Chapter 4: The Morning After

"UGHH! So. Much. Pain." I yelled to Kkay while still on my back. She eased herself off her cot and came over to help me. By the time I was off all of D-Tent had waken up, changed and went off to the Library.

I grabbed a shovel and started walking to the same place we were digging yesterday.

"It all turned to Calais." X told me. I stared at him.

"I don't have enough energy to make facial expressions." I solemnly told him. He nodded laughed and I tried to glare, it didn't work.

"I feel good." Twitch said to me smiling. I hit him on the head.

"Ya get used to it." Zig told Twitch. He nodded in agreement.

Kkay ran to catch up with me. "Any better?" She asked. I shook my head.

"So whats up with you and caveman?"

"What?" She asked me dumbly.

"Its jist, ya been spending a lot of time together…kinda." I added as I saw the look on her face.

"I think he likes me." She said definitely.

"Well…ya…but do you like him?" I said slowly, as if saying it faster would make her hit me.

"I-I guess, I mean, you do like him don't you? He is nice…"

"Oh yea, yea, he's great." I mumbled. We walked in silence until we had to start digging our 2nd hole.

I had dug slower today since I was sore from yesterday, but Kkay was digging faster than usual. She was almost caught up with Zero when the water truck came. I grabbed a sandwich then went back to digging. A half hour later Zero was done, and 15 minutes after that she was on her way back to camp, never looking me in the eye as she walked away.

I sighed and shrugged my shoulders, continuing to dig.

"Whats up with Flame?" He asked me, sitting in by my almost finished hole.

"Flame? Who's Flame?"

"Ya know, Kkay, that's her nick-name."

"Wow. Is so much like mine, but I don't know whats with her. I mean we had a talk…about Caveman." I whispered. "I think she likes him and- -"

"-your afraid she'll spend more time with him?" He finished.

"No!" I said quickly. He rolled his eyes, as I was finishing and left. In a few minutes I was done and walking back to camp when I felt someone tap me on the shoulder.

"Hey baby." He said raising his eyebrows, "I'm Bones."

"I'm disgusted!" I told him smiling as I turned to walk away.

"Hey, I like 'em feisty." He said nodding his head and twirling me around. I threw my fist at him and it hit him in the nose.

"Back off Bones." I yelled to him walking swiftly away from the bloody scene.

When I was putting the shovel back in the Library I heard something in our tent. I walked in and saw the same tall, brown haired kid who was touching my back going through my stuff.

"What the hell do you think your doing?" I said throwing my hat at him. He was startled but dodged it.

"I'm sorry! I just wanted to see some of your things so I could get to know you better…" He said falsely while walking toward me, his back to the opening of the tent.

"Aww, really, how sweet!" I stated. "Really?" he said surprised.

"No." He looked at me confused as I shoved him out of the tent where he landed on his butt, just as Flame was walking in. She looked down at him, then back at me, and continued walking inside.

I smiled. "Hey Flame."

"Me, Flame?" She asked. "Uh-huh. And look, sorry if our talk was kinda…"

"Personal? Annoying? Nosey?" She shouted at me. I stared at her, not expecting the outburst.

"Yea…I take it your still mad?"

"YES!" She yelled as she left the tent and Twitch walked in.

"Ya wanna go talk to her?" I asked him, "I mean, maybe you can fix things between us…?" I suggested. He shook his head vigorously.

"No way! The only thing I share with Flame is awkward silence, and if I talk to her, I loose that." He stated. I rolled my eyes and fell on my cot.

"Wake me for dinner." I mumbled to him.

*~*An hour later*~*

"Get up Flare! Get up, dinner!" Twitch said while shaking me lightly. I waved my hand at him.

"This is how you do it, watch and learn," I heard Zig mumble slyly to Twitch.

"GET UP!" He yelled, shoving me forcefully off the bed. He laughed as I landed hard on the round.

"Okay, now what?" Twitch said. "Now, you run." Zig answered as I screamed.

"YOU BASTARD! GET BACK HERE!" I chased him half way to the wreck-room when I felt Squid grab my arms and hold me back.

"I'll get you Zig! Don't make me say your Middle name!" I yelled, struggling to get out of Squids grasp. He looked back at me and then continued walking to the wreck-room.

"Thanks." I told Squid sarcastically. "Gotta protect my boys…" HE answered. I rolled my eyes and continued walking in anger.

"Dude, you look pissed." Flame told me as I sat down with my plate of food.

"I am."

"Why?"

"Ask Zig." I told her, she nodded and walked over to Zig who was watching the black screen on the TV.

I closed my eyes and shook my head when I heard a crash from behind me. I turned around to see Mr. Sir throwing pans the length of the kitchen.

"What crawled up his ass?" I mumbled to X, and he shrugged his shoulders.

Twitch sat down on the other side of me. I looked around and saw the guy who was going through my stuff and glared in his direction.

"Whatcha glarin' at?" Twitch asked.

"I don't like him." I mumbled, still glaring over at the boy.

"Tumbleweed?" He asked me.

"You know his name?" I asked, he nodded a yes in response.

"Well, He was hitting on me the first day Flame and I got here, and then I found him in D-Tent going through my stuff." I explained, stabbing my bread forcefully.

"Really? Well, I wouldn't get too upset, he hits on everyone…kind of…" I rolled my eyes, threw out my food and went to bed early.