The next morning after Mr. Pendanski's outburst, and after everyone had
finished their hole, Rachel stormed out of G-Tent with her arms tensed
by her side and with a confident look on her stern dirt-blotched face.
"Yo, look here." X-Ray said as him and the rest of the campers walked tiredly out of D-Tent. Some of them didn't even look close to being awake. X-Ray pointed at her.
Rachel burst into Mr. Sir's cabin defiantly. He jumped.
"I am not scared of you anymore and I am certainly not going to pretend that I'm fine with all of the bullshit in this camp!" Rachel snapped.
Mr. Sir looked completely shocked.
"And you call that dipshit Pendanski a counselor? He almost got me KILLED!" Rachel put a lot of emphasis on that last word as she flashed Mr. Sir a disgusted look. She turned her head so Mr. Sir could see her ear and the bruised flesh around it.
"If anyone around here needs a counselor, it's him. Not to mention you and that stupid Warden." Rachel added, turning her head back forward to look at the flabbergasted Mr. Sir. She wasn't scared of him.
Rachel didn't notice, but D and G Tent were all huddled behind the 2 small windows that revealed Mr. Sir's cabin. Their ears and eyes were pressed to the window as they all squished together, slightly fogging up the windows, to hear Mr. Sir get his butt kicked by a juvenile camper that he thought he had so much control over. Boy was he wrong.
Mr. Sir gets up, all cool and independent, and spit his sunflower seed shells at Rachel's feet.
He just stood there, lost for words. He knew that there was nothing he could say to persuade Rachel into anything else.
"So! You just gonna sit there like a stupid coward?" Rachel snapped, folding her arms, "Well I guess the rumors are true then. You are a coward." She smirked.
"W-" Mr. Sir grumbled. He shuffled his feet and moved back and forth, looking Rachel up and down.
"I know that lots of people in this camp are afraid of you, but I'm no coward." Rachel said quietly.
A couple boys from D-Tent gave each other nervous looks. Oh they remembered very well when Mr. Sir threw Squid across the room for asking what happened to his face. It was one of the only times that all of Camp Green Lake was in silence. Until Mr. Pendanski opened his mouth, that is.
Rachel starred into Mr. Sir's eyes. Mr. Sir starred right back, only to grab the collar of her orange jumpsuit and lift her up short after. He pushed her back into the wall behind his desk. Rachel felt how tense her back and neck really was as pain slightly went down her back.
He spit in her face. Rachel exhaled sharply. D-Tent didn't make any movements, though a lot of them died to walk in there and protect Rachel. G-Tent just stayed glued to their spots, eyes wide. Zigzag's eyes looked like they would pop out of his head from the looks of them.
Rachel squeezed her eyes shut, preparing for the worst. Mr. Sir dragged her across the room, the gun inside the holster digging into her side. Once he got to the door, he threw her onto the porch, hard. She slammed down and landed on the railing, loosing her breath in result from hitting her stomach. She fell off and rolled onto the hard dry ground.
Her face was in the dirt as she clutched her stomach with both arms. Stupid, stupid! She thought to herself. She knew that she had taken it too far with him. She was so stupid. She should've never done that. Sure, she had the confidence, but only now did she remember all of the things that her fellow campers had told them about good ol' Mr. Sir, and how awful the things truly were.
She still couldn't find her breath as she saw D-Tent running around from the other side of the cabin, G-Tent right on their tails. Rachel's face was still smeared with Mr. Sir's large glob of spit.
Magnet and Zigzag lifted Rachel up on her feet as Cate and Shorty helped keep her balance.
"Are you okay Rachel?" Honey asked.
"We didn't see what happened. We were just on the other side, peaking through the window. But it didn't sound good when you fell. All we saw was you hitting the railing." Strings said.
Babygirl inhaled sharply as if in pain herself.
"You're nose is bleeding!" Lucki exclaimed.
Rachel lifted her hand to her nose and wiped off a little bit of blood. She kept silent.
"Yeah, Mr. Sir's so mean. Nobody will ever listen to you." X-Ray said.
"Danielle." Banana said.
"What?" Caveman asked.
"Danielle, she might listen! As far as we know from being with her on that bus ride, she seems like a reasonable person. We could try and see what she'll say." Banana said.
"Okay, why don't you go talk to her then?" Cate said.
"Uh, I don't really want to. I mean, what if she's not who she seems…?" Banana said. Armpit and X-Ray rolled their eyes.
Shorty and Cate continued to help Rachel stand and start walking to the Wreck Room.
"I'll go talk to her." Courtney volunteered.
"And I'll go with Dice." Squid said.
"Okay, we'll just hang out in the Wreck Room until you guys get back." Zigzag said.
"But you have to do SOMETHING!" Courtney shouted at Danielle.
"I'm sorry Courtney, but there is nothing that I can do! I have already told you this!" Danielle said.
"Are you even aware of what Rachel's been through? I mean, she's not some stupid whiner kid that complains about every single little thing! She cares about a lot of people here and she did have the slightest of hope that you would help her." Courtney said angrily.
"Yeah, and do you even know about that Carla girl?" Squid snapped, taking the toothpick from his mouth and holding it in his hand, almost business like, "She just comes waltzing in here like she owns the place and assumes that we all know that Rachel has a twin. Even Rachel didn't know that! Who is she to treat people like this?!"
"What are you talking about, Squid? Rachel doesn't have a twin, that's absurd!" Danielle exclaimed.
"Well, you know nothing about what happens at camp. You of all people should know what happens at camp, since you are a counselor…aren't you?" Squid said.
"You have to do something!" Courtney shouted, "What would you do if you got hit by Mr. Pendanski and then smothered by Mr. Sir. Not to mention that she has a horrible reigning guilt of the past and now she has to believe that she has a twin. It's unbelievable Danielle, even you should know this!" Courtney said.
Danielle stood there, hands by her side, not saying a word.
"Come on Dice, it's no use." Squid said, putting his hand on her shoulder and leading her out of the counselor's tent. Mr. Pendanski was sitting on his own cot on the other side of the tent, not saying a word. He didn't look the slight bit guilty as he sat there proudly.
Finally as the footsteps of Squid and Courtney were gone, Danielle walked slickly over to Mr. Pendanski. She sat down on the cot next to him and smiled flirtatiously.
Mr. Pendanski looked like he had a whiff of air speed at him, yet there was no wind at Camp Green Lake. He smiled at Danielle.
"Well done Danielle." Mr. Pendanski said.
"Why thank you darlin'. But I'll have to ask the Warden about Carla, I have no idea who she is. And it wasn't just me who was clever these past couple days. You sure did teach that girl a lesson. And not to mention…" Danielle paused, "….I am learning from the best."
"I'm flattered." Mr. Pendanski said nervously, as Danielle leaned over and kissed him on the cheek.
Rachel was lying on the couch with Zigzag and Cate sitting by her feet. Her hand was resting gently on the top of her head as she kept her eyes closed.
"There was nothing we could do!" Courtney said angrily. Lucki and Magnet walked over to them to listen in as Courtney and Squid approached. Caveman, Honey, Zero, and Babygirl were writing on dirty pieces of paper. Honey blushed as she read something Caveman handed her. Courtney and Squid continued to fume as they told Lucki, Magnet, Rachel, Cate, and Zigzag the whole story about what they tried to explain to Danielle. X-Ray, Armpit, Banana, and Shorty were playing an extremely competitive girl against boy game of pool. From the looks of their faces, the girls were winning.
Rachel jumped and opened her eyes when she heard Courtney.
"I tried Rachel, I'm sorry. I even told her about Carla…who I haven't seen anywhere at all today I might add…but she didn't listen," Courtney said.
Rachel sat up slowly as she held her bruised stomach, "Is it just me, or is everything different or new around here, happening to me?"
"Well, if you think about it…you're the only one who's had it this rough at camp since Barfbag's time." Zigzag said.
"Who's Barfbag?" Cate asked.
Zigzag, Squid, and Magnet took turns telling the story of when Barfbag was at Camp Green Lake.
The thought had never crossed her mind before, but she felt at ease with the idea of ending all of the suffering and pain in her life. In other words, she felt at ease at the thought about ending her life.
"Yo, look here." X-Ray said as him and the rest of the campers walked tiredly out of D-Tent. Some of them didn't even look close to being awake. X-Ray pointed at her.
Rachel burst into Mr. Sir's cabin defiantly. He jumped.
"I am not scared of you anymore and I am certainly not going to pretend that I'm fine with all of the bullshit in this camp!" Rachel snapped.
Mr. Sir looked completely shocked.
"And you call that dipshit Pendanski a counselor? He almost got me KILLED!" Rachel put a lot of emphasis on that last word as she flashed Mr. Sir a disgusted look. She turned her head so Mr. Sir could see her ear and the bruised flesh around it.
"If anyone around here needs a counselor, it's him. Not to mention you and that stupid Warden." Rachel added, turning her head back forward to look at the flabbergasted Mr. Sir. She wasn't scared of him.
Rachel didn't notice, but D and G Tent were all huddled behind the 2 small windows that revealed Mr. Sir's cabin. Their ears and eyes were pressed to the window as they all squished together, slightly fogging up the windows, to hear Mr. Sir get his butt kicked by a juvenile camper that he thought he had so much control over. Boy was he wrong.
Mr. Sir gets up, all cool and independent, and spit his sunflower seed shells at Rachel's feet.
He just stood there, lost for words. He knew that there was nothing he could say to persuade Rachel into anything else.
"So! You just gonna sit there like a stupid coward?" Rachel snapped, folding her arms, "Well I guess the rumors are true then. You are a coward." She smirked.
"W-" Mr. Sir grumbled. He shuffled his feet and moved back and forth, looking Rachel up and down.
"I know that lots of people in this camp are afraid of you, but I'm no coward." Rachel said quietly.
A couple boys from D-Tent gave each other nervous looks. Oh they remembered very well when Mr. Sir threw Squid across the room for asking what happened to his face. It was one of the only times that all of Camp Green Lake was in silence. Until Mr. Pendanski opened his mouth, that is.
Rachel starred into Mr. Sir's eyes. Mr. Sir starred right back, only to grab the collar of her orange jumpsuit and lift her up short after. He pushed her back into the wall behind his desk. Rachel felt how tense her back and neck really was as pain slightly went down her back.
He spit in her face. Rachel exhaled sharply. D-Tent didn't make any movements, though a lot of them died to walk in there and protect Rachel. G-Tent just stayed glued to their spots, eyes wide. Zigzag's eyes looked like they would pop out of his head from the looks of them.
Rachel squeezed her eyes shut, preparing for the worst. Mr. Sir dragged her across the room, the gun inside the holster digging into her side. Once he got to the door, he threw her onto the porch, hard. She slammed down and landed on the railing, loosing her breath in result from hitting her stomach. She fell off and rolled onto the hard dry ground.
Her face was in the dirt as she clutched her stomach with both arms. Stupid, stupid! She thought to herself. She knew that she had taken it too far with him. She was so stupid. She should've never done that. Sure, she had the confidence, but only now did she remember all of the things that her fellow campers had told them about good ol' Mr. Sir, and how awful the things truly were.
She still couldn't find her breath as she saw D-Tent running around from the other side of the cabin, G-Tent right on their tails. Rachel's face was still smeared with Mr. Sir's large glob of spit.
Magnet and Zigzag lifted Rachel up on her feet as Cate and Shorty helped keep her balance.
"Are you okay Rachel?" Honey asked.
"We didn't see what happened. We were just on the other side, peaking through the window. But it didn't sound good when you fell. All we saw was you hitting the railing." Strings said.
Babygirl inhaled sharply as if in pain herself.
"You're nose is bleeding!" Lucki exclaimed.
Rachel lifted her hand to her nose and wiped off a little bit of blood. She kept silent.
"Yeah, Mr. Sir's so mean. Nobody will ever listen to you." X-Ray said.
"Danielle." Banana said.
"What?" Caveman asked.
"Danielle, she might listen! As far as we know from being with her on that bus ride, she seems like a reasonable person. We could try and see what she'll say." Banana said.
"Okay, why don't you go talk to her then?" Cate said.
"Uh, I don't really want to. I mean, what if she's not who she seems…?" Banana said. Armpit and X-Ray rolled their eyes.
Shorty and Cate continued to help Rachel stand and start walking to the Wreck Room.
"I'll go talk to her." Courtney volunteered.
"And I'll go with Dice." Squid said.
"Okay, we'll just hang out in the Wreck Room until you guys get back." Zigzag said.
"But you have to do SOMETHING!" Courtney shouted at Danielle.
"I'm sorry Courtney, but there is nothing that I can do! I have already told you this!" Danielle said.
"Are you even aware of what Rachel's been through? I mean, she's not some stupid whiner kid that complains about every single little thing! She cares about a lot of people here and she did have the slightest of hope that you would help her." Courtney said angrily.
"Yeah, and do you even know about that Carla girl?" Squid snapped, taking the toothpick from his mouth and holding it in his hand, almost business like, "She just comes waltzing in here like she owns the place and assumes that we all know that Rachel has a twin. Even Rachel didn't know that! Who is she to treat people like this?!"
"What are you talking about, Squid? Rachel doesn't have a twin, that's absurd!" Danielle exclaimed.
"Well, you know nothing about what happens at camp. You of all people should know what happens at camp, since you are a counselor…aren't you?" Squid said.
"You have to do something!" Courtney shouted, "What would you do if you got hit by Mr. Pendanski and then smothered by Mr. Sir. Not to mention that she has a horrible reigning guilt of the past and now she has to believe that she has a twin. It's unbelievable Danielle, even you should know this!" Courtney said.
Danielle stood there, hands by her side, not saying a word.
"Come on Dice, it's no use." Squid said, putting his hand on her shoulder and leading her out of the counselor's tent. Mr. Pendanski was sitting on his own cot on the other side of the tent, not saying a word. He didn't look the slight bit guilty as he sat there proudly.
Finally as the footsteps of Squid and Courtney were gone, Danielle walked slickly over to Mr. Pendanski. She sat down on the cot next to him and smiled flirtatiously.
Mr. Pendanski looked like he had a whiff of air speed at him, yet there was no wind at Camp Green Lake. He smiled at Danielle.
"Well done Danielle." Mr. Pendanski said.
"Why thank you darlin'. But I'll have to ask the Warden about Carla, I have no idea who she is. And it wasn't just me who was clever these past couple days. You sure did teach that girl a lesson. And not to mention…" Danielle paused, "….I am learning from the best."
"I'm flattered." Mr. Pendanski said nervously, as Danielle leaned over and kissed him on the cheek.
Rachel was lying on the couch with Zigzag and Cate sitting by her feet. Her hand was resting gently on the top of her head as she kept her eyes closed.
"There was nothing we could do!" Courtney said angrily. Lucki and Magnet walked over to them to listen in as Courtney and Squid approached. Caveman, Honey, Zero, and Babygirl were writing on dirty pieces of paper. Honey blushed as she read something Caveman handed her. Courtney and Squid continued to fume as they told Lucki, Magnet, Rachel, Cate, and Zigzag the whole story about what they tried to explain to Danielle. X-Ray, Armpit, Banana, and Shorty were playing an extremely competitive girl against boy game of pool. From the looks of their faces, the girls were winning.
Rachel jumped and opened her eyes when she heard Courtney.
"I tried Rachel, I'm sorry. I even told her about Carla…who I haven't seen anywhere at all today I might add…but she didn't listen," Courtney said.
Rachel sat up slowly as she held her bruised stomach, "Is it just me, or is everything different or new around here, happening to me?"
"Well, if you think about it…you're the only one who's had it this rough at camp since Barfbag's time." Zigzag said.
"Who's Barfbag?" Cate asked.
Zigzag, Squid, and Magnet took turns telling the story of when Barfbag was at Camp Green Lake.
The thought had never crossed her mind before, but she felt at ease with the idea of ending all of the suffering and pain in her life. In other words, she felt at ease at the thought about ending her life.