2: Learning the Stories
"Great. Now that we have all met each other lets all go to your tent. If we have to dig by you we may as well figure out what you're in for." Hensley said smiling mischievously. She might have been mistaken but Blaise, was quite sure she had seen a flash of panic arise in the boy called Squids eyes. The look of panic quickly fell and defiance replaced it.
"We ain't got nothing to hide." Squid said. They boys led the girls into their tent, where it smelled of sweat. Kaden wrinkled her nose. Eww… She thought. They all sat in a circle and told their sad tales. Both Caveman and Zero for stealing a pair of shoes. When it came to the girls turn they let Hensley tell their story.
"Well… We… Um… I… I stole a huge, expensive firework set." She began. Then Squid interrupted. "How much was it?" He said scratching his chin.
"Um… 100 dollars worth? But we didn't know it at the time! But that didn't get all of us sent here. After we had gotten everything we went back to our house, where we lit everything and shot them off one by one. And one landed in… well let's just say it put a man in a hospital for a long time." She said looking away from the group. "What happened to him?" Asked Caveman.
"It turned out that the firework we set off hit him in the… crotch. But not only that we got sent here because we stole the fireworks, set it off in city limits, and put someone in the hospital because of it." They all stared at her. Then started to laugh. She scowled at them all.
"What's so funny?" She asked trying to hold back her smile. But the boys' laughter was contagious. She and Kaden and Blaise, who had been quiet this whole time, laughed along with them. After the story telling it was time for dinner and they all walked to the kitchen together. "What's for dinner tonight boys?" Blaise asked them all. They all shrugged. At first she thought they were being rude. Then she realized that they were right.
She didn't have a clue what they were eating. She poked and prodded at what seemed to be meat. She could never be sure. She ate the white bread slowly, trying to absorb all of the conversations around her. She noticed that only their table seemed to be chattering. She also noticed every person in that room staring at her and her sisters.
"Hens…" She said prodding her sister in the side. "Ow! What?" She hissed through a mouthful of bread. "Look around." Blaise said whispering.
"What are—Ohh." She said nodding her head. Then she turned back to start a conversation with X-Ray. She'd acted like she didn't care that people were staring! She probably didn't though… Whether she liked it or knew it her sister was oblivious. Sometimes that was a good quality to have. You would never know or care what people thought of you. Unlike herself who thought she had confidence issues.
After dinner, Kaden and Zero started talking. At first Zero didn't say a word. Then she started asking questions. Kaden had a good personality often making other people laugh, and soon she had Zero laughing and nearly falling to the ground in a fit of giggles.
In the meantime Blaise was having a conversation with Twitch about cars and her name. "I got my name through the kid in The Incredibles? You know. Dash? But it would have sounded weird if a girl had been named Dash. So they decided on Blaise." She explained. He nodded knowingly. Twitch was pretty cute. He had brown hair that had the shaken look to it and pretty brown eyes.
She blushed just thinking about that. He smiled at her. For some reason that just made her melt on the inside. After they got to the tent they all said good night. All three girls sat on their cots and awaited tomorrow. Tomorrow, they would dig their first holes.