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Me and the other kids parents wanted to take us to a summer camp, in hopes that we'd get away from all the doodler stuff and stop sneaking on missions with them. The problem is none of us wanted to go. Although lark and sparrow would like being in a forest without their parents, they wanted to stay and help them since it was technically their fault. Nick didn't want to go because everything he wanted to do was no allowed, smoking, partying, playing video games, and more smoking. Terry was fine with going to summer camp, Ron was the issue. apparently Terry leaving for a few months was one of the few ways to make Ron cry. For me summer camp is like hell, no phones or any other electronics, being forced to socialize, exercising, and worst of all, no outlet. I can't just go in the forest and kill animals, they'll definitely send me away. 3 months of numbness here I come.
I look towards Ron, Terry and Samantha. "and- and don't forget to call me, every hour" Ron says with tears running down his face.
"we aren't allowed to have our phones" hearing this from Terry made him cry even harder.
"hey, we'll be able to see him every Saturday." Samantha says to try to calm Ron down while rubbing his back.
"really?" Ron says looking at Samantha.
"really" Samantha says back with loving eyes. sometimes I envy how close they are, I mean me and my dad are close but... not that close.
I turn to look at nick, Jodie, Morgan and Glenn. "they wont even notice, here" Glenn hands a small bag of weed to nick, which nick quickly grabs.
"no, Glenn. if he gets caught with that, he'll be in massive trouble. I don't know about you but I don't want MY son coming back home after 2 days." Jodie says snatching the weed bag into his own hands.
"nick, MY son is a sneak dude, he'll get caught if you keep yelling about It." Glenn says snatching the weed back and giving it to nick.
"although it pains me to, I agree with Jodie." Morgan says taking the bag and putting it in here pocket.
"what" Glenn says with a saddened voice.
"ha" Jodie says with a giant smirk on his face which quickly gets wiped off of his face when Morgan gives him a stern look.
"fine" Glenn says but I notice Glenn sneakily hand nick a blunt, which nick puts in his bag. I wonder how it feels being 16 and having your 3 biological parents decide to give you weed or not, and not because you might hurt your mind or body but because you might get In trouble at summer camp.
I turn to the twins, Henry and Mercedes. sparrow lifts Henry's shirt up revealing a giant stab wound. "father, look at what we've done" sparrow says with a angry look on his face. Henry pulls his shirt back down and sighs. "we have to pay for our sins, we've ruined the world. father don't you understand"
"I know you feel guilty but you were just kids and your kids now. we'll fix it, we promise." Henry says with a hoping look on his face.
"don't bother trying sparrow." lark says frustrated. "he will break that promise soon."
"lark, don't say that" Henry puts both of his hands on the twins. "just have fun" both lark and sparrow turn their backs to him, not saying a word.
"they'll come around" says Mercedes patting Henry's shoulder. I kinda feel bad, Henry's trying his best. "on the bright side" Mercedes whispers something in his ear that makes him turn completely red. I quickly turn to the door of my house blushing. my dad and mom walk out with a hand behind his back.
"before you leave, I wanted to give something" he reveals the item, a small pin that says 'coolkidzkamp'. I wonder what happened there. "it was from my first time going to a stay camp." he hands it over to me. I grab it and look at it for a second before putting it in my pocket.
"thanks dad" I say in my usual monotone voice. the bus comes to a stop and the other kids get on. I quickly hug my dad and mom before going on the bus and sitting next to my only friends in the back. As the bus drives to the next and last stop, I put on my headphones and and cherish my music before having to hear camp songs for 3 months.
terry taps my shoulder and says "your type" with a giggle. I look up to see this person expecting someone that I definitely wasn't attracted to until I see the cutest boy to ever exist. He had tan skin, long straight hair and a cute tooth gap. he was wearing a giant baggy red jacket with some patches on it. There was a patch of the Philippines flag, a patch of fortnite and a patch of... oh no, oh no no no. its a patch of the pride flag. usually when I like a boy, I can use the "he's straight excuse" so the wont try to make me talk to them, but he's gay and very proud of it. they wont notice anything, right. They did. as soon as the boy sits in the middle of the bus, they start talking.
"maybe you'll date someone finally" sparrow says
"just because he's gay doesn't mean he'll like me" I say leaning back in the seat. I am not taking any chances. he will mostly likely reject me and I'll have to see his face for the next 3 months.
" in normal situations, sure, but we'll be in a summer camp for the next 3 months, the best thing you can do is make out." lark says, while watching his phone.
"what if he's in a relationship." I say, desperately trying to get them to drop it.
"so what" nick says eating some cheese its. I look at him with a confused expression and and he just smirks and shrugs his shoulders.
"he's not" says Terry.
"how do you know?" I say, how could he possibly now about the random boys dating life.
"he broke up with his boyfriend, two months ago." he says pulling up a video of him says he broke up with his boyfriend. I would ask how he found that but I'm too focused on the fact that I had no reason to not go up to him. even if I do nothing they'll find a way to make him to me and I'll embarrass myself and then he'll hate me.
"just leave it ok." I say a little too loudly. I'm not making the summer worse than it already is.
we finally make it to the camp and it is small. I don't know if it's because It's surrounded by trees and water, but It wasn't what I had expected. I look at all the other camps and count how many there are. about 20 campers. not even enough to fill the bus. I know my dad wanted me to go to the summer camp he went to but God, this sucks. The bus drives of and we're greeted by the 4 counselors.
"hey campers I am Denis maccow and this is" he says waiting for the other counselors to say their name. it takes a little while before the staff get the message.
"oh and uh broly"
"summer"
"Maggie" the counselors say the names and introduce us to the camp.
we finally see where we'll be sleeping, although there are many cabins and cabins usually fit 10-12 people since there are so few, only 5 campers and one counselor has to share a cabin. each cabin is a group. the groups were 'bears' 'crabs' 'beavers' and 'piranhas'
"we're going to now assign the camp cabins" said Denis. Denis assigns the first 2 cabins.
"now the breeders are, lark oak, sparrow oak, grant wilson, Terry Jr stampler-" atleast there is one good thing here. "and marco li" the boy that i was gushing over raises his hand. fuck. out of everybody why him! are you out for me God, universe, fate, whatevers out there. they say the last cabin but I can't focus. not only with I been in a cabin sleeping with the boy I like but with four friends who won't stop at nothing to make their ship happen.
since it was getting late, we ate dinner and went to our cabins but I cant sleep. I mean how can I. I turn to see marco sleeping like an angel.
this Is going to be a long summer.