Chapter 1
"Mo-om! I want TWO webkinz!!
"No!"
"Mo-om!"
Working at Limited Too isn't always the funnest job. Sure, it has cute jeans, and I can buy tons of stuff with my employee discount (for my cousins. I can't fit into Limiited Too's sizes anymore). But the constant whining of little girls wanting more stuff is ANNOYING! I mean, I know we have cool stuff, but really. Do you really need two different strawberry lip gloss, just because one is shinier than the other?? Most of the time I try to ignore customers that annoy me, but my boss wouldn't like it very much if I just sat around and didn't help customers.: Being fired wouldn't be a good idea if I wanted to continue going on my weekly shopping trips with my bff Aleasha. Every since we were 10, we went to the mall every week. Sometimes all we bought was some lip gloss, other times we bought shopping carts full of things.
Now that I'm 17, (and no longer receive allowance) I need money to shop. So, here I am. I would rather work at Hollister, but my other bff Casey got the job. She can buy all the cute (extremely furry) hoodies she wants, while all I can buy with my employee discount is some shimmery lip gloss and some Jonas Brothers shirts.
Anyway, back to the days that changed my life…
It was a Saturday. Tons of little girls buying Jonas Brother CD's, webkinz, and cute jeans. I was busy running through the store grabbing different size jeans for girls in the changing rooms. This one girl couldn't fit into any size in the whole store. And when I say whole store, I mean whole store. Luckily, she
left. After 3 HOURS!

My shift ends at 2:00 on Fridays. It was 1:55 and this one boy was trying to decide if he would risk being seen in Limited Too, even if he was just trying to buy a webkinz for his sister. He decided no and walked away. I did too. After buying a pretzel and saying bye to Casey, I headed out of the mall and got into my car. Man, that summer sun was hot.
I decided that I didn't want to spend another Saturday catching up on summer homework because I'm always at my job. I wanted to go on vacation. I REALLY needed one. I called Aleasha and Casey, and they met at my place 10 minutes later. We all had money (Aleasha didn't have a job, but she still got allowance).

But WHERE?? We argued for a really long time. It turned into an extended sleepover. Europe? No where near enough money. That was the problem with every suggestion. Not enough money. We even tried to think of ways to get money soon, because there weren't many weeks left before school started again. We came up with a conclusion: we couldn't go anywhere outside the continental U.S.
"What about La Push, Washington?" Casey suggested.
"WHERE?!" Aleasha and I answered at the same exact time.
"Well, I was bored one night so I started Google-ing random things. So I found this one beach, La Push beach. There are so many cool things to do there! I mean, I know it's cold, but it's supposed to be great for surfing, cliff diving-"

"CLIFF DIVING?" I said.
After much more further arguing, we DID decide on La Push, Washington. One week later we were on a plane, to La Push, Washington. What we found there changed us forever. Literally.