A/N-I have read through and made it where Stanley hasn't come to the camp until this chapter, so it you see his name in earlier chapters I would greatly appreciate it if you tell me. Thanks! And I might of forgot about Barfbag, so I am saying he was never there.
The next week went by fast and mostly consisted of getting up, digging, showering, and hanging out with the 'B' tenters. I didn't talk to my tent mates and I could tell it was starting to bug X-ray that I didn't sit at their table anymore. The guys always had something rude to say to me while digging and Animal had changed my name from Switch to Whore in a matter of days. The only one that didn't seem to hate me was Zero and he made it routine to sit by me at lunch or on my cot as I read a book or wrote my friends. The news of Animal and my fight got to the others pretty quick and Soot wasn't very pleased, but Devil thought it was funny. I still hadn't received a letter from my parents and it was starting to bug me. You'd think after a little more than a month my parents would have gotten over the whole thing.
"Hey Whore," Animal called from her hole. I looked up and stared at her.
"What?" I snapped. Animal just smirked before jumping out of her hole.
"Water truck's here," she said, using her shovel to push some dirt back into my hole. I didn't make a move to get up so Zero came and held his hand out for me. I sent him a small smile and pulled myself out of the hole.
"Thanks," I whispered to him. He nodded and motioned for me to go ahead of him. I shook my head and he shrugged. Once I got to the front of the line Mr. Sir smirked.
"How have you been?" he asked. I narrowed my eyes at him.
"Just fine," I spat.
I was almost done with my hole when I saw the old yellow school bus coming up the old dirt road. I looked up and stared at it as it made its way to the camp. I finished up my whole quickly and sprinted back to camp, my curiosity getting the best of me. Once I threw my shovel in a pile with the rest of them I walked by the office. And just in time too, cause I saw Dr. Pendanski escorting a boy with curly hair towards my tent. I ran to catch up to them.
"Well hello Sara, I want you to meet Stanley, your new tent mate," he introduced. I smiled and held out my hand.
"Nice to meet you Stanley," I said politely, something Bone had suggested I do to get on the staff's good side.
"Well Sara, since you're here you wouldn't mind walking Stanley to the tent would you?" Pendanski asked. I frowned.
"I'll tag along," I said, knowing that I would then have to introduce him to the rest of the members. Pendanski just nodded his head and I followed behind him with Stanley.
"So, what they get you for?" I asked. He shrugged.
"It's really stupid," he said. I shrugged too, not wanting to push the only chance of a friend I had away. We shortly met up with some of the 'D' tent members and Pendanski pushed the new kid in front of him.
"Stanley, this is Rex, Alan, Theodore, and Ashley," Pendanski said, pointing to each boy, and girl, in turn. X-ray rolled his eyes.
"My names not Rex, it X-ray, and that's Squid, Theodore, and Animal," he snapped.
"They all their little nickname, even Sara here, but I prefer to call them the names their parents gave them, the one's society will recognize them by," Pendanski ranted. "Theodore, how about we show Stanley his cot."
"Go ahead Pit," X-ray said. I followed shortly behind them.
"Welcome to your new home Stanley," Pendanski said as we entered the tent. Armpit kicked the cot beside his own.
"He'll sleep here," he said as Magnet and Zig-Zag walked in. They stopped in front of the new comer.
"I'm Manet and this is Zig-Zag," Magnet said. Stanley smiled.
"Hi," he said. The two other boys rolled their eyes and continued to move their way over to their cots.
"And this is Zero," Pendanski said, putting his hands on Zero's shoulders, "You wanna know why they call him Zero, cause there's nothing going on in his stupid little head." I glared at him and caught Zero's eyes, but he looked away quickly.
"Did you tell him about the lizards?" Zig-Zag asked. I rolled my eyes and Pendanski frowned.
"Ricky, let's not scare Stanley," he said.
"His name's not Ricky," X-ray snapped, "it's Zig-Zag."
"Theodore will be your mentor," Pendanski continued, ignoring the earlier outburst, "Got that Theodore."
"Whatever dude," Armpit grumbled as the other boys laughed. After Pendanski and the other boys left it was just me, Stanley, and Zero in the tent.
"So what's you're 'name'?" Stanley asked. I looked up from the book I had and smiled.
"Switchblade, but the rest of the tent prefers to call me Whore," I said as if it didn't bother me at all. I put my book down, "You'll get one soon."
"I hope I'm something cool like Rock," he joked. I got off my cot and shrugged.
"Who knows? Well, I'm going to head to the wreck room, you can come too if you want," I offered before walking outside.
I sat on the porch railing with Bone and Scratch as Stanley ran up yelling.
"Hey Theodore?" he asked. The next thing I knew Stanley was put into a headlock and Armpit was whispering something into his ear before throwing him to the ground. I hopped from my spot and ran to him.
"Are you okay?" I asked, receiving a glare from Zig-Zag and Squid.
"Yeah," he muttered as I helped him up.
"Water spouts over there," Armpit muttered as he and the others walked away.
"Don't worry about them, they're all assholes," I smiled as I grabbed his canteen and filled it up for him.
"Are you the only nice person around?" he joked.
"Depends on who you're talking to," I told him. The bell went off signaling it was time for dinner.
"You coming?" I asked. He snapped out of his trance and followed me.
Stanley's POV
I followed Switch into the Mess Hall, where I received my food. As I looked around for a place to sit I was called over my Zig-Zag.
"You sit here boy, so sit down," he told me. I sat down between him and Magnet, but I scanned the table and frowned.
"Where's Switch?" I asked. The girl beside Squid grunted.
"That whore doesn't sit here," she snapped. I furrowed my eyebrows.
"She didn't seem rude or anything," I said. Magnet laid a hand on my shoulder.
"Don't let her lead you on, she's a tease," he muttered and I realized that he must have fallen for her at one time.
"Yeah, she sits over there," Zig-Zag said, pointing to the opposite side of the room. Sure enough Switch was laughing and joking around with another group of guys. But then a little voice whispered something from across the table.
"She's not that bad," Zero said quietly looking at me. The other boys didn't seem to hear him so I just looked away and pretended that I didn't either.
Switch's POV
I walked into the tent and found Magnet laying on his cot. He looked up and snorted when he seen me.
"Hey Whore," he said. Tears started to build up so I looked away.
"Is that officially my nickname now?" I asked, turning back around to face him. He shrugged.
"I think it fits you pretty good," he admitted, looking at me with an expression I couldn't read. I ripped open my bag and grabbed the rough draft I had written to Soot, the one that talked about the feelings that I had for Magnet. I threw it at him.
"Fuck you," I cried, grabbing my shower supplies and heading towards the shower.