I woke up to the sound of music.

I opened my eyes and saw Peter playing guitar on Liz' bed. I sat upright, my foot still propped up on the pillow.

I noticed that there was a camp leader there. My first thought was, "Oh no, is she going to kick Peter out?" Then I realized it looked like she had been sitting on one of the two chairs in the room for a while, and Hailey was in the other chair, so everyone knew she was there.

Peter finished the song, which was The Beatles' "Here Comes the Sun". I loved that song.

"I'd clap if I could, but I'd just fall back onto the pillows," I said, grinning.

"Oh, good, you're awake," Liz said. "It's 7:00 in the morning."

"It is? How long have you two been here?" I looked from Hailey to Peter, my eyes questioning.

"Since 6:00. I woke up early, and I was trying to get Tina to come, but she wouldn't budge, so I got Peter," Hailey replied.

I nodded, looking at the camp leader. "You're the nurse, I'm guessing."

She smiled. "Yes; I'm Miss Karen. I wasn't at the introduction yesterday because I hadn't shown up yet, but I'm glad I did." She nodded to my foot.

"Melanie went down with me to go get the nurse, and Thalia ended up tagging along," Liz told me. Her eyes were telling a different story, however. Something told me I would be hearing all about what really happened whenever Miss Karen left.

I looked around the cabin. "Where are Thalia and Melanie?" I asked.

"They're in another cabin," Miss Karen answered, "With all the staff running around in here, and them needing sleep, they were temporarily moved to the empty girls' cabin that's right before you get to the hill leading to the boys' cabin."

"Oh. Ok," I said.

Miss Karen checked my foot and told me to get it elevated and that it should be better in a few days. Then she told Hailey, Peter, and Liz that they had to get ready for breakfast whether or not they wanted to. After that, she left to go back to her office.

"Peter, you're really good on that guitar," I commented to Peter as he stood up, guitar in hand.

He beamed. "Thanks, Rina."

I smiled back at him. He waved and said he'd be back to check up on me later, and then he headed to his cabin.

"How'd he get in here without the camp counselors getting on his case?" I asked Liz.

"Well, when Hailey and I told them how he carried you down the hill and into the cabin, they let it slide. Dunno why, though. Guess they're more understanding then other people I know," Liz replied.

Hailey stood up. "Ok, I've gotta go. See y'all later," she said, waving and walking out the door.

"Ok, that thing about Melanie and Thalia was not true. That's not how it happened," Liz said. Just like I thought she would.

"Oh? I had no clue," I retorted sarcastically as Liz rushed around to get her clothes for the day together. I noticed she was wearing a black pajama top with white pajama pants. I was still in my clothes from yesterday.

"Thalia came in and started asking stuff like, 'Why is there a guy in my cabin?' 'You guys ditched the night hike.' 'I'm so telling on you four.' Then I went out the door to get the nurse, and I heard Thalia tell Melanie to follow me. Of course, they both ended up following me, but anyways. So, I got to the nurse's office before they could, and I told Miss Karen what happened. Then, Thalia and Melanie stormed in and started saying, 'They weren't on the hike,' and 'They let a guy into our cabin,' and such," she said.

I started laughing. "Man, Thalia's such a drama queen."

Liz nodded. "Well, then Miss Karen came up here and Hailey vouched for me. So she checked out your ankle while you were asleep and said it was just a sprain, then a bunch of other camp leaders came in, and then Thalia and Melanie left to go to that other cabin."

"I wish they could just stay in that cabin," I muttered.

"Yeah," Liz said, sighing. "Ok, I've gotta go brush my teeth and all. You're ok for now, right?"

I nodded. "I'm good."

"'Kay. Oh, hey, if you get bored, you can go ahead and read my book." She placed a thick book on my bed and then went out to the bathrooms.

I picked up the book. "'Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring'," I read aloud. I cracked it open to the first page and started reading.

I had gotten through 2 chapters of the book when Liz walked in with a plate of pancakes, hash brown, and a fruit cup. Surprisingly, she was also balancing a glass of orange juice, as well.

"Room service," she joked. I rolled my eyes and smiled as she set the plate down on the little nightstand that was in between my bed and hers.

"Thanks, Liz," I said. "For the food, the book, the support, everything, practically!"

She smiled. "No problem. That's what friends are for, right?"

"I dunno. Is that what friends are for? I thought it was just to borrow money from one another," I said seriously. Liz rolled her eyes and laughed.

"So, do you like the book? It's one of my favorites," she said.

"It's ok so far. A little boring, but ok,," I told her.

"It gets better; trust me!" she insisted as she headed for the door. "Hailey's coming over in a little bit to keep an eye on you. Then Peter's coming, with Miss Karen, and then Tina."

"Oh, ok. So you guys are trading off who's got guard duty every class?"

She nodded. "Yeah. Tomorrow we're changing it again and Tina's coming first."

"'Kay."

"Ok, I'll see you at lunch or whenever. I don't know who has room service next," she said as she opened the door.

"Well, whoever it is had better bring me food. That's for certain." We laughed as she said "bye" and headed off to her first class.

I stared up at the ceiling for a moment until I heard the door open.

"Hailey?" I looked towards the doors and was surprised to see Peter.

"Sorry. Hailey kind of had to be at her first class, so I took over," he explained.

"Oh. What is her first class?"

"Canoeing. They have to take the swimming test today or else they can't do the class all week."

"That sucks."

We were quiet for a moment as Peter came over and sat down on Liz' bed.

"'Lord of the Rings'?" he asked, looking down at the book that was sitting next to me.

"Oh, yeah. Liz lent that too me." I picked it up and looked around for a page marker.

Peter handed me a piece of paper that had a list of camp schedules in it. I stuck it in the book where I had stopped reading and then looked back at Peter.

"Hey, you brought your guitar!" I exclaimed. I hadn't noticed that he had brought his guitar in with him.

"I thought you might wanna hear it. You seemed to like it a lot earlier," he said, picking up the acoustic guitar and strumming a few chords on it. Then he started playing a slow song that I'd never heard before. It was beautiful and almost brought tears to my eyes.

He finished and looked at me for critique on his song.

"It was really pretty. I loved it, Peter. Who wrote it? I've never heard it before," I said.

"The band wrote it. It's called 'I Wanna be Free'. Davy sings it really, but sometimes when no one's listening I play and sing it to myself."

"Do you sing any other songs?" I asked.

"A few. Micky's the lead singer, though."

"Oh."

There was another awkward silence for a moment as we sort of looked at each other, then down, then at random objects in the room, then back at each other.

"Can you play another Beatles song for me, please?" I finally broke the silence.

"Ok. Any requests?"

"Um, no. You pick."

He thought for a moment and then started playing "Hey Jude". He started singing, too, and soon I found myself singing along with him.

"Na-na-na-nananana, nananana, hey Jude." We finished the song and smiled at each other.

"You're a really good singer," we both said to each other at the same time. Then we laughed.

Was it just me, or was I kind of starting to maybe sort of not really maybe just a little like Peter?