Broken But Not Shattered
Chapter Four: Bad Temper and D-Tent
"Well you sure made quick friends with the D-Tent boys today," Link said to Keavy as she was settling down to go to sleep.
"Yeah so, you gotta problem with that?"
"Actually I do, you see we at B-Tent don't like them at D- Tent and if you want to survive out here you better start followin' the rules."
"Well let me tell you somethin', Link. I don't give a care what you think, I'm not here to obey your rules or anyone else's, I'm here to serve out my sentence and then think of what I can do to not go home to my psychotic parents. It's my life and I'll talk to whom I will and I hang out with whom I want and nobody is gonna tell me what I can and can't do, got it?!" By the time Keavy was at the end of her speech her voice raised it's volume quite a bit and all of B-Tent sat up on their cots and stared at her.
"Well if you don't want to listen to what B-Tent has to say then you have no business with us." A boy named Crush said walking up to Keavy's bedside.
To everyone's surprise she said, "You're right, Crush. I don't have any business with you." Keavy jumped out of her bed, pushed Crush out of her way, took her sweatshirt and stormed out of B-tent.
It was about 10:45 when Keavy went out into the chilly night air; she walked around and glanced up at the billions of stars that illuminated the Texan sky.
"Lord," she prayed, "I'm scared, I don't like this place, even though I did things wrong I'm sorry, I want out of here, I want, I want a friend." Keavy was a tough girl but she was humbled enough to pray and with that she sat on the ground and played with the dirt.
"Hey," someone shouted from behind a tent.
"Oh great," she thought, "They probably heard everything." Pushing her thoughts aside she called back, "Uh Yeah?"
"Keavy, is that you?"
"Sure is, who's there?"
"It's me, Stanley."
"Oh, Hi. How come you're up?"
"I couldn't sleep. You?"
"I kinda got told to get outta the tent, plus I was sick of everyone complaining about me, so I left."
"I see. Hey you wanna come and sleep in D-Tent with us, you can have my bed."
"Stanley, why are you being so nice to me?"
"'Cause I wouldn't want you to get bit by a lizard."
Keavy laughed, "A lizard, you gotta be kidding me."
"Nope. Yellow-Spotted-Lizards. When they bite you, you die a slow and painful death, they're worse than rattle- snakes."
"Look I don't want your pity. I've had enough of everyone feeling sorry for 'Poor Little Keavy' I can take care of myself."
"I'm not giving you pity, but please take my offer."
Keavy sighed, "Well okay, under one condition."
"What?"
"We never had this talk and whatever you heard before it never happened. And if you tell a soul I will hunt you down throw you in a hole and bury you with those lizards, got it."
"Okay Okay, I won't tell a soul. Oh and just one more thing, that prayer that you said was....well it was really nice."
"Uh thanks. But that never happened, right?"
"Right."
Keavy followed Stanley into the tent, she expected the tent to be asleep but they were all awake and staring at her.
"Caveman, what are you doing? She belongs to B-Tent and we don't want anymore trouble with them." A boy with glasses said .
"He must be the leader," she thought. "Every single tent seems to have its own type of leader." She pushed away her thoughts and said to him, "Look I don't belong to any tent, B-Tent didn't want me and I came in here 'cause your Caveman found me and insisted that I come in. I don't want your pity or sympathy in anyway, got that!"
"Yeah, but as long as you're in my tent you will listen to what I say." The boy said standing up so that he almost towered over Keavy.
"That's it!" She yelled "I've had it, I don't have to listen to what you say. I'm outta here."
"Wait Keavy, don't leave," The boy whom everyone called Zigzag said grabbing her arm.
"Get off me!"
Zigzag let go of her arm but she didn't run, "Why do you guys care if I leave or not?" She asked.
"Because first of all, there's the lizards, second of all where you gonna run to? There's no where to run unless you want suicide, we have the only water for miles around." Squid said interrupting Zigzag's piercing gaze.
"Okay I get your point, but if that thing says anything like that again he'll regret it." Keavy said going inside the smelly tent.
"Hey Chica?"
"Oh great," she muttered, "Whaddya want?"
"Um, well......" Magnet stuttered
"Come on spit it out."
"Here you go," he said throwing her an extra sheet.
"Uh thanks."
Keavy settled herself into Caveman's cot, she hated the smell of it but it was far better than the one in B-Tent. She snuggled under the sheets and fell quickly asleep. Soon after Keavy went to sleep she heard a muffled cry followed by a sniff. She woke up and looked around, everyone seemed to be asleep, but then she looked and Caveman was on a cot, "But where was that Hick," she thought. She shrugged and turned to lay down when she caught a glimpse of a body on the floor next to her. She turned over and tapped it on it's shoulder saying, "Hey uh.......Squid, what's wrong?"
"Nothing's wrong, I'm fine, now go back to sleep," Came the reply
"Are you sure, I mean you were crying pretty hard." Keavy said as she thought to herself, "Good job, Keavy now you're getting to be an old softy," She shook her head and was going to lay her head back down when Squid grabbed her hand, she in turn grabbed his. He sat up and she saw a tear roll down his cheek, with her other free hand she wiped it away. Swallowing the lump in her throat she laid back down, only to feel the bed sink down. Squid had laid on top of the sheets with his hand still clutching hers.
"I'm not falling in love with a hick," She thought to herself, "I'm not falling for him, I can't......I just can't." Her thoughts faded as she soon fell into a peaceful slumber.
A/N: Okay tell me what you guys think, Yeah I know there's tons of Squid romances out there, but I thought it would be kind of ironic to have a tough New York girl fall for a tough Hick...... Well are you still reading this? Go and review!!!!!!
Chapter Four: Bad Temper and D-Tent
"Well you sure made quick friends with the D-Tent boys today," Link said to Keavy as she was settling down to go to sleep.
"Yeah so, you gotta problem with that?"
"Actually I do, you see we at B-Tent don't like them at D- Tent and if you want to survive out here you better start followin' the rules."
"Well let me tell you somethin', Link. I don't give a care what you think, I'm not here to obey your rules or anyone else's, I'm here to serve out my sentence and then think of what I can do to not go home to my psychotic parents. It's my life and I'll talk to whom I will and I hang out with whom I want and nobody is gonna tell me what I can and can't do, got it?!" By the time Keavy was at the end of her speech her voice raised it's volume quite a bit and all of B-Tent sat up on their cots and stared at her.
"Well if you don't want to listen to what B-Tent has to say then you have no business with us." A boy named Crush said walking up to Keavy's bedside.
To everyone's surprise she said, "You're right, Crush. I don't have any business with you." Keavy jumped out of her bed, pushed Crush out of her way, took her sweatshirt and stormed out of B-tent.
It was about 10:45 when Keavy went out into the chilly night air; she walked around and glanced up at the billions of stars that illuminated the Texan sky.
"Lord," she prayed, "I'm scared, I don't like this place, even though I did things wrong I'm sorry, I want out of here, I want, I want a friend." Keavy was a tough girl but she was humbled enough to pray and with that she sat on the ground and played with the dirt.
"Hey," someone shouted from behind a tent.
"Oh great," she thought, "They probably heard everything." Pushing her thoughts aside she called back, "Uh Yeah?"
"Keavy, is that you?"
"Sure is, who's there?"
"It's me, Stanley."
"Oh, Hi. How come you're up?"
"I couldn't sleep. You?"
"I kinda got told to get outta the tent, plus I was sick of everyone complaining about me, so I left."
"I see. Hey you wanna come and sleep in D-Tent with us, you can have my bed."
"Stanley, why are you being so nice to me?"
"'Cause I wouldn't want you to get bit by a lizard."
Keavy laughed, "A lizard, you gotta be kidding me."
"Nope. Yellow-Spotted-Lizards. When they bite you, you die a slow and painful death, they're worse than rattle- snakes."
"Look I don't want your pity. I've had enough of everyone feeling sorry for 'Poor Little Keavy' I can take care of myself."
"I'm not giving you pity, but please take my offer."
Keavy sighed, "Well okay, under one condition."
"What?"
"We never had this talk and whatever you heard before it never happened. And if you tell a soul I will hunt you down throw you in a hole and bury you with those lizards, got it."
"Okay Okay, I won't tell a soul. Oh and just one more thing, that prayer that you said was....well it was really nice."
"Uh thanks. But that never happened, right?"
"Right."
Keavy followed Stanley into the tent, she expected the tent to be asleep but they were all awake and staring at her.
"Caveman, what are you doing? She belongs to B-Tent and we don't want anymore trouble with them." A boy with glasses said .
"He must be the leader," she thought. "Every single tent seems to have its own type of leader." She pushed away her thoughts and said to him, "Look I don't belong to any tent, B-Tent didn't want me and I came in here 'cause your Caveman found me and insisted that I come in. I don't want your pity or sympathy in anyway, got that!"
"Yeah, but as long as you're in my tent you will listen to what I say." The boy said standing up so that he almost towered over Keavy.
"That's it!" She yelled "I've had it, I don't have to listen to what you say. I'm outta here."
"Wait Keavy, don't leave," The boy whom everyone called Zigzag said grabbing her arm.
"Get off me!"
Zigzag let go of her arm but she didn't run, "Why do you guys care if I leave or not?" She asked.
"Because first of all, there's the lizards, second of all where you gonna run to? There's no where to run unless you want suicide, we have the only water for miles around." Squid said interrupting Zigzag's piercing gaze.
"Okay I get your point, but if that thing says anything like that again he'll regret it." Keavy said going inside the smelly tent.
"Hey Chica?"
"Oh great," she muttered, "Whaddya want?"
"Um, well......" Magnet stuttered
"Come on spit it out."
"Here you go," he said throwing her an extra sheet.
"Uh thanks."
Keavy settled herself into Caveman's cot, she hated the smell of it but it was far better than the one in B-Tent. She snuggled under the sheets and fell quickly asleep. Soon after Keavy went to sleep she heard a muffled cry followed by a sniff. She woke up and looked around, everyone seemed to be asleep, but then she looked and Caveman was on a cot, "But where was that Hick," she thought. She shrugged and turned to lay down when she caught a glimpse of a body on the floor next to her. She turned over and tapped it on it's shoulder saying, "Hey uh.......Squid, what's wrong?"
"Nothing's wrong, I'm fine, now go back to sleep," Came the reply
"Are you sure, I mean you were crying pretty hard." Keavy said as she thought to herself, "Good job, Keavy now you're getting to be an old softy," She shook her head and was going to lay her head back down when Squid grabbed her hand, she in turn grabbed his. He sat up and she saw a tear roll down his cheek, with her other free hand she wiped it away. Swallowing the lump in her throat she laid back down, only to feel the bed sink down. Squid had laid on top of the sheets with his hand still clutching hers.
"I'm not falling in love with a hick," She thought to herself, "I'm not falling for him, I can't......I just can't." Her thoughts faded as she soon fell into a peaceful slumber.
A/N: Okay tell me what you guys think, Yeah I know there's tons of Squid romances out there, but I thought it would be kind of ironic to have a tough New York girl fall for a tough Hick...... Well are you still reading this? Go and review!!!!!!