Lilliana Diane Baker's Story

The entire ride on the bus filled with the freaks, bitches, and irritating jocks who seemed to care about nothing more than sports Serenity sat on one of the bus seats, leaning against the cold window. She just hated that she had to spend this entire summer with everyone she hated. Of course she had Jessica with her, the only person she ever seemed to care for at that stupid school, but that didn't matter to her. All she wanted was to spend her days at home, laying on the beach, basking in the sun. All those plans were ruined because of this mandatory Tolerance Camp.

The brunette hugged her backpack to her, inside it held a teddy bear her father had given her just before going off to Iraq. Ever since that day when she was three years old she hadn't seen him because he was killed. Of course she still had her mother around but it seemed like she never cared about her, all she cared about was the money that was constantly being brought in from her parents and Serenity's father's death.

A small tear escaped her cheek as they pulled up into the camp and everyone was climbing off the bus. Quickly she wiped the tear away from her face so nobody would see that she had been crying. Around school she was known as one of the tough preppy bitches, so she didn't need anyone finding that she had an emotional side. After stepping off the bus she heard a couple of the guys arguing and she just brushed between the two of them, not caring whether they fell or even got hurt from it.

Kamil had her earbuds plugged in, listening to some Paramore and Avril Lavigne, nothing like a little 'That's What You Get' and 'What the Hell' to get someone in the mood for summer camp. This was going to be awesome, she'd heard that they would have free times in the afternoon to do whatever they wanted. She was definitely exploring the forest during that time, she couldn't wait. But then again. This was the first time since she was 9 that she'd been away from her grandmother for more than a couple nights.

As the bus rolled to a stop at the camp site she allowed the people at the front of the bus to rush out, one looking particularly nauseated and the others just seeming to be glad to be off the long bus ride. She wrapped up her mp3 player in the headphones and slipped them in her pocket. Standing she grabbed her bag and slipped on her favorite yettie hat, covering her dark blue hair with it's white fake fur, a small bit of her electric blue bangs poking out the front as she slowly made her way to the front of the bus. She saw them all, the preppies, the jocks, the nerds, skaters, amd Rachel Cabet, the meanest girl in the school. She liked to steer clear of her, she hated conflict. She looked around the entrance to the camp. It was just as she imagined. An old looking entrance sign naming the camp and an old wire fence lining the edge of the street, 'protecting' the dense inner tree line from trespassers. Kamil smiled. She was gonna like it here.

Kamil nodded and took the energy drink, taking a small sip before answering. "I feel like there's gonna definitely be some complaining and cat fights between the preps and Olivia what with minimal electronics and beauty products, that and iffy indoor plumbing. I wonder about the nerd, whether they'll die without a computer or just play dungeons and dragons... The jocks should be fine though." She said handing him back his drink and smiled. "Thanks." She looked around. "Wow... these woods are gonna be awesome to explore." She said, anticipating the discoveries she'll find.

Matthew rolled his eyes at Skylar's comment. It was childish, unoriginal, and incorrect. If he was a vampire he would have burst into flames from the sunlight, not the fresh air. "Bite me, asshole." He retorted. Also childish and unoriginal, but completely correct. The nerd took out a pair of sunglasses from his backpack and put them over his light sensitive eyes. As he did, he sidestepped reflexively as one of the skaters blew past him. He just brushed it off because the girl apologized and seemed really excited to be off the bus. Matthew on the other hand kind of wanted back on.

Seconds later another girl shoved past him, this time one of the preps. He knew she did it on purpose because that's how the preps were, they didn't care who got in their way. So he shifted his weight into her, driving his shoulder into her just hard enough to knock her off balance. Not do any damage, and not knock her over. If she wanted to play like that, so would he. Especially if she tried it around the other nerds. Speaking of, he took a quick look around to make sure the other nerds were okay, and were relieved to find that they were. He didn't want to have to break some skulls on the first day of camp. Except maybe Skylar's. He wouldn't mind breaking that skull.

He could feel himself burning already in the sun, his pale skin wasn't used to sunlight and he burned very easily. He really hoped somebody came over to them soon and told them what they were suppose to do, where they were suppose to go, what cabins they had. So that he could settle into his bunk and start gaming, or reading manga, or anything but stand out in the sun with his least favorite people on the planet.

Kamil nodded at Echo and smiled happily. "That would be awesome, thanks." She watched him flatten the can curiously, her bright blue eyes watching as he picked it up, wondering what he would do with it then her eyes widened as she saw the can fly through the air and hit Matthew in the head, looking like it was Skylar who did it. She'd seen the two's previous conflict and had tried to ignore it, but now it was just going to get worse and she wasn't sure she wanted to see it play out.

CALI BLAKE



Cali jumped off the bus, readjusting her bag on her shoulder and sighing. Un-happy was a very simple way to put how she was feeling. The whole day had not been good at ALL. A four hour bus ride with Ming sprawled across her lap, with no headphones to block out noise because they had been "accidentally" stepped on by the reigning bitch Olivia Cabet, and bundled in with about ten other people she would rather not be spending the summer with, she was making sure to take her sweet time stretching and moseying off the bus with Korby. Ming, after the bus had stopped, had zoomed off and down to the cabins of her Pikachu skateboard, and was no where in sight now.

Cal sighed and looked around the camp. There already seemed to be a fight erupting between a Nerd and A Jock with Olivia wrapped tight around his arm like a leech. The preps were crowded close to them, and the Emos were watching from a distance, the girl, Kamil, looking resilient to look at the fight about to go down. She rolled her eyes at the scene and kicked her blink-182 board up, gripping it, and turned to Korby.

"Well, I'm not so sure to stay around for the meet and greet," she said sarcastically, "where do you think Ming is?"

"It was fine..." Audry replied quietly to Lily, smiling back at her. Lilliana wasn't the same cleaque as her, but Audry liked her - she was so nice. Too bad she was in the same cleaque as Sky. If the two girls decided to develop a deeper friendship, her brother might manage to worsen the life of both of them. Too bad - everyone would be separated by genders and the only female friend so far could be gossiped out by the meaner girls to Sky... This summer would be long.

Audry put her arm on Matthew's shoulder when her brother made the Dracula comment. Was she hoping to prevent a fight like that? Even she didn't know. The girl nervously took it off when Rachel's more painful insult caught her off guard. She tried to look as unaffected as possible, but the nervous look moving sideways and the lack of awareness about what she should do with her arms didn't help. Why was she so sensitive towards insults? By this rate she should have already gotten used to them.

The girl gasped when a can of soda hit Matthew. She quickly turned back and front. It must have been Skylar! Who else?
Chills got up to Audry's spine at the thought of the consequences. She didn't say a word, nor did she do anything - she was too afraid.

CALI BLAKE

Cali rushed to get her bags as Korbin started to ride off in Ming's direction.

"Hey, wait up, you bastard!" She yelled after him as she gripped her bags in her hand and started jogging down the slope, throwing her board in front of her and jumping on. However, the mount wasn't as smooth as she would've liked. With the weight of the extra bags unbalancing her, she veered off route, straight past the Emos and speeding towards the large group of Jocks, Nerds and Preps. Right where she DIDNT want to end up.

But it was too late to turn without running into a tree, so she did the only thing she could do. Yelling "WATCH OUT!" At the group, she zoomed towards them and stuck out her hands in front of her. She felt her palms making contact with a jock, shoving them out of the way and leaving a clear path for Cali. She gained control of her board and pushed off into the directoon of the other Skaters, not even bothering to say sorry. She raised her hand in acknowledgement of the accident, and rode off to catch up to her friends. Why bother being sorry if they're only going to try to beat you later?

Matthew stood his ground when Skylar moved closer. He knew without a doubt that he could take the jock in a one on one fight. Against the entire football team was another story, but he was proud of the three he did take out then. He just snorted at Skylar's comment about him being a disobedient slave. It was another incorrect comment. Slave meant that somebody had ownership over them. Nobody had ownership over Matthew. "You may be king of part of the school. But I'm leader of the rebellion."

When the resident bitch joined in and started insulting Matthew and Audry's clothing, he instinctively put himself between the shy girl and the bullies. He didn't know what was wrong with tan pants and a black polo shirt, but he wasn't going to take crap from these people. He threw his arm around Audry's shoulders and pulled her closer. Ignoring his own fear of women in an attempt to comfort her. "How did you know we got our clothes a Petsmart? It came free with our grooming. And you know what? I'd rather be a dog than a-" He was cut off as something hit him in the back of the head.

His martial arts instincts kicked in instantly. With his right leg he took a step forward in order to regain any lost balance, his left swung behind him and he twisted his body around so that he was now facing the direction of the hit. He was in a fighting stance with his arms up in a guard, ready to fight whatever hit him. Before he attacked anything or anyone he thought carefully. It hadn't felt like a fist, and it would have sounded different. Nobody close enough to hit him was holding anything that could have been used as a weapon. It couldn't have been something falling out of a tree, because it hit him in the back of the head, not the top. That left only one option.

Matthew rose out of his fighting stance and looked around. Somebody threw something, but he couldn't see what it was. The look on his face changed from a battle ready serious one, to one of disgust and anger. "Nice try whoever threw that. But you seemed to have forgotten that I've spent my entire life training in the art of fighting, it'll take more than that to get me to start swinging. I don't care who you are, but I must I say that you are a disgusting excuse of a human being. People like you who encourage fighting are disgusting. I would suggest that you go seek mental help, because if you enjoy fighting and violence that much, there is something wrong with you."

Without saying another word Matthew grabbed his suitcase and headed off in the direction of the cabins. Because if he found out who it was that was trying to get other people to fight, things were going to get ugly for them.

Kamile let out a breath of relief as Matthew didn't take the bait. She watched as he walked off towards the cabins after what she assumed was meant to be an intimidating speech and turned towards Echo. "Oh well, let's get going huh? I'll just go and drop my stuff off in my cabin then I'll meet up with you back here and we can go." She said, getting excited again and she was practically bouncing as she got the rest of her bags off the bus and headed towards her cabin. She didn't know who her roommate was gonna be but she supposed she was going to find out that night.

As the brunette continued pushing herself through the huge crowd of losers to catch up with her clique, she felt someone push her back but she just rolled her eyes and ignored what was going on. After catching up, she stood on the opposite side of Olivia. Serenity rolled her eyes at the flirtatious smirk Skylar gave her after his comment to Matthew. Of course she liked Skylar and all, but he was with Olivia and she definitely wouldn't want to mess anything up with their relationship, especially since Olivia was one of her 'best friends'. It's not like Serenity was scared of Olivia, it's just she didn't need to get into the middle of anymore drama than she already was.

After hearing one of the skaters yelling to the group to get out of the way, she rolled her eyes once more hoping that the female wouldn't run into anyone. But as faith would have it, she ran right into a tree. As the skater began picking her board up and going off on her way Serenity let out a laugh towards the female and spoke to her friends, "Wow, who would have thought Tarzan became a woman...and an ugly one at that."

When the skating incident was finished she turned back towards Skylar, finding that Matthew was beginning to mouth him off about the things he had said to him. Part of her wanted to see a fight break loose between the two of them just to see who would come out on top, but then again in a way she knew that she'd get in the middle of it. When a fight breaks out around her with one of her friends in it, she just can't help but to say or do something to the other person.

Kamil thought about this for a minute then nodded as she came to her decision. "Probably Jessica or Serenity. I don't think those two will survive long surrounded by all these 'losers'" She quoted the word with her fingers. "and without the electricity required to look Fabulous!" She laughed as she imitated the goofy way in which gay guys said fabulous. "The skaters should be fine, just need to get used to the rough terrain, the jocks should be fine since they spend a lot of time outside anyway. The nerds... they can play games that aren't on computers... and Yun and Olivia are sure to find some means of entertainment." As she finished they arrived at her cabin. "I'll be right back." She said as she ran inside and dumped her bags onto one of the beds, once again wondering who of the girls would be her roommate. She shrugged and ran back out to meet up with Echo.

Faggot, that word hurt. Matthew knew he was gay, and he was proud of it. But words like those that insulted people for loving someone, those hurt. It took every ounce of self control that he had not to break Skylar's nose, no shatter it, and his jaw. When the jock tried to throw him to the ground, he countered the poor excuse for a take down and stayed on his feet. There was no way that somebody without any training whatsoever was going to get him on the ground.

He forced himself to take a deep breath and try to calm down. Once he claimed his bunk he would need to do some meditation. Not the bullshit you see on TV, but real meditation. When Lilliana thanked him for defending Audry he smiled. "I couldn't just stand by and let it happen. It wouldn't be a very good Protector of the Nerds then." He put an arm on Lilliana's shoulder. "Hey, if you ever want to join the nerds, you are more than welcome. And there are other ways to stay fit than being on a school team." He knew it probably wouldn't happen, but one could hope. And having someone defect from the jocks to the nerds would be a punch to the face for Skylar.

He adjusted his backpack, it was pretty heavy with all the electronics in it. "Let's go get our bunks before some idiots decide to mess with them." He helped the girls retrieve their suitcases and started to the cabins with them. "I was thinking about putting a sign on each of the cabins about them being safezones. That way everybody has somewhere that they could just be left alone and, and so nobody is murdered in the middle of the night because of destroyed stuff. Then having a spot at the bottom for people to sign their names on. What do you guys think? Will people actually go with it? Is it too childish?"

Serenity sighed softly before turning towards the small group around her before speaking, "I'm heading out to the cabins. I'll see you guys later." Right now the brunette had a huge headache and wanted to go to the area where there weren't many people around. But after finding out she had to room with a couple of the skaters, she let out a frustrated sigh as she stepped inside the cabin.
The female placed her bags down on one of the empty beds, farther away from the small group of skaters who were circled around each other, most likely talking about some prank they were going to try to pull. Even though the skaters never really had much of a reason for others to mess with them, they always seemed to try playing pranks on anyone and everyone they possibly could.
Deep down Serenity kind of envied the skaters. They never had anyone they had to impress and were allowed to be themselves without any consequences to it. If Olivia or any of the other preps, mean girls, or jocks found out about the secrets that she had been hiding from the rest of the world, she'd be screwed. Of course knowing her luck, that would probably end up happening this summer, especially since they'd be living together in the same area 24/7.

Ming glanced up as she began to see people making their way done towards the cabins before running in after Cal and grinning at her. "Brilliant but we have to hurry before they show." She yelled, digging in her bag furiously for a few moments before pulling out a few bags of itching powder. Sending Cal and evil grin she just shrugged her shoulders and threw a bag at the girl. "What? I never leave home for a camping trip without a few decent prank tools. Remember to cover all beds except for the 3 with our bags on them, we have to treat everyone fairly." She commented jokingly, leaving cal to do their room while running up to Korby and throwing him a bag of itching powder.

"You do the first cabin and make sure to spread it evenly between the five beds, I'm getting the last cabin. Hurry, they are coming." She called back as she ran towards the third cabin and grinned at the empty room and unsuspecting beds. Ripping open the bag, she quickly pulled back the cover of each bed and threw a little of the white powder over each of the five beds before remaking them and exiting the room, leaving behind the exact same scene she was greeted with. No one would be able to tell that they were in for a nasty surprise when they went to bed that night.

Grinning, she made her way back to the now claimed skater cabin, whistle innocently as she went. Grinning she watched as one of the preps entered there room and could only hope Cal had got the Powder down before she entered.

Serenity grew highly agitated quite quickly after finding that another skater stepped inside the cabin. So before she was able to start unpacking, she decided that it would be best if she made her way for one of the empty cabins that nobody had claimed yet. She lifted her bags back up into her hands then left the cabin, slamming the door behind her.
After making her way to the other empty cabin, she opened the door and carried her things inside, claiming one of the beds by the far window and began unpacking her things. Hopefully this summer would go by faster than planned and she hoped deep down that Jessica wouldn't be too late. Jessica was the only one she claimed as a true friend. Of course she loved being around Olivia, but part of her couldn't get this idea out of her head that Olivia didn't like her to begin with. Whatever it was she didn't care at this point. All she wanted was to be out of this camp and back in her own bed with her laptop and great cell service.
Nobody knew that she played online RPGs on her laptop. If anyone did find out she'd be bumped down into the clique of nerds. Although she never seemed to have any big problems with the nerds, that still wasn't a place she wanted to be. Being in one of the top cliques in the school was great because there weren't many people who would mess with them. Of course everyone tends to talk bad about them, but she never seemed to care about that because as long as she knew who she was that was all that really mattered to her.

Serenity began unpacking her things, placing her clothes in the chest at the foot of her bed along with all of her makeup supplies. After closing the chest, she placed her backpack with all of her art supplies and her secretly stashed teddy bear. The brunette hung a couple pictures up on the wall of her with her deceased twin sister and another of her entire family along with her father in his army uniform just over her bed before opening the window as it was getting slightly muggy inside the cabin.

Being the first guy in the girl's cabin seemed to have perks Korbin smiled to himself. They both were so mischievous and cute, he couldn't help but want to get involved in the pranks. His body twisted while he spoke to Cali, "I cannot believe you ran into a tree." His smile turned into a devilish smirk, but as it turned into a smirk he felt himself laughing, laughing harder than ever before. The idea tickled him all the way down his core.
The instant the itching powder was in his arms his legs took off running to the other cabin. No one saw the skater leave the girl's cabin and make his way to the nearby one. Lucky for him that is, as he swung open the door and started pouring the prank around the beds he decided to pick the bed closest to the window, quick escape he thought to himself. What an odd thing to have just laying around and to bring it was even odder, but he dusted the cabin with the powder and quietly smiling to himself.
Korbin jumped in shock seeing the guy just standing there with his own bags.
goddamnit
"Just don't put any on mine" Was all Korbin heard and nodded feeling embarrassed for getting caught. He use to know 'Echo' but after jumping to the skaters he wasn't sure how safe he was with Echo knowing that he was the one that did the prank.
The Girls! Korbin ran to the other cabin to see that everyone got over their petty problems and were now settling in.

"Uh hey Cali and Ming can I talk to you guys for a sec?" He was blushing seeing all the girls in the cabin unpacking, it was probably weird for most guys to think it, but that was a private moment, one that guys shouldn't really be a part of. It felt intimate.