End Of Night{{Zane/OPEN}}

[Russel Black]

"Night time is really the best time to work. All the ideas are there to be yours because everyone else is asleep."

Russel lied down in bed just looking at his laptop screen. He was in a program just messing around with different sounds. His headphones were seemingly attached to his head at the moment. It was about 12:30pm and he knew he should be trying to get to sleep, but he just couldn't put the computer down. He was sure he on the verge of creating his newest hit. The boy smirked as he heard the sound that he was wanting to hear, all he needed to do was add a few more sounds, delete a few more sounds, and change them slightly to fit everyone else's liking.

The boy looked around the room seeing sleeping people all around, he felt like he was the only one awake, so he decided to work outside. He pushed himself out of bed and walked toward the door opening it with the laptop under his arm. He tried to not make it squeak, everyone would want their sleep. As he closed the door as quietly as he could he sat on the step and took the headphones off turning the volume up all the way so he could hear without them on his ears.

As he started typing into his computer and clicking on different sounds he looked around wondering if anyone else was there, or near at all. Russel wouldn't put it past any of the campers to not be out after dark. As long as they were counselors he wouldn't care too much.

[Zane Young]

Zane was outside in a tree smoking when he saw Russel coming. He put out the cigarette, and dropped from the tree. His clothes were black so, he blended in completely. He walked over to were Russel was and said "What's up man, I thought everyone was sleep." He sat next to him, and said " What you doing up so early, his eyes said that he was really of his game lately so he kept his eyes low. He leaned back a little getting tired and wanting to finish his cigerette. He started figdeting and shaking showing that he was hooked again. Hopefully, Russel wouldnt' know the signs.

[Russel Black]

Russel looked at the boy skeptically. He seemed a little off, he smelled the air only to smell the aroma of a cigarette. He never got into smoking, but he had other friends who did, the boy just never liked the images of smoke heading toward you lungs and turning them black. He blinked at him "I've been up making a new mix" He said to Zane. He looked at his computer still typing and moving the mouse that was programed in the computer.

The boy then looked at Zane suspiciously "It's only half an hour past midnight" Russel said as an eyebrow rose. "Have you been smoking?" The boy knew the answer, he just wanted to hear it from the other boy's mouth. He didn't need to know many of the signs that people smoked to know if he was smoking, he just needed to know what his breath or clothes smelled like, from a distance of course.

[Zane Young]

Zane looked at the computer and heard the music he could see why Russel was a Consuler. He started to think of how does he make songs like this. His songs were usually, about someone he knew or what he was feeling he started to think deeply before asking "Do you just come up with songs or is based off of things thats happened to you." Zane asked before hearing his last question.

Zane's eyes became intent as he formulated something. He then said "No, but I know one of my roomates do, but of course I'm not going to tell on him." He said which would explain the smell, all he had to do was stop shaking and he should be fine.

He began to try and change the subject and said "So what do you think of the girls here, there's alot of good looking girls here." He said with a semi casual smile. Before, looking at the sky, he stopped shaking by managing to keep his mind off of smoking.

[Russel Black]

Russel went back to typing and making his songs still listening to what Zane was saying. He was glad that he learned how to multitask, that's one up to having a cell phone. "Unlike most songs, my songs have no lyrics" He started. "But, some of them are based on things and you can just tell by the mood of the song" He added. "But, alot of my songs I just come up with as well" He said nodding.

Russel's eyebrow rose. "There're some pretty girls" He commented thinking of Caitlyn and Tess. He was wondering if he had a crush on both of them, Tess was too into her little world to even know who he was, so there was no way she was even going to try to pursue his crush on her. But, Caitlyn on the other hand was down to earth and probably only thought of him as a friend, so there was no way he would pursue that crush. He shook his head thinking about it. He gave Zane a look. "Seen any girls that caught your eye?" He asked, if he didn't want to answer that would be fine with him but it was at least worth a try to ask.

The moved his mouse still not looking at Zane. "I wouldn't rat anyone out either,"He said then looked at him with a cold gaze. "but you know it's not good to lie" He added, he had seen the shaking he knew very few ways to know if someone was hooked on cigarettes or had just been smoking, but he would never rat someone out. Weather that was a good thing or a bad thing he didn't know, but it was true he tried to stay away from squealing on someone.

[Zane Young]

Zane listened to everything he had to say then in a quiet tone he broke down saying "It's this girl named Ritchie, shes a really cool person, I like her alot she seems to also but theres something in the way. I can't find out but all I know is that it is tearing me down. It may seem pathetic but I handle it by smoking it calms me and nothing matters when I do." He looked at Russel, then as he calmed down his eyes returned neutral.

He looked around to make sure no one was coming. He then said "You, have to realize that I can't tell anyone about this or i'd be in big trouble." His mind travelled to Annette and said "I like Annette also though, shes pretty cool to be with I guess. If it doesn't work out I guess I could give going out with Annette a chance. "What do you think?" He asked.

He looked up at the sky once more, he realized something but put it aside. His eyes looked like he was waiting for a answer to fall out of the sky. He looked at Russel, before thinking about Ritchie and Annette.

[Russel Black]

Russel closed his eyes. He nodded to what Zane was saying. "Maybe, all she wants to be is friends" He starts off then looked at Zane "Or, maybe she just doesn't want to ruin a friendship" He added. The boy thought to himself for something more to say. "I also doubt that Ritchie would be the kind of person that would want you to smoke because of her." He said to Zane, he wasn't trying to be mean, the boy just didn't need to be smoking for any reason what so ever. The two boys were OK friends, the least he could do would be to look out for his so called friend.

The boy nodded at him. "I'm not about to tell anyone, seriously" He said with a nod. He listened to the other boy about Annette and nodded again. "Well, if you want to go out with Annette, then don't ask me what I think about it." He said to him. "But, just think to yourself, are you doing this for you, or to make Ritchie jealous?" Russel asked with an eyebrow raised. He didn't expect the other boy to answer the question, just to think about it. Russel had a similar problem, with Caitlyn and Tess. They were both so different, but he did like them both.

He went back to listening to his mix and nodded to himself, he was nearly done tinkering with the computer, or rather the sounds in his computer. Russel went back to pausing the sounds and listened to the crickets in the grass and the wind going through the leaves in the trees. The sound of nature was beautiful, he would put it on his laptop, but he wouldn't know how to use it. So, he would just marvel to himself the sounds of the nightlife.

[Zane Young]

Zane looked back into the cabin to make sure he wasn't being to loud and awaking others. He looked at Russel and started to say "I don't know about that ruining friends thing, I'm friends with my ex Natasha heck she even goes to the camp." Zane thought about the next thing he said, and really took his time thinking about what should he say.

He thought about Ritchie and assumed that what Russel was saying was true. "She probably would hate it, but then again its better than me running to her saying that i couldn't live without her, that I haven't gone 5 minutes with thinking of her ever since I met her don't you think." He said knowing he was probably looking stupid for a girl he knew for five days.

He sighed as the other question was asked. He thought and finally after five minutes he said "I think it is because I like her but also because of the Ritchie might being Jealous thing. I must sound like an idiot." He said suddenly wondering why did Russel care about what he had to say or at least pretend to care about what he said.

[Russel Black]

Russel nodded, he knew what Zane was getting at. "Maybe she's a really independent girl?" He asked more then said. It was more of a suggestion, but he wasn't sure, he heard about Ritchie, but that was about where his knowing her ended, he might have maybe seen her at the dance, but that was just a maybe. And, he wouldn't have been sure which girl was even Ritchie.

His eyes widened a little bit. He knew that that wouldn't probably be the greatest idea. "Seems to me, you're thinking about now and not exactly the future" He started off then looked at Zane with a concerned look. "How do you think she'll feel when she figures out that you've been smoking," He said with a nod. "I'm not telling you to stop, it's just a thought" Russel added. But then nodded at what he was also saying. "And, maybe that would" He paused as he searched for the right words. "be coming on a little strong" The boy suggested with a nod. "But, maybe she will come around, at some point or another she might be ready, maybe you just have to wait?" He asked more then suggested. It seemed like good advice, but he wouldn't quite know from Zane's eyes. "You also have to think, Zane. You both only have the summer here, and then what? What if one of you come the next year but the other doesn't? What if you both never see each other again?" He said with alot of thought in his voice. It made him wonder why he never took his own advice, it was rather good in his opinion.

Russel shook his head, he knew exactly what the boy was talking about. "No, no you don't" He said with a slight laugh. "I know exactly what you're talking about." He said with a nod. He had went through similar experiences as well as the one he's going through now, except it was more similar at school.

[Zane Young]

Zane looked at Russel, as his gaze wondered to the sky. "Yeah, I guess so, all I know is I've never had to really work for anything I wanted so this is hard for me." He said telling the truth girls, money, anything usually came easily to Zane. Zane looked at him and said "Why are you being so nice to me." He said simply curious, why someone he barely knew would sit here and listen to what he was saying.

Zane laughed after saying what he said and then hearing about thinking in the present. He said "Why think forward, the present is here and now." He said before hearing what else he said. He paused for a moment considering what might happen if Ritchie found out he was smoking. He thought about it before saying "I guess I will have to stop, and while I am slowly stopping make sure she doesn't see it, or that I don't show the symptoms."

He heard the end of the summer thing and said "My parents, don't care what I do or how I do it. If she wanted me too I could easily move near wherever she lives. I'm trying to wait now, and like music or swimming when I smoke nothing else matters, I'm free of feelings or thoughts. Besides, im a consular, I can leave whenever I feel like it." He sounded very weak in his own opinion, he got angry at himself for sounding weak and said something rash "You know what forget her, she doesn't like me fine whatever, I've got other things to do and other people to see." He said falling off the steps slightly showing that he was really high before picking himself up.

[Russel Black]

Russel gave a small chuckle. He smirked, really it wasn't so bad for Zane that he had to work hard for something, it was probably good for him. He looked at Zane with a weird expression, did he really need a reason to be nice to someone? "Hm... probably because I think of you as a friend, and I usually am one of those people that help friends with advice." He said with a shrug. That was the best way to put it.

He nodded that was probably a good idea, and Russel definitely stood by it. He then thought about Russel said before. He definitely sounded like some sort of motivational speaker. The boy nodded at what Zane was saying, he did sound a little weaker then what he wanted, but Russel wouldn't say anything about it. It didn't quite help that he said to forget her. It wasn't her fault, or his really. If she didn't like him that was Zane's and Ritchie's business not Russel's. "Good luck with going to see anybody at about 1:00 in the morning." The boy said coldly while getting up. Zane needed as much luck as he could get, if he wanted to get angry then Russel wasn't about to get in the way of that. Leaving him alone was the best option, even if he was probably stoned. He shook his head at the boy, definitely time to go to bed for both of them. They didn't seem to be in the best of moods and they both had to teach classes. The boy closed his laptop screen and walked back into the door quietly making his way back to his bed. lying awake looking at the ceiling, or the top bunk of another boy.