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Chapter 3: Training starts

(Mitch's pov)

I woke up at sunrise as I usually do and got out of my bed. Yawning, I rub my eyes and make my way down the stairs. When I open my eyes again, I see another bed against the wall with a figure still sleeping in it. "What in the world?" I take a few steps forward when I remember that Julianna was my new cabin partner.

I face palmed and stood there for a few moments when I remembered another crucial detail. I sprinted up the stairs and looked for my cloths. It wouldn't be the best impression if she saw me only in my boxers on the first day, now would it?

When I found my jeans, I put them on and this wave of relief washed over me. "That…was close."

I grinned to myself from avoiding the awkward moment of embarrassment. I just sat there for a while against my bed thinking about my feelings toward this girl that appeared in our lives. 'She's cute and seems nice but I just met her. There's no way I could be in love, I'm the hunger games master..the best in PvP…I fight for fun! Is it even possible for me to be in love?' I snickered. "I doubt love at first sight even exists…especially for me."

'Ok, that's one way to depress yourself.' I thought and sighed.

Putting on my shirt, I adjusted my dog tag around my neck and finished my look with my favorite checkered hoodie. Now that I was in the appropriate attire, I once again made my way down the stairs to get something to eat.

Julianna was still asleep in her bed by the time I got back down there. I smiled a bit and walked closer to where she slept 'I guess it's up to me to wake her up.'

"Hey." I shook her a bit. "Julianna wake up." I continued shaking her until the peacefulness that was on her face was no more. She looked at me with a confused face.

"Where am I?"

"Minecraft." I raised an eyebrow. "I thought we went over this yesterday."

Her eyes widened but then a small smile crept onto her face. "My bad…I just thought yesterday was all a dream so I was confused for a bit." Julianna sat up, yawned, and then stretched.

Rolling my eyes, I made my way over to my chest that held everything. I'm too lazy to organize it. "do you want anything to eat?" I asked her while I looked for the food.

"What's there to eat?" I could feel her presence behind me.

"This is my personal stash…don't tell anyone that I have it or they'll take it. I only have it in case we run low on food…again." I took out a small piece of bread and broke it in half. I gave the bigger half to her.

"What do you mean again?" She took the bread and took a small bite. "This is good."

"Thank…ummmm…well it was when we all just got here and we were in the middle of the dessert. We knew where we were but we didn't have a lot of food. We set out on our way to try and get out of the dessert while eating as little as possible. When we were really close to ending our food supply that's when things started to get ugly. Everyone started fighting…this was before we met Brittany, Allison, and Maddy so it was just us guys." I cringed as some unwanted memories were now imprinted in my mind.

"How'd you get out?" Julianna finished her bread while I still had mine in my hand.

"We found a village but most of us passed out. That was when we found slash met Brittany and her friends. They…along with the villagers saved our lives... I was one of the few that didn't pass out, so I remember it more clearly. I don't think Jason or Ty remember…so that would explain why they're together with Brittany and Maddy." I took a bite out of my bread.

"That's cute."

"What is?" I asked Julianna when I swallowed.

"How they're together and all…but do you know what's going on between Ty and Maddy?" Julianna's voice cropped to a whisper.

"I don't know…I think Ty and Maddy are the kind of people that want to do things their own way by themselves without anyone judging them but it's funny because they both have an opinion. I think it's another small fight they got into, I wouldn't be too concerned about iy though." I finished my bread and winked.

Suddenly, someone knocked on the door. I got up to open it only to find Allison. "Hey Mitch, it Julianna awake?"

I turned around. "Yeah, she is…why again?"

"We have to train her remember…we're not sending her out into the minecraft world with no survival skills. You can come watch or help if you want. I checked who's got the hunting chore for today and it's Adam…but being who he is, he somehow got Ty to go with him." Allison ran a hand through her hair. I nodded. "I don't think I have anything to do today anyway."

Turning around once again, I called out to Julianna. "Julianna…time for your training to start!" She groaned while I chuckled. "coming!"

I waited by the door for Julianna to go outside. "Now that you're fully healed from the creeper and skeleton-"

"What's a creeper again?" Julianna asked.

Allison and I shared a look and I resisted a face palm. "A creeper is that green thing you poked. They follow you around and when your guard is down they'll get close to you and blow up. Stay away from them."

"Got it." Julianna moved her bangs out of her face. I smiled without realizing it.

"Good…now let's get started, shall we?"

"We shall!" Julianna yelled and followed Aliison to the middle of the camp. I walked behind them chuckling along the way.

"What do I do first?" Julianna asked excitedly.

"Go punch that tree!"

"WHAT?!"

"Go… punch…the…tree…no questions, just do it." Allison pointed to which tree she wanted Julianna to punch.

Julianna walked slowly to the tree and turned around. "Just…punch it?"

"Yup, just punch it!" Allison grinned.

"Wouldn't that hurt?"

"I said no questions, just do it!" Allison rolled her eyes.

Biting her lip, Julianna took a swing and punch the tree. It cracked. "That's possible?!"

"Yes." Allison said in all seriousness. "But you have to keep punching it to you'll have to start all over again!" She called out.

Julianna turned back around and saw that the tree was back to normal. Sighing, Julianna went back to punching the tree until it broke.

"Was that supposed to happen?" She turned to me and Allison. WE both nodded. "Pick up the smaller block!" Allison called out.

Julianna did as she was told. "Put it in your pocket."She did. "And punch out 3 more blocks, you're going to need it."

Groaning, Julianna went back to punching the poor tree. "Now what?" She asked when she got the 3 blocks Allison asked for.

While those two were talking, I looked around and realized that no one else was there. "And BOOM, you have a crafted table!" Allison threw her hands in the air.

"That's awesome." Julianna burst out into an uncomfortable laughing. 'I think she's in shock and she's trying to cope with what just happened.'

"Well, Adam and Ty are hunting, Brittany, Maddy and Jerome I think went fishing, and Quinton and Ian…I don't know what happened to them." Allison shrugged and turned back to Julianna. "You're first lesson is crafting, before we start this lesson I need you punch out the rest of that tree." Allison grinned.

Julianna shut up almost entirely. "You've got to be kidding me!"

"No, I'm not, before you hate me, I'm going to show you why you need more wood, just please go punch it. I'll explain afterwards I promise."

"Fine!"

I chuckled and looked around. My sight landed by the fire place and the fire wood. We were low on fire wood. Sighing, I took out my diamond axe. Jerome calls the axe Betty where as Betty for me is my diamond sword. I ran a hand threw my hair as I took the first swing at one of the closer trees. It didn't feel quiet as natural to swing the axe as I wished it could have been. To fix that, I took off my checkered hoodie and set it aside so none of the wood chips dust would touch it.

It was a little uncoordinated at first but then I got into a rhythm. Soon I had finished the tree, then a second tree, then a third tree. Putting the new fire wood onto the pile I smiled at my newly accomplished work. 'That should keep up steady for about another month or so.' I ran a hand threw my hair and felt how sweaty it was. I didn't even realize it or felt it but I worked up a sweat when I was chopping down the trees. Funny, I'm not even tired. "Darn it!" I groaned. 'Now I have to wash my shirt.' Sighing, I took my new soaking wet, white T-shirt off.

(Julianna's pov)

I punched out the rest of the tree just as Allison had asked me. I brought the wood to her when suddenly the sound of chopping rang out.

I turned my hand and saw Mitch chopping up a tree. His muscles flexed and were clearly visible while he was chopping the tree, especially since he didn't have his hoodie on. I had to look away or I swear I would have to tear my eyes out because nothing would have been worth seeing again.

"Ok Julianna now put the blocks in this square." Allison told me while she pointed to the square on the crafting table. I did as I was told while I rolled my eyes. "Ok, take out all the planks from the sides, do you see it?"

I nodded and took out the planks. I still had Mitch in my mind and his picture refused to leave.

"Julianna, put a block of planks about here and here." Allison instruction with the most monotone voice I had ever heard.

The sound of Mitch's chopping of the trees was heard throughout the whole thing. "Now you have sticks!" Allison started messing around with her hair. "Take out about 7 sticks."

I did, and moved my hand around because it started to cramp up. "I'm sorry, but I just remembered that I have to do something and if I don't do it now, I'm going to get in trouble with everyone else."

"It's ok." I moved my bangs out of my face.

"Maybe Mitch can help you." Allison turned around. "Hey-"

Remember what I said about how I might need to tear my eyes out if I continued watching Mitch chop up the trees…well forget that. Nothing in this world matters to me anymore. Mitch just flipping took his shirt off! I can die right now and I wouldn't care one bit.

Allison just crossed her arms and rolled her eyes. "Ummmm….Mitch? Can you help Julianna with the simple crafting recipes?!" Allison called out.

Mitch jerked his head toward us as if he had just remembered that we were there, maybe he did just remember, I would never know. "Sure, but why?" He asked.

"Because I just remembered that I have to take care of Jeffery and Dillon!" Allison yells back as she heads off in one direction.

Mitch ran a hand through his hair and whistled. "Well that sucks! I'll help her for today and cover for you if anyone asks." He says as he walks over to me.

My heart pounds against my ear drum as he gets closer. 'Is this a dream? Is my mind playing a cruel joke about this cute boy being shirtless?'

"Thanks Mitch, you're a life saver." Allison saluted him as she started to leave.

"Best at PvP, remember?"

Allison laughed as she starts sprinting to whatever is behind Jason's and Brittany's cabin. I made a mental note to ask them about it later.

"So, what did she have you do before she left?" Mitch asks me with his arms crossed.

I couldn't look at him so I turned my attention to my crafting table. "Well, I don't know." I admit. "she had make a bunch of sticks and some wooden planks, I have no clue what to use them for though."

Realization dawns on Mitch's face. "OH! She was going to show you that most important ones!"

"What?" I raised an eyebrow.

"The most important ones are the pickaxe, sword, axe and shovel. She said simple because they are but you really only need these 4 crafting recipes to survive and prosper." Mitch explains to me.

"Ok, then, which one's first?"

"Let's start with shovel. It's not as frequently used as the others but as the others but in my opinion it's the easiest."

I nod in understanding. "OK…"

"Here, just put the two sticks here, and a block of planks here." Mitch pointed to the squares on the crafting table as I did what he asked. A shovel popped up and floating above the surface. I stared at it in utter astonishment.

"That…looks…awesome."

Mitch chuckled while my hand grasped the handle of the newly made shovel. I moved it around as if it was a ninja staff.

It almost slipped out of my hand.

"Whoa, calm down there!" Mitch put his hands out when it almost hit him. I blushed out of embarrassment.

"What's next?" I ask as I put the shovel down on the ground so I wouldn't be tempted to throw it around.

"Axe…let's do least importance to most importance."

"I'm ok with that. I don't know why we're doing the least important ones first or how to make them…"

Mitch raised an eyebrow at me then realizes what I mean." I'll show you."

Mitch walked around the crafting table and held my arms from behind me. With my back to his bare chest and his face so close to mine, I found myself having a hard time breathing.

"Now you take the wooden planks and put them here, here, and here." Mitch moved my hands to the spots where the blocks go. His breath tickled my neck and sent shivers down my spine. I don't ever want to leave but soon enough on axe hovered over the crafting table just like the shovel did.

"And there you have an axe." Mitch let go of my arms but he didn't leave from where he's standing. "Want to try and make a sword?"

I bit my lip and nod while I remove the axe from its hovering place on the crafting table. "Take out one stick and 2 blocks of wooden planks." Mitch instructs.

While I take out the materials I was hold to get, I felt Mitch's arms made their to mine as he moves my arms around.

Right as I put the last thing in place a sword pops up. Taking it, I ask Mitch. "Is there a point to all this?"

"Yeah, like I said you'll need these tools for later."

"No." I moved my bangs out of my face. "I got that part, what I mean is, is it necessary for you to do what you're doing? To be moving my arms and hands for me?"

Mitch let go of me and stepped aside. "Sorry about that." He blushed and turned away. "To make a pickaxe…just put some wooden planks here, here, and here, then add the two sticks here." He pointed out.

"Thanks." I smile.

Mitch started backing up. "I think we should stop here. I got some stuff I have to do." Mitch ran away leaving me there alone.