A/N: Now in due time you'll find out the reason for the title.

Disclaimer: I do not own Holes. I do not own Jake Smith (I wish I did). Yesterday I dug a hole in my backyard, so I do know own one hole! 1 down, a million holes to go!

Chapter two:

Cielo fell asleep only to fall into a horrible nightmare.

Beginning of dream

Cielo sat in her room trying to fall asleep. She was only seven at the time. She had just dozed off when she awoke to loud screaming. She could hear her mother and father screaming at an intruder. Cielo sat up, terrified. She got out of bed and lay down underneath it, trying to escape the screaming. She heard her mother scream and then fall silent. She then heard three loud thuds. Cielo was crying, tears streaming down her face. She clutched a teddy bear to her chest. Her father was still yelling but she couldn't make out what he was saying. She heard him scream one last time and then the entire house fell silent.

After ten minutes of silence in the whole house, Cielo crawled out from beneath the bed. She ran to the phone next to her bed and dialed 911. A woman on the other end started asking questions. The frightened seven-year old said only one thing, "They hurt my mommy and daddy." Cielo, still crying, hung up the phone. She walked out of her room. She timidly turned the corner of the hallway and screamed at the top of her lungs, dropping her teddy bear at what she saw. There before her lay her mother and father, blood dripping everywhere. Blood splattered the walls and covered the furniture. The young Cielo began breathing faster and faster. She was so frightened. Her mother lay lifeless, a slit across her throat. The child turned to her father. She could tell that he was still barely breathing. She rushed over to him. "Gianna." He gasped, barely taking in breath.

"What daddy?" the sobbing child cried.

Her father pushed something into her hand and closed his fist tight around her small hand. "Mantengavi sempre questo con mio piccolo." He said with his last breath. (Keep this with you always my little one.)

End of dream

"Papa!" Cielo whispered, She sat up trying to remember where she was. She was in a cold sweat, tears streaming down her face. It all came back to her. She was at Camp Green Lake. Her hand flew to her neck. The night her parents died, her father had given her on last wish with his dying breath, for her to always keep a necklace that he had pushed into her hand. The necklace was still on. She lay back down and fell into a dreamless sleep.

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A horn began to blare. Cielo just pulled the covers over her head. The boys all got up. Squid came over too her cot and pulled back the covers. "Come on sleepyhead. Time to dig you first hole." He pulled her off of her cot and she followed him out of the tent. They walked to a small shack labeled: Library. Squid grabbed a shovel and handed her one. He walked over and grabbed two honey covered tortillas and handed her one. "Come on, you gotta eat." Cielo shook her head and declined the offer.

"No thanks," she said smiling at him.

Mr. Pendanski led them to their dig site and assigned them each and area. He handed a canteen to Cielo. "Forgot to give this to you yesterday." She took it and walked over to her assigned area.

She stuck the shovel into the dirt and jumped on it, falling backwards onto her butt. The boys in D tent laughed. Zigzag walked over to her and stuck out his hand to help her up. "First hole's the hardest." He walked back to his spot and everyone started to dig.

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At lunchtime, everyone filed out into the water truck line and then helped themselves to lunch. Cielo ate as quickly as possible and then jumped back in her hole while everyone was still eating. Squid came over and sat on the edge of her hole. "Why are you working so fast?" he asked with interest.

"If I don't work fast, I will never catch up to the rest of you." She declared digging as fast as she could.

"Okay, just don't overwork yourself." Squid said smiling at her. She smiled back and he got up and returned to his hole.

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Because Cielo was working so hard, she finished digging right after Squid and Armpit. She walked with them to the tent. Pendanski was going to have a group therapy sort of thing with the whole tent. They walked in and soon everyone had finished digging and sat down. Pendanski turned to Cielo, "Gianna, what did you do to get yourself into trouble?"

Cielo glared at him and replied, "If it was any of your business I would have told you and it isn't, so you can go pound sand for all I care."

The boys all laughed. Pendanski wasn't exactly anybody's favorite person in the camp.

"Okay, if that how its gonna be then you are excused from the tent, MISSY!" he yelled back at her.

"Mientras aqui me no pegan con usted" she muttered. (As long as I'm not stuck here with you.)

Magnet laughed at this and Cielo left. Squid came out and followed after her. "Pendanski is stupid. Don't listen to him." Squid said kindly.

"I know. I'll be fine. You can go back inside." She said. Squid patted her back and then turned and went back inside. Cielo stood there, remembering her dream and began to cry.

A/N: In the next chapter, they find the tube of lipstick, but what has it got to do with her necklace? Chapter 3 is coming soon!