"I cannot believe this!" Magnetic said.
All the D tent girls were sitting in their tent, all of them, but Magnetic, were still smelly and dirty.
Magnetic was sitting on her cot, wrapped in a white robe, wearing slippers that portrayed frogs. Her long blonde hair was still wet as she sat there pouting.
"Oh great," Chase said. "No more showers for six more months!"
"And I thought all the boys were nice," Fidget said, putting her arm around the distressed Magnetic.
"And I ACTUALLY thought Magnet was kinda' cute!" Magnetic cried.
"So did I," Static said. Then after taking a deep breath she wrinkled her nose and said, "Man I stink! This really sucks!"
But Static wasn't the only one who stank. That night at dinner the cafeteria didn't smell good. The only girl any of the D tent boys wouldn't mind sitting by was Magnetic, but she sat at the very end of the table, across from Rogue, as she was so distrot.
"What are we going to do about this though?" Zippy asked after dinner that evening. "I can't go without a shower!"
Chase looked over at Lei, who was lying beneath her nice sheets, her eyes closed.
"I have an idea," Chase said, turning back to Zippy.
* * *
The sun beat down on them as they dug the next day, the girls feeling completely gross and grimy.
"So girls, what do you think about Camp Greenlake so far?" Mr. Pendanski asked, as he filled Lei's canteen later that day.
The girls shrugged, and looked at each other. Magnetic's face tightened.
"Man this is so gross," Lei said, the girls were walking back towards the compound around five, all feeling tired and sick. "Another day without a shower."
Chase winked at Zippy.
"I wanna take a shower first!" Zippy said, the other girls stared at her.
"So you wanna risk utter humiliation?" Lei asked.
Static shrugged. "Well she is a lot shorter than Magnetic; maybe no one will see anything?"
"Are you desperate for a shower?" Fidget asked Zippy.
"You'll see," Zippy said, grinning.
When they reached the compound there were already a bunch of girls moping about the showers. But Chase walked right past them and went into the girl's D tent. A few seconds later she came back out, carrying the old gray sheets Lei had exchanged for her Hawaiian sheets.
"Ah, I see the wheels turning," Lei said, as Chase walked toward one of the shower stalls. She then took one of the sheets and pinned it up around the top of the shower stall.
"Why didn't I think about that!" Static said.
"The Girl Shower is now open!" Chase said, stepping back and checking her work.
Zippy grabbed a towel and ran to the stall.
"Yeah, but what if one of the boys pulls the curtain back while we're in the shower?" a thin girl from tent E asked.
"There's always gonna be girls around here," Chase replied. "We can watch out for whoever is taking a shower. Plus if that doesn't work there's always the Warden to consult with," she raised her eyebrows at Magnet, who was standing off to the side with the other D tent boys.
After the D tent girls had taken their showers they decided to check out the Wreck Room.
"Oh I get why they call it the 'Wreck Room'," Zippy said, as the girls walked into the room. Everything was broken and if it wasn't broken yet it was on it's way.
Zigzag sat staring at a television with a broken antenna, a lot of the Greenlake boys sat around on old couches and chairs. Some boys played pool, some were playing phoos ball, but most were just sitting around relaxing after a long day of digging.
Magnetic frowned at the radio that was playing rock music.
"Hey," Xray said when the girls walked in, but to his dismay Rogue hadn't come with them.
"Sit down," Twitch said, gesturing to the couches and chairs.
Magnetic made sure she was nowhere near Magnet when she chose a place to sit. Most of the girls sat kind of grouped together, as there were some rowdy looking boys in this room.
Zero sat down next to Zippy. "Hey," he said.
Zippy smiled.
"Anyone up for a game of pool?" Squid asked, walking over to one of the vacant pool tables.
"Chase wants to play!" Zippy cried.
Chase shot Zippy a surprised look. "No I don't!" she said.
"But just outside you were telling me how much you wanted to play a game of pool," Zippy said loudly, ever grinning.
"I never-" Chase began.
"What, you afraid I'll beat you?" Squid asked.
"What?" Chase said turning to him. "I am not afraid."
"Then why won't you play?" Zigzag asked her.
"I-I just-" Chase was having trouble coming up with something good to say.
"Yeah Chase, why won't you play?" Fidget asked, smiling.
Was everyone out to set her up with Squid? Chase had no choice but to play with him-or at least that's how it felt. She stood up and whispered to Zippy that she was going to have to pay for this, but Zippy just smiled and waved Chase goodbye.
"Hey," Squid said, handing Chase one of the pool sticks. Chase glared at him.
"Just start the game," she said.
The game began pretty quickly as Chase didn't really feel like talking to Squid all that much.
"Sorry about the other night," Squid said, apologizing for his rude question two evenings ago. He positioned himself so he could hit the fifth ball.
"Yeah, whatever," Chase said, moving around the table.
"You know, if you smiled once in a while it'd make you a whole lot prettier," Squid said.
"Well isn't that nice to know," Chase said, scowling harder. Then she hit the fifteenth ball and it rolled into the pocket.
"Nice shot," Squid said, aiming his pool stick at the second ball. "I hear you like leadin' people on a chase," he said.
"Why else would my name be Chase," Chase said, walking around the table looking for a shot she could make.
"Cops, boys....." Squid continued, watching Chase.
"Everyone," Chase said. "Especially boys."
"Why?" Squid asked. "What's wrong with boys?"
"You want me to tell you everything that's wrong with boys?" Chase said, hitting the seventh ball, which just missed the pocket.
"Well not everything," Squid said. "Just the gist of it: Why do you hate boys?"
"I never said I hated all boys," Chase replied. "A few are nice; like Zero over there," she cocked her head towards the group of couches where most of D tent was sitting. "But all the other boys are dirty, rude, stupid morons that I love to squash like bugs."
Squid smiled.
"I mean, why the hell does your kind think you know everything? And the way you're always showing off in front off people; it's stupid! And I HATE how 'humans' are called 'man-kind'-I mean we aren't all men! And it's not like men rule the world!"
Squid laughed, then he shot the seventh ball into the pocket.
"Show off," Chase said.
Squid smiled, then gave a big pout and said, "But don't you think some of us are cute?"
"Well if you're talking about yourself then I say N-O," Chase replied. "But sure, some guys are kinda' cute-but that's your secret weapon! You lure girls in with your faces and your muscles, and then you use the girl for your own stupid, evil purposes!"
Squid laughed at this too. "Well then what's up with girls looks?" he asked.
Chase furrowed her brow.
"I mean a lot of you girls lure us in with your looks and then you have us buy you everything and then you dump us for the richer guy."
"Not all girls do that!" Chase said.
"Well not all boys use girls either," Squid replied. This stopped Chase for a moment. "Ah ha!" Squid said, then he leaned down and hit the last ball, the eighth ball, into the pocket.
"Good game," he said, walking right up next to Chase and holding out his hand. Reluctantly Chase shook it, and from across the room Zippy smiled as she watched them.
All the D tent girls were sitting in their tent, all of them, but Magnetic, were still smelly and dirty.
Magnetic was sitting on her cot, wrapped in a white robe, wearing slippers that portrayed frogs. Her long blonde hair was still wet as she sat there pouting.
"Oh great," Chase said. "No more showers for six more months!"
"And I thought all the boys were nice," Fidget said, putting her arm around the distressed Magnetic.
"And I ACTUALLY thought Magnet was kinda' cute!" Magnetic cried.
"So did I," Static said. Then after taking a deep breath she wrinkled her nose and said, "Man I stink! This really sucks!"
But Static wasn't the only one who stank. That night at dinner the cafeteria didn't smell good. The only girl any of the D tent boys wouldn't mind sitting by was Magnetic, but she sat at the very end of the table, across from Rogue, as she was so distrot.
"What are we going to do about this though?" Zippy asked after dinner that evening. "I can't go without a shower!"
Chase looked over at Lei, who was lying beneath her nice sheets, her eyes closed.
"I have an idea," Chase said, turning back to Zippy.
* * *
The sun beat down on them as they dug the next day, the girls feeling completely gross and grimy.
"So girls, what do you think about Camp Greenlake so far?" Mr. Pendanski asked, as he filled Lei's canteen later that day.
The girls shrugged, and looked at each other. Magnetic's face tightened.
"Man this is so gross," Lei said, the girls were walking back towards the compound around five, all feeling tired and sick. "Another day without a shower."
Chase winked at Zippy.
"I wanna take a shower first!" Zippy said, the other girls stared at her.
"So you wanna risk utter humiliation?" Lei asked.
Static shrugged. "Well she is a lot shorter than Magnetic; maybe no one will see anything?"
"Are you desperate for a shower?" Fidget asked Zippy.
"You'll see," Zippy said, grinning.
When they reached the compound there were already a bunch of girls moping about the showers. But Chase walked right past them and went into the girl's D tent. A few seconds later she came back out, carrying the old gray sheets Lei had exchanged for her Hawaiian sheets.
"Ah, I see the wheels turning," Lei said, as Chase walked toward one of the shower stalls. She then took one of the sheets and pinned it up around the top of the shower stall.
"Why didn't I think about that!" Static said.
"The Girl Shower is now open!" Chase said, stepping back and checking her work.
Zippy grabbed a towel and ran to the stall.
"Yeah, but what if one of the boys pulls the curtain back while we're in the shower?" a thin girl from tent E asked.
"There's always gonna be girls around here," Chase replied. "We can watch out for whoever is taking a shower. Plus if that doesn't work there's always the Warden to consult with," she raised her eyebrows at Magnet, who was standing off to the side with the other D tent boys.
After the D tent girls had taken their showers they decided to check out the Wreck Room.
"Oh I get why they call it the 'Wreck Room'," Zippy said, as the girls walked into the room. Everything was broken and if it wasn't broken yet it was on it's way.
Zigzag sat staring at a television with a broken antenna, a lot of the Greenlake boys sat around on old couches and chairs. Some boys played pool, some were playing phoos ball, but most were just sitting around relaxing after a long day of digging.
Magnetic frowned at the radio that was playing rock music.
"Hey," Xray said when the girls walked in, but to his dismay Rogue hadn't come with them.
"Sit down," Twitch said, gesturing to the couches and chairs.
Magnetic made sure she was nowhere near Magnet when she chose a place to sit. Most of the girls sat kind of grouped together, as there were some rowdy looking boys in this room.
Zero sat down next to Zippy. "Hey," he said.
Zippy smiled.
"Anyone up for a game of pool?" Squid asked, walking over to one of the vacant pool tables.
"Chase wants to play!" Zippy cried.
Chase shot Zippy a surprised look. "No I don't!" she said.
"But just outside you were telling me how much you wanted to play a game of pool," Zippy said loudly, ever grinning.
"I never-" Chase began.
"What, you afraid I'll beat you?" Squid asked.
"What?" Chase said turning to him. "I am not afraid."
"Then why won't you play?" Zigzag asked her.
"I-I just-" Chase was having trouble coming up with something good to say.
"Yeah Chase, why won't you play?" Fidget asked, smiling.
Was everyone out to set her up with Squid? Chase had no choice but to play with him-or at least that's how it felt. She stood up and whispered to Zippy that she was going to have to pay for this, but Zippy just smiled and waved Chase goodbye.
"Hey," Squid said, handing Chase one of the pool sticks. Chase glared at him.
"Just start the game," she said.
The game began pretty quickly as Chase didn't really feel like talking to Squid all that much.
"Sorry about the other night," Squid said, apologizing for his rude question two evenings ago. He positioned himself so he could hit the fifth ball.
"Yeah, whatever," Chase said, moving around the table.
"You know, if you smiled once in a while it'd make you a whole lot prettier," Squid said.
"Well isn't that nice to know," Chase said, scowling harder. Then she hit the fifteenth ball and it rolled into the pocket.
"Nice shot," Squid said, aiming his pool stick at the second ball. "I hear you like leadin' people on a chase," he said.
"Why else would my name be Chase," Chase said, walking around the table looking for a shot she could make.
"Cops, boys....." Squid continued, watching Chase.
"Everyone," Chase said. "Especially boys."
"Why?" Squid asked. "What's wrong with boys?"
"You want me to tell you everything that's wrong with boys?" Chase said, hitting the seventh ball, which just missed the pocket.
"Well not everything," Squid said. "Just the gist of it: Why do you hate boys?"
"I never said I hated all boys," Chase replied. "A few are nice; like Zero over there," she cocked her head towards the group of couches where most of D tent was sitting. "But all the other boys are dirty, rude, stupid morons that I love to squash like bugs."
Squid smiled.
"I mean, why the hell does your kind think you know everything? And the way you're always showing off in front off people; it's stupid! And I HATE how 'humans' are called 'man-kind'-I mean we aren't all men! And it's not like men rule the world!"
Squid laughed, then he shot the seventh ball into the pocket.
"Show off," Chase said.
Squid smiled, then gave a big pout and said, "But don't you think some of us are cute?"
"Well if you're talking about yourself then I say N-O," Chase replied. "But sure, some guys are kinda' cute-but that's your secret weapon! You lure girls in with your faces and your muscles, and then you use the girl for your own stupid, evil purposes!"
Squid laughed at this too. "Well then what's up with girls looks?" he asked.
Chase furrowed her brow.
"I mean a lot of you girls lure us in with your looks and then you have us buy you everything and then you dump us for the richer guy."
"Not all girls do that!" Chase said.
"Well not all boys use girls either," Squid replied. This stopped Chase for a moment. "Ah ha!" Squid said, then he leaned down and hit the last ball, the eighth ball, into the pocket.
"Good game," he said, walking right up next to Chase and holding out his hand. Reluctantly Chase shook it, and from across the room Zippy smiled as she watched them.