Camp Charming

Emo Crush and a Counselor Pawn

I stand alongside Daisy and Violet as we wait for Kenny to separate us into groups. A small ways away, Charlie stands and smiles waving at me, I instantly look away. Dean hobbles along on his crutches and stands beside Violet, and looks past her at me. He nods his head in acknowledgment and I nod back. He smiles slightly and looks to Kenny who clears his throat and begins to speak.

"Alright everyone, so we are a little late on separating into our groups for this last month, but it is time to get in our groups!" Kenny says and he looks around and begins to choose the groups. He takes his hat and digs around and the first person he draws is me. "Drew and Dean." He says and Dean looks over at me and gives me a faint smile. He separates everyone else and we get into our groups to get to know each other.

   "This is Patricia, Brittany, Opal, and Maddie." I say and they all smile slightly as they nod towards the group of boys.

"Well, hi ladies. I am Dean, this is Pete." A very thin boy, his hair dark and shaggy, with a small frown. "This guy is Nick." He is a younger boy, the youngest I have seen so far, his eyes bright with some sort of childlike joy. "Big boy Bub, that's what we call him anyway." A big guy with dark skin and a huge smile waves at us. "He's actually Hawaiian, and last but not least is Leo." Leo dips his head slightly and pushes his extremely straight hair into place. His huge thick glasses shine with the light of the building and he clears his throat. "He doesn't really talk, but when he does it's pretty wise."

"Majestic shit is what he speaks." Pete answers and I laugh slightly as Patricia looks at Pete and looks away hiding a faint hint of blush.

   "Right. Well, as you guys can tell, I won't be able to do a lot of stuff, but I'll try not to let that put a damper on how much fun we are going to have!" Dean cheers and I roll my eyes as he swings he crutches up into the air and waves them around. "Whooooaaaa!"

   "So strange..." Pete mutters and leans his back into a wall and I look at Patricia.

   "He's pretty cute." I state and she snorts, walking away and Maddie shrugs watching her walk away.

   "She's always liked Pete." Maddie states and glances to Pete. "But he hasn't paid much attention to Patricia, really ever if I recall correctly."

   "That sounds about right." I mumble and look at Patrica as she sits down swiping around on her phone, and somewhere in that hunched over blankly gazing girl, I can see myself. "Dean..." I say and Maddie walks away joining Opal who is pestering Brittany about her makeup.

   "Yes?"

   "We need to help Patricia." I say and look at him. "She reminds me of myself, and I do not want her to end up like me." He frowns as I look back to her. "I can't let her feel broken and alone, it isn't right."

   "Yeah, but how on earth are we going to do that?"

   "Well, I think for our first project, we need to get her confident, maybe if we get her some confidence, then Pete will like her back!"

   "She likes Pete?!" He says and his eyes go soft as he smiles brightly. "Adorable."

   "Isn't it? Now, what should we do?" I ask and he looks around and smiles slightly. "Oh no, a plan is formulating."

   "Well, I mean, if I were Pete and I knew that a pretty girl like Patricia liked me, I would try to act cool and stuff, which he tries to do all the time. So in order for a guy to confess how he feels, we need to make him jealous." Dean states and looks around, his gaze landing on someone all to familiar. "I think I have the perfect person too..."

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   "Okay everyone! We are about to head to the fields so gather around!" Dean calls and I give a head count on everyone. "Is everyone here?"

   "No looks like we are missing someone." I state and they all look around, all except Pete. "Let's do a roll call. Opal."

  "Here!"

   "Pete."

   "Ehh."

   "Brittany."

   "Yeah."

   "Bub!"

"Aloha."

"Maddie!"

"Present."

"Nick!"

"H-here!"

"And Patricia." I shout but no answer and everyone looks around. "Patricia!" I call again and I look over at Maddie and wink. She nods and turns around and points over to a corner.

"She's over there!" She calls and everyone turns, except Pete who is lazily stretching his arms. "She's with a counselor!" Maddie shouts and to this Pete's ears peek and his eyes slightly glance.

   "Is that Jason?" Nick squeaks our and Pete's head slightly turns, and after a lil tiny glance, his whole body turns to look. Dean gives me a small high five and I clear my throat and push through the group.

   "Patricia." I say and she looks over at me, her eyes shimmer as she frowns and I fold my arms. "I'm happy you are getting along with a counselor but we are about to head out, so come on."

   "Fine." She mutters and Jason smiles as she waves. "See ya." She says and turns away walking to the group.

   "So, did we get a little interest from the boy?" Jason asks and I nod as he too gives me a Hugh five. "Is it bad I enjoy making people jealous?"

   "Not really, but this was just a test to see if he might be interested in her. Which he seemed to be, so we will se show everything else goes." I say and we stand walking as she stands by herself, glancing towards Pete every once and awhile, but he never once glances to her. "This is going to be an interesting month."

   "It will be indeed." Jason says and he scratches the back of his head before shrugging. " I'll see you around Drew."

   "Bye Jason." I say and he walks away, opening a door before stepping outside where Daisy and his group awaits.

Walking back I stand alongside my group as Dean hands me a clipboard and my face instantly falls.

   "You've got to be kidding me... we are seriously doing this thing?" I mutter and Dean smiles a little and pats my head.  "You do remember what happened last time right?"

   "Yeah... but it's been fixed so it's gonna be okay!" He cheers and I shake my head dreading the day to come.

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