This (as well as many others) is based on a true story, My first week of summer camp. It was so much fun, and I thought, well, this would be a great summer story that I can work on. This summer,
I'm single, but it's okay because I want to be ready to go out with someone again. I just want to find and fix some flaws of mine when I'm in a relationship (Jealousy, clingy-ness, all that stuff) and when I go to high school, I'll be strong, ready, and pretty for anything.
Anyways, on with the story.
Sam's POV, Italics are her thoughts
It was Sunday Afternoon, the first weekend of the summer was over. The sun was beaming down hard.
It's days like these that I wish Black wasn't such a bad color to wear in the sun.
My best friends were sitting on the pale Blue park bench in front of me with their arms crossed.
Aw man! I didn't want it to come to this but...
"Please, please, please!" I begged. I didn't want to do this alone.
And I'm not the begging type.
"Forget it Sam, They'll eat us alive!" Tucker said handing back the registration form I hand given him only minutes ago. I sighed impatiently.
"They're a bunch of six-year-olds! They live off of Animal Crackers and Apple Juice!" I yelled. Danny shook his head and handed me his blank form.
"Sam, this summer is my time to get more in touch with my powers, not babysit a bunch of kids." Danny said standing up from the park bench. I walked into the shade of the tree near by and sighed.
This sucks!
"My mom already signed me up for this, believe me I don't want to do this any more then you do, but it I have no choice, I'm doomed to a whole summer of watching kids, while you two go enjoy the beach or the water park Ill be working, alone,---"
"Sam! we will go, if you don't send us on the guilt trip!" Tucker suggested standing up. I gave both of them back their forms and smiled.
"Thank you! thank you! thank you!" I said hugging them tightly.
At least now our summers will suck together.
I pulled away and added quickly, "I need you guys to hurry and fill this out because they're due back at the camp in an hour." They looked at me in disbelife.
"what are you guys looking at? get writing!" I said giving them Pens. They sighed and started writing.
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The following Monday
I can't believe we have to be here by eight-thirty every morning! do they know it's summer time!" complained Tucker.
Shut up, you think I want to be awake when the sun is still coming up?
My mom just dropped us off in her Silver Civic Honda. The three of us just looked around at the playground.
As we entered the playground, we see little kids running around about seven or eight years old, teenagers sitting on the benches talking. But no other Teenager from our school was there.
Most of the kids were on the playground, monkey bars, swings or slides.
There was a building, was painted at faint Yellow color that was slowly chipping.I'm guessing it was only used for the locker room, the bathroom, and a vending Machine for snacks and drinks.
The playground paint was Chipping. The bars were a rusted chipping color of Velvet red. The play ground has two side to it. On side had Two twin sides and a set of Old monkey Bars, I saw two little kids Hanging upside down laughing.
The other side was a giant tower that looked over all of the playground. To get up was to climb the monkey Bars connected to it, or to climb up the giant swirly green slide.
Another way to get up was to take the long way and go around the entire playground.
At least ten feet away were the Swings. freshly Painted swings that were being waited on to use by another kid. There were at least four kids waiting for one swing. that must be a good one that is strong.
I rolled my eyes, and looked at Danny who was suddenly blushing and looked away.
I looked down as my cheeks grew warm.
Was he staring at me?
"Welcome to Camp Wilson, I'm the camp counselor, Stacy, and you two must be with miss Samantha." She said interrupting my thoughts. Stacy had Medium black hair, and was wearing a baby blue shirt with the word "Counselor" in bold black print on the back. She held a clipboard with forms and paper, and a pen in hand.
I shuddered lightly. she's so preppy.
Thank god it's only a day camp, nine in the morning to five in the afternoon.
Stacy continued. "So There are four groups of kids, the shorties, juniors, junior Teens and Teens,the Shorties are five and six year olds, the Juniors are eight and nine year olds, the junior teens are ten throught twelve year olds and the Teens are Just Thirteen years old." she explained quickly.
someone seriously needs to lay off the Starbucks in the morining.
"According to your mother, Miss Samantha, You and your friends are fifteen...okay, Then Danny and------"
"Please, call me Sam." I interruppted hoping she wouldn't call me by my full name again, or else someone was going to get their ass---
"Yes Sam, and Danny, you two will be watching the Shorties, don't worry, they're only five and six year old girls." she said smiling and scribbling something down on her clipboard.
"This is a co-ed Camp?" Tucker suddenly asked intrigued. Stacy nodded.
"And how old are the teen girls and um, boys?" Tucker asked.
"About thirteen or fourteen, both boys and girls. So Tucker, you will be watching the Teen girls." she said. He smiled.
But then she frowned slightly and added,
"I'm sorry, Junior Teen girls, they go up to ages nine to eleven." she explained Tucker's smiled faded.
"aww man."
"And this is your uniform." she said giving the three of us light blue cotton shirts with the words Volunteer on the back.
"I know what you're thinking, being a voluteer means you don't get paid, but at least you finish your high school volunteer hours, right?" Stacy said shrugging.
The boys shrugged and nodded. To repay them, I guess I'll let Tucker order any type of computer or PDA using my money for the next year, and, I'll probablly end up marring Danny.
but I can honestly say that wouldn't be bad.
"It's Nine o'clock. the groups meet in different parts of the playground. The shorty Boys meet at the picnic tables in the back, the Shorty Girls meet at the monkey bars, the Junior Boys meet at the tennis court, the junior Girls at the basket ball court, The junior Teen girls meet inside the building, the junior Teen boys in the locker room and the Teens Girls by the Pool." she said quickly.
Did you remember any of that?
Hell no.
"So, I'm gonna go to..." Danny trailed off in hopes to have Stacy just tell him where to go.
"The monkey bars." she said again, then turned to Tucker, and said "You go inside and the take attendence for the girls. basically, all you do is take attendence and watch over them. sound good?" she said to us.
we shrugged. she smiled and walked inside, Tucker followed.
"So, we are supposed to be going to the monkey Bars? wow, it's been a while since I've been on that." I sighed. I loved the monkey Bars, Hanging upside down, feeling the blood rush to your head. I love it.
Danny and I walked around to the back of the playground where we faced a group of five and six year old girls. The chattering Stopped suddenly. Danny and I exchanged Glances and looked at them.
say something!
The girls took one look at Danny and broke out into giggles.
"Um, Hi, I'm Danny, and this is Sam, and we're your Volunteers for the summer." Danny started. It's weird becuase He's usally pretty quiet when it came to talking infront of crowds, of course, that is High school, and this is only sixteen girls, which broke out into more Giggles.
"He's cute!" one said aloud. the girls all smiled innocently at Danny who was blushing at the statement.
"Well, My name is Jenny, I'm six years old, this is Patty, Christina and Carolyn are Twins, Rachel, Jessica, Sasha, Michelle, Ashley, Lisa, Maddison, Melissa, Kelly, Hilary, Kayla, and That girl is only Five, her name is Samantha." Jenny said to us.
Danny looked at me and smirked. "I've never met a girl named Samantha that's quiet and wouldn't speak her mind." he said looking at the girl in the back.
She had Hazel Brown eyes with Dark brown Hair in low pig tails. she was wearing a baby blue shirt with little jeans and mini reebok. She really was shy, she looked down, her cheeks were red at all the attention she was getting for just being quiet.
"Well, you can call her Samantha, and me Sam, That way, you can tell us apart." I explained. after an Hour of getting to know everyone, Danny and I found out that Little Samantha is the only five year old girl there. Danny and I would have to keep a close eye on her, just incase she gets lost or anything.
Jenny must have been the leader of the group because when she talks, everyone shuts up and listens. she had shoulder length blonde Hair and Blue Eyes. She reminds me of myself, she speaks her mind about everything and anything.
I also Noticed that the girls would shut up and listen whenever Danny said anything, and afterwards, giggle about it.
"So what are we doing Today?" Asked one girl, I think it was one of the Twins. "Well, I don't know, No one told us anything, they just said to get to know you girls." Danny said to them. They all Cooed and giggled.
Danny Turned three shades of Pink and turned to me. "I'm gonna go ask Stacy what do we do with them." he said turning around and going towards the building.
"I want to go!" Jenny said. "Me too! Me too!" The other girls said. "How about we let Samantha go this time. He's only going inside for a minute, He'll be back." I said to those love sick girls.
"Okay." the sighed. a few got on the monkey Bars and hung upside down. I watched.
"Is Danny your Boyfriend?" One girl asked. I remember it was Melissa, because she was the only one wearing Converse with her shorts.
"No, he's just a boy whose a friend, it's been like that since the first grade." I said getting on the monkey Bars and positioning myself to hang upside down.
"He's really cute." She said watching me.
"I wouldn't say he's cute, he's a good friend, he could be kind of Dorky sometimes though." I laughed Lightly.
"Dorky?" A male voice answered.
"Whoa!" I said surprised, making me loose my balance and fall to the soft sandy Ground.
Danny laughed and Helped me up. "Just like old times." he said whipping some sand off my face. His hands are so warm...
"Thanks Danny." I said to him brushing sand off my shirt. "So what do we have to do today?" Melissa asked. Man she is full of questions.
"Well, In about an Hour we are suppose to go Skating at some roller skating Rink." Danny informed. "I want to sit with Danny!" Maddison said.
"No I want to sit with Danny!"
"No, Me!"
They looked like they were about to kill each other over a sticky seat on a bus for a half hour.
"Um, actually, I was thinking of sitting with Sam." Danny said looking at me.
"Awww." The girls moped. "But, I'll go if you girls guess a number I'm thinking between one and twenty." Danny said to them.
"Six!"
"Four!"
"Nineteen!"
"One!"
"No, no, no, and no, Samantha?" he asked looking at her who was biting her nail.
"Three?" she asked embarrassed by the attention again.
"Yup Little Sammie can sit with me on the bus and going back, we'll figure that out later." He said Looking at Samantha in the back. she was smiling, showing her baby teeth.
Soon we were all running around Playing Soccer. eight against eight, Danny's team against mine.Winners get to sit in the front of the bus near Danny.
So far, My team was winning by one.
Danny and I were playing goalie for our own teams. I looked at the Time and texted him.
"Shorty Girls! Line up for Lunch!" He called. Like Dogs, they came running and lined up in a single File Line. Danny was amazed. They really liked him. He was Obviously Flattered by the Attention.
He walked over to me in the middle of the Field. "If only they were our age." he sighed. I rolled my eyes playfully and laughed. In the parking lot, Three ice cream Trucks lined up. All the kids swarmed around the trucks like moths to a flame.
I waited for fifteen minutes Before finally getting am Ice cream bar.
"Tucker! Sam!" Danny called He was sitting by the giant green slide on the second floor of the playground.
"Hey Tucker, how are the junior Teens?" I asked unwrapping the ice cream. He smiled. "I met a girl." He said. I rolled my eyes.
"Tucker! The girl is like twelve Years old! she's probably going to Seventh Grade!" I yelled while holding on to the wrapper.
Tucker sighed. "I know but she loves Technology, meat and has her own PDA in Green Besides, she's Thirteen, she's in the Teen girls, I met her in the Locker room, which is just a room full of lockers next to Stacy's Office. Her Locker is next to mine and we got to talking she has Glasses but prefers Contacts.
"Well, at least she's a teenager." Danny sighed eating his Ice cream bar.
"True." I sighed.
"What about you guys? how are the Shorites?" He asked eating a steak sandwich He brought from the second Ice cream Truck.
"Those girls are so crazy over Danny. They're like Puppies when he's around." I said licking the mealting chocolate off my thumb.
"Too bad They aren't our age, I'd date them." Tucker said with his mouth full.
"Yeah, they are really missing out on the good side of you." I responded flatly.
He rolled his eyes and swallowed his sandwich.
"So are the shorties crazy?" He asked shifting his attention to Danny.
"crazy over me, they do what I tell them to, they think I'm cute." He said smiling. I even saw him blush alittle.
They aren't the only ones who think you're cute!
who said that? are you my conscious?
You better hope so because if not, then you're pretty crazy.
I chuckled lightly and ate the last of my ice cream. The Girls were everywhere. Lunch time was the time they can do what ever they want, where ever they want. meaning Conselors for the teen boys and Girls have to be on alert at all times!
I noticed that Samantha wasn't as shy as we thought, she was talking to one of the girls, I think it was Lisa. I watched them as they laughed and played on the swings.
"Look, Samantha isn't as shy as we thought she was." I said to Danny pointing towards the swings.
"That's nice" he said Looking at the girls play.
"Man, from my angle, you two look like proud Parents watching their kid grow up. who is Samantha?" Tucker asked.
I ignored the Proud parent comment and said "She's the youngest Shorty in our group. she's usually so shy."
"Well, She's all grown up now, time to let go." Tucker said jokingly. I Rolled my eyes and playfully pushed him down the slide Backwards, making him land on the sand.
Danny laughed, he noticed now, for some reason, that he looks really, really cute when he laughs...so cute...
"Sam?...we should probably be getting back to the girls, you know, line them up to get on the bus...?" Danny's voice interrupted my thoughts. My cheeks grew warm as I noticed he noticed I was staring at him for the minimum of two minutes.
"Oh, uh, Right." I said turning my attention to Tucker who was Brushing Sand off of his shirt.
Danny Stood up with the Wrapper still in hand and stretched. "I'll take the wrapper Danny." I offered getting up. "Well, if you really want to." Danny replied shrugging as he handed me his wrapper.
"You're beautiful, and sweet, and I love you, Sam. You are so much more better then that Skank Paulina back at home." Danny said suddenly then giving me a long passionate kiss.
Meanwhile in reality...
"Yeah it's no problem." I said reaching for it. For a minute, we held hands until I guess he got a little uncomfortable.
"Um, I'm gonna go call the girls." He said blushing and looking away. He crawled over to the End of the Tower by which time all the other Volunteers, which I still haven't met yet, were calling there groups to meet where they were supposed to meet.
"Shorty Girls! Come up here!" Danny called.
A herd of little girls ran over to the playground's top floor from all over the park. Like little ants going into the anthill when it's about to rain.
"Okay...now that you're all here, line up in a single file line to get on the bus...please." Danny said still not knowing how to handle that much power over people.
What power? they're a bunch of Six Year olds!
With the exception of Samantha.
Without any complaints or questions the girls did as they were told.
"Like a little army." I commented.
"Okay, now, um, everyone on the bus..?" Danny said guesturing to the yellow school buses that pulled into the parking lot.
"Um, which one?" Jennifer asked.
"Let's take the first bus, I heard it has Air conditioning, run and save me a seat in the Back!" I said. They did as they were told and Ran to the first bus. Too bad The second bus was the one with the air conditioning and a working radio.
I sat in the back while the girls talked about TV, School, and Boys, particularly Danny, who was sitting in the front with Samantha. She said she wanted to sit in the front.
"How could you not like Danny? He's so cute! I love his Eyes!" Jennifer sighed. I smirked and replied softly, "He does have nice eyes."
"Or the way he laughs!" Pointed out Melissa while pushing back her black bangs out of her brown eyes.
"I've been best friends with Danny since first Grade, he hasn't changed that much since." I said to the little girl next to me, Her name was Sasha.
"He's so so so cute!" cooed Carolyn and Christina in unison.
"Okay, let's stop talking about Danny for a second, and play...anything that's not Truth Or Dare." I said in an attempt to change the subject.
SWITCH TO DANNY'S POV, Italics are his thoughts.
Samantha is nothing like Sam,
whoa, that sounded weird.
I'm serious though, Samantha is so quiet and shy. She chose the Window seat because she doesn't like the back so much. Her head laid resting on the window looking out. Then her face suddenly lit up.
"That's my cousin's house." She said pointing to a white two story house. I wanted her to keep talking so I pretended to be interested.
"Really?" I asked.
"Yup, They had a big party and my cousin wore a pretty white Dress. she was so happy. She and a boy had Cake and Danced alot. I told my mommy that I liked the Party she said it was...something that started with a W. I forgot." She said loooking at me with her Hazel browneyes.
I think she means a wedding.
I smiled and was about to correct her but she continued.
"Are you and Sam going to have a big Party?" She suddenly asked. I smirked and replied "I don't know if she wants to have a big party, or wear white."
"Mommy said that when you have a party like that, The girls always have to wear White becuase it means that they only love the boy they went to the party to, and if they don't then that's really bad." She explained.
She means that bride who wears white is still a----
Yeah, yeah, I know "Pure".
"Will Sam be wearing a white dress to her big party?" she asked again.
"yeah, she will."
Let's hope so.
Finally, we arrive at the skating rink. I stood up and stretched.
"Okay, everyone out in a single file line, and when we get inside, remember to please behave!" Sam instructed.
They did as they were told, as always. I met up with Tucker once we got inside.
"Dude, we have to talk." I said then noticed he was holding hands with a Black haired brown eyes girl.
"Hi, I'm Danny." I introduced myself. "I'm Vanessa." she replied smiling.
"Oh, the PDA technology Loving girl Tucker told us about at Lunch." I blurted, but then I bit my lip. Tucker glared at me and Vanessa just laughed.
"So he's told you about me? what else did you say?" she asked looking at Tucker who quickly chnged his experession from aggetated to happy.
"I'll be right back, Beautiful." He said leading her to table and kissing her on the cheek.
"Wow, nick-names already? that was fast." I said as soon as we were out of her ear sight.
"Shut up man! I don't do anything like that when you're trying to get Paulina!" Tucker objected.
"Sorry Man, but look, you know that little girl Sam and I were watching at Lunch, well, she and I had an interesting conversation on the bus." I started but then Shut up when Sam Came to us.
"There you guys are, If you need me, I'll be in the Arcade, with the other Goths, it's so dark in there, I just came, it may smell like feet and old nachos but you could get away with Murder in the back!" She said happily.
She's beautiful when she's Happy.
Who said that?
Your Conscious, I'm here to tell you a very important message.
which is..?
I am your Conscious.
I slapped my head hard with the palm of my hand.
OW! I guess I deserve that.
I sighed and as soon as Sam ran into the Darkness of the Arcade that was next to the exit, I continued to explain what Little Samantha was talking about.
"Then she asked if Sam was going to wear white!" I said trying to hide my laughter but it came out anyway.
"You better hope so." Tucker laughed.
"Yeah. so I think she was talking about a wedding!" I exclaimed sitting down at a nearby table.
"You and Sam, Married! That will be the day!" Tucker said leaving back to Vanessa.
I sighed and looked around the rink. On one side was the Dark arcade that smelled more like old socks and feet then Nachos and Feet. The only light were the Neon Lights around the Air Hocky Tables and the Pin-ball machine.
On your left was a little cafeteria with a popcorn and snacks stand, A few Red Tables were surrounding the stand, Which was only fifteen feet away from the Gift shop. and a few feet away from that was the actual Rink where everyone who didn't want to wear smelly skates skated around in their socks.
The walls were painted with yet another chipping color of a faded white. I stood up and ordered a soda from the stand.
I looked around. It was kind of Boring at the rink. I just sat there and sipped my Soda, thinking about Sam.
I know, she's my best friend...
Beatiful, smart, funny, cool, best friend.
Thankfully Time was on my side and we were told to get our groups to go home.
so this was a long chapter one, in the next chapter, the camp takes a little trip to the Pool... Review, please no flames!