A Summer To Remember

Summary: When Mitchie, her brother Danny and her sister Beth go on holiday to California Mitchie meets Shane. Will everything so smoothly or will there be an almighty crack?

Chapter One - Aunt Petunia

I sighed as I closed my locker and turned to Sierra who was talking to her boyfriend Greg. I rolled my eyes and walked out the school and towards my bus.

"Mitchie!" I heard Sierra shout over the noise of the other kids. I turned around as she ran up to me. "Have a great summer ok?" she said and I hugged her before getting on my bus.

"I hope so" I whispered as it pulled out of the school parking lot and onto the road. I felt something whack off my head and I turned around to see Kyle and Becky laughing. I rolled my eyes at them. "Don't you two have anything better to do?" I asked and they shrugged and started making out. I gagged and faced the front again. I was so happy that I had graduated and was heading off to Julliard after summer.

The bus pulled up outside my house and I thanked the driver and got off. My dads car was parked in the usual spot but another car was behind it. I frowned and walked into the house.

"Mom, dad? Who's car is outside?" I called and my younger sister Beth appeared at the top of the stairs.

"If you want to live I wouldn't go in there." she pointed to the kitchen door.

"Why?"

"Aunt Petunia is here." I shuddered. Beth, Danny and I didn't really warm to our aunt Petunia and our weird cousins Lizzy and Gretel. They were all weird now that I think of it. Danny was my older brother by 2 years. "Mom and dad are going away" she whispered and I frowned.

"Where?"

"A vacation. We are being forced to go to California for 6 weeks" she said and I just shook my head and walked into the kitchen but not before I heard another comment from my sister. "I warned you"

"Michelle" I heard the awkward voice of my aunt and I looked up and saw her and my cousins with my mom and dad sitting at the table.

"Hey" I mumbled and walked to the fridge.

"Mitchie honey we have to talk" I heard my mom say and I sighed and closed the fridge.

"I know, Beth, Danny and I are going to California with aunt Petunia, Lizzy and Gretel. Beth told me" I mumbled and my dad sent me a sympathetic look.

"I'm sorry sport but your mother and I got a wedding invitation and it was adults only and we couldn't leave Beth alone could we?" he asked and I shook my head.

"Well were all on the same page, now go pack dear we leave first thing in the morning" Petunia announced and I groaned and left the kitchen.

"Told you so" Beth said and I laughed lightly and walked into Danny's room to find him packing.

"Hey" I said and he looked up and smiled.

"Hey, so summer ruined?" he said and I nodded.

"No way am I going to do what I wanted to do in California I mean its all beaches and girls in bikini's" I said and Danny's eyes lit up. He was such a ladies man.

"California here I come" he joked and I laughed.

"What are you taking?" I asked and he pointed to his suitcase. "oh" he laughed.

"You better start. When she said first thing in the morning she means it" he said and my eyes widened.

"Like midnight?"

"Yep" I got up and rushed out of his room and into my own. "God what am I going to take." I said to myself and opened my closet and pulled out skirts, vest tops, jeans, shorts, dresses, bikini's and underwear. I rushed into the bathroom and packed my toothbrush, deodorant, shampoo, toothpaste, shower gel and a sponge. I threw it all into my suitcase then added my converse shoes, trainers, high heels (like I'd wear them but just in case) and flip flops. I sighed in relief as I zipped it up and the time was 11:30. Danny came in and laughed.

"Wow your fast. Come on Petunia wants our stuff in the car." he said and he grabbed my case and carried it out my room.

"Thanks" I whispered and he laughed.

"No problem. What are brothers for?" he asked as he threw the cases in the boot.

"To look out for their younger sisters" I mumbled but he caught it and hugged me tightly and I hugged him back.

"I'll always be here for you, even if you don't know it" he whispered and I smiled and walked up to my mom and dad.

"I love you guys" I said and hugged them and picked up Beth who was falling asleep then attached her to her bumper seat in the car and got in. Danny hugged mom and dad and got in next to me. Lizzy and Gretel got in behind us in the two seater and Aunt Petunia got into the drivers seat.

"Alright off we go to California kids" she announced and we were off on the 10 hour car journey.

I fell asleep after an hour in the car and was woken up by one of my cousins announcing our arrival at their home. I groaned and got up and our of the car and into the house. Danny carried a still sleeping Beth and sat her on the couch telling us to leave her until she wakes up on her own. Danny went to the car and got our cases out.

"Ok, Danny's room is in here" Gretel said and Danny opened the door to a fairly sized room. "Yours and Beth's is up here" she said and we followed her upstairs. "This is yours. It has a balcony and your own bathroom" I opened the door and dumped my suitcase in. "And this is Beth's we remembered that she doesn't like a big room so we gave her quite a small one. Will she be ok with it?" Gretel asked and I nodded before sitting her suitcase on the bed and walking down the stairs for pizza that Lizzy had ordered when we got here.

"Are your rooms ok?" Aunt Petunia asked and we nodded. Beth was woken up when I came down the stairs and was already eating her pizza.

"Thanks" I said and she nodded.

"You will be here for a while. I want to make sure you are comfortable" she said and I took a piece of pizza.

When we were done Danny asked where the beach was and Lizzy pointed in the direction.

"Well I'm off to the beach, you coming Mitch?" he asked and I nodded.

"Sure, let me get my bikini on" I said and went upstairs and changed before joining Danny, Lizzy and Gretel on the walk to the beach. Beth decided to stay and paint in the craft room.

The beach was busy when we arrived but we managed to find a spot and put down our blankets and I took off my shorts and top and dived into the water. It wasn't as cold as I expected it to be though. I have always loved the water and my parents told me that I learned to swim at the age of 3 and since then I never miss a chance to go into water. I used to love bath time when other kids hated it. When my dad had the sprinkler on I'd run into it instead of running away from it.

I was so enclosed in my thoughts that I didn't even realise someone was behind me swimming until I bumped into them. "Oh I am SO sorry" I announced frantically. "Are you ok?" I asked.

The boy looked up and laughed. "I'm fine, its fine" he said and looked at me causing me to gasp. It was Shane Gray from Connect Three. My most favourite band in the world.

"Your Shane Gray?" I asked and he laughed.

"Yeah, are you going to scream?" he asked bracing himself and I shook my head.

"No, even though I am a fan I'm not a person to scream and get other peoples attention if your tying to avoid it" I explained and he laughed.

"Well thank you and do you mind me asking. What's your name?" he asked and I shook my head.

"Not at all, I'm Mitchie. Mitchie Torres" I held my right hand out while my left kept me afloat in the water. He shook it gladly.

"Nice to meet you Mitchie" he said before swimming away. I smiled and continued to swim before getting out the sea and heading home.

The walk home was quiet and peaceful and I could hear the sea splashing against the shore and the seagulls cawing. I sighed at the sight and opened the door. I was brought out of my trance by my brother who was coughing violently over the sink. I gasped and rushed to him. He stopped and looked at me and smiled.

"I'm alright sissy, don't worry. You can go to bed" he said hoarsely. I frowned and stayed where I was. "Now Mitchie, listen to me. I just had something stuck in my throat. I'm alright"

"That wasn't that kind of cough Danny. Have you got a cold?" I asked and he smiled softly.

"Yeah, maybe I have" he whispered and I smiled before kissing him on the cheek and walking up the stairs to bed. I stared at the ceiling most of the night and counted the slabs as all I heard was Danny coughing and I prayed that Beth was in such a deep sleep that she didn't hear it. I managed to fall asleep around 3 am when he finally stopped but all I dreamt about was blackness.

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