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Chapter 11

Dig, dig, dig, dig, dig, dig, dig….. It was the same boring (and exhausting) routine. Baby's whole body ached and she could barely lift the shovel. She looked over at Piglet who looked so tired and weary too. Piglet leant on the shovel, her legs trembling slightly. Her face was pale and frizzy strands of hair were sticking to her face from the sweat. She really didn't look too good.

Baby wondered if she looked that bad, herself… she felt it.

Piglet wavered slightly.

"Are you alright?" Baby asked worriedly although it was quite obvious she weren't.

"No," Piglet managed to gasp before collapsing to her knees.

Caveman was over there as quick as a flash, trying to help her up.

Baby knelt down and gave Piglet the rest of the water in her canteen.

It was lucky that the water truck was just driving up because Baby couldn't last another minute without water.

The truck had some lunch with it.

"Come on Piglet, you'll feel better if you get some food down you," Baby said, and her and Caveman helped her up and took her over to the water truck.

Piglet looked deathly pale and she kept complaining that she was going to vomit if she had to dig any longer.

Baby could hear Caveman whispering in her ear, "Very attractive thought," Baby just rolled her eyes.

Surprisingly, X ray let Piglet go in front of him so she could get water and food first.

So… he does have a heart.

"Why are you being so caring all of a sudden?" Caveman asked.

X ray just shrugged, "I need to take care of the girlies, they are part of D tent, D tent sticks together," Baby scowled slightly at the 'girlies' part.

After a while Piglet seemed to be able to stand on her own to feet and Caveman…. Eventually…. Let go.

Baby just couldn't believe how OBVIOUS he was being. Asking if she was alright every five seconds, and holding onto her even though Piglet said that she could stand by herself about ten times. Baby saw Squid hovering by the water truck, he was nicking some more cookies whenever Mr Pendanski's back was turned.

Piglet was too preoccupied with Caveman to notice if Baby went over and spoke to Squid, right?

Baby decided to take the chance, it might be the only one she'd get.

Nervously, she made her way over to him. He noticed her coming over and looked away.

"Squid!" she said, getting his attention.

He looked up and murmured, "What?"

"What's wrong? Why are you so… off… with me today?" Baby asked.

"You know fine well," Squid grunted, his eyes fixed to the ground.

"No I don't, what!" Baby asked, confused.

Squid didn't answer.

"Is it because of what happened last night?" Baby asked.

"Yeah it is, I know that you didn't mean what you said," Squid said sadly.

"What? That I love you, I do mean that, I mean it with all my heart," Baby said, wondering why he didn't think she meant it.

Squid looked up at her, his brown eyes lightened slightly.

"Then, why did you go before I got to say I love you back?" Squid said, still uncertain if Baby was telling the truth.

"You love me back!" Baby asked, her heart inflating like a balloon.

"Yeah, but you left so quickly after you said it that I didn't think you meant it," Squid said.

"The reason I left so quickly was because, well, it's hard to explain," Baby said, thinking how to put it so that Squid would understand, "See, Piglet really, REALLY fancies you, and it's against girl code for me to fancy you too," Squid nodded, pretending to understand.

"So…" Baby continued, "Because I think I'm in love with you the only fair- yet sneaky- thing to do is set Piglet up with Caveman so she is so into him, she won't care about you anymore,"

Squid smiled slightly, "So you know about Caveman liking her then,"

"Sure do, he told me," Baby said.

"He told all the guys last night, they keep taking the piss out of him, singing that little sitting in the tree song," Squid said.

"What song is that?" Baby asked.

Squid rolled his eyes, "Everbody knows that song!"

"Well, I don't," Baby mumbled, feeling a little stupid.

Squid groaned, "Don't make me sing it, It get's on my nerves so bad"

Baby laughed a little, "Yeah, go on, sing it,"

Squid gave Baby a piercing look, "Caveman and Piglet sitting in the tree, K-I-S-S-I-N-G"

"Yeah, ok, ok, I know what song your on about now," Baby cut him short.

There was a slight pause in their conversation when Zigzag came over and asked Squid if he could have an extra cookie seeing as Squid seemed to have about ten cookies or something.

"I think it would be best if we pretended that what happened last night never happened until I match make Caveman and Piglet," Baby said as soon as Zigzag went.

"Yeah, good idea, can I help?" Squid asked.

"Yeah, if boys can match- make," Baby said sarcastically.

"Trust me, we can. I know how other boys minds work, so I know how to handle Caveman," Squid said reassuringly.

They both began walking back towards their holes, "So.. What's Girl code?" Squid asked, curiously.

"It's like a little file in every girls head which contains a bunch of rules we know to follow, how do you think we always know what is in fashion?" Baby said, smiling as Squid looked at her dumbfounded.

"Tell me a rule then," he said.

"Can't tell you that, it's top secret," Baby teased.

Squid was so gullible, buying all this code stuff.

Baby's whole body throbbed, she thought she'd never be able to move again.

Baby seemed to be doing most of the work as Caveman insisted that Piglet would get a minutes rest ever so often so that she wouldn't collapse again. Piglet didn't exactly disagree with him.

"I see your getting on well with Cavey," Baby said to Piglet as she dug her shovel into the dirt. Piglet looked up from sitting at the edge of the hole, she squinted in the sunlight.

"Ew, what do you mean by that?" Piglet said.

That was not the answer Baby was hoping for.

"I was just wondering if you liked him as a mate or not?" she quickly said.

"Yeah, he seems friendly enough, a bit over- caring, stuttering when he talks, blushing all the time and a bit wimpy, but other than that fine," Piglet said, leaning against her shovel.

Baby put all her weight on the shovel so she could lever out the dirt.

"Doesn't he seem wimpy to you?" Piglet continued.

"Well, he seems quite sensitive," Baby said, "So, I guess you don't find sensitive guys attractive then?"

"No way! That's why I like Squid," Piglet exclaimed. "Do you like sensitive guys?"

"Yeah, I guess, I think they're sweet," Baby said.

"Me and you," Piglet said, getting up slowly, "We're completely different, we have completely different tastes, how on earth did we become best friends?"

"No idea," Baby said, shrugging her shoulders.

Baby was lost in thoughts though and wasn't really paying attention to Piglet.

Maybe I should find some way to make Caveman less wimpy.

Baby and Piglet took a little bit longer to finish their hole than yesterday. Baby felt as though she was going to vomit from the heat and exhaustion. She glad she didn't though. That would be a little too embarrassing in front of the guys.

Squid waited by their hole for them, he offered to help but they were almost finished. Besides, there wasn't enough room in the hole for three people and their shovels.

Piglet was smitten that Squid was waiting for them.

"Why are you waiting for us?" she asked, beaming up at him.

"Coz I want to escort you girlies back to Camp so I can protect you from any yellow- spotted lizards," he boasted.

Baby just hated it when she was called, 'girlie' It seemed to happen a lot at this Camp.

"Don't go calling us girlies," she said to him.

"Yeah, and what are you gonna do?" Squid said, jokingly.

Baby brought her shovel up in front of her as though it was a sword.

"I challenge you to a sword fight," she said laughing.

He got his shovel and clinked it against Baby's. Baby hopped out of the hole and she and Squid had a little mock sword fight with the shovels. Squid swung his shovel round and hit it hard against hers, the vibration went up the wooden shaft and into Baby's arms.

She was right on the edge of a hole and all of a sudden wobbled down into the hole.

"Ouch!" she mumbled, checking to make sure there was no injuries.

"Are you alright?" Squid said urgently, his head appearing over the side of the hole.

"I think so," Baby said, slowly getting up and brushing herself down, "I landed funny on my leg, it's only a little bit sore though," Squid jumped down the hole just as Piglet appeared looking down at them.

She was laughing hysterically.

"What?" Baby demanded.

"That was so funny!" Piglet giggled.

Her laughter was infectious, Squid began laughing too.

"It wasn't funny! I could of seriously hurt myself," Baby said, trying to prevent herself from giggling too.

"Yeah it was funny!" Squid said, trying to stop laughing, "One minute you were standing right in front of me and the next you just… disappeared," Baby couldn't help but laugh at this. She guessed it probably would of looked really funny.