Disclaimer: Same old, same old. I don't own Holes.
Yeah! Squidly-didly-dum-dum told Misty he loved her! WOOHOO!
Squid: I didn't say that!
Monkey: Yes you did!
Squid: You made me do it!
Monkey: So?
Twitch: Can you get a sugar high off of Sprite? There's no caffeine in it.
Monkey: I can get a sugar high off of anything. SPRITE IF THE ELIXIR OF LIFE! YEA FOR SPRITE!
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Chapter 12 The Wrath of PendanskiThat morning as Misty was digging her hole she was thinking. Squid said he loved her! Did he really mean it? Matt had said he loved her but apparently he was just trying to get to her. Was Squid trying the same thing, or did he really mean it? She looked over at Squid. He saw her staring and smiled at her.
'He really meant it.' She thought to herself. 'He's not like Matt. He cares.'
A few hours later the water truck came. Mr. Pendanski stepped out and all the guys got in line.
After Squid got his water he stood next to Misty in line.
"You I meant what I said don't you?"
"When you told me 'te quiero?' " Misty asked.
"Sí" He replied.
"Yeah, I know you meant it."
"NEXT!" Yelled Pendanski.
Misty moved up in line and Mr. Pendanski gave her a dirty look. He filled her canteen while complaining that he shouldn't have to fill her canteen and that she could do it herself.
"You're right Mom. I could fill my own canteen. But according to the Warden that's your job. Mine is to dig holes." She said in reply.
He squinted his eyes and glared at her. She chuckled to herself and walked back to her hole.
"Misty," Said Zero sitting down on the edge of her hole.
"Hey, Zero. You done digging already?" She replied.
"Yeah. I. . . I. . . Well, I was wondering. . . What's it like to have someone care about you? You know, like Squid cares about you." He said.
Misty felt bad inside. Zero didn't have anyone who really cared about him
"Oh, Zero. I care about you." She said kindly.
He smiled vaguely. Misty guessed he didn't believe her. He jumped into her hole, took the shovel from her, and began digging.
"Zero, you don't have to. . ."
"It's your sixteenth birthday, you shouldn't have to dig on your birthday." He said.
She smiled. "Okay, fine. On your birthday I'll dig your hole."
"No, it's okay. I like digging." He replied.
Misty sighed. She jumped out of her hole and sat down on the edge. She and Zero talked until he was finished digging.
"You coming?" He asked as he started to walk back to camp.
"Naw, I think I'll stay out here for awhile." She replied.
Misty sat on the dirt pile staring out at the desert, thinking to herself.
After everyone was finished digging Squid walked over to her.
"Coming?" He asked.
"No. I. . . I need to think about some stuff. I'll be back at camp in a while." She replied turning back to look out at the mountains.
Squid caught up with the rest of the guys.
Behind her Misty heard the water truck and she figured Pendanski was going to give some of the really slow diggers from other tents some water.
"Poor Zero. He thinks no one cares about him." She said aloud without realizing it.
"No one does." Said a voice from behind her.
She jerked her head around to see Mr. Pendanski standing behind her. She jumped up and started to walk back toward camp. He grabbed her by the collar and threw her down a few feet from the water truck.
"You want to know the real reason why I hate you?" He asked as Misty turned over. He stepped on her chest and held her to the ground. "Well, I'll answer you anyways. You're the reason I'm here. You don't know where that damn treasure is so I have to be out here in the heat EVERY DAY! Driving back and forth giving all you stupid delinquents water, eating the disgusting food, being pushed around by The Warden while she sits there in her air-conditioned house watching TV, if you'd just tell her where Kissin' Kate Barlow buried her treasure then I could go home and live a real life! WHERE IS IT?!" He pushed his foot harder. Misty couldn't breath. He was suffocating her.
"I. . . Don't. . . Know. . ." She gasped.
He lifted his foot off her and she took a deep breath. He grabbed her by the neck and pulled her up off the ground.
"Tell me where it is!" He yelled.
"I. . . Don't. . . Know. . . Where. . . It. . . Is. . ." Misty wheezed.
He cursed loudly and threw her hard against the truck. She hit her head on the side panel and fell to the ground unconscious.
Pendanski laughed evilly when he saw that when she hit the truck it had left a small dent. He got back in the truck and drove back to camp, leaving Misty on the dusty ground.
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GRRR! Evil dancing-pen-key man! He's got no right to be mad at Misty. It's not her fault her great-grandmother robbed Stanley Yelnats I, buried his treasure somewhere out in the desert, and left a map to her great-uncle, not to her!
Squid: You're right, it's not.
Monkey: Of course I'm right, I'm the HyperActiveSpaceMonkey.
Squid: So you're not just HyperActiveSpaceMonkey anymore. You're THE HyperActiveSpaceMonkey.
Monkey: Yeah, that's me.
Squid: Uh huh. I think you're weird.
Monkey: I think you're hott.
Squid: That's nice. *Grins sarcastically*
Monkey: Shut up.
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