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Chapter Seven
Sophie ran up the steps of the cabin almost tripping over them as she went. She wasn't really concentrating on where her feet were going. She was too busy thinking about what had happened in the Wreck room. She felt the sickening feeling of worry well up inside of her.
Me? Worried for D tent…that's something I'd never thought I'd think, Sophie paused outside the cabin door. She needed to clear her head for a second, What happens if they get really hurt? It'll be all my fault. I need to tell mum…
She pushed open the door so suddenly that her mum jumped up, startled, from the couch she was sitting on and quickly turned the TV off.
"Sophie…oh…I didn't hear you come up the steps," the warden said, looking at Sophie with wide, slightly- guilty looking eyes.
Sophie shrugged and looked at her mum suspiciously, "What were you watching?"
"Nothing…nothing…just some daytime soaps, y'know," the warden said, running a hand through her curly hair.
Sophie still couldn't help but feel slightly suspicious. She just shrugged it off. She had something more important to tell her mum.
"Mum…there's a fight going on in the Wreck room…I dunno, but it might be pretty serious."
Sophie said, trying to make it sound as though it didn't bother her.
"Yeah, Mr Sir will deal with it, what I'm more concerned about is the penknife right now," the warden said, sitting back down on the couch. Sophie looked at her mum in shock for a couple of seconds. She didn't seem at all concerned about the fight.
Sophie shook her head slightly and then said, "I couldn't find out who it belonged to. I tried to make one of them gamble it but that didn't work,"
"Yes, but what about Zigzag, Squid and Zero," the warden asked, thoughtfully.
Sophie gave her mum a confused look, "What about them?"
"They didn't play, did they?" the warden said.
Sophie was now strongly considering that her mum was physic, How the hell does she know these things? It's freaky!
"No they didn't! How did you know that!" Sophie demanded.
"I just do," the warden snapped, "I think one of them has the penknife,"
Sophie sighed in deeply, "If you want me to go sneaking around their cots and being friendly to them just to find out if they have the penknife then forget it. I don't want to! It's sneaky and conniving and I'm totally fed up with it,"
The warden's eyes seem to blaze in anger as she gave her daughter an unnerving stare, "Do you forget who I am! I'm your mother! Don't speak to me in that tone of voice!"
Sophie felt the anger that she had suppressed for so long start to build up inside of her. Mother, so called Mother. She's hardly ever looked after me. She hardly ever sees me. This stupid camp seems so much more important to her than I am. She doesn't care for me. She bosses me around and treats me like crap. As far as I'm concerned she's no mother of mine!
"I THINK YOUR FORGETTING WHO I AM! YOUR TREATING ME LIKE I'M ONE OF YOUR EMPLOYEES BUT I'M NOT!" Sophie found herself screaming at the warden in her rage.
The warden looked at her in shock for a couple of seconds. Sophie glared at her and began to stomp off towards her bedroom. Whilst passing the warden, the warden suddenly yelled out in frustration. She grabbed Sophie by the hair and pulled her towards her. Sophie yelped in pain. The warden was pulling so hard Sophie felt as though her scalp was burning.
"You listen to me, now! You ARE going to find out which of those 3 boys has the penknife. You ARE going to be nice to them," the warden hissed, still holding onto Sophie's hair.
"Or else what?" Sophie said, her teeth gritted as she tried not to show how much pain she was in.
"Or else Mr Sir will be driving you to the middle of nowhere and leaving you there without any water," the warden said, in a threatening tone of voice.
"You wouldn't do that…" Sophie said uncertainly.
"Oh, wouldn't I?" the warden let go off Sophie's hair and shoved her forward, "I want you out of my sight until tomorrow, do you hear me?" Sophie threw the warden a disgusted look before running towards her bedroom.
I hate her, I really hate her! Sophie thought angrily as hot tears poured down her face, I hate it here too. I want to go home. My Auntie and Uncle may not be my real parents but they love me more than SHE does.
Sophie was absolutely raging. She felt like screaming and just throwing a gigantic hissy fit but truth be told she was quite frightened of the warden and she didn't really want to anger her any further. She wondered if she actually would leave her in the middle of the desert. It didn't seem unlikely. Sophie's mum seemed to be a heartless bitch to everyone so Sophie didn't really expect her to be any different with her.
She jumped into her bed and pulled the covers right over her head. She curled up and chewed on the top of her thumb anxiously. She really didn't know what to do. She didn't want to do as the warden asked. She felt so evil and sneaky tricking the boys. She didn't particularly like them but she didn't want to trick and deceive them. She almost felt as though she had no choice but to after her mum's violent display. She never knew the warden could be so evil to her, No wonder all the boys were scared of her!
Sophie was all confused. Ever since I came to this stupid camp all I've been doing is being confused. It's not fair and I don't like it. I just want to feel like ME again, Sophie thought, angrily, taking it out on her pillow by punching it furiously. She knew that wasn't going to solve anything, she just needed to release her anger and frustration out on something.
Sophie must of fallen asleep because the next thing she knew she was having her covers pulled off of her and she could hear the warden's loud voice above her, "Get up Sophie!"
Sophie was not pleased with this rude awakening. Her neck was sore from lying funny and without a pillow and her head was still throbbing slightly from being pulled yesterday. She could tell her mum was still pissed with her just from her mum's tone of voice and the fact that she hadn't woke Sophie up civilly. Sophie leant up in her bed and attempted to smooth down her creased clothes- she had forgotten to put nightwear on last night.
She looked out the window and saw that it was still pitch black. She looked up at the warden and gave her a bemused look, "Wha…Why so early?"
"Your going to dig today," the warden said, sternly as though she expected Sophie to question it.
She expected right.
"Again!" Sophie said, rubbing her scalp in the place it was still sore.
"Yes, again, and your digging until lunchtime today," the warden said, looking down at her exhausted and slightly confused daughter.
Sophie looked up at the warden with a fierce expression on her face, "LUNCHTIME! But that's when the sun's up, I'll burn to death,"
"What a pity," the warden said sarcastically as she turned to leave the room, "I suggest you wear some sun tan lotion then," She slammed the door behind her. Sophie rolled her eyes and slowly slid out of her bed.
Her mum was unbelievable. How did she expect Sophie to dig a hole until midday? Sophie knew her mum was just being awkward and nasty because of yesterday and Sophie thought it was ridiculous how immature the warden was being.
She acts like she's my age, Sophie thought as she chose some clothes out her wardrobe, And it's not fair. She is punishing me and making me dig like I'm one of the juvenile delinquents and I haven't even done anything.
Sophie couldn't help but think that she had been thinking that her life wasn't fair for a while now. Nothing seemed fair at CGL and Sophie was totally fed up with it.
I wish my mum would leave me in the middle of no where, Sophie thought as she cringed slightly when she caught the state of herself in the mirror, At least then I wouldn't have to suffer in this stupid camp.
Sophie chose to wear some red jogging bottoms, over the knee, stripy socks (a/n: Love them!), pink flip-flops, a pink spaghetti top and a pink cap (a/n: Yep…her fave colour is pink). She didn't bother putting her hair up today. She just brushed it and let her curls fall down past her shoulders.
Sophie put on some sun tan lotion and grabbed her walkman before leaving her bedroom. She grabbed an apple off of the fruit bowel on her mum's desk as she passed. Her mum didn't seem to be in the cabin anymore. Well…Sophie couldn't hear her.
Sophie made her way towards the 'library' whilst eating the apple. She could see D tent in the line to get the breakfast tortillas. She noticed how a few of them were supporting minor injuries. She was relieved it wasn't anything serious but still felt kind of guilty. Most of them gave her a small smile as she approached. She found herself smiling back.
She paused to grab a shovel but then she turned to them, "I'm sorry about the fight. What happened? None of you got seriously hurt did you?"
"Oh look, she cares!" Squid said, sarcastically.
"You owe me 3 shower tokens Squid, you said she wouldn't care," Magnet said, grinning broadly at Squid who just furrowed his brow and gave him a piercing glare.
Sophie rolled her eyes at the two boys, "Never mind, you seem okay to me,"She felt slightly embarrassed that she had actually shown some emotion towards them. She wanted them to think she didn't care.
"You should of seen some of the guys in A tent though," Magnet boasted, "We got them good and proper. Even Skull has a black eye!"
Sophie breathed in deeply, Typical!
"Sophie, Are you digging again," X ray came up behind Squid and Magnet. He was looking at Sophie's shovel.
"Yeah, M…the warden's making me," Sophie said, she found it really difficult to refer to the warden as her mum all of a sudden.
"I told you yesterday, take this shovel, it's the shortest," X ray said, giving Sophie his shovel again and swapping it with the one Sophie already had.
"Why give up your shovel for her?" Squid scowled, "She only digs until the first water round,"
"For your information, I have to dig until lunchtime today," Sophie said, throwing Squid an evil glare, "Can anyone tell me where I can get a canteen?"
The boys raised their eyebrows slightly at her.
"Mom might have one, go and ask him," X ray said, shrugging.
"Mom?" Sophie looked at X ray quizzically.
"Oh yeah, that's Pendanski, it's his nickname," X ray said as though it was the most obvious thing in the world.
"Okkayy," Sophie rolled her eyes again for what felt like the umpteenth time. Mom… Mr Pendanski totally doesn't seem like a Mom to me!
Sophie turned on her heel, dragging the shovel lazily behind, as she started to walk towards Mr Pendanski.
"Yes, Sophie?" Mr Pendanski grinned goofily as he noticed her walking over.
"I need a canteen if I'm going to dig for most of today," she said, dismally, thinking about the horrible day of hard work that she'll soon have to endure, "X ray said I should ask you for one,"
"Ah yes," Mr Pendanski said, looking around as if he expected one to appear at any moment, "Erm…there may be one in the kitchen- area of the mess hall. Go in there and get it,"
Sophie sighed and began to walk towards the mess hall. She was almost there when somebody tapped her on the shoulder. She spun round and saw that it was Zigzag.
"Yes?" she looked up at Zigzag who was staring down at her with wide, slightly- suspicious looking eyes.
"I have thought about it…and I have come to conclusion that you may be an alien with very good brain- washing abilities but then again you might not be. There's no possible way of telling…unless we dissect you, of course," Zigzag said, "But I like you and I want you to know that I think you're a nice alien so please do not brain wash me. You should use such power for good deeds,"
Sophie gave Zigzag her 'WTF!' look before shaking her head and saying, "Whatever, Zig,"
Zigzag gave her a curt nod before sauntering off. Sophie watched after him wondering what the hell was going on in that boys head.
Thanks for reading…if anyone does actually bother to read this chapter. PLEASE can I have at least one little review. I'll be your best friend forever!