Clary could feel the heat from the large fire on her back. "Ok leaders! This is our bonfire!" called Robert as the last few whispers from the group of leaders on the lawn died away. "Duties are on the notice board, as usual. Just make this a good night guys. This is the kids first impression of camp and we want it to be a good one" said Maryse. "On you go!" called Robert.
Clary darted to the notice board and scanned for her name. CLARY FRAY, FOOD PREP. And then predictably, JACE HERONDALE, FOOD PREP. "Have you been bribing Maryse again?" asked Clary as she took Jace's hand. "Maybe" he said smiling a little. "Save me!" moaned Cecily as she joined them. Jace raised an eyebrow. "Crafts and Activity Sheets, with Magnus" said Cecily glancing at the activities table. Clary laughed. "Watch the glitter" she said. "Too late" said Jace as Magnus spilled a tub of silver glitter all over the table. Cecily moaned and walked over to join Magnus.
"So food prep is...?" asked Clary. "Two hours of putting marshmallows on sticks essentially" said Jace leading her over to a table with marshmallows and skewers on it. Campers began to spill onto the lawn and surround the bonfire that was burning brightly in the fire pit. Clary could hear the excited chatters of the kids die down as Maryse and Robert joined them on the lawn.
"To those of you who are new, welcome and to those of you who have been here before, welcome back! This is Alicante Holiday Camp. This will be your home for the next 8 weeks." said Maryse. "This is our opening night bonfire. There are only two rules tonight. Listen to the leaders and have fun!" said Robert. "Well, the only thing left to say is on you go!" called Maryse and the leaders and campers cheered.
"Welcome to the most boring job at the bonfire!" said Jace as the campers rushed off to their activities. "Oh I don't know, two hours of marshmallows doesn't sound that bad." said Clary thoughtfully. "Don't you mean two hours of me" said Jace smirking. Clary took a marshmallow and bit into it. "Nope, definitely the marshmallows" said Clary smiling. Jace pulled a face at her.
100 marshmallows later, Clary sighed. "How many more to go?" she asked. Jace gestured to a pile of unopened bags of marshmallows lying on the table. "Just a few" he said. Clary rolled her eyes. "Who is that? With Robert and Maryse?" asked Clary pointing across the lawn to where Robert and Maryse were standing with an odd looking man. "I don't know. A parent of one of the kids maybe?" said Jace shrugging.
The man had white-blonde hair and dark eyes and was deep in conversation with Robert and Maryse. A look of worry passed Maryse's face but when she saw Clary looking she gave her a reassuring smile. "Look don't worry, it's probably nothing" said Jace reassuringly.
"I don't want to bring it up but..." said Clary quietly. "Aline?" said Jace with a sigh. Clary nodded. "Yeah, she's Kaelie's little sister. I've only met her a couple of times before but I can't say I like her." said Jace. "At least it's not Kaelie, she was banned from ever coming back." said Clary. Jace sighed. "I honestly wouldn't be surprised if Aline is only here to spy on us for Kaelie. She seems to know Kaelie's friends pretty well." he said gesturing to where Aline was talking to Seelie, Kaelie's best friend. "It doesn't matter about her though. This year is Kaelie free and I intend to spend it with someone I love." said Jace shaking himself. Clary blushed. "Will" added Jace grinning. Clary pulled a face and hit him in the shoulder. "Kidding!" he laughed kissing her forehead quickly.
The sun was setting by the time the campers had finished and were all sitting round the bonfire. "Phew. I forgot how energetic they were!" said Isabelle collapsing on the ground next to Simon. "You ok?" he asked smiling affectionately at her. She nodded. "Glad to be back" she said. Simon put his arm around her shoulders and pulled her in closer. She rested her head on his shoulder. "Are you ok?" she whispered. "Couldn't be better" he replied. She kissed his cheek gently. "I love you" said Isabelle. "I love you too" said Simon.
The phone's buzzing brought Aline back down to earth. "Hello" she said picking it up. "Oh hey Kaelie. No I'm fine, camp seems ok. Jace? I saw him but he was just sitting with friends. His girlfriend? I don't know, I couldn't tell. Robert and Maryse seemed ok, I guess. What do you mean? How do you know that? Ok, I'll call you if I hear anything." she said. She ended the call and set the phone on the bedside table. What had Kaelie meant, changes to the camp?
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