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After dinner Justin, Devil's brother, came into the tent to introduce himself to the other three boys. He came into the tent every so often to see how we were doing, and to see if Devil was being too hard on us so he could set her straight in her tracks. Justin was the greatest guy at the camp. He was so funny. In the morning, when I got to the Mess Hall to start my chores, he would throw out some weird joke, like 'I had a weird dream last night. I dreamed that I could talk to elephants!' Knowing that it was a joke I would laugh, then I would be almost completely awake. He could put a smile on every one of the campers' faces, no matter how bad of a mood they were in. He was one of our lifelines in the camp.
"Hey guys!" he greeted us with a big smile, "I'm Justin, Devil's older brother. I help out in the Mess Hall everyday, so if any of you guys are going to be helping out there, I'll be glad to help you out. Also, if my sister is being too hard on you guys, feel free to come to me and I'll set her straight." He shook hands with Ricky, Rex, and Jose, seeing as he had already met Alan. "Alrighty, then, I'll leave you guys alone to do as you please. Have fun!" and he left the tent.
"There's another guy here?" Ricky asked
"Yes Ricky, there is! Can you believe it! Another guy!" I joked with him
"Don't talk to me like that young lady! I am older than you and I demand some respect!" he was being serious
"Alright. Yes Mr. Ricky sir. There is another gentleman in the establishment."
"Much better!" He burst out into laughter. Everyone was laughing. I looked over at Jess, who once again was not laughing or participating in anything. She looked at me and had the I-don't-get-what's-so-funny expression on. I rolled my eyes.
The seven of us, not including Jess, went for a walk around the camp and out around the holes.
"Jeeze. I remember when we used to dig out here all the time." Alan commented
"It feels like yesterday. I remember dragging my butt out of bed every morning and digging. Then having to listen to Mom getting frustrated with us because we wouldn't use our proper names. As I quote '…the names society will recognize you by.'" Rex added
"Yah I know. Zero would always jump out of his hole, spit in it and walk away. Leaving us in the hot sun." Jose said
"He was one weird dude. He was like a mole!" Ricky had to put his part in
"A mole?" Ally asked
"Yah. We used to say that he ate the dirt and that's why he finished digging so quickly." Ricky answered
"He was two feet tall. He was tiny! And yet he managed to beat us in digging everyday!" Alan said
"I wonder how I would do if I had to dig a hole like that." I piped in
"You would probably die!" Rex joked
"Really? You think?"
"Just by looking at you, I'm guessing." He pointed out the fact that I was skinny, and that my arms seemed to have no muscle in them, which was wrong.
"How about me? Jose do you think I could do it?" Sam asked
"Maybe. Zero surprised us. Rex you never know. These three might be able to kick our butts in digging."
"Why thank you Jose!" Ally acknowledged Jose standing up for us
"Aw! No problem!" he gave Ally a little friendly hug
We all walked back to the camp, talking about which chores the boys would be choosing the next day to do. Alan chose morning shift with me, and the other three stuck with Ally, Sam and Jess. They said for now they would do that.
When we got back to our tent, it was curfew, and Jess was already asleep. We got changed, the three girls went behind the cover, while the guys got changed in the tent. We said goodnight, and closed our eyes.
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Alan and I got up at 6:30 and went to the Mess Hall.
"Good morning guys." Justin said with his happy voice and face.
"Good morning." Alan said, barely moving his mouth because he was too tired to.
"I'm glad to see that you are awake Alan." Justin responded to Alan's less than normal hello
"Alan had a hard night." I added
"Really? How so?"
"I just wasn't feeling well." Alan answered
"Are you feeling better?" Justin asked
"Yah. A little bit."
"That's good." He paused, "Now get started on your chores."
"Whatever." I replied
Alan and I didn't talk much that morning. He was worried that I had heard to much the night before and he didn't want to bring up the topic. He had been whimpering for about fifteen minutes or, but apparently hadn't slept for a couple of hours. I had woken up because I had to pee. He hadn't known that I was awake until I had actually stood up and grabbed my flashlight. After I got up, the whimpering stopped. When I had gotten back to the tent, he lay on his back staring at the ceiling of the tent.
"Where'd you go?" he asked me with the slightest bit of worry in his voice
"I had to pee. Is that a problem?"
"No. I was just wondering."
"I couldn't sleep either. So I got up and took my walk to the washroom."
"You can't sleep either?"
"Nope. Unless I get some hard work given to me and I am completely tired out from the day, I don't get a full night's sleep."
"Oh. You planning on trying to fall asleep again?"
"I don't know. It's 5:30. I might not get back to sleep. Why?"
"You got any cards or something that we can play with? You know to pass the time. That is if you aren't planning on lying back down."
"Yah I got some cards. What you wanna play?"
"Up to you."
"Crazy eights because I think that it is the only game that I might be able to play this early in the morning."
"Fine by me." We played crazy eights for the next hour until my watch went off. Then we got changed and headed to the Mess Hall.
After we finished our chores, we spent the last ten minutes of breakfast with the other six before they went out to do their chores. I didn't feel like going with them today and neither did Alan, so we went back to the tent, and fell back to sleep in our beds. As soon as my head hit the pillow I was out cold. I was so exhausted. Usually just lying in bed awake was relaxing, but when Alan asked if I wanted to play cards, I played because I had a feeling that he was having a rough night and I didn't want to leave him awake on his own.
We must have been sleeping for a few hours because the next thing we heard was the lunch bell. Not everyone had to go and eat lunch at that particular moment, but the bell was there just to let everyone know that lunch was made and out in the open for the campers.
I jumped up when I heard the bell. I looked at my watch. It was 1:00 in the afternoon. I got up and went to the Mess Hall to get something to eat because I was really hungry. I grabbed two sandwiches and two drinks and four cookies for Alan and I. I was going to bring the food back to the tent just in case he wanted something when he woke up. When I walked back into the tent, he was sitting on his cot. He looked at me and said,
"You know you have really got to stop disappearing like that. One minute you're here, then next you're off gallivanting around the camp, either because you have to pee or because you're hungry." He smirked
"Well excuse me if my health isn't that important to you." I had shoved his food in my pocket before I went into the tent. He didn't seem so deserving of it when he gave me attitude!
"Did you bring me anything back?"
"No."
"Why not?"
"Because I didn't feel like bringing you anything."
"Oh so that's how it is?"
"Yes that is how it is!"
"Come on. Seriously did you bring me back something?"
"No!" he got up and walked to the opening of the tent.
"One last chance to tell me if you got anything before you make me walk all the way over to the Mess Hall and get myself something. And when I get back I won't be in a good mood because I have to walk there."
"For the last time no!" and he walked out of the tent, letting out a big sigh. I took out his food and put it on his bed.
He came back with a cookie in his hand. Then he looked at his cot, where his drink, sandwich, and cookies were. He glared at me.
"Is that all you got?"
"Uh yah. Where did that come from?"
"Did you seriously think that I wouldn't get you something? I am not that mean!"
"No you're right. You are such a liar!"
"Oh don't hate me because I like playing games with people."
"Cruel games!"
"Do you want it or not?" he walked over to his cot, picked up the stuff, sat down, and started eating his sandwich.
"You know that was really mean what you did." He said after he finished swallowing.
"It was not mean. Think of it this way. You got some exercise." I smirked
"You are one cruel person."
"I know." I put on this devilish smile.
We spent the rest of the day in the tent. We moved all of the cots around a couple of times because we were bored and we wanted to see if there would be more room if we positioned them in a different way. In the end, we moved everything back to their normal positions, and played cards.
Before we knew it, it was dinner. The eight of us went to the Mess Hall, ate our dinners, hung around in the Wreck Room, then went to bed.
"Good night, Joey." Sam said
"Good night, Ally." I said
"Good night, Rex." Ally said
"Good night, Ricky." Rex said
"Good night, Alan." Ricky said
"Good night, Jose." Alan said
"Good night, Jess." Jose said reluctantly so she wouldn't feel left out.
"Good night, Sam." Jess said in monotone.
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