Double Trouble

1

It was a beautiful, warm summer's day. The sun shone upon the water of the lake, the trees held their green branches proudly into the air and a bird flew through the sky. On the shore of the lake, there were children. They were swimming, laughing and splashing each other. A group of girls from the Rosamund Summer Camp who were enjoying the sun and the water. It was almost noon.

A woman in her fourties with light brown hair and a comfortable summer dress approached the girls. She was holding a clip board in her hands.

"Girls! It's time for lunch! Remember, we're having lunch a little earlier today, because the new girls arrive at 2pm." she said to the swimming and laughing children. One by one, they all got out of the water. The woman looked at each girl passing her on their way to their towels and checked her board. After a few seconds of waiting, she called out: "Lena, get out of the water! Lunch will get cold if you're late!"

At the same time, a young girl with messy brown hair silently approached the woman from the side and as soon as the woman stopped calling while still looking towards the lake, the girl stood right beside her and  screamed: "RRAAAAHH!"

"Huh!" the woman, completely startled, stumbled a few steps to the side and fell into the water. When she got out of the water again, the girls were laughing hard.

"Lena! That was very naughty of you!" the woman said, not pleased.

The girl merely shrugged.
"I know, Mrs Lockwood. But seriously, you should have seen your face!" she said, grinning, and giggled. Still giggling, she ran back into the big camp house with the other gitls following her quickly.

Lunch was scheduled for 12am on this day. Lena, having put on some of her robust and comfortable jeans and a shirt, led the other girls to the dining room. Some of them would be leaving at the end of the day. And the bus which would bring the leaving girls to the town where their parents could pick them up more easily would also bring some new girls to the camp. Lena was happy she would get to stay here longer. She would be staying in the camp for three whole weeks and today was only the end of her first week. The headmistress, Mrs Lockwood, was glad the girls liked her camp so much, even though Lena was a handful. She loved to play pranks on everyone and often led some other girls to join her in pranking someone too. She was a natural leader and a clever prankster.

A few of the other girls would be staying a little longer too and wondered what the new girls would be like.

"I hope they are nice. We had so much fun together here so far. I would hate it if some new girls ruined that." Lizzie said.

"Yeah, nice girls would be great. But they don't have to be too nice. Like, look at Lena. She is a naughty one and a whole lot of fun!" Josie responded. Lizzie and Josie, also called the Satzman-twins, were quite different looking, but nothing could compare to the dynamic those two had.

Lena, having heard Josie's comment, grinned and said: "Aww, thanks, Josie! I think it's gonna be fun finding out what those newbies are made of!"

They did not have to wait long for that. The bus with the new girls arrived punctually at 2pm in front of the big camp house. And there was quite an amount of different new girls to be seen. A tall girl with red hair and freckles approached the curiously waiting girls confidently. A short girl with black hair shyly smiled at them and approached them rather carefully. And finally, a girl with brown hair and a neatly ironed skirt came out of the bus carrying her bag. When the other girls looked at the new girl, they saw she looked exactly like Lena.

Everyone looked at the new girl completely gobsmacked. The girl herself looked around, not understanding the strange looks everyone was giving her at first. But then, she saw Lena.

Lena and the new girl now stood in front of each other, eyeing each other. The similarity between them was incredible. They would have thought they were looking at a mirror if it weren't for the very different hairstyles and clothes. The other girls and the headmistress began to whisper in surprise.

After a few seconds of gazing, Lena's expression began to show anger. She turned around and ran away, hands curled into fists.