Chapter 8: The Past
"Well that went well." Armpit said, smiling at me Flame and Rain.
"Yea...but now mom thinks we're crazy." Rain said, twisting her cap around so it was backwards. Flame and I laughed.
"Your Lucky...at least he didn't give you the 'you're here on account of one person' lecture." Caveman said as the boys laughed, remembering one of their older talks with Mom.
"Yea, well we get lucky with a lot of things. Like this one time, you snuck out," I said pointing to Flame, "and the cops had seen you walking around with Ben, and when they lost you they came to the orphanage for you." Flame nodded her head and smiled, remembering the days before Camp Green Lake.
"Wait-who's Ben?" Caveman asked.
"And how's that make you lucky?" Magnet and the other boys stared in confusion.
I stopped walking, everyone stopped and looked at me, "You didn't let me finish," I started walking again, "By the time the cops showed up, Flame was up the emergency ladder and coming out of the room yawning like she was asleep." Flame laughed.
"You are lucky. I would have never gotten away with it," Rain said, "I'm so proud." She added with a grin.
"That's nice-but really-who's Ben?" Caveman asked more urgently.
"Just some guy," Flame said, "why, ya jealous?" She smiled, he blushed, we laughed.
"Flame! He wasn't just some guy. You guys had been dating for like..." I paused to think.
"Two and a half years." She said sadly. "He told me that as soon as he turned 18 and could get out of the orphanage, that he would come and take me away with him..." Her voice faded as the boys, me and Rain exchanged looks. Flame was already at the tent by the time Zero came up to me and nudged me.
"Hey," he whispered, "was his last name Bouchard?" I stared at him.
"How'd you know that?" I asked. He waved his hand and pointed to an isolated place past the showers. I nodded my head.
"I'll be back soon." I told everyone, leaving the group; Rain gave me a questioning look.
"How do you know Ben?" I asked him as soon as I made sure we were alone. He looked to the ground.
"Zero...you've gotta tell me, I need to know."
"He went to my orphanage," He started.
"What's so bad about that?" I looked at him quizzically.
"Nothing, I mean, he was great, but he..." He looked around nervously.
"Zero...?"
"He passed away right before I came to camp green lake." He said quickly. I gasped.
"Oh my god. What do I tell Flame?"
"Nothing, Flare you can't tell her, she's here for two years."
"Yea, but that's only..." I tried to think.
"730 days, it gives her plenty of time." Zero answered without thinking.
"How'd you do the math so quick?" I asked.
"It doesn't matter, but we should let her be with Caveman now, and by the time two years is up, she'll be over him."
"I don't know Zero...you saw how upset she got after just talking about him..."
He nodded his head in understanding.
"Lights out!" We heard a voice from behind us shout, making me jump. Zero got quiet. We started heading back to the tent.
"I don't know why you don't talk to anyone." I asked him, almost at the tent.
"I just....don't, why would I talk to people who think I'm half retarded?" He answered, staring at me, I shrugged.
"I guess there is none." I walked into the tent right after Zero and found Flame writing, and Rain listening to music. She took off her headphones as I sat on my cot.
"What was that about?" She whispered, leaning over to me.
"I'll tell you later, not now." I said glancing at Flame, who was only focusing on writing.
"Night guys." I said.
They answered goodnight back, and the lights went off while Flame kept writing.
short chapter, I know. But the next one will be longer I swear. Lol. But you guys know I need two reviews before I can write, and I'm actually WANTING to write so review fast please. Lol. Sorry about the wait, Ive been so busy horseback riding I had to write this in a notebook first. I hated that, but anways, ReViEw :-P
Shout Outs:
Rain: omg! I miss you! Ahaha doent that sound weird? I think so, well, you should update...especially the fanfic with me in it...grins winks. Hehe
Flame: KKay, omg. I have something to tell you. bUt I'm not posting it here, that;d be weird. Lol. Go to my live journal. (name: TheMemories-READ ME!!!) But, it was really, really weird. And I have no idea what I was doing for this chapter. But bens ur ex-lover cuz I had this overwhelming BEN thought and had to stick him in the story, but he died so I don't have to worry about it again. Haha. But check the live journal RIGHT NOW! Lol.
"Well that went well." Armpit said, smiling at me Flame and Rain.
"Yea...but now mom thinks we're crazy." Rain said, twisting her cap around so it was backwards. Flame and I laughed.
"Your Lucky...at least he didn't give you the 'you're here on account of one person' lecture." Caveman said as the boys laughed, remembering one of their older talks with Mom.
"Yea, well we get lucky with a lot of things. Like this one time, you snuck out," I said pointing to Flame, "and the cops had seen you walking around with Ben, and when they lost you they came to the orphanage for you." Flame nodded her head and smiled, remembering the days before Camp Green Lake.
"Wait-who's Ben?" Caveman asked.
"And how's that make you lucky?" Magnet and the other boys stared in confusion.
I stopped walking, everyone stopped and looked at me, "You didn't let me finish," I started walking again, "By the time the cops showed up, Flame was up the emergency ladder and coming out of the room yawning like she was asleep." Flame laughed.
"You are lucky. I would have never gotten away with it," Rain said, "I'm so proud." She added with a grin.
"That's nice-but really-who's Ben?" Caveman asked more urgently.
"Just some guy," Flame said, "why, ya jealous?" She smiled, he blushed, we laughed.
"Flame! He wasn't just some guy. You guys had been dating for like..." I paused to think.
"Two and a half years." She said sadly. "He told me that as soon as he turned 18 and could get out of the orphanage, that he would come and take me away with him..." Her voice faded as the boys, me and Rain exchanged looks. Flame was already at the tent by the time Zero came up to me and nudged me.
"Hey," he whispered, "was his last name Bouchard?" I stared at him.
"How'd you know that?" I asked. He waved his hand and pointed to an isolated place past the showers. I nodded my head.
"I'll be back soon." I told everyone, leaving the group; Rain gave me a questioning look.
"How do you know Ben?" I asked him as soon as I made sure we were alone. He looked to the ground.
"Zero...you've gotta tell me, I need to know."
"He went to my orphanage," He started.
"What's so bad about that?" I looked at him quizzically.
"Nothing, I mean, he was great, but he..." He looked around nervously.
"Zero...?"
"He passed away right before I came to camp green lake." He said quickly. I gasped.
"Oh my god. What do I tell Flame?"
"Nothing, Flare you can't tell her, she's here for two years."
"Yea, but that's only..." I tried to think.
"730 days, it gives her plenty of time." Zero answered without thinking.
"How'd you do the math so quick?" I asked.
"It doesn't matter, but we should let her be with Caveman now, and by the time two years is up, she'll be over him."
"I don't know Zero...you saw how upset she got after just talking about him..."
He nodded his head in understanding.
"Lights out!" We heard a voice from behind us shout, making me jump. Zero got quiet. We started heading back to the tent.
"I don't know why you don't talk to anyone." I asked him, almost at the tent.
"I just....don't, why would I talk to people who think I'm half retarded?" He answered, staring at me, I shrugged.
"I guess there is none." I walked into the tent right after Zero and found Flame writing, and Rain listening to music. She took off her headphones as I sat on my cot.
"What was that about?" She whispered, leaning over to me.
"I'll tell you later, not now." I said glancing at Flame, who was only focusing on writing.
"Night guys." I said.
They answered goodnight back, and the lights went off while Flame kept writing.
short chapter, I know. But the next one will be longer I swear. Lol. But you guys know I need two reviews before I can write, and I'm actually WANTING to write so review fast please. Lol. Sorry about the wait, Ive been so busy horseback riding I had to write this in a notebook first. I hated that, but anways, ReViEw :-P
Shout Outs:
Rain: omg! I miss you! Ahaha doent that sound weird? I think so, well, you should update...especially the fanfic with me in it...grins winks. Hehe
Flame: KKay, omg. I have something to tell you. bUt I'm not posting it here, that;d be weird. Lol. Go to my live journal. (name: TheMemories-READ ME!!!) But, it was really, really weird. And I have no idea what I was doing for this chapter. But bens ur ex-lover cuz I had this overwhelming BEN thought and had to stick him in the story, but he died so I don't have to worry about it again. Haha. But check the live journal RIGHT NOW! Lol.