It was early when I woke up the next morning. The sun hadn't even had the chance to get over the horizon yet. I sat up and looked around at my tent mates. No one stirred, and I figured that they were all still asleep. I probably just woke up so early today since I slept all yesterday. I rolled over onto my stomach and covered my head, thinking about my situation. I was stuck at an all boy's camp with the Warden using me to get her rival camp warden in trouble for losing me. Hey, I wasn't about to complain about that though. Ms. Carpel could rot in hell before I'd want to see again, and even then I'd want to kill her. But the Warden here is also interested in me because of the weird case I had in my pocket. Maybe the stories are true then...
My ears picked up the noise of rustling sheets, but it was just one of the boys turning over in his sleep. So I guess I 'm so bad off here, I just have to get used to this whole "all guys" deal, and digging holes all day. The holes would suck, the guys wouldn't necessarily. Ha, Roxanne would have loved it here. If only she had come with me. I sighed. I wondered what she was doing right now. Probably sleeping, duh.
I was getting restless, so I just decided to get out of bed and walk around for a bit. I eased myself off the cot and swiftly out of the tent without waking anyone. The air outside was much cooler than it was when I passed out yesterday, but it reminded me of when I snuck out of the Academy. It was just past 3 in the morning, and everything was still. It was my favorite time of day, the early morning hours. Everything was so perfect then. And barely anyone was around to mess things up. I could sit out for hours and just think.
Unfortunately, it seemed that someone else was awake. I looked at the figure approaching, his face lit up by the faint moon light, and it turned out to be Dr. Pendanski.
"Well someone sure is up early. How are you adjusting to Camp Greenlake so far?"
"It's pretty cool," I half-lied. He seemed satisfied with my answer.
"I'm just here to wake all
you young folks up for another long day of digging, but you're
already up I guess, so feel free to start getting ready." He
started to open the tent flap, but stopped himself and turned back to
me. "Oh and, seeing as how its your first day of digging,...and
you're a girl...don't be afraid to ask one of the guys for help
if you think you need it. If you want, I can assign one of them to
look after you today." I laughed.
"It's ok Dr. Pendanski, I
think I'm up for the challenge. I'm stonger than you think, you
know." Dr. Pendanski just shrugged and continued on into the tent.
I heard quite a few groans from the boys, and one loud thud as one of
them either fell or was puched out of bed. Dr. Pendanski walked back
out of the tent, winked at me, and headed on over to the next tent. I
scrunched up my face. Ew.