The woman at the front desk handed her a list of the camp rules as more people filed into the Office. One of them, a girl, carried a gutiar. She patted it and said something to a boy. He smiled and replied. Two more girls came in. Everyone was smiling together, laughing.
Imogen tucked her hair behind her ear and shoved her bags to the floor. She knew that the others were there for cabin assignments. She sat on the chair, pulling herself as close to the wall as the plastic chair would allow. Imogen tried to blend into the drab wallpaper; she had never been as social as her sisters and brothers, preffering to spend her spare time with her piano and music.
Suddenly a boy - tall, lean, with an impossibly gorgeous smile - broke away from the crowd and came over. He ran a hand through his messy brown hair.
"Hey."
Her face flushed. "Uhm, hi."
"Can I sit?" He gestured to the chair next to her.
"Sure. Free country," she smiled, and he laughed. A brilliant, brilliant laugh. When he sat, she said, "What are you?"
He looked at her, quizzical. "What do you mean, what am I?"
"Oh, um...I mean...what do you...like, music...?"
"Oh. I play piano." He smiled. "In terms of what I am, I am human."
Imogen laughed, feeling stupid.
"You? What are you?"
"I'm a human, too," she smiled. "I play piano, too. I also sing. I write my own music."
The boy smiled. "I'm Jack, by the way. Jack Smethwyck."
"Imogen Briary." Imogen smiled back at Jack, but then the camp director came into the office and everyone became quiet. But just having Jack near made Imogen peel herself from the dull floral wallpaper, realizing she was probably going to have a very nice time at Camp Rock.