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After Shane gets her uniforms, another man comes over to her. Xander growls.
"Shhhhh" Shane tells Xander.
"You must be Shane", the man says., "My name is Mr.Pendanski, I will be your counselor while you are here. You are in d-tent and d stands for diligence. Follow me."
Shane tries not to laugh at the counselor and follows him to a tent.
Inside are three boys.
" Boys this is Shane and..." Mr.Pendanski says.
"Xander" Shane says.
"Yes, right Shane and Xander. They will be staying in d-tent for the next two years. Shane this is Alan, Louis, and Rex" after Mr.Pendanski said that he left.
"He always gets our names wrong. I'm X-Ray and that's Squid and Barf Bag." the boy Mr.Pendanski said was Rex told her pointing to Squid who was Alan and Barf Bag who was Louis.
"Hi" Shane said. Xander barked a friendly bark.
"So what're ya here for?" Squid asks.
At about 4 in the morning on the fourth of July I set off some illegal fire crackers." She tells them.
"How'd the dog get here?" Barf Bag asks.
"Xander, happens to be my only family left besides my aunt and cousin." Shane says.
"Oh, sorry" Barf Bag says.
"So any ways, Shane wanna see the rest of the camp?" Squid asks her.
"Sure."
She follows him to the Wreck Room. She looks inside and sees that it's called 'Wreck' because everything's a wreck. The couches are torn, the TV doesn't work, and the pool table has names carved into it. Another weird thing is that all the boys are staring at her. Two boys come over to her and Squid.
"Who's the new.girl, Squid?" one of the boys asks.
"This is Shane and Xander, Shane they are Magnet and Zigzag." Squid says.
"Who's Xander?" Zigzag asks.
Xander growls.
"Whoa, a dog. Does he bite?" Zigzag says.
"A dog! Cool. I love animals." Magnet says. "Yeah, anyways come on, we should go back to the tent." Squid says.
They stay up talking for a while then go to sleep. She has the same dream she had on the way to camp. It didn't surprise her very much that it happened again because that dream had come back about ten times before. The next morning at 4:30 Shane had to get up.
"Get up Shane." Squid tells her.
"No, it's too early"
"If you don't get up now you might get in trouble."
"Okay, fine."
She gets up and walks up to the Library. There she gets her shovel and walks with the rest of d-tent to a digging spot. Mr.Sir tells her where to dig. She has trouble digging at first but then it gets a little easier. Xander would sit by where she was the whole time. Shane's hole was a little over one foot deep when X-Ray called out "Water truck". Everybody climbs out of their hole and goes stand in line. Shane didn't know that there was a certain order to line up in so she stood where she got in line at but X- Ray pulled her to the back of the line
"You're new, so you have to be in the back of the line. Maybe you'll move up eventually." he tells her.
When she gets to the front of the line Mr. Sir starts saying how this isn't a girl scout camp. After she gets her and Xander's water she goes back to her hole. After awhile the water truck came again. They got in line and got water and lunch. Shane went to go sit by her hole to eat, and Squid comes and sits next to her.
"Hey" he says.
"Hey"
"How far have you gotten" he asks her.
"I'm about half way done I guess" Shane tells him.
They talk until they finish eating and have to go back to digging. Everyone was finished, when Shane measured her hole for the last time. She tried to climb out but was to tired to get out. She was trying to get out and notices that Squid is coming over to her.
"Need some help?" he asks her.
"Yeah, a little."
He helps her out of her hole and says, "The first holes the hardest.". They walk back to the tent and Shane gets out her notebook to start writing. She always writes everyday about everything. Nobody but her and Jason has seen what's written in it. She has had that notebook since she was 8. It had stories about her, Xander, and her brother in it. And after the crash it had what school had been like for her. Magnet comes over to her when she is writing.
"Hey whatcha writing?" he asks.
She closes her notebook and says "Nothing. I'm not writing anything."
"Okay, then do you wanna go to the Wreck Room with us?"
"No, I'm too tired."
"Okay, see ya"
"See ya"
Squid was the only one to stay behind.
"So, Writer, What are you writing?" he asks.
"Writer?" she says.
"Yeah, you gotta have a nickname."
"Oh, well anyways I'm just writing about nothing."
"Okay so why do you write if it's about nothing?" he asks. "Because I just do." she answers.
He goes away and lets her write.
July 17, 2003. Now my name is Writer. I guess it's pretty cool, but I still like Shane. I haven't gone by any name other than Shane since Jason called me Jes, Jessi or Jessica. The boys here are:
Squid (Alan)- He's the one who seems to like me. Always around and helping me out. It doesn't bother my but it is a little weird. He doesn't look that bad either. He's tall and always wears a towel (or something) under a hat. And he's always chewing on a toothpick.
Magnet (???)- He likes animals. Xander seems to like him. I don't know much else about him except that he was sent here because he tried to steal a puppy from the pet store. He says he would have made it out if his packet hadn't started barking. I agree with him about how it's a crime to keep the animals locked up in those cages.
Zigzag (???)- He's very paranoid. He always stares at the staticy TV. and says he's watching a show. He also had a TV guide from March 22, 1998 that he always is looking at. Another thing I know is that he likes fire.
Barf Bag (Louis)- He's pretty nice. I haven't talked to him very much since my first day here. I don't really want to know how he got his nickname.
X-Ray (Rex)- He's the leader of D-Tent. He has thick glasses that are always dirty. He said that he can't see very well and is only called X-Ray because it's pig latin for Rex. He's a nice guy, but he moved me to the back of the line for water. I guess you have to earn your own spot.
The order for the water truck right now is: X-Ray, Squid, Zigzag, Barf Bag, Magnet then me, Writer Rider. The girl from Phoenix, Arizona who's only family is her Aunt Kate, Cousin Alex and dog Xander. I call Xander X sometimes but X-Ray is also called X so that might be a problem. Zigzag is called Zig or Ziggy sometimes. I guess I do kind of like Squid. No I don't like Squid, I just got here how can I like someone who I hardly just met. But knowing me (and according to Jason) it doesn't take me very long to get a crush.
The best thing about being here so far is that I'm away from school. That's good for me, bad for Alex. I won't be there to help him stand up to the bullies, but he's learned a lot. I'm glad I'm away from there. People still feel sorry for me and I'm now 16. It's been three years since the crash and random people come up to me and say "I heard that your family died, I'm sorry." or "It must be hard not having your parents or brother around". They don't get it. My parents are always around. They help me with everything still. And Jason is never gonna go away. On the night I was arrested Jason was definitely with me. After always getting in trouble together, our birthday was no different. We would always set off fire crackers and fire works on the fourth of July. Didn't everybody. Besides it just happens that our birthday is July 4th, so at about 4 on the morning I went outside to set off some fire crackers. We always did that three years ago at 4, but I guess people around where my aunt lives don't like it very much. It took me three years to get up enough courage to still set them off. I had some huge ones planned for later that night, but I never got to set them off.
After Shane gets her uniforms, another man comes over to her. Xander growls.
"Shhhhh" Shane tells Xander.
"You must be Shane", the man says., "My name is Mr.Pendanski, I will be your counselor while you are here. You are in d-tent and d stands for diligence. Follow me."
Shane tries not to laugh at the counselor and follows him to a tent.
Inside are three boys.
" Boys this is Shane and..." Mr.Pendanski says.
"Xander" Shane says.
"Yes, right Shane and Xander. They will be staying in d-tent for the next two years. Shane this is Alan, Louis, and Rex" after Mr.Pendanski said that he left.
"He always gets our names wrong. I'm X-Ray and that's Squid and Barf Bag." the boy Mr.Pendanski said was Rex told her pointing to Squid who was Alan and Barf Bag who was Louis.
"Hi" Shane said. Xander barked a friendly bark.
"So what're ya here for?" Squid asks.
At about 4 in the morning on the fourth of July I set off some illegal fire crackers." She tells them.
"How'd the dog get here?" Barf Bag asks.
"Xander, happens to be my only family left besides my aunt and cousin." Shane says.
"Oh, sorry" Barf Bag says.
"So any ways, Shane wanna see the rest of the camp?" Squid asks her.
"Sure."
She follows him to the Wreck Room. She looks inside and sees that it's called 'Wreck' because everything's a wreck. The couches are torn, the TV doesn't work, and the pool table has names carved into it. Another weird thing is that all the boys are staring at her. Two boys come over to her and Squid.
"Who's the new.girl, Squid?" one of the boys asks.
"This is Shane and Xander, Shane they are Magnet and Zigzag." Squid says.
"Who's Xander?" Zigzag asks.
Xander growls.
"Whoa, a dog. Does he bite?" Zigzag says.
"A dog! Cool. I love animals." Magnet says. "Yeah, anyways come on, we should go back to the tent." Squid says.
They stay up talking for a while then go to sleep. She has the same dream she had on the way to camp. It didn't surprise her very much that it happened again because that dream had come back about ten times before. The next morning at 4:30 Shane had to get up.
"Get up Shane." Squid tells her.
"No, it's too early"
"If you don't get up now you might get in trouble."
"Okay, fine."
She gets up and walks up to the Library. There she gets her shovel and walks with the rest of d-tent to a digging spot. Mr.Sir tells her where to dig. She has trouble digging at first but then it gets a little easier. Xander would sit by where she was the whole time. Shane's hole was a little over one foot deep when X-Ray called out "Water truck". Everybody climbs out of their hole and goes stand in line. Shane didn't know that there was a certain order to line up in so she stood where she got in line at but X- Ray pulled her to the back of the line
"You're new, so you have to be in the back of the line. Maybe you'll move up eventually." he tells her.
When she gets to the front of the line Mr. Sir starts saying how this isn't a girl scout camp. After she gets her and Xander's water she goes back to her hole. After awhile the water truck came again. They got in line and got water and lunch. Shane went to go sit by her hole to eat, and Squid comes and sits next to her.
"Hey" he says.
"Hey"
"How far have you gotten" he asks her.
"I'm about half way done I guess" Shane tells him.
They talk until they finish eating and have to go back to digging. Everyone was finished, when Shane measured her hole for the last time. She tried to climb out but was to tired to get out. She was trying to get out and notices that Squid is coming over to her.
"Need some help?" he asks her.
"Yeah, a little."
He helps her out of her hole and says, "The first holes the hardest.". They walk back to the tent and Shane gets out her notebook to start writing. She always writes everyday about everything. Nobody but her and Jason has seen what's written in it. She has had that notebook since she was 8. It had stories about her, Xander, and her brother in it. And after the crash it had what school had been like for her. Magnet comes over to her when she is writing.
"Hey whatcha writing?" he asks.
She closes her notebook and says "Nothing. I'm not writing anything."
"Okay, then do you wanna go to the Wreck Room with us?"
"No, I'm too tired."
"Okay, see ya"
"See ya"
Squid was the only one to stay behind.
"So, Writer, What are you writing?" he asks.
"Writer?" she says.
"Yeah, you gotta have a nickname."
"Oh, well anyways I'm just writing about nothing."
"Okay so why do you write if it's about nothing?" he asks. "Because I just do." she answers.
He goes away and lets her write.
July 17, 2003. Now my name is Writer. I guess it's pretty cool, but I still like Shane. I haven't gone by any name other than Shane since Jason called me Jes, Jessi or Jessica. The boys here are:
Squid (Alan)- He's the one who seems to like me. Always around and helping me out. It doesn't bother my but it is a little weird. He doesn't look that bad either. He's tall and always wears a towel (or something) under a hat. And he's always chewing on a toothpick.
Magnet (???)- He likes animals. Xander seems to like him. I don't know much else about him except that he was sent here because he tried to steal a puppy from the pet store. He says he would have made it out if his packet hadn't started barking. I agree with him about how it's a crime to keep the animals locked up in those cages.
Zigzag (???)- He's very paranoid. He always stares at the staticy TV. and says he's watching a show. He also had a TV guide from March 22, 1998 that he always is looking at. Another thing I know is that he likes fire.
Barf Bag (Louis)- He's pretty nice. I haven't talked to him very much since my first day here. I don't really want to know how he got his nickname.
X-Ray (Rex)- He's the leader of D-Tent. He has thick glasses that are always dirty. He said that he can't see very well and is only called X-Ray because it's pig latin for Rex. He's a nice guy, but he moved me to the back of the line for water. I guess you have to earn your own spot.
The order for the water truck right now is: X-Ray, Squid, Zigzag, Barf Bag, Magnet then me, Writer Rider. The girl from Phoenix, Arizona who's only family is her Aunt Kate, Cousin Alex and dog Xander. I call Xander X sometimes but X-Ray is also called X so that might be a problem. Zigzag is called Zig or Ziggy sometimes. I guess I do kind of like Squid. No I don't like Squid, I just got here how can I like someone who I hardly just met. But knowing me (and according to Jason) it doesn't take me very long to get a crush.
The best thing about being here so far is that I'm away from school. That's good for me, bad for Alex. I won't be there to help him stand up to the bullies, but he's learned a lot. I'm glad I'm away from there. People still feel sorry for me and I'm now 16. It's been three years since the crash and random people come up to me and say "I heard that your family died, I'm sorry." or "It must be hard not having your parents or brother around". They don't get it. My parents are always around. They help me with everything still. And Jason is never gonna go away. On the night I was arrested Jason was definitely with me. After always getting in trouble together, our birthday was no different. We would always set off fire crackers and fire works on the fourth of July. Didn't everybody. Besides it just happens that our birthday is July 4th, so at about 4 on the morning I went outside to set off some fire crackers. We always did that three years ago at 4, but I guess people around where my aunt lives don't like it very much. It took me three years to get up enough courage to still set them off. I had some huge ones planned for later that night, but I never got to set them off.
