The buses heading for Camp Walden was filled with girls, newbies and the old ones alike. When the buses parked all of them spilled out chattering with their new friends and going to and fro trying to look for their duffel bags or their bunkers.
The camp counsellor Marvas Kulp Sr. welcomed the new members and with a bull horn which she handed over to her daughter who was calling out the names of the newbies and telling them which bunker they belonged to. The scene of chaos pans out and there was a little boy surrounded by girls who were giggling. He frantically explained to a supervisor that he thought it was a boys' camp which made the girls around him giggle harder.
Another counsellor stood near the bus's trunks and caught the yellow duffel thrown at her. She walked towards a small heap of duffels and threw the yellow duffel on top of it. Just then, a girl jumped up with a smile bright as the sun as she saw the duffel. The girl had brown curly hair down to her shoulders pulled into a half up, half down style, and big green-hazel eyes behind her sunglasses.
"Okay. I found my duffel!" she exclaimed excitedly and put one hand out to grab her duffel when about 10 more landed above it rendering it impossible to get out.
"Now the question is...how do I get it out?" she asked herself as she walked around the heap trying to look for a strap that would enable her to grab her duffel, putting her shades on top of her head. She saw the strap poking out and grabbed it, heaving and pulling but it just wouldn't budge.
"Okay, I can do it," she cheered herself and pulled continuously, but the duffel wouldn't budge.
"Okay, no I can't," she said in a cheery voice that veiled the sarcasm that was dripping from the sentence.
"You must be new," said a knowing voice on her right and Nora glanced at the speaker.
"How can you tell?" she asked, still trying to pull her duffel.
"You didn't know how to grab your duffel before the apes tossed it in the heap," the girl said. She had long black hair pulled into two braids and hipster glasses.
"I would say you need some help," the girl continued.
"Thanks, it's the big yellow one." Nora said and the two pulled and pulled with no luck whatsoever.
Her helper breathed out loudly, dropping the strap. She leaned against the heap of luggage, looking at the curly haired girl, smiling when she noticed her sunglasses. "nice glasses," she said to Nora.
"Thanks, it was a going away gift from my dad," she acknowledged with a smile that reached her eyes. A somewhat taller girl with blond hair wearing a colourful dyed shirt and a bandanna went over to the other side of the heap and easily pulled out her black duffel. The two girls looked at her in awe.
"Now that's my kind of woman." Nora remarked in astonishment but her new friend was way ahead of her.
"Yo tie-dye girl!" she called out and the girl looked around and noticed the two waving her over; she went over to them and Nora pointed at her duffel sheepishly.
"Could you give me a hand? My duffel's the yellow one buried way in there," she said and watched as the tie-dye girl easily pulled it out of the heap.
"Wow! You're from California?" tie-dye girl asked with awe evident in her eyes.
"You are? Do you live in Hollywood?" the girl with the glasses asked too.
"Do you live next door to a movie star?"
"What are you two- Lucy and Ethel?" Nora asked with a smile. "I live in Napa, that's Northern California and I live next door to a vineyard," she explained.
"A what-yard?" Zoey (tie-dye girl) asked, confusion on her face.
"A vineyard. It's where you grow grapes to make wine. That's what we do, me and my dad, we own a vineyard. What bunk are you guys in?" she answered them.
"Arapahoe." Zoey and Nicole (girl with the hipster glasses) said.
"Nora Allen?!" announced Marvas Kulp Jr. into the bullhorn. Nora stood on a few duffels and waved her hand, "Right here!" she called out, getting the counsellor's attention.
"Arapahoe!" she called out and the three girls high-fived and started towards their bunkers.
"So, either of you by any chance know how to play poker?" Nora asked excitedly.
"Nah..." answered the two in unison.
"No? Gee, what a shame. So, how much cash did you guys bring with you this summer?" she continued to ask when a black Range Rover came up behind them and impatiently honked. The three girls whirled around and looked at it amazed.
"Woah, who is in there?" Nora wondered as she continued to walk away.
The vehicle stopped and the back door of the Rover opened and out came a man of Hispanic descent with dark shoulder length curls, wearing a blue Star Wars shirt and jeans. He held out his hand for the other occupant of the car. A teenage girl with curly brown hair in a tight side French braid and beautiful green-hazel eyes stepped out and adjusted her pale blue sundress, taking in the new environment with interest.
"Well, here we are! Camp Walden for girls; we travelled all the way from London for this," he said with enthusiasm in his voice as he followed his god-daughter to a cemented area.
"Well it's rather picturesque, don't you think?" Jocelyn asked her god-father with a huge smile.
"Can't I stay with you?" He asked excitedly, as Jocelyn giggled. He smiled. "Right, let's review you mom's list, alright?" Cisco said as he took out a notebook and pen from his pocket and looked at the list carefully while his god-daughter watched his amused.
"Vitamins?" he asked.
"Check," Jocelyn answered.
"Minerals?"
"Check,"
"Daily intake of fruits and vegetables?"
"Check, check,"
Cisco glanced at his godchild with a raised eyebrow and she giggled.
"Check for fruits, check for vegetables," she explained with a smile, "Go on," she prompted him.
"Sunblock, lip balm, insect repellent, stationary, stamps, photographs for your mother, uncle Harry and of course your favourite, me!" he enumerated as the driver lined up four pieces of identical luggage beside the two. Cisco put away the notepad and smiled at her.
"Got it all I think," she giggled, and Cisco looked a bit flustered.
"Oh! And here's a little something from your uncle Harry, a new deck of cards. Maybe you'll find someone on this continent who can flip your ass in poker," he said mischievously looking around as if to see anyone that dared.
"Well I doubt it, but thanks. Thanks for bringing me here uncle Cisco," she said smiling. Her god-father's face suddenly became scrunched as he tried to fight back the tears and he hugged Jocelyn tightly. He let her go but held on to her hands and looked her in the eyes.
"And remember, if you change your mind and want me to pick you up before the end of camp, I'm only a phone call away," he assured his un-biological niece.
"Thanks, but I'll be fine," she assured Cisco with yet another one of her smiles. "Really. See you in eight weeks uncle Cisco," she assured in a fonder tone.
"Missing you already, Queen of my Heart," he told her and stuck his hand out. Jocelyn gladly took it and shook it vigorously and the two started their secret handshake with butt bumps and shimmying. When it was over, the two hugged and Cisco kissed his niece's forehead.
"Have fun Jocelyn," he whispered looking her straight in the eyes.
"I will," she answered with a little giggle and watched him go towards the Range Rovers door.
"Bye!" her uncle called out, raising a hand and wiggling his fingers.
"Bye!" Jocelyn answered her, doing the same wave and watched him climb into the vehicle which pulled away right after honking. A huge smile covered her face and she squealed, twirling around in excitement.
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The Parent Trap (Snowbarry)
Fanfiction"Let the games begin." Jocelyn Snow and Nora Allen are identical twins who are separated at a very young age due to their parent's divorce. Fifteen years later, their parent's coincidentally send them to the same summer camp where they meet, discov...
