"Land!" Hoagie collapsed upon the ground, face skywards, dropping the blue bag next to him. "I love land. It's so land like."
Fanny rolled her eyes, turning her gaze towards the mass volume of teenagers who were pouring out of the bus due to the arrival of their destination, scrambling to snatch their suitcases at the back of the bus in the reckless crowd.
"Oh get up you great lump." Abby kicked the boy gently in the ribs, adjusting a blue rucksack upon her shoulder, emitting a squeak.
"Dude," Patton hauled his suitcase to the rest of the small gang. "did you just squeal?"
"No." The boy stop up clumsily, brushing grass of the front of his combats, kicking his light blue bag to the side. "I squeaked. Get your information correct."
Patton leaned against the side of his bag, smirking. "Whatever."
"Oof!" Kuki collapsed upon a massive bubblegum pink bag, bangs across her face. She looked up at Rachel and Nigel who had accompanied her with her suitcase over to the group of three. "How much did I pack?"
The blonde laughed, setting the orange material on the grass and helping the girl up. "Too much."
Nigel scanned the teenagers noting a missing body, "Where's Wally?"
"Next to the pineapple tree hiding behind the pink elephant eating an ice cream." Hoagie stated with a nod of his head.
"What the hell are you on about?" Patton stared bewildered.
"Oh, your not talking about the book?"
Abby laughed and ruffled the boy's hair fondly. "Not the book baby, the person."
"Oh…"
Kuki giggled softly, pointing. "There he is! Hey Wall- Oof!"
In mid spin and her natural clumsiness, the oriental girl had ran into a tall blonde with exaggerated, controlled curls knocking her backwards sharply. A smaller brunette with long, poker straight hair that covered her eyes caught the blonde.
Kuki recovered from her disorientation and looked towards the girl who she had ran into. "Oh! I'm so sorry-"
"You better be!" The blonde eye's narrowed as she glared at the girl spitefully. "Watch where you're putting your clunky feet in the future ok? You might cause some damage with that mass!"
The blonde stormed off into the building, little brunette in tow.
"M-mass?" Kuki felt the words cut deep. Her lower lip began to tremble softly as she stared at the ground.
"Urgh!" Abby dropped her bag to the ground, aggressively. "I hate that girl! Always think she's it, you know? Ha!" Hazel eyes turned towards the petite girl, turning from hostile to gentle. "You take no notice of that Taylor, alright?"
Kuki sniffed in response.
Abby took a step forward, her hand outstretched. "Girl..."
Kuki felt a strong hand on her shoulder and looked up startled to find Wally, bag swung across his back, an awkward yet comforting smile on his face. "Your not fat or anything Kooks. Far from it…"
The Japanese let a happy smile grace her features as the boy removed his hand and began walking towards the building hastily.
"You know…" Kuki spun round, notifying the presence of the small group of teenagers, to see Rachel, hands on hips, smirk across her face. "I think that boy likes you…"
"Rachel!" The girl huffed and heading towards the entrance of the building, hiding a blush.
"You know what, Rach?" Patton looked up grinning mischievously. "I believe you are very, very correct."
The camp was rather small, old place yet the walls were littered with colourful memories and photographs that, though no one admitted it, excited the teenagers about the week to come. Everyone had unpacked, been settled into their rooms and shown the dining hall where they were all currently gathered in anticipation of what the teenagers were dreading.
Teams.
Miss Carson stood in front of the crowd glaring softly, pieces of paper in her hands. Mr Kidd stood smiling cheerfully next to her, apparently oblivious to the tense atmosphere.
"Right." The red head cleared her throat and the room went silent instantly. "Time to pick your teams. When I say your name, come up here and your group leader shall lead you away for discussions and the task you shall be doing tomorrow. So… let's begin. Mr Bluebell's team… Samantha Naylor…"
Abigail sat next to Hoagie, talking in hushed tones. "Do you think it's weird?"
"What's weird?"
Abby rolled her eyes. "The familiar feeling? Abby thinks she's met everyone we we're talking to today on the bus before!"
Hoagie turned his yellow optics towards her hazel eyes. "Like when you first met me?"
"Exactly… except I had feelings for you, not feelings of friendship."
The boy grinned cheekily. "I should hope so."
"Oh shush!" Abby pushed the boy playfully, yet again, rolling her eyes beneath her cap. "Dork."
The boy leaned closer and whispered in her ear, giving Abby that little thrill of adrenaline. "Your dork, Abigail. For always and always…"
"Forever and ever, babes." Abby snuck a small peck on his cheek.
"Hoagie Gillian!"
The boy shot up, alert on two feet. "I didn't do it!"
Sniggers echoed off the wooden walls.
Miss Carson smirked, "Please pay attention next time, Mr Gillian. You are in Mr Kidd's group. Also take your girlfriend, as Abigail is also in that group. I wouldn't want to split up you and your love."
Laughter arose round the hall as the boy held out his hand for the girl to take.
Wally, Kuki, Hoagie, Abby, a girl with shoulder length, curly brown hair and a boy with short brown hair matched with a big grin who had introduced himself as Callum and the girl as Megan, stood before Mr Kidd.
Mr Kidd grinned widely, taking a bite out of his new banana. "Welcome to team Daffodil!"
"Crud!"
