Hiya hoya. This is Xanny here. I honestly can't remember what's written in this chapter. So…you read and just tell me whether u liked it or not! =D
Anyways, I'm not here all the often anymore. What can I say…when I get a boyfriend he takes up a lot of my time. So….you're all just going to have to be patient because K-chan cannot write these chapters herself. Well, she could if she really wanted to…but then it wouldn't be a joint chapter anymore.
Disclaimer: We don't own anything but our own characters and Jade-55 owns Jade Tomei.
Enjoy.
.:Chapter 06:.
Charity walked into the large lunchroom and took a seat next to Oliver. "What's for lunch?"
"Nothing really good." Was the grumpy reply she got.
Charity raised an eyebrow just as Tala, Bryan and Ian walked into the room, taking a seat at the table across from theirs.
"What's wrong with you?"
"Well, let's see. My best friend not only has a terrible grammar problem but also enjoys peeping in on naked men." Oliver stated with a scowl.
"Geez, if it weren't for the first part I'd really think you were jealous!" Charity exclaimed. "Get over it , dude. You just wish you were in there with them at the time!"
Oliver grunted in reply and shook his head.
Just then Liika and Jade walked in followed by Kai, Johnny and Enrique. Charity stared at Liika as the five of them took a seat across from them.
"How are you?" Charity asked, suddenly feeling quite guilty.
"I'm alright. Just a throbbing noggin, that's all." Liika replied.
Charity noticed that Liika was sort of avoiding looking at Kai and Johnny and the two had noticed it. She cast a quick glance at them and found them scowling slightly.
Great…what had she done? It wasn't like she asked for Liika to climb up and see. But who's fault was it that she was so freakin sheltered anyway?!
Kai caught her stare and glared slightly, challenging her.
So, Mr. Tough guy hmmm? We'll see…Charity thought as she stared back.
"Uh, hello?" Jade said, waving a hand in front of Charity's face.
"Huh? What?"
"I asked how it was with your new roommate." Jade replied, rolling her eyes.
"Oh, well, he got naked in front of me this morning…BEFORE the shower incident." Charity replied.
"WHAT!? WHY?!" Oliver exclaimed, casting a vicious glare in Tala's direction.
"He was going to take a shower." Charity shrugged. "I think we'll get along fine." She then winked.
"You sound as though you get around the block." Johnny smirked.
"Get around the block?" Liika asked in confusion.
"Nothing." Kai said, throwing a glare in Johnny's direction over Liika's head.
Charity sighed loudly before glaring darkly at the two boys. "What he means is a girl who has slept with a lot of guys."
A low growl was heard from Kai across from her but she ignored him and focused on Liika's reaction.
"Slept?" Liika asked, clearly confused.
"Oh my god! You know…had sex!" Charity exclaimed.
Liika's eyes widened then. She stared at Charity as if she had two heads or something.
"You know what sex is….right?" Charity sighed in exasperation.
Liika nodded but said nothing. She had the look of pure innocence all over her face. It was almost disturbing really. Charity would never admit it out loud to anyone…not even to Oliver or Jade but she had actually had sex before. More than once. With one guy though! It was her last boyfriend. But she led her friends to believe that nothing serious was really going on. Sex was nothing new to her. If Oliver knew that he would most likely kill her!
"Alright everyone! Gather together over here. The buses have arrived." David ordered.
Liika stood in between Kai and Johnny but was still not very keen on looking them in the eyes yet. I mean…she had seen them naked! She was freakin traumatized! They were definite eye candy but they were also like her brothers! But she knew one thing for sure was that ever since she met Charity and Jade she had been discovering things she never really did before. Like boys and sex. And Kai and Johnny weren't too happy about it either which made her very curious as to why that is…
"I still can't believe you forced me into this…" Johnny grumbled under his breath as he watched the buses begin to pull up.
One by one the buses unloaded until there were 160 kids standing in front of them.
"Hello everyone!" David called over the chatter. "I would like to welcome you all to Shelter Hill Camp! My name is David and I am your main man here. Now what I want you to do is follow these coucilors into the lunchroom and take a seat wherever you like. I will call you names and hand you over to your two coucilors, which will be a guy and girl this year."
Liika trudged behind everyone back into the lunchroom and stood by David while he waited for everyone to take a seat and quiet down.
She sighed over and over until every last pupil was called forward and waited for the next instruction.
"Alright, now I want you to all settle into you cabins, you have the afternoon to get to know one another and get to know Shelter Hill." David said finally.
"It's about time. I was gonna fall asleep." Liika muttered to Jade, who was now standing next to her.
Jade nodded, a bored expression upon her face.
Amy watched as Johnny leaned against the wall of the cabin, ignoring all the kids. It was obvious that he was going to be no help what so ever. She sighed. How did she ever manage to get stuck with him?!
"Do you enjoying staring at me?" Johnny suddenly piped up.
"No. I'd rather not have to look at you period. I don't care how good-looking you-" Amy slapped a hand over her mouth in shock. She did NOT say that out loud!
Johnny smirked at her and moved away from the wall. "You think I'm good looking, huh? Thought you wanted goody-boy, whatever his name is."
Amy turned scarlet and turned away. "I prefer him thanks." Was all she said before walking out of the cabin.
"Where are you going?" A small voice asked.
Amy turned around and stared down at the girl with platinum blond hair. In all honestly she looked like Enrique with those big blues eyes!
"I'm just going to take a walk sweetie." Amy replied with a gentle smile.
"She's going to go find lover boy." Johnny interrupted.
"Knock it off! They are kids after all!" Amy snapped.
"But they're also old enough to understand…" He smirked.
A little girl with short black hair and crystal green eyes appeared behind Johnny and gazed up at him lovingly before latching herself around his waist.
"Wha-" Johnny started as he tried to jerk away from the little girl. "Ugh. Get off."
"Johnny! She adores you! The least you could do is be appreciative! God only knows why anyone would want to adore the likes of you!" Amy snapped.
Before Johnny could retort anything Amy was in front of him in a flash, slapping a hand over his mouth. "Don't even think about swearing or I swear I will slap your head clean off your shoulders!"
"Wow, aren't we vicious." A voice chuckled from behind her.
Amy whipped her head around and found Oliver standing a few feet away.
"Hi." Was all she said.
"Still going for a walk?" Oliver asked.
Amy nodded.
"Shall we go together?"
"Ummm…yeah. That would be great!"
She released Johnny's mouth, suddenly forgetting him and looped her arm with Oliver's.
"JADE! HELP ME!" Charity cried as she limped into her friend's cabin.
All the 9 year olds stopped to see what the commotion was all about and giggled, seeing a sobbing 12 year old girl attached to Charity's leg.
Jade walked out from her and Kai's room and stared at the scene in bewilderment. "What's going on?"
"This kid just started talking all happy then the next thing I knew she was sobbing and whining! I tried to leave the cabin but she latched onto my leg and won't let go!" Charity whined.
Kai appeared and leaned against the doorframe with a slight smirk upon his mouth. He said nothing, just watched the small catastrophe, amusement glinting in his auburn eyes.
Jade's sighed, shaking her head. While Charity was normally great with kids, she didn't deal well with overemotional preteens. She just wasn't the mushy type. Jade turned and looked over her shoulder, shooting Kai a "watch the kids" look before striding over to Charity and the sobbing girl. With a gentle shove, she pushed the dark haired girl along with the preteen out of the cabin and onto the steps for some privacy.
Once they were outside, Jade pulled the crying girl off of Charity and sat her down between Charity and herself. Smiling softly she patted the girls head and said quietly, "I'm Jade, if you didn't know. Would you like to tell me and Charity what's wrong?"
The girl sniffled and blinked, but made the attempt to stop her tears. "Je-Je-Jesse!" She stuttered out, bravely trying to hold back the sobs.
Charity and Jade shared a look over the top of the girl's blond head. They should have known it would have something to do with a boy. She was at that age.
"So, what he do?" Charity asked, grinning lopsidedly at her little charge.
The girl smiled back tentatively. "He called me a bitch."
The older girls blinked, their eyebrows shooting up. "So? I get called a bitch all the time." Charity said, looking confused. "Guys are kinda jerks like that."
"Yeah… but I love him!" She sniffled.
Jade and Charity rolled their eyes at each other, both struggling not to chuckle. Ah, preteen love. "Look," Jade started, "I'm pretty sure he didn't mean it. Maybe you were being a little bit too pushy? Try backing off a little bit and maybe that will help."
A grin broke out onto the girls face and she nodded vigorously, wiping away her tears. "You're right! I've just been harassing him too much! Thank you so much! You guy's are the greatest!" The girl laughed and hugged the startled older girls.
Charity breathed a sigh of relief. Well that was one crisis averted! She glanced at her wrist watch and knew that she had to be getting back, or Tala might teach the children something they shouldn't learn. "Well come on Ariana, we gotta be heading back. Thank's Jade! You're a lifesaver!"
Jade waved as the two girls headed off to the cabin next to Jade's. With a shake of her head she stood and headed back into her cabin to check on her energetic nine year olds.
Ian grumbled under his breath as he felt little hands clinging to his knee length cargo shorts and his bright yellow camp shirt. All staff members –minus cooks- were required to wear the bright yellow uniform shirt so that the campers could identify them easily. Ian hated it. Stupid yellow shirt. And stupid short girl.
Liika had abandoned him some half hour before, taking the boys in their cabin with her, leaving him with the girls, who for some reason found it immensely fun to hang off of him and play 'hair dresser' with his hair. Why couldn't he have gotten the 12 or 13 year olds? Ones that weren't still playing with Barbie. But it made him wonder just where the short girl had taken the boys, or better yet why they found her so much cooler to hang out with than him.
He was so caught up in his mental grouching he failed to notice they had reached the center square where the flagpole sailing the Canadian flag, as well as the camp flag was situated. It was a voice behind him that made him come back to reality.
"Yo Cuz, aren't those your boxers hanging from the flagpole?" Tala asked as he stepped beside his shorter cousin, looking ahead at the flagpole. Bryan fell in step beside his best friend, both were leading a group of boys. Charity and Mariah soon followed with their girls.
Ian's eyes widened and immediately he snapped them up and towards the flagpole. Sure enough, hanging just under the camp flag, fluttering in the breeze was a pair of black boxers patterned with green, red and gold cartoon snakes, with large eyes and forked tongues. His face reddened, what the hell??
Suddenly a high bitched giggle that sounded more like a cackle sounded from across the circle, it was soon joined by high pitched male snickers. Instantly Ian's eyes landed on an innocently grinning Liika, who was not so innocently slapping high fives with the ten boys in her cabin. He ground his teeth, his fists clenching at his sides. Cheeks burning red he struggled not to yell at the evil bitch he called a roommate. "Yo-you-!"
Her eyes met his flashing with victory. "Pay back's a B, huh?" With one more laugh she nodded for her crew to move into the dining hall that stood tall behind them.
Oh he sorely wanted to smack that gloating grin off her face, but knew if he even tried he would be nothing more than a blood pulp. Even in the short time of being together the rest of the staff had come to realize that the two boys that hovered over the blue haired witch would pulverize any guy that even looked at her the wrong way. It was also quite obvious that they had sheltered her to the point of ridiculous. An evil smirk crossed his face, oh he could have fun with that. Pack back truly is a bitch!
"Alright everyone! Continue your eating, but listen up!" David called from the front of the large dining hall.
Charity set her fork down and set her head in her hand in a bored gesture. The food wasn't overly good. Actually…she was going to have to take a run to the nurse. She had a splitting headache that was quickly turning into a migraine.
She sighed in relief as she looked around the hall as every kid quieted down to listen to the boss.
Peace. Was all she could think. But for how long? She felt her head throb painfully at the thought of the kids beginning to talk again and squeezed her eyes tightly shut.
"…for those of you who participated in our little camp fire game last night, which was all the staff, basically, the winners for it was Kai, Robert, Amy, Mariah and Johnny! Congratulations, there will be a prize for you later on. Just come to my office and I will give it to you." David was saying. "Also, would one councilor from every cabin please come up and grab a schedule for this week. It will give you time to prepare for the day tomorrow."
Charity looked at Tala who looked back at her and then nodded towards David. She mentally groaned and got up from her seat with a slight wince.
Forget the paper…she needed to hit the nurse's station! Now!
Charity practically stumbled out of the dining hall and tripped over a root on the way to the nurse's station. Tears sprung to her eyes at the pain that shot through her head and she curled up into a ball, burying her head in her arms.
Pain, pain go away come again some other say….
"Are you ok?" Someone asked from behind her.
Charity didn't answer. To answer that would mean talking. To talk that would mean noise. Noise only means more pain.
Another set of footsteps where heard and then someone was gently pulling her up from the ground.
"Come on…I'm taking you to the nurse so you can lie down." Oliver whispered. "Jade is getting your pills."
"Pills? For what? What's wrong with her?" Liika asked.
"She suffers Migraines. It comes at really anytime." Jade replied as she jogged over to them.
"Can you help me?" Oliver asked Kai who had been standing off to the side with a little bit of sympathy running through his mind.
Oliver felt terrible for not noticing the signs of her migraines from the beginning. Charity had been getting them for years, ever since she was a little girl. He had been there through most of them and always felt guilty in some way and very protective. Once he had refused anyone near her for 20 minutes until Charity began to cry over the pain. Then he allowed her parents near to give her medication. He had felt overly guilty over that and didn't act that way again. Helping her was what he wanted, not to make her suffer more.
He watched closely as Kai walked up and ducked down a little to loop Charity's arm around his neck for support. He felt that protectiveness beginning to grow as he watched Kai wrap his arm almost possessively around her waist. Then, surprising everyone except Liika, Kai swooped down slightly and gathered Charity up off the ground.
"What are you doing?!" Oliver snapped, his jaw clenching in anger. How dare he handle his best friend that way!
"Doing it the other way is just going to take longer. I can carry her to the nurses station just as easily and quicker." Kai replied as he ignored the fuming green haired teen and began walking.
"Anyone know where the nurses station is?" Liika asked.
"Liika, you were just there yesterday." Kai sighed.
Liika scratched her head. "Oh yeah."
Oliver rolled his eyes at the blunette before turning to glare maliciously at Kai again. He didn't want his bloody hands all over his best friend. It was bad enough that the he already seen her naked! But then again…she had seen him naked….which made the situation WORSE!
"Oliver calm down! Kai's not going to rape her for crying out loud!" Jade groaned in annoyance.
Oliver didn't care. He didn't like the way the blue haired boy was holding her. His left hand was a little too close to Charity's left breast for his comfort.
Kai was suddenly in front of him and he dumped Charity into Oliver's arms. Oliver's eyes widened and he sagged.
"She's too heavy for you isn't she?" Kai demanded with a scowling face. "Still don't like me holding her?"
Oliver said nothing as his limbs began to strain from trying to keep from dropping his best friend. Kai smirked and took Charity off of him again and stood there, shifting her until she was nestled snugly against him.
"Stop jerking me around…" Charity whispered as she clenched her eyes shut.
Oliver watched in surprise as the two-shaded blue haired boy cocked his head down and whispered an apology to Charity.
Charity awoke sometime later feeling a hundred per cent better. The migraine was completely gone and to her surprise it was completely dark out!
What time was it?
She slowly slid out of the single bed and stepped lightly into the floor. She tried to see the time but it was too dark to make out the where the hands sat. She made her way outside and looked around the quiet campsite. All that could be heard was the slow rustling of leaves as the wind blew softly and the melody of crickets as they chattered together. Everything was in darkness except for the single lights that sat on the wall of every building and cabin. The only indoor light was from the washrooms.
Charity began to walk towards her cabin when she heard a slight giggle coming from the washrooms. Curious, she wandered slowly and silently towards it until she was peeking around the inner wall into the boys shower.
Her eyes widened but then crinkled in amusement when she spotted Mariah sitting upon Rei's lap, squirming slightly as he playfully tickled her lightly. This playfulness ended with a deep kiss and Charity knew that it was her time to move away from the scene before she ended up watching something she didn't particularly wish to witness. Just as she turned to leave she nearly ran smack into someone and let out a started, quiet squeak!
She found herself face to face with Tala and nearly dies on the spot from a heart attack!
"Could you not sneak up on people?!" Charity hissed as quietly as she could.
"What were you just doing then??" Tala hissed back, quirking a blood red eyebrow up.
"I heard something and was just investigating." Charity mumbled in a whisper and felt her cheeks flush lightly.
"Uh huh." Tala replied with a smirk.
"Hey, we're not allowed to leave the kids unattended! What are you doing out here?"
"I need to use the washroom! Is that alright with you, my Lady?" Tala mocked as he stared down at her from his 6'2" frame to her 5'7" one.
Charity just scowled at him and the began to push him towards the girl's side of the washrooms.
"What!? Oh NO! No, no, no! I don't think so!" Tala hissed in a loud whisper as he dug his heals into the ground.
"Yes, yes, yes! You're not disturbing them!"
"I am NOT taking a piss in the girls bathroom!" Tala retorted, folding his arms over his chest, stubbornly.
"Oh come on! Who the hell is gonna see you?!" Charity asked sarcastically, rolling her eyes.
"What is some girl just walks in there?! I do NOT want to be seen taking a leak in the girl washroom!"
"What are you afraid of?" Charity asked quizzically.
"Nothing! What would make you think that?!" Tala asked irritation.
"Well you're practically wailing like a girl over the whole ordeal of taking a pee in the girls bathroom.
"I just don't want…." He trailed in an embarrassed tone.
"What?" Charity asked in confusion.
"You know." He said, glancing downwards.
"Uh….."
"Ugh! The little kids!" He growled.
"OH! You don't want a little girl to walk in and see you is that it?" Charity asked with a chuckle.
"Well…yeah."
"Dude, have you never been in a girls washroom before??"
"No…why?" Tala asked, his cheeks beginning to turn pink.
"We only have toilets in there. Obviously. Which means that they all have privacy. You are A fool! You know that?!" Charity laughed softly.
"Heh." Tala scratched the back of his head, clearly embarrassed over the whole ordeal. "I knew that."
"Yeah…uh huh. Get in there you coward! I will guard the door and make sure no little girl saunters in!" Charity teased.
"Fuck off!" Tala growled in annoyance.
"What?" Charity faked innocence.
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Well, I hope ya'll enjoyed this chapter. I know it took a little bit of time. But I honestly forgot about this story!! I think that K-chan did as well. Sorry! ~grins sheepishly~
