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CHAPTER 10 - Mail?!...

Digging today consisted of me and Zigzag talking. His voice made it easy, it also made it feel like it went by so fast. I could listen to him speak and tell his stories to me all day long. Some stories sounded so fun that I wish I was there to partake in them.
He told me something about the time when he accidentally flushed down his pet goldfish down the toilet because he thought it was dead. I laughed at that alot, and on this day alone, I feel like I've gotten closer to him already... Or maybe I'm just hallucinating. I mean he hasn't attempted to drape his arm over my shoulder or hug me or ask to hold my shovel which means he probably thinks I can do it myself.

However, on the walk back to tents, which I walked with the whole D-Tent, I couldn't help but notice my hands truly did ache. I looked at them and noticed they had not changed, I guess they were just soar?
I came back down to planet Earth to hear Zigzag laughing about the time he put cold, wet toothpaste into his older brother's ear at 3 am.
"It was around 3 am. I woke up and was bored. So I got up and mixed toothpaste with cold-cold water and I carefully put it into his ear." Zigzag started laughing towards the end, me joining in.

"Why would you do that?" I asked him, barely being able to keep in my laughter anymore. If Celeste did that to me, I think we'd fight. But Zigzag and his brother? They seemed so chill. His life seemed so chill. If I was to ever be a part of it, just if, I'd probably ruin it. Trouble follows me everywhere. It's sad to say the least.

"I don't know? I guess I just felt like it." Zigzag shrugged before asking me, "What's the craziest thing you've done or seen someone do?" Damn, he's really good at keeping conversations.

I was about to speak before I saw Zigzag readying himself to throw his shovel to the pile of them. I leaned backwards, slightly, not wanting to get hit. I watched as he threw his shovel and how it landed perfectly somewhere in the pile. I gulped and looked down at my shovel. Well, that was before Zigzag offered to throw it for me, saying, "Want me to throw it for you?" I nodded and handed him my shovel, which again, he perfectly threw.

After throwing it for me, he just looked at me silently, like a little dog waiting for a treat. I slowly looked over to him, making sure my face wouldn't go red.
"Earth to Zigzag?" I waved my hand in front of him yet he only blinked, not turning away his gaze? My face started to heat up.
Well that was before he enlightened me, "You never answered my question? I was waiting." Zigzag told me, chuckling before looking straight.

I took a low breath of relief because I thought I was going to melt away just being beneath his gaze.
"Oh." I spoke as I realised before actually thinking, what is the craziest thing I've seen someone do? Hm.
"Oh!" I churned. A bright idea popped into my head, like those shining light bulbs in cartoons! "I don't know if this counts but, I read it on the paper. I know, I know, I sound old but my mom gave it to me. I read it and it said that some kid lit fireworks inside his school." I started giggling now, because I know using fire in school is useless and dumb! Well at least now I know.

I turned over to Zigzag, his face growing pale and paler by the second. I toned down my giggle before slightly panicking... Did I say something wrong!?
"Oh. Did I say something wrong?" I quickly said, trying to gain something from Zigzag, whose face was pale. He glanced at me before mumbling a bit, "No. No- it isn't you..." He looked elsewhere. Away from me. I sighed before seeing the others change their route, they weren't on their way to the water spigot, no, they were on their way to the rec room.

I felt a tug to my arm and I shot my head around like lightning. Magnet let go of me and I saw the rest of D-Tent waiting for him.
"Fireee. Nos estamos cansando de esperar." He told me.
My eyes shot wide as I tried to reason, "You're waiting for nothing Mag. Because I wasn't going red." I forcefully chuckled.