Eric and Bridget had arrived to camp a little behind schedule. They had tem minutes to get to the sign-in cabin. They parked the car in the designated area and then got out to run the rest of the way there. When Bee got in, she saw two recognizable faces. One was Diana's. She was standing in a corner talking to some people Bee didn't recognize. The other, was Billy. He was standing by the table getting his uniform and the paper's he needed to be the assistant coach. Bridget didn't want to confront him yet. She ran over to Diana and jumped on her. Diana turned around. "Oh my gosh! Bee! Guess what?" Bridget hugged her old friend. "What?" Diana handed her a piece of paper. Bridget read down the list. "That's awesome Di! I can't believe they actually put me with you! That's hilarious!" Diana laughed along with her. Then she gestured to a younger girl who had been standing in the group. The girl came over. "And this Bridget is my second assistant…Laura." Laura and Bridget shook hands. "This is her first year coaching! She's only 16. She was too good for me to let just play. She needed to pass on some of her skills to the others." Laura blushed. "I'm not that good." Diana looked at Bee. Bee laughed. "Well, you can play with me this summer, and I'll decide that."
Eric had been signing him and Bridget in. He walked over to Bridget and Diana. He hugged Diana. "What's up?" Diana hugged him back. "Nothing much. This is my other assistant Laura." Eric reached out his hand to shake Laura's. Bridget could tell that this was an uncomfortable situation for Laura. Eric made younger and older girls alike get that feeling. Diana broke Laura out of hr trance. "Yeah, Eric here plays for Columbia up in New York." Bridget could still see the awe in her eyes. She wrapped an arm around Eric's waist. Both Diana and Eric noticed this. Eric laughed and put his arm around Bee's shoulder. "Well, we better go put our stuff away. Come on Bee, I'll drive you to your cabin…I get to drive a golf cart…you know since I am their most valuable coach." Diana punched him in the stomach. "You are full of it Eric. And both of you be back here in twenty minutes. We have a mandatory coaches meeting before all of the kids get here tomorrow morning." Eric and Bridget nodded and then walked back outside to Eric's golf cart.
When they got back to the meeting room, Bridget saw that Diana had saved them two seats up front. They quickly made their way up. Within five minutes of their sitting down, the camp leader came up to the microphone and everyone quieted down. "First," He said, "I would like to welcome everyone. I know these are going to be a fun couple of weeks! But they are also going to be tough. It is your job to teach these kids everything you know. Learn from your other coaches. Share your techniques. Teach those techniques to your teams. Second, I would like to enforce the rules. I know everyone has a copy of them in your roster, but I was told that I need to enforce them. The campers have different rules than the coaches. The coaches have rules that deal with the campers. Campers are not to have relationships with the coaches…," he paused on that one. Bridget and Eric looked at each other and laughed silently. Laura looked their way.
The leader went on. "You are to have your campers in bed by 11:00. Unless you are having an approved meeting. You, yourself, are too bee in your cabin by 12:00. I feel funny telling a bunch of adults that they need to be in bed by a certain time, but again, I have been told to enforce the rules. If there are no questions, then I will leave off here and explain everything else tomorrow morning." He waited for someone to raise their hand if they had a question. Laura did. He pointed to her. "Well, what about relationships between coaches?" The man looked around the room and laughed. "Relationships between coaches are accepted but not recommended. We have had a few mishaps in the past years." Now he looked at Bridget and Eric. Well, at least Bridget thought that she was being looked at. It could just have been the lighting in the room. Eric nudged her elbow. He leaned in to whisper in her ear. "I'm going out tonight. You are coming right?" Bridget nodded. He leaned back in. "Billy, Laura, and Diana are coming too. Kind of like a get to know each other thing." Bridget didn't like the fact that Billy would be going, but she wanted to get out.
Ok, so another short chapter…well it's longer than the other ones! Anyways, I would have written more, but I'm going to get my hair cut. Hope you like it! I'm planning something with Laura…..I'm not sure though. I always get myself into these storylines I can't get myself out of!