Lei spread her sheet out on the ground. She and Fidget had been sharing a
sheet ever since the boys had arrived as Fidget had let Twitch use her
sheet. Twitch offered to share it with Fidget but at the time she thought
that would have been kind of weird so Lei offered to share hers.
They had been walking for about twenty minutes since the sun had gone down, and now everyone was getting ready to go to sleep. Chase held back, seeming polite as she let everyone lye down where they wanted. But her purpose wasn't to be polite, it was to get a spot next to Squid. When everyone had spread their sheet out or was sitting on the ground (leaving a small space next to Squid open) Chase stood there, putting on a show.
"There's not much room left," she said in a worried voice. "Anyone have any room by them?"
Zero had plenty of room beside him but knew what Chase was trying to do (he was the only one who knew what Chase was trying to do), so he spread out, making the large space beside him just barely a sliver.
"No?" Chase asked looking around hopefully.
"I could move over if you wanted?" Lei suggested.
"But then you guys would be crowded," Chase said quickly.
"Don't worry," Squid said. "There's room here," he said, gesturing to the space beside him.
"You sure?" Chase asked him, trying not to seem TOO obvious. Zero lightly kicked her in the ankle.
"I'm positive," Squid replied.
Chase stepped over Static's legs to get over to Squid. "Hey," she said slowly, spreading her sheet out on the small space of ground she would be sleeping on. Then she looked from the sheet to Squid. "Do you wanna use this?" she asked.
"Naw," Squid said, then he turned and continued a conversation he'd been having with Xray. Chase lyed back on her sheet and watched Squid-even though she couldn't see his face. She just wanted to wrap her arms around him and rest her head on his shoulder. She was a little bit jealous of Zippy for being able to sleep against him earlier. She thought about it for a second, thought about the possibilty of climbing back up the landslide and falling off it on purpose just so she could be carried by Squid. The idea made Chase laugh-that is until she realized she was laughing out loud.
Squid turned and looked at her curiously. "What's so funny?" he asked.
"Erm.......nothing," Chase said embarrassedly.
Squid eyed her suspiciously.
"You're sure it's nothing?" Lei asked with a laugh. "You were laughin' pretty darn hard girl."
"Seriously-it was just a funny thought that came into my head-i didn't even know I was laughing out loud at first!" Chase replied.
Squid gave her a charming-yet suspicious-smile that just made her want to scream.
Chase lay back and stared up at the dark sky. There weren't that many stars out tonight-it was as if even the Heavens were mad at her for not sharing her true feelings with Squid. Chase rolled over to supress her new tears. Why was she so stupid? She told herself it was her fault Squid didn't love her anymore, it was her fault Zippy couldn't walk very well now, it was her fault all of them were out here starving for civilization and dodging rattle snakes and yellow spotted lizards. If she hadn't been so stupid and full of TOO much pride she would have just adjusted to Camp Green Lake, fallen in love with Squid, and had a great time even though she'd still have to dig holes in the hot sun all day. But what was worse; digging holes or crawling across the desert in search of a road that may not even exsist?
"You okay?" someone said softly into her ear.
Chase knew who it was, and she knew she definitly didn't want to look into their amazing eyes right now. So she nodded into her sheets indicating that everything was find and she was just really tired. But then that certain, special someone brushed Chase's hair away from her face-and she knew Squid knew she was crying-how did he always know? Chase turned to face him. "I'm just.........I'm just still sad about Zippy," Chase said, wiping away her tears. "It's all my fault she fell-if I had just climbed down to that rock faster I-" She started crying again.
"It's not your fault," Squid said in a hushed voice. "These things just happen-everything just happens for a reason." He gave a little laugh and grinned. "Never thought I'd hear myself say that," he said.
Chase smiled. She wiped away her most recent tears, thankful that she hadn't been wearing mascara when they left Camp Green Lake. "So," she said, "What have you and Xray been talking about all the time; you sure have been laughing a lot now?"
"Oh, just stuff about Camp Green Lake and everything," he replied. "Stuff like how we used to think Olivia Danker was the hottest girl ever-but now she doesn't even compare to these other girls we know," he smiled at Chase.
Chase turned away as she blushed. She wondered what Rogue would do if Xray said that exact same line; she would probably punch him in the face.
"Goodnight," Squid said, still smiling. Then he turned away and gradually fell asleep.
"I wonder if they found anyone to replace us at Camp Green Lake yet?" Zippy said. She was being carried by Squid even though she was awake and seemed well. The problem was that her legs weren't stronge enough to carry her yet, but other than that her health seemed to be back full throttle. Sure it was great that she was awake now, but she just wouldn't stop talking. It was as if she had been asleep for years and now had just woke up to a strange new world and had millions of questions about it.
"Do you think they've replaced us yet Chase? Wouldn't it be weird if the people were a lot like us? I saw a movie like that one time-it was weird!"
"Yeah Zip, our replacements are Squidlet, Xbox, Ziggers, Magnetic's twin, Twitchy, Zerowina, and Double Pit," Chase said with a laugh.
"I resent that," Armpit said, but he was smiling all the same.
"Yeah and the boy's replacements are Chaser, Rowge, Electro, Magnet's twin, Digit, Zippo, and Hula," Zippy said smiling.
"Zippo?" Chase asked with a laugh.
"But do you really think we have been replaced?" Zippy asked.
Chase shrugged. "Only if the Warden's gone mad I suppose; I mean why would she let us get replaced when that risks the chance of people finding out we're gone? The Warden doesn't want to lose her job."
"Was the Warden at Camp Lakeway anything like the Warden at Green Lake?" Zero asked.
Chase and Zippy started laughing. "No way!" they said together.
"See," Zippy explained. "The Warden at Lakeway didn't even seem like he was ready to run a camp full of criminals. He was too shy and feeble and stuff."
"Yeah," Chase agreed. "I kinda' feel sorry for him; he spent most of his time hiding behind his desk."
"Well I don't feel sorry for him," Lei said. "He banned us from listening to music while we dug!"
"You could have just attacked him," Magnetic said. "He would have given you anything you wanted-I know."
"You were one of those girls who was scaring that poor guy all the time?" Fidget asked.
"So what if I was?" Magnetic said. "If he didn't want to be around criminal girls and all that comes with them he shouldn't have applied for the job!"
"He didn't apply for that job," Static explained. "It was the family business-he had to do it!"
"Yeah, his aunt ran the camp before he did," Chase said. "She was around when I got there-and when Rogue was there, but she left before Zippy got there."
Xray turned to look at Rogue but she was still ignoring everyone.
"Man, that woman was horrid!" Chase continued. "I feel really sorry for that guy; not only was he forced to run a juvenile correctional facility but he also had a terrible family-he was the only small and scrawny one in his family!"
"So this guys aunt was worse than the Warden at Green Lake?" Twitch asked.
Chase nodded, her eyes wide. "WA-AY worse!" she said. "We couldn't even listen to music in the privacy of our tents-she took our walkmans away when we arrived at Camp Lakeway!"
"Urgh, that must have sucked," Lei said.
"Oh yeah," Chase said. "God Camp Lakeway was Hell before she left."
"Didn't you have any friends there?" Squid asked.
"Not until Zippy got there," Chase said. "Everyone in my tent was a lot older then me-and all of them were stupid bitches," Chase scowled at the memory. "My only friends were two of our councelors; Friction and Whipped Cream."
"Mmm! Whipped Cream," Magnetic said, licking her lips. Magnet eyed her coldly.
"I wonder what's become of Whipped Cream since he was let go from Lakeway?" Fidget asked.
"I'm sure he's doin' just fine," Static said with a laugh. "He's probably got it good at where ever he works now as his boss's daughter is DEFINITLY after him!"
"Yeah," Lei said in a dreamy voice.
The boys of D tent looked at each other with wide eyes.
"Oh please," Zippy said. "I never thought Whipped Cream was that hot!............Not as hot as Zero is anyway!"
Zero smiled up at her.
"Well I always thought Whipped Cream was hot, and I really miss him," Magnetic pouted.
Magnet glared at her, though she didn't notice.
"Yeah, that's great," ZigZag said. "Now can we talk about something else?"
"Aw," Static said, leaning against ZigZag. "The guys feel left out!"
"Don't worry," Fidget said grinning. "You guys are WAY hotter than Whipped Cream."
Twitch smiled and moved closer to Fidget as if he was hoping for another kiss, but she didn't seem to get the message and just kept walking.
"Does anyone have a lighter?" ZigZag asked.
Static stared at him in confusion. "What could you possibly want to burn?" she asked. "It's sweltering hot out here-a fire wouldn't help anything!"
ZigZag shrugged, and shook his head.
"He says he likes to watch things burn," Squid said with a laugh.
ZigZag looked embarrassed.
"Oh," Static mouthed.
"Yeah, I used to burn things all the time-I guess I'm kinda like a pyro or something," Zigzag grinned a little crazily.
Everyone stared at him with wide, wary eyes.
They had been walking for about twenty minutes since the sun had gone down, and now everyone was getting ready to go to sleep. Chase held back, seeming polite as she let everyone lye down where they wanted. But her purpose wasn't to be polite, it was to get a spot next to Squid. When everyone had spread their sheet out or was sitting on the ground (leaving a small space next to Squid open) Chase stood there, putting on a show.
"There's not much room left," she said in a worried voice. "Anyone have any room by them?"
Zero had plenty of room beside him but knew what Chase was trying to do (he was the only one who knew what Chase was trying to do), so he spread out, making the large space beside him just barely a sliver.
"No?" Chase asked looking around hopefully.
"I could move over if you wanted?" Lei suggested.
"But then you guys would be crowded," Chase said quickly.
"Don't worry," Squid said. "There's room here," he said, gesturing to the space beside him.
"You sure?" Chase asked him, trying not to seem TOO obvious. Zero lightly kicked her in the ankle.
"I'm positive," Squid replied.
Chase stepped over Static's legs to get over to Squid. "Hey," she said slowly, spreading her sheet out on the small space of ground she would be sleeping on. Then she looked from the sheet to Squid. "Do you wanna use this?" she asked.
"Naw," Squid said, then he turned and continued a conversation he'd been having with Xray. Chase lyed back on her sheet and watched Squid-even though she couldn't see his face. She just wanted to wrap her arms around him and rest her head on his shoulder. She was a little bit jealous of Zippy for being able to sleep against him earlier. She thought about it for a second, thought about the possibilty of climbing back up the landslide and falling off it on purpose just so she could be carried by Squid. The idea made Chase laugh-that is until she realized she was laughing out loud.
Squid turned and looked at her curiously. "What's so funny?" he asked.
"Erm.......nothing," Chase said embarrassedly.
Squid eyed her suspiciously.
"You're sure it's nothing?" Lei asked with a laugh. "You were laughin' pretty darn hard girl."
"Seriously-it was just a funny thought that came into my head-i didn't even know I was laughing out loud at first!" Chase replied.
Squid gave her a charming-yet suspicious-smile that just made her want to scream.
Chase lay back and stared up at the dark sky. There weren't that many stars out tonight-it was as if even the Heavens were mad at her for not sharing her true feelings with Squid. Chase rolled over to supress her new tears. Why was she so stupid? She told herself it was her fault Squid didn't love her anymore, it was her fault Zippy couldn't walk very well now, it was her fault all of them were out here starving for civilization and dodging rattle snakes and yellow spotted lizards. If she hadn't been so stupid and full of TOO much pride she would have just adjusted to Camp Green Lake, fallen in love with Squid, and had a great time even though she'd still have to dig holes in the hot sun all day. But what was worse; digging holes or crawling across the desert in search of a road that may not even exsist?
"You okay?" someone said softly into her ear.
Chase knew who it was, and she knew she definitly didn't want to look into their amazing eyes right now. So she nodded into her sheets indicating that everything was find and she was just really tired. But then that certain, special someone brushed Chase's hair away from her face-and she knew Squid knew she was crying-how did he always know? Chase turned to face him. "I'm just.........I'm just still sad about Zippy," Chase said, wiping away her tears. "It's all my fault she fell-if I had just climbed down to that rock faster I-" She started crying again.
"It's not your fault," Squid said in a hushed voice. "These things just happen-everything just happens for a reason." He gave a little laugh and grinned. "Never thought I'd hear myself say that," he said.
Chase smiled. She wiped away her most recent tears, thankful that she hadn't been wearing mascara when they left Camp Green Lake. "So," she said, "What have you and Xray been talking about all the time; you sure have been laughing a lot now?"
"Oh, just stuff about Camp Green Lake and everything," he replied. "Stuff like how we used to think Olivia Danker was the hottest girl ever-but now she doesn't even compare to these other girls we know," he smiled at Chase.
Chase turned away as she blushed. She wondered what Rogue would do if Xray said that exact same line; she would probably punch him in the face.
"Goodnight," Squid said, still smiling. Then he turned away and gradually fell asleep.
"I wonder if they found anyone to replace us at Camp Green Lake yet?" Zippy said. She was being carried by Squid even though she was awake and seemed well. The problem was that her legs weren't stronge enough to carry her yet, but other than that her health seemed to be back full throttle. Sure it was great that she was awake now, but she just wouldn't stop talking. It was as if she had been asleep for years and now had just woke up to a strange new world and had millions of questions about it.
"Do you think they've replaced us yet Chase? Wouldn't it be weird if the people were a lot like us? I saw a movie like that one time-it was weird!"
"Yeah Zip, our replacements are Squidlet, Xbox, Ziggers, Magnetic's twin, Twitchy, Zerowina, and Double Pit," Chase said with a laugh.
"I resent that," Armpit said, but he was smiling all the same.
"Yeah and the boy's replacements are Chaser, Rowge, Electro, Magnet's twin, Digit, Zippo, and Hula," Zippy said smiling.
"Zippo?" Chase asked with a laugh.
"But do you really think we have been replaced?" Zippy asked.
Chase shrugged. "Only if the Warden's gone mad I suppose; I mean why would she let us get replaced when that risks the chance of people finding out we're gone? The Warden doesn't want to lose her job."
"Was the Warden at Camp Lakeway anything like the Warden at Green Lake?" Zero asked.
Chase and Zippy started laughing. "No way!" they said together.
"See," Zippy explained. "The Warden at Lakeway didn't even seem like he was ready to run a camp full of criminals. He was too shy and feeble and stuff."
"Yeah," Chase agreed. "I kinda' feel sorry for him; he spent most of his time hiding behind his desk."
"Well I don't feel sorry for him," Lei said. "He banned us from listening to music while we dug!"
"You could have just attacked him," Magnetic said. "He would have given you anything you wanted-I know."
"You were one of those girls who was scaring that poor guy all the time?" Fidget asked.
"So what if I was?" Magnetic said. "If he didn't want to be around criminal girls and all that comes with them he shouldn't have applied for the job!"
"He didn't apply for that job," Static explained. "It was the family business-he had to do it!"
"Yeah, his aunt ran the camp before he did," Chase said. "She was around when I got there-and when Rogue was there, but she left before Zippy got there."
Xray turned to look at Rogue but she was still ignoring everyone.
"Man, that woman was horrid!" Chase continued. "I feel really sorry for that guy; not only was he forced to run a juvenile correctional facility but he also had a terrible family-he was the only small and scrawny one in his family!"
"So this guys aunt was worse than the Warden at Green Lake?" Twitch asked.
Chase nodded, her eyes wide. "WA-AY worse!" she said. "We couldn't even listen to music in the privacy of our tents-she took our walkmans away when we arrived at Camp Lakeway!"
"Urgh, that must have sucked," Lei said.
"Oh yeah," Chase said. "God Camp Lakeway was Hell before she left."
"Didn't you have any friends there?" Squid asked.
"Not until Zippy got there," Chase said. "Everyone in my tent was a lot older then me-and all of them were stupid bitches," Chase scowled at the memory. "My only friends were two of our councelors; Friction and Whipped Cream."
"Mmm! Whipped Cream," Magnetic said, licking her lips. Magnet eyed her coldly.
"I wonder what's become of Whipped Cream since he was let go from Lakeway?" Fidget asked.
"I'm sure he's doin' just fine," Static said with a laugh. "He's probably got it good at where ever he works now as his boss's daughter is DEFINITLY after him!"
"Yeah," Lei said in a dreamy voice.
The boys of D tent looked at each other with wide eyes.
"Oh please," Zippy said. "I never thought Whipped Cream was that hot!............Not as hot as Zero is anyway!"
Zero smiled up at her.
"Well I always thought Whipped Cream was hot, and I really miss him," Magnetic pouted.
Magnet glared at her, though she didn't notice.
"Yeah, that's great," ZigZag said. "Now can we talk about something else?"
"Aw," Static said, leaning against ZigZag. "The guys feel left out!"
"Don't worry," Fidget said grinning. "You guys are WAY hotter than Whipped Cream."
Twitch smiled and moved closer to Fidget as if he was hoping for another kiss, but she didn't seem to get the message and just kept walking.
"Does anyone have a lighter?" ZigZag asked.
Static stared at him in confusion. "What could you possibly want to burn?" she asked. "It's sweltering hot out here-a fire wouldn't help anything!"
ZigZag shrugged, and shook his head.
"He says he likes to watch things burn," Squid said with a laugh.
ZigZag looked embarrassed.
"Oh," Static mouthed.
"Yeah, I used to burn things all the time-I guess I'm kinda like a pyro or something," Zigzag grinned a little crazily.
Everyone stared at him with wide, wary eyes.