Disclaimer: I forgot this on other chappys, but not this one! I own, not Holes, but the plot of the story. I own the girl characters and that's all the characters that I own. I repeat, I do not own Holes or the guy or adult characters! Enjoy!

Chapter 3



*~!~The Bet~!~*

Regan had came back in and unpacked her things on an empty cot. She sat there quietly as everyone talked until she had noticed someone else that wasn't apart of the group. A tiny boy, with an afro. She smiled to herself. 'He's kinda cute,' she thought. 'I wish I had the guts to talk to him.' Suddenly, someone yelling at her pulled her out of her thoughts.

"Regan! Why are you up there?" Black Ice asked. She patted the spot beside her on the ground. "Come. Sit." Regan glanced at Rattler, who seemed distracted with something in front of her. Regan just shook her head.

"Oh, c'mon! Noone is going to bother you." When she said noone, she shot a deadly look at Rattler.

"No thanks."

"Regan, look I'm sorry. My temper gets a 'little' out of hand sometimes. It's fine if you just come and sit with us." Regan shrugged, walked over to the circle, and sat down. Rattler looked at Zero.

"What's up with him? Doesn't that adorable guy ever talk?"

"Sometimes," Squid answered, looking annoyed that Zero got called 'adorable' and he didn't.

"What's his name, anyways?"

"Zero."

"Well, that's kinda......" she paused a long time.

"Kinda what?"

"Rude. Sad. Makes you feel sorry for him. Bein' called 'Zero.'"

"He doesn't mind, do ya kid?" Squid said looking back at him. Zero just laid there, his back still facing them.

"He's a weird kid if ya ask me," he said quietly.

"Well, noone did! What's YOUR name, again? Some kind of sea animal ain't it? Like, octopus or somethin?! That's not exactly a NON-WEIRD name!"

"It's Squid!"

"Well, whatever the hell your name is, that was mean! Oh, and just so ya know, 'Squid' ain't much better. It might as well be 'Sea Horse'! NEIGH!" she said, imitating a horse.

"You idiot, seahorses don't make that sound!"

"What sound do they make? 'Doi! Doi!'"

"Are you callin' me stupid?!"

"NO! I'm actually 'callin' you a southern hick," she said, making "southern hick" sound like a hillbilly. (A/N: No offense to southern people, cuz I'm from the south! :D)

"You two! I swear! People would think you were married!" Natasha screamed at them.

"Married? To him?!" She busted out laughing.

"What's so funny about that?" he asked. "Well, not married, but you know, being together. With ME!"

"What? You don't think that's funny? ME and... and YOU?!" She laughed again, this time, Squid was along with her. You could tell they were forcing the laughs.

"Girl, you don't think you would learn to like him?" Black Ice asked.

"Psh! No!" she said with an attitude.

"You don't think you could learn to like HER?" Armpit asked.

"Hell naw!"

"Aight. We'll make you a bet," Mercedes started.

"We will?" everyone asked.

"Yeah. Just go along! You two spend every chance you get together. Digging holes, before, during, and after. In the Mess Hall, in the Rec Room, everywhere but the shower. If you two don't like each other in..... let's spare 'em the pain and say..... a week, you owe us. Squid you give everyone of the girls a big kiss, and Rattler, you give all the guys a big kiss." Everyone was starting to like this bet. (Except Squid and Rattler) "And you two hafta run around together, hands LACED, and sing, "I feel pretty". But. If you two do start to like each other then..... hmm..... Squid you hafta go up to Mr. Sir and say...... 'you look so gorgeous today!' with a big cheesy smile on your face. Rattler, you hafta go up to Mom and say...... 'Strip tease. My tent. Tonight. Be there.' and run off as fast as you can without them saying anything. Deal?"

"Sooo... either way, we lose right?" Rattler asked.

"Yup. We both get embarrassed, either way," Squid said.

"Why exactly do we have to lose EITHER way?"

"Well..... because... it's funnier to us!" Mercedes said matter-of-factly.

"And if we don't do this bet you guys will leave it at that? No teasing us, or setting us up or anything?"

"Where the hell do you think we are, Rattler?" X-ray asked. "Of course we will."

"Sooo... it's either, get teased for the remainder here, or get embarrassed either way this bet turns out....?"

"Yeah, pretty much," Zig-Zag said, rubbing his hands together.

"You two up for the challenge, or are too afraid that you fall in wove wif eachover?" Mercedes mocked in a 'kissy, kissy singsong voice.' (A/N: you all know what I mean. I mean when someone's making fun of you for crying and they say something like, "Oh, wittle Johnny boy gonna go home and teww(tell) him mommy?" You know what I mean)

"You up for it, OctoPUS?"

"As long as you are, RAT." She glared at him, but reluctantly they both said, "Yeah, we'll do it."

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It was time for supper and Squid and Rattler had been sitting beside each other since the 'deal.' They were fighting, of course, the whole time. Once, it was about who was a better rapper, but that turned D-tent into the beginning of World War III.

Natasha had finally stopped the fighting by throwing her shoe at X-ray. It bounced off of him and hit Zig-Zag in the 'privates.' She smiled innocently and said, "Oops," and surprisingly, X-ray didn't do nothing about it. (Zig-Zag of course was holding his breath, holding the spot where he had been hit, and was bent over.)

Then, Rattler and Squid starting fighting about what was the best cartoon of all time. Squid said that it was "The Little Mermaid" (A/N: I wonder why) but Rattler said it was "The Lion King." Do NOT ask me how they got into cartoons, because they are some of the weirdest folks I know. They could be talking about peanut butter and somehow end up on the subject of Greek gods. How do I know? It also happened before supper.

Anyways, when they had gotten there, the tables were longer to fit 16 people and the only boy/girl groupings at the D-tent table was: Black Ice/Squid/Rattler and Zero/Regan. (I do believe Black Ice has a thing for Squid, don't you?) Okay, the ordering was like this: on the left side: Magnet, Twitch, Zig-Zag, Black Ice, Squid, Rattler, Natasha, Tank. Right side: Armpit, Caveman, Zero, Regan, Tiffany, Narcissa, Mercedes. And of course, at the end, is X-ray.

"So.... how are you two getting along? You like each other yet?" Tiffany asked.

"Nope," Rattler said.

"No way," Squid replied.

"Squid, why aren't you eating?" Black Ice asked, clinging onto his arm. He pushed her off.

"Get off me, and maybe I could!"

"Rattler! Tell your boyfriend not to yell at me!" she wined.

"Number one, he ain't my boyfriend, and number two, I really don't care who he yells at, especially if it's YOU."

"You just don't like me flirting with your man. You're just mad!" she pouted.

"No! And he's NOT my MAN!"

"Whatever you say."

"Ugh!" she rolled her eyes, got up, put her tray away, and stormed out, going back to D-tent.

"What's wrong with her?"

"You!" Squid spat.

"What's wrong with me?"

"EVERYTHING!" he yelled, his temper getting the better of him.

"Touchy."

"Black Ice, just leave him alone, okay?" Zig-Zag said as smoothly as he could. He gently touched her hand. "He's obviously not in the mood for a good lady in his life, right now."

"What are you saying?" she asked, taking her hand away.

"That I would give you the attention that you need." She looked at Squid, then back at Zig-Zag, and grinned.

"Are you SURE you can handle me?"

"Yeah."

"Okay... sooo.... your saying.... you want to get hooked up with me...?"

"Yeah." He tried to be slick and slide his hand up her shirt, but she kneed him in the balls, and he, once again, fell over, groaning in pain.

"Well, that's just too bad, you freak." With one last look at him, she put up her tray and left.

"You're gonna pay for that, bitch!" he said, clinging desperately to his place at the table, trying to stand up.

Squid helped Zig-Zag up, put his tray up and left. Within 5 minutes, the rest of D-tent followed suit.

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Everyone from D-tent were all on the floor talking, laughing, and joking. Zero was apart of the circle, but he didn't say much.

"Naw, man. Ain't no chick ever gonna rule my life!" Armpit exclaimed.

"Just watch. You find one who you like, and BOOM..... your life is out of your hands. Just like that," Zig-Zag said.

"Man, dude. No chick is gonna rule none of OUR lives. We D-tent, baby!" X-ray said, emphasizing the "D".

"Don't forget, guys. Girls are ALSO apart of D-tent now," Narcissa said, batting her eyelashes playfully at X-ray.

"Yeah, man. I already got one trying to rule mine... and I can't even stand her!" Squid said laughing.

"Poor thing. Is Rattler being a bitch?" Black Ice asked.

"No. I was talking about you."

"OOOH!" came most of the guys reply. All of the girls except Black Ice busted out laughing, and even Zero cracked a smile.

"That was COLD!" Zig-Zag exclaimed through all his laughter. He was still pissed at her from before.

"It's not that funny," Black Ice said, her face darkening.

"Oh, yeah-" Rattler started, but Zig-Zag finished for her.

"-it was."

After a few minutes of more laughter and talk, someone started on the subject of Squid and Rattler.

"So, how yall holding up?" X-ray asked.

"Um... actually...." Rattler started, but once again her sentence was finished, only this time it was by Squid.

"....we still hate each others guts." Rattler nodded in agreement.

"Okayyy.... so, do you two know of a way you WON'T hate each other guts?" Natasha asked.

"Nope."

"No earthly idea," Rattler said, shrugging her shoulders.

"Oh, but I do," Narcissa said, with an evil grin on her face.

"HOW?" everyone asked, Squid and Rattler had looks of dread on their face. Rattler knew the ideas that Narcissa could come up with.

"Spin the bottle, anyone?" she asked, walking to her bag, and taking a coke bottle out.

"How'd you get that in here?" Twitch asked, amazed.

"Easy. After Mr. Sir had already gone through my bag and had given me my ugly orange work suit, he had to go do something. Stupid man, really. I mean, he left me... ME.... alone with everything in his cabin. I snuck a couple into my bag." After she finished her story, she sat back down on the ground, putting the bottle in the middle.

"These rules are a little different, though," Mercedes cut in, getting more excited every minute. "The first time you get someone, a little kiss on the lips. The second time you get that person, or the person gets you, you have to make out for a whole minute. The third time, you two have to go outside, choose a whole, and play 7 Minutes in Heaven. Got it?"

"I have one question," Rattler said, while everyone mumbled that they understood. "How is this supposed to get us not to hate each others guts?"

"If you to get to see how well the other kisses...." Narcissa started.

"....then you two we'll fall madly in love with each other, screw, and live happily ever after," Natasha finished.

Squid looked uneasily at Rattler and said, "What if we never get each other?"

"Then we'll think of some other way," Mercedes replied quickly. "Now, Narcissa will spin first. Go."

As soon as she said that, Narcissa spun, and Zero left the group to go sit on his cot to watch. Rattler, seeing him do this, got up, told Squid to save her spot, and walked over to Zero.

"What's wrong, lil man?" Zero just shook his head in reply. Rattler gently touched his arm.

"Oh, c'mon. We all want you to play." Once again, he shook his head.

"Regan!" she whispered. "Regan!" When Regan didn't hear her, Rattler threw a shirt at her. Regan looked behind her to see what was going on. Rattler waved her over to the bed where she was standing. She saw Natasha and Armpit kissing, and then Armpit spun.

"What?" Regan asked uneasily, as she walked over.

"Will you tell Zero that we want him to play?"

"Yeah, we do." Once more, he shook his head.

"Please?" Rattler asked. She hit Regan and nodded toward him. "I'm gonna go join the game. You two have a cozy little conversation, mm-k?" As she walked to the circle, she winked at Regan, gave a thumbs up, and mouthed 'Good luck.'

"So," Rattler said when she sat down in her spot next to Squid. "Who did Armpit kiss?"

"Mercedes. Now she's spinning. And it landed on...... ARMPIT! OH! YALL GOTTA MAKE OUT FOR A MINUTED NOW! YEAH!" Rattler looked at Squid, and smiled to herself hoping no one noticed. During the minute that Armpit and Mercedes were kissing, Rattler saw Regan and Zero get up and start to walk over to the circle. She excitedly waved them over, making room on the other side of her between her and Zig-Zag. They sat down, and the circle was boy/girl.

Here's how the order of the circle was: X-ray, Mercedes, Armpit, Natasha, Twitch, Narcissa, Zig-Zag, Regan, Zero, Rattler, Squid, Black Ice, Tank, Cameron, Magnet, Tiffany.

Rattler leaned in and whispered to Zero, "Hey, kid. Glad you joined us." He just nodded his head. After the minute was up, Armpit spun again and it landed on Black Ice. They kissed quick and then Black Ice spun. It landed on Zero. Rattler quickly shot a glance at Regan, and saw that her cheeks were going pink.

The two quickly kissed and Zero shyly took the bottle and spun it. It landed on Squid.

"Okay, new rule," Tank said, before anyone could react. If a guy lands on a guy or a girl lands on a girl they get to spin until it lands on the opposite sex. Understood? Everyone nodded, so Rattler nudged Zero. "C'mon buddy. Spin again."

Zero respun and this time it landed on Tiffany. They kissed and then Tiffany spun. It landed on Black Ice so she respun. This time it landed on Zig-Zag. They kissed, then he spun and it landed on Rattler. They kissed and the she spun. It landed on Squid. Her cheeks reddened and tried to save face by saying, "Let's get this over with, quick." His cheeks turned a light shade of pink, but only Zero saw it.

"Fine." They awkwardly leaned into each other and kissed. A bit longer than expected, but they kissed. They kissed for about 15 seconds. The whole time, the only thing Rattler thought was, 'Damn, he can kiss good,' and all Squid thought was, 'Wow! She's amazing.'

After they finally pulled back, everyone was staring at them. All the guys were grinning and all the girls were giggling.

"What?!" they asked at the same time. This time, Squid's face turned a dark red and Rattler's face turned slightly pink.

"Do you two have a little secret you want to share?" Magnet asked, about to die trying to hold in his laugh.

"What do you mean by that?" Rattler asked, acting clueless.

"You know exactly what he means!" Tiffany squealed.

"Um, no, we don't," Squid said, acting just as dumb.

"Yeah, yall didn't stare when everyone else was playing. Why do you have to start now?"

"Cuz you kissed, like, 10 freakin minutes!" Black Ice exclaimed, a little envious.

"Nu-uh!" Squid defended.

"So NOT true!" Rattler said, furious that they wouldn't listen.

"Okay, okay you didn't," Tank said, smiling mischievously.

"We DIDN'T!" Rattler yelled.

"I know! I said that!"

"Okay, whatever. Just spin, Squid," Regan said quietly, trying to get the attention diverted away from them, but no luck. It landed on Rattler.

"I'LL TIME!" Twitch yelled excitedly, waving his wrist so they would see his watch.

"Oh, crap," Rattler groaned.

"We're so in the shit, huh?" Squid asked. Rattler hit him. When he looked at her with a puzzled expression, she simply said, "Language!" He laughed and rolled his eyes. They each took a deep breath, and began making out.

Rattler's breath sharpened as soon as their lips met, as Squid's breath did. It was like they were in their own little world. Squid slightly opened his mouth and let his tongue slide through, trying to pry her mouth open. Reluctantly, she gave in. The time flew by, and soon, their minute was up.

"So...." Mercedes said grinning.

"So, what?" Rattler asked.

"How was he? Do you like him now?"

"Why would I? Just because we kissed?"

"Uh, yeah!"

"Well, I don't look for just that in a guy. Or if he's hot. I look for a great personality and somone I can get along with. Which, apparently, me and Squid can't, so.... uh, I would have to say that I still consider him a rude obnoxious jerk."

"Squid. Was SHE good?" Zig-Zag asked. Squid just shrugged. "Well, then, what do you think of her?"

"I still think she's an annoying, little, stuck-up bit-"

"That's not nice!" Tank said playfully, but glaring at him.

"Did I ever say I was?"

"No, but that was still a little rude, don't you think. You could at least have the decency and wait to talk behind her back instead of right in front of her face."

"Thanks, Tank," Rattler said sarcastically rolling her eyes.

"No, prob!" Tank replied, not catching the sarcasm.

"I can talk for myself, though."

"I know. I just thought you might want me to defend you against the big, bad, Squiddy."

"You mean the small-sized Octopus?"

"That's mean, too, Rattler," X-ray said, copying Tank.

"Wait, which size were you talking about?" Black Ice asked.

"Um... the size of his "manhood"," she said, laughing.

"Whatever. You don't know how big it is."

"How are you so sure, my Squiddy-kins?" she asked, batting her eyelashes playfully.

"Because it ain't small."

"Sure."

"It's not!"

"Whatever."

"Would you care to see?"

"I would!" Black Ice said, clinging to his arm.

"No, thank you!" she spat.

"Well, good! I'd rather have Black Ice look at it than you anyway!"

"Whatever," she said, throwing her hand behind her, as she got up and walked outside. X-ray followed.

"Yo, Rattler. We're still playin the game! Are you quittin on us?!"

"Yeah. I just need some fresh air." She laid down and stared at the stars. Feeling that he was still there she asked, "What can I do for ya, X?"

"Nothing, except, I'm not X-ray." Whoever it was, they were right. It wasn't X-ray's voice, but a heavily Mexican accented one. Magnet.

"Oh, sorry, Magnet. X-ray was here just a minute ago, so I thought you were him."

"It's no problem. Can I ask you a question, chicka?"

"Sure."

"You know Tank pretty good, right?"

"Yeah. We've been girls for a while."

"When she's around me, she acts all stuck-up and snobbish. I don't like that. What's her deal? She doesn't act that way around any of the other guys."

"Really?" she asked, getting interested. "Does she throw her hair behind her shoulders, or ignore you when you talk, or just act really mean towards you in general?"

"Yeah. Why does she do that?"

"Magnet, do you like her?" Even though it was dark, she could she him blush.

"Yeah, but don't tell no one. They'll all bag on me."

"I won't. But you have no worries. She likes you."

"How do you know?"

"She acts like she doesn't know that the guys she likes exist. It's a cover up. Trust me. Even though she acts that way, I promise. She's into you."

"Thanks."

"Mm-hmm." She laid back down and shut her eyes. Feeling that someone was behind her, once again, she said, "Who's there?"

"Me." It was no longer a Mexican accent, but a southern one.

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A/N: Sorry to end right there! I'm back! I'll try to start updating as much as possible, people! School is getting on my nerves! I love writing for my loyal fans better! Lol! Which is like, what, 2? Lol, anyways, luv ya and hope you like! Plz r/r!



P.S. sorry if it totally sucked!