OK, school camp is up! Thanks for reviewing, KaylaMicael, frumouttamimind and Warner Kids Fan!
The trip up to Salem was tedious, but I talked to my friends the whole way there. Sophie wanted to talk about the actual camp, Heather wanted to talk about the activities other than the study, and Kaylee, as usual, only wanted to talk about boys. Ever since Yakko and I had openly acknowledged our relationship, she was trying to work out how it happened.
"I've heard of a whirlwind romance, but you two seemed to be together a day after he joined the school." she said. "Lexi, how did it happen?"
I sighed. Everyone still knew of Yakko as being Lee Warner, and because of that, Kaylee thought I'd only just met him. I didn't know whether to tell her the truth, or to lie my way through it.
Finally, I spoke. "Lee...well, I've known him for longer than you think. We were already together." I explained.
Kaylee's eyes widened. "For how long?" she asked. "Why haven't you told me? Was it a secret?"
"It was in the summer." I said, still truthfully.
Kaylee squinted a few rows ahead. "You know, he looks kind of familiar. Did you mean the summer as in June, before school was out?"
I should have remembered that Kaylee liked the show. I knew that Heather wouldn't really understand if I confessed. Sophie would probably be even less understanding. They'd probably stay my friends, but I couldn't stand it if I knew they were always wondering what the hell I saw in someone I'd despised for years. But Kaylee... well, she always said that the first boyfriend she had was someone she'd loathed before. Plus, she was an Animaniacs fan and knew her fangirl status well.
"Well, I guess I can tell you...if you promise you won't EVER tell." I whispered. Kaylee nodded. Then I whispered "Lee Warner isn't actually called Lee. And the way he looks right now isn't the way he usually looks."
And just for a moment, ducking down so no one else saw me, I turned into my toon form. Kaylee's mouth dropped open. I grinned, enjoying being able to use this form again, and said "Look out for flies."
Kaylee finally managed to speak. "You – you – Lexi, you're a – wait, what are you?"
"Toon?" I suggested.
Kaylee shook her head. "I knew that. But you look like a...well, a Warner." I think she realized what I was getting at at that moment, because she looked back down the rows. Yakko had glanced back at that moment, and then he grinned when their eyes met. She turned back to me. "You're not serious?"
I turned myself back to human form and sighed. "Kay, please don't judge me."
"I'm not!" Kaylee protested. "Love comes from hate all the time. I'm just surprised that you can be a toon. And how could I miss that Yakko Warner was in our year group? I mean, I know he looked just like us, but that smile he has and the flirty attitude...no one but him has that."
"Promise you won't tell?" I begged.
"I swear." Kaylee said. "But Lexi, you better watch out with this. Don't let him sneak into your cabin at night time."
I laughed at that. "Kay, come on. Don't forget we're talking about the oldest member of a family who can do practically anything. But," I added, "I'm happy you're not judging."
Kaylee counted the reasons for not freaking on me. "One, there are plenty of Yakko fangirls. Two, he can become human like you, and you can become toon like him. Three, tell me everything. OK, that's not a reason, but you have to tell me how it happened. How far did it go? Do you really love him?"
I sighed and told her everything in the basic facts. The earrings, the dates, the songs, the makeout sessions...I even admitted to my first time, which made her eyes widen, but she didn't comment.
The first thing we did when we got to the place of lodging was to meet all the camp instructors. There were four, one man and three women.
"Hi, guys." said one of the women, who was probably the oldest of all the instructors. "Welcome to Salem, yadda yadda yadda. I'm Emily, and I own the lodge, including the rec room, the meeting room, and the cabins. Oh, and the high ropes course, except I don't go on it. This is Jay-" the man, "Jessica-" she was taller than the other woman, "and Alison." Who had curly brown hair and looked like she was probably the youngest of the instructors. "Each of us are assigned to one of your activity groups." Emily continued. For mine and Sophie's group, it was Jay, and for Yakko's, it was Alison. Heather and Kaylee were both in the group Emily was leading, while Jessica took the other group. After that, Emily outlined the rules, like having to be in our cabins by 9:30pm, to have had breakfast by 8:30am, and boys not being allowed in girl's cabins, and vice versa. It was basically the same as any other camp. There was even a rule made that went without saying, prohibiting intimacy. I'd have to wait for a longer time before screwing my boyfriend again.
That first day, we didn't really do anything, just hung around. No one kept the rule about guys and girls in each other's cabins, though. For the whole afternoon, boys were in and out of mine and Sophie's cabin, and Yakko was one of them.
"So what's your plan to us seeing more of each other?" I whispered.
"Well," Yakko grinned. "I hate to be a cliché, but sneaking out after hours."
I rolled my eyes. "Oh, so where are we going to meet?"
"Come on, Princess Alexandra," I looked around, but no one seemed to have noticed him calling me that. "In toon form, getting into the spare cabin – there is one – and there, we have freedom. By five-thirty, we're back in our cabins, no one knows we're left, I'm back to being Lee Warner, the perfectly normal boy, and you're back to Alexandra Romana, a perfectly normal girl."
I grinned too. "Right. I'll meet you at ten-thirty tonight, toon form. Bring a torch, or it'll look like a floating face and gloves with all that black fur." I teased.
I was happy then. But still, when we were in the mess hall, I got a little nervous, because we had to sit with our activity groups. I could see Jasmine across the room, flicking her hair back and laughing, smiling. She was right next to Yakko, flirting like crazy. I couldn't relax for that whole time, but I was glad to see that Yakko wasn't encouraging her as much as usual.
That evening, we met in toon form, and sneaked into the empty cabin together. We had to keep more quiet than usual, but our passion for each other was unfiltered. It was our usual makeout session, although somehow my jumper slipped off, and I was wearing a flimsy black partially see-through singlet underneath. We had a few hours of bliss, and we went back to our cabins at midnight. I slipped back into my cabin, gave myself seconds to become human, and then went to sleep, dreaming happily.
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