Magnet lied. The second whole was most definitely the hardest. I was even slower than I was yesterday, partly because my now wrapped hands kept slipping off the heavy shovel.
And when I say heavy, I mean holy shit, this shovel is heavy.
I dropped the shovel and stared at it. Then I slid to the bottom of my hole so that only my head poked out. I looked at Zero, he was literally almost done. It was so unfair. Ok, not really. But I would never, I repeat, never, finish this damn hole. My eyes shifted to ZigZag and Squid. They were laughing, throwing big clods of dirt at each other. They weren't near as close as Zero was to being done, but they were a lot farther along than me. I sighed and put my head back.
Normal POV
Chanele closed her eyes, but opened them back up when she felt a tall shadow looming over her. It was ZigZag. "Hey." He simply said and dropped into her hole, which was only about 1 ½ feet deep. Her hand's bandages were red with blood, and she winced when he grabbed her hand. "God, Princess, you make digging look real hard." He smiled, but she frowned at his comment. "That's because it is. I can barely lift the shovel up anymore, and my legs feel like Jello. How did you guys get so used to digging these things? I'm sore and tired and its 4 in the morning and OH, Ziggy, I just hate it here!" She sobbed, pulling on his arm. ZigZag looked uncomfortable. "Oh, Jesus, Princess. Don't cry. We all hate it when girls cry. Please don't cry. Tell you what, what if I get Caveman's hat for you for some shade? You just sit here and rest, really, after me and Squid finish our holes, we'll help you with yours. C'mon, Princess Chanele. Please stop crying." Chanele looked up at him with bright eyes. "You would really do that for me, Ehmygod, ZigZag, you are the best!" She pulled him down quickly so he was level with her, then kissed his dirt-caked cheek lightly. ZigZag froze. He stared at her with wide, almost frightened eyes. "Uhh, your welcome, Princess. It's really nothing." He stood uncomfortably for a second, scratching the back of his neck. Then he gave her an awkward wave and jumped out of her hole. He returned seconds later with Caveman's hat, and tried to smirk at her, but it came out as more of a twitch.
Chanele slept for what seemed like hours inside her hole, which actually was, well, hours. She awoke when Squid whipped the hat off of her head, letting the bright sun beat down on her curls. "Okay, Princess, ZigZag and I here are being nice enough to help you with your damned hole. And help means you have to work too. You have to help dig, and, you, as punishment, get to be our measuring stick." Squid grinned mischievously, and ZigZag laughed hard into his hand. They obviously thought that Chanele's height challenge was the funniest thing they had ever heard of, considering that Squid was 6 foot and ZigZag was 6'3. Chanele ignored the joke and nodded gratefully, happy to have someone dig with her. ZigZag and Squid instantly started digging, and Chanele did as much as she could. She was surprised when ZigZag stopped her when her hands started to bleed again. "You can't cry again, you just can't." He effortlessly wrapped one arm above her knees and lifted her out of the hole so that her feet dangled off the side. He and Squid finished quickly, throwing dirt into Chanele's face playfully. Then ZigZag grinned at Squid, and he nodded. Squid hurried over to where Chanele was sitting, lifted her up and made her stand straight. They laughed, realizing that the hole was slightly taller than she was. Then Squid grabbed her around the waist and gently laid her down, motioning for her to straighten her legs and lock her knees. Even this made Chanele sore. The hole was slightly wider than Chanele too. The boys got a complete kick out of this, doubling over on their sides and howling with laughter. Chanele tried to look angry, but the guys had helped her so much that she smiled at them. Squid helped her up, then whipped her up into his arms. She frowned at him, realizing how dirty the boys had both gotten her. But something totally weird to her past through her mind-Why wouldn't ZigZag hold her? She would rather it be him. She shook it off, telling herself that the sun was making her delusional. Chanele tried to prove this to herself on the way back. While both boys had been looking at her, she had gazed at him, and at ZigZag's crazed blue eyes, surrounded by a halo of dirty, unkempt blonde hair. She had thought of him as her angel, helping her out like that. But she shook it off, saying that HER angel wouldn't have been sent to delinquent camp.
Chanele had fallen asleep on the way back to camp. She didn't mean to, but Squid's steady heartbeat and pace made her drowsy. Squid and Zig looked at her, then smiled up at each other. ZigZag nodded, then took his shower tokens. He put his shower tokens in, jumped in, just to get all the dirt off of him, then jumped out. He knew that what happened next would be worth not using soap. He threw his boxers and t-shirt on, then nodded to Squid from outside the shower cube. Squid snickered and laid Chanele down, face pointed to the nozzle that was spraying ice-cold water. She woke up, eyes wide, and looked around her. She was being sprayed with cold water from…the shower head? She looked down. She was still in her work clothes! She jumped up frantically at first, but then slowed herself, her muscles feeling like they were popping in and out with every movement.
ZigZag's POV
We heard her scream. This has to be the funniest damn prank in the universe. Except for the government, that is. Everyone knows that the Chief Justice in the Supreme Court is the masked dictator of society. But, right now, this is the funniest thing, ever. Princess comes out of the shower cube looking like a wet cat, ya know, when they're all pissed and ready to attack? Yea, that's how she looks. She crosses her lil' arms and glares at us, but she's soaking wet, so she's shaking. It makes it a hell of a lot funnier, to see her try and be mean. She looks real mad though, so I think I'll make my way back to the tent. Unless that's exactly what they wants me to do. Maybe I'll take a short cut, yeah, they'll never expect that. What's a guy got to worry about in a delinquent camp, right? Naw, not me. I'm taking a short cut through A-tent. And Princess'll come with me. Course, Squid will come too, just in case it slips out that the shower thing was my idea. He can walk inbetween us. Yea, Warden ain't gonna make me take no pills, nope.
Normal POV
The laughter and anger had died down, and ZigZag came back to Earth to realize that Squid and Chanele were staring at him. He must've had that maniacal look in his eyes ever since he stopped laughing. And he was looking at his hand, too. But then he spoke up. "Hey, ya'll wanna take a short cut back to the tent? Ya know, so Princess can dry off and change? We still got a couple hours till dinner." Chanele nodded her head, Squid shook his head. "Man, I'm ganna shower and head straight to the Wreck Room. Zig, you and Princess can come after she's dry. Maybe then it'll be easier to see her cheeks get all red when we tell the guys how she slept walked into the showers." He grinned, winked at Chanele, then walked behind the shower cubes. "Alright, Ziggy, we can walk back to the tent. But no funny business!" Chanele looked like she wanted to be angry, she really did. But ZigZag just smiled goofily at her. Chanele started to walk towards D-tent, but he pulled on her arm. "What?" Chanele snatched her arm away. "We can't go that way," ZigZag's face was so paranoid that Chanele giggled before he continued, leaning down to whisper in her ear. "Warden and Mom expect me to go that way, I just can't. They will try to give me it, and I don't wanna take it. It makes me all jumpy, if ya know what I mean." Chanele stared at him, confused. Did he mean the medicine? What did he mean, jumpy? ZigZag was already jumpy enough, every weird sound or sudden movement he starts rattling off theories about the government or the Warden or what the camp really runs on or how yellow-spotted lizards are probably robots filled with poison, with little cameras inside them so Warden could watch the boys scream and run away from them. So Chanele just nodded her head. ZigZag instantly grabbed her hand and led her to the other side of the camp. 'What is he doing?' Chanele thought warily, but cleared her mind when she thought of how protective and warm his hand was, and how much she liked him holding it. He made a 'shhh' sign with his fingers, then crept past A-tent. They were almost across when the boy ZigZag had beaten came out.
A/N: What will happen next? Will ZigZag ignore the boy? Will something happen to Chanele? And when will some freaking romance happen in this story? Welll, you'll just have to keep reading, wont you? ;D