Chapter 1
"Deb!" called my mom. "Are you ready?"
"Just about" I shouted back.
I grinned as I finished packing and heard my mother rant to my dad because I was doing everything at the last minute. Truth is, I try not to procrastinate, but it had been almost impossible not to. I had returned from the mall that afternoon and only just started packing. I didn't know what to take to my vacation to the US, so I had gone shopping with my cousin. Who could blame me? I mean, I am 21 years old, after all.
"Deborah!" called my mom. "Hurry up! We have to pick up Adri!"
"I'm ready!" I answered as I closed my second suitcase.
Today was a special day. My cousin Adrianne, who's almost 21 and me, were going to go on a trip to the US alone. I had not been there since I was 15, so I was very excited. Adrianne has a friend called Kathy there, and we were going to meet up with her and her rich friends. Adri and I are Peruvians, and we are best friends too, we do everything together. We had planned this trip and saved for it for one year. And we were finally going to go to Los Angeles for one whole month. Our aunt who lives in North Carolina, was coming to spend a week with us, but then, it was me, Adri and Kathy, who would be with us for 2 weeks.
"Daddy!" I called. "Would you help me?"
My dad came into my room with my younger brother, who's 18. They grabbed one suitcase each and headed towards the garage to put my luggage in the trunk. As we drove to Adri's house, which was only five minutes away, I couldn't help but smile. This over exceeded my expectations. I had always wanted to travel without my parents, and now, over 21, legal in every single corner of the world, I would be traveling with my best friend.
When we picked up Adri, she came running, with his dad behind her, carrying her suitcases. She hugged me excitedly.
"Guess what?" she said, and before I had a chance to answer, she continued "Kathy's coming with Dave and Jonathan"
I understood her excitement. Dave was Kathy's brother and my cousin had a crush on him. Jonathan was Kathy's boyfriend. So yay for me, I was going to be playing the violin for them most of the trip. On the other hand, I was most probably going to meet her cute friends.
"And she says she has a huge surprise for us!" she added
"What?" I asked
"I don't know, she said we were going to meet some people and we were going to be blown away by them"
I clapped, exited. So I was right. We were going to meet some cool, hot, awesome hot guys. Suddenly, I would not wait to get down from that plane and start partying.
After all, what happens in Los Angeles, stays in Los Angeles, right?
