Chapter 2-The Girlz

The next day, the boys were all more awake and excited as usual. They only reason they hadn't complained once that day was because they were so happy about the girls. They were all unusually fast about digging their holes (except for Zero, because he's already a fast digger, and Squid of course).

"Man, Squid! We haven't heard you talk about the girls. You feelin okay, dude?" Armpit asked when they were all finished and waiting impatiently in D-tent.

"I'm fine. Just a little nervous," he quickly lied. Actually, it was half lie, it was half true. He was nervous about whether or not he would like any of the girls. He didn't think he could take it if he did. It would feel to him like he was betraying Rachel.

"Nervous? YOU?! Since when?" X-ray said jokingly, but Squid didn't laugh.

"It's nothing."

"Fine. Whatever."

"THEY'RE HERE!" Mom screeched, running into the tent. D-tent quickly jumped up and hurried outside to greet the girls only to find that half the camp was already there.

Boys talked excitedly from every which way, joking about how they would get "some" by the time they left. They saw 3 buses leaving and quickly guessed that all the girls came all at one time. They waited for another 5 minutes or so before the girls walked out of Mr. Sir's office smugly, Mr. Sir and the Warden following closely behind.

The girls piled up in a crowd facing the boys, smirking at the goggling boys. The Warden stood in between the two groups and held up her hands for silence.

"Boys! I would like to say that these girls facing you are highly dangerous criminals, like yourselves. I would not make any sudden moves around them. I am dead serious. If I hear that your stupid ass is in the recovery tent because one of these girls messed you up because you tried to have your way with them, I will make you get out of the bed and dig MYSELF! IS THAT CLEAR?!" She didn't wait for an answer, but continued with her speech.

"Also, just because they are criminals doesn't mean that they don't have hormones. This is exactly why," she paused and looked at everyone; guys and girls, "your tents will have cameras placed in them."

"THEY'RE EVERYWHERE!" Zig-Zag screamed, and every eye fell upon him. X-ray rolled his eyes, shook his head, and placed his arm around Zig-Zag's shoulder. "Sorry for him, Ms. Warden, ma'am."
"Zig-Zag, what was that all about?!" Mr. Sir asked furiously.

"It's okay, I can handle him," the Warden muttered out of the corner of her mouth, while the loud giggles and mumbles erupted from the group of girls.

"SHUT UP!" the Warden yelled, eyeing them furiously. "Zig-Zag, do NOT interrupt me, again! DO I MAKE MYSELF CLEAR!"

"Ma'am, yes ma'am."

"Excuse me? Are you trying to get smart with me, boy?"

"No ma'am. I was j-jus-"

"As I was saying," she continued as though that hadn't happened, "cameras will be placed in every tent. We have also put changing rooms up, especially for these girls. I have tried not to treat them special, but I do not trust any one of you, so just as well..... we have women counselors to stand outside of the girls changing rooms when they're changing and outside the shower stalls when they're taking their showers." Loud groans and displeased mumbling emitted from the large group of boys. "QUIET! Thank you, and" she turned to the girls before leaving, "do you know which tent you're all in?"

"Yes," the girls answered in unison.

"See you all bright and early." She turned and left to go to her cabin, and Mr. Sir went to his office.

"A-tent girls! Follow me!" one of the counselors yelled to the girls, walking to A-tent, A-tent boys falling behind. The other counselors followed suit, one at a time. When the D-tent girls, followed by the D-tent boys, made themselves comfortable, Mom sat down in his chair and asked them all a lot of questions.

"So, Andrea-"

"Ugh! I hate that name. Call me Andy," replied a very short girl. She had straight, shoulder-length, platinum blonde hair with strawberry blonde highlights covered by a dark green hat turned backwards. Her eyes were a startling greyish silver color. She had a very little amount of freckles placed strategically on her face. There was a something about her that told people that she was in command.

"Andrea Seacrest," Mom said, looking frustrated. "Tell us, what is your favorite hobby."

"Ion't know," she replied, shrugging and furiously smacking on bubble gum. "My dad owns a car shop, and every afternoon I would go in there and work on cars, so I guess that would be my one and only hobby." All the guys, even Mom, looked at Twitch to see that his face lit up with happiness. Andy shook her head from side to side, her gigantic hoop earrings dangling from her ears, obviously lost in thought. She stared absentmindedly at the ceiling until Mom cleared his throat, interrupting her thoughts.
"Brian here loves cars," he replied nodding towards Twitch.

"Sweet," she said, without enthusiasm. Twitch's face fell slightly.

"Um, so, Bianca Longfellow-" The boys all sniggered at Bianca's last name. "What was your favorite hobby?"

"I didn't really have a hobby where I came from," answered a girl with teased, scrunched black hair that fell to her waist. She had vivid violet eyes and looked a little taller than Andy. She also had red and black braces.

"C'mon, everyone has at least one hobby," Mom urged. "There must have been something you like to do when you were bored."

"I was never bored. I was either fightin my drunk father off of me or my brothers and sisters, cooking for my family, or stealing things for my family to live on." At this, her expression was cold. X-ray and Zig-Zag glanced at Squid, whose story was quite similar, but he was staring blankly at the ground, clearly not listening. "Besides, these things," Bianca said, pointing to her mouth, indicating her braces, "cost a fortune, so I had to work to pay them off." Mom stared at Bianca for a moment, then went to the next girl.

"Jessica Wilson... what about you? Did you have a hobby?"

"Um, dude, it's Jessie, aight? And yes, I did have a hobby. I took up swimming. But I wasn't on a team or anything... it was just for fun, ya know?" replied a girl that had straight red hair that went a little past her shoulders. Her eyes were chocolate brown and she had a small mole on her left jawbone.

"That's good. It help keeps you fit, huh?"

"Yep."

"Alright. Rachel Selby?" Squid's head snapped up so fast, it looked like he had whiplash.

"Yes sir, I did," replied a girl with brown hair and natural red highlights. She had big, brown eyes, and freckles across her nose and cheeks. Squid stared wildly at the beauty mark right above the left side of her mouth. 'It can't be!'

"I jogged. It's fun, if you're in shape enough."

'Just like I remembered her.' Squid stared at her until he couldn't take it anymore. "Rachel!" he cried. "It's me! Alan!"

Everyone turned at looked at him, wide eyed. He hated his name, and they knew it.

"OMIGOSH!" she yelled in surprise. She jumped up and tackled him on his cot, giving him a tight hug. "I can't believe it!"
"What happened to you? We thought you were kidnaped!" he excitedly yelled, sitting up.

"I-I.... I ran away, Alan," she said cautiously, sitting beside him. D-tent watched them in amazement.

"Where to?!" he asked, obviously surprised.

"Spring."

"Where on Earth is that?"

"Texas," she said, laughing at her own joke.

"I know that, but where in Texas?"

"Right outside of Houston."

"Oh." He hugged her tightly. "I'm just glad to see you again."

"Me too," she replied. When they pulled away from the hug, they realized 15 pairs of eyes were watching them. "Sorry," they mumbled in unison.

"Okay... Elizabeth Harding, what about you?"

"It's Libby," a girl replied, cooly. She had dirty blonde hair with platinum blonde highlights that fell to her shoulders. She had bright green eyes and light brown freckles that were hardly noticeable. "And yeah, I did. I drew in my spare time. Even tattooed a couple of people." She held her left hand and on the skin between her thumb and forefinger was a miniature skull smoking weed, sitting on top of 2 beer bottles..

"Sweet."

"Awesome."

"Tight."

"Way cool."

Compliments were flying left and right at her tattoo. She looked fairly pleased. "Thanks. My brother had it done on his arm, and I decided I wanted one, too."

Mom looked disapprovingly at the tattoo. "That's... artistic," was all he said. "Um, Kaidence Knowles. You?"

"No." This reply came from a girl that had twists in her light brown hair with blonde highlights. She had brown eyes that had a red tint to them in the light.
"Are you sure? Nothing at all?" In reply the girl shook her head.

"Alright. Um.... Alexa Castro? You?"

"Yes, one," replied a Spanish girl, with a very heavy Spanish accent. She had black, chin-length hair. She had big, brown eyes that were looking anxiously from face to face. "I volunteered at Boys and Girls club. I like helping kids."

"You volunteered at a Boys and Girls club? How interesting. What did you do there?"

"I help paint and color. I also help with homework."

"That's nice. How did a nice girl like you end up in here?"

"Let's see... I stole money, car, and killed a cop." Everyone stared at her wide eyed.

"Really?" Zig-Zag asked.

Alexa blushed at being asked this. "Yes."

"Um.... okay... let's see... our last girl.... Lacey Morrison. How about you?"

"Yes, actually. I had a few. I, um, well, loved to act like in plays and stuff, and loved to jump on my trampoline. I also loved riding 4-wheelers. Oh, yeah, hunting. I love hunting. And I play any kind of sport from chess to volleyball to softball, I love it all," replied a smiling girl that had long, curly auburn/dark blonde hair and violent blue, silver-grey eyes. "Did I mention I like puzzles? I love puzzles.... and brain teasers." Zero stared at her. She definitely seemed friendly, but he just couldn't bring himself to trust anyone. Especially the girls.

"Well, supper starts in about an hour. We were thrown off today by the arrival of you girls, so be sure to eat then, or go hungry until morning," Mom said, leaving the tent. Squid and Rachel immediately began talking again, Armpit, Zig-Zag, Magnet, X-ray, and Twitch immediately began talking to the girls, and Caveman walked over to Zero's cot.

"C'mon, man. These girls will love you. Just talk to them."

"Naw, man. You go over there. Don't let me stop you."

"You sure?"

"Yeah, just go. Ion't care, man."

"Aight," he said, leaving to go talk to the girls. Zero rolled over, his back facing everyone. 'I'll just lay here until supper,' he decided. After a couple of minutes, he thought he felt someone standing behind him. He rolled over and saw Lacey standing beside his cot, staring at him. He sat up, unsure of what to do.
"Why aren't over there with all the other people?" she asked, motioning towards the large group of D-tent members. He just shook his head in reply. "Are you okay, sweetie?" He was taken back by this. No one ever called him 'sweetie' before. He slowly nodded. "I'll be right back, okay?" He nodded again. When she returned, she wasn't alone. She dragged along Kaidence with her.

"Kaidence talks about as much as you do. I figured you knew why yall don't talk much, so I figured yall would talk to each other. Is that okay?" Zero shrugged his shoulders, unsure of what to say or do. Lacey walked away, leaving Kaidence and Zero alone. They sat in uncomfortable silence until someone finally suggested that they walk to the Mess Hall together. Zero gratefully followed everyone outside, with Kaidence by his side.

After supper, they were all sitting and talking in the tent. The girls were all arguing about who was the better rapper, but the boys stayed out of it, because they had no idea who the girls were talking about.

"It's Chingy, I'm telling you!" Lacey said, almost yelling.

"NO, it's T.I!" Andy said, if possible, even louder, without yelling.

"I disagree with you both! I think it's J-Kwon!" Libby said.

"I like Twista!" Jessie yelled.

"I agree with Andy. T.I. is the best," Bianca said.

"I like all of 'em," Rachel said. "But I like rock and punk music more."

"Whatever," the other girls said in unison.

"Rap is WAY better," Jessie said.

"I like both the same!" Andy said. "I mean, because Hoobastank and Good Charlotte and Simple Plan and Blink-182 are just as good as Chingy, T.I.,the best, J-Kwon, or Twista!"

"Nope," Libby said.

"I agree with Andy," Lacey said.

"Actually," Libby said, lost in thought, "Rock is way better."

"Um, no," Armpit said, finally joining the argument, since he did know music. "Rap is better."

"I don't think so," Libby replied.

"Believe it."

"Yall know what song I love?" Lacey asked, suddenly. "One Call Away!" she squealed."Lights out!" Mom said, momentarily sticking his head in the tent."Ugh! Already?" Bianca asked, frustrated. "Why do we have to go to sleep this early?""So we can wake up early," X-ray replied."How early?" demanded Andy."About 4:30 or so.""Dang!"

"That's bullsh... uh... crap!" Lacey furiously yelled. The guys all looked at her surprised. They took her for a sweet girl. The girls just laughed at the boys faces. "How on Earth am I supposed to sleep until noon if I have to wake up that early?""Umm...." Caveman started.

"I know, I know. I heard myself," she said, disgruntled.

"Squid doesn't even say things that stupid.""Hey, don't overestimate him," X-ray joked."Shut up, man!" he yelled, laying comfortably on his cot, his arms wrapped around Rachel."Joking, Squid, joking.""Squid?" Rachel asked, looking wide eyed at him. "Is that your nickname?""Yeah.""Goodnight, Squid!" she said playfully, getting up and going to her cot."Aha," Squid said, sarcastically. "You're hilarious.""I know," she said over her shoulder. Zig-Zag, however, was attempting to get a goodnight kiss from Lacey, but with no luck."C'mon, one peck on the cheek.""No.""Why not?" he asked, playing with a single tendril of her hair. She, however, pulled it out of his reach, annoyed."Because you're a creep, okay? Does that answer your question?""Yes, actually. But, please? One kiss! That's all!""No! NOW GO AWAY!""But-""BE GONE!" she said, furiously motioning towards his cot, while everyone else laughed."Fine!" he said, turning around and striding prissily, swinging his hips, to his own cot.They all said their goodnights and turned the lights out. Zero laid on his cot and sighed, neither angry, sad, happy, or otherwise. 'Today went well,' he decided, considering the fact that Lacey talked to him as if he were one of the 'crowd'. And to think, Kaidence was just like him: shy, quiet, and probably misunderstood. For once in his life, Zero didn't feel totally miserable.

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Author's Note: Sorry it took forever to update, but I want to say thanks to the two people who were nasty in their review because I had not realized that I spelled Alan wrong, so thanks to them, I corrected that. Also, thanks to:

Sam- Thank you! Here's the second chapter, and since it's Christmas break, I'll be updating all my Hole's stories, including the one on my IcE-kItTeN08 name!!!

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Once again, I'm very sorry to those who actually liked this story and had to wait forever for this update! I just wasn't really into it for awhile, but I started again, and I'm redoing all the chapters so they're better formatted and make better sense! I'll try and update seeing as I have a little over 2 weeks for break! And to those who reviewed this chapter, I'll be giving thanks to you in my next chapter so there's no confusion to me! :D! Also, check out my other Holes story Some People Change on my id for IcE-kItTeN08! Thanks, and happy holidayz!