hey guys! sry i haven't updated in a while. my computer was screwed. but we got a new one so its all good. here's chapter 3. enjoy!

Chapter 3..............

It was Linda, her cousin!

Everybody stared at her like she was crazy. The girl who had stepped off the bus looked confused for a second, but then she realized who had called her name and she screamed too. "Sydney! Sydney! What are you doing here?" said exclaimed as she ran up to her and gave her a big hug. "Do you remember my friend, Toni?"Sydney asked. "Yeah." she answered. "Well, a guy was being really rude to her and when I was about to teach him a lesson, the police passed by." She explained glumly, once again down to almost a whisper.

All of a sudden, she glanced back at the guys. They were gawking at her like she was a ghost. That was the most they had heard Itzy say since she had been there.

God! Just because I say a few more words than I usually do, they think it's the most amazing thing in the world.

"Uh, Sydney." Linda said uncertainly."Why are those boys staring at you like that?" "Oh, umm..."She was once again going back to her usual quiet mumbling."These are the boys in my tent. D Tent." she added as she stared down at the ground, obviously embarrased by the way the guys were staring at her.

"Oh, yeah, umm..I'm X-Ray." X-Ray had finally come back into his senses and turned abck into his usual 'I'm the leader of this group' mode. "This is Squid, Armpit, Magnet, Zig-Zag, Caveman, and Zero." he said, pointing them out as he said their names. Linda's eyes had stopped on Magnet. She smiled. He smiled back.

"Umm, you should probably go get your stuff before Dr.Pendanski blows his top." mumbled Sydney, gesturing toward him. He looked like he was getting impatient. "Oh, ok. Bye, then!"Then she took off in Dr.Pendanski's direction. Everybody started going back to the tent.

Well, at least I have my cousin here. I guess if I need to talk, since she's here, I'll have two people to turn to. Her and Zero.

At the thought of Zero, she was suddenly thrown into a daydreaming session. He was just so cute. (lol) She layed down on her cot and let her daydreams lull her to sleep.

Later that night......

Itzy had been sleeping for a few hours. But that was all the sleep she needed since thats all she ever slept. She woke up, got out of her cot, and walked out of the tent. She really needed to think about some things, so she had decided to take a walk.

As she was walking around the holes, she began singing one of her favorite songs.

I cannot find a way to describe it

It's there inside

All I do is hide

I wish that it would just go away

What would you do

You do if you knew

What would you do

All the pain I thought I knew

All my thoughts lead back to you

Back to what was never said

Back and forth inside my head

I can't handle this confusion

I'm unable

Come and take me away

I feel like I'm all alone

All by myself

I need to get around this

My words are cold

I don't want them to hurt you

If I show you

I don't think you'd understand

"Cause noone understands

All the pain I thought I knew

All my thoughts lead back to you

Back to what was never said

Back and forth inside my head

I can't handle this confusion

I'm unable

Come and take me away

I'm getting nowhere on and on

I'm going nowhere on and on and

I'm getting nowhere on and on and off and on and off and on

She sighed and sat down on the edge of a hole.

A hand gently touched her on the shoulder. She started. But when she turned around, Zero was standing there. "Sorry, I didn't mean to scare you." he said softly. "It's ok. Ummm..were you behind me the entire time?" she asked uncertainly. "Yeah. You have a beautiful voice." "Uhh, thanks." she said blushing furiously. It was the middle of the night, but the moon was out enough that Zero could tell she was blushing. He smiled and sat down beside her. They talk for almost an hour. Just talking and laughing about random things. Itzy felt so good around him. This was the first time she'd laughed since almost a year before, when everything started to fall apart for her. She glanced at her watch. It was 1:20. everyone would be getting up in a few hours. "Hey, it's getting late. Everyone's gonna start waking up in a few hours. We'd better get back to camp."she said, standing up. "Yeah, you're right. Ok, let's go."he, too standing up. They started walking back towards camp. Halfway there, Zero gently grabbed hold of Itzy's hand. She looked at him and smiled. He smiled back. And they both walked silently back to camp.

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