Chapter 7
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When the clock struck 4 o'clock I sat up and walked out of her cabin and to "G-Tent" I noticed Maddie, Keely, Tilley, and Camille or Cammie as people called her, standing outside, with their entire luggage.
I noticed my duffle bag sitting right beside Maddie's foot.
"What's going on?" I asked, jogging lightly towards them.
"We got kicked out of our tents, since we're girls, so now, they gave us our own tent," Maddie said.
"Yeah, thanks a lot for playing tonsil hockey with Zig Zag," Tilley said.
Keely hit her in the shoulder, "It isn't her fault,"
"Oh so her lips just magically planted onto his?" Cammie asked, tossing her curly hair over her shoulder.
"She's not the one who started the fight," Maddie defended me.
"Guys, just shut up, I don't care anymore, about anything," I said, tossing my duffle bag over my shoulder and walking into G-Tent.
There were 6 cots lying out.
6?
"Why are there 6?" I asked the warden as she sat down the last crate at the foot of the sixth cot.
"You'll be getting a new roommate tomorrow, she spray painted a wall outside her school early this morning and the police caught her and they took her straight to the juvenile court house and she got sentenced here.
"Yippy, where is she from?" Tilley asked sarcastically.
"Dallas,"
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After a tiring day of digging the next day, Keely, Maddie, and I were laying flat on our stomachs on our cots, flipping through a Teen People that The Warden had actually gotten for us.es
Bless Her Soul.
Tilley and Cammie walked in and sat on their cots as well.
Just then we saw another girl walking into our tent followed by Mr. Pen-Dance-Key.
"Now Lorraine, this will be your camp and these are your new roommates, Madison, Manuela, Keely, Tillian, and Camille.
"And for the record, its Raine not Lorraine, Raine," she told him.
"Hey Rainy, how are you?" Keely asked sarcastically.
Raine smirked at her and then glanced at the rest of us.
"I'll let you girls get situated," Mr. Pendanski said and then left.
"So...I saw a lot of hot guys here on my way in..." Raine said.
"Yep, there are some cuties," Keely said, pulling out a bottle of black nail polish.
Keely could do some of the coolest nail designs I had ever seen.
She began applying the nail polish to her toes.
"Any that caught your eye very specially?" Maddie asked.
"Yeah this one guy, he had some of the frizziest hair I had ever seen and it looked all like giant zig zags were shooting out of his head, but he was so cute, tall, light tan, gray eyes, wild hair, gorgeous.
"That could only be one person..." Maddie started.
"Zig Zag," the other four of us finished.
Raine stared at us in amazement, "Ubër cool, can you teach me how to do that?"
"We don't have to, he's Zig Zag, no doubt about it," I told her.
"Show him to me and I'll tell you if it's him,"
"Alright, ZIG ZAG!" I yelled out at the top of my lungs.
"What the hell do you want, Farber?" Zig Zag's voice growled as he stopped in front of our tent. His eyes lingering on Raine.
"H-hi, I'm Zigger Zagger, I mean uh, Zag Zig, Zig Z-Zag, I'm yeah, I'm Zig Zag," he stammered
Keely, Maddie, and I all looked at each other, our smiles showing laughs behind them.
"Raine, and yes, Manuelo, this was him," Raine said, glancing back at me.
Zig Zag let a laugh escape his lips.
"It's Manuela-" I said but got interrupted, not even sure if she heard me.
"Zig Zag, why don't you show me around camp?" she asked, placing her perfectly French Manicured long nails across Zig Zag's arm.
Keep your hands off of him if you know what's good for you...
"Sure thing, see you, Manuelo," Zig Zag said and wrapped his arm around Raine's shoulder, leading her out of the tent.
I glanced at the pillow on my cot and then hurled it after him.
It hit the dirt and dirt swirled around it like someone jumping in a puddle of mud.
"Hey, Manny," Magnet said walking into our tent, my pillow clutched in his hands, he tossed it back onto my cot.
"Was that your new compañero de cuarto?" Magnet asked, sitting on my crate.
"Yeah, her names Raine,"
"She's hot," he said with a grin.
I slugged him playfully.
She was pretty. I hate her 10 times more now that I actually can picture her in my mind. Damn you Jose.
She had long chocolate colored hair with chocolate almond shaped eyes. She had tan skin, a small nose, and a body a super model would kill for. She had been wearing a black tank top with a splash of rhinestones across it that showed off a strip of her tan flat stomach and pierced jeweled bellybutton with a denim sandblasted mini skirt and a pair of black thong platform flip flops.
Go figure Jose would like her.
Of course my brother would like my newest rival.
Even if he didn't know she was my rival, and she didn't even know she was my rival.
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"Thank you so much Zig Zag, I never knew camps could be so fascinating," Lorraine said an hour later as they were standing outside our tent.
"They aren't'," Keely whispered into my hair.
"Maybe it's mostly because you were showing me around, anyone could get absorbed in those eyes of yours..." Lorraine drifted off and planted her lips on his.
I peered over the end of my cot, trying to get a better view.
"Manny, you're gonna fall!" Maddie called out.
As if she were some sort of psychic, I tumbled onto the ground.
"Ow," I said, as I sat up, winding up on the other side of the tent, from where I'd rolled.
"Ugh, can't you like mind? What? Couldn't find any better entertainment?" Lorraine asked with her arms still around Zig Zag's neck but her face turned towards us.
"It's not her fault that you're giving us a show..." Tilley told her boredly, not even looking up from the magazine she was looking at.
Lorraine's lips pursed and then she removed her hands from Zig Zag's neck and leaned down, pulling the flaps closed.
"Now where were we...?" Lorraine asked, her voice purring.
"Bitch!" Maddie called out and then spoke more quietly, "I can't stand her,"
"She'll be fun to hang around with..." Tilley started.
"Not," the rest of us finished and then ended up laughing.
"Hey, Manny, C'mere," Maddie said, motioning me over.
"What?" I asked, walking over to her.
"Sit,"
I took a seat beside her on the cot, "What?"
"That black eye looks like crap, I can't believe you didn't put cover up on it," Maddie said, reaching into a hot pink make up bag and pulling out a black case, "Here's some of my foundation, I've got like 5 or 6 different shades, you just have to find the type that matches you skin complexion..." Maddie said and began to dig around in her case, "Here we go," she pulled out a small container that had a tan/brown type of cover up.
She pulled out a small sponge and dabbed it into the foundation and then blotted it on my eye, rubbing it around so it would cover up my black eye.
"There, success," she said with a grin and held out a compact so I could look in the mirror.
You couldn't even see the bruise.
She put some foundation on the bruise that had been on my cheek as well and I didn't look like I got into a fight by the time the tent flap opened up and Lorraine walked in.
"He's got the best lips ever," she sighed.
"So you guys a couple?" Maddie asked, placing her makeup back in her bag.
Lorraine scoffed, "As if, there is a much better looking guy here, I don't remember his name but he is really cute..."
"So you played Zig Zag?" Keely asked.
Lorraine nodded slightly, "I don't like to call it playing though, just having fun,"
Maddie and I looked at each other and then rolled our eyes.
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"You mean I have to dig!?" Lorraine exclaimed the next morning after her very rude awakening at 4:25.
"The millions of holes didn't give you a big enough clue?" Camille asked.
Lorraine rolled her eyes, "But do I really have to wear this?" she asked, staring at her orange jumpsuit sitting on her cot.
"Yeah, we're all wearing them," Maddie said placing her hands on her hips as she watched Lorraine annoyingly.
"Whatever," she said and stripped out of all of her clothes right in front of us and pulled on her jumpsuit, with a look of disgust on her face.
"Just think, now you don't have to get your Wet Seal clothes dirty," I said sarcastically with a sarcastic smile on my face.
"Hey Raine," Zig Zag greeted her as we walked outside.
She raised her hand in a wave and then walked straight over to Squid, placing her hand on his shoulder, "Hey there, stud...look, I really can't dig, I'll bust a muscle. Would you mind helping me? I'll give you a special thanks for it tonight..."
The five of us girls all exchanged amazed glances and then stared at the 2 of them, even more amazed that Squid agreed to do it.
I looked back at Zig Zag, a look of hurt crossed his eyes and he brushed past me, his shoulder nudging against mine angrily.
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"Thank you so much for doing my hole for me Squid," Lorraine said flirtatiously 3 hours later as Squid finished up her hole.
Squid nodded, "Can't wait for my thanks tonight..." and with that he winked at her and ran back to where D-Tent was.
"He is so sweet," she said and then got up and headed back to our tent.
"She is nuts," Tilley said, shaking her head in disgust.
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"Oh Squid, I am a helpless little lamb, could you please dig my hole and do my dirty work? It would be so great; I'll give you a special "thanks" for it later..." Keely mimicked as we all walked back to G-Tent 2 hours later after a tiring day of digging and a freezing cold shower.
As soon as we walked into our tent we saw Squid and Lorraine on her cot, making out.
"Sorry, were interrupting Squid's "thank you" ceremony?" Maddie asked, placing her hands on her hips.
"Do you mind?" Lorraine asked, sitting up and walking towards us.
"Do you?" I snapped back at her and went to my cot, placing my headphones over my head, bobbing my head to Nelly.
"Squid, I'll see you tomorrow," Lorraine said, placing a kiss on his cheek.
"Bye," Squid said and left the tent.
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Over the week she had been there she had made out with one person a day: Zig Zag, Squid, Matchbox, Dynamite, this guy named Kite from B-Tent, Skate from A-Tent, and Scooter from E-Tent. She always had them dig her hole for them, which meant they didn't get done digging until sunset. She played all of them but it was as if they didn't care.
"So, who is your next victim?" Tilley asked Lorraine, one night, as she lay on her cot.
"This one guy, he's pure gorgeous, Mexican, dark eyes, dark hair, goatee," Lorraine gushed.
I looked around at the looks on my friend's faces, to see if any matched the shocked look on mine.
Maddie's did. She was thinking the same thing I was, I could tell.
"Name being...?" Keely asked.
Lorraine grinned as she said it, "Magnet,"