Meeting William

Rhea leaned back in her chair, humming as she waited for the door to open. It was the first day of camp, and she was excited! Time to check in all of her new team! The woman checked over her files, making sure she had everything up to date before she saw Esencio open the door, her quiet brother nodding to the child he was guiding in.

"Welcome, welcome! Come on in, we're so glad to have you here at Camp Creation! I'm your counselor, Rhea Endwood, and that's my brother, Esencio, he's a cook here. I'm so pleased to meet you," And she extended her hand for a handshake, smiling warmly.

William shuffled his feet as he entered the cabin. He looked from the man who showed him in to the lady who was very chipper. Giving a small wave to the brother he hoped that the man cooked better than the cafeteria ladies at school. But camping would be like hamburgers and hotdogs and stuff right? How hard could you mess those up?

Returning the lady's smile with a shy one of his own, he shook her hand. Her good cheer was contagious. "I bet you say that to everyone," he dared. "I'm William Cross and don't like to be called Willie, please."

Esencio nodded back with a small smile.

"Haha, maybe I do, but it's quite genuine - I'm very happy to meet you, Willie." Rhea smiled warmly, nodding. "I'm really excited for all this, so it tends to come out in bursts! Here we go, come on in." She guided him towards the couch, folding into a chair. "How was your trip up? Sorry I couldn't greet you, I had to be here for all of you to come get your information~"

William gave a sigh as it looked like he'd have to go through another summer with that nickname. The happiness of the lady though made it not so bad and found couldn't be annoyed.
Going to the couch he plopped down on it like he would at home except hopefully without being scolded. He shrugged his shoulders when asked about the way up. Looking at his scuffed shoes he twiddled them as he answered, "I dunno. Boring?" Wrinkling his nose at remembering, "'cept when dad got his 'traveling' music tape thrown out the window."

Grinning he added, "That was fun. How early do the camp people have to be here before us kids?"

"...Rhea." Esencio spoke quietly, and Rhea looked over to him. "I know you're excited, but you got a little mixed up - he asked not to be called Willie."

Rhea flushed a little and rubbed the back of her neck. "Ah, no, I'm sorry about that, William! I must have misheard you. Do you prefer Will or William?" She smiled warm, laughing a little at his story, not minding at all that he plopped on the couch. "Ah no, someone didn't appreciate the music, mm?"

"We've been here about two weeks; the janitorial staff came the week before us. We wanted to have everything all set up for you all!"

"I like Will. William is when my teachers or parents are yelling for me." Swinging his feet he continiued to grin as he shook his head in answer about the music. His dad had different music choices. Even if it was Weird Al's favorite music didn't make it everyones.

"Makes sense... So this place isn't occupied all the time? I know this one place that has people there all the time." He remembered what a friend told him about the camp they were at for a week for school things. "Just different people at different times. Like a, like a time share!"

"Will, all right." She grinned warmly. "Ah, music can drive some batty if it's the wrong kind. For me, that's bluegrass."

"Nope, it's only used in the summer - they smetimes rent it out during the school year for trips, but that's rarer." She smiled a little. "It's not quite like a time share."

"So, Will. What brings you to Camp Creation?" She smiled. "What are you interested in, for example?"