Immediately soon after the boys left the tent, the girls gossiped away.
"Oh my gosh, did you see the look on Magnet's face when I told him that he was cute?" Lucki exclaimed, "Oh my gosh, it's priceless!" she swooned.
"Hehe, yeah…Zero's real cute." Babygirl said dreamily.
Strings and Courtney paid no attention to the others as they sat on Cate's cot.
"Hey, what'd you and Squid talk about?" Cate asked eagerly.
"Um...well, nothing. Really." Rachel assured.
"Nah, give us the details!" Shorty said, waving her hand in front of her to indicate that she knew Rachel was lying.
"Really. Neither one of us could find a word worth opening our mouths and loosing our energy for! Seriously you guys, give it up." Rachel smiled.
"Aww." Banana cood.
Cate and Honey laughed.
"It's true love!" Honey exclaimed.
Rachel couldn't do anything but laugh.
"Anyone in their right minds can tell that you were blushing when he sat next to you." Courtney giggled.
"Okay you guys, listen to me. I do not have a crush on Squid. It's different, he's a brother to me! Besides, I already have a boyfriend." Rachel said, maintaining her serious face.
"Liar." Shorty hissed sarcastically. She laughed with Lucki.
"Okay you wanna know the real reason why I was blushing?" Rachel asked.
"We already know!" Strings laughed.
"Yes, we do want to know! Why Rachel?" Babygirl exclaimed, shooting Strings a deafening look. Her face was filled with excitement.
"Because I was nervous around him! Not because I just like him. I was nervous because my first kiss was with him and we are passionately in love. There, you happy now?" Rachel snapped. A lot of the girls didn't know if what she said was expressed sarcastically, or if it was real. But all of them didn't move and didn't say anything. But what Rachel said, sounded completely insane….even to herself. That would never happen. She's in love with someone else.
"I'm joking, guys!" Rachel laughed at their faces, as they…soon enough…laughed along with her.
"I don't understand it! How can she NOT like this?" X-Ray said, flexing his arms.
"Aww man why'd ya have to show us that? This tent is supposed to be G-rated." Armpit joked.
"Shut up! But seriously…Shorty didn't even give me a single sign." X-Ray said.
"I wonder why." Squid mumbled sarcastically. Nobody heard him. He still couldn't forget about what Rachel said and how she looked when he finally told her how he felt. It was true, Squid was just having a stupid teenage crush and Rachel didn't have any feelings for him. How could I have been so stupid? He thought to himself.
Magnet looked up at the top of the tent dreamily as he kept the vision of Lucki's face in his head, "She really is beautiful. Did I mention that yet?"
"Sure did." Caveman said, "But no girl could ever measure up to Honey. She's the most beautiful girl I've ever seen." he smiled.
X-Ray smirked at the thought of how easy Magnet gets the girl. Magnet sensed X-Ray's envy.
"Girls go for the accent rather than the bod, got it?" Magnet said.
Zigzag laughed suspiciously, "Oooh-ho-ho nice come-back Magnet."
"Oh so you side with him?" X-Ray asked.
Zigzag looked around with wide eyes.
"Who gives a monkey's ass to which person Zig sides with? He's crazy anyway." Armpit said.
"Aww come on man, those remarks are gettin' old." Squid said, "I don't suppose you have your eye on a girl. Well actually, the better choice of words are…'I don't suppose that any girl has her eye on you."
Everyone burst into laughter. Even Zero couldn't hold back his smile.
"As a matter of fact, I do." Armpit said proudly, sitting up more straight, "Nobody can resist the sexy smell on moi."
"You're lyin'." X-Ray said, completely shocked that a girl has the hots for Armpit rather than X-Ray first off.
Magnet tried to cover up his fits of laughter, but failed. He pointed his finger in X-Ray's direction, "He ain't lying X! The girl really did like him!"
"What?!" X-Ray shouted. Everyone else laughed along with Magnet.
"What about you Zero, you haven't said anything all night." Zigzag said.
"Old news." Armpit said.
"Yeah, what'd ya expect? Zero isn't gonna talk, especially if he likes a girl." Squid said.
Zero blushed.
"Oh so you do have your eye on somebody!" Magnet said, winking.
"Shut up." Zero said, flashing an embarrassed smile.
Caveman smiled. Squid looked around at everyone. They were all smiling and talking, and none of them seemed to notice a bit of difference in Squid's attitude. More than anybody in the world would ever know, Squid was broken inside. Rachel was his only dream he had ever hoped for since wishing his father would come home.
Song for this chapter!
"Falling Down" by Avril Lavigne
If fear's what makes us decide
Our future journey
Well I'm not along for a ride
Cause I'm still yearning
To try and touch the sun
My fingers burning
Before you're old you are young
Yeah, I'm still learning
I am falling down
Try and stop me
It feels so good to hit the ground
You can watch me
Fall right on my face
It's an uphill human race
And I am falling down
I'm standing out in the street
The earth is moving
I feel it under my feet
And I'm still proving
That I can stand my ground
And my feet aren't there
Haven't washed my hair
To be lost before you are found
Don't mean you're losing
I am falling down
Try and stop me
It feels so good to hit the ground
You can watch me
Fall right on my face
It's an uphill human race
And I am falling down
Some day I'll live in a house
Et cetera, Et cetera, Et cetera
But you know that's not for now
And for now I'm falling down, down, down
Down, down, down
Down, down, down
Yeah-eee-yeah-eee-yeah
I am falling down
Try and stop me
It feels so good to hit the ground
You can watch me
Fall right on my face
It's an uphill human race
And I am falling down
I'm falling down, falling down
Falling, falling, falling
Falling
It feels so good to hit the ground
I am falling, falling down
"Oh my gosh, did you see the look on Magnet's face when I told him that he was cute?" Lucki exclaimed, "Oh my gosh, it's priceless!" she swooned.
"Hehe, yeah…Zero's real cute." Babygirl said dreamily.
Strings and Courtney paid no attention to the others as they sat on Cate's cot.
"Hey, what'd you and Squid talk about?" Cate asked eagerly.
"Um...well, nothing. Really." Rachel assured.
"Nah, give us the details!" Shorty said, waving her hand in front of her to indicate that she knew Rachel was lying.
"Really. Neither one of us could find a word worth opening our mouths and loosing our energy for! Seriously you guys, give it up." Rachel smiled.
"Aww." Banana cood.
Cate and Honey laughed.
"It's true love!" Honey exclaimed.
Rachel couldn't do anything but laugh.
"Anyone in their right minds can tell that you were blushing when he sat next to you." Courtney giggled.
"Okay you guys, listen to me. I do not have a crush on Squid. It's different, he's a brother to me! Besides, I already have a boyfriend." Rachel said, maintaining her serious face.
"Liar." Shorty hissed sarcastically. She laughed with Lucki.
"Okay you wanna know the real reason why I was blushing?" Rachel asked.
"We already know!" Strings laughed.
"Yes, we do want to know! Why Rachel?" Babygirl exclaimed, shooting Strings a deafening look. Her face was filled with excitement.
"Because I was nervous around him! Not because I just like him. I was nervous because my first kiss was with him and we are passionately in love. There, you happy now?" Rachel snapped. A lot of the girls didn't know if what she said was expressed sarcastically, or if it was real. But all of them didn't move and didn't say anything. But what Rachel said, sounded completely insane….even to herself. That would never happen. She's in love with someone else.
"I'm joking, guys!" Rachel laughed at their faces, as they…soon enough…laughed along with her.
"I don't understand it! How can she NOT like this?" X-Ray said, flexing his arms.
"Aww man why'd ya have to show us that? This tent is supposed to be G-rated." Armpit joked.
"Shut up! But seriously…Shorty didn't even give me a single sign." X-Ray said.
"I wonder why." Squid mumbled sarcastically. Nobody heard him. He still couldn't forget about what Rachel said and how she looked when he finally told her how he felt. It was true, Squid was just having a stupid teenage crush and Rachel didn't have any feelings for him. How could I have been so stupid? He thought to himself.
Magnet looked up at the top of the tent dreamily as he kept the vision of Lucki's face in his head, "She really is beautiful. Did I mention that yet?"
"Sure did." Caveman said, "But no girl could ever measure up to Honey. She's the most beautiful girl I've ever seen." he smiled.
X-Ray smirked at the thought of how easy Magnet gets the girl. Magnet sensed X-Ray's envy.
"Girls go for the accent rather than the bod, got it?" Magnet said.
Zigzag laughed suspiciously, "Oooh-ho-ho nice come-back Magnet."
"Oh so you side with him?" X-Ray asked.
Zigzag looked around with wide eyes.
"Who gives a monkey's ass to which person Zig sides with? He's crazy anyway." Armpit said.
"Aww come on man, those remarks are gettin' old." Squid said, "I don't suppose you have your eye on a girl. Well actually, the better choice of words are…'I don't suppose that any girl has her eye on you."
Everyone burst into laughter. Even Zero couldn't hold back his smile.
"As a matter of fact, I do." Armpit said proudly, sitting up more straight, "Nobody can resist the sexy smell on moi."
"You're lyin'." X-Ray said, completely shocked that a girl has the hots for Armpit rather than X-Ray first off.
Magnet tried to cover up his fits of laughter, but failed. He pointed his finger in X-Ray's direction, "He ain't lying X! The girl really did like him!"
"What?!" X-Ray shouted. Everyone else laughed along with Magnet.
"What about you Zero, you haven't said anything all night." Zigzag said.
"Old news." Armpit said.
"Yeah, what'd ya expect? Zero isn't gonna talk, especially if he likes a girl." Squid said.
Zero blushed.
"Oh so you do have your eye on somebody!" Magnet said, winking.
"Shut up." Zero said, flashing an embarrassed smile.
Caveman smiled. Squid looked around at everyone. They were all smiling and talking, and none of them seemed to notice a bit of difference in Squid's attitude. More than anybody in the world would ever know, Squid was broken inside. Rachel was his only dream he had ever hoped for since wishing his father would come home.
Song for this chapter!
"Falling Down" by Avril Lavigne
If fear's what makes us decide
Our future journey
Well I'm not along for a ride
Cause I'm still yearning
To try and touch the sun
My fingers burning
Before you're old you are young
Yeah, I'm still learning
I am falling down
Try and stop me
It feels so good to hit the ground
You can watch me
Fall right on my face
It's an uphill human race
And I am falling down
I'm standing out in the street
The earth is moving
I feel it under my feet
And I'm still proving
That I can stand my ground
And my feet aren't there
Haven't washed my hair
To be lost before you are found
Don't mean you're losing
I am falling down
Try and stop me
It feels so good to hit the ground
You can watch me
Fall right on my face
It's an uphill human race
And I am falling down
Some day I'll live in a house
Et cetera, Et cetera, Et cetera
But you know that's not for now
And for now I'm falling down, down, down
Down, down, down
Down, down, down
Yeah-eee-yeah-eee-yeah
I am falling down
Try and stop me
It feels so good to hit the ground
You can watch me
Fall right on my face
It's an uphill human race
And I am falling down
I'm falling down, falling down
Falling, falling, falling
Falling
It feels so good to hit the ground
I am falling, falling down