This story was inspired by a dream I had about going to Mexico. I do not own any of the characters in this story, nor do I own Mexico. This is my first published fanfic and I know my grammar isn't so excellent, but I'm trying. I'm not really sure where this story is going so far I'm just kind of playing as I go. Thanks for reading.

Kristy

"Lets see… sunscreen, visors, bathing suit, shorts…" I said out loud as I packed my suitcase. Where was I going, you ask? Well, tomorrow me and my friends are all leaving for Mexico! All of Stoneybrook Middle School's Spanish classes are going for a week. I couldn't wait to escape blustery Stoneybrook, Connecticut and lay on the beach in hot, sunny, Mexico!

Who am I exactly? I'm Kristy Thomas, 13-year-old girl. I have brown hair and brown eyes, and I'm the shortest person in the 8th Grade. I LOVE sports, but unlike most of my friends I'm not interested in clothes and boys. In the summer time its always shorts, a t-shirt, and sneakers. In the winter I'm all about jeans, sweaters and turtlenecks. On special occasions I don't mind dressing up, but its too much of a hassle to do on a regular basis.

I had to finish packing quickly, it was almost five. I had a Babysitters Club meeting at 5:30, and I wasn't about to be late. What's The Babysitters Club? Well, you could say it was my greatest idea ever. And I have a lot of great ideas. Basically we're a business, and our service is babysitting! We meet three times a week and we take calls from clients and set up jobs. We also plan events and have a lot of fun. Like the baby parade, or our summer daycare. And we've also been on a lot of cool trips together. Disneyworld, Hawaii, Europe, California… and that's not even half of the places we've been. Now Mexico! I knew this trip would be quite an adventure.

Before I knew it was 5:10 and time for me to leave. "Charlie! It's time for you to take me to my BSC meeting!" I called to my brother. I have three brothers. Charlie is seventeen, Sam is sixteen, and David Michael is seven. We used to live on the other side of Stoneybrook, and it was only a two minute walk to BSC meetings. But things changed pretty quickly. My mom got remarried to a great guy named Watson, and fortunately for us (emphasis on fortune), Watson was a millionaire! We soon moved out of our too-small house on Bradford Court into Watson's mansion on the ritzy side of Stoneybrook. Watson also has two children of his own, seven-year-old Karen and four-year-old Andrew. Watson and mom also adopted a little girl from Vietnam named Emily Michelle. Having a big family can be tiring sometimes, but we also have my grandmother Nannie living with us to help out.

Charlie was waiting for me downstairs along with Abby Stevenson. I saw Abby's sombrero before I saw her. "Hola Thomas! Que Pasa?" she asked as I walked down the stairs. I sighed, Abby loves to make jokes, but it's not often she's actually funny. Abby and her twin sister Anna moved here from Long Island over the Summer. They live down the street from me with their mother, who is always at work. Abby is loud and loves sports. She has long, thick curly hair and brown eyes. Anna keeps her curly hair cut just past her ears and is quieter. She likes music, and plays violin in the school orchestra. Another difference between Abby and Anna is that Abby has horrible allergies. She can be fine one second and completely stuffed up and sneezing the next second. Anna doesn't have allergies, but she does have scoliosis. Her spine is curved a little, but she's getting better and should be out of her brace in a couple years.

I groaned and pushed Abby towards the door. Abby's jokes can get old after a while, but I think she uses humor to hide how she's really feeling. You see, Abby's father died when she was younger. She doesn't talk about him, or what happened ever.

We all got in the car and started out to Claudia's house. I couldn't wait to see my friends, I knew they would all be excited about the big trip.