Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters that pertain to the movie/book "Holes". They belong to the writer of the book, Louis Sachar.

Chapter 3

Squid walked into the Wreck Room and walked over to the bench and began lifting weights. X-Ray walked over to him. "You know it dangerous to be doing this without a spotter right," X-ray grinned.

"I don't care," Squid replied and continued. X-Ray could tell Squid was pissed.

"What's wrong man." X-Ray finally asked. Squid continued bench pressing without responding to X-Ray or looking at him. "Tell me man. I mean it's better to get it off your chest than bottling it up inside," he pointed out. Squid put down the bar and sat up. X-Ray rested his elbows on the bar waiting for an answer.

"Well...," he wanted to tell someone, but resisted. "I just hate it here," Squid walked out and headed back to the tent. Then remembered Nayel was in there. He started to walk around. He just wanted this nightmare to be over. He began to think back and remembered why he was sent there.

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*Flashback~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*

Alan was in the house grabbing things that were valuable and stuffing them into his backpack. Nayel was a look out. "Hurry," she whispered. Alan said something but she couldn't quite make it out. Nayel heard sirens coming closer. "Alan," she whispered louder.

"Hold on," he whispered back. He was still looking through the things.

"Jackass let's go," Nayel commanded. Alan didn't pay any attention to her. She heard the sirens closer now. "Shit," she took off running leaving Alan. Alan finally climbed out the window.

"I got," he turned to see the cops standing there. He looked around for Nayel. She was gone. "Damn,"

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*End of Flashback~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*

Squid shrugged trying to rub out the memory from his mind. He just wanted to sleep. He walked into the tent. Nayel was still reading. He looked at her and sat on his cot. "Why did you run," he said.

"What," Nayel wasn't paying attention to him. Let alone know what he was talking about.

"That day," Squid looked at her. "Why did you run," Nayel looked at him still not knowing what he was talking about.

"Sorry Squid but I have no idea what you are talking about," Nayel shook her head and went back to reading.

"You were just scared," Squid blurted out.

"What the hell is your problem," Nayel finally said. She sounded frustrated. She put the journal back into her crate. "Why can't you just leave me alone,"

"You left me alone," Squid shot up. "You ran. You left me to take the blame,"

"I told you to hurry," she finally figured out what he was talking about. "I kept yelling at you but you never hurried up your ass so I saved myself and left," she wasn't ashamed of it.

"But you were equally to blame. You were in on it too," Squid was yelling now. Nayel rolled her eyes and laid down on her cot.

"You need to get over it already. What's done is done nothing you say can change it," Nayel smiled at him.

"Bitch. I'm glad you got sent here. This is what I've been doing for the past 7 months and I'm glad you get to experience it," Squid smirked. Nayel got up and began heading out.

"I'm not going to listen to your bullshit anymore. You are just full of yourself and you don't care who you hurt just to make sure you're on top. You have always been that way and you will never change," Nayel walked out. Squid walked over to her crate and pulled out the journal and began reading through it. Zigzag walked in.

"What are you doing," Zigzag asked. Squid was startled and dropped the journal. He didn't hear Zigzag come in. Squid quickly picked up the journal and put in the crate.

"Nothing," he answered and went to sit on his cot. Zigzag sat on his.

"Nile looked pissed," Zigzag said as he scratched his head.

"Yeah so," Squid snapped and glanced at Zigzag.

"I'm just saying. She seems cool," Zigzag shrugged.

"You've fallen into her trap. You better watch your back," Squid warned. "She lures you in and then BAM you end up here," Zigzag began laughing. Squid smiled.

"You're full of it you know that," Zigzag said still laughing. Squid nodded, but he knew he was right. The words 'you have no fuckin' idea what happened to me' kept running through his head. What did she mean by that?