I know that when X-ray and Squid came back, they thought I was asleep, because they started talking about me. I kept my eyes closed and listened to them, wondering what in the world they had to say.

Squid's cot creaked. "I think she's asleep. Anyway, what were you gonna ask me?" he asked.

I felt X-ray sit by my feet and touch my knee. "Is anything going on between you two? I saw you last night."

Squid groaned. "No, that was no big thing. Just a late night talk. Why?"

X-ray sighed and shifted. "Well I..." He trailed off.

"You like her. Come on, man, I know. I would too if I didn't have Candy back home."

"No! Well... uh... yeah, actually. But... how do I get her attention without-"

"Making yourself look stupid? Well, here's a thought, X. Talk to her."

"About what? All I know is that she doesn't like to be touched and she prefers Coca-Cola to Pepsi." He sounded so lost.

I stretched and pretended I was just waking up. "Hey guys. What's up?"

They both shrugged.

I rolled my eyes. "Well, I was gonna go play pool, If either of you want to join me."

Squid kicked X-ray's shin. "Oh, uh, I'll go," X-ray spoke up, following me. We fell into step beside each other. I was smiling, glad to know why he always looked away when I looked at him. "What are you so happy about?"

I grinned. "I know a secret."

He snorted. "There's plenty of secrets around here, Cola. You got to be a bit more specific."

"I always keep secrets. If you looked inside my head, you'd still find secrets from the first grade," I laughed.

"Can you tell me whose secret it is?"

I smirked. "Nope. Tell you what. If I win at pool, I don't tell you. But if you win... there might be a surprise in store for you."

He shrugged and picked up a cue stick. "Your break or mine?"

"Yours." He broke and got stripes. We played a close game until it was down to the 8 ball, his shot. He made it.

"Now what's the surprise?" He asked.

I kissed him and whispered, "Never assume I'm asleep. I hear everything."

I left, the whole thing going unnoticed by everyone but us. While I was filling my canteen, a huge ape of a guy stood next to me.

"Hey Lil' gal. Wanna come back to my tent?" He asked suggestively.

I bit my lip, pretending to consider it. "See this ring? It means I'm gonna be a virgin until I'm married, and I'll kill you if you try to take that away from me."

He grabbed my right arm, thinking it was my dominant hand. Boy was he wrong. "Come on, I don't got all day."

I punched him right in the nose and shoved my knee in his gut. He let go.

"It'll be a cold day in hell before I let you or anyone else touch me like that," I said in a soft, dangerous voice. I turned to leave and saw X-ray standing about two yards away, staring at me. I walked up to him. "Let's go back in where we don't have to deal with creeps like him."

He took my hand and held it tightly. "You're good at that."

I shrugged as we walked back into the tent and dropped each other's hands, but not before Squid saw it. "Hey everybody...." Everyone looked at him."Cola and X are-"

"Shut up!" We both yelled. I was blushing furiously.

"What, y'all like each other?" Armpit asked.

"Well, it was bound to happen sooner or later," Magnet laughed. "But Cola, Come on, sweet thang, what about me?" He joked.

I played along. "Magnet, it just couldn't work. Besides, didn't you say something earlier about having a girl back home?" I laughed. Everybody was rolling by now. Ricky's face was red from laughing so hard.

Once we all calmed down and everything, I got my sketchbook and began to sketch X-ray and Squid talking. They were so deep in conversation they didn't even notice. Then I sketched Caveman writing a letter, chewing on the pen cap.

"Cola! Come back to reality, chica!" Magnet's accent laughed.

I blinked. "Huh?"

He sat at my feet. "So how was the first hole?"

"Not bad at all. Check it out, no major blisters." I showed him my hands.

He raised his eyebrows. "Dang. My first hole, I couldn't move my hands after. You act like it's nothing."

I shrugged. "I used to run in the heat of the day all the time, and I did weight training after school to stay away from my stepdad, the jerk." I laughed. "I think I was the only girl in there."

He smiled. "Fun stuff. So you really like X-ray, huh?" I nodded. "Please don't tell me you're gonna be one of those girls who won't hang out with guys when she's got a boyfriend."

I rolled my eyes. "Fat chance. I don't have any girls to talk with anyway; besides, y'all are cool."

He laughed. "If you say so, Cola."

"Anyone wanna play truth or dare?" Armpit asked out of the clear blue sky.

We all looked at each other, then at him. "Ah, Why not? It's something to do," Ricky spoke up. We got into a circle and stared at each other.

"Okay, I'll go! Squid, Truth or Dare?" Pit asked.

Squid rolled his eyes. "Dare."

Pit got an evil look in his eyes. "Go stand in the middle of the camp and sing 'I feel pretty'"

"WHAT? ARE YOU CRAZY?"

"Yeah, go do it."

Muttering, Squid left the tent and stood in the middle of the camp and started to sing at the top of his lungs. Within seconds, everyone who could hear was rolling on the ground laughing and he was beet red. When he came back, we all clapped while he bowed. "That was interesting. Okay, umm... Caveman..."

He groaned. "Truth, I'm not stupid."

"Have you ever seen a girl naked?"

We all laughed while he turned bright red. "Well, there was this one time when I was looking out the window of our apartment, there was this girl changing... What, like you wouldn't look!" He challenged the guys.

"One more thing. Was she hot?" Squid asked. He nodded.

"Magnet, Truth or Dare?"

He rolled his eyes. "Dare."

"Walk up to B-tent and Sing the 7-Up theme song."

"What? Oh, yeah, I know that song." He jogged over to B-tent and started singing, "7-UP, it's the up thing, it's cool and it's clear and it's lemon and lime-"over and over.

"SHUT UP, FREAK!" one of the boys bellowed.

Magnet ran back, laughing that stupid laugh of his. "Cola, truth or dare."

"Dare me."

"Crap, uh-"Ricky whispered something in his ear. "Okay. This was Zig's idea, not mine. Stand on your head until we're done."

I smacked Ricky over his head and did as I was asked. "Zig, truth or dare?"

"Dare."

"Go stand in front of Mr.Sir's office and sing 'Man, I feel Like a Woman'."

"I hate you," he muttered as he walked past me.

"I love you too!" I yelled after him.

He sang his song and came back. "Did I mention I hate you? Mr.Sir's gonna admit me to the psycho ward."

"Light's out in five minutes!" Pendanski yelled into the tent.

I flipped up into the normal standing position. "Whoa. That was stupid," I said, sitting down. Ricky chuckled. I turned towards the wall to change and felt several pairs of eyes on me. "No staring!" I snapped, spinning around, wearing only my sports bra and underwear. They all looked elsewhere. "That's what I thought." I pulled on my shorts and tank top.

"You done?" Ricky asked.

"Yep." We all laid down on our cots. "Goodnight guys."

"Night."

"Buenos Noches," Magnet called. The lights went out and everyone, even me, fell asleep.