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A Summer To Remember

Chapter 4
 

I woke up to a loud and obnoxious ringing. I rubbed my eyes and sat up in my bed. I saw Jess walk through the door with a towel on her head and completely dressed and ready. “Hey you’re up!” she said cheerfully. Why is she so awake?
“Yeah, the stupid bell woke me up. How are you already up and ready?”
“I’m an early riser. It’s actually better that way because then the bathroom is completely crowded with girls trying to take a shower, do their hair, and apply make-up all at once.”
“I am no where near an early riser.” I dragged myself out of bed and grabbed my shampoo and conditioner and a pair of jean shorts and a tank top. I found my way towards the bathroom and realized Jess was right. There were girls literally everywhere. After waiting for about 5 minutes, a shower finally opened up. I took a quick shower, wrapped my hair in a towel, got dressed and walked back to my room. “Tomorrow, please wake me up when you get up.” I said to Jess when I stepped through the door.
“A little chaotic isn’t it?”
“A little?” I said laughing. I took my hair out of the towel and just through it up into a ponytail. I didn’t even bother to put any make-up on. I rarely did anyways, just a little eyeliner and mascara, but it was summer and I was at some stupid camp, so why bother with make-up?
“Goin’ natural?” Jess asked when I picked up my eyeliner and then placed it back into my bag.
“It’s summer, why bother cake on make-up, especially if I go swimming. I don’t want to have to worry about it running all over my face and making me look like a raccoon.” I explained.
“Smart move.”
“I know. Now come on, before we miss breakfast.” I grabbed her wrist and pulled her out the door.
We got to the dining hall and there were only about 10 other people. “Another perk of getting up earlier is you get a better choice of breakfast.” Jess told me smiling. She pulled me towards a long table that had food from one end to the other. We both grabbed a plate and scanned the table of endless food. I ended up grabbing two pancakes, two pieces of bacon, a banana, and some strawberries. Jess grabbed some scrambled eggs, three pieces of bacon and an orange. Once we got all our food we sat down at an open table. By now everyone else had come in and started getting their food.
We were just sitting there, eating our breakfast quietly when something hit the back of my head. I turned my head and looked to the floor to see an apple. I rolled my eyes and turned back around. It’s only day two and already some people are acting so immature. “Hey sorry ‘bout that, my friends over there are just immature idiots.” I heard someone say to my left.
“You could say that again.” I said not even glancing at whoever was standing there.
“I’m Chase, by the way.”
“I could care less.” I said finally turning my head and giving the kid a smirk. I heard some “oh’s” behind me and one kid said, “You just got told.” I couldn’t help but laugh a little at that comment.
“So you play hard to get? I see how it is. Well for your information, I don’t give up easily.”
“Well for your information, you’re not my type.” I said smiling sweetly. I got out of my seat and threw away my garbage before he even had time to answer. Those were the kind of people I wanted to avoid. It was only 9 and we don’t start doing any activities until 9:30 so I took the time to just walk around a little.
I walked out of the room and took a left and bumped right into someone. I looked up and saw Anthony smiling down at me. “Hey Sarah where ya goin?”
“Anywhere but there.” I answered pointing towards the dining hall. “
What happened already?”
“Some immature idiot tried hitting on me, which is exactly what I wanted to avoid this summer.” He didn’t answer right away and instead he changed the subject.
“Well you better get back in there. They’re going to announce who has which counselor and they’ll talk about the schedule and things you should know.”
I sighed, turned myself around and walked back into the dining joining Jess at a table. I sat down and everyone else at the table turned towards me. “Guys, I’d like you to meet Sarah, she’s my roommate this summer. Sarah this is, Chris, Jason, and Meghan.”
“Nice to meet you guys.” I said waving at them.
“You too.” Meghan said back. Chris and Jason just nodded towards me.
They all started talking to each other and I just felt out of place…again. It seems everyone knows there place at this camp and I’m just the outsider who can’t seem to find where to go. This summer needs to go by fast. Gosh, I never thought I’d be saying that.





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A Summer To Remember

Chapter 3
 

“What are you doing here?” I asked. At first I just thought it was Jess and I was just going to ignore them, but after seeing who was really there I changed my mind. He didn’t move from the shadows.
“I could ask the same about you.” Anthony responded. I didn’t know how to respond to that so I turned back around and looked back towards the now fading sunset.
“Peaceful out here isn’t it?” I heard him say as he walked over and took a seat next to me.
“I’m not answering your question until you answer mine.” I said smirking. He chuckled a little.
“Alright then. I’m here because I like to get away from everything for a little bit. I know it’s only the first day of camp, but it gets pretty hectic and I come here just to think and relax. Now what about you?”
“I feel like I don’t belong here. I don’t know anyone. I don’t have a clue on how to get from place to place, I’ll probably get lost getting back to the dining hall, and I don’t want to be here.” I said flatly.
“I see. Well I can tell you that you’ll make friends here and…”
I cut him off right there. “I don’t need friends. Every time I get a new friends they some how stab me in the back. I’m done with friends. I can get along just fine without them.” I kinda sounded a little bitchy, but that’s all people have been telling me about this place. And it was simple. I. Didn’t. Want. Friends.
“Look, I know its hard being new. Some people have been here for 5 years. You just need to lighten up and have some fun.”
“What if it’s not that easy?” I said turning to face him. He just looked at me, like he didn’t know what to say. Truth is I didn’t know where that came from; it just kinda came out.
We starred at each other for a short period of time until he finally looked away. So we sat there in silence. Not saying one word. Just starring out at the lake and the now dark sky. After about 15 minutes we got up and wiped his hands. “Come on, it’s getting late, and you still need to eat dinner.” He said holding his hand out for me. I took it in mine and he pulled me off the ground. “We never formally met,” he said not taking his hand out of mine, “I’m Anthony.”
“I’m Sarah, you’re apparently my counselor.”
“Sounds good.” He let go of my hand and led the way back to the dining hall.
I paid close attention to the surroundings and the paths he took so when I come out here by myself I can find my way back. I finally spotted the dim-lit hall and realized no one was in there anymore. I wasn’t really hungry anyway so when we reached a place I remembered I started off back towards my room. “Where are you going?” his voice startled me. I thought he didn’t realize I wasn’t following him anymore.
“Back to my room. I’m not eating alone, and I’m not that hungry anyway.” Of course my stomach had to growl at that point, pretty loudly may I add.
“Doesn’t sound that way. And I’ll be there with you so you won’t be alone.” He wasn’t exactly the person I wanted to eat dinner with but he would have to do for now.
“Alright, fine. Lead the way.” I said gesturing with my hands.
We got into the dining hall and I took a seat at one of the many tables while he went into the kitchen and got us food. He came out minutes later with two bowls in his hand. “All they had left was some soup, usually they have enough left over afterwards but I guess not this time.” He laughed at his own words. I found it kinda funny and found myself laughing as well.
“Soups fine.”
“Good, because if it wasn’t you would be going without food until tomorrow morning, which wouldn’t be good.”
We sat and ate in complete silence. The only noises you heard was the clanking of our spoons and the faint chatter of people in their rooms. I didn’t realize just how hungry I was until I basically shoveled down the soup. “Little hungry over there?” he said. I looked up from slurping the last bits of my soup to see him smiling at me. I felt like a complete idiot.
“Sorry, guess I was pretty hungry after all.” I said trying to casually shake it off.
“It’s alright. I’m used to it. I have three older brothers, things as simple as that doesn’t bother me anymore.”
“I wouldn’t know about anything like that, I’m an only child.” So then we started talking about our families, friends, sports, and everything else. Anthony was down to earth, funny, isn’t afraid to show his feelings, and over all a really nice guy. I was glad that he was my camp counselor.
“Well we should head off to bed, gotta wake up early tomorrow.” He said taking our bowls and bringing them into the kitchen.
“Yeah, I’ll see you tomorrow, bright and early. Oh and it was nice to get to know you Anthony.”
“You to Sarah, see you tomorrow.” I made it back to my room without getting lost and when I closed the door Jess shot straight up from lying in her bed.
“Where have you been? I didn’t see you at dinner I got worried.”
“I was with Anthony, don’t worry.”
“Oh my god. Tell me everything!”
Before I told her all about it I had one thought in mind. Maybe making some new friends wouldn’t be such a bad idea.

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A Summer To Remember

Chapter 2
 

Jess led the way out of the room. When we got to the bonfire area everyone else was already there. We found a little empty area and took a seat. Standing in front of everyone was an older looking lady. She had long brown hair with hints of gray, brown eyes, and a very slim body.
“Hello everyone and welcome to Camp Sherwood,” once she started everyone quieted down, “For those who don’t know, I’m Leslie, the camp director. If you have any questions you can come to me for the answer. So there are a few new comers here so I will introduce the camp counselors.”
Four people stepped up from the shadows. They were all wearing some kind of khaki shorts, and a t-shirt that had Camp Sherwood written across the front in some sort of graffiti like writing. Leslie started to speak again,
“All the way to my right here is Kelsey,” I remembered Kelsey from when I first got here.
“Next to her is Zack,” Zack was a nice looking guy. He had short blonde hair, light blue eyes, and really tan skin, the typical surfer type,
“Third is Christine,” Christine had a very skinny body, but you could tell she had a lot of muscle. She had shorter strawberry blonde hair and green eyes, and very pale skin.
“And last but definitely not last, Anthony.” I looked towards Anthony, and holy cow, was he gorgeous. He had longer brown hair that was streaked with blonde from the sun, hazel eyes, and a very muscular body. You could tell he was very athletic. There was a moment when our eyes met and he smiled. His smile was to die for. His teeth looked like he just had them professionally whitened or something. I couldn’t believe he was my counselor.
“Alright, now that that’s out of the way, breakfast is served every morning at 8:30 sharp. Lunch is at 2:45. Dinner is at 7 on the dot. All meals are in the dining hall. There is a period of time that we like to call free time, from after lunch until 5:30. This is a time where you can meet with friends that aren’t in your group, go swimming in the lake, or just hang out. Wake up is at 8 and lights out at 11, no later,” Leslie clapped her hands together and looked towards the counselors. “Like I said earlier if you have any questions just come to me and ask. I think I covered just about everything. Enjoy your time here and have fun!” She walked through some trees and I watched as she disappeared in the shadows.
“Come on Sarah, I’ll show you around a little before dinner.” Jess said holding her hand out to me to help me off the ground. She showed me every possible place in the camp. She made me go through each one at least 5 times so she was sure I wouldn’t get lost.
When the clock hit 7 a loud bell rang throughout the camp, which made me jump. “That’s the bell that tells everyone when a meal is ready. You get used it once you’ve been here for a few days.” Jess reassured me. She started off towards the dining hall, but I stayed behind.
“Sarah, you coming?” she asked.
“Yeah, I’ll be there in a minute. I wanna see if I can make it there on my own.” I lied. What I really wanted to do was just sit out by the lake by myself. I wasn’t really that hungry anyway. She hesitated before she answered.
“Alright, just holler if you get lost, I guarantee someone will hear you.” she laughed a little to herself and ran off.
When I was sure she was out of sight I started my way to the lake. I reached the edge and sat down. I took of my socks and shoes and dipped my feet in. A mixture of pinks, purples, and oranges outlined the golden sun. It looked beautiful. I didn’t know exactly how long I was sitting out there, and frankly, I could care less. I was lost in my own train of thought when I heard a snap of a branch. I quickly turned my head to see someone coming through the woods. My heart started beating faster. I didn’t know anyone at this camp, other than Jess and I could tell this wasn’t here, and for all I knew this could be some creep that could take me away. As the figure stepped into the dim light coming from the camp I recognized just who it was and they were probably the last person I would have expected to see.

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A Summer To Remember

Chapter 1 part 2


So here I am, standing in front of Camp Sherwood, with my suitcase in hand and my mom next to me. “Don’t worry Sarah, you’ll be having fun in no time.” She tried reassuring me, but as far as I knew, this wasn’t going to be fun.
“Whatever you say mom.” I mumbled under my breath.
She started walking through the gates and I slowly followed. As we were walking I could tell that this wasn’t what I expected when my mom said camp. I figure there would be log cabins, non-flushable toilets, no showers, no air conditioning or anything electrical, but I was completely wrong. There were building that were almost like dorm rooms all over the place, bathrooms spread out equally over the land and as far as I could tell there were plenty of electrical devices. Maybe this won’t be so bad. I thought. My mom stopped at one of the buildings and stepped in. The only person that was there was a lady that looked about 25 with glasses over her blue eyes, brown hair pulled into a pony tail, sitting at a desk on a computer with a whole pile of papers in front of her. She looked up when the door closed behind us and took of her glasses. “Hello, how may I help you?” she asked.
“Hi, I’m Denise Prestings, and this is my daughter Sarah, I called about a week ago and got her into this camp.” She told the lady. She called a week ago and she just told me about it yesterday? What the hell?
The lady shuffled through some papers until she finally found the one she was looking for. “Ah here it is. Sarah, I assure you that you will have a great time at Camp Sherwood.”
I just nodded. I bet she’s supposed to say that whether she means it or not.
“Oh by the way my name is Kelsey, I’m one of the camp counselors,” she said looking down at my file, “But I’m not your counselor, you have Anthony. Hm. He’s a nice guy. You’ll probably get along just fine.” As if. I thought. She looked more at my file and then led me and my mom to my room. I was in building C room 35. When I walked in I say that there were two beds in the room, one that already had a suitcase open and clothes all over it, Yay a roommate, and the other that was still cleanly made. I walked over and through my suitcase on it and sat down. My mom and Kelsey talked a little more but I didn’t pay attention to them. I was concentrating on the bed across from me. Who is my roommate? Are they nice? Will we get along? Are we gonna hate each other? Millions of questions ran through my head. Just then a girl that looked about 5’ 4” with long, curly, blonde hair walkedin and continued to unpack her stuff not even noticing me. “Hey, I’m Sarah.” I said. She didn’t even turn around. She just continued unpacking like I wasn’t even there. She finally turned around and I realized she had headphones in her ears. When she saw me she jumped and took out the headphones.
“Oh my god, I didn’t even know you were there, I am so sorry.” She said.
“It’s alright,” I told her, “I’m Sarah, by the way.”
“Jessica, but everyone calls me Jess. Are you new here? I don’t remember seeing you last summer.”
“Yeah, I’m kinda new to this. My mom thinks I need to make new friends.” I told her.
“Doesn’t approve of the ones you have?”
“There aren’t any for her to approve.”
She just nodded like she understood where I was coming from and then turned back to her suitcase. I took this silence to start unpacking myself. I realized that next to my bed was small table with a clock on it, a small dresser on the other side of the bed and a closet about 5 feet away. As I started putting clothes into the dresser, Jess started talking, “You know, camp isn’t as bad as people make it to be. It’s actually pretty fun. You make so many friends and it’s a great way to spend your summer, believe it or not.”
“I don’t believe it.” I said.
“Suit yourself.” She said.
“Alright Sarah, time for me to go. I’ll see you at then end of summer.” My mom said giving me a hug.
“Bye.”
She walked out and I finished unpacking.
“All campers please join at the bonfire field for some announcements.” I heard a voice say.
“That’s our cue. Come on, follow me. I can show you around later so you don’t get lost.” She said walking out the door. I took a deep breath and followed behind her ready to start possibly the worst summer of my life.
 

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A Summer To Remember

Chapter 1 part 1
 
I stood in front of the front gates of Camp Sherwood and only one thought was going through my head. This is going to be the worst summer of my life. Well, I guess I should rewind a little and tell you exactly how I ended up in this situation.
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First I should tell you all who I am. My name is Sarah. I’m 5’ 2” and a sophomore at Jefferson High School. I have long straight black hair and bright green eyes, a lot of people tell me I’m really pretty but I honestly don’t see it, but then again no one thinks that. I’m not really too popular, I mean I have some friends, I guess, but I’m not the person everyone wants to be. So know that you know who I am, let’s get back to the story…

“Summer camp? Are you kidding me?” I screamed at my mom.
“Sarah, you need to get out of the house. Ever since you’re break up with Kyle you have been nowhere except in your room on that computer of yours. You need to go out and make some friends since you shut out your old ones.” My mom explained.
“First of all, I didn’t shut out my friends, I only had Kayla anyway, and she was the one the Kyle cheated on me with. It’s not my fault.”
“What about Stacy?” Stacy was a girl from school. We didn’t talk much but we were in all the same honors classes. I guess you could consider her a friend but it’s not like we actually talked or hung out like normal friends do.
 “Stacy isn’t really a friend, Kayla was all I had and now she’s gone which means I have no friends anymore.”
 “How about that nice boy next door, he’s seems like a good guy.”
“Steven? He’s a geek!”
“Oh don’t be so judgmental.” My mom scolded me.
“I’m not! Have you seen the kid? All he does is study, he has no fashion sense whatsoever and he has no friends, and I’m not being his first.” I said firmly.
My mom sighed realizing I wasn’t going to change my mind on this. “Whatever the case may be, you’re still going to be attending Camp Sherwood this summer and you’re making friends.”
“You can’t make me make friends.” I told her.
“But I know you. You are a very sociable girl, you’re pretty, smart, funny and I am positive you will make friends whether you like it or not.” she assured me.
“Whatever you say mom.” I said walking upstairs.
“Start packing, we are leaving tomorrow.” I heard her say as I was halfway up the stairs.
“Not gonna happen mom.” I said as I was now at my bedroom door.
“If you don’t I will.” I heard her say as I opened my door.
Great, once my mom says that she’s not joking, she would pack my stuff for me. I walked over to my closet grabbed my suit case and started packing for the worst summer of my life.