I had a couple drinks tonight and decided to just write, and this is what came out. So now I'm going to sleep and I hope you all enjoy it. I did the best I could.
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"Go in the closet!" I said. He looked at me like, "Seriously?" I waved my hands and pushed him in. "Now shut the hell up." I told him. He smurked at me, "They will find us." I laughed. "Have faith." I grabbed the door handle. It was weak and old but I got a firm grip. "This is your plan?" Tom told me. "You got a better one? Or do you wanna get caught...literally...with your pants down?" He looked down and frowned at me and zipped up. The front cabin door opened and I could see the light flood the inside of the cabin. Tom was breathing heavy down my neck and I gulped. "I could have sworn I saw someone come in here Katie..." It was a man but I couldn't see him through the cracks, and he wasn't alone. "Everyone is at the unloading area for the buses...we need to go over there Frank." She said. There was a silence and I felt a tug on the closet door. I used all my strength to hold. "Do these usually lock?" Frank asked. "Let me try." Katie said. I felt another tug on the door and I did all I could to keep it from opening. I heard her sigh. "I guess this ones broken. Come on Frank, let's go." I heard them walk out and the door shut. Tom and I sat there for a minute or two before opening the door. I poked my head out and there was no one else in there. I leaned back into Tom and let loose a monster sigh of relief, and he laughed. "Nice job Dan!"
We walked back to find everyone was in a big group listening to the camp leader, or whatever they call it, talking. We snuck into the back of the crowd as ninja-like as we could. I looked at Tom and he just smiled. I yawned, as I was kind of tired. I looked up to see who was talking and when I did my jaw almost dropped. It was Addonis, or maybe Zeus himself! He had short black hair like Tom but was more heavier. "Unique" was the only way to describe his face, as it was hot. He was way shorter than me too. I gulped and just stared. I couldn't help it you know? He was hot, and that was putting it mildly. His name was Anthony. I suddenly felt a wave of sadness wash over me. I couldn't feel this way about someone else, could I? I couldn't dwell long as he was done talking and stepped down from the board.
I looked at Tom who looked back and smiled. Things were so different now...he was opening up more. Sure the sex was there but finally it was more, like we weren't so afraid of being together. Oh how can I say that. We just hid in a closet! I wasn't sure what to think, but I did know that I was happy. He gave me a pat on the back and I smiled back.
What sucked was that Tom and I weren't roomed together. It was me, Franz, and a couple other guys I don't even know or talk to, but I had Franz with me, so it was alright I guess. I went in to find a small cabin with 6 bunks, 5 for us and 1 for whatever adult stayed with us. "Who do you think it is?" I turned around to see Franz walking in behind me. I didn't even see him until he was right there. "Uh, who what is?" I said. "Our counselor. I hear some guy named Frank was pretty cool, and Anthony seemed alright, but I hear the other guy counselors and total hard-asses and don't let the campers do anything." I sighed when I heard about Frank, "Yeah I hope Frank is cool." He looked at me, puzzled. "Why Frank?" I chuckled to myself. "No reason." The other guys walked in and I recognized them. There was Matt, Alec and Gabe. I only really knew Alec. The other two I've seen around just never talked to. "Hey guys." I said nervously. They just turned to me and did the classic head tip to mean "Hey." "Where's Tom?" I asked Franz. I noticed Matt behind him rolled his eyes when I said this. I was going to ask why when Franz jumped in. "He's down in the courtyard...wanna go get something to eat down there too?" I nodded and Franz walked out. I turned and looked at Matt who just looked the other way. Strange was the only way to describe it.
We walked down the hill past all the other cabins. Everyone seemed to be very excited and happy to be out and doing something different. I was dying of thirst though. I saw Tom playing football in the courtyard with the other guys. It was shirts vs. skins, but god damn Tom was a shirt. "Listen Daniel...can we talk for a second?" I was partly off of planet Earth when I said, "What?" He sighed heavily. "I need something for Monica...something...exciting, to get her going." I laughed. "What makes you think I know what gets a woman going?" He rolled his eyes and smiled. "It's been dull lately...I don't know..You know her best don't you?" I thought about it. She was my best friend, but when it came to sex I had no idea about her. "I wish I could help, but I don't know." He stopped me from walking and turned to me. "Well, what gets Tom going?" I was surprised. Can you say, "Awkward?" "Uhh...I don't really think that applies." He laughed again. "He's human isn't he?" I wasn't good at this so I gave him the most vague answer ever. "You know her like that better than I do." He seemed dissapointed and we kept walking, we didn't say another word.
When we got to the bottom of the hill, I looked for the nearest soda or water fountain. Sadly, I couldn't find any. I was starting to get frustrated when a hard slap hit my back. "Holy shit!" I yelled. It scared well, the shit, outta me. It was Tom. "We need to get together soon." I rubbed my back. "Geez if you do it that hard...well...it'll hurt..." He smiled at me and laughed. "Couldn't think of a joke?" My back still hurt. "Your mom couldn't think of a joke." I said. We both laughed. "No but seriously...can we?" I rolled my eyes. Was sex all he thought about? "Yeah maybe." We stood awkwardly with nothing to say before he finally said something. "Hey oh yeah...sorry to hear about Moni and Franz..." I stopped rubbing my back and looked at him. "What do you mean-what happened?" He looked at me surprised. "I heard they had a big fight or something, and broke up. Didn't she tell you?" I immediately looked around for Monica but couldn't find her. "I will find out for myself." He gave me a soft pat on the back and it still hurt like hell, right where he gave me the hard slap. The other guys yelled for him. "Tom! Let's go fag!" "Fuck you fag I'll be there in a second!" I looked at him and he just laughed. "See ya later Dan."
So why then did Franz need sex advice? I stood thinking about it until I saw the shop where they sell the sodas and stuff. It was down the road so I started walking and thinking. Why would he ask me? As I got down the road I kept looking for that long, familiar black hair that Monica had. She had to be somewhere. Most of the camp was visible from the road, so that must mean she was at the girls side, which boys weren't allowed. I got to the shop and a busty, short little black haired woman was behind the desk. "Hey there honey! What can I get for ya? Some candy? I love the skittles mmmm!!" I stood there and just smiled. "Got any water?" She smiled and bent over revealing a very short skirt, and threw a large water bottle at me. "There ya go, and tell ya what, since you're a little cutie pie, it's on the house. Just don't tell Anthony!" She laughed what can only be described as a evil laugh and waved. "Thanks!" She smiled and winked. "My names Daniel." She kept smiling. "Oh my god what a cute name! My names Kristy! Nice to meet ya!" She was cheerful, and I liked it. "Listen cutie, I got to go do some lame camp stuff oh my god I love this camp but the work! Ugh!" I tried not to laugh but couldn't help it. "I'll be having dinner with ya'all later tonight in the main hall. Stop by and say hi!" She walked up to me and gave me the double kiss cheek thing and walked in the back. I said thanks and she waved at me and went in the back.
I walked outside and looked around and finally saw Monica on the other side of the courtyard. I yelled for her and she saw me and waved. I was surprised she looked so happy. She ran up to me, her long black hair waving in the wind, and gave me a hug. "Uh...what's up?" I inquired. I could tell she saw the look on my face. "Um, nothing. Why?" We started walking down the road at this point. "Well I heard some stuff...just some stuff, no biggie." She stopped me. "What stuff?" I decided to just say it. "Tom said you and Franz broke up." She gasped and just stood there looking at me. She seemed surprise. "What happened?" She scoffed. "It's nothing. Where is he?" I shrugged. She couldn't look me in the eye anymore. "Did he ever tell you stuff?" I couldn't think of what she talking about. "What kind of stuff?" She let out a long sigh and fidgeted. "What exactly happened?" I asked. She didn't look so happy anymore. "He told me that he told you a long time ago about his...urges...or his curiosity."
"Yeah we had a short conversation in the bathroom once..." I stopped and thought about it and it hit me. "Did he cheat on you?!" She was starting to sweat. "No..." She still couldn't look me in the eye. "So...you're not comfortable with him feeling this way? It's just who he is Monica he can't help it." Suddenly she burst out at me. "What the fuck do you know?! People can change! People can always change!" I gulped and was intimidated; scared even. I took a step back and spoke down to a whisper. "W-What do you mean?" She finally looked me in the eye. "People can always change. All it takes is a little encouragement and help and he won't feel this way anymore." Suddenly I was mad. Whenever anyone talks like that, that we can change who we like so easily, it pissed me the hell off. "You don't even know Daniel! You've been with Tom, and we all know why!" I took another step back. She was waving her arms in anger. "Wha-?" She stopped me. "You're only with him because he's the jock, and that's all you ever wanted. You only like what he comes with! The fact that he's "popular" as you put it. The fact is you don't love him, you hardly even know him! The only wonder is why he even puts up with you! As for Franz, you leave that to me. So back off! Go run into Toms arm if you love him so much!" At this point people were looking around at us. She was yelling so loud. "Do you even know what he does when you're not around?! He fucks other girls!" This time I stopped her. "No he doesn't! Shut the fuck up!" I pushed her and she pushed back. People were now walking towards us and listening. "Go ask him! Now back off and let me handle my own love life!" She pushed me again and I fell back into a bench. She stormed off and ran away.
I sat there as people who were listening just started to walk away, making occasional glances back at me. I didn't understand this anger, and it made me angry! It was mix of sadness too. "She doesn't know what shes talking about." I told myself. I started to sweat and wanted to cry, but someone came and sat down next to me and I held it in with all I had. "You ok?" I didn't want to look up or I knew I would start crying. I didn't recognize the voice. "I'm fine." I felt an arm on my shoulder and looked up. It was Anthony. "It'll be ok." He told me. "It's just the first day, things will look up, you're going to have a great time here." He smiled at me and I wondered where he even came from, as I didn't see him earlier. "Yeah I guess." I got up to walk away and he got up and stopped me. "My doors always open to anyone who needs it. "Shove off!" I yelled and I speed walked away.