"Welcome to Camp White!" The man cheered, whilst lifting his hands up, showing Phil and Pj the sign. They continued to walk through the gateway, and followed the man along a path and up some steps.
"This is where the kids sleep and rest" He said, pointing to array of different buildings around the two young men. "Well, they're not all kids actually. Our camp ranges from ages fourteen to eighteen, and we have a good variety of ages each year."
Phil nodded slowly, taking in his surroundings, and Pj did the same. After walking for about 2 minutes the man stopped. "Oh! I forgot to tell you my name. I'm Duncan White. But you can call me Duncan, we're all friends here, not just employer and employees. I was going to get one of my employees to pick you guys up actually, but since you two were a day later than everyone else, I thought I may as well do the honour" He smiled at the two boys who felt slightly intimidated, before turning around again and looking at the buildings which were now in front of them.
"These are the lodges for our leaders. The camp kids aren't allowed in this part of the premises." He turned around and smiled again before the smile went slowly. "We don't have any funny business with our kids if you get what I mean, understand?" The two boys nodded. "How old are you two again?"
"We're both twenty three" Phil replied.
"Ah okay." He nodded and looked like he was thinking. "I like to think I can trust my employees. If anyone gets caught doing anything against the rules they get a warning. Three warnings means you're kicked out, and that's final." He handed Phil and Pj an a4 slip of paper each, titled "CAMP RULES FOR EMPLOYEES". Phil quickly scanned the paper before folding it gently and slipping it in his bag.
"Anyway. This with be your lodge, boys." Duncan pointed to the nearest building to the three men. It was wooden and looked quite new, "It's actually two separate rooms for you both, so you have some privacy" That made him chuckle a bit. "You're allowed to visit other leader's lodges, but obviously not the campers unless we've given you permission, for example when you're giving a message or something of the sort."
Both boys nodded before continuing the walk with the man. "There's going to be a little welcome meeting in a few minutes, just to prepare you before the kids come tomorrow."
They walked into a big building and carried on through a small corridor before coming to a large hall.
"This is were lots of activities are held, if the weather isn't very good."
Duncan continued to make his way through the crowd of people which had already formed before Phil and Pj's arrival. He stood at the front of the mass of people and tapped the microphone before beginning to speak.
"Hello young leaders! Most of you know me, but to those who don't, I'm Duncan White, owner of Camp White since the opening twenty years ago."
Phil looked over to Pj and raised his eyebrows slightly, looking slightly surprised that Duncan was older than he thought. He estimated him around thirty years of age, but if he'd owned this camp for twenty years Phil's suspicions may be wrong.
"I only have a few main rules, and I'd like you all to follow them please, to maintain the happy and peaceful demeanour of our camp. Rule number one, no sexual relations with any of our campers! I know some of you are as young as 20, which is near the age of our oldest campers, but please obey this rule. If anyone is caught doing so, they will get kicked out immediately, unlike if any of the other rules are disobeyed there are three chances. Rule number two, all leaders must stay in their lodges after eleven at night. I always have a few people who think it's a smashing idea to go skinny dipping in our lake, but to be honest, it's very cold and you'll probably get hypothermia."
That caused the hall the arupt in giggles before Duncan coughed to get everyone's attention.
"My last main rule is to have fun! Don't take things to seriously and make sure you smile a lot. Not only is it good for kids to see, but it's good for your health too."
Pj nudged Phil in the rib which made the taller boy moan in protest. "I like this guy" he said.
"Everyone may return back to their lodges and unpack if you haven't already, or just relax for the rest of the day. Our staff swimming pool is open until seven tonight. To the people who have just arrived today, the key to your lodge is hanging up in a little box outside it" Duncan gave both Pj and Phil a small smile before walking away from the microphone.
As the two boys departed the hall, Phil felt excited with what was to come. He wanted to meet new people, do new things and learn new skills. He was also happy he was able to do this with his best friend Pj.
Pj unlocked the door to the lodge and it was small and cosy. There was indeed a separate room for both Pj and Phil, and two small bathrooms. Phil smiled as he walked in, feeling relief and warmth and independence. He flopped his body down on the sofa and switched on the television situated on a coffee table in front of it.
"You know what Phil, I'm so excited!" Pj said with his head poking into the mini fridge in the corner. "Although there's no food in here" He frowned.
"Same actually, I was apprehensive but now I feel better about this" The dark haired boy let out a long breath calming himself from the nervous thoughts that he could feel sneaking their way into his head.
"You let me know if you feel a bit panicky ok?" Pj said and Phil nodded although he knew Pj wasn't looking.
Phil suffered from some mild panic attacks which only Pj and his mum knew about. They used to be quite bad but recently they have been less dangerous, only making an appearance when Phil felt really trapped or was being pressured to do something. He didn't want them to effect this trip of a lifetime.
After about twenty minutes of Phil laying on the sofa watching the telly and Pj beginning to unpack, there was a knock at the door. "I'll answer it!" Phil called, and received a muffled "Okay" in reply.
Phil inhaled a deep breath before opening the door to someone he may have not met yet.
As he clutched the door handle and pulled on it, he felt his stomach leaping around inside him like a little frog. Come on Phil, you need to get used to meeting new people he thought to himself. He also thought maybe meeting all these new people may not be good for him.
However, when he opened the door and looked up, he was faced with a pair of beautiful, calming chocolate brown eyes, which instantly calmed his nerves.
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girlfriend // phan
Fanfiction"So... you have a girlfriend?" A story in which two camp leaders have each other questioning their sexuality, but there's only one small problem. A girlfriend.
