The Clover Girls by Viola Shipman

Author:Viola Shipman [Viola Shipman]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Graydon House Books
Published: 2021-03-17T18:05:54+00:00

PART SIX

Capture the Flag

Summer 1986

There is a game The Clover Girls play in their bunks they call “YouTV.” It is a riff off of MTV, and a play on the fact they don’t have television at camp, and everyone watches TV in the 1980s.

The directions are simple. In their game, someone says the title of a popular TV show, and the girls call out the character they think the others are on the show.

“Dynasty?” Liz yells, trying on blue eye shadow she sneaked into camp in her tube socks. She doesn’t wait for anyone else, interjecting her own answer instead. “V is Krystal Carrington!”

“No, V is Krystal Carrington,” Em says.

“Rach is Alexis!” V yells.

“No, Rach is Alexis Carrington,” Liz says, laughing.

“MTV veejay!” V calls next.

“Em is Martha Quinn!” Rachel yells. “She seems so sweet!”

“Then Liz is totally Nina Blackwood!” Em says. “She has rockin’ hair and is so stylish!”

“Facts of Life!” Rachel picks.

Everyone sits up and starts shouting their opinions.

“Blair!” Rach and Liz answer, pointing at V, before she can even open her mouth.

“Jo!” V yells, pointing at Rach, before turning her finger to Liz and saying, “Natalie and Tootie.”

“What?” Liz asks.

“You always know what’s going on with whom, and you are just a wee bit impressionable, too?”

Everyone turns and points at Em.

“Mrs. Garrett!”

Pinewood explodes in laughter.

After the game, the lights dim, and the owls start to hoot outside, The Clover Girls lie in bed, tossing and turning, wondering why their best friends in the world don’t see more dimensions in them, wondering if they will grow up believing every stereotype that has been instilled.

They dream of being someone else but wake to the same world.

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