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I tossed a pillow at Squid to wake him up and walked out of the Wreck Room to the washrooms to wash up before I went to do my chores. Squid obviously followed me, once again regretting for even bringing up the topic.

When I came out of the washroom, he was waiting outside for me. I walked by him, I know I was acting like a snob, but I was mad and I couldn't help it.

"Joey, can you talk to me?"

"About?"

"Never mind." He stopped. He knew he wasn't going to get anything out of me.

We did our chores that morning, like every other morning. Justin kept an eye on us, and watched us even more when Squid and I weren't talking. Squid kept looking over at me, looking like he was going to try and say something. He would open his mouth, then turn his head away and start what he was working on before. Just before I went to my table Justin pulled me aside.

"What's going on with you two?" he asked and I automatically knew he was talking about Squid and I.

"Nothing, why?"

"You two are being quite cold towards each other." And when he said that I knew that he was only talking about me, he just didn't want me to blow up in his face.

"I can handle it Justin." And I walked away. I had missed Ally, Sam and Jess before they went out to do their chores. Oh well, I'll just have to eat on my own. I grabbed some left over food and sat at the closest table to eat it.

After I finished eating I didn't want to go back to the tent when there was a chance of seeing Squid, so I walked off into the holes. I could see the other six filling in the holes, talking occasionally. I didn't go to close to them. I came across a hole that was far enough in the distance from everyone else but close enough to the camp that I wouldn't die having to walk back to the tent when I was ready. I started humming some tune that wasn't a song, more like something I was just making up in my head. I jumped down into the hole, leaned my head back against the wall, and closed my eyes. Just then I felt a thump. I opened my eyes and saw Squid. Of course who else would be out here, not doing chores. I got up and was about to jump out of the hole, when he pushed me down and sat on my legs so I couldn't move.

"We need to talk." He looked at me seriously.

"No we don't." I pushed him back, hoping that he would fall over and I could get up, but it didn't work.

"Yes we do."

"Get off of me." I glared at him.

"See normally I would listen to you, but I really want to talk to you." I kept looking at him. I refused to blink. "I understand you're pissed off at a lot of people right now, but we didn't intentionally do this to you. You think that I don't let my whole family abandoning me bothers me? I just hold on to it but I don't let it affect how I am with my friends. You have got to stop it. We are sorry for whatever we did, but honestly Joey, you have got to stop letting it control you." My eyes softened. By this time he had his hands on my face. He was talking so seriously that I was scared. I didn't know he was like that. Our faces were so close together that I got the chills. I thought about my brother again, and tears started to form in my eyes. Instead of kissing me, which I thought he was going to do, he pulled me into a tight hug, and we just sat there for a little while.

"I didn't know that you could be so serious." I let out a little laugh, while wiping my eyes.

"I try." He smiled, and he pulled me into another hug and kissed my forehead. He finally came and sat beside me. I put my head on his shoulder, closed my eyes, and must have fallen asleep because the next thing I knew the lunch bell was ringing. We walked back to the camp. We ate whatever they had made us for lunch, then I felt two hands cover my eyes. I first thought that it might have been one of the girls, but then I realized that they were guy hands. Then I though it was one of the guys but they were all out doing their chores and Squid would have acknowledged their presence.

"Guess who?" a familiar voice said. He moved his hands and I turned around. Tears formed in my eyes. I couldn't move.

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