Warnings: Brief mention of injury (nothing graphic)

Word Count: 2152

Author's Note: I can't believe this miniseries is almost over! It's going by way too fast :( thankfully there's still a few more days to go before the week is over! Enjoy day five! :)

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"Georgia, no!" Jenna called, watching as one of the little girls smacked her spoon straight into her bowl, sending cereal and milk alike splattering all over the table.

"I'll get napkins," you sighed, already standing up from your chair.

Josh and Tyler were both standing at the other end of the cafeteria, grabbing themselves some more breakfast. You walked up next to them and began to grab a handful of napkins to clean up the mess that had been made.

"Good morning, Y/C/N," Josh smiled.

"Y/C/N!" Tyler said cheerily, spinning around to face you. "How has your morning been?"

"Take a look," you answered, gesturing to where Jenna was having a stern talk with Georgia.

"Ooh, yikes," Tyler winced before taking a sip of the coffee he had just finished making.

"Yeah. As much as I'd love to stay and talk, that needs to be attended to."

"Good luck," Josh called after you.

"See you at the activity today!" Tyler added.

With Georgia's help, you were able to get the mess cleaned up in a matter of minutes. Jenna went with her to go grab some more cereal while you sat with the rest of the girls, making sure that no more messes were made before the end of breakfast.

"What is the activity today, Y/C/N?" one of the little girls asked.

"Music," you smiled.

"What cabin is in charge?"

"Red."

"Vulture!" Poppy cheered, happily turning to her friend.

"Yes, Vulture will be there," you laughed.

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"Hello, yellow cabin!" Mark said as you led the girls into the tent.

"Hi, Bear!" the girls answered.

All of you took a seat on the grass, with the exception of Poppy who insisted that she sit in your lap for the duration of the activity. You tried to catch Tyler's eye, but he was too busy tuning his ukulele to notice.

"Y/C/N," Poppy whispered in your ear.

"Yes?" you asked, matching her less-than-quiet whisper.

"That's Vulture!"

"Yes, it is."

Instead of an answer, Poppy began to giggle. This seemed to draw Tyler's attention, because he looked to you and smiled.

"Alright, who's ready to make some music?" he asked. All the girls immediately threw their hands into the air and began to bounce in place. "Repeat after me!"

You sang with the rest of the girls, giggling as you repeated whatever crazy lyrics Tyler managed to come up with. Everyone was having a great time.

Eventually, Tyler and Mark allowed the girls to try out a variety of instruments. You and Jenna stood off to the side and watched as the girls made ungodly sounds on Tyler's ukulele or helped Mark play the guitar. Tyler kept catching your eye the entire time and making faces as the girls produced particularly... interesting sounds.

"Y/C/N, do you want to try my ukulele?" Tyler called.

"Me?"

"Yes, you!"

You turned to Jenna, who nodded encouragingly. With a shrug of your shoulders, you turned back to Tyler.

"Sure."

You walked over to where Tyler was standing with a couple of the girls. He passed you the ukulele and helped you to hold it the "perfect" way. You weren't entirely convinced that was a thing, but Tyler was a musician so you decided not to question it.

"How do I play?" you giggled now that you had the instrument in your arms.

"I'll teach you some chords."

Tyler tried, and failed, to get you to play a number of different chords. It seemed that no matter how hard you tried, your fingers were just never quite in the right spot. He eventually got fed up and decided to take matters into his own hands, literally.

"I was hoping it wouldn't come to this," he laughed.

"Come to what?"

Tyler reached forward and gently grabbed your hand that was on the neck of the ukulele. Slowly, he placed your fingers in the correct spot. You were trying to pay attention, but it was hard to focus when he was holding your hand so delicately.

"Now try strumming," he said, pulling his hand away from yours.

You gave the ukulele a confident strum, and for the first time all afternoon you managed to make a sound that actually mimicked the music Tyler had been playing earlier. He smiled and held a hand out, prompting you to give him a high five.

"That sounded great."

"Thanks, Vulture."

"I want to try!" Poppy said, already reaching for the ukulele in your arms.

You handed the ukulele back to Tyler. He bent low to the ground and began to help Poppy play, so you wandered back over to where Jenna was standing.

"That was a pretty flirty interaction you and Vulture just had," she grinned.

"Shh!" you said, giving her shoulder a light shove. "The kids might hear you and get mad that I'm stealing their boyfriend."

"Don't worry, your secret is safe with me."

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"What are we doing now?" one of the girls asked as you gathered outside the cafeteria after dinner.

"We're going to go play a big game of Sharks and Minnows with the other cabins."

"Are you going to play, Y/C/N?" another girl asked.

"Probably!"

You were distracted by Josh arriving with his cabin. He was parading one of the boys around on his shoulders and another boy was hanging onto his arm.

"What are you doing there, Spooky?" you laughed.

"I was just trying to get all of them outside, but they insisted that I carry them around," he sighed. "So now this is happening."

"Looks fun."

"Cabins! Let's head out towards the field!"

"Aye, aye, captain!" one of the boys yelled.

You followed the crowd out towards the large field that stood at the edge of the camp. The leaders of the orange cabin - who were in charge of tonight's activity - went over the rules for Sharks and Minnows before selecting who would be the first sharks. Tyler just so happened to be one of these selected few.

The rest of you lined up at the "start line" and got ready to run. Poppy insisted on holding your hand for the first round, claiming that she wanted to make sure that you didn't get tagged.

"On your marks! Get set! Go!" one of the orange cabin leaders called.

Poppy practically dragged you across the field. You were surprised by how fast she was able to move her tiny legs, and before you knew it, you were standing on the far side of the field. A number of kids had been tagged and were now sitting in the grass, ready to tag unsuspecting runners.

Tyler was standing in the middle of the field with his hands on his hips. He caught your eye and pointed at you, mouthing a quiet, "You better watch your back." You simply stared at him with wide eyes, wondering why you of all people were being singled out. There were plenty of other targets that he could be going after.

"You're on your own this time," Poppy said, dropping your hand mere seconds before you had to start running again.

You took off across the field, but Tyler made a bee line for you as soon as you were out of the safe zone. In an attempt to avoid him, you jumped to the side. Unfortunately, your athletic skills were subpar at best and you immediately tripped over your own foot and started to topple towards the ground. Tyler managed to catch you at the last second, preventing you from face planting straight into the grass.

With Tyler's help, you managed to get yourself back to a standing position. Your ankle felt a little weird, but it wasn't in pain which you took as a good sign. Tyler was looking at you with concern.

"Are you ok?" he asked, still resting one hand on your waist.

"I'm ok," you answered, shaking out your ankle a bit. "Thanks for catching me."

"No problem, but it still counts as tagging you."

You rolled your eyes and took a seat in the grass. Tyler shot you a wink before running over to join his fellow sharks for the beginning of the next round.

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"I don't want to go to bed!" Georgia whined, dragging her feet through the grass.

"You don't have to go to bed yet, but we do need to go back to the cabin. It's getting too dark for us to stay out," Jenna calmly tried to explain to her.

"But we're at camp! We're supposed to be allowed to stay out late!"

"Yes, but you have to keep your energy up for the big capture the flag game tomorrow."

"Plus, there's the bonfire," you chimed in. "If you don't get good sleep tonight, then you're going to fall asleep early tomorrow!"

Georgia groaned, but didn't try to argue with you anymore.

"Y/C/N!" someone called.

You turned towards the sound of the noise. Tyler was standing under a tree, beckoning you over. His cabin was nowhere in sight.

"I'll meet you at the cabin, Daisy," you said, already jogging towards him.

"I have something for you," he grinned.

"What?"

Tyler reached into his pocket and pulled out a packet of Starburst. You smiled and threw a hand to your forehead.

"Of course! How could I forget our tradition?"

Ever since you and Tyler first became counselors, you had a tradition of meeting up on Thursday night and sharing candy. Since there wasn't any at camp, Tyler always had to sneak it in his bag and keep it hidden from the kids throughout the week. It was a weird tradition, but neither of you were willing to give it up.

"Here," he said, breaking open the wrapper and handing a candy to you.

"Thanks."

You took a seat on the ground and Tyler was quick to join you. He sat just close enough that his knee barely brushed against yours.

"How has your week been, you know, overall?" he asked as he popped a red Starburst into his mouth.

"Pretty good. I'm just trying not to think about the fact that we might not be back next year."

"Yeah, me too. I'm making the most of what time we have."

You nodded and unwrapped a pink Starburst, "Hard to believe there's only two days left, huh?"

"Yeah, this week has flown by."

"It's been really fun."

Tyler met your eyes, "Yeah, it has."

You smiled as you crumpled up your wrapper and tossed it at him. He ducked out of the way at the last second.

"Hey!" he laughed.

"You deserve that for getting me out in Sharks and Minnows."

"I guess you just need to run faster next time."

"You need to run faster next time," you mocked him.

Tyler reached out and lightly shoved your shoulder. You threw a hand back to keep yourself from falling back in the dirt, making him crack up. Obviously preventing yourself from falling over was not one of your strong suits.

"Do you think we're still going to talk even after we leave camp?" Tyler asked.

"Of course we are."

"Ok, good," he smiled. "I'm glad."

You and Tyler sat under the tree talking until the very last Starbursts were gone. The sun was almost completely down now, so Tyler walked you back to your cabin before heading back to his. Jenna was very happy to see you once you returned.

"There you are!" she said. "They're going insane."

You took a moment to assess the situation in the cabin. The girls had decided to play a game of "The Floor is Lava", which meant that the ground was covered in shirts and pillows alike. Most of them were also screaming loudly, but they stopped when they realized you had returned.

"Y/C/N!" one of them yelled.

"How was hanging out with Vulture?" another chimed in.

"Did you two kiss?"

You sighed, "No, we were just hanging out because we're friends."

"Aren't we your friends? Why didn't you come hang out with us?"

"We get to hang out now!" you smiled.

"Not if you stay in the lava for much longer! You're going to burn!" one of the girls screeched.

You dramatically hopped over to your bunk, happy that the girls had quickly become distracted by their game rather than your time with Tyler. Even though it was harmless, you were still worried about one of them slipping up around a supervisor.

"Did you have a nice time?" Jenna asked.

"Yes," you smiled. "Did you?"

She shot you a look, "Funny."

You changed out of your day clothes into your pajamas, all while being watched carefully by the girls to make sure you didn't accidentally fall in the "lava" while grabbing your change of clothes. It was hard to believe in two short days all of you would be on a bus back home.