Chapter 13: Lunch with the Pack

At the camp mess hall

It was a little after 12:30 that everyone at Camp Harmony is serving lunch on their first day and on the further part of the room, half of the pack are sitting in their tables, just eating and talking with each other and especially about the part where some of the pack members and their new friends from camp slipped out of their trunks as they did their cannonball. Koa seemed completely unfazed by that because he's kinda like a rebel and likes to do things without anyone caring about what they think, which still surprises Brutus the most and that's the part about Koa that he admires the most.

"...but hey, sometimes you gotta go for it. I didn't mind feeling the wind blowing my junk." Koa said, laughing.

"You know, I still don't see why you're embracing that. Isn't that indecent exposure?" asked Aaron.

"It's not indecent exposure if you intended to go for it, dude." Koa answered.

"I would've been so embarrassed if that was me. Like, I would've just ran away and hide to prevent further humiliation or having them on someone's Whosebook, Whitter, Whatstagram and WhatChat. I could never ever recover from that." Travis added.

"That's why I don't care what other people do. If it was used for blackmailing purposes, that's a different ballgame. I would've crushed this dude's skull off of his head." Koa answered.

Aaron chuckled at Koa's response and just shook his head in amusement and said, "Same old Koa. Never afraid to speak his mind no matter what."

"So...Aaron, what's your first job here?" asked Jojo.

"Well, my first act of duty is to keep an eye on the campers' safety and also to hand out equipment when it's needed. The best part about it is that Siris gets to come along." Aaron replied.

"So...you're putting him to work?" asked Mana.

Aaron rolled his eyes at that comment and said, "No. But he gets to watch his dad see what he does so that when he gets older, he can see the example I set for him."

"Cool. Where are you staying?" asked Jonah.

"In a little RV not further from the camp. It's just me and Siris there and I can't tell you how much I'm looking forward on the days that I'm on my off-duties so that I can spend some time with him. Because time is just so precious and I don't want to miss any moments with him." Aaron replied.

Diego chuckles at this and said, "The little guy's really special to you."

"Yeah. Since Lehua's no longer here with us, he's all I got left. I don't want to replace his mother because her love will always be locked inside of me and Siris. I don't want to let that go." Aaron answered.

"Hey, Aaron...recently before school ended, I got this text under the name 'Secret Admirer' and I don't know who he is, but apparently...he's got a crush on me." Koa answered.

That surprised Aaron the most and he looks at Koa's phone and sees mounds of text messages between him and this unknown admirer and Aaron said, "Did he tell you his name?"

"No, but he said that I'll found out in the middle of camp. It's just a matter of when." Koa responded.

"Whoever he is, he better treat you right." Mana said, mussing up Koa's hair.

Brutus looked ahead and he knew that it was him that sent Koa those admiring text messages, but didn't want to reveal too much detail yet, but only when the time is right. He kept on eating some of his food and so does Slade, Casey and some of the other camp members in different cabins and Casey looks at Marcus for a second and it just seems like there's some sparks between the two of them and they only just met earlier today.

"Hey, Slade? I think I may have a crush on someone." Casey added.

"Me too, man." Slade agreed.