Breathe in for luck,
breathe in so deep,
this air is blessed,
you share with me

Allison only had three more days at Camp Green Lake. She finished her hole right after Squid and X-Ray and they waited for her. Allison dragged her shovel on the ground and threw it at the Library.

"Only two more holes to dig," Stanley said running up to Allison.

"Thank god," she said. "I don't think hands could take anymore."

"Hey Cat," she turned around to see Red running towards her.

"What does he want," she muttered to Squid and X-Ray behind her.

"I know your leaving soon and….and….I just wanted to say I am sorry," he said. Allison and the other three boys stared at him in shock.

"Sorry?"

"Yea, you know for what I did," he said. "I don't want you to think I am a bad guy. Well I use to be. Not anymore." He said sticking out his hand. "Truce?"

"Yea truce," she said taking his hand.

Hands down this is the best day I can ever remember,
I'll always remember the sound of the stereo,
the dim of the soft lights,
the scent of your hair that you twirled in your fingers
and the time on the clock when we realized it's so late

Allison started to pack her clothes into her bag. She had only two more days left and she wanted to get a head start. She wouldn't miss this place one bit, and especially the holes. But she would miss X-Ray, Squid and Stanley. They were her best friends, and would look out for her no matter what. Especially Squid and X-Ray, they were brothers to her, and she hoped she would see them one day after this was all over.

Allison couldn't imagine what life would be like once she went back home. Her parents didn't send her a letter at all. Like Squid would say to Stanley all the time when he wanted to mail a letter to his parents "they don't care."

Would people back home think she was a bad ass chick who killed her boyfriend? Some of the boys and most of the girls at Camp Green Lake thought that. Why not people back home in New Jersey?

"Need help Cat," X-Ray asked as he sat on her cot. "What are you thinking about?"

"Home," Allison said sitting down on the cot across from him

"I am not going to lie," he said. Allison looked up at him and looked at his eyes through his thick black glasses. "It will be hard."

"I know," she said. "Can't be hard as living here for a year." Had it really been a year?

"Well you know how to fight now," Squid said entering the tent.

"I know," she smiled. "I remember when you tried to get me to fight with you and I hit you right in the gut."

"Yes I know," he said. "I can still feel it."

"I am going to miss you guys," Allison said sitting down next to X-Ray.

"Write to us Cat," Squid said.

"I will….I promise."

This walk that we shared together.
The streets were wet
and the gate was locked so I jumped it,
and I let you in.