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"My son has been with us since he was five so he knows many things about the camp!" the woman spoke, patting her son on the back energetically before moving on, "Another one of our old camp buddies is none other than Bryant! Come on up here!" The woman gave a strong motion as though she was going to yank the male up on stage with an invisible string.

Bryant ran up on the makeshift stage with the others, grinning broadly and holding his hands up. Some of the older kids made some racket as the college male egged all the kids on to cheer louder. He seemed to be having a good time, as usual.

"Our final aide from the boys' cabin is Zachariah!" the woman spoke cheerfully, "Why don't you come on up here!"

Instead of running up as Bryant did, Zach remained planted right where he was. He wasn't going to get on stage and look like an idiot like everyone else. That old b***h was crazy for even thinking that he would.

"Ahaha, seems like our new helper is a little shy! Don't be nervous!" the woman shouted out before hopping off the stage and grabbing the teen's arm, dragging him to the stage. Zach looked completely sour in front of the kids, a deep set frown on his face as pulled away from the far-too-happy old woman. The children seemed to quiet down from Bryant's, staring at the new, grumpy counselor. Even Bryant had to turn his head to look at Zach, clearly unimpressed by the boy's attitude. Ms. Parkinson seemed to ignore the sudden depression that fell into the air, going on to the girls. "For the girls' cabin we have Nadia joining with us once again!"

Without needing to be told to, Nadia started to head up to the stage with a vague smile on her lips. The girl seemed to have a bounce to her step, her natural raven-colored hair showing more prominently as blue-dyed hair bounced up. When she finally made it up on stage, she stood relaxedly, looking as though she could fall at any given moment.

"Next we have the ever popular, Brittany! Come on up here girlfriend!" the woman announced, waving the girl up on stage flamboyantly. It was possibly the worst thing a grown adult could have done, but the older woman never did seem to get the hints.

Nadia was smiling at the girl, reacting with the rest of the campers. The girl was such a show-off and that was likely the reason why Nadia didn't normally associate with the vice president of her high school. Still, it impressed the campers.

Bryant had definitely seen the girl's flip and he looked like he could have been laughing lightly as he clapped in admiration of the stunt. It wasn't as though anyone could have done something like that-- which made it impressive in its own right.

"Woo! Go Brittany!" Ms. Parkinson cheered loudly before getting ready to introduce the final counselor. "Our newest counselor for our lovely girls is lovely Miss Chloe!" the woman shouted out loud as the campers had calmed down from Brittany's stunt, "Everyone welcome her as she comes up here!"

"There you have it! Our counselors and aides are here to not only watch you, but to help you as well! If you have any problems, don't hesitate to ask any of them!" the woman spoke, "And now! Line up and get some lunch!"

Bryant hopped off of the stage to help Chloe and Garrett out with the other kids, smiling the entire way. Sure, he could feel hunger nibbling at his sides, but he would be able to get food as soon as everyone was done getting their own. The light smell of hot dogs could slowly be made out as some of the other volunteers went back and pulled out the hot dogs that had been warming in their buns.

Zach got off stage as soon as he could but instead of trying to help the kids, the teen found a chair away from the food and sat down. His arms were folded in front of his chest, disgruntled at the head counselor's reaction. He had to get her to feel like the kids had. Then he could go home...

Unlike the other teens, Nadia didn't get off of the stage, instead taking a seat-- indian-style-- on the stage and pulling out her game. She wasn't feeling particularly hungry-- though it was somewhat of an off day if she admitted to being hungry. Time she could spend eating could be used to progress further in her games.

Once all of the kids were able to get their food and finally take their seats, the counselors were able to get their own lunches and sit down at the counselor's table, which was located near the front door of the cafeteria. Bryant got his food and took a seat down at the table, a light smile on his face the entire time.

Zach didn't want to get up and get the food, but he was feeling quite hungry. The next scheduled feeding was unknown to him as well, so the boy stood up and grabbed a plate, sitting at the far end of the counselor's table. He didn't want to talk to anyone, just eat and get out.

"We're in for one heck of a ride, right?" Bryant spoke playfully, "Everyone's really looking forward to this year! Did you see how excited all the kids were! I want to play too~"

"What are you? Five?" Zach's voice spoke sourly. He didn't want to talk to those people, but the older boy was way too happy and childish. It was hard to believe that he was in college.

"Aww, come on! Loosen up, new guy! The kids'll do all the hard work!"

"This place is a waste of time. There are better things to do than watch these brats wet themselves," the boy responded, standing up abruptly. Zach shoved his hands into his pockets, walking off with a rather arrogant look on his face.

"Geez, what's his problem? It's not that bad..." the other male spoke, folding his hands in front of him. The smile on his face had changed to more of a neutral expression. The kids weren't that small and the aide should have known it.

"I'll help out the kids from his cabin," Bryant offered. Having Zach as the head of one of the cabins was pretty bad, but hopefully, the college student could help the kids not be completely miserable. If the teenager was going to act like that the entire summer, it would be pretty unbearable.

Zach had left the cafeteria, moving back to the front of the camp. There were so many things he could be doing at the moment and none of them involved being at Camp Brat. "********' waste of time," the boy murmured, his dark colored eyes looking around at the trees and the lake in the background.

"Nadia! Come eat with us~" Ms. Parkinson finally spoke cheerfully, looking out towards the girl. She had stood up and looked as though she was about to go grab the girl.


"Ah, no thanks Missus P!" the girl spoke with a small smile. The girl finally stood up and hopped off stage, "I'm two rounds before-- ah, I mean, I'll go check on the luggage!" Nadia placed her game in her back pocket before heading towards the door.

"Nadia, you're going to waste away to nothing if you don't eat!" the woman argued back.

"I'm fine! Don't worry about it!" the girl spoke, giving a forced smile and laughing a bit.