Hey Guys!

I'm back after so long. Upon reading this story I flinched. A lot. So I couldn't leave it. I'm Going to continue the story, and make it a lot better. Here we go!

I don't own the Penderwicks, unfortunately.

Skye Penderwick POV

We were all piled into the new minivan, Daddy and Iantha in the front, Rosalind and Jane in the captain seats, and me, piled between Ben and Batty. Hound sat in the very back with half of the luggage. The other half was stored under the seats and between them. And on people. There was a lot of luggage.

It was crowded, as you can imagine. And I wasn't happy.

I was reading Death by Black Hole, which was coincidentally what I brought last time to Point Mouette. You could call it nostalgic. But my book would be better if Jane could stop fretting over hers.

"Jane." I said, "If you don't shut up soon, I can guarantee that notebook will-"

"Skye!" Daddy scolded. "Kids in the car!" He seemed tired and simply out of juice. I had been making threats for the past hour or so, so I guess that would happen.

Sighing, I gave up. For now.

I leaned my head back and thought of the sweet memories of Point Mouette. Sure, being OAP had been completely and utterly terrifying and stressful, but now that Rosy was here I didn't have to worry about that.

Daddy had talked to Alec about coming on vacation here again, and we had all been disappointed when we heard it was being sold. Of course daddy never mentioned it was being sold to us. Sadness turned to cheers and high-fives as we were all overjoyed. This was better than Cape Cod ever was.

Jane suddenly spoke up again, knocking me out of my sweet thoughts of Point Mouette.

"Skye, do you believe in love at first sight?"

And again with the questions. After her last spill with Dominic, Jane had decided to stay away from romance novels for a while. But she was suddenly inspired after… I actually don't know. I tuned her out when she tried to explain why.

I groaned and closed my eyes again.

"Skye, oh beloved! Have you fallen for one at first glance, but had your heart broken in such a drastic measure that you just cannot speak of it?"

I gave my best death glare at Jane. "Jane, I want you to shut up. Now." Daddy just rolled his eyes and gave up. "Aliquando autem et interrogavero sensus meus." He muttered.

Rosalind giggled.

I glanced at Jane one more time. She was now scribbling in her blue notebook at a pace that seemed inhuman. I'll guive her props, she writes pretty fast.

I guess Jane was pretty much done. Now to deal with the problem of Batty and Ben, who I was sandwiched between. They had been playing astronauts and aliens (Daddy and Iantha took them to a museum and they had learned a lot). They switched games and started playing octopuses. Perhaps they had learned that from the museum too..?

Octopus was surprisingly less annoying than Astronauts, so I stuffed headphones in my ears and pulled out a math book.

I opened up to chapter eight, slope of a line, and began to read. I wanted to get ahead in my Algebra class. I flipped to the next chapter to look at Parabolas, and the next to look at factoring equations.

A few minutes (or hours, time flies when you're doing math) later, Rosalind perked up. "How long until we arrive Daddy?" She said, looking up from her book. She had been very excited because she had never been to Point Mouette before, and from what she heard it was beautiful.

"Well, we take a left, a right, another left, go straight past three roads, another four rights and a left, then we turn into Point Mouette!" Replied Iantha.

Everyone looked up in confusion.

"What?" She questioned. "I was reading the directions off of my phone."

"I meant, how long as in time," Said Rosalind.

Iantha looked at her watch. "About twenty minutes."

Everyone minus Jane cheered, she was still scribbling furiously in her book.

"SHUSH YOU ARE GOING TO MAKE MY CREATIVE JUICES SHRIVEL UP AND PERISH!"* Everyone got quiet. She must have been very serious about her book.

So that's how the rest of the ride went. Batty and Ben switching games, Rosy reading, Jane furiously scribbling and muttering random words every few seconds, Daddy driving with Iantha giving directions.

Everything was normal until Hound, whom I had completely forgot about, decided that he was done sleeping and missed Batty, so he jumped over the back seat and onto my lap, crushing my beautiful math book.

"HOUND, GET OFF OF ME!"

Everyone minus Daddy and Jane looked back, startled. Hound launched off of my lap and into Batty's, and then back into the back. After I shoved him there. "Dumb Dog!" I yelled. "Stay! Stay!"

I looked down at my math book. Some of the pages were ripped, and some were ripped out. I moaned and carefully set them back into place.

"We're here! We're here!" Cried Ben and Batty, vibrating with excitement. They were right. We were turning into the driveway. I closed my eyes and prepared myself. An entire summer of relaxation for the Penderwicks. A whole summer of a crowded house and watching Batty and Ben and listening to Jane do her love spiels… I might just end up sneaking off most of the time to read….

Until I looked out the window and saw no other than Jeffery Tifton.

Slight change of plans.

*For anyone who read the original... I had to keep this line. I mean... It's comedy gold.