My eyes spotted Lou on the couch, painting her nails, as I ventured out of my room that night to find something to eat. I was praying she would simply ignore me, but that didn't happen.

"I heard you didn't do your job today," she said.

"I thought you said you had these boys in check," I shot back over my shoulder. As I scanned through the limited food in the refrigerator, I half wondered if pizza could be delivered out here. Did this place even have an address?

"They're criminals," she said, stating the obvious and making me roll my eyes. "Not all of them are going to listen."

"Isn't it your job to make them listen?"

She finished with her nails and carefully put the cap back on. "How I run this camp is none of your concern. And if I were you, I'd make sure to get some sleep tonight." A grin came to her lips and I couldn't take no more. If I had to stay in the room with her any longer, I'd stab myself with a butter knife. I snatched a water bottle and shut the fridge, not sparing her a glance as I went back to my room. As I laid down to sleep, I looked longingly at my cell phone, which had been laying on the dresser since my first night. Maybe a miracle would happen.

"Wake up! Natalia! Up! Now!"

I groaned and pulled the covers over my head, making sure to hold on to them tightly. I wasn't about to have a repeat of yesterday morning. Why was she waking me up anyway? Surely it wasn't about the stupid hole again.

"Natalia!" she kept on. "You're going to be late. The boys are getting their shovels now."

I let out an even louder groan. Of course it was about the stupid hole. My grip tightened on the covers when she said my name again and I ignored her. I could feel her hand grasp the covers, but I wasn't expecting her hand to clasp around my ankle as well.

With a strength I didn't know she possessed, she dragged the covers and my body out of the bed. Words couldn't leave my mouth because I was so shocked. Who does that? Then the anger sank in and I pushed onto my feet, getting into her personal space.

"What's your problem?!" I screamed at her. "You can't just drag me out of bed! I'm not a doll! What kind of human does that sort of thing?!" My fists kept clenching on their own accord and I'm positive she knew how bad I wanted to slug her.

"Let me tell you, Natalia," she said, struggling to keep her composure and pointing a finger at me, "if you so much as make physical contact with me, I'll be sure to have you locked up in the Juvenile Detention Center."

"You made physical contact with me!"

"I did that to show you I'm serious," she continued. "You are not at home. I'm not going to treat you like a spoiled, little princess. Opportunities were given to you, but you took advantage. So now you'll be working with the boys. Anymore backtalk and you'll be wearing a jumpsuit as well. Get dressed, now." And with that she left.

I was beyond livid, and the worst part was, there was nothing I could do. I couldn't lock my door and go back to sleep, I couldn't make her feel bad for me, I couldn't go to my boyfriend's or friend's house. I was stuck here. And I'll be damned if I was forced to wear a jumpsuit. So, yeah. I went to get a shovel, but I definitely took my time.

It was still pitch black outside and the outdoor lights only lit up so much of the camp. Would we have to walk out there in the dark?

Voicing my question to Pendanski, he chuckled and replied all-too-happily. "We have the vehicles to help with the light, but the sun is usually on the horizon by the time you get out there. Go ahead and grab you a shovel there." He nodded to a closet-like space next to me where there was only one shovel left.

After pulling it off from where it hung, I almost dropped it. That thing was heavy! Honestly, I don't recall ever holding a shovel in my life. So instead of carrying it, I let it drag behind me across the hard dirt. Pendanski winced at the sound as he walked next to me. Oh, well. If he wanted to bitch about it then he could carry it for me. The delinquents were way ahead of me and I sighed in relief when I saw them stop walking. My legs were already tired from walking and dodging holes and dirt mounds. Seriously, isn't this a safety hazard?

When myself and Pendanski finally reached the others, an orange glow was slowly starting to creep over the mountain range. The boys spared me a glance but kept digging. It looked easy for the most part…

"So your hole is supposed to be five foot deep and five foot in diameter."

I gaped at Pendanski. "That's as tall as me almost." That was crazy. My aunt wanted me to dig my own grave. I was absolutely convinced.

Pendanski only shrugged and went on to tell me about the water and lunch break, as if I didn't already know, the dimwit. He then left after telling me to have a good morning. As I watched him walk away, I wished so bad that he would fall into a hole.

After being sorely disappointed, I looked to the ground, then to the shovel, then to the boys. I tried to mirror how they were holding their shovels, and then I tried to reenact the digging process. They would put the shovel in the ground, press down with their foot, and scoop the dirt out. Easy!

Placing the tip of my shovel to the dirt, I pushed down. Nothing happened. I put a little more weight onto it and, still, it wouldn't penetrate the ground. Poking at it was my next option, but I was merely breaking the dust. It was then I heard snickering behind me.

Turning, I found that most of the boys had stopped digging and were watching me. I placed a hand on my hip. "Umm, something amusing?"

They chuckled some more and Squid answered. "Yeah. You."

I glared at him. "Look, mind your own business. I've never done this before…"

"Obviously," I heard the round one mutter, but I decidedly ignored him.

"…But once I get the hang of it, I'll be as fast as you. So back off."

Squid smirked and raised his eyebrows, apparently amused, but kept quiet. X-Ray was the one to speak up. "Girl, you ain't gonna get nowhere if that's how you're going at it. You've gotta put your back into it."

I cringed a bit. That sounded like hard work. "What, and strain myself? I don't think so."

He shook his head. "Suit yourself." He, along with the others, continued their digging.

Biting my lip in annoyance, I went back to poking and prodding at the dirt. After a few minutes of getting absolutely nowhere, I mumbled a few choice words and let the shovel fall out of my hand. I was so tired and the fact the sun wasn't up yet made me want to sleep. And that's what I did. Well, it was more like dozing, but after about an hour, the sun was out and really starting to heat things up. I even had to stand up because the ground was starting to burn my skin as I lay there.

Groaning, I shielded my eyes from the sun and walked closer to the boys. "Please, would one of you go and get me some water?" Once again all of them stopped, except for Zero, and stared at me.

"We can't go back to camp until our hole is dug," Magnet said.

I groaned again. "The thought of asking one of them for a sip of their water skimpered across my mind but quickly vanished. Who knows what kind of diseases these criminals have. Walking back to the camp and then back out here was out of the question.

"Didn't they give you a canteen?" Magnet asked.

"Nope," I popped my lips. The stupid idiots obviously forgot. Ugh, I was going to die of dehydration.

No one said anything else and I was left walking aimlessly in small circles until the water truck came. It seemed ages before it finally did come. As soon as Pendanski stepped out, I marched up to him.

"I didn't receive a water canteen." I crossed my arms.

He looked taken aback but then chuckled. "Oh, it must've slipped our minds. Luckily, I have a spare in the truck." As he went to get it and fill it up, I couldn't help but become even more frustrated. Slipped their minds? Pft, yeah right.

I took the filled canteen and stared at it. Has it ever been cleaned? Sighing, I tilted my head back and poured some water in my mouth. That nasty plastic was not touching my beautiful lips. The boys got water and went back to their holes. I held my canteen out for Pendanski to refill it, but he grinned and shook his head.

"Sorry, only allowed one fill," he told me.

"…Seriously?" I stared at him. "I drank half of it because of dehydration because somebody forgot to give me one this morning." My voice was getting louder, but I could've cared less. How is somebody going to deny you water? We need that to survive.

Pendanski seemed to think about it. He then reached and grabbed it. "Just don't tell anyone," he said quietly and I rolled my eyes. After refilling it, he glanced behind me and must've seen my shovel lying on the ground. "How come you haven't started on your hole?"

"Because I didn't want to keel over from dehydration?"

He looked sheepishly away and mumbled, "Well, now you can start." And with that, he got back in his truck and drove away.

I moaned in frustration. I really didn't want to dig this hole. Picking up my shovel again, I jabbed at the ground and even tried to step on it (my poor Miu Mius!), but when that didn't seem to work, I gave up completely. Looking closer at the boys, I realized how much force they were putting behind their shovels. No way I was going to put my back out digging a pointless hole! This was a man's job.

Then an idea struck me.

Going over to X-Ray who was the closest to me, I put on my best sweet voice and pitiful look. "Hey, this is so hard. Is there anything I could do to get you to help me a little bit?" And by that I meant dig the entire thing.

X-Ray snorted and I heard the others snicker, but I ignored them. "Why you asking me?" He scooped up some dirt and tossed it precariously close to me.

"Because you're black." Now, I don't know what I was thinking when I said that. Clearly I wasn't. It was supposed to be a joke, a bad, horrible joke, I admit, but when everyone paused to stare at me, I knew instantly I had said the wrong thing.

"Did she just say that?"

"What did you just say?"

"En serio?"

I threw my hands up and chuckled uncertainly. "Whoa, guys. I was just joking."

"That's your way of joking?" Barfbag asked incredulously.

"So black people are a joke to you?" X-Ray continued to glare daggers at me.

I was starting to get irked. I realized what I said was dumb, but they were overreacting just a little. "I didn't mean tha-" I started, but he cut me off.

"Yet you said it. Guess I shouldn't expect more from a snobby, stuck-up, white girl."

"Go home, white girl." Armpit added.

Would if I could, I thought. I opened my mouth to defend myself, but they simply cut me off with mockery and insults. Sighing, I went back to my spot.

"Oh, white girl is going to try and dig," Zigzag said when I picked up my shovel.

"I wonder how many black dudes she got workin' for her back home," Armpit said.

"Oh, come on," I snapped. They were taking this too far.

Magnet smirked at me. "Don't break a nail, white girl." I don't know how that was so funny, but all of them burst out into laughter.

I was done.

With them all continuing to shout petty statements after me, I marched off back to camp. I had a phone call to make.

A/N: Oh, man. She very foolishly went there. The boys are probably never going to like her after that one. Let me know what you guys think and what you think is going to happen!

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