It is an extremely humid, hot day, the average temperature being 98 degrees Fahrenheit

To say that the car ride to Camp Aloe was a bit painful is like saying that getting salt into a fresh cut smarts a little. Carli was sitting shotgun in her mother's car, not saying a word. Her ear-buds were jammed into her ears, so to the average bystander would think she was lost in her music. Wrong. She had turned off her music a long time ago, as she had found that every single song reminded her of Kyle, and it hurt. Carli glanced down at her nails, suddenly hating her choice to paint them bright yellow. "How dare you mock my pain, you with your unwavering happiness." She knew she must be going crazy, screaming at her fingernails, but she was fine with that. "Kyle did always call me loony, as a joke, but now I truly am going insane," Carli immediately regretted thinking that as her eyes began to well up with tears. She fanned her face and stared ahead, determined to control the waterworks soon to come.

"Hiya! I'm Linda Palmer, CEO here at Aloe. Name, please!" Chirped the check-in woman. Carli glanced the lady up and down, and was not very impressed with what she saw. In front of her stood an overweight 46 year old woman wearing a yellow sweat suit, a black back pack slung over her shoulder. The overall look she was giving off was bumble bee. "Carli-Anne Carter," Carli mumbled absentmindedly, her thoughts still on Kyle. "Great! You are in Oak Cabin," The woman pointed a pudgy finger in the direction of a large cabin. She moped her way over to the cabin, and threw her suitcase aside. She then collapsing onto the nearest bed, the first tears rolling down her rosy cheeks, carrying traces of mascara along with them.

"Anna-Beth."

Silence.

"Anna."

Silence.

"Damn it, Anna-Beth, would you cheer up?"

"No."

Andrew growled, and cranked the radio volume higher, brow furrowed in annoyance. She was so easily bruised, his twin. She'd done nothing but cry since they'd gotten in the car, and it was really getting on his nerves. He drummed his fingers on the steering wheel of the old convertible, weighing his options, when she whipped her head around to stare at him.

"Aren't you upset?" she sniffled, "She hurt you, too!"

"Not even. I'm just fine. Now c'mon, we're here." He pulled the car to a stop and stepped out, slinging both his and his sister's bag over his shoulders, and walking around to open her door. The tiny sprite of a girl stepped out of the car and buried her face in her brother's chest, a fresh round of tears making their way down her face.

"Oh, c'mon now, Anna...no more. It's gonna be better soon. I'm gonna be here, and I ain't goin' nowhere, get it?" he smiled soothingly, grabbed her hand, and started to drag her towards the front, keeping her tiny fingers captured in his own.

"Andrew and Anna-Beth Anderson," he told the counselor woman stiffly, who smiled and looked at her clipboard. Andrew decided he hated clipboards, and Anna-Beth just stared at her.

"She looks like a bumble-bee," she whispered to her brother, who tried not to laugh, and snorted instead.

"Andrew, you'll be in Oak cabin, and Annie-Beth, in Maple."

"It's Anna-Beth. Anna," she coughed gently, trying to ignore the worried look on her brother's face.

"We aren't in the same cabin?"

"Nope!" the woman kept smiling. Andrew decided he hated her smile as much as he hated her clipboard.

This is absolutely terribleReily thought.His older sister tapped his shoulder and smiled.He ignored her and turned his face to the window.Reily listned to his sister Alice singing to Avirl lavign givesyou hell."Hey cheer up kiddo this will be a fun experience for you!" she shouted over the blaring radio.Reily still ignored her and slumped in his seat,sighing.The radio reminded him of the loudspeaker at the school,where his girlfriend brokeup with him,so he instantly shut it off leaving them in silence.Finnaly Alice spoke up."Hey listen,you need to stop grieving over over the breakup.The camp letter said that you will find another girlfriend.......or is there something you're not telling me?" she said teasingly. Reily laughed as they pulled into the camp parkinglot.As they pulled in to a space his sister raised her arms."Yay! I made you laugh for the first time eversince that evil girl." she threw her arms around him and smiled. "Yay,you are choking me!" he said jokingly as he then hopped out of the car,grabbing his big gray suitcase.Alice got out,hugged him,ruffled his hair and kissed his cheek."Have fun little brother." she said beforegetting back in the car and speeding away as Reily made his way to the camp office.He noticed that there was three people already there.Two seemed like brother and sister and the other a camp worker."Name?" she said a little two hapily.Reily walked up to her."Reily Hartwell." he said clearing his voice."Okay you're in maple cabin with Annie-Beth here." she pointed to the girl with the boy next to her.He turned ."unm hey I'm Reily." he said then turned to the women in black and yellow."uh can I have a map." the women handed him a map and he left for the cabin.Once he got inside the cabin,he found a bed he wanted and threw his suitcase under it."I'm totally not ready for this." he mumbled.

"She'll be staying with another GUY?" Andrew growled, turning cold eyes on the boy's back as he walked away, "No, no. No, no, no. I won't allow it."

"Sorry, but rules are rules!" the woman chirped cheerfully, "Go ahead and follow him to your room, and Andy, go up to yours!"

"My name is ANDREW." He hissed right in the woman's face, dumped his sister's bag on the ground, and stormed up to the cabin. He slammed inside, tossing his bag on a bed, and began to search through it desperately. He ignored the girl on the other bed, and stared directly into his bag, his search becoming more feverish.

Anna-Beth stooped and picked her bag up, before tip-toeing up to the cabin, slipping inside and keeping as quiet as possible. She crawled onto one of the beds, closed her eyes, and curled up as small as she could possibly get. She bit her tongue to stay silent, and hugged her knees into her chest, sighing gently.

(Short post just to move the plot along :D)

Carli was touching up her running eye makeup when a boy with sandy blonde hair stormed in. He looked so pissed off at the world, that she thought it would be a good idea to leave him alone, but good ideas aren't Carli's strong point. So she walked right up to him, looked him straight in the face and said

"You look pissed, so you might not want to talk, but I'm Carli, that's spelt with an "i". Who are you?" She blew a strand of blonde hair out of her vision and awaited an answer. 

Setia. Sat in her cabin her hair was curled and the silence seemed to be killing her. Setia had never liked silence and right then was no exception. She examined her hot pink painted nails boredly.

Andrew stared at the girl, scowling softly, and snorted, "I'm none of your damn business, that's who. I don't care how you spell your name, I don't care who you are, I don't care what your story is." With that, he snatched a book out of his bag and walked straight out the door, ears burning red. He hated being a jerk, but he was in no mood to speak to anyone, even his sister, which was saying something. He walked and walked, eyes on the ground, looking for anywhere away from here. If he was lucky, he could at least find a silent place where he could be alone whenever he wanted.

Carli followed the boy out of the cabin, and grabbed his shoulder with a strong grip. "Look here, no need to act like a dick. I asked a simple question, and I'm looking for a simple answer. What. Is. Your. Name?" She pronounced each word carefully, trying hard not to loose her head. She hated not getting answers.

Mary Sue was wearing mini shorts and a tank top so her big colourful tattoos would show. She was only eightteen but the last year she had matured enormously. She had been a party girl , drinking and smoking al night but that's over now. She came here to start something new just before going to colege.

She got out of the taxi that drove her the last couple of miles from the bus stop to camp and payed the rather silent Pakistani the fare and a small tip. She had seen a dashboard picture of his three realy cute daughters. He must have been a proud father. Her dad had had nothing to be proud of last year, after Dennis dumped her for that blonde skank - who doesn't even knows who Kipling is btw... she had given herself over to sex, whiskey and rock 'n roll. She wasn't to proud of that but it is part of her she realizes.

Her bag was full of books and only a minimum on clothes. She would take time to read this summer, and to find her old self again between the memories of drunk - forget your ex - nights and tattoo needles. She took the light green army bag on her back and walked to the check in.

A lady was sitting at the counter, staring at her. "Hi there" she said on an easy but friendly tone. "Name Please". "Euhm Jameson, No! I mean... euhm Mary Sue James!" She stuttered. The little round women chirped about how great it would be here on camp. "yeah great... uhuh" Mary Sue mumpled. She was looking at the map of the camp. There were three cabins she saw. "Okay! Everything is done! Your stay has been payed for!" She kept chirping with a big smile. She looked like a big wheel of cheese in that yellow sweat suit. I guess you could even roll her if you tried... Mary Sue thought. She laughed as the women jumped up from her seat. "I'll show you your cabin! You wil LOVE it here!"

Andrew grabbed the girl's wrist and turned to face her, getting right in her face, scowling. "You don't need to know my name, because you will never make use of it, understand?" He threw her arm down and walked away again, shaking with annoyance. "I don't want to hurt you, but I will if I have to. So please, don't push me. Not today."

Mary Sue took her pack of cigarettes out of her bag and her copy of 'The Hounds Of Baskerville' in her hand. She had put her bag on a bed. The cabin was nice and spacious. There were too people arguing outside. Great, she thought. I'm five fucking minutes at this camp and there's already a fight. This was just one big mistake. She sighed and deceided to take her MP3 with her in case there are other crazy people who 'hate at first sight'. I thought they promised love...

She saw a girl and a boy fighting. They were both quite beautifull but the anger on the guys face made him ugly to Mary Sue. What was his problem? She took the little map out of her pocket and searched for a nice place to sit. Horses or woods and water. She deceided to go for the woods and the water. Just some nice reading in the sun. That's what she needed now!

Carli grinned at the boy's threat "Oh, you must think you are so scary. Well, Mr. Douche, I happen to do karate, so if you attack me, you'll be the one bleeding on a stretcher, not me. This is your last chance. What. Is. Your. Name? A one word answer is all I ask for," Carli noticed a girl with striking red hair staring at them as they argued back and forth, but she was too involved in the verbal fight to care.

Mary Sue facepalmed with her book. Slapping the book to her face hurted more then she thought it would but it did hit some sense into her head. She walked to the twoo figures arguing outside. The argument was getting out of hand... talking about martial arts and stretchers... "Okay, so you don't be a big baby and just give the girl an awnser" she said as she turned to the red faced guy "and you: this guy is an emotional wreck, not worth talking to at this point if you came here with a positive attitude" she winked at them both with a little chuckle in her sentence. "My name is Mary Sue and yours?" she asked them both.

(Sorry im busy so its kinda short.)
Reily looked at the girl Anna-Beth who waked in and curled up on a bed.He wanted to say something to comfort her ,but he wasent the type to say anything.He sighed and befan to go for the cabin door."Hey listen I know you dont want to be here,neither do I but theres no need to mope around all day."he sighed again,left the cabin and headed towerd the horse stables to relax and blow off some steem.

Andrew closed his eyes, physically shaking, and rounded on the two girls. He opened his mouth, and then...

"Andrew!" Anna-Beth, tiny, blonde and trembling, came scrambling down towards him, and latched onto his hands, "Andrew, you promised. You promised." She inhaled sharply and automatically burst back into tears, clutching at her brother tightly. "You promised," she said again, and stared up at him. They locked identical eyes, and Andrew slumped, giving in to his sister's wishes.

"There. Now you know my name." He took the smaller girl's hand and dragged her away, down towards the fire pit, trying to support her while she cried. "Anna, you shouldn't have done that..."

"You promised you wouldn't fight, Andrew..."

"I know...I'm sorry." He sighed, face red from anger and embarrassment, and stared at his sister. She was his weak spot, and even though she was his opposite in every way, he couldn't help but adore her. Anna-Beth knew Andrew wasn't such a mean guy, he was just upset at the moment, he didn't like when things didn't go his way.

Setia walked out the cabin she pulled her hair back and jogged off she didn't have w clue where she was going but she didn't seemed to care. She was pretty quick though she dodged a member of staff only to get dragged back. "Slow down love we don't want to an accident." Setia looked like she might tell the woman to back off or yell or something she didn't though she stormed off just containing her annoyance. Remembering the woman saying to slow down she spun around and ran back to her cabin faster then she had been running before she grinned as she half skidded to a stop outside The Oak cabin she laughed softly grinning.

Mary Sue looked at Andrew and the girl who supposedly was called Anna. "So I see the three of you can handle it, I'm going to read my Sherlock Holmes story like I was planning to do untill you two started bitching. Oh by the way..." she looked at the tall blonde guy and put her index finger on his chest, pointing at him. "Listen to your little sister..." she winked at Anna, "it looks like she got the brainy part of you two while you were stuck with the moody..." She didn't know where she was going after she said that but she already felt that she wasn't on a 'friend making streak'... in the contrary.

She sat outside the cabin and thought about music she was tempted to go and get her iPod and sit inside the oak cabin but she didn't kno who could be in there. She pushed open the cabin door and stepped inside.