Tyler cried.
But Alex and Sarah were already sprinting away, followed by the rest of the bunk, who poured out of the trees, laughing and whooping all the way.
âOh my God! We did it! I canât believe we did it!â Natalie cheered.
All the counselors looked up, and their jaws dropped when they saw Natalie and Jenna holding the camera triumphantly above their heads. Down below, Karen stood up, took a little bow, and raced off with Val, Grace, and Chelsea. Her ankle was totally fine.
âHey! She didnât even hurt herself!â Pete shouted, picking up his hat from the ground where Sarah had tossed it. âFoul! Foul!â
But he was laughing. They all were. The counselors knew when they had been outsmarted, and they appreciated a game well-played.
Jenna held the pictures in front of her as they came into focus.
âDid they come out?â Jessie asked from the window.
âTheyâre perfect!â Natalie announced. âWe got both of them!â
âWe are so awesome!â Jenna cheered, and she and Natalie stood up and hugged. âHa-ha! Bunk 3C rules!â
âJenna Bloom!â Stephanie shouted up. âGet down from there! Youâll kill yourself!â
âOh, Iâm coming down!â Jenna shouted back. âWe have a scavenger hunt to win!â
chapter EIGHT
By the time the bugle sounded to wake the camp the following morning, Jenna was still glowing from her bunkâs scavenger hunt victory and she had a perfect prank in mind for Stephanie. The only problem was, she had no idea how she was going to pull it off. The planning was going to require some inside knowledgeâsome info even Jenna didnât have. And the even bigger problem was, the only people who could help her were the girls in Stephanieâs bunk. The dreaded bunk 3A.
At breakfast, Jenna glanced over at the table where Stephanie was sitting with her campers, trying to figure out which one of the girls might help her. Danielle? No, everyone knew she was a total jerk. Christa? Not likely. That girl talked even less than Karen did. Ashley? No way. She had hated Jenna ever since Jenna planted that frog under her pillow two summers ago. Of course Jenna had only done it because 3A had short-sheeted all the beds in 3C. It was all just part of the rivalry.
âJenna, why do you keep staring at 3A like that?â Alex asked toward the end of breakfast.
âSheâs probably trying to send them psychic âI
hate youâ messages,â Grace joked, munching on her toast.
Brynn, Valerie, and Alex all giggled, throwing dirty looks at the other table. Jenna wasnât even sure when the war between the bunks had started. It was as if it had always been there.
âOh! Leave the poor girls alone!â Brynn said, pretending to be sympathetic. âTheyâre probably still all boo-hooing about how we beat them in the hunt last night.â
âYeah, we did!â Jenna cheered, high-fiving with her friends and letting out a little cheer. Bunk 3C had been the one and only bunk to get the bonus photo and had brought back the blue ribbon for the third year in a row. 3A had been on top until Jennaâs bunk had raced in with the pictures just before the time had run out. Victory was sweet, but it was even sweeter when your lifelong enemies ended up moping all night.
âTheyâre such losers,â Alex said, rolling her eyes.
âI donât know. Some of them arenât that bad,â Alyssa put in. âLike that girl Regina? She works on the paper with us, and sheâs really funny.â
âOh. My. Gosh. You did not just say that,â Val said, dropping her hand to the table.
âOnly a newbie would ever say that,â Alex put in.
âYou cannot like a 3A girl, Alyssa. Itâs, like, totally against the code,â Chelsea said. Even though she was a newbie herself, she seemed to live for the rivalry as much as the veterans did.
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