Wow, I got one review and felt the need to update.

Either way, here's the next chapter!


There is something marvelous

about returning home

At the end of a long day,

Even if there is tuna fish for dinner.


What a long day Beth thought as she hopped off the city bus and got ready to walk the rest of the way home. She'd embarrassed herself in front of her co-worker and crush, Mr. Cody Blanc, and she'd only gotten about half her usual amount of filing done.

And what did she have to look forward to when she got home? No boyfriend, no friends, and only a cat as company. Oh well, she thought at least I'm not fired.

Her cell phone rang.

She looked at the caller i.d. before answering, worrying that she'd jinxed herself.

"Hey, Beth,"

"Hello Mrs. Hanson." Mrs. Lauren Hanson: Beth's employer.

"I'm going to need you to come in early tomorrow, okay?"

"How early, Mrs. Hanson?"

"Oh about 1 o'clock-ish. You obviously can't handle filing, so you're stuck baby-sitting the security guard to make sure he stays awake."

Demoted? Beth held the phone against her chest and started cussing with every swear she could think of, even a few British terms she'd only heard in songs.

"Beth?."

Beth took a deep breath and put the phone to her ear. "Yes Mrs. Twat?" She didn't realize her mistake until it was too late.

"YOU WILL NEVER WORK ANYWHERE EVER AGAIN IF IT'S THE LAST THING I EVER DO!"

Beth grabbed her clunky tan purse and stuffed the phone into it, not even bothering to answer. She also grabbed a lemon-yellow tissue and started dabbing at her tears.


Beth got home and immediately sunk into her huge armchair with the plumpery pillows and felt at home. Her fat cow-printed cat leaped mightily and sat on her lap, thus making the scene perfect.

Then the doorbell rang.

Beth pushed Cow Cat onto the floor and stomped over to the door, expecting it to be her neighbor's annoying teenage son pranking her again.

Instead there was Lindsay. Her friend Lindsay who she hadn't seen in two years.

"Hi, Beth!"

"Oh my gosh, Lindsay, how did you get here!?"

Lindsay tossed her (now curly) blond hair over one shoulder and laughed, handing a paper lunch bag to Beth. "I looked you up on the Internet! Chris keeps tabs on all the ex-campers."

"That was really... smart of you."

"Yea, I started hanging out with different people, and I ended up liking to be smart and blond!" Beth set the lunch bag on the little table next to her front door and gave her friend the biggest hug she'd ever given anyone.

Lindsay hugged back with just as much enthusiasm, then asked: "Do you like tuna? It's all I had on hand."

Beth smiled her perfectly white smile and nodded. "I really couldn't care less."