Wow . . . I just realized how hyper I was last . . . time I reviewed to
someone's story. Duuude. Anyways, I hope you like this chapter! It has
Selena in it! Okay, maybe it doesn't actually have SELENA in it, but one of
her songs. Umm . . . I love Zero's hair. Yep! ^_^
Disclaimer: I own no one but Kari.
Rating: PG13
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Kari woke up early the next morning to the sound of the morning trumpet. She sat up and trudged out of her room, yawning. Aunt Eva was sitting at the kitchen table sipping a mug of coffee and watching television. Kari joined her at the table.
"Good mornin' Kari!" Her aunt said, smiling.
"Morning." Kari replied. She looked at the television and saw several orange clad boys on the screen. In fact, they looked very much like some of the boys Kari had seen digging around the camp. "What show is this?"
"Oh, it's not a show. That's from one of my surveillance cameras. I have 'em all over the camp. You can't run a camp like this if you don't know what's goin' on." Aunt Eva said, smiling. Kari looked at the screen and saw a sour-faced man ordering some boys around. Kari made a face herself.
"Who's that funny lookin' dude?" She asked. Aunt Eva's smile widened.
"Oh, that idiot? That's Mr. Sir. He just makes my job easy by taking care of the boys." She said. Eva looked back at the screen and saw six tired looking boys digging holes. The camera zoomed in on the smallest boy, who seemed to be skilled with his shovel. "Imagine that. It's his first day diggin' and you woulda thunk he'd been here his whole life!" Kari tilted her head a bit and studied the boy. He had curly brown hair and a bucket hat that seemed like it could cover his whole head if his hair wasn't so fluffy. (A/N: FLUFF! FLUFF! LOL. *CoughHINTcough*)
"His name is Zero . . . or at least, that's what they call him." Aunt Eva said, seeming to read her mind. "They call him that because he seems to not have a brain at all." Kari struggled to not roll her eyes at this. She hated it when people exaggerated like that. If Zero didn't have a brain, he wouldn't be digging all those holes! He'd probably just be laying down somewhere and . . . existing.
"What do you plan on doing today, Kari?" Her aunt asked. Kari tore her eyes away from the boy on the screen and fixed them upon her aunt.
"I don't know-walk around, I guess." She replied. Aunt Eva laughed.
"In this heat?"
"It's like this back home in San Antonio."
"Ah, yes. Home of the Alamo. How're the tourist sites like? I haven't been out of Green Lake in a long time." Aunt Eva said, picking up a remote and switching to another surveillance camera.
"Well, so far I've only been to Tower of the Americas, the Alamo, and the Riverwalk." Kari said, staring at a rather muscular boy on the screen. Eva followed her niece's gaze and then looked back at her expression, which was etched with awe and admiration.
"Kari . . . these cameras aren't meant to check out boys with." She said. Kari snapped her head up, looking somewhat horrified and very embarrassed. Eva smiled. "How old are you, Kari?"
"I'm fourteen . . . " Kari replied.
"Hmm . . . yeh, I guess that's the age they start getting' all boy crazy. But listen Kari-they may be cute, but they were sent here for a purpose. They have committed crimes. They're not your average boy-next-door. Got it? I want you to keep an extra eye out when you're near them." Aunt Eva said. Kari nodded. "Right. I have to make preparations for a new arrival today. You go on and have fun out there. Oh-and watch out for the snakes and yellow-spotted lizards." Kari nodded and went to her room. She changed into shorts and a tank top and grabbed her portable mp3 player. She slipped on her headphones and headed out the door.
As the door closed behind her, she wondered if Aunt Eva had been serious about the snakes and yellow-spotted lizards.
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" . . . Late at night when all the world, is sleepin', I stay up and think of you. And I wish on a star, that somewhere you are thinkin' of me too . . . 'cause I'm dreamin' of you tonight -- " Kari sang. She stopped in mid- phrase when she opened her eyes and noticed that she had walked right by a group of boys who were digging. One boy with wild hair looked up when she stopped.
"Aw, why'd you stop?" He asked, looking disappointed. Kari blushed.
"Um . . . sorry." She said, walking away. The boy got out of his hole.
"Hey, wait!" He said, catching up with her. "What's your name?"
"Kari . . . Kari Walker, the Warden's niece." She said. The other boys murmured to each other. Kari then noticed that the fluffy-haired boy was among them, but he had not stopped digging. Kari noticed that he looked up at her every now and then. He dropped his shovel almost when she had said who she was.
"The Warden has a niece?" A Hispanic boy said.
"The Warden has a last name?" A chubby black boy said. The boy next to him popped him in the arm.
"Yo, stop trippin', man." Kari took one step backward, remembering her aunt's words.
"Um . . . I have to go, I think . . . " She said, turning to leave. The boy with the wild hair stopped her.
"You'll at least let us introduce ourselves?" He said. She hesitated before nodding. "I'm Zigzag."
"I'm Magnet." The Hispanic boy said.
"Armpit." The chubby boy said.
"Squid." A boy with a do-rag and baseball cap said.
"X-ray." A boy with rather large glasses said. He looked at her as if he didn't like her. The short boy looked up at her for a moment before going back to his digging.
"That's Zero. He never talks." Zigzag said, pointing him out. Kari looked at Zero and smiled. Zero looked up at her for a moment, smiled a bit, and then continued digging.
"Well . . . it was nice meeting y'all." Kari said, walking away. When she had almost reached the shade of the oak trees, she turned around, only to whip her head back around again. Zero had been watching her.
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*GASP* Ohmygosh! I was drinking orange juice and its nighttime! I'm . . . bad. Yeah. *Holds up sign that says, "I'm bad."* So . . . Do you likey likey? DO YOU LIKEY LIKEY? Review pleasepleaseplease!
Disclaimer: I own no one but Kari.
Rating: PG13
Feedback: YES!
Kari woke up early the next morning to the sound of the morning trumpet. She sat up and trudged out of her room, yawning. Aunt Eva was sitting at the kitchen table sipping a mug of coffee and watching television. Kari joined her at the table.
"Good mornin' Kari!" Her aunt said, smiling.
"Morning." Kari replied. She looked at the television and saw several orange clad boys on the screen. In fact, they looked very much like some of the boys Kari had seen digging around the camp. "What show is this?"
"Oh, it's not a show. That's from one of my surveillance cameras. I have 'em all over the camp. You can't run a camp like this if you don't know what's goin' on." Aunt Eva said, smiling. Kari looked at the screen and saw a sour-faced man ordering some boys around. Kari made a face herself.
"Who's that funny lookin' dude?" She asked. Aunt Eva's smile widened.
"Oh, that idiot? That's Mr. Sir. He just makes my job easy by taking care of the boys." She said. Eva looked back at the screen and saw six tired looking boys digging holes. The camera zoomed in on the smallest boy, who seemed to be skilled with his shovel. "Imagine that. It's his first day diggin' and you woulda thunk he'd been here his whole life!" Kari tilted her head a bit and studied the boy. He had curly brown hair and a bucket hat that seemed like it could cover his whole head if his hair wasn't so fluffy. (A/N: FLUFF! FLUFF! LOL. *CoughHINTcough*)
"His name is Zero . . . or at least, that's what they call him." Aunt Eva said, seeming to read her mind. "They call him that because he seems to not have a brain at all." Kari struggled to not roll her eyes at this. She hated it when people exaggerated like that. If Zero didn't have a brain, he wouldn't be digging all those holes! He'd probably just be laying down somewhere and . . . existing.
"What do you plan on doing today, Kari?" Her aunt asked. Kari tore her eyes away from the boy on the screen and fixed them upon her aunt.
"I don't know-walk around, I guess." She replied. Aunt Eva laughed.
"In this heat?"
"It's like this back home in San Antonio."
"Ah, yes. Home of the Alamo. How're the tourist sites like? I haven't been out of Green Lake in a long time." Aunt Eva said, picking up a remote and switching to another surveillance camera.
"Well, so far I've only been to Tower of the Americas, the Alamo, and the Riverwalk." Kari said, staring at a rather muscular boy on the screen. Eva followed her niece's gaze and then looked back at her expression, which was etched with awe and admiration.
"Kari . . . these cameras aren't meant to check out boys with." She said. Kari snapped her head up, looking somewhat horrified and very embarrassed. Eva smiled. "How old are you, Kari?"
"I'm fourteen . . . " Kari replied.
"Hmm . . . yeh, I guess that's the age they start getting' all boy crazy. But listen Kari-they may be cute, but they were sent here for a purpose. They have committed crimes. They're not your average boy-next-door. Got it? I want you to keep an extra eye out when you're near them." Aunt Eva said. Kari nodded. "Right. I have to make preparations for a new arrival today. You go on and have fun out there. Oh-and watch out for the snakes and yellow-spotted lizards." Kari nodded and went to her room. She changed into shorts and a tank top and grabbed her portable mp3 player. She slipped on her headphones and headed out the door.
As the door closed behind her, she wondered if Aunt Eva had been serious about the snakes and yellow-spotted lizards.
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" . . . Late at night when all the world, is sleepin', I stay up and think of you. And I wish on a star, that somewhere you are thinkin' of me too . . . 'cause I'm dreamin' of you tonight -- " Kari sang. She stopped in mid- phrase when she opened her eyes and noticed that she had walked right by a group of boys who were digging. One boy with wild hair looked up when she stopped.
"Aw, why'd you stop?" He asked, looking disappointed. Kari blushed.
"Um . . . sorry." She said, walking away. The boy got out of his hole.
"Hey, wait!" He said, catching up with her. "What's your name?"
"Kari . . . Kari Walker, the Warden's niece." She said. The other boys murmured to each other. Kari then noticed that the fluffy-haired boy was among them, but he had not stopped digging. Kari noticed that he looked up at her every now and then. He dropped his shovel almost when she had said who she was.
"The Warden has a niece?" A Hispanic boy said.
"The Warden has a last name?" A chubby black boy said. The boy next to him popped him in the arm.
"Yo, stop trippin', man." Kari took one step backward, remembering her aunt's words.
"Um . . . I have to go, I think . . . " She said, turning to leave. The boy with the wild hair stopped her.
"You'll at least let us introduce ourselves?" He said. She hesitated before nodding. "I'm Zigzag."
"I'm Magnet." The Hispanic boy said.
"Armpit." The chubby boy said.
"Squid." A boy with a do-rag and baseball cap said.
"X-ray." A boy with rather large glasses said. He looked at her as if he didn't like her. The short boy looked up at her for a moment before going back to his digging.
"That's Zero. He never talks." Zigzag said, pointing him out. Kari looked at Zero and smiled. Zero looked up at her for a moment, smiled a bit, and then continued digging.
"Well . . . it was nice meeting y'all." Kari said, walking away. When she had almost reached the shade of the oak trees, she turned around, only to whip her head back around again. Zero had been watching her.
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*GASP* Ohmygosh! I was drinking orange juice and its nighttime! I'm . . . bad. Yeah. *Holds up sign that says, "I'm bad."* So . . . Do you likey likey? DO YOU LIKEY LIKEY? Review pleasepleaseplease!
