The only girl at Camp Green Lake - Holes Fanfiction- - OC x ZIGZAG-

Chapter 7: The new guy

I woke up the next day feeling pretty great, i had put on a Olivia Rodrigo sour tour shirt and tied the sleeves of my jumpsuit, so it looked like pants.

"Hey" Zigzag said behind me

"OH, Hey" i responded back

i noticed he was looking at my shirt "Olivia Rodrigo, nice"

"Yeah, she's one of my favorite artists!" i responded enthusastically

he held my hand

"cool"

We had grabbed our shovels and started to do our usual thing

a few hours later, i was starting to getting bored, so i tried to make some talk

"Hey X?"

"what?"

"do you wanna talk?"

"um, no not really"

"Well then!" i responded with mockery sadness

that's when i noticed a guy with a red cap and who had slightly curly brown hair was talking to zero. that's weird. i thought. because zero had never talked to anyone else and i'd never seen him before

"Hey, zig?"

"What's up?"

"Who's that guy?" i asked, pointing to him

"Oh him? that's Stanley, he's new here"

"Oh. okay." how come i've never seen him?

after digging for a few more long hours, i had noticed i was the last one (of course). and that zigzag wasn't waiting for me like usual. that was fine by me, because the last thing i needed was the entire camp thinking i was some sort of princess that has to depend on everyone to wait for her. and that's pathetic

i sat down next to zigzag on the lopsided couch. the TV wouldn't really work, the audio worked okay, but you can't really tell what the show is

"Hey, Zoe, we need an extra player" Squid called at me from the pool table

"Coming"

i stood up, but felt some weird. i felt around the couch and looked under the cushions where i found a book. i patted the cushion back into it's place

"Whatcha got there?" Zigzag asked

"Hey girlie, whatcha got there?" Armpit asked, repeating the same question

"A book"

squid came and sat next to me "who's it by?"

"Louis Sachar" 

i flipped to a random page and starting it reading a loud "He dug his shovel into the ground. his hole was about 3 and a half feet deep in the center. he grunted as he pried up some dirt and flung it off to the side. The sun was almost directly overhead"

"Wow girlie you read fast" Zigzag joked

i rolled my eyes

"sounds alot like here" Magnet added

i flipped to the author's note "I had come up with the idea with this novel from my own experience at camp green lake as a fifteen year old under the nickname "Writer" . Where their moto is "If you take a bad boy and make him dig holes all day in the hot sun, it turns him into a good boy"

the dinner bell sounded

"Thats great! but i'm hungry" X-ray jumped in

i slipped the book into the pocket of my jumpsuit and followed the guys to the mess hall

I grabbed my tray of disgusting food and walked to my table. i took one good look at it and pulled out the book and started reading it

"I wonder when that Louis Sachar dude was here"

"Well, most authors have their big break at 40, and he said he was here when he was fifteen. so when was the book written?" Squid asked

i checked the copyright page "1998"

"So that means the guy was here around 1970"

"You wanna know more about him?" Zigzag asked

"Yeah, we'll just sneak into Mr.Sir's office. Magnet joked. but he saw the serious looks on our faces

"I'm up for it if you are"

"Sorry" said Magnet

"Nope" said X-ray

"I'm already in enough trouble" squid shrugged

"I'd love to help but i can't" Stanley sighed

and of course, Zero said nothing

"I'll go with you, what's the worst that can happen?" Zig patted me on the shoulder.

"Okay, how about after lights out"

"It's a date"

i rolled my eyes and smiled