Once shown the showers, which she didn't like the fact that there was no curtain or anything for privacy, she was brought to the D-tent, the boys already inside done with their digging.
A small man, with socks pulled up all the way, white lotion rubbed on his nose and a large sun hat on his head, stepped out from the tent extending a hand towards Ash.
"I'm Dr. Pendanski, I'm going to be your counselor for the next four years."
Ash rolled her eyes, great a gay looking counselor, she thought shaking hands with him. "You pronounce it Pen Dance Key" he mentioned. Great, he's got a gay name too, she thought. "Your going to be in D-tent, the boys here aren't as bad as some of the other groups. Your very lucky." Dr. Pendanski opened the clear plastic flap, stepping inside the humid tent.
All the boys looked up, some sat on cots, and others stood wiping sweat off their bodies. One boy in particular caught Ash's eye as she stepped inside. "Meet Ash Cinders, the newest member of D-tent."
"We get the chick in our tent? Sweet!" said one of the boys punching the air with a grin.
Looking around the tent where underpants were hung up here and there to dry, the cots were dirty and stained with god knows what, and the boys looked like they were ready to pounce and beat the hell out of Pendanski.
Cool, I can deal with this its not as bad as everyone makes it, She thought, putting her hands on her hips.
"Now Ash, that's Rex," Pendanski said pointing to a muscular black boy with thick glasses on and a towel wrapped around his head. "My names X-ray aight? Not no Rex." Pendanski sighed and continued on introducing the boys. "That's Alan, and Stanley." He pointed to a tall lean boy with a piece of wood sticking out of his mouth and a towel on his head under a cap, and a even taller boy with curly brown hair and an orange cap placed on his head.He took it off polightly smiling at Ash.
"I'm Squid, and that's Caveman." Alan corrected Dr. Pendanski. "That's Ricky, Jose, Theodore, and Zero." He pointed to the last four boys, a boy taller then everyone else with hair that poofed up so high it made him look even taller, standing half dressed by his cot, a Hispanic boy yet another one with a towel wrapped around his head. A large black boy with a cap on his head and a gruff expression on his face, he hung around X-ray, whispering things and nudging the others.
And an extremely small boy with long curly hair and a blank, vacant expression, his named seemed to just be Zero. Theodore jumped in, shouting off the second names of the other boys, "Zigzag, Magnet, and I'm Armpit." Ash wrinkled her face in confusion. "Why the hell do y'all have two names?" Dr. Pendanski answered that one. "They all have little nicknames for themselves, I'm sure you will get one too eventually. But I choose to use the names their parents gave them."
"Mom is she gonna be sleeping in here with us too?" asked the one called Zigzag as he pulled a white shirt over his head. "Oh, and they like to call me mom." Pendanski added with an idiotic smile. "Yes she will Ricky. And I want you boys to treat her with respect; she's not a toy here for your entertainment. Understood?"
"Yes mom." They all said in unison, but Squid winked at her, an evil grin on his face. "Alright I'll leave you all to get aquatinted you own little way. That's your cot over there." Dr. Pendanski pointed to a cot by Zigzag, who looked half paranoid as he sat down on his own, staring at her. She silently walked to her cot, throwing her bag down onto it, disgusted by its condition. "What did you get sent here for?" asked one of the boys boldly. "I don't like to talk about, so don't ask."
She snapped. They all looked at each other, and the whispering began. The only ones not whispering about her was Zero and Caveman. Caveman walked up to her, his cap placed back on his head. "Don't worry about them, they just haven't seen a girl in months. Its going to be nice having you in our tent." He smiled fondly. Ash snorted plopping down on her bed. "Yeah, well they better get used to me soon, cause I don't take crap from anyone."