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The kids froze at Shelby's voice, knowing they were going to be in a great deal of trouble. They quickly filed into the meeting room, not making a sound.
Tamara was already at the front of the room, waiting for the campers to come in. Shelby had heard a loud noise and called her immediately. She had volunteered to round up the kids and Tamara went down into the meeting room and attempted to calm her anger, mostly unsuccessfully. Although she and Shelby had discussed the possibility of this happening, they certainly had not expected it to occur so soon.
They sat in the chairs Tamara had positioned to face the front of the room. She and Shelby talked for a moment, letting the culprits squirm, then turned around and glared at them.
"What were you thinking?" Tamara questioned, an eyebrow cocked. "Did you really think that we wouldn't catch you doing this? How many of you were drinking-and it would be best if you own up to it now, because we have breathalysers that we will be employing momentarily." She waited, and all except two or three of the kids raised their hands.
"Okay," said Shelby. "Those who are claiming to not have consumed any alcohol, follow me." She led them into an adjoining room that held the breathalysers, proceeding to test them.
"They're clear," she called back to Tamara. "I'm going to take them back up to their dorms.
"Your only punishment is that your next two weekends are to be strictly monitored and you will not be leaving campus. I would count yourselves lucky." She led the kids back to their dorms then rejoined a lecturing Tamara in the meeting room, motioning for her to come off to the side.
"Are you sending them home?" she whispered.
Tamara shook her head. "No, I'm not going to send them home. However, I am going to be revoking their weekend privileges. They will have to stay on campus at all times unless they are with a counselor or one of the staff. For many of them, it was peer pressure that forced them into this, and you and I both know how powerful that can be. I'm very happy that your daughter was not a part of this. You must be proud of her."
Shelby smiled in response. She was proud of Rachel for being responsible enough to resist the pressure and do something safe...and legal.
"I am," she said.
Walking back into the room, Tamara said, "Okay. You are not going to be sent home."
An audible sound of relief went around the room. "However. You are not allowed to leave campus at any point during your stay if you are not with a staff member, and even then, only after three weeks. Also, your off time during the next week will be spent either in your own dorm, or with one of the staff. Am I understood?"
A chorus of nods and relieved agreements answered her. The campers were so glad not to be sent home, they didn't really care about the punishment they received.
Tamara and Shelby dismissed them and they immediately and silently, aside from a few whispers here and there, back to their dorms. It was closing in on ten, and the kids who were not at the party would be returning soon and would need to check in.
The staff members walked together down to the front hall and waited for the kids to come back from their trips around the city. Mitchell and a friend came first, soon followed by Mia and a couple of the other girls. At ten-thirty, Rachel, Kendall and Caroline strolled in chatting animatedly to each-other about the places they had gone.
"Hey, we're back. Do we just need to check ourselves off?" Caroline asked the women.
"Yeah, that will be great. I hope you guys enjoyed your first night in the city!" Shelby replied.
"Oh, we did!" Rachel exclaimed excitedly. "Are we going to go tomorrow, Mom? Or do you have to stay here?"
"We can go, as long as you're sure you don't want to go with your friends, I'll understand."
"No. I would really like to go with you, we've got the rest of the camp to spend together. One night isn't going to hurt anyone-right?" Shelby nodded in response to the excited girl, noting the other two's confused faces.
"Ms. Corcoran is your mother? Oh, well that explains the uncanny resemblance-I was wondering. You two are like twins, except...well, Ms. Corcoran looks a bit younger." Kendall joked. Shelby smiled. "Keep that up and you will soon become my favorite."
Rachel rolled her eyes at her mother's joke. "Oh, Mom, don't go and get a big head. Way to go, Kendall, now that is all she will be talking about!"
The girls laughed, waving goodnight to the chuckling women and walked off to their dorms. Caroline was on a different floor than the other two, so she hugged them goodnight and left Rachel and Kendall to continue up one more flight of stairs.
They sighed as they opened the door to their room. Una, while they were gone, had spread her stuff all around the room, messing up the order that Rachel loved to have her room in.
"What on Earth, Una? What happened while we were gone-a hurricane? You need to clean up your stuff and keep it either in your closet or by your bed. You do have a closet to yourself, so don't say that you have no space-because you do!" Rachel was really upset.
The girl only huffed and buried herself further into her magazine and turned the volume up on her i-pod. Rachel went over and took one of the headphones out of her ears, making to yell at her when Kendall pulled her away.
"It doesn't matter Rachel. Let's just get it cleaned up and we can go to sleep. I'm too tired to fight with her right now-and you know she's going to be a bitch and end up getting her way no matter what. It won't take us too long if we work together."
"You're right, K. Alright. Let's do this and then take showers and sleep. I'm beat!"
The two girls went around the small dorm and picked up the magazines, clothes, makeup and other miscellaneous items from the floor, depositing them either on Una's bed or in the closet. That girl had way too much stuff.
"Okay, do you want to take a shower first, or should I?" Kendall motioned for her to go ahead and lay back on the bed. "I'll just take one in the morning. I am way too exhausted to bother with any of that."
Rachel smiled at the girl's obvious exhaustion. She gathered her clothes and toothbrush, walking into the small bathroom and placing her belongings on the sink. She made sure to lock the door, not wanting Una to mess with any of her stuff. She was right to do so. About a minute into her shower, she heard someone trying to sneakily open the door. She knew it was Una when the girl huffed at her failure and stomped back to her bed.
Finishing up quickly, she stepped out of the shower and toweled her hair dry. She pulled on her clothes and brushed her teeth carefully. She had to take care of her dental hygiene; her instrument was her voice, which came from her throat. And as her mouth was imperative in using her instrument, she could simply not permit herself to go about it in any other way. Smiling at her reflection, she gathered her dirty clothing, shut off the lights, and walked out into the bedroom.
Kendall was fast asleep, not even out of her day-clothes. Una was still reading and listening to music, a light frown on her face. Rachel wondered absently if that was how she slept, also, a displeased expression constantly gracing her features. She climbed into her bed and quickly fell asleep, drifting off even as her head hit the pillow.
Rachel's alarm went off the next morning at her usual 5:00, and she jumped out of bed, turning it off before it could disturb the other girls. She and her mother had arranged to meet each morning for a run at 5:30. She brushed her teeth and pulled on some shorts and a tank top, then walked up to her mother's room.
Shelby answered the door completely dressed and ready. They walked down the stairs together, whispering so as not to wake up any of the other girls.
They ran for about forty-five minutes, talking about everything from Rachel and her friends' trip around the city yesterday, to the first meeting that was to happen in a few hours. They also talked about her friends back in Auburn, but Rachel didn't want to talk to much about them-she missed them a lot.
They ran for about forty-five minutes before turning around and heading back to the camp. They parted at Rachel's dorm, Shelby going further to her own room.
Rachel walked in to find both of her roommates still asleep. They only had about an hour and a half before they had to be down, so she quickly took a shower then woke them up with an hour and fifteen minutes left. They still had plenty of time if they moved quickly. She woke Kendall first, not wanting to deal with Una yet.
"Morning K! You've got about an hour-I woke you first so you could get a shower in before 'Ice Queen' wakes. Hurry!"
"Thanks Rach!" She gathered some clothes and ran into the bathroom to take her shower.
Rachel moved over to Una's bed and gently shook the girl's shoulder, "Una? You have to get up. We've only got an hour before we have the first meeting."
Una shot up. "Only an hour? Why didn't you wake me sooner-I have to get ready and take a shower! Is Kendall taking one right now?" she moved over to the shower door. "Kendall, you better hurry-I need to take a shower too, and I am not going to wait for a kid to take forever!"
"What the hell, Una? She was there first; its not her fault you get up too late! You should wake yourself up instead of relying on me or someone else too! What if I hadn't woken you? You would have been late for the first day."
She shrugged out of Rachel's touch and went to grab some clothes and picked up her make-up. "God, you two put all my stuff in the wrong places-why do I have to spend my summer with you two?"
Rachel just ignored her, braiding her hair back and applying a small bit of make-up to her face, just enough to emphasize her natural look
Kendall came out of the bathroom and Una rushed in to take her place. The girls heard a shriek from the bathroom when she realized there was no hot water left. Rachel had taken her time, and Kendall had enough, but she had to take one quickly. The friends grinned at each-other. Kendall finished getting ready, brushing out her wet hair and pulling it back into a bun at the back of her head.
They walked out carrying their water bottles and backpacks with extra clothes and pencils and pens for marking their sheet music.
They gathered with the rest of the campers in the meeting room, wondering at the quiet the kids were surrounded in. A couple of the other kids were talking, but the majority were sitting silently, staring at Shelby and Tamara who were talking quietly.
Rachel and Kendall joined Caroline in the meeting room and waited for Shelby and Tamara to start the meeting, chatting randomly. They saw Una rush in a few minutes later, looking anxious, but still managing to look hot at the same time. It was weird how she always looked so good no matter what-it really wasn't fair, thought Rachel.
Una sat down with some of her friends and everyone went quiet when the two women came up to speak, the rest of the staff behind them. Shelby was one of the head members, second only to Tamara and the other co-owner, who wasn't here very often.
"Okay girls and guys, are you ready for the first rehearsal of the summer?" She was met by loud cheering and clapping. "Then lets get to work. Nessarose, Galinda and Elphaba will be going with me, Madame Morrible and the Wizard with Shelby..." Tamara went on, separating everyone out.
The three girls smiled at each-other, happy to be together and followed Tamara's instructions. They left with her into a mini theatre off to the side, and Rachel gasped.
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