RIM OF THE WORLD | Gabriel

chapter one

I stared at the sign that was between the two bears, "RIM OF THE WORLD". I snorted in amusement and turned around, facing my displeased mother.

"Yeah, no, this isn't happening" I muttered, trying to walk back to the car. "Come on, Honey. Come on Kayla, you can do this." My mother tried to encourage me. "Do it for your fathe-" "Don't you dare bring him into this," I growled, snatching my bag from her grasp.

She cleared her throat, "oh look at all the kids your age! You're going to make so many friends, Kayla!" She tried to be enthusiastic but failed miserably. "I already have friends." I rolled my eyes, walking forward.

I heard my mom sigh loudly, "Kayla, I'm tired of you being locked away in your room all days since your father died. You aren't the only one suffering you know. But, you need fresh air, make some friends and have fun-" I turned around slowly, meeting my mother's sad eyes, and scoffed, "says the one that blames me for his death. Bye." I gave her my middle finger before one of the camp leaders ran up to me.

"Kayla! What's good girl? I'm your leader, Logan!" He smiles, and soon gestures to things around him, "now, if you look around you'll see a lot of interesting things." He walked over to a guy and gives him a hive five, "This is Carl, he's the black man on the campus-" they do a quick handshake and Logan looks back at me, "-okay so, I don't want to see you doing that. Only for black people only."

I laugh a little, "whatever, Logan." I smile a little as he leads me to the registration and I got into line behind a boy with red hair. He was speaking to the Asian girl in front of him in a different language, Mandarin most likely. She looked blankly at him before turning back around.

"You trying to impress her or something?" I asked loud enough for the small redhead to here me. He spun around, "n-no, I just saw she was from China." He stuttered. I chuckled, "relax, I'm just messing with you. I'm Kayla." I greet, giving him a smile. He smiles back, "Alex."

After Logan registered me, I left to find my cabin and it turns out the Chinese girl was in the same cabin. I noticed the only bed left open was the one right next to her, "hey, I'm Kayla." She turned her head and stared at me before laying down on her bed, "ZhenZhen."

I put my stuff down and grab a bag of chips that I brought with me, "nice to meet you ZhenZhen." I smirked, offering her some chips. I gave her a look when she rolled her eyes, "well, I tried to be nice." I muttered as I laid down on my own bed and closed my eyes, soon falling asleep.

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Today it was decided that we were going to go canoeing. I slipped on ripped black jeans, vans, and an oversized grey t-shirt before meeting everyone by the buses. I sat next to ZhenZhen in the second row with Alex sitting in front of us.

"Come on, Dariush," one of the camp counselors snapped.

"Alright y'all, the king is back."

I turned and saw a rich ass looking black guy climb into the van, "scoot over man." He told Alex, pushing him slightly, "move move, my nuts are hot." I rolled my eyes, listening to this kid bitch about his nuts.

"Shut the fuck up already." I groaned, catching the attention of Darius who turned around quickly. "And what's the name of this pretty little fine ass white girl?" He smirked, I rolled my eyes and slapped his head. "I'm Italian, cagna." His eyes widened, "what the fuck does that mean?"

I sat in silence the entire trip, ignoring Dariush and his many attempts to talk to me. By the time the bus stopped, I felt like my ears were bleeding. I walked behind the rest of the group with ZhenZhen, who kept looking around in awe at everything.

I shot her a questioning look, what the hell seemed so great about this shitty place? Oh right, nothing.

"Ah, sorry guys, some kid shit in the canoe while shooting the rapids." A woman explained, a disgusted look on her face. I grimaced as Logan claimed 'ain't no one scared of a little poo' as he tried to convince the poor woman who just shook her head, "okay, I'm deathly afraid of a lot of poo. It's more poo than canoe in there."