A/N-I have watched the movie again and really thought hard about who Vivian should end up with! But I ain't going to tell you cause I am just that mean!

I sat down in a circle with the rest of D-tent. My head was killing me and it took all my energy just to hold my head up. Pendanski looked us me and smiled.

"Sore?" he asked. I nodded my head and closed my eyes.

"Yeah, and tired," I yawned. I felt someone pat my shoulder lightly so I opened my eyes and turned to and smiled at Caveman. "Thanks."

"Let's begin by saying that I believe in all of you and I know that you will succeed if you try. I want you guys to think of something you like to do or just something you like in general. Vivian, what do you like?" Pendanski asked.

"Her name's not Vivian, it's Simba," X-ray snapped. But Pendanski just ignored him and nodded for me to answer.

"Um, I've always wanted to join the military," I said, then giggled at how dumb I sounded. "But that'll never happen."

"And why won't that happen? I think it is great that you want to try and serve your country," Pendanski argued. I snorted.

"Because I'm a criminal! Nobody wants me," I explained.

"I don't believe that," Pendanski said, I shrugged.

"I can never get a career in something I enjoy doing. I'll be flipping burgers for the rest of my life," I muttered.

"Did you drop out of school?" Pendanski asked. I shook my head.

"No, well, yes cause once I get back home I'm not going back" I said. The counselor just shook his head sadly.

"What a shame," he said before turning to someone else. I sat there dumbfounded and Caveman shrugged his shoulders.

"I think you can do it too," he muttered. I rolled my eyes and when we were dismissed I was so tired I could barely walk.

"Aw, is army girl sleepy?" Squid asked in a baby-tone. I nodded, not caring that he was making fun of me. All of a sudden I was lifted to the ground and put over someone's shoulder. I opened my eyes to see Armpit standing behind me.

"Who's carrying me?" I whined. Caveman smiled at me.

"X-ray," he said. I relaxed against him.

"Thank you," I whispered, just loud enough for him to hear. He just nodded a response and sat me on the ground outside our tent. I looked at him and saw he was staring at my face. I quickly covered it with my hair and scurried inside.

"Time to get up!" Squid shouted. I moaned and curled up tighter into my blankets.

"Come on," Magnet said, poking my side. I jumped and shot up. I shot a glare at the two boys before getting up.

"I'm up! Happy?" I asked. Armpit chuckled.

"Someone's grouchy," he said. I sighed and ran my hands through my hair.

"I'm sorry. I'm just really tired," I said putting on my work clothes, but this time I put on a red shorts-bra and tied the arms of the jumpsuit around my waist, not caring that I was surrounded by boys, or that my scars were visible.

"Whoa chica, loving the new look," Magnet joked. I rolled my eyes.

"I'm not going to die of a heat stroke just to prevent you boys from having dirty thoughts. But I hope you all know that those thought will never become a reality," I said throwing my hair into a messy bun. We walked to the library where Mr. Sir gave me a look over.

"I hope you know what you're doing," he muttered, handing me a shovel. I just nodded and grabbed my breakfast.

"Maybe you should cover yourself until you get to your hole," a voice whispered into my ear. I sighed.

"Why, X-ray?" I asked turning around and crossing my arms over my chest.

"Cause you're receiving a lot of attention," he muttered as he untied the arms from my waist. I snorted.

"I don't care because they won't try anything with Mr. Sir standing right there," I explained. He glanced around once more before tying the arms back.

"Fine," he muttered walking close to me and throwing dirty look at any boy that looked at me wrong.

"You're scaring away all my costumers," I joked. He rolled his eyes.

"I'm so sorry," he said sarcastically. Once I started digging the sun was starting to rise.

"I wish we were doing this in Alaska," Squid muttered in his southern-drawl.

"The soil would be to hard and it would take twice as long," I grunted throwing a shovel full of dirt. All the boy looked at me with shocked expressions. "I'm a criminal, not stupid."

"But I thought you told Pendanski you were quitting school," Caveman pointed out.

"I am, but not because I'm stupid," I said.

"Family problems?" Zig-Zag asked.

"Um, I guess you can say that. I'm going to get a job to help my mom catch up on bills until I turn eighteen, then I'l leaving," I explained. X-ray stopped and stared at me.

"Where you goin'?" he asked. I shrugged.

"I don't know," I said.

"So you're just going to get on a train and head in a random direction," he said, rolling his eyes. "That's stupid."

"It might be, but it's better then sitting in a house that's filled with memories," I snapped.

"What happened that is so bad you have to just get up and leave?" he asked. I opened my mouth to yell at him, but I found myself letting out a small sob instead.

"I caught my dad cheating on my mom and ever since then I've watched my mom practically drink herself to death," I cried. X-ray's smirk left his face and he started to dig again. Caveman walked over to me and wrapped his arms around my shoulder and let me cry. "I know, I'm acting like a girl."

"No, you're acting like a person who's hurt," he whispered.

I got done with my hole faster then usual and I headed to the rec room, but Pendanski stopped me.

"Vivian, I have not one, but two letters here for you," he said excitedly. I thanked him and turned towards my tent where I opened the one from my mom first.

Hey baby girl,

I am so glad to hear you're behaving yourself and I hope you are wearing plenty of sunscreen! I laughed when I read about the kid name Armpit, it actually made my day! I sent you the stuff you wanted and I even put some hats in there for you. I love you and I hope you write back soon!

mommy

I smiled as I read her signature and frowned when I realized Pendanski hadn't given me the box. I soon came to the conclusion that it had to be checked first so I went on and read the next letter, which was from Dylan!

Viv,

If I knew where how to get to your little ass from New York I would smack you so hard! You shouldn't have taken the blame for me and when your mom told me about the barbed-pit I felt so bad! I sent you some pictures of Zayne, it is so weird how he looks just like me! Well, I hope you write back soon, or I will find a map and kick your ass!

Dylan

I rolled my eyes multiple times during her letter, knowing that she was truly grateful that I took up for her. I scanned the pictures she gave me and smiled, noting how big Zayne had gotten. As I was caught up in the photos Magnet came in.

"Hey," he said, throwing his dirty white t-shirt on his cot. I smiled and waved.

"Hi," I laughed. He raised his eyebrows at me, but shook his head as if changing his mind.

"What?" I asked.

"Nothing," he said heading for the exit, but I blocked his path and put my hands on his chest.

"Please," I said, using my puppy-dog eyes and slowly messaging his skin with my thumbs. He slowly started to close his eyes, but snapped back into reality.

"Stop that women," he laughed, grabbing my hands and pushing them away from him. I looked at his face more closely and smirked.

"Did I make you..blush?" I asked. He grunted.

"No," he said.

"You are such a liar," I accused. He crossed his arms and glared at me, only half-playing.

"No, my face was already red from the sun," he explained.

"Hmm, well then, spit out what you were going to ask," I demanded. He took a deep breath.

"Are you bipolar?" he asked and then flinched as if I was going to him him.

"Um, no," I said, "Why would you think that?"

"Well, one minute you're all sad and then you're all happy," he said. I thought this through before shrugged.

"Maybe I'm just a weird person," I said. He laughed.

"I can defiantly live with that," he said. I smirked.

"Yup, I'm a weird person that made you blush," I giggled, then ran towards the rec room before he could challenge me.