hey guys i'm so sorry for not updating! i've been EXTREMELY busy. well i guess here's the next chapter! thx for all the reviews!

Chapter 4:

The next day was Sydney's first day out on the "lake". She wasn't all that excited. But she grew up working for her own survival and was surprisingly strong. Sydney had fallen asleep thinking about Zero and was suddenly awaken by the sound of the bugle. She groaned as she pulled the covers over her head. Zig-Zag came over and ripped the blankets of the bed and threw her to the ground. She was awake now.

Owww! Did he HAVE to THROW me off the bed!

She looked up from her place on the floor. There was giggling around the tent. Lynda was already up and ready to go. She had always been a morning person. Sydney gave an annoyed grunt. Zero came over and helped her up off the floor. She grabbed a brush she had brought with her and quickly combed the tangles out of her hair. She never really cared about her hair but she didn't want Einstein hair either. Then, she slipped on her boots and walked out of the tent with the other members of D-Tent. It was still dark outside and Sydney could tell this would be a long day.

She was still groggy when she went up and got her shovel. She was NOT a morning person. Plus, she was so tired from being up the night before that the shovel felt as if it weighed over a ton.

I guess I'll have to get used to this.

When D-Tent got to their digging spots, she took her shovel and rammed it into the earth. She had a lot of anger bottled up and she figured the only thing she could take it out on without hurting anybody was the ground and now as the perfect time to start. She pulled out a shovel full of dirt and tossed it aside. She continued digging this way, until she glanced up to see how everyone else was doing. They were all staring at her. (again) "Dude, how are you able to do that?" asked X-Ray with an astonished look on his face. "Do what?" Sydney said, slightly embarrassed. "Well, when I first came here I couldn't even get the shovel into the ground the first few times." Sydney just shrugged.

I'm angry. Gotta problem with that?

Everyone just shook their heads. "You're turning out to be about as weird as Zero," chimed in Armpit. This angered Sydney but she controlled herself and continued digging. She glanced up at Zero as she continued digging. He flashed her one of his cute little smiles and continued digging also. This made Sydney feel much better and she continued digging until she just couldn't dig anymore. So, she took a sip of her water and kept on going. When she got frustrated, she just thought of Zero and how he made her feel and she calmed down and was able to keep digging without passing out.

Finally, she finished. She was exhausted. She pulled herself out of her hole. "Hey, chica, you done already!" yelled Magnet. She nodded. Lynda was sitting on the edge of her hole, which was only about 2 or 3 feet deep.

Zero was just getting out of his hole. He looked slightly surprised to see her finished already. But the look quickly vanished as he bent down to pick up his water bottle and his gloves. As he turned to go back to camp, he turned to look at Sydney and motioned for her to follow him. She did. She was starting to feel really awkward. When she caught up to Zero, she said, "What were they all surprised about back there?" "Nothing, it's just that not very many new people finish that quickly so..." he replied. "Oh," she said to herself more than to him. And they both continued to make their way back to camp.

Later on that night...

Sydney slept out of pure exhaustion and she was pretty much out cold the moment she lay her head down on the cot. But, then, all of a sudden she felt herself being shaken awake. She opened her eyes and noticed it was dark outside.

Is it morning already! No way!

But when her eyes adjusted, she saw Zero leaning over her bed. "Sydney, i need to talk to you," he said quietly. "Wha..?" she began but was cut off by Zero putting his finger up to her lips. "Shhhhhhhhhh...Come with me," he said quietly, gently pulling her out of bed.

He led her out of the tent and started walking until they got to where the holes started, then he started to slow down. "So, what did you want to tell me?" Sydney asked genuinely curious. "Well, actually, I wanted to ask you something," he replied in an almost anxious way. "Ummmm..well, first of all, how old are you?" "Oh..umm.. I just turned 15 last month," she replied, a little confused. "OK, then I won't feel so weird about asking you this. I was kind of wondering if you had a boyfriend?" "A boyfriend? No, all the guys at my old school before i dropped out always said i was weird and i was pathetic and things like that. In other words, it'd be a pure miracle if a guy ever liked me." she replied glumly. "Well, hey, miracles can happen." he said. Sydney looked up at him. He had a sly smile on his face. "Sydney, I like you. A lot actually. You were always so nice to me. I guess what I'm trying to say is...Sydney, will you be my girlfriend?"

Whoah! WHAT! OF COURSE! OF COURSE! come on girl say it! say it!

"Of course I will, Zero," she replied while still in complete shock. Zero smiled from ear to ear. Then, he started to lean in a little closer. He pressed his lips gently against hers.He wrapped his arms around her and held her tight. Sydney loved it. She just melted into the kiss, but was so surprised that he had so suddenly kissed her without warning, she forgot for a moment to wrap HER arms around HIM. Zero took the hesitation to mean that she didn't like it (which was SO wrong entirely (AN: )and pulled quickly out of the kiss looking extremely embarrassed.

"Sorry! I didn't mean to offend you or anything! I knew I shouldn't have done that! Oh, God, you probably hate me now!" he said so fast she had to think for a few seconds before she took in everything he had said. "No! No, it's ok! I...well...I liked it." she said blushing once again. Zero looked up. "Really?" he said with a relieved and happy look on his face. Sydney nodded with a small laugh. Zero laughed, too. More out of relief than anything else. Sydney leaned in and kissed him again, and this time she held onto him for dear life and didn't want to let go. They finally broke apart after a minute or two (AN: lol). Zero's smile was probably near a mile wide.

They held hands, fingers laced, and looked up at the stars. Once again, they started talking about random things. Their lifes, their favorites of everything from food to animal, what they planned to do when they got out of camp, whether or not they would see eachother ever agian once that happened, and how horrible it was to dig holes every day.

After a few hours of talking, Zero started to get tired.

Poor thing. I don't I've ever seen him asleep. He's always awake by the time I am at least. Does he ever sleep?

"Come on, you look tired. Let's head back." Sydney said, feeling a little tired also. She knew this was going to take a tole on her when she dug the next day. Zero nodded sleepily. He yawned and stood up. He put an arm across Sydney's shoulders and they headed back.

hey guys, hope u liked the chapter! i didn't really have much to work on but i tried my best! lol later on!