A/N Yes, once again I should be updating DHM (sorry contest winner!) but you know how it goes, and idea pops into your head and you have to write it down and post while the idea is still exciting in your head. So sorry guys but I couldn't let this one go!

Also, soon, I will put a map of camp, and a layout of the cabins, up on my profile, once I get my scanner back in order. Another thing, most of this is closely based off of my camp experience so I do not own the layout, or the names of the units in camp. Frankly, if I could have (not wanting to like tell you where I live and go to camp) I would give all rights to my summer camp and have it take place in my camp. So sorry! I love you Camp ******! (lol.)

AU/AH

Disclaimer: I don't own Max Ride. I just came up with Camp Sami off the top of my head- so if there is a camp called Camp Sami I apologize profusely.

"I'm sure you'll love it, honey," says my mom, Valencia Martinez, kind of convincingly. She's only my adoptive mother, my original parents left me at her vet office and took a dog instead. I was barely a year old, but luckily she had just given birth to Ella, my sister, a few months before so at least I had someone to play with. Mom legally adopted me and let me change my name when I was 7 years old, almost as compensation for my lost parents, as if her delicious cookies weren't enough. Now I'm 15, and the name has stuck- Maximum Ride.

"I sure think so, Max," squealed Ella, my little 14 year-old sister, "I'm so excited! We should totally be having a girl moment here, jumped up and down and screaming!" I gave her a pointed look, yeah, not going to happen. "Yeah, yeah, the great Max Ride is too cool for girl moments," sighing, she hopped out of the car.

"Hi! I'm Kayla, one of the CIT's here! Are you new to Camp Sami?" This girl was wayyy too happy about the camp and I just wanted to hurl.

"Yes we are! Both of us!" Ella nearly shook with excitement. Her smile was wider than it had been in years.

Do it for Ella, do it for Ella. I told myself. Even though I had to leave all of my friends and Sam, my boyfriend for the entire summer! Even the stupid name of the camp reminded me of him: Camp Sami! I whipped out my cellphone in hope of service here to talk or text.

"Ooh, sorry!" The phone was plucked from my hands by the CIT, "No cellphones at camp! Here mom, you better take this!"

I glared and Mom gave me a look. "Well, can I ask what cabin these girls are in?"

"Yes of course! Names?" Mom listed our names off and she looked us up on the list. "Ah, here we are! Ella, you are in Cabin 17A and Max...You're in 17A too!" Good at least I'll be with someone I know. We trudged up a little hill to this big red house and did all of our health check stuff. Some teenager but a thermometer in my mouth. There was a ruckus to my left, so I turned to see what Ella was up to this time.

There was another counselor there acting all excited and was jumping up and down. "Yay! I'm your counselor! You just have to meet Beth- she's awesome! Go up to the cabin and meet her, you know after you purchase all your Sami apparel." She laughed and sent Ella on her way.

A guy my age walked by, with dark long hair and black eyes. I was confused before I remembered this was a unisex camp. He walked up to my new counselor and she shook his hand with a guy-ish, "Fang, my man! 17B again? Ye-uh!" 17B...I was 17A! Did that mean that we were in the same cabin? It couldn't be! They can't just put boys and girls in the same cabin!

Apparently they can.

There was no end to how much I could dread going to this camp, was there? That emo kid was already there, sitting on a beanbag in the "common room", although a sign above it claimed it was "the hang-out lounge", reading a book. The walls were so written over I first thought it was graffitied with things like: Tara- Session 2-2005!((:

I was really starting to hate the cheery-ness of it.

"Hello. I'm Beth!" She was British for sure. Her accent gave that much away. Oh, and also the giant British flag over her door. I gave a little wave hello and started to the door that said "girl's" over it.

"Yo, I'm Adam." I raised my eye-brows in greeting and continued on my way, lugging my 3000 pound tub behind me. I kicked open the door and walked in. All of the conversation stopped, and two sets of eyes stared up at me.

They looked at me noiselessly as I chose the bunk across from the door.

"Bad idea..."

I whipped around. "What?" I snapped, clearly surprised that anyone of her size would even try to talk to me.

"There's a little peep-hole in the door, and sometimes the guys like to look through it." she stated, calm, cool, and collected. I'm thinking I might like this girl. "Gabby, by the way."

"Max. Thanks for the tip." I moved my stuff to the other bed against the right wall next to my original choice.

"This one's Abby."

"What's up?" she asked, rather polite.

I gave a rare smirk and went to drag Ella to see our new room and bunk. She was busy yapping away with Adam, the guy counselor, and Beth, our senior counselor. Or so her name-tag proclaimed.

"That Adam's pretty cute," Ella giggled. I pushed her in response.

I pointed to our two new bunkmates for the next eight weeks. "Gabby, Abby, Ella...Or is it Abby, Gabby, Ella? You guys look a lot alike..." Both of them had the same wise for their age look, really close shades of skin and hair, and they even had glasses.

"No, you had it right the first time," said Abby with a big smile.

"Will you have a girl moment with me? Max won't! I mean, this is camp! We should be jumping up and down!"

Abby gave a shrug, "Ah, what the heck." She got off her little bed and jumped up and down, screaming, with Ella. Adam poked his head in, probably to make sure we weren't, like dying. They finally stopped, and me and Gabby sighed, at exactly the same time. I looked at the girl, who, in personality, was a younger version of myself, and smiled, a real one, one that hadn't show it's face in a while.

Maybe this camp isn't all that bad.

A/N So- horrible? Not? Tell me what you think in a review! If you don't like it, tell me but you know, not in a flam-ish was because honestly? Who likes that?

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Over and out, Alessa(: