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【Cole】

"Cole?" Pink's voice snapped me back to reality.

I looked around then at her, confused. "Huh?"

She glanced at me, a slightly displeased look on her face. She mumbled, "You weren't listening then."

"I'm sorry," I said. "Can you repeat it?"

She sighed. "I was just saying how walking around this camp with you—it reminded me of how I first met you back in that park, for some reason."

"Ah." I recalled the memory. Or, at least I tried but I couldn't grasp any memory. I nodded anyway. "Yeah. I see what you mean."

"Oh!" Pink stopped on her tracks. I looked behind to find her looking away somewhere. 

I looked at what she was looking at. There, from a decent eye distance, near a set of swings were Ulysses and Adelaide. Ulysses stood while Adelaide was sitting down on a swing. They seemed to be having a serious conversation, judging from the looks of their faces.

I frowned uneasily. "What do you think are they talking about?" 

Pink inhaled sharply, her minty eyes examining the both of them like a teacher trying to bust any student who cheats in their exam. "Something."

She sounded like she knew or had an idea, but whatever it was, Pink didn't bother sharing.

Adelaide stood up and continued talking to Ulysses. Not too long after that, she spotted us and so did Ulysses. Pink and I waved at them at the same time. Adelaide waved back while Ulysses just stared back.

That was a little awkward.

They both walked towards us, Adelaide's hand holding Ulysses's. I frowned again. "Pink?"

Pink turned to me and smiled. "Hm?"

My eyes followed the two. I looked back at Pink, who was still waiting for me to continue whatever I was about to say. I decided against saying it. Not now. I thought. "Nothing."

She slowly nodded. "Okay then...?"

Pink turned her attention to Ulysses and Adelaide, who both were nearing us. 

She cupped her hands over her mouth as her lavish hair floated from the summer's warm breeze. "Hurry up, you two! Let's get this ceremony started!"

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Mr. Campbell walked up to the stage as hundreds of campers gathered around the camp circle. He adjusted the microphone then shot us all a big smile. "BOUVARDIA!"

I didn't know where Ash and Maigo were, but I'm sure they were somewhere in the crowd.Everyone else, except for the four of us—Ulysses, Pink, Adelaide, and I—and a bunch of (what I assume) new campers, whistled and cheered back, "BOUVARDIA!"

Apparently, it was a camp thing.

As everyone toned down, CB continued. "Alright! It's good to see the spirit of Camp Bouvardia is still as energetic as ever through the generations. As for you, new campers, welcome to the family!"

Everyone we didn't know, most older than us, started giving us a round of applause. One guy, who looked about eighteen, gave me a light playful punch on my back.

"This may be new for some of you, but don't worry! You have your fellow cabin mates, which I assume you all have met up with for the past few hours. And if they're not much of help, well, you can ask around us camp counselors and staff, and even the old campers that have been here for years." CB looked around at each one of us with fire in his eyes. "Today, we will be getting to know each other! And before you fret, no, we're not doing this one by one since there are obviously hundreds of us here. You will all start off with your cabin mates. The camp counselor assigned to your cabin will be waiting for all of you there."

"What's the next activity?!" Someone yelled.

CB chuckled. "That, my friend, I can't tell you. You'll just have to wait and see. So make your short bonding time exemplary." He clapped his hands loudly. "Now everyone, get back to your cabins! You have fifteen minutes!"

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