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Lucas was thrilled to finally be back at Camp Kikiwaka. It was crazy to think that this was already his and Zay's third and probable final summer as counselors. The Texas pair had chosen Camp Kikiwaka the summer before their first year of University as a way to bond before they were separated during the school year. Despite the camp director's disregard for safety and the various health violations around the camp, Lucas loved the time they got to spend at Camp Kikiwaka. He could already tell that this summer would be the best one yet since Farkle and Maya would finally be joining them.
The welcome back dinner and bonfire had gone off without a hitch, allowing the counselors a chance to begin getting to know their campers. This year Lucas had two returning campers Jack Brewer and Gabe Duncan. His new Counselor in Training was Luke Ross, brother to Lucas' friend and fellow counselor Ravi. Lucas had met him briefly during the boy's quick trips to the camp between summer school sessions. He seemed easy-going and fun, so Lucas was optimistic that they would get along well. His final two campers were new this year and already friends, Oliver Otto and Cooper Bradford. Even with the little time he had spent with the pair, Lucas could tell that they were super close. Apparently, Oliver's little sister Anna-Kat was also new to the camp and staying in Woodchuck cabin.
Having finished getting himself ready for the day, Lucas played his alarm loudly to wake up his campers. "Rise and shine y'all! Time to get to moving if we're going to make it to breakfast on time". Stepping back so that he wouldn't be trampled by the five frantic boys fighting for the bathroom, Lucas grabbed the schedule Lou had made for the counselors and ducked outside to wait on the porch for his campers to finish getting ready.
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"Wake up my little woodchucks! We've got an awesome day of activities planned for us today" chimed Lou's voice through the Woodchuck cabin.
'Ugh! The worst part of camp had to be the early mornings' thought Emma sitting up and brushing her hair out of her face.
As she went through her morning routine Emma thought about her reunion, or lack of one, with Xander last night. True, their texts had started to trail off in the last few months, but that was to be expected since he had his law school finals and then counselor training. She had expected a better welcome though, given that they hadn't seen each other for nine months! Instead he had brushed her off to reconnect with Ravi and Luke, sending her to see Lou. Then later at the campfire he had actually chosen to do his job instead of slipping away to the spot with her. What could have happened during the school year to make him react like this?
"Emma it's time to walk over to breakfast" called Lou from her place on the porch with their campers. Placing Xander's strange behavior out of her mind she grabbed her bag and went off to join her cabin.
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Ravi was thrilled to finally be back at Camp Kikiwaka and as a counselor this time! As much as he loved New York City, he appreciated the peace that came from being surrounded by nature. It was also amazing to reconnect with his campers Jorge and Griff. Griff was now living with Xander's family during the school year since he had finally finished his sentence in Juvie and Jorge's family had moved to California. So with everyone spread out it was hard to stay in contact, but the group were determined to make it work. So before the end of last summer, Ravi had put together a group chat for the Grizzly cabin. And as great as it had been to stay connected, there was nothing quite like being together in person. Ravi also really liked their newest Grizzly, Joey. The boy was nice, if a bit quiet but seemed to share Ravi's love for learning.
"I'm so excited for archery practice today" cheered Jorge. "I'm planning to actually get good at it this year".
"You really think that this is going to be your year J-dog?" laughed Griff.
"I don't think, I know!"
"Well you have all summer to practice Jorge. But if we don't get moving, we'll be late for our scheduled practice time" encouraged Xander. Finishing their breakfasts the five boys cleared their places and headed off to the archery range for their first camp activity of the summer.
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Elena was surprised to find that she was actually enjoying her time at Camp Kikiwaka. When her mother had first told her that she and Alex had to attend this camp for the whole summer she had been furious. Elena had planned so many fun things to do even if she had broken up with sydnificant other Syd. She had planned to go on a road trip, attend protests, and have some fun before her final year of high school. Instead Schneider and her mom were going on vacation, and Aubelita and Dr. B were in Cuba spreading her Abuelos's ashes, and since they couldn't be left home alone Schneider had found this camp.
After a rocking morning of pottery and rock-climbing Elena was having fun! Her fellow campers Eve and Kim were lots of fun, and their CIT Avery was awesome. Their counselor Francesca had promised to take the girls on a fun canoe trip that afternoon. Elena wanted to check in on Alex before lunch though. Wandering across the great lawn she looked all over for her little brother. She saw a group of campers playing volleyball, some little girls making necklaces with one of the counselors and pick-up game of soccer. It was only as she made her way down to the beach that she found him.
"Alex!" she called, motioning for him to swim back to the shore.
"Hey Elena, what's up?" he asked, shaking the water out of his hair.
"Not much I just wanted to check in and see how your day was going".
"It's been great. My counselor PJ is funny, we went on a hike up rattlesnake mountain this morning, we just got back a couple minutes ago and decided to go for a swim to cool off".
"Well I'm glad that you're having fun. Fran's taking us out on a canoeing trip all afternoon, which is going to be awesome if it's anything like what we did this morning!"
"Cool. Well I'm going to swim for a little bit longer, but I'll see you at lunch" called Alex as he ran down the dock and hopped back in the water. Waving goodbye, Elena made her way back up to the main camp.
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