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after breakfast. Which meant dealing with half-eaten slop.
    Knowing cabin one had to clean up the mess, cabin two’s trays were especially disgusting. Marcus mixed his eggs with his milk. Conrad made a revolting statue out of his sausage and fruit. “Ew!” Missy said when she saw it. “That looks like a pile of vomit.”
    Just then one of the camp staff members came out of the kitchen with a bucket of fruit and vegetable scraps. “Does anyone want to take this out to thecompost bin?” she asked.

    â€œI do!” Missy’s hand shot up.
    â€œI do!” Zee, Ally, Chloe, and Jen echoed.
    The staff member handed the bucket to Missy. “Sorry, guys,” Missy said. “I called it.”
    â€œDarn it!” Zee said. “I had no idea you cared so much about composting.”
    â€œUntil this moment, neither did I.”
    As Missy left with the bucket, the other girls began cleaning up the tables.
    â€œEwww!” Jen screamed. She hadn’t noticed that Landon had wrapped chewed-up food in a napkin—until she picked it up.
    â€œIt’s a good thing Jasper never leaves food behind,” Chloe joked as she placed his empty plate on the top of the growing stack.
    â€œWhere’s Kathi?” Ally asked.
    â€œI bet she’s giving herself a manicure and pedicure backat the cabin,” Chloe said.
    â€œOr she hired someone to come give her one,” Ally added, laughing.
    Zee slid a lump of unidentifiable food into the trash can. “I wish Kathi had hired someone to do her camp chores,” she said. “I don’t think she’s done one thing since we got here.”
    â€œDo you know where she is, Jen?” Chloe asked.
    â€œRemember?” Jen began. “She said she had to go to the bathhouse.”
    â€œWasn’t that a while ago?” Chloe pressed her.
    â€œI guess,” Jen said. Then she walked away from the group.
    â€œMaybe she has her period, too,” Ally suggested.
    â€œI don’t think so,” Zee said. “She gave me her supply of pads.” That’s when she remembered. “Oh no!”
    â€œWhat?” Ally asked.
    Zee leaned close and whispered, “I forgot to bring a pad.”
    Chloe looked worried. “Are you…okay?”
    â€œFor now,” Zee said. “But I’m a little nervous without an extra.”
    â€œYou should go get one,” Chloe suggested. “You don’t want to have a…problem.”
    â€œChloe’s right,” Ally agreed. “We can do your work until you get back.”
    â€œYou guys are the best,” Zee told her friends. She quickly headed to the cabin. From a distance, she could hear violin music. That’s weird , Zee thought. The closer she got to the cabin, the louder the sound got. When she opened the door, she saw Kathi playing frantically.
    The door shut, and Kathi stopped abruptly. Then she slid her violin behind her back. “What are you doing here?”
    â€œWhat are you doing?” Zee shot back. “You’re supposed to be working.”
    Kathi let the violin drop to her side and sighed. “This is the only time I can practice for the talent show.” She sounded desperate.
    â€œBut we’ll all get to practice our acts after lunch,” Zee pointed out.
    â€œI need to do it in private—without Missy.”
    â€œShe’s performing with you. Why would you want to practice without her?”
    â€œBecause it was my idea and my song, and she’s still beating me.”

    Zee shook her head, confused. “But thereisn’t any winning or losing. It’s just for fun.”
    â€œWake up, Zee.” Now Kathi sounded impatient. “Everything is a competition. Just ask Ally.”
    â€œWhat does Ally have to do with this?”
    â€œIsn’t it obvious?” Kathi asked. “She can’t stand to see you doing better than her.”
    â€œBut I’m not doing