Penny sat there by the window, nearly drowning in coats and blankets. She shot an irritated look at the young, bubbly teenager standing next to her.
The girl flashed her pristine, white teeth when she smiled. "So, is it still raining?" she asked.
"I don't know, let me check the weather report." Penny turned her head about ninety degrees and looked out the window. "I don't think we'll be playing volleyball today."
The girl frowned. "Oh, why not?"
Penny buried her face in her palm.
"Well, I'm Yumiko—but people call me Yumi. And I'm super excited to meet you!" she squeaked.
Penny silently wondered if there was a greater conspiracy at play. Each night around bedtime, a girl would approach and try to befriend her. And each time they tried, Penny rebuffed them. She did her best to keep her promise to Sunshine, but it just kept getting harder. And she still had two more days to go.
Suki had been the hardest to turn away. She was yesterday's spy. She was arrogant, obnoxious, and stubborn—qualities Penny valued herself. And it didn't help that her compact frame had more curvature than even the prettiest girls at her school.
"Yumiko, do you need something?" Penny asked.
The tall girl pulled the chair just opposite Penny's in a little closer. But the bulky green piece of furniture didn't budge. Yumiko walked around behind and pushed until the wooden pegs started squealing across the floor. When she'd managed to move it about two inches, a very satisfied Yumiko plopped down, smiling.
Penny uncovered her ears just in time to hear her excited high-pitched voice where every sentence seemed to end like it was a question. "So, aren't you just having the best time? This place is great, right? Oh my God, I just love everyone here, don't you?"
"Yumi, can I ask you something?"
"Sure, anything. What is it, Penny?"
"Are you on drugs? And if you are, can I have some?"
Yumiko appeared to be genuinely distraught. "No, why?"
Penny pulled the mound of blankets up to her nose.
"Well, I just wanted to ask why you don't ever participate—and you don't even wear the camp uniform. It's so cute! See?" Yumiko said as she plucked at her skirt.
"Because it's probably going to start snowing. Remember weather?" Penny asked. She tried to make her point by motioning to the window, but a large coat slid down to the floor.
"No, no! I'll get it. Allow me!" Yumiko graciously offered and made no qualms about flashing large swaths of her thighs as she crouched down. She didn't even button her blouse all the way, she probably wasn't concerned about her small cleavage.
"Thanks," Penny mumbled.
"That's what friends are for, right?"
Penny shrugged, and the coat fell back to the floor.
Yumiko's face scrunched up into a grimace like the untidy space was causing her pain. But she relaxed her fist and forced herself to ignore it. She went on, "So tonight we're doing something new. Oh my God, Penny! It's going to be so much fun. Can you guess what game we're going to play?"
"No, but I bet you're going to tell me all about it."
"Twister!" Yumiko exclaimed, clapping her hands. "It's the one where you—"
"I know how twister works! There's only like two rules."
Yumiko frowned. "Wait, there's two rules? I thought it was just one." She waited a bit, but Penny could tell she could hardly contain herself, then blurted out, "Just kidding!"
Penny tried to force herself to laugh, but it came out more like a bark.
The girl crossed her legs and then re-crossed them. Yumiko leaned forward. "See? Isn't it nice to talk to someone? Penny? Hello?"
Penny pulled her eyes from the soft, pale skin of Yumiko's long legs. But if Yumiko had seen her face, she'd know that it was glowing bright red under that odd assortment of sheets, clothing, towels, and other linens. Penny straightened up to explain herself, but Yumiko spoke up first.
"Well, I think it's nice anyway. And you're really funny. Seriously, you make everyone laugh like all the time."
Penny glanced behind her to the fireplace, where the rest of her roommates were sitting around chewing gum, reading books, and otherwise void of any excitement. Penny laughed.
"What? What is it?" Yumiko asked. Then she started laughing too. And when she leaned forward, Penny could see the thin, black straps of her bra and the small cups that squished her breasts together.
It's true the girl had a goofy laugh. It was infectious, like those pot smokers who were permanently in a good mood. Penny cringed.
"Well, we're about to start. Want to join?"
The pile of clothing shook its head. "No, maybe next time. I just want to be alone."
It almost broke Penny's heart watching the girl's sweet face sour so quickly. She scrunched up her face and glared until Yumiko finally relented. The tall girl rose, smoothed her skirt over with her hands, then walked away. Her bottom shifted under her short skirt with each step. Penny had to turn away. Its bubbly, round shape matched the girl's warm personality perfectly, and Penny had probably crushed that.
Penny kept to herself for a while, wallowing in her gloom. She stared aimlessly across the muddy courtyard as if a bus would appear at any moment and take her home. The mature Pine trees were nice though. She especially liked the lone Cypress tree that just seemed to tower above everything else. Penny grew bored and glanced over at her roommates.
That's when the entertainment began. Yumiko had taken charge and was pointing and giving instructions. It didn't appear that her leadership was helping though. They had successfully cleared some space by pushing the heavy furniture up against the wall—Yumiko had personally led the charge. Then, they unfurled the mat and left it upside down on the floor. One of the girls even held out the spinning wheel and stared curiously at the blank white piece of cardboard until Yumiko pointed out the business end lay on the other side.
The taller girl demonstrated by spinning the small plastic arrow, getting down on all fours, and crawling to an unoccupied, colored circle on the mat, of which there were none. Yumiko pressed her hand down.
"See?" she said. "Just like this."
"But it says foot..." a girl pointed out.
Yumiko tapped her toes into the thin plastic sheet. "Yeah, I know, it does both. See?"
"Ah, that makes sense."
Suki snatched the spinner from the girl's hands. "OK, me first!" she said, then dropped to her knees. Her bob haircut was short, but hair still got in her face. Suki curled some behind her ear and spun the wheel.
Penny could see the backs of her thick thighs as she brought her elbows down onto the floor and waited. She just sort of hovered over the thing like it was hers and no one else was allowed to see it. But the way she just so casually sat there like that caused Penny to stir under her blankets. She sat up a little taller in her chair and waited with anticipation like everyone else.
"Right foot, blue!" she announced, grinning up at her friends like she'd won the game. But then her small, round face turned serious.
Yumiko brought her head in close. "What's wrong?"
Suki scoffed. "What are you, stupid? This mat is worn out, I can barely see the colors."
"That's OK, we can just pretend. And I can still see them! Well, kind of..."
"Are you wearing your glasses?"
Yumiko squinted. "What? I don't wear glasses."
"Well, maybe you should!"
Yumiko cast her sullen gaze down to her socks.
It appeared the game was over before it even began. The girls started squabbling among themselves. Their voices rose, their delicate hands pointed, and it even looked like they were fighting over who got to read the box. Then, Penny heard her name.
Yumiko called over to her, waving her arms and beckoning her to join them. The wood cabin went quiet. A moment later, the large mound rumbled to life. A sea of blankets cascaded down her body and splashed onto the floor.
"Fine! But I'm not playing!" she said, making her annoyance perfectly clear.
"That's OK," Yumiko said cheerfully. "Just come join us. I think we just need your help, we've never played before."
The first thing Penny noticed when she plopped down on her knees was how warm it was by the hearth. She'd been in the cold so long it felt like she'd just discovered fire for the first time. She rubbed her hands together and basked in the warmth.
"Oh my God, you're freezing, Penny," Yumiko said.
Penny was glad that someone had noticed, but still, she ignored her. When she spoke, it startled the other girls. She figured it could have been her accent or the fact she'd hardly said a word in five days. Penny cleared her throat. "Alright, is it OK if I try something?"
"Sure, anything! What is it?"
"Maybe, you can, uh, try turning the mat over?" Penny suggested as politely as she could through gritted teeth.
There was a chorus of "oohs" like Penny had just made a great scientific discovery. Yumiko and her team scooted across the floor in their short skirts and ruffled out the edges, making sure it was nice and even. The fruity fragrance of their body lotion assaulted Penny's nose, rising from all the naked skin of their legs. Under normal circumstances, the pleasant smell should have relaxed her, but it just made Penny feel apprehensive.
"You're a genius!" Yumiko said, patting Penny on the back.
The blonde girl squirmed under her jacket and said nothing.
"OK, it was my turn, remember? Right foot, blue!" Suki reminded everyone. But when she pointed to the wheel, Penny laughed.
"What?" Suki asked, scowling.
"Oh, nothing," Penny explained, "it's just that, well, see that thing that looks like a hand? The arrow is pointing right at it. Well, that's a hand. See?"
When Penny raised her arm to demonstrate, Suki wrinkled her brow. "Whatever... OK, right hand, blue!" she said without missing a beat.
"At least she knows her colors," Penny mumbled quietly to herself.
But she was pleased to see Suki merely back up a few feet and place her hand down on a dot in the corner. The girl wasn't even five feet tall, but still somehow managed a full, round figure. And her skirt was so short that only a tiny sliver hung down over her feet when she sat back on her heels. Penny could make out the distinct shape of her plump little bottom even through the thick plaid material. Suki just appeared so comfortable on her knees in front of everyone. Penny would have died doing something like that even with her closest friends back home. Penny finally managed to turn her head.
Yumiko licked her thumb and held it up in the air before spinning the dial. "Left foot, red," she called very carefully. She even waited for Penny to check her work before placing a foot right beside Suki's hand. She stood there, towering above her friend, smiling down at her.
"Oh my God! Yumi, why'd you have to take that one?" Suki complained.
"So we could be next to each other forever, and ever, and ever..." Yumiko said, then blew her friend a kiss.
"Gross!"
"Ladies!" Penny said. She waited until she had their attention. "Let's just hurry this up if you don't mind. Hey, can you hand me that?" She pointed to the spinner.
After someone slid it over, the blonde girl cursed quietly under her lips. She worried about her promise to Sunshine but reasoned that all she was doing was speeding things up so she could go to bed. The prospect of two more dreadful, lonely days depressed her though. At least this was entertaining. Penny spun the wheel.
The other girls were just background noise to Penny. They weren't as cute, or energetic, and almost bored her. She perked up again only when it was her friends' turns—at least that's what she privately thought of Suki and Yumiko.
"Penny?" Suki asked from her knees.
The blonde girl shook the fog from her head. "Oh, right. Let's see, uh, right hand, blue?"
The girls booed.
"Alright! Alright! Sheesh, calm down. How about this? Left hand, blue."
"No fair!" someone complained.
"Yeah, you're cheating!" said another.
Penny shrank back. "Uh, there's really no winning in this game. But if you want I can spin again?"
"No!" Suki insisted. Then, both of her hands were on the mat, and her large chest flashed from the opening in her top. To Penny, it didn't appear that the girl was wearing a bra. There was just a sea of round, perky flesh staring up at her where the buttons of her blouse should have been. Suki caught her staring and grinned. Penny promptly turned her attention back to her duties.
She cleared her throat. "Yumi, let's see... Right foot, red."
The immature girls broke into fits of laughter when Yumiko brought her waist around to the same level as Suki's eyes. They pointed at her skirt, then at Suki's face. But as Suki defiantly held her ground, the whispers and jokes died away. Suki just stared right back up at Yumiko until the taller girl looked away.
Penny too felt a little intimidated by Suki. Her aesthetics made her more imposing than her meager five-foot frame should have allowed. And her confidence, as unfounded as it was, made her stand out. It permitted her to get away with all sorts of things, like the way she was leaning so far forward that Penny could see up her skirt. Penny began to doubt whether she was wearing any panties. Then, something else caught Penny's eye.
Tucked inside the full-page instruction manual was another piece of cardboard. Curious, she opened the cover and produced another spinner.
"What's this?" she said quietly. But when she looked up, all eyes were on her. "It looks like another, you know, one of those. But this one has... Well, look."
The girls gasped. Instead of feet and hands and colors, this dial had a shirt, skirt, socks, and tie—among other things. Silence flooded their warm space. The Japanese girls looked at her, waiting. Penny tugged at the neck of her sweater, trying to let some cool air in. Sweat was starting to run down her face as the fire burned her up.
Yumiko eventually comprehended what the new spinner was for, and then she turned to Penny and noticed her discomfort. Yumiko grinned. "Too bad it doesn't have coats," she joked. "You're sweating. Are you OK?"
The girls laughed, and one of them added, "And sweatpants too!"
"No, no, I'm fine," Penny lied. "I'll just put this away—"
"Wait!" Suki interrupted. Then her voice grew softer. "I mean, it's kind of cool, don't you think?" She looked up thoughtfully at her roommates.
The other girls rubbed at their arms and stared down at their feet.
"Come on!" she insisted. "We're not a bunch of little girls anymore, that's the whole point of camp!"
Yumiko kept her brave face despite the doubt that crept into her voice. "I, uh—I mean obviously someone left it there for a reason."
The girls nodded like it made sense.
Suki's coercive little grin widened. "And I'm not afraid, I wouldn't mind trying it."
"So, you want me to, uh, use this?" Penny tried to confirm.
"Yeah, I'll go first," Suki said boldly, straightening her shoulders.
The clamor died down. Penny set it down beside the other one and spun the wheel, watching the cute Asian girl's face intently. When she saw the shock and disbelief materialize and wash away her smug smile though, she knew where it had landed. She didn't have to look.
"I, uh, OK... No problem..." Suki reassured herself. But she didn't exactly start undressing either.
The girls all started talking at once, doing everything they could to convince her to keep going. Penny worried the chorus of excited teenagers could be heard far from the confines of their cabin and Sunshine would catch her surrounded by strippers. Penny raised her hand and the room went quiet.
Suki stood up tall on her knees and slowly began to wash her hands up the smooth, white skin of her legs. She tried to make it sexy, like something an adult would do, but the worried grin on her face just made her look every bit her age. The girls held their breath and waited for her hands to disappear under the folds of her skirt.
A moment later her panties fell to the floor and she calmly stepped out of them.
"Orange? What's orange?" Penny asked. She thought back to the bus ride, and Sunshine's tedious explanation, but just came up blank. And the girls didn't hear her anyway. Besides, Penny was trying, like the rest of the girls, to see if anything was dangling down and visible below her short skirt.
But as hard as she tried, Penny just came up empty. The front of Suki's skirt was flat. But there was just something off about the way she appeared so comfortable, even on her knees. The short girl set her hands on her hips and proudly examined everyone's face to make sure their eyes were on her like she wanted them to peek.
"Alright, uh, Yumi's turn?" Penny said, pointing.
"Me? Why me?" she protested.
"Because it's your turn, that's why."
But the girls loved it. They sounded like excited students after a teacher singled someone out and scolded them. It seemed that Penny was the boss now. And her first act after order had been established was to spin the wheel once more. But she hesitated as she looked at her nervous friend.
"Yumi, are you sure?" Penny asked.
The pretty girl scrunched her face and nodded.
"OK, it's, uh—" Penny gulped "—skirt."
Penny remembered red all too well. It was hard to see under the tail ends of the blouse that Yumiko was clutching so tightly, but that didn't stop Penny, and the rest of the girls, from visualizing what lay underneath. The taller girl kicked her skirt away nervously, then looked Penny's way, as if she should get on with it.
There weren't any other exciting colors as the game progressed. Suki had been the only orange. But as she went through the different girls and revealed that intimate personal detail about each of them, Penny grew ashamed. She knew under her clothes she had cheated. Her green underwear was a lie.
The room once again died down when the third round began. It was Suki's turn again, and she was down to just a blouse and skirt. Suki took a deep breath and exhaled all over the red thong in her face. "Oh my God get that thing away from me!" she huffed. Then, her face grew serious and she nodded over to Penny. "OK, I'm ready, go ahead."
"Are you sure? We can stop if you want, it's almost bedtime anyway," Penny pointed out.
But the stubborn girl shook her head almost like her honor was at stake. The little plastic arrow ticked rapidly then slowly came to a crawl, finally settling on the brown, plaid skirt image.
"You wanted to know what orange was, right?" someone asked Penny. But Penny wasn't given any time to even acknowledge her. Besides, the moisture creeping into the green material between her legs was too distracting. And it haunted her even more knowing her panties were intended for boys—or anyone with a different anatomy than hers.
The zipper on the side of Suki's skirt hummed, then the whole thing came apart. She threw it to the floor and reached for her crotch to cover herself. She did it slowly though, like it was only a token gesture, like something a modest girl was supposed to do. And her small hands couldn't conceal all of it anyway as it drooped down and swayed between her thighs.
"Six," the girl from before said, daring to break the silence to fill Penny in. "She's six inches. She's the biggest girl here."
Penny swallowed.
"But I bet she's nothing compared to you," the girl added.
"Oh, I, uh—I don't know about that," Penny admitted.
But when Penny noticed all their eyes on her, she knew there was a problem. As she bent over the clothes wheel, her loose sweatpants drooped down and flashed her underwear. She hurriedly covered herself and sat back, still clutching the rim of her pants.
Their bright, big eyes couldn't unsee it though. So instead of the long penis dangling between Suki's legs, their curious faces were on her. Penny raised her hands. She was about to speak, to try and get things back on track, but the heat and the sweat overwhelmed her. Penny wormed her hands out from the sleeves of her coat and tossed it across the room. Her hoodie went next.
The girls stared in disbelief and some even cheered when Penny started to pull her long-sleeved shirt up and over her body. They gasped and pointed when her nipples flashed brightly in the firelight. Penny stopped abruptly. She shook her head, then lowered her shirt back down.
"No! Come on! Keep going! We're all doing it!" they complained.
"I... I can't. You don't understand. I can seriously get in a lot of trouble, and—no! I'm done!" Penny said. She stood, grabbed her things, and then made her way to her bed. She slipped under the covers and sulked.
The entire gang of girls couldn't get her to change her mind, and it wasn't for lack of trying. They came up to her individually, and some in small groups, and offered nothing but nice sentiments and compliments. They practically begged her to come back. But the answer was always the same. Penny was determined to keep her promise.
Suki went last. The short girl, wearing only her blouse, approached with hunched shoulders and her hands still covering her crotch. "Penny?" she asked softly.
"No!" Penny said and rolled onto her side. "And put some pants on!"
"OK, but I was going to ask if I could maybe, I don't know, just talk with you for a bit?"
"No!"
"Well, can I just be near you for a while then?" Suki asked even softer than before. Then she braced herself for the inevitable. But the "No" never came, so Suki took a tentative step forward. "They're going to sleep now, they don't want to play without you."
Just then the lights in the dorm went out. Penny sniffed and wiped at her nose. "Good, I'm tired. Maybe you should go to sleep too."
"Will you tell me what's wrong first?"
"I'm fine!" Penny insisted.
"Are you sure?" Suki asked, then gently placed her hand on Penny's shoulder.
"Hey! What are you doing?"
"Relax, please, what's going on with you? I know that game got a little weird, so I just wanted to say I was sorry. It was all my idea, I shouldn't have made everyone do that."