Paradise

Ch. 1

"Yay! No more school!" I yelled, as I kicked open the front door of my school and ran out. Once out, I ran into my friend Ashley. "Hey Ash!" I yelled to her. "Aren't you glad school is finally out?"
"Oh yeah girl! I'm ready for days with no teachers and definitely no homework!" she exclaimed.
"Me too!" I screamed back excitedly. "Ash, I got to go. my mom's here!"
"All right! I'll call you when I get home!" she answered.
"Ok! Bye!"
"Bye!"

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"Oh!" I said softly to myself as I woke up to my first day of summer vacation. This is going to be a great summer, I thought to myself as I was getting dressed to go downstairs. Walking downstairs to the kitchen, I overheard my mom and dad talking about something. They were talking about a car. no! That wasn't it! - They were talking about a vacation! Gosh, I wondered, I hope were not going on a trip for this whole summer! That would ruin the plans Ashley and me have made! We've made plans to go to the beach, the pool, the mall, and just any place that you could think of. We were also going to go scanning for some hot guys. because that's just what us, girls, do.
All this talk, and I haven't even introduced myself. My name is Jenifer Dickenson, Jenny for short. I am 15 ½, and am now a sophomore at the stupidest school in the world, John Adams High. Well, its not that bad, considering that the teachers are nice and everything.but I have to agree with the fact that they give way too much homework, and since I live close to the beach (Sacramento, CA), so, well, I'd rather surf rather than do some crappy homework. I mean, it seems that my teachers have a contest, hmm. who gives the most homework? It's ridiculous (however you spell it- you can see I'm well educated)! Well, at least it's all over now!!
Now back to the real world. The conversation. Between the parents. About some trip. Dunno. I decided to walk in and see what this was all about, and the hunger for breakfast was just killing me to death. It just so happened I walked in at just the right time.
"Jenny, honey (I hate it when she calls me that), your father and I have decided to take a trip over the summer as a family to the Bahamas.
At that moment I don't know just what was going through my mind. : The Bahamas! Wow! : Then, no! this ruins my whole summer with Ashley! : I decided to say something. "Really?" I answered.
"Yes", my mom replied.
"Ummm.. When?" I asked.
"Tomorrow night", my mom answered.
"Your Kidding!", I yelled. "Me and Ashley are supposed to go to the movies tomorrow night!"
"Oh! Forgot to tell you! Ashley is coming too!" my mom exclaimed.
At that point I got back into my good mood. " No Way!" I exclaimed. " Why didn't she tell me?"
"It was a surprise that I made her promise not to tell", my mother answered.
"Awesome!" I yelled. I was so excited that I got to go that I practically fell off my bed when I was upstairs packing. This was going to be the best summer ever!!