The next morning, even before the sun had fully risen, it was blistering hot. After her shower around eight Kobe checked the weather outdoors and decided on wearing her navy blue and white seersucker short shorts and her orange ribbed tank-top. Without even drying it first she threw her long hair up into a ponytail, smeared sunscreen all over any exposed body parts, grabbed her mega-sized water bottle out of the fridge, and flip-flopped her way out the door. You could practically see the dry ground baking under the intense heat. When she arrived at D-tent's digging site no one noticed her so she just plopped down and sat indian-style by Caveman's hole, and watched them dig.

"Kobe!" Squid waved at her when he finally noticed her arrival. She smiled, her pillowy, chapped lips parting in a wide smile.

"Hey, there!" she waved back, getting up and walking over to his hole. She sat down and dangled her legs over the edge. "How's Squidly doing today?" she asked. Squid turned and narrowed his eyes at her before smiling and shaking his head.

"Fine. You know, had to get up at 4:30. Eat crap. Dig. Still digging," he replied.

Kobe winced. "Ouch, sorry!" she said quickly. "So where's Zig at?"

Squid shielded his eyes from the sun and looked around. He raised his arm and pointed to the far side of the digging site. "Over there," he mumbled before turning back to digging. Katelyn shrugged and got up to go see her boyfriend.

Zigzag grinned at her as she dropped down into his hole. "Hi!" she beamed, giving him a big hug. When she stepped back he shook his head.

"Your mother would freak if she saw you in a hole," he chuckled. Kobe crossed her arms and scowled.

"She would nawt," Kobe scoffed. She sat down and pressed her back against the cool wall of the hole. Zigzag loomed over her and ran a hand through his sandy, crazy blonde hair.

"You gotta move, baby girl. I have to dig there," he told her. Kobe got up and went to hoist herself out of the hole. Zigzag grabbed her and pulled her back. "You think I'm just letting you go?" he smirked. Kobe raised her eyebrows playfully and cross her arms again, waiting for him to lean in. She didn't have to wait long. When he pressed his lips to hers she lifted her arms around his neck and leaned into him. He wrapped his arms around her waist and pulled her against him. Their lips parted simultaneously, and their tongues began twisting together. After a while Kobe pulled away, winked at him and hopped out before walking back towards the cabin.

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4:25

D-tent

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Kobe was stretched out on Zero's bed, waiting for the boys to get back, when she heard someone burst through the flaps. She sat up, expecting to see Zero or X-ray, but instead was greeted by Lauren's ecstatic face. "'Lo?" she asked. Lauren flopped down on the next bed, grinning wildly. "You okay babe?" Kobe asked her. Lauren nodded and began to take deep breaths.

"Yeah. Oh my god, I have the best news ever, wanna hear it?"

"Um, duh?"

Lauren took a few more deep breaths and began to tell. "Okay, I was talking to my lawyer earlier today. I told him all about like, the conditions here. The shitty food, the ridiculous digging thing, the state of the tents, wreck-room, etcetera. Anyway, I asked him if there was any way that he could get some funding for this place. To you know, fix it up. He said yes! So like, starting tomorrow we don't have to dig anymore because they're going to start filling in the holes! And next week a swimming pool is being installed and so is like, a basketball court and all sorts of sporty stuff. They had a meeing over the phone-your mum and my lawyer and a couple like, real social workers and stuff-and decided to turn this into a learning sort of facility. All the ''deliquents'' will have to participate in 3 hours of mandatory sports a day and 2 hours of counselling. It'll be awesome!"

Kobe, who was staring at her incredolously, could barely manage a response. "You hate sports," she finally blurted. Lauren shrugged.

"Better than digging," 'Lo shrugged. "Oh, and your mum said you'll be participating too."

Kobe groaned and fell backwards onto the bed, covering her face with her hands.

"Crap," she muttered.