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 Posted: Sun Jun 19, 2011 9:18 pm
The first couple of days of camp seemed to fly by.
Between all the official activities and the unofficial fun that her and Coralie were having her days were practially packed with doing stuff.. eating.. and sleeping. There were campfires and baseball.. painting and swimming.. exploring and staying up giggling until they were so tired they nearly passed out. So when free time had rolled around Aitana found herself actually chilling for once, strolling by the lake as she debated whether she should take a dip.
Floating would be nice.. but she didn't know if she actually felt up for swimming around. The lake was strangely serene and empty actually, just a few others in the water and they were far enough away that she couldn't even hear them.
Taking in a deep breath of the fresh air, she let it out with a whoosh. She was beginning to think it was going to be hard to go home.
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Posted: Sun Jun 19, 2011 9:26 pm
Istas was running by Aitana headed towards either the lake or something else that was at the edge of the woods. However the pale lilac girl paused turning around to look at Aitana, "Do you know Coralie?" She asked suddenly, thinking she'd seen the familiar pink buns talking to this older girl.
Butter yellow eyes rested on the girl trying to figure out if she seemed like she'd be a good friend or what. Though the child seemed not to mind when she finally approached the older girl and held out her hand. "I'm Istas by the way." There was a small smile as she waited for her answer and a name to call the other by.
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Posted: Sun Jun 19, 2011 9:50 pm
It wasn't surprising to see smaller figures come running by. With a large majority of the camp population younger and smaller than her she was slowly becoming used to trying to avoid trampling them. This one however stopped and addressed her on top of that.
She'd seen the little girl before around the camp and offered her name back in greeting. "Aitana"
The question though was weird. What in the world did she want Coralie for? "I do know her. Why are you asking?"
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Posted: Sun Jun 19, 2011 10:00 pm
Istas smiled, "Nice to meet you Aitana!" She gave a nod and a smile looking at the girls' hair. "You're hair is neat, did you do the braids?" She asked curiously.
She paused, "Ohh goody! I've been wanting to talk to her, she's a friend of mine." Istas explained with a pause, trying to figure out how to explain she knew Coralie figuring it probably would be brought up, "We got ice cream once, together." The child nodded with a smile that was good enough right? No need to bring fighting monsters into it if there wasn't a need for it.
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Posted: Sun Jun 19, 2011 10:20 pm
Her hair style was one of practicality and perhaps a little tradition more so than fashion, so she wasn't really accustom to compliments on it. "Ahhh.. thank you. I braid to keep out of my eyes. I play many sports"
Luckily for Istas, Aitana was not really the kind of question logic or explainations. It seemed reasonable that Coralie would eat ice cream.. and she was certainly kind enough to talk to a stranger child. So the story was taken as fact. "Coralie is my best friend. We meet in school." Only after she'd travelled about a billion miles but that was beyond the point.
"We are in same cabin. I could take you to see her if you like? I do not think she mentioned doing anything again until later."
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Posted: Sun Jun 19, 2011 10:36 pm
Istas nodded, it made sense to keep hair out of your face when playing sports. "Oh, what sort of sports?" She asked curiously.
The child smiled at the fact this was one of Coralie's best friends. Istas was sure the princess would have many but she didn't say anything. "Oh you go to school together!? That must be fun!" She smiled, Allie seemed like the type that would be fun to be around a lot.
The child seemed to ponder the offer, looking towards the lake and then towards the older girl. "I was sort of thinking about going swimming, do you think we'd have time before going to see Allie? I can always wait to talk to her, but maybe you could say hello for me?" She smiled at the older girl, hoping that would do for now. She really wanted to play in the water, maybe Aitana could teach her some fun game or something if the other wanted to swim too.
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Posted: Sun Jun 19, 2011 10:46 pm
Enthusiasm, she liked that! "I am on volleyball team at Meadowview. But I play other things for fun too sometimes. Soccer.. baseball"
"We are in the same school but not class unfor..tunate..ly" Man that was a long word. But she was pretty sure she'd gotten it right.
The offer of a swim was enticing.. and since she hadn't really said she'd be right back.. well there wouldn't be in harm in it. They just needed to be back before dinner or the evening activities began. Her fingers reached underneath her rolled up sleeves, snapping the straps of her bathingsuit as if to show off how prepared she was. "Swimming sounds fun! Today has been hot anyway"
"We can always say hi to Coralie at dinner time anyway" She decided finally, beginning to strip off her clothes on the lake shore uncerimoniously.
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Posted: Sun Jun 19, 2011 11:05 pm
Istas nodded, "I've never played volleyball, is it a hard sport to play?" She knew how dodge ball was as far as 'ball games', and it was often painful if the boys threw hard enough. The child couldn't help but to think that volleyball was probably the same way.
She nodded when Aitana said unfortunately, "I go to Knightside, so we're a few grades apart." By few Istas figured she meant a lot.
There was a pause and a nod when the older girl agreed to go swimming, "Yay!" She giggled and slipped off her towl dressed in a pale blue ginger-ham swimsuit that had purple flowers on it. "Yes it's been very hot!" Istas agreed with a laugh.
Giving a nod to what the older girl had offered, saying hi at Dinner time sounded like a very good idea. "Okay! We'll say hi when we get dinner." Istas paused, "Should we put our stuff somewhere it'll be safe?" She looked at the closest tree wondering if it'd be okay to hang things there or if they should just leave their stuff where it was...
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Posted: Sun Jun 19, 2011 11:13 pm
"Is very tough" She agreed. "You have to be fast and tough. Willing to bruise up your arms and scrape up your knees"
Her own bathing suit was brillant red, a strange pattern that almost looked like someone had gone at it with scissors leaving places for her tanned skin to peek out. Her flip flops were kicked off too along with the shirt and shorts.
"Ehh.. I do not think it will go anywhere" She responded, waving her hand mildly at their things left on the shore. Aitana didn't have the desire or time to neatly hang up or clean up her stuff. It was swim time! And as if to punctuate that she didn't hesitate in running to the shore before jumping out as far as she could manage in a sloppy cannonball.
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Posted: Sun Jun 19, 2011 11:22 pm
The child nodded, "Hm... I might have to try it, I'm not sure Volleyball is for me." It didn't sound like fun if there was pain involved but maybe it was.
The child seemed not to mind the fact the other's bathing suit looked like someone had taken scissors to it, in fact it looked kind of neat. Though Istas wouldn't be doing anything like that to her bathing suits!
"Okay!" She said with a smile, the adults were always right after all and then she followed Aitana into the water laughing as the girl did a cannon ball. Having gotten splashed with water.
Somewhere along the tree line Billy the third grade bully had been watching Istas his friends had dared him to do something mean to the girl. However, he was having second thoughts because there was a much older girl with curly ears. He scowled and watched them carefully. "Have you chickened out?" Came a voice from beside Billy, "No. I'm just waiting for the right time." He replied before sneaking off towards the water. He'd scare the other child at least.
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Posted: Mon Jun 20, 2011 6:49 am
Volleyball might not have been Istas' cup of tea, but Aitana was hardly the best advocate for it anyway. There were plenty of teams that played softly and gently.
The water was cool on her warm skin, both shocking and refreshing as it engulfed her and she sank all the way to the bottom.. granted the bottom was no more then 4 or so feet this close to the shore.
Her explosion upwards into the air again sent a shower of water droplet's every which way, and she laughed, straightening the messy twist in which her braids had tangled.
For as weary as she'd been the water had rejuvenated her and she was debating trying to swim across the whole thing a time or two. Ehh.. but what about Istas? Waiting for her to come in Aitana dove under, settling her hands in the sand and muck of the bottom of the lake, her feet pointed up out of the water as she began to walk around on her hands.
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Posted: Mon Jun 20, 2011 6:43 pm
Istas giggled as she waded into the lake. She didn't go out as far as Aitana but she was out till the water was close to her chest. The other girl was doing a hand stand and Istas was clapping. "Ohh that looks like fun!"
Aitana must have been a good swimmer, Istas only occasionally went to the deeper parts but not for long since she was still learning on some of the swimming moves but she knew how to float and keep herself above the water without doing the dog paddle.
Billy the bully was being careful about sneaking up to the girls when the other went under water he swam around looking like he was just playing alone before seeing a beach ball float by. He noticed Istas wasn't paying attention so he hit the beach ball as hard as he could towards her head. Laughing after it hit her in the head.
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Posted: Tue Jun 21, 2011 9:31 am
Aitana walked around for a little while on her hands, a straight line, and then a small loop. She was oblivious to what was going on up above the water and surfaced only when she needed the air, sending another spray of droplets around her as she sucked in air dramatically.
The air however was sputtered as the first sounds she heard upon surfacing was the upset wailing of the little girl. What in the world!?
Aitana wasn't really a kid person.. or rather a 'comfort and mother little kids' person. But a call of distress from anyone was important. Pushing the sandy bottom with her foot, the brazilian was over to the little girl in one quick glide. "Wha... what wrong!?"
She saw the beach ball floating in the water a little ways a way but had no reason to connect the two.
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Posted: Tue Jun 21, 2011 9:52 am
Billy had disappeared under the water where no one could see him just as Aitana surfaced.
Istas whined for a few more minutes before looking in the direction the ball had come but didn't see anyone. "Someone just hit me... with that ball." She pointed. It was more the fact she'd been surprised by being hit than the fact it hurt but she still had her hand on the back of her head rubbing where it'd hit. She frowned, wondering if it was on propose; weird no one being there though...
While the two were distracted Billy had swam along towards Istas and grabbed her feet before suddenly yanking her under the water trying to get away as fast as he could out of the reach of the older girl before surfacing. His small group of friends were on the shore laughing, and he was still in the water watching the little girl flail before she got her balance back. Billy did sorta feel sorry for her but with the guys watching, he couldn't just avoid having done that, besides it was harmless he knew curly ears knew how to swim. So he was laughing along with them.
The shock of being hit by a ball was bad enough but when she was pulled under water she couldn't help but flail, not having expected it before she finally was able to get her footing back and moved to hide behind Aitana glaring at Billy she looked like a drowned rat. "That's not funny." She wouldn't normally snap back, but that was dangerous.
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Posted: Tue Jun 21, 2011 10:11 am
She frowned, turning from the little girl to the ball for a moment. "Maybe it was accident? Balls sometimes have a mind to do what they want."
Had the girl been a little older she wouldn't have hesitated telling her to suck it up. Even as it was the more delicate she acted the more Aitana's frown deepened, becoming ever closer to telling her not to be a baby.
However before she could the little girl disapeared under the surface with a look of surprise on her face that was akin to a Jaws movie.
The boys laughter at the shore was unmissable now, as was Billy's head when he surfaced for air. Her hands reached for Istas to make sure she was up and alright. But just as quickly she let go, storming across the water in a beeline for the young boy. "Oy! OY! Idiota!"
"What the hell!?" She was very nearly growling, and the appearance on the tomboy's face was also akeen to Jaws.
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