Tuesday
Warnings: None
Word Count: 2029
Author's Note: I have my last finals of the term tomorrow and then I'm officially done for the summer! I can't wait to have more time to write more fun things like this for all of you :) anyway, enjoy day three!
* * *
You were woken up by a group of girls crowded around the edge of your bed, poking you as many times as they could. Across from you, the other half of the cabin was doing the same to Jenna. This was a planned attack.
"I'm up! I'm up!" Jenna said, sitting up straight and holding her hands out in defeat.
"Can you do our hair?" one of the girls asked.
"Why don't you get dressed and then we can do hair?"
This seemed to appease the girls, because all of them went running off to their bunks. You and Jenna shared a look as you got out of bed and changed into your clothes for the day. Today's activity was arts and crafts - which you just so happened to be in charge of - which meant you had the luxury of being in a tent all day.
"You want to do my hair, too?" you joked as you pulled on your t-shirt.
"Only if you wait your turn in line," she giggled.
You shook your head and began to lace up your shoes. Girls were already beginning to line up at the end of Jenna's bunk, patiently waiting their turn to get their hair braided. Since you didn't have the same hair talent that Jenna did, you settled for helping the other girls with their bandanas.
"Are you guys excited to do some art today?" you asked.
"Yes!" one of the girls screamed, making the rest of them join in with their own high-pitched screeches.
"Alright, let's bring it down a little bit," Jenna said without missing a beat in the braid she was doing.
You chimed in, "Make sure all of you make your beds and have your bandana on today! We only have twenty minutes until we need to get to breakfast."
* * *
"Good morning," Tyler smiled as he walked up to you.
You finished filling your second bowl of cereal and turned to him, "Good morning, Vulture."
He leaned closer to you and whispered, "You know you don't have to call me that when the kids aren't around."
"In case you hadn't noticed, there are a lot of kids around," you mocked his whisper.
"We could change that." He ended his sentence with a dramatic wink.
"Hey!" you said, giving him a light jab in the ribs. "No flirting around the kids."
"Come on, Y/N, it was harmless."
"Harmless or not, it's the rules. And my name is Y/C/N."
Tyler sighed as he poured milk on to his cereal, "Whatever you say, Y/C/N."
"Thank you," you grinned before walking back to your table. You hated to leave Jenna alone with all the girls for too long.
"What was that all about?" Jenna asked, gesturing towards Tyler with her spoon.
You looked around at all the kids that were eagerly watching you, waiting for your answer, "I was just joking around with Vulture." Jenna raised an eyebrow at you and when the kids were distracted, you mouthed a quick, "Later," at her.
She checked her watch, "Ten minutes until the end of breakfast, kiddos. Finish up whatever you want!"
"Then you're going with purple cabin, ok? Daisy and I have to go work on other things while all of you are at the meeting this morning."
The girls seemed to get the memo, so you sat back in your chair and finished the rest of your cereal. There was a long day ahead of you.
* * *
"Who's next?" you asked, leaning over Jenna's shoulder so that you could see the schedule.
Your first cabin of the day had already come through and things had gone by swimmingly. All the kids loved the crafts that you had set out and there hadn't been any major incidents so far. You and Jenna had already been gifted a number of bracelets, and you knew your arms would be near covered by the time you got to lunch.
"Blue cabin," she said.
"Josh and Brad," you grinned, happy to hear that some familiar faces would be coming through next. Of course, you knew all the counselors pretty well, but you didn't have the same friendship with them as you did with Josh or Tyler.
"Hey, hey," Josh said as he entered the cabin, carrying a kid in each of his arms.
"Hello!" Jenna said.
The rest of the cabin began to file in, finally revealing Brad bringing up the end of the group. He seemed worn out, but you figured it was best not to ask.
"What are we making today?" Josh asked as he took a seat across from you.
"Whatever you feel like!" you grinned. "All of the materials are free to use to make whatever your heart desires."
"Whatever?" Josh raised an eyebrow at you.
You caught yourself, "Keep it camp appropriate, please, DJ Spooky."
"Camp appropriate. Got it."
You continued to work on the bracelet that you had started earlier that morning, occasionally pausing to help one of the boys. They seemed to be enjoying the activity, although paint occasionally ended up all over the table or on their faces.
"Hey, Y/C/N," Josh said.
"Yeah?" you asked, looking up for a moment.
You were immediately met by a wet paintbrush being tapped to your nose. Josh began to giggle once he saw the look on your face.
"You'll pay for that, Spooky," you giggled, wiping away the paint with the back of your hand.
"Will I?"
"I'll make sure of it."
About ten minutes later, you were doing a lap around the table to make sure nobody needed help. Josh was distracted by his project, so you took the opportunity to coat your hand in a light layer of paint. You walked over to him and leaned over his shoulder.
"What are you working on there, DJ Spooky?"
"Just an art piece," he shrugged.
"Let me get a closer look."
You leaned forward and placed the paint-covered hand on his forearm, leaving a bright yellow handprint. He made a face as you rested your hand on his arm, but didn't entirely realize what was going on until you pulled away.
"Hey!" he laughed.
You giggled and began to walk a little quicker down the table, still determined to do your job while escaping from Josh. He quickly caught up to you, grabbed your arm - coating it in a thick layer of blue paint - and pulled you towards him. You managed to stop yourself just before you collided straight into his chest.
"How do you expect me to get all that paint off my arm?" you asked, consciously aware of the fact that his hand was still gripped tight around it.
"I think you'll manage."
There was still a bit of paint left on your hand, so you reached up and lightly bopped him on the nose, leaving the smallest trace of yellow paint.
"Gotcha," you grinned.
"Hey, Y/C/N," Jenna called.
You looked over to her. Her eyebrows was raised and she glanced from you to a kid with his hand raised.
"Sorry, I'm coming!" you said, pulling your arm away from Josh's grasp.
As you helped the kid, you wiped away most of the thick layer of blue paint that Josh had left. No matter how hard you tried, you just couldn't seem to completely get rid of the traces of blue.
* * *
"Last cabin," you sighed, trying to ignore the way your stomach was rumbling.
"Just another hour, and then we get dinner," Jenna added.
"Thank goodness, I think I might starve."
A stream of kids began to enter the tent, looking just about as tired as you felt. They took a seat along the benches, waiting for instructions. Tyler and Mark were the last ones to enter the tent, and Tyler made sure to take a seat right next to you.
"You sure have a lot of bracelets there," Tyler commented as he sat down.
"What can I say? The kids love me."
"Watch, I'm going to make you the sickest bracelet that you've ever received."
"Look out, you have a lot of competition," you laughed, wiggling your arm in his direction.
"Yes, but none of them have my sheer talent."
You and Jenna shared a look with one another, trying your hardest to conceal your laughter. She quickly explained the rules before setting all the kids free.
"Hey, Daisy," you said, drawing her attention.
"Yeah?"
"I finished your bracelet."
She smiled as you handed the little bracelet to her. It was mostly yellow with a little bit of white woven in, just to add a little bit of pattern. You helped her tie it on.
"It goes great with the rest of all my bracelets," she laughed.
"I would say so."
"And here's yours."
She tied the bracelet she had made for you on with the rest that covered your arm. You smiled and admired it for a moment.
"I love it."
"I hoped you would."
Her attention was drawn away by one of the little boys asking for help. Tyler decided that this was the perfect moment to seize your attention.
"What do you think so far?"
You looked over the bracelet that Tyler had just started to make. It was much better than you had expected from him. He had settled for yellow and red, the colors of your two cabins.
"I think it's looking really good."
He turned to you and smiled a dorky little grin, as if he hadn't expected such a nice compliment from you, "You really think so?"
"Yeah! If you actually finish it, I'll wear it for the rest of the week."
"Promise?"
"Promise."
He reached a hand over and you confidently shook it, secretly hoping that he would get the bracelet done before he had to leave. Before you could say anything else to him, you had to help Mark clean up about three bottles of paint that he had somehow managed to knock over in a single movement.
"Alright, boys, time to get cleaned up!" Jenna announced at the end of your allotted hour.
"Wait, no!" Tyler said.
You looked over to him. He was still bent over the table, furiously working on his bracelet for you.
"Looks like I won't be wearing your bracelet this year," you teased.
"Ah, wait!" he said, pointing a finger at you. "You didn't specify when I had to have the bracelet done by! You just said that if I actually finish it, then you'll wear it."
You opened your mouth to protest, but realized that he wasn't wrong.
"Do you plan on finishing it?"
"Of course I do! We have a deal, Y/C/N," he grinned.
You shook your head and gave Tyler a little shove, telling him that he had to take his cabin to dinner. Jenna was already starting to clean things up, obviously just as eager as you to get down to the cafeteria for food.
"Just think, all this and we still have more to do after dinner," Jenna sighed as she packed up some paints.
"But hey, at least we're not in charge of anything else for the rest of the week. Green cabin is handling the evening activity, all we have to do is participate."
"You have a point."
"I know, I always do."
* * *
You carefully slid all the bracelets that had been made for you off of your wrists and laid them on top of your bag, with the exception of the one that Jenna had made for you. Part of you was still hoping that Tyler would have that bracelet for you tomorrow.
"Goodnight, ladies," you called before flipping off the lights.
You were met with a chorus of "Goodnight, Y/C/N"s as you crawled into your bunk and made yourself comfortable. This week was already shaping up to be the best summer camp yet, and it was only Tuesday. There was still so much more to do this week, you weren't sure that you would be able to handle it all.
Not to mention that you still had to decide if this would be the year you admitted your camp crush.
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