"Here we are," John said to us as we reached our cabins. "All righty, then. I think that's everyone." He took the whistle from around his neck and blew it. About thirty kids ran out of the cabins. "I have an announcement to make! I would like you to meet Jack and Jane."
"Hello, Jack and Jane," all the kids said.
"All righty, then. Jack, you will be on team Hansel," John said, as a bunch of boys cheered and whistled. "And Jane, you will be on team Gretel." Some girls clapped. "Go to your cabins, everyone."
My cabin mates and I went inside. I felt like I had a giant knot in my stomach. I could feel all the girls were staring at me so I turned to face them and said, "So... what are your names?" All the girls turned away and walked into the other room, except for one. She had red hair and brown eyes and wore a white tee shirt with a long pink skirt. She stood there watching me for awhile then finally said, "My name is Robin."
"Oh, uh, nice to meet you... Robin."
She smiled. "Do you want to go water skiing with me?"
I looked down at Robin's skirt and looked back up at her.
"What?"
I shrugged. "I would love to," I said. So my new friend and I walked over to the lake, where there was another counselor standing next to a motorboat.
"Hello, my name is Liliana. Ready to water ski?" she asked.
I looked at her for a moment. She had the same shirt as John, but had a matching visor. She had long blonde hair pulled into a pony tail and had beautiful crystal blue eyes. Robin and I nodded.
"As John says, 'All righty, then!' Here let me help you put these skis on."
When we were all set up Liliana started the boat. I kept a hard grip on the handle as she sped around the lake. Robin watched me from the boat, smiling as my hair was whipped back in the wind. After about thirty minutes she drove us back onto the shore. I took off my gear and we left. I was a little confused and I asked Robin, "Why didn't you go skiing?"
"Um, I don't really like getting my hair wet. I thought it was really fun just sitting in the boat."
"Well, okay, if you don't want to. But I gotta say, it was really fun!" A bell rang in the distance. "I think it's dinnertime."
"Come on! I'll show you where dinner is."
When we got to the dining hall we stopped in front of it because we saw Jack. He was standing in the middle of a group of boys. Then he looked up, smiled and waved at me. But before he could walk up to me, a boy from the group gestured for him to go inside.
"Was that your brother?" Robin asked.
"Yeah, but come on. Let's eat. I'm starving."
As we walked in John was standing right by the door."Hey there you are, Jane! Oh, hi Robin! You're here, too. Just the two girls I needed. Well, what I wanted to tell you is that there is a new vegan buffet just for you two."
I looked over at Robin in surprise. "You're vegan, too?"
"Yeah, it's not that big of a deal."
John tapped us on the shoulders and pointed to a large table filled with food. There was a small sign over it that said VEGAN. Robin and I walked over and stared at the feast. There was pesto ravioli without cheese, spring rolls, fried zucchini, mini veggie burgers and chow mein. We had a choice of apple cider, ginger ale, cranberry juice, soy milk or water. When we finished piling our plates with food we moved over to the table set up for us in the corner.
Fifteen minutes later we finished gobbling our dinner. Robin got up and said, "I'm full. Let's go back to our cabin." I followed her outside. On the way we passed by a very large suspicious clump of plants. I looked closer and saw a door. Robin was staring at it too. "What the heck is that?" I asked her.
"I remember now. This used to be an old cabin. I heard that this very one is haunted!"
"By who?"
"By a boy who was at this camp many years ago. I think he went mad or something. I heard this rumor that he stopped trusting the counselors and everything. He totally, like, blocked himself off from the whole world. And he told his friends they were gonna die."
"And did they?"
"Well everyone has to die sooner or later, don't they?"
"No, I mean, like, right after he said they were."
"Well, actually I don't know the rest of the story."
"Let's go check it out!"
"Jane, I don't know. It doesn't look safe."
"Fine. I guess I'll just go by myself." I walked up what looked like the rest of the path to the front door.
To be continued...
