A/N: This is going to sound really pathetic and make me sound like not a true Holes fan, but I need some help with something. What did Squid get sent to CGL for?
"Get up, Lucie. It's time to dig."
Lucie groaned and rolled over to face her aunt who was standing over the bed with her hands on her hips.
"Do I have to?"
"Yes, you do. You told me last night you were gonna dig today, so you're gonna dig today."
"Fine. I'm getting up."
"Be outside in front of the shovel closet in fifteen minutes." She disappeared into the dark hallway and Lucie stretched one more time before sitting up.
She joined D-tent outside and watched them pick up their morning breakfast of tortillas with honey.
"I see you decided to join us today." Squid said winking at Lucie.
She smiled a little at him and nodded. "Had to eventually."
He looked down at his breakfast and held it toward her. "I know it's not the best in the world, but if you want mine you can have it. Then you can have two. You'll have more energy."
Lucie shook her head. "No thanks. You need the energy, too."
"Lucie." Mr. Sir growled, coming up behind her.
She spun around to see him holding a pack of pop tarts.
"The warden said to give these to you." He handed them to her and then turned around to yell at some of the boys for "dragging around."
Lucie looked at the pack of two chocolate pop tarts.
"Hey, Squid." She called to him as he walked away with Zigzag.
He stopped and looked at her.
"Trade you?" She asked, holding up her pop tart.
He looked a little suspicious at first, but then a smile came across his face. "You sure?"
"Yep."
Lucie slumped down on the ground and laid her shovel beside her. She had less of her hole dug than anyone else. It was getting hotter and hotter by the minute and her arms were beginning to ache. The water truck had been by once, and the boys had decided to let her get her water first, even before X-Ray, who usually went first. She had mostly stayed out of the occasional conversation of the other diggers, only adding to the conversation when someone asked her a question.
"You okay?" Lucie looked up to see Caveman standing over her.
She nodded and wiped her forehead. "Yea, I'm okay."
"You need some help?"
Lucie smiled at Caveman's offer. She looked over at his hole and saw that he barely had more than her dug, and yet he was still offering to help her.
"No thanks. I can do it. I've dug a few holes in my day."
Caveman laughed and sat down beside her. "Why are you digging anyway? Since you didn't do anything wrong, you can't be digging to build character."
Lucie raised an eyebrow. "Well, we all know that's not really what y'all are doing, either."
"Yea." Magnet said, walking over to them.
They both looked up at him.
"We're looking for something. Everybody knows that."
"We just don't know what we're looking for." Armpit added.
Squid walked over to join the group. He looked at Lucie and then at Caveman sitting beside her. "Caveman, you can barely even dig your own hole. What makes you think you could help her with hers?"
Caveman looked a little offended. "I was just trying to help."
Lucie shot Squid a dirty look and then turned her attention to Zero who was now walking up, too.
"Well, I'm gonna help you. I'll be done soon. You don't want to be out here all night."
"Water!" Zigzag announced.
Squid reached down to help Lucie up and she took his hand and pulled herself up. He stayed where he was and when she stood up, she was only inches from him. Since she was about five inches shorter than him, she had to look up to make eye contact, which she did. His brown eyes stared back into her blue ones and neither of them spoke.
"Squid. Lucie. You kids not want your water?"
They both looked over at Mr. Sir who was waiting by the water spigot. Everyone else was turned around looking at them. A few of the boys snickered as the two took their places in line.
Lucie peeked around the corner as she walked out of the kitchen. The warden was nowhere to be seen, so she stepped out and slung her backpack over her shoulder.
She quickly went out the front door and ran down the stairs on the front porch. As she walked through the dust and dirt toward D-tent, she kept her eyes open for any of the supervisors.
"Coming in!" she announced standing outside the doorway. There was some shuffling around and then she heard X-Ray say, "Okay."
She came through the door and held up her backpack. "Who wants a snack?"
"What?" a few of them asked.
She opened it up and dumped the contents of the bag on the nearest cot. Cookies, candy bars, chips and pretzels fell out onto the bed.
"Ohhh, sweet!"
"Whoa!"
"Are you serious?"
"How'd you get all that?"
Lucie smiled as she watched their faces light up. "It's from the cabin. She keeps a pretty good stock of junk food in there."
"And you're gonna let us eat it?" Armpit asked, stepping closer to the pile.
Lucie nodded. "You've all been really nice to me. And I know you haven't had anything like this in a while. Now, I can't do this all the time, because Aunt Lou would start to notice her stuff was missing."
All the boys nodded and Lucie gestured for them to help themselves. She watched Zero grab a candy bar and smile appreciatively at her. Armpit and Magnet took some cookies, while Zigzag and X-Ray went for the potato chips. Caveman stepped up and grinned at her.
"This was really nice of you."
"No problem."
He patted her back gently as he walked away with a candy bar and she smiled sweetly at him.
Squid, who had waited until everyone else had gone back to their cots to enjoy their snacks, stepped up in front of Lucie. He shook his head.
"I can't believe you did this for us."
Lucie shrugged. "It was no big deal."
He stepped closer to her and ran his hand down her arm.
"You pick first." He said, nodding toward the brownie and the chocolate chip cookie that remained on the bed.
She smiled and leaned in. For a moment, it looked as if she was going to kiss Squid, but at the last second she moved around him and reached for the brownie. He laughed quietly and nodded.
"See you later." She told him. She took one last look at the boys who were happily eating the treats and talking to each other. The only one who was not participating in the conversation was Caveman who was watching her and Squid. When he saw that she had noticed him, he went back to his candy bar, pretending not to notice her.