I swung the shovel back throwing the dirt onto the pile behind me. Damn it was hot out here. I wiped away the dirt and sweat from my face before pulling down my orange jumpsuit. I had a black wife beater on and my short hair back in piggy-tails. I could hear the water truck coming down the road so I climbed out of my hole. I didn't do it on my first try. Damn sand gave way beneath my hand. ZigZag helped me out of the hole.
"Thanks." I said bending over to get my water jug. I looked up to see Magnet eyeing my cleavage.
"What the hell are you looking at Maggot?" I spat at him. He looked away. ZigZag looked at X-ray who gave him a look that said, 'Just watch'. I wondered what that was supposed to mean. ZigZag turned away from me as the truck pulled up.
"How's the first hole doing for ya?" Cig asked as we went to get in line for water. I was at the end of it. "Pretty good. I'm almost done." "That's what we all tell ourselves." Twitch said. The getting water went by pretty fast. After the truck had gone a few of the boys sat around. I kept digging. I only had about a foot more to go. Zero was finished. Now he sat at Caveman's hole talking to him. The truck came down the road again. I didn't know I'd been out there for that long! But, whatever. Hopefully lunch was something better then the slop last night.
I climbed out of my hole. This time by myself and on the first try. We got in line, the same order as with the water. Then we sat around and ate our lunch. It was better than the slop. Just a sandwich and an apple. I sat in my hole. It was at least a bit cooler down there. A shadow covered my legs. I looked up to see ZigZag standing over me.
"Can I sit with you?" He asked. "Sure." I smiled at him. He smiled back at me while jumping down into the hole. He sat next to me in the little shade that was there. Squid's POV "Yo where's ZigZag at?" Armpit asked. We all looked around. Sammi wasn't anywhere in sight either. Damn, are they .. Together? I looked around again.
"Look in them holes." Magnet said. ZigZag stood up in Sammi's hole. Damn. They were together. Wait don't jump to conclusions, I told myself. Some of the boys hooted at him.
"What the hell are you losers doing?" ZigZag said. I know some of us were waiting for him to smile, or shiver slightly, or roll his eyes back. I hope you get what I mean. Sammi stood up. Twitch laughed.
"What were you two doing?" He laughed.
"Eating what else?" ZigZag said.
"What were you eating ZigZag?" X-ray teased. I didn't think ZigZag got it. Sammi put her hand on his arm and told him not to say anything else or he'd just be digging himself a bigger hole. This he understood and climbed out of the hole. The group quieted down as ZigZag jumped back into his hole. Sammi finished her hole a few minutes later and came over to my hole. She sat on the edge in front of me. "So what are you in here for?" She asked me. "Ditching school. Lifting a few things." I answered her. I had at least a foot more to go. "Oh." She said.
"Did you really try and kill some one?" I asked her. It kinda got me nervous that some one who had tried to kill some one was in the same camp as me.
"Well we were just fighting. But I really hated her and I just couldn't stop myself." She said.
"Oh." I said. I hope my nervousness wasn't showing.
"Squid." She said, jumping down into my hole. "I'm not going to hurt you." She said, stepping closer to me. I let go of my shovel as she kissed me. It wasn't a long kiss. About a three second one. And no tongue. She backed away, smiling. I smiled too. I was kind of hoping my first kiss would have had tongue in it but whatever. I leaned in for more but she pulled back .I kind of felt embarrassed. Why had she pulled back? She patted my cheek with her hand before climbing out of my hole.
"Thanks." I said bending over to get my water jug. I looked up to see Magnet eyeing my cleavage.
"What the hell are you looking at Maggot?" I spat at him. He looked away. ZigZag looked at X-ray who gave him a look that said, 'Just watch'. I wondered what that was supposed to mean. ZigZag turned away from me as the truck pulled up.
"How's the first hole doing for ya?" Cig asked as we went to get in line for water. I was at the end of it. "Pretty good. I'm almost done." "That's what we all tell ourselves." Twitch said. The getting water went by pretty fast. After the truck had gone a few of the boys sat around. I kept digging. I only had about a foot more to go. Zero was finished. Now he sat at Caveman's hole talking to him. The truck came down the road again. I didn't know I'd been out there for that long! But, whatever. Hopefully lunch was something better then the slop last night.
I climbed out of my hole. This time by myself and on the first try. We got in line, the same order as with the water. Then we sat around and ate our lunch. It was better than the slop. Just a sandwich and an apple. I sat in my hole. It was at least a bit cooler down there. A shadow covered my legs. I looked up to see ZigZag standing over me.
"Can I sit with you?" He asked. "Sure." I smiled at him. He smiled back at me while jumping down into the hole. He sat next to me in the little shade that was there. Squid's POV "Yo where's ZigZag at?" Armpit asked. We all looked around. Sammi wasn't anywhere in sight either. Damn, are they .. Together? I looked around again.
"Look in them holes." Magnet said. ZigZag stood up in Sammi's hole. Damn. They were together. Wait don't jump to conclusions, I told myself. Some of the boys hooted at him.
"What the hell are you losers doing?" ZigZag said. I know some of us were waiting for him to smile, or shiver slightly, or roll his eyes back. I hope you get what I mean. Sammi stood up. Twitch laughed.
"What were you two doing?" He laughed.
"Eating what else?" ZigZag said.
"What were you eating ZigZag?" X-ray teased. I didn't think ZigZag got it. Sammi put her hand on his arm and told him not to say anything else or he'd just be digging himself a bigger hole. This he understood and climbed out of the hole. The group quieted down as ZigZag jumped back into his hole. Sammi finished her hole a few minutes later and came over to my hole. She sat on the edge in front of me. "So what are you in here for?" She asked me. "Ditching school. Lifting a few things." I answered her. I had at least a foot more to go. "Oh." She said.
"Did you really try and kill some one?" I asked her. It kinda got me nervous that some one who had tried to kill some one was in the same camp as me.
"Well we were just fighting. But I really hated her and I just couldn't stop myself." She said.
"Oh." I said. I hope my nervousness wasn't showing.
"Squid." She said, jumping down into my hole. "I'm not going to hurt you." She said, stepping closer to me. I let go of my shovel as she kissed me. It wasn't a long kiss. About a three second one. And no tongue. She backed away, smiling. I smiled too. I was kind of hoping my first kiss would have had tongue in it but whatever. I leaned in for more but she pulled back .I kind of felt embarrassed. Why had she pulled back? She patted my cheek with her hand before climbing out of my hole.
