I feel someone tap my shoulder, interrupting my book. I quickly finish my paragraph and turn around. "Y-Yes?" Damn it! I'm stuttering again! I do this every time I talk to a stranger. "The bus is here," one of the brunettes say, the tall one. I am going to call her Athlete. I like making up nicknames for people baised on their attributes. "Oh! Th-thanks!" I say, closing my book and grab my duffel. "You got it?" Athlete asks me. "Y-yea I'm g-good," curses! Oh well, can't help it. I hike my bag further up my shoulder and up the stairs of the bus. "I'm Silver by the way," she sticks her hand out for me to shake. I take it and say, "h-hi, I'm B-Bri," she nodds and i smile brightly. The blond, Beanpole, keeps running toward the bus, not breaking her stride. The short girl, Shrimp, looks up confused at the bus. I am almost blinded by the light bulb that went off in her head right now. She wheels her pink suitcase to the bus and gets in. I climb up the stairs with my duffel and sit in the back row. I pull out my iPod and earbuds and play music as I draw on my note pad. I feel a bump as Beanpole sits next to me. I look over at her and smile. She waves and says, "Hey, I'm Sadie!" She has a lot ov energy. It's kinda exhausting. "H-hey, I'm B-Bri," I wave back. I turn back to my note pad. "Whatcha drawing?" She asks me. "W-well i-it's-" I stutter but Blondie interrupts me, "Pretty good, a hippogryph?" "Y-yes," I whisper, blushing. "Nice, nice," I decide once we get going, it will be hard to draw so I pull out my book, yep Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. Bean- I mean, Sadie, pulls out a book too, the first Harry Potter book. AWESOME!!! I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE!!! YES!!!
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After a long boring bus ride, we finally stop at Camp Crystal Falls. I am so excited and nervous at the same time! "Finally!" Sadie shouts. I smile and hurry out of the hot bus. I look at my watch, 12:00. I really hope this doesn't take long. I follow a crowd of kids to a gazebo. It looks like it is made of birch wood with vines growing on the sides. "Hey!! May I have your attention please?!" A girl a few years older than me stood on stage and the chattering imidiantly stops. I laugh at her words as they remind me of a song. "Gather round boys and girls! I know it's hot and that was a long bus ride but bear with me!" She is waaaaaaaay too perky. I hear a couple chuckles from the crowd. "Well, uh ok! I'm Brenda, Camp Director. Couple rules! 1) no boys in girl's cabins and vise versa. 2) curfew is 9:00, BoneFire is at 10 3) life jackets always on around the lake, especially if you can't swim! 4) everyone gets up at 6 breakfast at 7 5) lunch at noon 6) nothing stupid, please. 7) uh ok the rest is on the panphlet. Over there, long black fishtail, that is Abbie, girl's head councilor, and over there black short hair red camp shirt, Alex her twin, boy's head councilor. Ok fine GRUB TIME!!!!" She speaks fast and clear. As soon as the words leave her mouth, everyone takes off like bats outta hell. I am in the front.

Hey Wazzup!!?

Hope you enjoyed the first real chapter of The Camp Across the Lake!!!!
-Bri