Esperanza walked out of her grandparent's house, along side her cousin Andy. They walked the few blocks down to the river and sat down. Andy was her father's sister's son. He and Esi were about the same age. They had been good friends since she could remember. Esi loved taking pictures of him. He had that certain 'it' factor that she couldn't explain. Today was no exception. Andy saw what she was doing. "Come on Esi. How many more pictures do you need?" Esperanza laughed at her cousin's shyness. "Just a few more…you're a star in Bethesda. There are pictures of you hanging all around my school…you have this certain factor that makes my photography teacher go nuts." Andy sat back and let his cousin take a few pictures. "Oh yeah I was going to ask you…my friend is having a party tonight. I was just going to drop by for about an hour. Do you want to go?" "Sure, I'd love to." Esperanza told him.

Esperanza walked into the party with Andy. She hadn't gotten the pants first, which made this night a slight bummer. But she would havethem in a few weeks. Andy led her into the living room of the house and introduced her to his friends. One caught her eye though. Andy introduced him as Nevan, but later on when she heard anyone talking about him or too him, they called him Van.

After sitting around doing nothing for an hour, Esperanza needed some fresh air. She walked out onto the back porch, trying not to bother the couple making out near the door.

When she went to walk down the steps though, she tripped and would have landed on her face if some one wouldn't have caught her. Esperanza looked up and saw Nevan. "Thanks Nevan…" She embarrassingly said. Nevan hadn't realized that he still had a hold of her. "No problem Esperanza." Esperanza looked down at the ground. "Umm…Nevan…you can put me down now!" Nevan came back to reality. "Oh I'm sorry. And call me Van." She let her feet touch the ground before she spoke again. "Esi." "Excuse me?" He asked. "Esi…it's what my family and friend's call me." Just then Andy came running around the corner. "I told your dad that we would be back by eleven. It's ten fifty." Andy walked down the steps and shook Nevan's hand. "Bye man. I'm not working tomorrow. Esi and I may come by. I have to see what my family has planned. I'll catch you later." The two said their goodbyes and then Nevan said goodbye to Esperanza. "It was nice meeting you Esi...I guess I'll see you later?" Esperanza smiled. "Yeah I guess so…it was nice meeting you too Nevan."

Bridget and Anna arrived at Camp a little earlier than was expected. Bridget wanted to show Anna around the camp. After Bridget's little tour, the two came back to eat lunch with some of the other coaches that had arrived. They were all surprised to see a camper, but Bridget explained everything. "Suck it up guys…you still have my attention!" Bridget had coached some of these girls since they were her daughter's age. Now they were coaching. She herself had gone through the same motions. Bridget shook hands with two new coaches she didn't really recognize. It was a guy and a girl. They both had the same dark brown curly hair, and they looked to be about the same age. "I'm going to take a wild guess and say that you two are the McNally twins." The boy nodded his head while he reached out to shake Bridget's hand. "I'm Zach." The girl now reached out her hand. "I'm Sam." Bridget grabbed Anna by the shoulders and pulled her over. "Anna, this is Zach and his sister Sam. Zach is actually going to be your other coach, besides me. And Sam…I know I didn't say it in the send outs, but you are going to coaching a team by yourself. I wanted to keep Zach here under my wing. I know this is his first year in coaching, and from what I've heard…not to be mean or anything… you can kick anyone's but in soccer." Zach put up his hand to wave the notion of his caring about what Bridget had just said. "Don't worry Bridget…do I call you Bridget…or do I call you Ms. Vreeland?" Sam put her hand on her brother's shoulder. "I'm sorry Ms. Vreeland. He just gets kind of nervous when he meets new people." Bridget laughed at this. "No, please call me Bridget. You too Sam. Anna and I were just going to eat lunch. Do you guys want to join us?" Sam looked over at the group of girls that was gathering. "I was actually going to eat with some of my old friends from last summer. But thanks for asking." Sam ran off to join the group. That left Anna and Zach standing there with Bridget. "Come on guys," she said. "I know of this taco place up the road."

While Anna and Zach were waiting for Bridget to come to the table with their tacos, Anna decided to start a conversation. "How old are you?" She asked. Zach ran his hand through his hair and then brought it back down. He was fidgeting. "I'm 19. You?" Bridget came back to the table with a tray full of fish tacos. "She's 16. Stay away from her." Bridget said thisin an almost angry way. Anna was confused. "Aunt Bridget, I was just asking how old he was…he is going to be my coach. Maybe it would be a good thing if I knew some things about him." Zach went back to fidgeting. "Sorry…I'm sorry Bridget…she was only talking to me though." Bridget took a bite of her taco. "Don't worry about it…just listen to my advice. Now, we have two hours until check in for coaches…do you guys need any last minute things from town? We can head down after this. I myself need to pick a few things." Anna giggled. Bridget looked at her. "What?" Anna covered her mouth. "I just realized that I forgot my toothbrush!" Bridget and Zach both laughed. Bridget put her arm around Anna. "You are caught up in too much Annabelle. You come to a camp that lasts a month and a half and you don't bring your toothbrush? Wait…why am I acting surprised! So finish your tacos and I'll get the van to drive us to town."

Dear Ella and Holls,

Ells what is up with your mom? Why is she so protective? I was trying to make small talk with this guy Zach…who just so happens to be so adorable…and my coach. He has this thing that he does when he's uncomfortable…he is so cute. But seriously. He asked me how old I was…because you know I asked him how old he was…btw he's 19. Just thought you would like to know. So far…this place is beautiful…gorgeous…Esi would have so much fun with her camera.

Holls…please tell me when you find something out about A. Bridget…it would so help in this whole Zach situation. I'll send you a picture of him…yes I brought the digital…the one with the printer. But mom made me promise to keep it in A. Bee's cabin. Who cares right? You all still get pictures faster!

Write me back ASAP…with any information you know!

Love ya'll lots! Annabelle

Hola Ella y Holls,

I'm here in Wilmington. Andy says hi…to Ella…lol! No he says hey to you too Holly. I went to a party tonight with him. I met some of his friends. This one guy Nevan…so hot. I fell down the steps when I was walking outside and he caught me…kind of a story book romance kind of thing. Andy and I are going to go by his work and see him tomorrow afternoon…we weaseled ourselves out of a family outing to the battleship…how many times have I seen that? Too many to mention. It's not everyday that you see some hot guy named Nevan taking pizza orders…and I love me some pizza! I will sneak in a call to you two…sometime this week. Write me back and fill me in on what's going on.

Love you too death!

Esi

Holly got the letters from the mailbox and left all of the other mail sitting there. When she got back up to her room she threw one to Ella. "Open the one from Anna first…and then I'll open Esi's." Ella did as she was told. She read it and then handed it too Holly. "Nothing much…hot guy and oh yeah hot guy, and oh wait I see something here about a picture of a hot guy." Holly opened the next one and read it. "Oh, la, la Ells! Andy says hey…and oh wait…" She handed it too Ella. Ella read through it and threw it on the ground with the other letter. "Hot guy." Holly said to herself as Ella said it aloud. "Aren't the good things supposed to be happening to us? We have the pants!"

Alexia came running up the stairs crying. Holly and Ella stood up and ran to the door way. They were just in time to see Alexia's door being slammed. Holly took the initiative and ran down the stairs. She could hear Sean's truck in the driveway. Ella followed her. They almost didn't make it. Sean stopped when he saw them coming towards him. He rolled down the window and stuck his head out. "Holly…can I talk to you?" Holly nodded. But he pointed to the passenger seat. "I mean…in the car…Oh hey Ella…can I talk to Holly alone for a moment?" Ella turned around and went to sit down on the steps. "Yeah no problem…I'll just be sitting here doing…nothing."

Holly walked around to the passenger side and got in. Sean put the truck in park and turned it off. "I just wanted to let you know, before you had to hear it from your sister. We broke up." Holly wasn't shocked. She couldn't see Alexia with Sean for much longer. "I'm sorry to hear that." Sean took his hands off the steering wheel and turned himself around so that he was facing Holly. "I like another girl." "Oh," Holly said. "Well I don't think I need to be hearing all of…" Sean cut her off before she get the 'this' in. "It's you." Holly had to admit she was shocked about that one. "But…you…this can't be happening…" Sean, again, didn't let her finish the sentence. He leaned in and kissed her lightly on the lips. Holly backed away. "Now…I have to go."

Holly jumped out of the car and ran back up to her house. She passed Ella who was still staring at Sean. Sean kind of covered his mouth and then waved bye to her. Ella picked up her arm and tried her hardest to make a waving motion. She heard Holly's door shut. Ella pinched herself to make sure that she wasn't in some sort of dream and then made her way up to Holly's room. She didn't knock. She went right in. "Holy, flipping, crap Holls…what just happened?"

What'd you think? I don't know…It's like 12:50...i'm tired…I'm watching Conan O'Brian…why? You may ask…I really don't know!