid.
Yep!" said the rest of them.
Becky rolled her eyes.
"Ok, who here hasn't kissed before?" Squid seemed to be the speaker of this game.
Twitch rose his hand, Magnet rose his hand, and then Squid rose his hand. 'No I'm just kidding." he said, then he took it down. Becky rose her hand as well.
"No way? Our spinner hasn't even kissed before! This is going to be a sweet game." said Squid.
"It'll only be sweet if it doesn't land on you," she said savagely. She didn't know why she was here anyways. But if anyone came near her in that other tent, she'd slap them. "Let's just get it over with."
They were all sitting in the middle of the floor in their cabin, and the bottle was in the middle. Becky scooted into the circle, then she spun the bottle.
Almost at once she began to become nervous. She felt sick as well. Maybe I can get out of this game if I say I'm sick. I mean, it's partly true! She thought. Nah, they'd think I'm lying............
It seemed like forever until the bottle finally stopped. It stopped at Squid. Becky swore she saw Magnet glance at her, a little unhappily.
"WHO HOO! Oh yeah first one!" said Squid standing up and acting like he won an award or something. Becky rolled her eyes.
*
Becky sat down on the cleanest bed she could find in the other cabin. "Don't come near me." she said to Squid.
"You're just chicken." he said.
'No I'm not! I just don't want to kiss you."
"You want to kiss Magnet don't you." he said, grinning.
Her head snapped towards him. "Shut up."
"That's what he said."
Silence.
"What?"
"Oh, nevermind. He'd kill me if I told you." she could tell he was grinning, though his back was too her now.
She stood up. "What are you talking about?"
"Nothing. Now if you want to kiss Magnet I can pull a few strings."
"What?"
"Just tell me. Do you want to kiss Magnet or not?"
"I............I don't know!"
"Come on we all know you like eachother anyway."
"How do you know I like him? I've been here only a few days! I mean, maybe I'm CONCITERING it........."
"Fine, if you don't want to........" Squid came closer to her. "I'll just kiss you then."
"Fine fine fine."
"Alright, it's settled then. Just one question." he asked.
"What?"
"Why don't you want to kiss me?"
*
"How long is it supposed to take?" asked Magnet impatiently.
"You just want it to be your turn." said X-Ray.
"Just mind your own business!" snapped Magnet.
This is what they were saying as Squid and Becky walked back in.
"Look whose back." said Twitch. "What took so long?"
"Well, you know..........." said Squid.
"Yeah yeah yeah just sit down. 1 down 4 to go!" said X-Ray. Becky made a face, then spun the bottle, glancing at Squid every once in a while. She saw him reach behind him for something. Then the bottle stopped, pointing at Magnet. She looked amazed over at Squid. He just shrugged, grinning a bit. Magnet looked suspicious.
"Go!" said ZigZag, shooing them away like they were small children.
*
When they were in the next tent, Becky had a knot in her throat. She kept swallowing. Magnet cleared his throat.
"Er........."
Becky looked at her feet. "So............."
"So how was it with Squid?" he asked.
"I don't know." she said.
"What do you mean?" he said, laughing a bit.
"Why not? Then what were you doing in there for so long?"
"Talking....... and to answer your first question, it was because I............ I wanted to kiss someone else................"
"And who was that?"
They were standing face to face of eachother, unlike before with Squid.
"Ummm.........." she said, starting to get really nervous.............
[by the way, whatever age I put that Becky was before, she's really 15 almost 16...]