On the first day of school holidays, Bianca Goldleaf was walking along the quiet beach, gazing at the sunset. She was lost in thoughts about playing with her friends…

"Charlie! Go and get some plants will you?" asked Mrs. Gardener.

"Coming." said Charlie Gardener. Charlie wanted to go outside and play soccer with his friends. But that would never happen…

"Sam, would you like to have dinner at our place today? We could also finish our dreading homework together!" asked Lana Blossoms.

"Hmm… OK, I think I will." said Sam Dreg. "What should we do right now?"

"I'm not really sure. It's been such a long time since we actually played…"

"I wish I could get out of this place to be away from both of you!" shouted Luke Frosts at his mother.

"Luke, Luke! Come back!" called Mrs. Frosts. Luke ran in to his room. He saw his sister, Annika crying on the window seat. He couldn't do anything to comfort his own sister.

"I hate this place!" sobbed Annika. There was only one thing only that they wished for. It was Freedom.

"Bianca! Bianca! Get your thongs and pack you swimmers." called her brother Dean. Oops… she was deeply into thoughts that she had lost the track of time. The sun was already gone and the sky was becoming dark.

"OK" replied Bianca. She was disappointed that she had to move into Las Vegas. She wanted to keep living in London.

"I have something to tell you!" said Mrs. Gardener.

Charlie groaned. He hated every surprise that his mother announced.

"We are going to Las Vegas to see our cousins!" said Mrs. Gardener happily. Charlie groaned even more. He hated visiting his boring cousins. They were always showing off. It was annoying when they just talked about their awards. He just wanted to stay in Sydney.

"Mother, I'm home." said Lana while stepping inside her house with Sam.

"Lana! Good that you're here." said Mrs. Blossoms. "Go up and start packing."

"What? Why?" asked Lana very quickly. She could sense the bad feeling about the packing.

"Because we are going to Las Vegas for our holiday!" said her mother. "Oh, by the way, Sam, your family is also coming too. You should also start packing."

"Really? YES!" said Lana and Sam together.

"Now, go and get packing you two!" said Lana's mother going into her own room.

"See you later, Sam." said Lana.

"Um, you too. See ya." replied Sam, while jumping over the fences to his own house, which was right next to Lana's house.

Las Vegas? Where was that? Lana thought. She knew that it was in USA but she didn't know anything else. She wondered if it was better than Canberra.

"Luke, Annika. Please come downstairs, we need to talk to you." said Mr. Frosts standing in front of their locked door then going downstairs quickly and quietly into the lounge room.

Luke had a fight with his father about his school behaviors and Annika had a fight with her mother about her own school problems. Annika was already on top of the class but her mother just kept telling her to study harder and harder. And plus their parents were going on a 2 month holiday to Las Vegas just for themselves and leaving their own children behind.

Luke and Annika lived in a great divine house in Auckland. Their family was one the richest families in Auckland and at their house, they had their own servants. How cool was that? They always got breakfasts in bed. As usual, they even their breakfasts in bed and went downstairs. They saw their parents sitting on a sofa waiting for them. Luke and Annika sat down on the other sofa which was on the opposite side.

Mr. Frost began talking. "Well, what you heard last night-". "I don't like it. It's not fair to us." said Luke interrupting. "-your mother and I are going to Las Vegas for a holiday. But then, we realized that we were being very selfish to our own children." "You better have thought that, father." interrupted Luke again.
"So we decided to go to Las Vegas with our children." finished Mrs. Frosts.

Luke and Annika thought hard. Was Las Vegas alright? Would it be better than getting stuck in a big house for 2 months? They thought that it would be way better. So they said 'YES.' Their mother told them to go and pack their things because they were going to leave the house to the airport in 2 hours. It was going to be very interesting.