While the rest of the group was swimming in the lake on the hot sunny day, John Munch was sitting on the small beach reading a book that he brought to camp with him. Once in awhile he would watch Elliot, Fin and the others jump off the diving board in the middle of the lake. John would have joined them, but it wasn't a swimming day for him.
The next time he looked up, he saw a skinny boy sitting down a few feet away. He couldn't help but notice that the boy seemed like one of those nerdy and lonely kids. Munch was classified as one a nerd, but he did know what it was like to be lonely. He got up and walked towards the boy. Munch stood in front of the boy as the boy looked up at Munch.
"Mind if I sit with you?" he asked.
"No, go right ahead" the boy said. John sat down next to him on the beach.
"I've never seen you before" John commented.
"That's because I'm usually in the nurse's office or in our cabin."
"We're in the same group?"
"Yeah"
"Wow, you must have some good hiding skills" Munch joked "I'm John"
"I'm George" the boy said
"So why aren't you swimming in the lake?"
"Who knows what's in that lake" George said "It could be filled with toxins that we don't even know about. What's your reason for not swimming?"
"I'm not in the swimming mood, and I think you made me never want to swim in that lake for the next eleven days."
George started to chuckle when Munch admitted to never swimming in the lake again. John looked out in the water and looked at the other campers in the group.
"I mean, I bet they're going to turn into mutants because of all those toxins" John joked.
"There are not enough toxins in that lake to turn them into mutants, John."
"You never know. The government might have added some radioactive material in that lake."
George couldn't help but laugh and shake it head. John joined George in laughing for a quick second, and then he looked at George.
"You know, you're great" John said "I can't talk like an intelligent idiot with anyone else in our group."
"Well, it's a good thing you have me in your group then" George said.
John Munch and George Huang did not see Olivia Benson in the lake with the rest of the group of guys. Melinda and Casey told her to go and said that they would tell Amy that she was sick. So far, she was having a fun time with the guys in the lake; especially with Elliot.
She sat on the dock with the diving board as Elliot and a few of his friends were trying to wrestle each other off the dock. One of Elliot's friends was already thrown off the dock, and now Elliot was attempting to push his other friend off the dock as well.
"Go Elliot!"
Elliot pushed him into the water and he flexed his small but noticeable muscles at Olivia. She started laughing and shook her head.
"You know, you think you're really tough and everything..."
"Oh really? Come on, it's your turn to be thrown off the dock!"
Elliot grabbed her and picked her up. She started laughing loudly and told Elliot to put her down. He didn't listen to her request as he jumped off the dock with Olivia.
"Thanks for covering my tracks."
"It's no problem. That's what friends do, right?"
Melinda, Olivia and Casey were sitting together and eating supper in the dining hall.
"How much fun was it?" Melinda asked.
"He threw me over his shoulder and jumped in the water."
"That sounds like fun" Casey said "Of course, I would actually throw Elliot in that lake myself."
"You couldn't" Olivia said "He has some muscle."
"You're forgetting that I'm a total tomboy. Come on Olivia."
Casey saw Dani Beck flirting with Elliot from the other side of the dining hall.
"Liv, you might want to keep an eye on that crush of yours" Casey said
"Why?"
"Dani Beck is being an idiot and actually flirting with him."
"What?" Melinda said "No way."
"I'm serious, and I say we go over there and straighten that girl out."
"How do you suggest you do that?" Melinda asked.
"Let's go. Follow my lead and see what happens" Casey said with a devious grin on her face.
"Are you enjoying it here at camp so far?" Dani asked while sitting next to Elliot.
"Yeah, are you?"
"I am! I'm making so many great friends!"
"That's good."
Elliot wanted this conversation with Dani Beck to be over. He thought that she an annoying thirteen year old that has nothing else to do but pester him everyday. He was wondering when he was going to be rescued, and when he saw the familiar three girls walk towards him, he was relived.
"Hi Elliot"
He turned and smiled at the girls.
"Hello there" he said "Want to join us?"
"Actually Elliot, I..."
"Sure, we'd love to" Casey said as she stopped Dani from completing her sentence. Olivia sat on the other side of Elliot while Casey and Melinda sat across the table from him.
"Did Olivia tell you about the story of the lake?" Elliot asked as he started to ignore Dani.
"Of course"
"I'd like to challenge you" Casey said "I bet I can throw your ass into that water"
"Someone's a little full of herself, don't you think?" Elliott said as he put his arm over Olivia. Dani was hurt by this, but decided to stand her ground.
"Nope"
"Come on Casey" Melinda said "Are you sure that you can push Elliot into that lake?"
"I'm sure of it."
"Excuse me."
Elliot and the girls looked at Dani and realized that she was actually trying to speak among them.
"Yes?"
"I don't mean to be rude or anything..."
"Dani, let's make something clear to you" Casey said "You are being rude."
"How am I being rude?" Dani asked as she started getting angry "You're the one who just sat down without asking."
"Like I need to ask you..."
"Leave her alone Casey."
The girls and Elliot turned to see Alex at the end of the table. She was just passing through when she heard Casey picking on Dani.
"Oh look, we have another rude person joining us" Casey snapped.
"I think if anyone is being rude, it's you."
Casey got up to her seat and walked over to Alex. It looked like Casey was going to get in her face and start yelling at Alex, but she only was only a few inches away when Casey had that angry look in her face.
"This doesn't concern you..."
"I was passing by, so it does."
"Don't even argue with me, because you're going to lose. If you think you have any chance in defending yourself against me, you might as well try to drown yourself in that lake" Casey said in a low but angry voice" Try going against me and see what happens..."
Casey turned and walked away, while everyone else watched her leave the dining hall.
Alex decided to take the chance; she snuck out of the cabin at midnight and went to the tennis courts.
She was alone since Casey took Olivia and Melinda as Alex's possible friends. She threw the tennis ball up in the air and smashed the tennis ball at the other end of the tennis court. So what if Alex Cabot wasn't a troublemaker? At least she made the effort to enjoy her time here, even if it was by herself. But then as she smashed another tennis ball on the other side of the court, she decided to give herself a challenge.