A/N: Okay, so sorry guys for not updating sooner. I've had a slight case of writer's block :/ But I finally got a new idea so hopefully it's not too bad. And guys, please leave some reviews, I would love to know what you think.

The next week passed in much the same fashion. I would dig mu hole, get blisters, and by the time I was finished, Magnet would be there to help me out of my hole. Today passed in much the same way, all of us headed out to go and dig our holes. Lewis, or Barfbag, hadn't really been talking to me. He had seemed to retreat into himself and it was kind of scaring me. Whenever he had gotten like this at home, it was never good.

"Lewis, what's up?" I asked as I walked up next to him while we were heading to our dig sight.

"Nothing, Marie. Don't worry about it."

"Don't tell me what to do, Lewis."

"Sorry, Marie, I'm just not feeling great. Just leave me alone please."

"Okay. Whatever you say… Lewis."

I decided to leave him to his thoughts and went up next to Magnet. We walked silently for a little while. Although, it wasn't an awkward silence though, I realized that I was becoming very comfortable around him.

"How is he?" he asked me

"I'm not really sure. He won't talk to me. This is just like what happened at home. He would just retreat into himself and no one could reach him. I wish I knew what was wrong."

"Don't worry. He has to open up sometime right?"

~A couple of hours later, lunch time~

Mr. Pendanski was giving us our lunch and water today. This was no better than having Mr. Sir (haha) giving it to us. Mom, as we liked to call Pendanski, would give us stupid therapy lessons and Mr. Sir would tell us stupid stories.

Mom gave us our lunch and water, he told us that whatever had landed us in here, it wasn't our fault. Yeah, right. I stole a kitten. I knew what I was doing when I did it. And I was proud of it.

Mom left and we all went back to digging. At least, that's what I thought. I didn't realize that Lewis hadn't gone back to his hole. He was paying attention to the rattle snake that was by his hole. Everyone realized what Lewis was about to do. All of us were yelling at him to stop and not go any closer.

He didn't listen to any one. He slipped his shoe off, then, his sock, and he moved his foot closer to it. I knew exactly what would happen next, but it all went in slow motion. The snake moved and bit Lewis. I knew that the venom was spreading fast. My first reaction was to run to Lewis. I yelled at one of the boys to run back to camp and get Mr. Sir or Mom.

"Lewis, you idiot, if you had just talked to me or somebody. You are so stupid."

"I-I'm s-s-sorry. I should h-have talked to s-s-s-somebody." Lewis said, between panting.

Mom came back with the truck. All the boys helped lift Lewis into the truck. Mom told everyone to start heading back even if we weren't done with our holes.

I walked back to camp with Magnet and Zero flanking me. It was almost like they were silently telling me I could lean on them if I needed to. It was a great comfort.

We made it to camp within half an hour at the most. The whole camp was abuzz with what happened with Lewis. As Magnet, Zero, and I walked in, everyone stopped what they were doing. They all looked at me as if I was going to explode or something.

"Guerrero, do you want anything from the Mess Hall?" Magnet asked.

"No, I just want to go to the tent right now."

"Then, that's where we'll go." Zero said. Magnet looked taken aback, probably because it was the first time he had heard Zero talk before.

They put me on my bed and, sensing I wanted to be left alone, went out of the tent.

~That night~

Everyone in the tent was asleep and I was the only one awake. I lay there, staring at the top of the tent and knew that I wasn't getting much sleep tonight. So, I got up and went outside to get some fresh air. When I got back into the tent, I decided instead of lying there and staring at the tent ceiling I would try reading or something.

As I was walking to my bed, I ran into Magnet's bed.

"Guerrero, what are you doing up?" Magnet asked.

"I couldn't sleep."

"Why don't you come here, and lay down with me. Maybe I can help."

"Yeah, maybe you can."

Instead of doing what I was planning on doing, I was going to actually get some sleep. Well, hopefully, anyway. I crawled into Magnet's bed and cuddled up right against his chest. It would turn out to be one of the best sleep I had had in a long time.