"Alriiiiiiiiiight campers! It's time for the camp activity of the day!"
These words struck Max like a bullet. He cursed and got up from his tent for the day, stretching. He trudged to the where everyone else was, all of them lined up in front of David, including the new kids.
"Hi Max! Over here!" Nikki waved to Max. Billy also hopped up next to her and Neil. Max went to the side of them and rolled his eyes at the sight of... him.
"Ugh, I'm not really in the mood right now to have to do something, but oh well." Neil sighed.
Max nodded and peered for a second to his right and saw Mandy staring at him, but as soon as he noticed, she altered her glance. It's like she wanted something from him, or something. "Whatever." he grumbled.
"What!?" Nikki questioned what he said, even though he had made what he said barely audible. It's like she had super hearing for some reason.
"Nothing." He put his hands in the pocket of his sweater.
"Okay!" Nikki said, then turning to Billy to chat with him.
Neil looked at them and then at Max. "What's up with Nikki and that Billy kid? Ever since they met, they've been inseparable! I mean, he only came here yesterday!"
"Wow. I thought I was the only one that noticed." He shrugged. "Some questions will never be answered Neil, that's why it's best not to think about things too much."
Their conversation was cut off by David, who was ready to announce his plans for the day. "Today is a day for icebreakers!" His eyes twinkled. "To introduce ourselves to the new campers and also learn about each other!"
"Are you serious?!" Max asked in shocked anger, quiet enough for only Neil to hear. "I really don't like these new kids, and I definitely don't want to spend time of my day to learn about them!"
Neil sighed in annoyance, showing that's he didn't want to engage in icebreakers as well. Nikki and Billy seemed to be excited for this, however.
"Okay, first, how about... Mandy!" David spoke up. "Why don't you come up here and tell us all a little about yourself!"
Mandy walked up right next to him and faced all of the campers. "I'm Mandy, if you didn't already know. That's all." She would of went back to her place in the line of kids, if it weren't for David interrupting her.
"Isn't there more you would like to share?" He leaped in front of her to block her way.
Even though he was significantly taller than her, she viewed him as lesser than her. "No, there isn't. Now get out of my way or things are going to get ugly." She locked her eyes onto his.
David gave her a look that read out to everyone as "oops", and jolted out of the way so she could return to where she was before.
A second later David continued on. "Um... so next is Billy!" He smiled like nothing happened just a few moments ago as Billy bounced in eagerness to his side.
"Hi there everyone! I'm Billy, and I likes chicken, and ice cream, and chicken, and ice cream, and my pet cat!" He bowed like he was the winner of a talent show. "Thanks you all!"
Everyone clapped at his introduction except Neil, Mandy and Max as he fled back to where Nikki was. They seemed rather, unimpressed per say.
"Alright! Thank you both! Now what we're going do now is a fun little challenge that requires each and every one of you to have fun!" David called out.
All Max did was groan. What a great day so far...
It was lunch at last, but for Mandy it felt like the day was going to last forever. She grabbed her lunch and sat on the right of Billy, who was just speaking with Nikki, until she left to go see Max and Neil.
Billy saw Mandy and wanted to start chatting it up with her as well. "Hi, Mands! How was your day so far?"
She snorted. "Horrible. You know I hate Tuesdays, Billy."
"Don't you hate all days?" he asked.
"True."
"Okay then! But it's just so fun here at camp, huh?! I can't wait until after lunch to see what's gonna happen next!" he paused for a second to catch up on what he was going to say next. "Oh yeahs, where's Grim? I haven't seen him all day!"
"Grim is in my tent, you idiot. Well, at least, he'd better be." She took a sip of her water.
"Who's Grim?"
Mandy turned around to see Max right behind her, and in shock she choked on her water.
She couldn't say anything because of this, so Billy butted into the conversation. "Grim is our bestest friend ever, duuuuh!"
Still gagging, Mandy punched Billy right in the nose, which knocked it clean off.
"Hey! What did I doooooo?!" He shouted at her.
All Max did was stare with an expression that showed that he thought something was seriously wrong with them.
Mandy was finally able to clear her throat. "What do you want, you creep?"
Max disregarded what she had said for he knew she was trying to avoid the question that he had asked. "I asked you something first."
Mandy rolled her eyes. "It's really none of your business. So beat it."
"Whatever then. Have it your way." He replied as he walked away from their table.
As he sat back at his own table, he thought to himself. I wonder why she was being so mysterious about this Grim person? He decided to bring this up to Nikki and Neil. "Hey, guys? I think Billy and Mandy are hiding something. Well trying to, anyway."
They both shifted to his direction at once.
"Really?!" Nikki gasped. "What if they're part of this super secret organization?" she loudly whispered.
"I would actually believe that." Neil replied.
"What?! No!" Max stated. "Let's be serious for just a second here. They were talking about someone named Grim that's supposedly in Mandy's tent."
"Grim? That's a strange name."
"Ooooooooooh, what if he's the REAL Grim Reaper?!" Nikki claimed excitedly.
"Nikki, there's no such thing as the Grim Reaper." Max told her.
"How do yoooou know, you never diiiied!"
"This is pointless. Besides, I felt like we already had this conversation before." Max returned to the previous topic. "Now, who's in for checking out what's going on with those two?"
"I am!" Nikki and Neil said in unison.
"Alright, now, here's the plan. Tomorrow, as soon as she leaves the tent, we'll see for ourselves what she's hiding."
They all nodded in agreement.
