"So, what did you do to get arrested?" Fidget asked Twitch as all of D tent headed towards the tents after dinner.

"I stole a car," Twitch said, "went joy ridin'."

"Really? Cool," Fidget said, she thought Twitch was very cute and she wanted to talk to him as much as she could. "What kind of car was it?"

"Jaguar," Twitch said, he started blinking really fast and his hands twitched every now and then. "Really fast, nice car," he said.

"Yeah," Fidget said. She started playing with the hem of her sleeves.

"What do you think about the D tent girls?" Xray asked Squid as they walked.

"Well Magnetic is really hot but she's annoying," Squid began. "And Zippy is real cute but too hyper for me."

"Yes, go on," Zigzag said, walking up to Squid and Xray and joining their conversation.

"Well, Lei is pretty, but....i dunno," Squid continued.

"What about Static?" Zigzag said, "I think she's the hottest!"

"I dunno," Squid replied. "Fidget isn't really what I'm lookin' for but she is cute. And Rogue-" Xray smiled really big "-she seems like too much of a killer for me."

"Well maybe for you," Xray said. "But i know i can tame her!"

"Well Squid, that leaves one girl you haven't said anything about," Zigzag said.

"Who? Chase?" Squid shrugged his shoulders, "I dunno enough about her. She hasn't said a word in front of me and the fact that no one but Zippy knows about the crime she committed is kinda' weird."

"Yeah, but she is hot," Xray said, Zigzag nodded his head in agreement. "Maybe if you just 'feel-her-out' she'll open all up to you."

"You two will have beautiful children!" Zigzag said, then both he and Xray laughed.

"I like Zero!" Zippy said, bouncing along beside Chase. "He's soooo cute!"

"Yup, and it's so obvious he likes you," Chase replied smiling.

"So, what do you think about the guys?" Zippy asked, "What do you think about Zigzag?"

"What, that tall kid with the weird hair?" Chase said with a smirk, "So not my type!"

"Do you even have a type?" Zippy asked.

Chase shrugged.

"Did you think Magnet was cute?" Zippy tried again.

"Eh, maso menus," Chase replied. Then at the confused look on Zippy's face she replied, "He's just okay. I would never date him though! He's so into girl's looks that he'd probably cheat on me the day after we started dating."

"Sheesh Chase," Zippy said. "Have at least a little faith in people, would you?" Then she asked, "What do you think about Squid?"

"That stupid kid that kept staring at me?" Chase said with a cold laugh, "His mother really ought to have taught him some manners!"

Zippy shook her head. "I give up!" she said, "You'll never date again so why do i bother asking you about boys?"

Chase smiled, "Hey that's okay; it's probably healthy for me to have someone looking out for me all the time!"

A big grin spread across Zippy's face.

"Hey, wanna come in for a little bit?" Xray asked the girls; he was holding the tent flap of the boy's tent open.

"Sure!" Lei said, she, Fidget, and Static walked right in. Magnetic went in next.

"Come on!" Zippy said, grabbing Chase's hand before she had a chance to sulk off to the girl's tent.

But Rogue refused, and even though Xray still held the tent flap open, waiting for her to come in, she passed him by and walked into the girl's tent.

"Sit down where ever you want," Zigzag said, dropping onto his cot.

Fidget sat next to Twitch on his cot, Lei sat down on the floor, her legs crossed, Static leaned against Zigzag's bed but didn't sit down, Magnetic sat on Squid's bed (to his dismay), and Zippy and Chase sat down on Zero's cot with him.

"So what do you guys think about Green Lake so far?" Armpit asked.

"I think i could learn to like it," Static said, looking at Zigzag.

Everyone seemed to start talking at once, all of them seemed to break off into groups of two, three, or four, all talking excitedly, everyone seemed to be falling in love-except Chase. She had never thought she'd feel this way but all of a sudden she found herself thinking about Rogue and how she hated everyone. Chase found herself realizing what it was to be the tough girl; it meant being alone. Independence never had seemed like a bad thing-until now. Chase looked around the room; first at Twitch and Fidget who were talking really quickly while one fidgeted and the other twitched. Then she saw Xray, Static, and Zigzag laughing at a joke just shared. Lei, Magnetic, Armpit, and Magnet were talking in a corner of the tent. Then she saw Zero and Zippy, both looking a little bashful as they talked on the very same cot she was now sitting on. Then she saw a boy who was sitting on a cot on the opposite side of the tent, watching her. It was Squid. He wasn't talking to anyone, but sitting there, staring at her from across the room. She raised her eyebrows as if to say "what's your problem", but instead of looking away from her he just tilted his head a little to the side and kept on staring. Chase rolled her eyes and looked away, but the feeling of being watched was very uncomfortable. The next time she looked back at Squid he was sitting right beside her on Zero's cot.

"What the!" Chase cried; she had almost fallen off the bed with such surprise.

"Hey," Squid said.

"Um.....Hi," Chase said, she did not feel like talking to him.

"So, you likin' Greenlake so far?" he asked her.

"Not really," she snapped; she was trying to drive him away.

"Well don't worry," he said. "It'll get better for you."

"Oh yeah!" Chase said sarcastically. "Tomorrow i start digging stupid holes here; how much more fun."

Squid smiled. "Well I wasn't talking about the holes," he said. "But if you would enjoy digging holes here be my guest."

Chase glanced darkly at him. He was a tough costumer to drive away, but she knew she could do it. She just had to prove to him that she would never do anything more for him than let him sit by her once in his life.

"Why're you so negative all the time," Squid knew this wasn't a very good question, and he knew he wouldn't get much of an answer, but he was curious about what her crime had been that he had to ask.

"None of your business," Chase snapped, but Squid did see a big change in her; she now looked on the verge of being traumatized and miserable.

"Listen," Chase said. "I'm not feeling so well-must've been those beans i ate-so I'm gonna go now." She got up and left the tent.

But Squid had watched her at dinner and she hadn't even taken a bite.