{Phan} A camp AU

Chapter 1

Dan

I arrived at camp already tired and fed up with the day.  This year I am a counselor for the 7th-grade girls and boys.  My mom signed me up for this "grief camp" for people who have had traumas in their lives and thought it would be good to make extra money before I start at Standford in September.  its only May and I'm stuck here until the end of the first week of September then leave to get my degree in law.  Today it's only the counselors so all of us can get to know each other.  

As we pulled up my mom stopped the car until she got my attention

"Daniel this will be good for you I promise"

I let out a small sigh before agreeing with her I've been attending this camp since I was in kindergarten a year before I was in the room when my dad passed away from cancer.   

We both got out of the car and hugged for a minute then I got my bag and headed to Rivers cabin.  River was none binary and the owner of the camp my entire life.

"Hey River,"  I said as I walked in a smile dancing on my lips as they hugged me.

"Hey, Dan nice to see you you have your usual cabin with the newbie this year his name is Phil.  I moaned when I heard this every year I get stuck with the newbies but luckily I never am in charge of the kid's cabins at night.  The camp is largely funded so we can afford people to actually come in at night and some phycologists that are available at all hours.  

"Is Phil here yet?"I asked still slightly annoyed.

"Yeah I'm kinda busy right now but I trust you know your way to your guys' cabin by now the kids will arrive in two days and I trust you to get Phil up to date with everything."

"Of course need anything else"

"No, but thanks see you guys at 19:30 sharp Mr.Howell"

I pulled my duffel bag and suitcase all the way to cabin 11 with a wooden sign hanging with Howell and Lester carved into it.

I walked into the room looking the same it was really nice it looked more like an actual house.  It had a decent sized kitchen two bedrooms a bathroom that had two sinks and a large living room that came with a Wii.  I set my bags down then tugged my light purple sleeves back down.  There was an ugly orange colored envelope on the counter with "Dan Howell" written nicely on the cover that I'll read later.  

I heard faint strumming of a guitar.  But stopped when I walked into the counter.

"Shit" I muttered underneath my breath.

"Hello?" A deep voice called out.  A guy walked out of the room I normally give up due to the smaller closet.  He had bright blue eyes and such dark blue hair it looked black.  He looked kind of intimidating.  "Hello I'm Phil," He said while sticking out his hand.

I grabbed it and replied, "Hey I'm dan would you like me to show you around?"

He didn't look me in the eye but quickly nodded his head. 

He seemed like the quiet type so I spoke up quickly "Great give me like half an hour it's only 530 so I'll unpack and make us some dinner then show you around then we have to meet everyone else in the cafeteria at 730.  Are you allergic to anything?"

He nodded his head no but then spoke up "I don't like cheese though it's gross"

I let out a small laugh "No cheese Lester I like it"

He walked back to his room and I took my things to mine its set up like usual.  You walk in and there's a double bed on the right of that is a walk-in closet with a dresser in it the to the left is a door that leads to the bathroom.  It took me like 20 minutes to get unpacked and hang out my pictures and posters and everything.  I took out all the ingredients to make pancakes Phil came out halfway through and started making some eggs and bacon so during that time I grabbed the orange envelope and looked at it

"Welcome all councilors of this year's grief camp at sunshine lake.

My name is River and I am the owner of this camp.  There have been some switches"  I skipped over the parts until I saw that Phil and I have the 1st graders in July instead of the 7th graders.  

Then I continued reading "As you may know each group has two full weeks of camping away from the groups later in the summer"  I skipped down the list of who goes when until I saw "Dan and Phil's group June 15-29."

"I would also like to welcome our new arts and crafts teachers Pj and Chris.  Then our new choir teacher Phil who will be partnered with our pianist Dan.  Also this year we have our new talent show"  then highlighted and underlined teacher and councilors must participate."

I finished reading then grabbed the plates and set them on the counter as I started to put the food on the plates.  Phil grabbed the utensils and sat down next to me.  

"Can we please agree to not make the kids sing stupid old songs or Justin Bieber"  His blue orbs looked at me pleadingly.  To my surprise, I laughed at his cuteness.

"Of course you spork"

"So I'm a spork Howell can a spork do this?" he giggled while launching eggs at me.  

"You're so on spork" he ended up in a full-on food fight as a dog in a service vest came out and started eating the food which is no longer wasted.

He looked scared for a second until I squealed happily at the dog then you could see him relax and said 

"His name is sky"