Mikayla L.

HOT STUFF!!

It was a cold and dark Friday night when Tess, my mom and I, all got to Camp Jewell for a camping trip with my Girl Scout troop.

Of Course Tess was in girl scouts too (or else why would we be bringing her with us.?) :-)

A few minutes later we parked. I was so thrilled that

Tess was with me, because I ended up needing her that day, and the whole rest of the weekend. And also because she is my best friend, and I always love to hang out with her.

Moments later, Tess and I ran like cheetahs to the cabin.  It was in a clearing of the woods, surrounded by tall trees with coffee colored trunks and emerald green leaves.

“Wait girls you have to get your  bags from the car,” my mom called out, as she opened the trunk to the car.

“Coming,” we yelled back.

When we were getting our bags, I whispered to Tess, “it sure is peaceful without Tristan and Isabel here.”

“Yeah, sure is.” Tess replied with a quiet laugh. We all set up our beds in the cabin, and we got a room all to ourselves.

“I call this one.” Tess quickly yelled before anyone else could call it, with all her stuff in her hand half way up the ladder.

But I was already up there with my mom setting up the bed.

“Hey!!” Tess said disappointedly, but laughing at the same time.

“Well I got up here first so your going to have to move on out.” I giggled with a straight face, that I couldn’t hold up for long.

Tess nodded her head back and forth, and rolled her eyes.

We left all our bags, and snatched our sweaters, to go on a big hike through the woods to the cafeteria.

When we were walking to the cafeteria, I could hear the chirping of the birds, and the croaking of the frogs, in the beautiful lake that looked the color of midnight.

As we used our flashlights to try to find our way through the dark, it took us like an  hour to get to the cabin, because we kept getting lost in the deep.. dark.. Woods!!!

“Ueee, ue, ue. We are finally here, thank goodness.” I murmured.

“Relax Mikayla, you weren’t going to die.” My mom said exhaustively.

“If we were out there longer yea.” I said sarcastically.

“Ohh Mikayla.” Tess yawned.

When we were in the cafeteria we saw all the other girls from our troop.

On the walls, there were people’s names signed on there, who ran three laps around the camp for people who have cancer.

“Hey guys!” Tess and I exclaimed.

“Hi!” they all responded back.

When I looked around the cafeteria I saw light gray tables with food stains all over them. There were some chocolate chip cookies on the tables and over next to it, there was some fruit that didn’t look so great. So, we all went to get some cookies, but there were flies and white spots all over them, so we totally dumped those disgusting things.

Emily looked over at a table with a beautiful bright red and yellow flower tablecloth. On the table, there was boiling hot water in a big black and silver dispenser.  There was a red lever for pouring the water. On the top, there was a label that read “Caution: Boiling Hot Water.” And on the bottom of the dispenser it said “Only used for tea.”

Suddenly, I looked over at Emily and then her eyes widened and her mouth dropped open.

“Are you thinking what I’m thinking?” I said happily.

“TEA!” We both yelled at the same time.

“Let's make tea!” Emily shouted with excitement.

So we all headed over to make some tea.

When Emily got a cup full of boiling hot water, I took one little sniff. I could feel the steam on my face, like it was going to melt.

“Hwaa, that’s pretty hot.” I said with my eyebrows moving up and down, and constantly blinking.

“I know right.” Emily said just as....

“Owww!”

“That hurts!”

Lauren and I were screaming for our moms.

When Emily turned around her elbow knocked over her whole cup of boiling hot water, all over me and my friend Lauren.

It felt like fire just fell on me!!

We were screaming and crying so loud, all of China could hear us.

It was so so hot that I ran to a big bright orange jug full of ice cold water. I pressed down so hard on the tab that let the water out, and just let it run all down my leg and foot. Although my shoe was damp and cold with the water, it was worth it.

Tess came running to me and carried me to the one of the tables and sat me on the bench. I took off my socks and shoes and pulled up my pant legs so that I could see if my leg was burned.

Tess got a ton of paper towels and gently put them and tapped them on my foot, and leg.

Just then, I gazed off and remembered, on the trip here, my mom was telling us about when she burned her arm, and how bad it was. I was wondering how bad mine would be.

Right then and there Tess put a cold wipe on my leg and I snapped out of it.

“You okay?” Tess questioned.

“Yeah just fine.” I answered in a low voice.

But in my head I wasn’t okay. Not one bit.

Luckily Lauren was fine.

But then I thought, “why me? Why me?”

A few minutes later we started heading back to the cabin, so I had to get my shoes and socks on very carefully. Tess and Lauren let me lean on them when we walked, because I had to limp.

When we arrived at the cabin, I took my shoes off very carefully, and I saw three big blisters/bubbles. I was so scared, my heart was pounding so hard, but my mom said it will pop on its own.

“POP?!” I screamed.

“Yes, but you won’t feel a thing,” my mom said calmly.

“Phew.” I said in relief.

But it wasn’t a relief. Just as I climbed down the same ladder as Lauren, and at the same time, she stepped on my bubbles, and POP!!!! I cried so hard that I had to ask Tess to get my mom for me, because it hurt so bad. But Tess told me to calm down, and I knew she was right that it would feel better if I would just let her help me. But I still wanted my mom instead. My mom finally came and put Band-Aids on the bubbles.

“You said it wouldn’t hurt.” I said still sniffling a tad bit.

“It only hurt because Lauren accidently stepped on it.”

While my mom was putting the Band-Aids on me, all my 

FRIENDS  were giving me candy and distracting me so I wouldn’t feel anything.

Just then I realized that friends are always there for you.