A/N:

Hey! I know you people must hate me. I've been gone for a month(or more...)BUT I HAVE A PERFECTLY GOOD REASON! There was just some serious family issues and I was overwhelmed and i didn't feel like talking to anyone or writing another chapter. But, thanks to your reviews and favorites, I am back on the wagon! I am the kind of person who never breaks a promise, so i promise you all, I. WILL. FINISH. THIS. STORY! not now though, NOOOOO! We still have so much to do! like, more protecting, bonding, digging, getting injured, piggy back rides, digging, presents, KISSING, digging, meeting Stanley, and even more digging! AND MUCH MORE!

Here's the next chapter! I hope you enjoy it!

Feel free to review, feel free to ask questions, and if you have any suggestions, PLEASE LET ME KNOW!

Bold italics are when the POV is reading, Italics are thoughts, and Bold is author's note.

Disclaimer: I do not own Holes. I only own the characters I make up.

"Oh no. I am NOT going to do that in a hole, Magnet!"

Magnet shrugged his shoulders. "Then you're going to have to hold it in 'til the end of the day, chica."

The guys started laughing. Why am I always the object of ridicule?!

Okay, let me just, at the very least, DESCRIBE the scenery. It's around 6:30am, the sun's in the sky, my canteen has about 2/3 full of water, my hole is about half a foot deep, I'm sweaty, my hands are starting to hurt, and I'm surrounded by a ton of guys, who are very dangerous. Well, the only "dangerous" one I've come across with would be Lump, but thank you Jesus he's not out here.

For punishment, he's cleaning dishes and serving food at the wreck room for two weeks.

Hey, as long as he's not in my sights, I'm happy.

I take my cap off, and I pull the hair tie out of my hair and make a bun. It turned out a little bit messy but I don't care right now. I put my cap back on and continue driving the shovel into the dry dirt.

"Hey, Babygirl."

"Huh?" I prop my head up to see Hector in the hole next to mine.

"You doing okay?"

"Oh, yeah! I'm fine! Thanks for asking, Zero." To be honest, I felt a little touched that he was worried about me.

"No problem. You just looked a little tired." He went back to digging his hole.

I felt a little smile form on my mouth. Hector reminds me of a little brother...

I roll up my sleeves and get back to work. 1/2 foot down, 4 1/2 more to go.

Little did I know, someone was watching the whole exchange.

"Shit, it's hot..." I whisper to myself. It probably noon, I'm covered in sweat, and my hands are burning. I'm probably three feet in, but it feels endless.

"LUNCH TIME, LADIES!"

I look up and I see Mr. Sir come out of his truck with Dr. Pend- I mean,MOM. Everybody jumps out and heads for the truck.

"Hey, Babygirl, let's go." Hector reaches his hand toward me. I could've jumped out myself but every joint in my body hurts so I didn't bother.

"Thanks." I grab his hand. But right when he pulls, I felt an electric shock go from my hand to all over my body. It hurt so much, I flinched.

"You okay?"

"Yeah, I'm fine. Keep pulling." He does so, which increased the pain level to a six, but I got out.

We start walking toward the truck in silence. We're both probably so exhausted, we couldn't speak.

I look down at my hands. I saw the most bloodiest blisters ever. There was blood on the tips of my fingers, and the blisters on my palms cut open and spewed blood. The blood was dry though. Must've happened earlier. I shouldn't hold the handle so hard. How did I not notice the blood?

I touched my left palm, which made me flinch. I should leave them alone.

I put my hands behind my back.

We reached the truck. Hector and I were first, which was really surprising because we were the last people to get out of our holes but, somehow, we got...there...first? Weird.

We start a line, Hector in front of me.

"Canteen?" Mr. Sir asks Zero.

Right when he's about to give him his canteen, X-Ray went in front of Zero. Then Armpit, Squid, Zigzag, and lastly Magnet.

"Did...they just cut?" I asked Hector.

He just nodded at me. The hell..?! T-they can't do that!

"Can they do that?"

He nodded again. SIGH

"Great..."

One-by-one everyone gets their canteen filled up with water again. After that, they got a sandwich and an apple slice in a plastic bag.

When everyone got their stuff, they waited next to the truck, eating. Hector got his water and went to go get his food. Now it was my turn.

"Canteen?"

I give him my canteen. Mr. Sir takes it out of my hand and slowly fills it up with water.

"So how's manual labor working out for you? Getting tired?"

"Pfft. Not one bit."

He squints at me. "Hmm. Well, don't worry about your hands. As time goes on, they'll get stronger and callused."

"Hmm."

He's finished filling it and hands it to me. I grab hold of it but he's doesn't let go.

He stares me square in the eyes. "Remember, don't do anything stupid, like trying to be brave."

"Got it." Mr.s Sir lets go. I walk towards mom, he's handing out the food.

"Here you go, Sara. A fine apple for a lovely lady."

I take my food. "Heh, lady? You must be talkin' to someone else."

He notices my hands. "Oh, don't worry Sara. Put a little water on them and a little patience, good as new."

I glance at them. "Yeah, I'll make sure to do that." I wasn't particularly worried. Sure, my hands looked pretty gnarly but I've looked worse.

I start to walk to my hole, when a hand grabs my wrist and turns me around.

"What's the matter with your hands." Squid stares down at me, glaring. Like I'm to blame. Like he's suffering for my pain.

"Nothing." I try to yank my hand away but his grip is so strong.

He pulls me closer to him. Squid bends down a little to get to my height, his deep brown eyes staring deeply into my blue ones. Serious de ja vu...

AW HELL, HE'S TOO CLOSE!

"Uh..." I stutter.

"Let me ask you again. What. happened. to. your. goddamn. hands."

"W-well...uh, you see, uh..." I couldn't make a sentence form. I probably look like an idiot right now.

He sighs deeply. "Jeez, what a pain in the ass."

Hey!

Squid lets go of me and reaches into his pocket and pulls out a pair of brown working gloves. He throws them at me and I catch them.

"Why are you giving me these?"

"Don't think they're yours, you're just borrowin' 'em."

"Oh, okay. Thank you."

"Whatever." He starts walking away. I hear him mutter annoying.

I watch his back as he leaves. I felt a smile creep up on my lips. He's not that bad of a guy.

"BACK TO WORK!"

"Son of a bitch..." I whisper to myself.

These guys will be the end of me.

A/N:

AAAAAAAAAND THERE YOU HAVE IT, LADIES AND GENTS!

ARE YOU HAPPY NOW?! FINE.

Hector and Sara's relationship is strong. Like, Best friend or bro/sis strong.

I written this in two hours and it is now 12:15am so I'm going to bed before I get into trouble. See, I risk stuff for you guys. I just had a huge writer's block and GAHHHHH!

BUT I couldn't leave you guys hanging! I couldn't! I can't believe how many people wanted me to upload ASAP and all the reviews and the follows and how much they love the story and I'M SO HAPPY!

Like I said, I'm committed to my story. It may be a week or a couple of months until I upload SOMETHING, BUT .UPLOAD.

I'm not doing this on purpose, btw. If I don't upload for a while, there's a serious reason.

Right now, I'm probably only gonna upload once a month or twice or three time...I DON'T KNOW. BUT I WILL UPLOAD!

Now that it's summer (I'm going into my sophomore year and I'm turning 15 July 15), I HAVE PLENTY OF TIME FOR FANFIC!

REMEMBER,Feel free to review, feel free to ask questions, and if you have any suggestions, PLEASE LET ME KNOW!

I will not accept another girl in this series. That's a no no. A boo boo.

I HOPE YOU ENJOYED. YOU HAVE NOT SEEN THE LAST OF ME.

and for those of you who bothered to read the A/N, thank you. Cookies for you *gives cookies*

DANA out~~~~~~~~~