We Come Alive 3

Camp Trip Day 4

Early the following morning, a cloudy Wednesday, all of the players and Manny went to the mess hall for breakfast. Like usual, Stephen had dragged Jacob and Andrew along with him so they could get some of the first portions of food. Jacob was trailing behind the two boys with his arms shoved in his pockets as he listened to the loud talking and banging on the tables. He looked over to his left and saw Ethan sitting on a table arguing with another boy about some random topic that had come up among the boys.

Jacob was taken out of his train of thought when he felt arms around his waist. He looked behind him and saw Manny walking with him.

"Hey, where you been?" Jacob wondered, putting his arm around her to hold her to his side.

Manny shook her head. "Nowhere. Had to take a shower in the coach's cabin. Why?"

"No reason." Jacob sighed, going up to the line to get some food. Manny looked around at the boys but then frowned when her eyes landed on Stephen.

Manny tapped Jacob's chest before pointing to Stephen. "Why does he have leafs in his hair?"

Jacob looked over at Stephen and chuckled. "Long story, but he slept on a leafs covered pillow."

Manny nodded slowly as she watch Stephen walk around the mess hall. Stephen went over to where Andrew was sitting at a table with some of their other friends. Stephen put his tray down and looked over to Andrew as he sat down.

"You're not gonna eat?" Stephen frowned. "It's pancakes. You love pancakes."

"In a little bit." Andrew assured him, keeping his eyes on the mess hall doors where he saw Clover walking in with her hands in her sweatshirt pocket. She was smiling and talking to her teammates who doubled as her friends, but all Andrew noticed was Danny walking in only seconds after her.

Andrew quickly got up and walked over to Clover. He grabbed her by the hood of her sweatshirt and pulled her back over towards a corner for them to be alone.

"Whoa! Calm down." Clover laughed, but it quickly went away when she saw the angry look on Andrew's face. "What I do?"

"What were you and Danny doing at the lake last night?" He asked sternly. "By yourselves? Clover are you fucking stupid? We try so hard to protect you and you walk right into the arms of a predator?"

"He's not a predator." Clover rolled her eyes. "He's our athletic trainer. He lets me have my phone once or twice a day, away from you nosey boys, and check on Dante. You know, my boyfriend who's at war. He told me to hurry up so I didn't get caught and he didn't get in trouble for letting me have my phone. Maybe he feels bad that I'm stuck with only you 40 as friends. You guys barely let me breathe from how much you suffocate me. Next time you follow me around, get your facts straight you dipshit."

Andrew glared at her. "I didn't follow you but fine, go lay around with him if you want to. Don't be upset when he tries to get into your open legs."

Clover slapped Andrew across the face before shoving him out the way and walking out the mess hall. When Andrew turned around, Jose was walking up to him.

"Damn, what happened?" He asked, hissing at the power behind the slap and the fact Andrew's cheek was now red.

"Nothing." Andrew shook his head. "She's just mad at me for right now. She'll get over it."

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An hour later, Mateo had canceled practice since it was raining and it was too muddy for them to run around. He didn't want to risk them slipping, falling, and getting hurt. So, while most of the boys were either playing in the rain and mud or hanging out in the mess hall, Jose was sitting in Colby's bed watching him put his hair in a bun after it got wet from the rain.