The wheels of the bus taking Misty to Camp Greenlake made large clouds of dust behind them. Every time she was sent to a juvenile delinquent camp for girls they kicked her out because it wasn't punishment enough for her. So they decided to send her to a boy's camp.
People, even mom and step dad, referred to her as a 'domestic disturbance.' She looked out the window of the bus and ran her fingers through her long, thin, blonde hair anticipating the eighteen months ahead of her. She was used to going to being around juvenile girls, but not guys.
She looked at her reflection in the window. Skinny, blonde hair, gray eyes, and pale skin. Her left eyebrow was pierced. She had both of her ears pierced five times and her cartilage on her left ear was also pierced. Most everyone told her she was too intelligent and pretty to ruin her life being a pierced up juvenile delinquent, but they didn't know why she was like this, no one but her step dad knew.
The wheels of the bus slowed to a stop and she saw where she was. She grabbed her backpack and walked toward the front of the bus.
"A new guy."
"Who is it?" Said a few people.
When she stepped off the bus everyone was silent for a minute.
"A girl."
"It's a girl."
"Why is she here?"
"You must be Misty Barlow." Said an aging man chewing on sunflower seeds that came up to her.
"Damn strait." She replied rudely.
"Not 'damn strait.' It's 'Yes, Mr. Sir.' "
"Whatever."
"Follow me." He replied leading her to a very small building that, like everything else, looked like a shack. "The Warden says that since you're a girl you get two suits for each day, one for working in, one for relaxing in. Which is better than I can say for the guys. They get one for every three days. You can come here everyday and get yourself a clean one when you need it."
He handed her a two suits and led her out of the shack.
"The Warden also says that you can use the shower that we counselors use. It's over there. She says that boys these days… well… you know. That is where you eat." He said pointing to a large building where a lot of boys were congregating. "That is the Wreck Room, there you can spend your leisure time." He continued pointing to another large building. "Hold on a second. ALRIGHT EVERYONE, INTO YOU TENTS!" Then every guy in the camp ran to the enormous green tents lined up just past the Wreck Room. "You, Misty, will be staying in D-Tent. Pendanski!" Yelled Mr. Sir.
Then a short, sunburned, man came to join us.
"Yes, Mr. Sir." The man said giving Misty a threatening glare.
"Take her to her tent." Mr. Sir said.
He led her into a tent with seven occupied beds and one empty one inside it.
"Boys, this is Misty Barlow. She is going to be staying in this tent."
Misty stood there with her arms crossed.
"What's she in for, wearing too much lipstick?" Asked a large black boy who was lying on his bed.
"No, Theodore."
"It's Armpit, fool."
"Armpit… She's in for a large amount of bad things she did. While she is here you will respect her. If I get word that you have been… misbehaving, you will be digging me two holes a day. You can take your time until dinner getting to know her. Got it?"
"Sure thing." Said Armpit.
Pendanski left the tent.
"I'm Armpit." Said the large boy who was taller than her.
No one said anything else.
"Come on guys you heard what Pendanski said. Introduce yourselves."
"I'm X-Ray." Said another black boy with very thick black glasses rudely who was also taller than her.
"Why should I tell you my name? You could be a spy for a secret government agency for all we know. If I tell you my name…" Said a white guy with very strange hair insecurely, who, just happened to be, taller than her.
"That's Zigzag. He's pretty paranoid, ignore him. I'm Squid." Said another tall tough looking guy with a toothpick in his mouth that was sitting on the bed next to the empty one.
"I'm Magnet, HEY! Armpit, get your crap outta my crate." Said the Mexican guy who was taller than her.
"I'm Barfbag." Said a sickly looking guy who was taller than her.
"Who's that?" I asked pointing to a tiny black boy lying on his bed staring at the ceiling.
"Oh, that's Zero. He don't talk." Said Squid.
"Those aren't your real names are they?" Misty asked relieved that at least one person there wasn't taller than her.
"No. We all have nicknames. We'll think of one for you eventually." Replied Barfbag.
"So what did you do to get in here?" Asked Magnet.
"Well like Pendanski said, a lot of bad crap. Breaking windows, spray painting walls, stuff like that. My step dad finally said enough was enough and bribed the court to send me here." She replied.
"That must suck." Said Magnet.
"You know, you're the only girl that's ever been sent to Camp Greenlake." Said Barfbag.
"Yeah, I know." She replied.
Then a loud buzz rang off in the distance.
"Come on, it's time for dinner." Said Squid.
Zigzag, Barfbag, Armpit, Magnet, X-Ray, and Zero were already gone to the mess hall.
"So what's your real name?" She asked him.
"Alan."
"How old are you?" She asked.
"Seventeen, you?" He replied.
"Fifteen."
We walked into the mess hall and everyone stopped talking and stared at Misty.
"She's hot."
"Hey sexy."
"She is fine!" Said a few guys who were annoyingly catcalling and whistling.
"HEY! WHAT DID I TELL YOU?" Yelled Mr. Sir. "You act like you've never seen a girl before!"
Everyone was quiet and went back to eating.
Squid and Misty got their food (which was more like gooey dog food than anything else) and sat down at the table with Zigzag, Barfbag, Armpit, Magnet, X-Ray, and Zero.
"So what did you do, Alan?" Misty asked.
"Skipped school, and broke into houses stealing loose change, food and drinks." He replied.
After dinner we went back to the tent. All of the guys talked and Misty grabbed her things and went to the showers.
Meanwhile, back in the tent, the boys were talking.
"So, who in here likes her?" Asked Armpit.
"You mean Misty?" Barfbag asked.
"No man, I mean Magnet's mamma."
"Hey!" Warned Magnet.
"Yeah Misty."
"I don't like anyone." Said Squid.
"You know you do, because they all do. They all want her. She's so purty." Zigzag said in an insane singsong voice.
"Nothing to be ashamed of. I don't think anyone in this camp doesn't like her." Armpit said.
"I don't like her." Said X-Ray.
"Why?" Squid asked chewing on his toothpick.
Misty was just leaving the showers. She walked back to the tent and Zigzag, Squid, Armpit, Magnet, X-Ray, and Barfbag went quiet as soon as she walked in.
"A little slutty, are we?." Said Squid spitting out his toothpick and fishing another from his pocket.
"What?" She asked.
"Do you always dress like that when you got to sleep?" Asked Magnet.
Misty looked at herself. She was wearing a wife beater that was too small and pj boxers, but she didn't care what she was wearing. It wasn't really a problem at the girls' juvenile camps. They all dressed like that.
"Yeah." She said.
"She's doing that to get your attention, she wants you to like her. She is evil." Zigzag said in his annoying singsong voice.
"Chill Zig." Said Armpit.