Tea on the Green {{OPENNESS}}

[Ilo]

That morning when Ilo woke up, he knew it was going to be an eventful day. It just had that kind of a sense to it, like something was going to happen. Momentarily, the deminypth contemplated what it could be. His crazy thoughts wondered for a second before he snapped back to reality and shook his head to clear it.

[limegreen]"WELL!"[/limegreen]

He said to nobody imparticualar. Just pretty much speaking to himself and the forest around him. He looked around expectantly before leaping up from the forest floor and jumping up and down a few times to wake up more.

[limegreen]"wake up, Ilo! Wake up, Ilo! Wake up, Ilo![/limegreen]

He chanted, again talking to no one but himself. He ran around in a few quick circles before stopping in his tracks and staring up at the sky, a grin on his face. The sun was coming up, painting the clouds pink amd orange. Ilo thought to himself about how beautiful the earth was. So beautiful. He didn't think anything was as lovely as the raw, rough earth. He wiggled his bare toes in the peaty soil beneath them, feeling the power in the earth. He took a deep breath and loosed his focus from the sky and the throbbing power beneath his feet.

Ilo went through the rest of his morning routine- Jump in the river, get out, dry off, headbanging to dry his hair, get all the way dressed [except shoes, as always] find something to eat, blah blah blah.

Once he was completely ready for the day he flopped down on the forest floor and thought again about what the day might hold. Glancing up at the sky again, Ilo's thoughts moved to the time of day. Still morning. All the campers would be training and such already though. He ran his fingers through his messy ginger hair, which was actually almost dry at this point. He pushes the strands out of his face and looked around.

[limegreen]"well?! what's going to happen today?!"[/limegreen]

The deminypth exclaimed. But then he realized, if something was going to happen today, he had better start making it happen. Ilo lept vigorously to his feet and grabbed a basket amd filled it with everything he would need. Once everything was gathered, he ran the entire way from the forest out to where all the half-bloods were. He looked up at the sky once more and was happy to notice that it was just about time for all the campers to have some free time. Perfect.

First Ilo wandered around a bit, searching for a place where lots of the demigods would be. He found a perfect spot too- somewhere alot of them would have to walk past. About 200 feet outside the exit to the Training area. Soon may of the demigods would drain out of there and perhaps a few would stay and have tea with him. Ilo stopped and dropped his bag. Into the knapsack he reach and out he pulled a blanket which he spread on the ground and promptly sat on. The deminypth began unloading the remaining contents of his pack on the blanket and setting all of the things from his tea set out neatly. There were cups and saucers, small plates, spoons, cream and sugar, the teapot and even a tray with some food on it. And as he was arranging everything on his blanket was when the Half-bloods were realesed from their fighting class thingy. Ilo simply set things around on his spread cloth and waited for someone to inquire what he was doing so he could invite them to join him for some tea.


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Muse: ehhhh
Wordcount: 608
Notes: Someone come join Ilo! Anyone welcome!

[Finn McCain]

Sometimes Finn felt like the goddess of justice was simply not working hard enough at times. Not that he would actually ever say it out loud, of course, but the clear blue sky and cheerful sunny day just did not fit with his mood at that point. Lately, there had been more of those days than usual, which did not fit with his personality; days when the half-bloods he taught just seemed even clumsier and more incompetent in comparison to his lithe, well-trained grace; days when he missed his family so much it felt like a part of his heart was absent; days when he just felt like he wanted to blow up and do irrational, crazy, life-endangering, and completely irresponsible things.

Of course, he did the irresponsible things daily, despite his position as camp counselor. But somehow, Finn wasn’t satisfied by those ‘irresponsible things,’ those hilarious pranks. He wanted to do something amazing, and the opportunities at Camp Half-blood weren’t cutting it. Or maybe that was just his mood.

At any rate, as he walked out of the Arena feeling discouraged and strained, the situation was not at all bettered when he saw some crazy nature-spirit-demi-nymph-person calmly sitting on the grass some two-hundred feet away with a picnic blanket and tea set out.

Immediately, his eyes darkened with annoyance, and he quickly strode over there. “What in Zeus’s name do you think you’re doing here, kid?! Are you some idiot? What kind of a person sets out a picnic in the middle of the entrance to the Arena?? These half-bloods aren't coming out for some kind of snack, you know!" Then he gave a huff and sat down next to whoever-it-was. Taking a deep breath, he closed his eyes.

"Sorry 'bout that, chap. Haven't felt so great the past couple days. You got room for one more person at your tea party?"

Words: 313
Muse: Pretty good.
Notes: Ha, Finn has a habit of making people mad and then apologizing right after to put them off their stride.

[Max Darke]

Max was on her way to the Arena for some practice during her free period. She was striding so fast that on her way she accidentally trampled over someones . . .

Was that a picnic?

Yes, indeed it was. There sat Ilo and Finn, cross legged having tea. Ilo was way to cheerful and idiotic for Max, he annoyed her with ever word he said. And Finn wasn't bad, although the fact he had pushed her into the lake when she first met him wasn't something she loved.

Seeing them was pure torture for the day she was having. She was bitten by a snake in the woods, then given an idiotic, annoying lecture by Pandora Relenta. Today was so not her day . . . Although, days rarely where. And Max had just seen the very to people who she might end up murdering.

Without a word, she turned on her heel. Walking away from them as though nothing had happened. She was six yards away and thought she suceeded in not being talked to when she heard someone call out her name.

Extremely annoyed, Max turned around with gritted teeth. She said one word, struggling not to scream. ''What?''

[Ilo]

Not 5 minutes after Ilo had sat down, he was met with some company. A counselor by the looks of it. Ilo bit his lip- he knew he knew this dude, even if he might not remember him. It only took a moment for the memories to snap back though. This was that prankster son of Dionysus kid! He remembered when he was a camper... And all the trouble he had caused. The deminypth couldn't recall his name, all he remembered was what a prank boss that kid was. He began to speak to the demigod in his ever-cheerful tone. 

[limegreen]"Well hi there! Come to j-"[/limegreen]

But he was cut off as the counselor began speaking to him rather harshly. Ilo was slightly taken aback and his smile faded only a glimmer. The deminypth wasn't offended thOugh, he knew that if this big guy was in a mad mood, Ilo could remedy that.  He kept his smile plastered on his face While the other guy kinda got mad and blabbered on at him. He waited until he finally plopped down across from him, a slight scowl still on his face even as he spoke to Ilo in a more amiable tone. Ilo grinned and spoke in reply

[limegreen]"It's totally chill, dude- I get hard days- and there's plenty of room left! I hope more people will come and stay for a bit. Here, have some Organic herb tea! It's totally awesome- and I got some zucchini bread and stuff too, hope you don't mind vegan! Help yourself! Hey, what's your name, I think I know you but there's so many people in and out here, your name has gone and slipped my mind! "[/limegreen]

Ilo spoke quickly and handed Finn a cup of tea and placed some food in front of him, not really giving the demigod a chance to speak between his sentences. Just then, even before The Newcomer could answer the question about his name, he saw someone, a girl but the looks of it, start towards the arena, notice them and then start to walk away. 

[limegreen]"hold that thought"[/limegreen] 

He said to the counselor before beginning to shout to the girl, who he recognized as Maxine, another demigod, after he saw her face.

[limegreen]"HEEEY, MAXINE! COME JOIN US AND HAVE SOME TEA!!!!"[/limegreen]

He motioned with his hands to himself and the other dude as he smiled and waited for a response as she stared ruefully at him. 

Just then, Ilo heard footsteps come up behind him and saw a shadow cast over him. He looked directly up to see who it was, but squinting against the glare of the sun up above, he couldn't see their face so he just greeted them with a loud

[limegreen]"HI THERE! WANT SOME TEA?!"[/limegreen]

Accompanied by a goofy wave. Then he looked back over at Maxine and Motioned over to himself again, hoping she would come over- she seemed like she needed some cheering up. 

Ilo was glad people were showing up- this was exactly what he had wanted to happen! He
looked around and smiled wide, waiting for what was going to happen to show itself. 



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Muse: WOOOOHOOOOO
Wordcount: 531
Notes: Yah! Let's get this party started! We gots Ilo, Max, Finn- I hear Tal and Mia will be joining us too! *must convince a Avie charrie to join* HAVE FUN

[Max Darke]

"HEEEY, MAXINE! COME JOIN US AND HAVE SOME TEA!!!!"

That was it, that was the last straw. Max turned and gave them a sinister glare, one that would give Hades himself a run for his money. She walked over, seemingly calm and stood in front of Ilo, so she was stepping on their picnic.

She bent down and grabbed Ilo by the scruff of his collar and yanked him up so he was right in her face. ''HOW MANY TIMES DO I HAVE TO TELL YOU, IT'S MAX NOT MAXINE YOU IDIOT!!'' She yelled, it wasn't a really loud yell, but it was pretty intimidating.

The deminymph was to dang cheerful! He was always smiling and bright and shiney. It was totally horrible! You can't just go around in aa good mood all the time! It just doesn't work like that.

''Tell me, tree-boy, what is my name?Now remember what I just said.'' Max asked,misleading calm. She was ready to torture that guy until he realized what her name was!

No one calls Maxine Maxine except . . . Maxine.

Max was totally ready to freak out and kill Finn, and Pandora, and everyone else who had ever said anything that she found even slightly annoying, and she decided that she was going to start with murdering Ilo.

[Talia Winchell]

Tal was so glad she didn't have class right now. Finally, she could go train a little...without some random counselor yelling at her to duck unless she wanted her mousy-haired head chopped off. She tugged at her hair, which she hated, and decided to head for the Arena.

Tal quickly jogged over to the Arena and kept her head high, looking around at the possible weapons she could use. It was pretty quiet—a lot of people seemed to be sleeping late—really late—or just didn't fancy training today. She wasn't really looking at the ground and was kind of enjoying the serenity when—

"HI THERE! WANT SOME TEA?!"

"Holy shi—" she began, looking around for the source. Finally, her eyes landed on the hippie kid. "Oh...hi Ilo..." she said, eyes widened. Ilo was pretty immature, Tal had to be honest here, but he was adorable, like a shaggy-furred puppy begging for scraps. She was about to say more, but then she heard Maxine—oops, Max—yell...

''HOW MANY TIMES DO I HAVE TO TELL YOU, IT'S MAX NOT MAXINE YOU IDIOT!"

Tal's eyes widened. Geez. Trying to ignore Maxine's yelling, Tal said to Ilo, "Uhmm, sure...I'd love some tea..." She looked around at the makeshift pseudo-picnic and fought a laugh. The whole damn thing was just so damn Ilo.

All ideas of training exited her head. There was nothing wrong with having tea with this colorful crowd...Was there?

Words: Enough.

[Finn McCain]

Finn smiled dryly, accepting the cup of tea from the cheery demi-nymph as he absent-mindedly listened to the younger boy’s chatter.

"It's totally chill, dude- I get hard days- and there's plenty of room left! I hope more people will come and stay for a bit. Here, have some Organic herb tea! It's totally awesome- and I got some zucchini bread and stuff too, hope you don't mind vegan! Help yourself! Hey, what's your name, I think I know you, but there are so many people in and out here, your name has gone and slipped my mind!

“I’m—” the counselor began to answer when he finally had some space to talk, but was cut off again when the boy quickly said, “Hold that thought,” and then yelled, "HEY, MAXINE! COME JOIN US AND HAVE SOME TEA!!!"

Out of all the craziest, most idiotic things anyone could say, that was probably the most insane thing that Finn had seen, or rather heard, someone yell. After he recovered from the shock of the bellowing yell that hadn’t been too far from his ear, the demi-god laughed out loud, his good humor restored. “My name’s—” he started to answer again, but was once more interrupted when a shadow fell over both boys and the overly-friendly nature spirit shouted, "HI THERE! WANT SOME TEA?!"

"Holy shi—" Finn heard her clearly say, and he smiled at this. It was exactly the way he would have responded had a random person with bright, ginger-colored hair yelled the same words at him. But apparently, the demi-nymph was known to the girl. "Oh...hi Ilo..." she said, eyes widening.

Then another torrent of noise, this time from Max. ''HOW MANY TIMES DO I HAVE TO TELL YOU, IT'S MAX NOT MAXINE, YOU IDIOT!!! Tell me, tree-boy, what is my name? Now remember what I just said.'' Giving a nervous smile to Max, who didn’t notice it, Finn turned back to the conversation between the nature spirit and the newcomer. "Um, sure...I'd love some tea,” the girl said, giving a laugh. Finn’s patience, however, was fast running out.

“Hey, hey!” With an exasperated look on his face, Finn stood up and plucked the demi-nymph from Max’s grip, forcing her to sit down in the same motion. “Let’s not get rough here, shall we Max,” he said, emphasizing her preferred name. “This is a nice little tea-party given by our wonderful host Mr.—” Suddenly he remembered that he had neither introduced himself nor been introduced to the others. That bothered him a little, but he continued anyways. “I’m Finn McCain,” he said firmly to the nature spirit, whom he had released. “And you are?”

Words: 448
Muse: Pretty good.
Notes: lol Ana; I like that you stuck my name in your post x) So… what’s the posting order?

[Seri Winchester]

Walking out of the training area, sword sheathed, Seri slowly stretched her exhausted arms. A light glaze of sweat glistened off her skin as she let her breathing regulate back to normal. Today had been one of her most satisfactory workout all week. No one had bothered her, the training dummies had been resilient to her strike, and over all it had just been nice.

Now, Seri needed to contemplate what to do next. She could go back to the Ares cabin and have a wonderful nap, or she could go into the forest. She was a little tired, but a good two or three mile run around the forest would do her well. However, the idea of a nice long nap in her bed was extremely appealing as well. Maybe she could just-

''HOW MANY TIMES DO I HAVE TO TELL YOU, IT'S MAX NOT MAXINE, YOU IDIOT!!!

Seri's head snapped towards the direction of where the angry voice came from. A girl had a boy by the collar of his shirt. From where she was, Seri couldn't really tell what was going on, but she didn't like how it looked one bit. Curiously, the Ares Cabin Leader walked closer until she was only a few feet away and stopped.

The sight before her made Seri want to run around and never look back. What the heck was all this? Winchester's eyes darted to the picnic basket and the teacups. We're these people having a tea-party? Immediately, Seri knew she was out of her element. Big time.

“Hey, hey!” The familiar voice made the Cabin Leader internally sigh frustration. The Dummy Killer. Her eyes narrowed as she watched him move Max away and introduce himself to the deminymph.

Finally noticing most of the drama was probably over with, Seri turned away, hoping to get away before any of them noticed her. The smell of the tea drifted to her nose, it's delectable scent making her stop for pause and her stomach groan softly. A stray thought made her wonder what was in the picnic basket.

Oh, heck no. How dare her stomach act up at a time like this. Winchester silently cursed the rebellious stomach to the deepest depths of the underworld. If her stomach was so hungry, Seri would just grab something for the mess hall. Her stomach made a angry, but subdued groan in reply.

The smell of her tea drifted back to Winchester nose making her mouth involuntarily water. However, the particularly anti-social Cabin Leader shook her head trying to clear the scent from her thoughts. There was no way Seri Gale Winchester would sit at a Tea-party.

Right?

WordCount: 457
Notes: Ello Thar! Can I play?

[Ilo]

Ilo let out a yelp as Maxine Dark grabbed him by the collar of his shirt and lifted  him halfway off the ground. He struggled a little as she yelled a few harsh words at him. He replied sheepishly. 

[limegreen]"I'm sorry, Maxine! Please let me go."[/limegreen]

But before the overbearing girl could react, a strong arm ripped him from her grip. He looked over after he was set down and saw that it was the counselor who had saved him. He took a deep breath and thanked him. The son of Dionysus introduced himself as Finn Mcain. Ilo glanced over at Maxine before replying.
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 [limegreen]"I'm Ilo. Hi!"[/limegreen]

He smiled at Finn. The deminymph looked up at Maxine again and patted a place on the spread blanket, inviting her to sit. Eventually she did but, with an openly begrudging disposition. He grinned over at at Talysus, who had settled herself on the blanket.

[limegreen]"Hi, Talysus! Here- have some tea!"[/limegreen]

He greeted her and handed her a freshly poured cup of tea. He hastily poured another and handed it to Maxine, hoping she would take it. But before he knew wether or not she would, he saw another person approaching. His face lot up and he shoved the cup at Maxine, setting the cup and saucer both abruptly on the ground before her. 

Ilo waved and shouted as the person tried to drift away. Until he saw the face of the person and could address her by name. Seri. The Ares Cabin Leader! He grinned as he shouted-

[limegreen]"SERI! COME JOIN US! I HAVE TEA!"[/limegreen]



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[orange]Sorry it's short! Low musies![/i][/orange]

[Amber Craze James]

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 It started with a  perfect kiss...
then we could feel  the poison set in

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Amber readied herself, then flung into another cartwheel She had gotten a random rush of energy and had decided to take it out in front of the Arena, because thats where she was when she got the energy. Another cart wheel, and another, then something caught her eye that made her fall over in the middle of her cartwheel.

There was a group of people. Sitting infront of the arena. Having a picnic.

Amber fell on the ground into an awkward, backwards-roll thing that hurt her neck. She didn't take her eyes off the picnic. She wasn't surprised to see the great big goofball, Ilo there. He had probably organized it.

It's true that Amber had a crush on Ilo. He was the sweetest, most random ball of hyper around besides Amber. And that meant they had a lot in commen, as she wouldn't get embarressed and she would just joke with him. True, she did crush on everything under the sun, but Ilo was different. He and Jason where the most serious crushes he had ever had.

She had to go over and look, of course. I mean, who sets up a picnic by the Arena? This had to be a once-in-a-lifetime thing, and Amber James was absolutly not going to miss this. She simply wouldn't.

Getting there, she cast a shadow over the picnic. Tea... oh, gods. The whole thing was just so hilarious. It made Amber want to press her face into her hands and crack up for a few minutes. Being a good actress and all, she surpressed the urge.

''Hello, Finn, Ilo, Max, Seri, Tal.'' She said, nodding at each in turn. Quiet honestly, she had no idea how she knew Max and Seri's names. They scared her, that's for sure. So when Max shot a look like ''Ohmigods, not another freak.'' in her direction, Amber backed up a step.

''Mind if I join you?'' Amber asked with a flip of her hair. After they gave her the response, Amber walked across to sit the farthest away from Seri and Max, which happened to be next to Ilo.

[James Darkwood]

Jamie needed some money.

So, when you need some money, you make it in a way that's worth making. You go in front of the arena and play guitar! DUH! So, now here Jamie was, guitar over his shoulder, posing like a good male model should in the mirror. In his Cabin. With Regan next to him rolling his eyes profusely. It's like he doesn't care that we're beautiful, thought Jamie. Yeah, I know he said 'we', because Regan looked just like Jamie, just more sophisticated.

Jamie turned to him and said "I'm heading out to hit on some girls and play guitar and make some money. I'll share my prophets with you because I'm a nice brother like that." Regan gave Jamie a skeptical look, and shrugged. On that note, Jamie strolled out of the cabin.

The day was absolutely goregous. As goregous as Cinder or Em or Max. Well, Max wasn't that goregous. But Cinder and December were! Jamie could settle with those two. I'm sorry, let me correct myself. Max isn't making people goregous when she smashes their faces in. Much better. That works very well.

Jamie was about to go to his usual spot in front of the arena, when he saw a little tea party that included Ilo - kind of psycho but actually pretty nice, Amber James - that girl is hyperactive, Seri Winchester - she scares everyone, Finn McCain - an old friend, Talysus Winchell - the pranking fiend, and Maxine Darke - who looked annoyed (as usual).

The son of Eros walked up to them "Ilo, Amber, Seri, Finn, Tal, Maxine," he winked at Max, who looked offended "May I join this large tea joint? Possibly add a little music?" before anyone could open their mouth, he sat between Finn and Max, which was a good idea because Max was glaring daggers at Finn and Ilo.

[Ilo]

GOT TO
[limegreen]GET BACK
TO THE[/limegreen]
[green]LAND...[/green]

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When Ilo saw Amber approaching, a goofy grin spread over his face. It would be a lie to say he didn't have a crush on her. She was just... So gorgeous in her own way. 

When she walked over, he smoothed out his messy ginger hair with his long  bony fingers in attempt to tame his mane- a most futile endeavor. He have a friendly wave when she addresses him. When she asked if she could join, his voice jumped in immediately. [limegreen]"OF COURSE, AMBER!! Here! Sit next to me!"[/limegreen] he scooted himself over to make room for the blonde-haired girl. To his delight, she sat down right next to him.

On impulse, he reached over and gave her a big bear hug, squeezing her tight, but not too hard. After a few seconds, he let her go before smiling warmly at her. [limegreen]"Want some tea?!"[/limegreen] he asked her enthusiastically. Before really waiting for a reply, he filled another porcelain tea cup with the warm liquid and passed it to her. Then, reaching into his basket, he pulled out a cookie.  [limegreen]"Organic Vegan Chocolate-chip! My favorite!"[/limegreen] he said, handing her two and then placing more on the small platter before the group, which already held some cucumber sandwiches. 

Sitting back and taking a sip of his herbal tea, he noticed there wasn't much room left for anyone else- and only one tea cup left! One last person would be lucky enough to enjoy the company of the raggedy group or misfits as they sipped tea. He hoped another person would show up! 

And as if on cue, Jamie Darkwood swaggered on up. He had a suave smile plastered on his face and a guitar slung over his shoulder. Ilo smiled so hard his teeth should have cracked when he asked to join. [limegreen]"ONE SPOT LEFT! it's all yours, dude!"[/limegreen] was his response. 

Ilo poured the herbal tea into the last tea cup and passed the beverage over to Jamie. Ilo liked Jamie- he was a cool kid. 

[limegreen]"SO! Uhm... Now that we're all here!!! Uhm... What should we do?! OH! Let's play a game!!! What can we play? HMMMMMM.... OH I'VE GOT A GOOD ONE-truth or dare! OR... Uhhh... You guys got any ideas?"[/limegreen]

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AND SET
[limegreen]MY SOUL[/limegreen]

[green]FREE[/green][/i][/size][/center]

[James Darkwood]

Jamie smiled slyly.

Okay, now you're thinking this: Jamie always smiles slyly. That crooked grin, the shifty eyes, the creepy - yet captivatingly goregous - expression that makes only about every girl fall to their knees. But this was no normal 'I am the hot and famous James Darkwood' smile - this was the 'These two are SOOOOO in love smile'.

Being the sons of the personification of love, Jamie and Reg could tell when people were crushing. It was so obvious to the two brothers. They didn't think it was distinct power, but Jamie had his suspicions. And, being the son of love, Jamie always had the greatest ideas for getting two people together.

And when Ilo suggested Truth Or Dare, inspiration struck.

Uh oh. Jamie was cooking up a devil-ish love scheme. His face remained happy and enthusiastic, though, "Totally agree, Ilo, my man. In fact, I've got a little idea in mind." Jamie looked at the suspicious faces around the tea. He casually took a sip of the tea. Delicious, obviously, and winked directly at Amber.

"Ilo, truth or dare?"

[Max Darke]

Ilo was ripped out of Max's grip. Gah! As the guy introduced himself, she realized something. ''Dude,'' She said, ''Your the guy who pushed me into the lake!''

Ah, the lake. The one in which Max almost had a mental breakdown because of. It was really not her day that day. The idiot guy had lost her locket. Lost. Her. Locket. OFFENSIVE!!! And as Seri Winchester showed up - and Ilo shouted a few more things - Maxine Darke knew that she should get out. Because one more cocky idiot (yeah, Seri totally was one) and the Nike girl would not be able to stand it.

Then there was Amber. A dumb blonde who needs to learn to shut her mouth. This was a dangerous place for Max to be. Right on que, Jamie showed up. She lliterally facepalmed before getting up, and without another word, walking away. Nothing they shouted back at her could change her mind.

She sprinted off and into the woods. Once there, climbing on a tree where no one could see her. The tree nymph there had a respect for her, so she was allowed to climb up without a fight. But everyone knows - Max would win that fight.

Maybe it was her natural ability to win, maybe it was the fighting skill earned over years and years of fighting. Whichever it was, Max was able to win more than the normal camper. The perks of being an unhappy camper.

[Amber Craze James]

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 It started with a  perfect kiss...
then we could feel  the poison set in

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"OF COURSE, AMBER!! Here! Sit next to me!"


Amber resisted the urge to laugh as she did what he said. She only wanted to laugh because he did a terrible job of acting like he didn't have a crush on her. Amber was, of course, a natural born actress. So she could hide it quite well. How else would she be able to have two serious crushes at once?


Ilo bear-hugged her. Amber was somewhat startled, so she didn't exactly hug him back, but she sure as Hades didn't push him away. She just awkwardly sat there, trying hard to surpress a blush and a laugh. When he pulled away, the blonde girl had a tight smile across her lips, afraid that if se opened her mouth she might laugh and offened him.


"Want some tea?!" Ilo asked happily. ''Sure,'' She replied coolly, biting her lip. This thing was just too funny. A tea party at camp, with a guy who had a crush on her (and did a bad job of hiding it) there. For some reason - hormones or sugar, maybe? - this just seemed... hilarious. 


“Organic Vegan Chocolate-chip! My favorite!”


The next thing she knew, there was a cookie in front of her. Make that two cookies.  She couldn't help it, Amber laughed. She was able to keep it under "extremely loud and annoying" but it was still pretty loud. And it might be annoying, but she didn't see how it was. In any case, it led to her giggle-snorting. She realized that that was probably... really, really unattractive, but she did that a lot. If Ilo had a problem with that, then he could shut up now. The last thing she would do is change herself for a guy.


After she calmed herself down enough, she gave an apology. “It's just... so hilarious. I don't mean to offended, but really.” She said, her face flushed from laughing so hard. It was then she realized that Jamie was there. "Oh, hi." She said in his direction.


Amber also didn't object to Max leaving. It was a relief more than anything else. She admired her strength and that she fought back against bullies, but she was always worried that Max might start beating the crap out of someone randomly. She did seem like one to be an insane chick with anger management problems. Totally.

Truth Or Dare was brought up. Amber was about to reply when Jamie did, with a big wink to her. He said he had an idea... it took less then a second to figure out what he meant. “Ilo, truth or dare?” He said.

Oh, he was not.

“Omigods. Jamie, you'd better not. I know what your thinking, but don't.” She said. “You are not going to help anything. Please, just don't.” There was a pleading tone in her voice, absolutely. If James did what Amber thought he was going to do, then the female singer just might die. She still had a crush on Jason, also. So that wouldn't do anything except confuse her more.

Although, she was coming up with something to help her decide. It was a little selfish, but still. She couldn't live with this stupid “him! No, him!” stuff anymore.