Rachel suddenly got up from her cot. She let out a sigh of relief.
Only a dream, She thought.
She quickly put her orange jumpsuit back on, grabbed her backpack, and walked out of the tent.
All of the tables covered with slimy tortillas were already set out and ready for the campers to eat for their breakfast. Rachel walked over and grabbed one. How early was it? She wondered. It was still dark out, so Rachel made her way into the Wreck Room, to be greeted by a figure sitting on the couch.
"Hey," it said, and Rachel recognized his voice to be Squid's.
"Hi," Rachel murmured.
"Couldn't sleep." he said, referring to himself.
"Oh, me neither. Well, I could…but I just woke up, well…I didn't just wake up, I had a bad dream…but I don't mean it like I'm a little kid…um." Rachel stammered, not seeming to find the correct words.
"It's okay, I know what you're trying to say." Squid said.
"But um, you should at least try to sleep some more since….well, since you're digging two holes today." Rachel said, looking down. She felt bad.
Squid shook his head, "Nah it doesn't matter."
Rachel took a bite of the tortilla and spit it out. She threw it on the ground. It was not worth eating. She'd rather go hungry than eat that.
"I, um…" Rachel started, "I want to apologize."
Squid looked at her.
Rachel walked over and sat next to him on the couch.
"I really…really acted awfully yesterday, and um…I hope I didn't hurt your feelings or anything, because…." she paused, "um, because…that's not what I meant…to do."
"Yeah. I was just…"
Rachel interrupted, "And thank you." she said, possibly a little too loudly. "For staying with me. I admit, it was nice to wake up to a familiar face." she said.
I can't believe I'm saying this! What has gotten into me? She thought to herself.
"But don't think that this is going to make me nice to you! That would ruin my reputation. It'd make me a softy." she said, half joking…but she really wanted Squid to think that she was serious.
"I didn't hear a thing." Squid said, holding up his arms innocently.
Rachel smiled, a true smile, something she hadn't done in a long time.
The Calvary horn sounded. Squid and Rachel instantly got up from the couch and ran out of the Wreck Room in opposite directions. Nobody could see them together like that.
Rachel wiped the good look off her face and walked out of the Wreck Room, looking like it was the last place she wanted to be. Which was true.
"Come on, it's diggin' time!" Mr. Pendanski yelled to the group, "listen up listen up!" He changed the course of his speaking, like suddenly his mind had changed about something.
Everyone stopped chattering as they scarffed down their tortilla grease.
"Mr. Sir has an announcement to make." He said, motioning to Mr. Sir, who walked across the porch every-so-proudly.
"Alright, The Warden and I….have decided that it is only fair that we make this camp completely and truly co-ed, since we do have a couple o' girls here anyhow." He said, standing tall, fingers resting tightly on his belt…one hand on his pistol gun.
"What?" a lot of juveniles exclaimed.
"So we have decided that in about a couple days, more buses will be arrivin' here and it will be a completely co-ed camp. In that case, we have to make a new tent. It will G-Tent…G stands for girls. So boys, you will be enjoying your free space without those true girl-scouts botherin' ya." Mr. Sir said, as though the boys were girl scouts, and the girls were "true" girl scouts, whatever that meant.
Mr. Sir continued…"So, Rachel, Courtney, Caitlyn, you will all be transferred to G-Tent tomorrow evening. Now open them peepers and get back to diggin'!" he shouted.
Rachel suddenly had this sinking feeling in the bottom of her stomach, as if Mr. Sir had said to be transferred to a whole new camp. She didn't know why she was feeling this way. It's like, in this amount of time, she had made a new home in D-Tent, and it had only been a month.
Rachel grabbed a shovel, making sure it didn't have a yellow mark on it, which signified that it was X-Ray's shorter one.
She walked out onto the dry lake along with all of her other fellow D-Tent campers. Campers that wouldn't be her fellow tent friends anymore. It couldn't be so bad, they were still in the same Camp, after all.
Dirk Harrison zoomed down the road, which led to somewhere he didn't know. He knew he was still in the city, somewhere…but all he concentrated on was not going anywhere near a policeman or a police station.
He was fuming with anger more than anyone alive, it seemed. He was absolutely furious with Rachel. He wasn't drunk, he didn't need to be.
He dialed his cell phone, but when nobody answer he swore and slammed the phone back down on the stand to which it belongs. He dialed again, and again, which only led to more failed attempts.
Dirk turned into the nearby gas station. He filled up his tank, then walked into the station to pay. But first, he walked straight to the side of the counter, where the maps were. He picked up the map of Texas, the state he was in now, ran his finger down….until he got to the name Green Lake. An evil grin slowly spred across his old, sunken face.
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Only a dream, She thought.
She quickly put her orange jumpsuit back on, grabbed her backpack, and walked out of the tent.
All of the tables covered with slimy tortillas were already set out and ready for the campers to eat for their breakfast. Rachel walked over and grabbed one. How early was it? She wondered. It was still dark out, so Rachel made her way into the Wreck Room, to be greeted by a figure sitting on the couch.
"Hey," it said, and Rachel recognized his voice to be Squid's.
"Hi," Rachel murmured.
"Couldn't sleep." he said, referring to himself.
"Oh, me neither. Well, I could…but I just woke up, well…I didn't just wake up, I had a bad dream…but I don't mean it like I'm a little kid…um." Rachel stammered, not seeming to find the correct words.
"It's okay, I know what you're trying to say." Squid said.
"But um, you should at least try to sleep some more since….well, since you're digging two holes today." Rachel said, looking down. She felt bad.
Squid shook his head, "Nah it doesn't matter."
Rachel took a bite of the tortilla and spit it out. She threw it on the ground. It was not worth eating. She'd rather go hungry than eat that.
"I, um…" Rachel started, "I want to apologize."
Squid looked at her.
Rachel walked over and sat next to him on the couch.
"I really…really acted awfully yesterday, and um…I hope I didn't hurt your feelings or anything, because…." she paused, "um, because…that's not what I meant…to do."
"Yeah. I was just…"
Rachel interrupted, "And thank you." she said, possibly a little too loudly. "For staying with me. I admit, it was nice to wake up to a familiar face." she said.
I can't believe I'm saying this! What has gotten into me? She thought to herself.
"But don't think that this is going to make me nice to you! That would ruin my reputation. It'd make me a softy." she said, half joking…but she really wanted Squid to think that she was serious.
"I didn't hear a thing." Squid said, holding up his arms innocently.
Rachel smiled, a true smile, something she hadn't done in a long time.
The Calvary horn sounded. Squid and Rachel instantly got up from the couch and ran out of the Wreck Room in opposite directions. Nobody could see them together like that.
Rachel wiped the good look off her face and walked out of the Wreck Room, looking like it was the last place she wanted to be. Which was true.
"Come on, it's diggin' time!" Mr. Pendanski yelled to the group, "listen up listen up!" He changed the course of his speaking, like suddenly his mind had changed about something.
Everyone stopped chattering as they scarffed down their tortilla grease.
"Mr. Sir has an announcement to make." He said, motioning to Mr. Sir, who walked across the porch every-so-proudly.
"Alright, The Warden and I….have decided that it is only fair that we make this camp completely and truly co-ed, since we do have a couple o' girls here anyhow." He said, standing tall, fingers resting tightly on his belt…one hand on his pistol gun.
"What?" a lot of juveniles exclaimed.
"So we have decided that in about a couple days, more buses will be arrivin' here and it will be a completely co-ed camp. In that case, we have to make a new tent. It will G-Tent…G stands for girls. So boys, you will be enjoying your free space without those true girl-scouts botherin' ya." Mr. Sir said, as though the boys were girl scouts, and the girls were "true" girl scouts, whatever that meant.
Mr. Sir continued…"So, Rachel, Courtney, Caitlyn, you will all be transferred to G-Tent tomorrow evening. Now open them peepers and get back to diggin'!" he shouted.
Rachel suddenly had this sinking feeling in the bottom of her stomach, as if Mr. Sir had said to be transferred to a whole new camp. She didn't know why she was feeling this way. It's like, in this amount of time, she had made a new home in D-Tent, and it had only been a month.
Rachel grabbed a shovel, making sure it didn't have a yellow mark on it, which signified that it was X-Ray's shorter one.
She walked out onto the dry lake along with all of her other fellow D-Tent campers. Campers that wouldn't be her fellow tent friends anymore. It couldn't be so bad, they were still in the same Camp, after all.
Dirk Harrison zoomed down the road, which led to somewhere he didn't know. He knew he was still in the city, somewhere…but all he concentrated on was not going anywhere near a policeman or a police station.
He was fuming with anger more than anyone alive, it seemed. He was absolutely furious with Rachel. He wasn't drunk, he didn't need to be.
He dialed his cell phone, but when nobody answer he swore and slammed the phone back down on the stand to which it belongs. He dialed again, and again, which only led to more failed attempts.
Dirk turned into the nearby gas station. He filled up his tank, then walked into the station to pay. But first, he walked straight to the side of the counter, where the maps were. He picked up the map of Texas, the state he was in now, ran his finger down….until he got to the name Green Lake. An evil grin slowly spred across his old, sunken face.
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