"Hey, you want to give me hand over here?" the man yelled as they got out of the truck.

"Sure!" said Jack.

The shirtless man turned and called toward one of the cabins.

"Alice!"

A pretty young blonde woman came out carrying a broom.

"I want to get this tree stump out," the man said to them. "Get on this side, you pull on that side, and I'll pry on three, okay? Alice!"

"Coming!" shouted the blonde, hurrying over towards them.

He counted off, and they all put their backs into it. The stump resisted for a moment, then it went over and both Jack and Ned stumbled back slightly as it gave way.

"That's great!" said the shirtless man, taking off his work gloves. He offered Jack his hand. "I'm Steve Christy."

"Jack Kendall, this is Marcie Gilchrist."

"Hey there."

"Ned Rubinstein."

"Welcome to Camp Crystal Lake," said Steve, "This is Alice."

"Hi," the blonde woman said, smiling at them, "Uh… Steve? Cabin B's all ready."

"Oh good, said Steve, "Where's Bill? Has he finished cleaning out the boathouse yet?"

"I don't know," said Alice, "I haven't seen him in the past half hour."

"Oh," said Steve, "I wanted him to start painting right away."

Ned glanced at Jack and Marcie. What the hell was the rush?

"Well, what about Brenda?" Steve said.

"You told her to go set up the archery range," said Alice.

"No, No…" said Steve, "I'd rather she paint." He turned to face the others. "Well, come on. Let's go!" He clapped his hands together and rushed off somewhere like a man trying to get ten things done at once. Ned looked at Alice with bewilderment.

"I thought we had two weeks," he said. Alice laughed.

"Come on, I'll show you where you can stow your gear and get changed."

They barely had time to put on shorts and when Steve Christy came back, detailing jobs like a drill sergeant in a boot camp. He seemed hyper and nervous, anxious to get everything done right away, and as fast as they worked, he thought of new things that needed to be done immediately. He kept pulling out an inventory he had made up of items from the hardware store in town. It seemed that he'd bought out their entire stock. Ned began to feel that by the time the kids arrived, they'd all be utterly exhausted.