Xylem: Pendejo means "fool" in Spanish. And this chapter will let you know who they all were talking about.

Thanks for all the reviews and here is Chapter 11...Chapter 12 is the final chapter so one more to go.

Chapter 11

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"Boys are so immature," Maddie grumbled around noon the next day, shaking her head towards D-Tent.

You're just noticing?

"Eat the cookie," we heard a familiar voice say.

I spun around, there was Zig Zag, stuffing a graham cracker in Caveman's face.

"See this is why I don't like him. He is such a jerk," I said and took a swig out of my canteen.

I turned back to D-Tent.

Zig Zag was in a fight with Caveman.

Caveman slapped his face and Zig Zag pushed him.

Go Caveman, go.

Suddenly Zero had Zig Zag in a headlock and was choking him.

"Oh my God," I said, with wide eyes.

"He's turning purple!" Maddie exclaimed.

"Zig can't breathe," Armpit yelled and started to tug Zero off of him.

Suddenly a gun went off. The noise startled me so much I fell into my four feet deep hole.

Fantastic.

"He was killing Zig Zag, I had to pull him off of him," Armpit told Mr. Pendanski.

I rolled my eyes at them and went back to digging my hole.

"They are so mean to Zero. I mean the counselors no less!" Keely exclaimed.

I turned back and stared at the argument they were having.

"You might as well teach this shovel to read," Mr. Pendanski was saying, "D-I-G, what does that spell?" he asked and dropped the shovel.

Zero picked it up and whacked Mr. Pendanski straight in the face, "Dig," he said and ran off.

Keely, Tilley, Cammie, Maddie and I all started cheering, "GO ZERO!!!"

Lorraine rolled her eyes, "The camp is better off without that pipsqueak anyway, he is such a dumb ass."

"Oh shut up already," Maddie said and continued to clap for Zero, jumping up and down.

I looked back to Zig Zag, who was staring me straight in the eye, as if he couldn't believe I was happy for the guy that tried to kill him.

Why shouldn't I be? I asked in my mind, as if he could hear me.

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"Maddie steps up to the hoop, she shoots she scores! Woo 2 points!" Maddie cheered, waving her hands in the air.

We were playing a two on two basketball game, with Keely and Cammie.

I clapped for Maddie and we gave each other a high five.

"In your face T and C," Maddie said, sticking her tongue out jokingly.

Suddenly someone grabbed the ball off of the ground, I looked over and saw Zig Zag and Magnet.

"Excuse us, we are playing a game here," I said and yanked the ball out of Zig Zag's hands.

"Leave it to the professionals," Zig Zag said and tugged the ball back.

"Oh hell no," Cammie said, pulling her black curly hair into a ponytail and yanking the ball back.

"Hey honeys, you guys will be back home in a few days, and then all of this hell will be over," Zig Zag said.

"Which is why we get to play!" I exclaimed.

Cammie tossed me the ball.

I began to dribble and then stuck my tongue out at Zig Zag, "Ha,"

Suddenly, Zig Zag reached down and grabbed the ball and ran off with it.

"GET BACK HERE IVERSON!" I yelled and chased after him, ducking past all of the campers and counselors.

I increased my running and tackled him, the ball flew out of his hands and rolled away, and Squid grabbed it.

"Hey thanks, me and X couldn't find a ball to play with," he said with a smile, his toothpick nearly falling out of his mouth.

"Great," I said and plopped down next to Zig Zag.

"You're violent," Zig Zag said shaking his head at me.

I rolled my eyes and hopped up off the ground and headed into my tent.

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"Manny?" I heard someone asking about an hour later, I knew who it was.

The devil himself, fine it was Zig Zag! But they do have a lot of similarities.

"What?" I asked, closing the book I had been reading and positioning myself on the cot as Zig Zag stepped in.

"I just wanted to make sure you were okay..."

"Why wouldn't I be?" I asked stubbornly.

"Look about last night-"

"Don't even bring up last night,"

"No, you don't understand..." Zig Zag said.

"No, you don't understand," I said getting up from my cot, "All you care about is kissing me and then bragging off to all of your friends about how I put the moves on you, I'm sick of it! And I'm sick of you! I can't wait to get out of here tomorrow,"

"Manny, I really like you, and last night we weren't talking about you,"

"You are bullshitting me,"

"No I'm not, the reason Squid didn't laugh was because we were talking about Lorraine, and she is his girlfriend. Now if we were talking about you, Magnet wouldn't be laughing but Squid would be,"

That's supposed to make me feel better?

"That still doesn't make up for how you always treat me like crap and-" I started but got cut off by his lips tumbling onto mine.

I pushed his chest and wiped my lips, "That's another thing. That is all you do, I hate it, I hate you, and I HATE THIS CAMP!" I said, tears filling my eyes and falling down my cheeks.

I fell onto my bed and buried my head into my hands, "I don't even deserve to be here. I didn't do anything!" I sobbed.

"Manny-" Zig Zag started, putting his hand on my shoulder.

I shrugged him off, "Just go away. Please just go,"

"Okay," Zig Zag said quietly, I felt his hand leave my shoulder and I heard his footsteps leaving the tent and the flap zipping.

I lay down on my cot and heaved a big sigh. I couldn't wait to get out of here.

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I went down to the dining hall for dinner and sat at my table with G-Tent.

"Today was awful," I groaned.

"Hey! I shot a good basket," Maddie said and stuck her tongue out at me.

"No one wants to see your tongue," Lorraine said disgusted.

"No one wants to see you either but we're not complaining," Keely said and took a bite out of her bean slop while I had successfully slopped mine onto her tray when she wasn't looking.

"Hey everybody, listen up!" we heard someone yell.

We spun around and saw all of D-Tent, standing on their table.

"We have one tent leaving tomorrow," Squid started, "one very special tent," Squid finished, winking at Lorraine.

All the guys in the Dining Hall cheered.

"And since we are going to miss them so much..." Armpit drifted off.

"Ladies of G-Tent, this song's for you," X-Ray winked.

I turned around back at my friends who all had the same gaped expression on their faces that I did.

Suddenly we heard a very deep voice.

"You've got to go, dig those holes. With broken hands and a withered soul, emancipating for all you know, you've got to go, dig those holes."

I was amazed that Zig Zag could sing like that.

"Dig it uh oh oh dig it. Dig it oh oh oh oh dig it oh oh oh oh, dig it. Dig it oh oh oh oh,"

They all sang and them Caveman went into a solo as everybody else beat boxed.

"Two suits, two tokens in hand. I got no respect cuz I'm the new man, got my shovel, shoes full of sand, check out the tag the names Caveman, uh," The girls and I all stared at each other before bursting into applause, but we were cut off by a high pitched Magnet.

"Nah nah nah nah Na Na Na Na Na Na nah. Nah nah nah nah nun nah nah, nah nah nah nah nah nah nun nah nah Nah. Nun Na Na nah, oh,"

Maddie went wild with applause, "Good job baby!!" she yelled, clapping and screaming.

I looked at her with a laughing smile and then turned back to the performance.

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It seemed to take us a long time to even get out of the Dining Hall.

After the "D-Tent Boys" finished their performance they went over to us, and I must add, stole our food-not that I had any.

Zig Zag kept on shooting me glances, like he expected me to do something for him.

"Good job." I said, standing up to face him.

Zig Zag's wide eyes widened, "Me?" his voice squeaked.

I laughed and nodded, "Yeah, you," I said and turned back to my tent, "guys, I'm gonna call it a night. You guys did a really good job performing tonight though," I said, smiling to D-Tent.

I waved at Zig Zag and then tucked my hands into the pockets of my once again, not jumpsuit but a pair of sweat pants and walked out of the dining hall.

Suddenly, I felt hands on my shoulder, I spun around and of course, saw Zig Zag.

"Can I help you?" I asked, my arms crossed over my chest.

"I just wanted to say..." Zig Zag drifted off.

"What?" I asked.

"To say that uh...well, I'm gonna...I'm gonna miss you?" Zig Zag questioned.

I smiled which made him grin.

"Well, dare as I say it so help me God, I'll miss you too," I said, and before I knew it, I had his strong arms around me, hugging me against his chest.

"This all happened really fast," Zig Zag said, his chin resting on the top of my head.

This is NOT comfortable.

"What?" I asked, breaking free of his embrace.

"Everything," Zig Zag said as we neared G-Tent.

I turned to look at Zig Zag, "Thanks. For everything, I'll miss you and maybe I'll see you soon," I said, with a small grin.

Zig Zag put his arms around me yet again in this time a friendly hug, not protective or anything, and he kissed the top of my hair and then my forehead.

I broke apart and smiled at him, "Bye Zig Zag," I said and escaped into my tent.

I could still hear him outside, even through my zipped tent.

"Goodbye Manny," he said quietly before turning around and heading towards his tent.

I watched him walk away, tears stinging my eyes.

No, I told myself, I am not going to feel like this. Not over a guy. And especially not over a guy who happens to be Zig Zag.

Not that I ever listen to myself...

I was bawling into my pillows 30 seconds later.