Author's Note- I want to thank Sachi and Nikki at this point. Nikki for developing the character Rachel and writing most of her point of views and Sachi for developing the character Robyn. I also want to thank both of you for acting out Squid's POV : )
Thorne's POV
I woke up to see that Diamond had already left the tent...again, before me. I pulled on my jumpsuit and left Rhythm lying in her cot. The trumpet hadn't blown yet after all. I walked outside to wait for Mr. Sir to unlock the shovel library and saw Diamond waiting too. "Hello Diamond," I said with fake cheeriness. She gave me a stony glare.
"Hello EMILY" she said. I felt my muscles tense. Nobody called me Emily. Nobody.
"Don't call me that, ever," I told her.
"I didn't call you THAT. I called you EMILY," she challenged. I could feel myself losing control again. 'I won't do anything stupid' I told myself. Just then the trumpet blew and Mr. Sir came out to unlock the library. After I'd taken my shovel and disposed of my tortilla I went up to Mr. Sir.
"Mr. Sir, could I get another pair of gloves, please?" I asked sweetly. He gave me an angry look but nonetheless he went to go get them. When he was gone I grabbed Diamond by the arm and pulled her a safe distance from the rest of the group. "Don't try me, you'll get hurt," I told her, a sharp edge to my voice. If she didn't like me for NO reason, I'd give her one. I walked back towards the group and held Zigzag's hand, watching Squid give Rhythm a piggy back ride for a while until Mr. Sir came back with the gloves. He handed them to me roughly and proceeded to lead the group to their spots to dig. I caught up with Diamond and shoved the gloves into her arms. "You could use these," I said with a smirk and headed off behind Mr. Sir to dig my 167th hole in Camp Green Lake, but my 54th hole in the boy/girl Camp Green Lake.
Squid's POV
Another day, another hole. My hands were already calloused, they didn't hurt anymore. Neither did my muscles. They had toughened, I had toughened. Before the water truck came I heard Diamond scream, "DID YOU JUST THROW DIRT IN MY HOLE?" I climbed out of my hole to see who she was talking about. The other boys had already climbed up to see. Thorne was sitting over by Zigzag, looking at the scene unfolding in front of us so it wasn't her.
Rhythm rose out of her hole too. "Yeah, you gotta problem with it?" she asked. I sighed, putting down my shovel and figuring I was going to have to get involved.
Diamond gave her a venomous stare. "Yes, I do" she said.
"Well, whatcha gonna do 'bout it?" Rhythm asked moving towards Diamond. Diamond crossed the distance between Rhythm and herself in one leap.
"I'm going to do this!" She said shoving Rhythm down. Rhythm jumped up just as quickly. Magnet was on his feet by now too, but he didn't do anything. Just stared. I, too, was frozen in place. I was torn between helping Rhythm and not wanting to hurt a girl. Also, I didn't want to make Rhythm think I thought she needed help. Rhythm ran into Diamond, knocking her down but falling down with her. At this point Magnet moved a little closer to them. They rolled around for a minute before Diamond jumped up and hit Rhythm in the jaw. Rhythm didn't like this, as you can imagine, and she hit her back, harder. Diamond lay still on the ground. I thought the fight was over, and apparently Magnet did too because he walked over to them and offered Diamond his hand. Diamond pushed his hand away and grabbed onto Rhythm's throat with both hands. Rhythm grabbed onto Diamond's hair.
"CAT FIGHT!" Armpit said laughing. X-Ray stood up now too.
"Girls, stop fighting, Mr. Sir's coming with the water truck, c'mon," he said in a desperate attempt to break them up. I was moving toward Rhythm, intending on helping her up and for the first time my eyes left her. Zigzag was holding Thorne's arms behind her back, trying to keep her contained so she wouldn't join the fight. At that point Diamond bit Rhythm's wrist and Rhythm pushed Diamond off of her. When Diamond got to her feet Rhythm pushed her. Diamond was falling, and she was falling into a hole. In a milisecond Thorne was there, pulling the front of Diamond's jumpsuit so that her feet were back on the ground. I guess she must've broken Zigzag's grip. Diamond looked at Thorne, dazed. Thorne just gave her a mean look and walked back over to Zigzag. She was giving him a death stare when the water truck pulled up. Mr. Sir climbed out and began filling X-Ray's canteen. Everyone kept glancing back to Diamond and Rhythm. When Mr. Sir left we all took a few sips of our water before going back to our holes. I put my hand on Rhythm's thigh and whispered to her in a way that I hoped was soothing. As I departed Diamond walked to Rhythm's hole and stopped. When Rhythm looked up Diamond kicked some dirt in her eyes and got back in her hole. Rhythm didn't do anything, she just stared after her.
