and she takes another step
slowly she opens the door
check that he is sleeping
pick up all the broken glass
and furniture on the floor

"Well Cat this is as far as we go," X-Ray said stopping in front of B-Tent with the rest of the gang. "Don't forget to visit sometime."

The walked off walking to D-Tent that was not that far away, but Stanley stayed with her.

"I am glad everything is working out Allison," he said. She loved his curly hair, big brown eyes, he was such a nice person. "Well goodnight." He started to walk off leaving her alone.

"Hey Stanley," she called running up to him; she looked at him and then placed a soft but quick kiss on his check. "Goodnight." Allison walked off this time leaving Stanley by himself.

another bruise to try and hide
another alibi to write
and the years go by so fast
wonder how I ever made it through

Allison pulled out her small mirror she had brought with her from home. She looked at her layered brown hair, and dark brown eyes. She put her bandanna on, the one she had gotten from Squid and looked at herself again in the mirror. She looked tough. She now looked like she belonged at Camp Green Lake with her black bandanna and her bruise and cuts on her face. Would her parents be proud? Her parents. They haven't written or anything. Allison knew they thought she had killed her boyfriend Jason on purpose. But it was self defense.

"Was it really self defense?" Brian asked as if he had been reading her mind. She looked up at him as he sat across from her on his cot.

"Yes Brian," she said plainly not really showing any emotions at all.

"I never knew what he did to you," Brian said. They had been best friends, she thought they told each other everything. "He told me the day before he died how he abused you. He shouldn't have done that."

"Well, everyone in my life abused me Brian, it wasn't anything new," she explained putting her mirror in her back pack.

"Well you should see yourself now," he said.

"What do you mean?" Allison asked.

"Well you tough now, all the boys here think you're a bitch," he said and Allison could hear amusement in his voice.

"Well I guess that's good," she said. She looked at Brian again, she had always hated him for never stopping Jason from hitting her, but now she knew he had never known of the abuse. No one had. She looked at him once more and then laid in her cot. Today was over and tomorrow was a new day.

and there are children to think of
baby's asleep in the back seat
wonder how they'll ever make it
through this living nightmare
but the mind is an amazing thing
full of candy dreams and new toys

Allison sat in the rec room after she had dug her hole.

"….only two more weeks left…" Mr. Sir had told her as she had walked back from her hole. Had it really been a year at Camp Green Lake. She had been through so much. Squid burst through the door of the rec room and almost fell over Allison.

"Allison you better check this out," he said grabbing her hand and pulling her out of the rec room. Allison saw once again the familiar yellow school bus. There was a lot of talking and Allison could not see who was coming off of the bus. She pushed through and finally found herself next to her friends. She stood in-between X-Ray, who had become a brother to her and Stanley, who was just a friend.

"What's going on X-Ray," Allison asked.

"Just wait and see Cat," he said looking down at her and grinning at her. Then the bus door opened, and fifteen or so girl's exited the bus.

"More girls," Squid said. Allison looked at him with anger in her eyes and his smile faded away.

"Sorry Cat," he said. The Warden came up to Allison and grabbed her pulling her to the girls.

"Well Allison you being here was a success, the state decided to send girls now," she explained. Allison stood in front of all the girls.

"I want you to talk to them, tell them what they will expect," The Warden said. "You also will be moving back into D-tent…"

another cheap hotel
two beds and a coffee machine
but there are groceries to buy
and she knows she'll have to go home