Naughty-By-Nature: thanks for the tips. This chapter definitely gets more borderline with the Zig/Manny pairing, but still not completely...I'm trying to get a tad bit of a storyline in there and this chapter has something drastic yet kind of knew-it-would-happen plot. I hope everyone likes it and here is Chapter 10.

Chapter 10

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Three months went by, each day getting blisters and icy showers, trying to avoid Magnet and Zig Zag at all costs, and covering my head up with a pillow as my friends rambled on about romances, namely mine and Zig Zag's.

I wiped a bead of sweat off of my forehead as I trudged back to my tent.

It was now mid August, I remembered that my school started on the last day of August, my senior year, and I was going to miss it for no reason whatsoever.

I felt horrible, sweaty and grimy and my hair felt like it hadn't been washed in a month even though it was just yesterday afternoon.

I would have given anything to get 4 more shower tokens.

As I was contemplating who to steal them from, I felt somebody's body hitting up against mine.

"Walk much?" a familiar voice asked sarcastically.

I looked up into Zig Zag's eyes.

"Can I borrow your shower tokens?" I shot out quickly.

"Why?"

"I feel awful, I just need a shower, and you can live one day without one...can't you?" I pleaded.

Zig Zag rolled his eyes at me, "And I would do this for you because...?"

"Please!" I begged.

"On one condition," Zig Zag said.

This should be interesting.

"What?" I asked, afraid to hear the answer.

What if he makes me streak and run through the whole camp screaming?

"You have to kiss me." Zig Zag replied.

I'd rather streak.

"R-right here?"

Zig Zag shook his head, "In here," he said tugging me into a tent.

"Whose tent is this?" I asked.

"The Staff's," he replied sheepishly.

"The staff's?" I repeated.

Zig Zag grinned and nodded.

I sighed, "Fine let's get this over with," I said and leaned my face in closer to his and vice versa.

I was expecting a short peck. Not what I got.

As soon as his lips touched mine, the world erased and I was in an alternate universe full of passion and heat.

His tongue pressed up against my closed lips firmly and I let him slide in without a second thought, our tongues danced around each other as my hands reached under his tee shirt, feeling his abs and muscles and running my hand over his torso.

His hands ran through my hair as his lips left mine and trailed to my neck, giving me soft kisses before sucking gently and then deeper with more certainty.

Eventually, he slowed down the sucking, giving it one soft kiss and then planting one more on my lips.

Our lips broke apart and my eyes stayed closed.

I felt some cold things planting in my palms, I opened up my eyes and saw his shower tokens.

"Thanks," I said with a grateful smile.

Zig Zag returned it, "It was worth it...later,"

I placed the tokens in my jumpsuit pockets and then reached my hand back out to Zig Zag, pulling him towards me.

This time, nothing was stopping me from making the first move. I didn't even care if he told everybody I did it.

"I knew you couldn't resist me," he said with a cocky grin.

I wrapped my arms around his neck and he wrapped his around my waist as our lips crashed together in an earth shattering kiss.

"What do we have here?" we heard a stern, gruff voice that scared us apart.

I turned and saw Mr. Sir standing at the entrance with Mr. Pendanski.

"Uh...um...it's just that....uh...well...we...and....you...and well..." Zig Zag stammered.

"You two come with me," Mr. Sir said stepping inside the tent, grabbing one of my hands in his and Zig Zag's in his other.

"Let's just see what the Warden has to say about this." Mr. Sir replied wickedly as he yanked us towards her cabin.

Whoa...what just happened?

Please oh please say I'm on crack, just please say someone slipped me drugs during lunch or something. How the hell did I wind up kissing him, wanting to kiss him?

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"I'm not surprised," The Warden said, sitting on her couch with Mr. Sir, staring at each of us, we were sitting in cushioned chairs across from the couch.

"What?" Mr. Sir asked, his head shooting up.

Ha-Ha.

"This is the fourth set of kids we have caught, Keely and Roadrunner three times, Squid and Lorraine practically every day, Magnet and Maddie quite a few times and now Squid and Manny,"

Magnet and Maddie?

"What are we going to do about it?" Mr. Sir asked.

Please don't say it...please don't say it...

The Warden sighed deeply, "I don't think Camp Green Lake can be coed anymore,"

Shit, saw that coming.

I felt tears stinging my eyes, "No! This is the only time I can ever see my brother!" I cried out.

So I haven't said one word to him in three months but still, at least I can see him.

"I haven't even seen you and your brother speaking," The Warden replied.

Well if you wanna nitpick...

"It's not fair!" I sobbed.

"All we even deal with anymore is teenager shenanigans involving kissing and sex,"

Sex?

"So you just wanna kick all the girls out?" Zig Zag questioned.

"This is a detention camp, not a hanky panky camp. It's the only thing we can do."

"What about gay kids? It's the same for them,"

"They're gay kids here?" Mr. Sir asked gruffly.

Yeah...you're one of them.

"Well I've always had my thoughts about Zero..." Zig Zag joked.

I slugged him, "You were the one people called fag in high school,"

Zig Zag's face deepened and his eyes glistened.

"Sorry..." I said softly, "That was out of line,"

"I just don't think we can do this coed thing anymore," The Warden said.

"Look, I'm sorry that Zig Zag and I kissed, but don't take it out on everyone,"

Zig Zag turned to me, "You're sorry?" his voice squeaked.

"Like you wouldn't go brag off to your friends about how I made the move on you and then never say sorry to me,"

"You two are free to go, and Manny be sure you and the other girls have your things gathered up, the bus will be here some time this week, and please try to get that hickey covered up, it gives us a bad image," The Warden said.

Because children digging holes in the Texas heat isn't bad, right?

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"What?!" Maddie exclaimed as I got done telling her the news.

"No," Keely said, "they can't do that. They can't!" she exclaimed, tears filling her eyes and soon falling down her cheeks.

"It's not fair," Maddie replied.

You're telling me.

"Yeah? Well neither is you not telling me about you and Magnet," I snapped.

Keely's head snapped up and she and Maddie's eyes widened.

"You never told her?" Keely asked.

"You knew?" I replied.

Keely shrugged and I turned back to Maddie.

"I'm sorry, I really like him, you know? I mean it's just like you and Zig Zag..."

"Get it through your blonde head Maddie! I don't like Zig Zag!" I exclaimed, tossing another wad of clothes into my duffle bag.

Maddie's eyes softened and tears crystallized and she turned and continued to pack up her things.

"I'm sorry," I told her.

Damn I've been saying that a lot.

Maddie just flicked her hand in the air, "Its fine," she said and wiped the tears off of her eyes.

"She just can't keep her lips away from you can she?" we heard someone saying from outside, I unzipped the tent flap a little and peeked out, Squid, Zig Zag and Magnet were talking close to our tent.

"Well can you blame her? I mean this is me we're talking about here," someone else said said, I couldn't make out their facial features since he had stepped away from the light.

"On the plus side, she is fine though, but on the downside, no chance she likes you." Squid said.

Magnet started to laugh.

My mouth dropped open, they were dissing me, and my brother was smiling and laughing.

Smiling and laughing!

"She kissed me," Zig Zag defended himself.

"Yeah like she meant it," Squid said and then slapped hands with Magnet.

Tears began to fill my eyes and soon were running down my cheeks like waterfalls.

"Manny, you okay?" Maddie asked.

I grabbed the shower tokens I never got to use and clutched them in my hand.

I unzipped the tent the rest of the way and stepped outside.

I walked nearly stomped to them, clutching the tokens tightly with my fist.

I got three feet across from them and hurled them straight at Zig Zag's head.

Jose eyed over towards me and started to stare as did Squid.

"Manny, what's wrong?" Jose asked, staring at my face.

"Ow," Zig Zag moaned, rubbing his hand over his cheek.

"Manny?" Jose repeated.

"As if you didn't know, I mean this is me we're talking about here, camp slut. And you laughed at it Jose! Squid is the only one who didn't," I exclaimed.

Squid opened his mouth to speak but Jose cut him off, "Manny, no you don't understand. We were talking about-"

"Me! Don't even lie. And you, Zig Zag, I hate you, so much. You are the biggest jackass loser on the planet, I hate you, you pathetic pendejo." I said and stalked off.