Okay, so there I was. Just sitting there, with nothing to do. Lying in my bed, trying to decide if it was really worth getting up or not. I mean come on, it was the middle of summer and I didn't feel like getting up. Deciding that maybe I should get up, I looked at the clock.
6:35.
"WOO! WAAAAY TOO DAMN EARLY!!!"
I laid right back down and covered my head with my covers and fell back asleep. It felt like I had just laid down when something hard and about 140 pounds landed on me.
"GET UP SLEEPING BEAUTY!!" my best friend Arialle sang in my ear.
"Geatoouffff" I mumbled.
"What?"
"ggeaaaatoowwwfff"
"I can't hear you!!"
"GET OFF!" I yelled.
"Not until you get up." She smiled.
"Fine." I said.
"Okay" She then proceeded to get off of me.
I quickly pulled the covers over my head again and held them there, hoping Arialle wouldn't pull them off.
Of course, luck wasn't with me, or my best friend was a meanie. Yeah, she's a meanie.
She ripped the covers off of me leaving me in my booty shorts and tank top.
"Come on Caroline! Just get up before I get a water bottle."
My head shot up. "You wouldn't!"
She then smiled that smile she always did when someone would underestimate her. She grabbed my water that I was drinking the night before and started untwisting the cap.
"Oh? I wouldn't? Haven't I before?"
"Shit" I mumbled before I reluctantly got up out of bed, and grabbed my water bottle that Arialle was previously holding over my head.
Arialle smiled, like she knew something I didn't.
"Oh. Whats up?"
"What do you mean?"
"Why are you all giddy?"
"I'm not giddy. "
"Yeah you are! Tell me or I WILL dump this on your head!" I start to take off the cap of my water.
"You know how we were planning on going to Hawaii but I told you we couldn't because we couldn't book the flight?"
"Yeah. So what?"
"I lied. I wanted it to be a surprise. "
"ARIALLE!!! Why would you lie about that?!?!?! Why, what's the surprise?"
"The surprise is that it's only me, you and the beach for the rest of the summer!"
"So? That's what the plan would have been anyway."
"You don't understand."
"I don't understand what? It's the same thing. We leave in a couple of weeks and spend the next two in Hawaii."
"No, this time we're leaving TODAY!"
"WHAT?!?!?" I yell excitedly.
"Yeah!!"
We both then start jumping happily around my bedroom.
"So…" I start after 5 minutes straight of jumping around. "When's the flight?"
Arialle looks at her watch that I bought her for her birthday last year.
"In couple hours." She stated coolly.
"WHAT!?!?!?!? I HAVE TO TELL MY PARENTS! I HAVE TO PACK! I HAVE TO UNPACK AND REPACK ABOUT 5 MORE TIMES!...." I start ticking off things that I need to do when Arialle interrupts me.
"Wooh, wooh. WOOH! SLOW DOWN CHICA! I already told your parents, I already packed, unpacked, and repacked all your clothes and useless junk that you always use besides your cell phone and IPod. I did everything so all you have to do is change and grab those two things so we can leave and waste time in the airport. I even checked everything in with the airport so all we have to do is go through a five minute security check and then sit there and wait to go on the plane."
I go up to my best friend and hug the shit out of her. "You have no clue how much I love you!"
"What are besties for?" She smiles.
"Everything!" We say in union then laugh.
"If you don't mind, I'm gonna go check what you packed for me." I say walking towards my luggage.
"That's fine, go right ahead."
I finally realize that all my belongings and such were where I left it and nothing was missing when I went to bed last night.
"Hey, when did you pack my stuff?" I say unzipping my suitcase.
"Last night I came over and your parents let me in around midnight so I could pack it all. I slept in the guest room."
"Arialle, you're a lifesaver. I don't know what I'd do without you!" I go to hug her again.
She laughs and swats my hands away. "Shut up and change so we can leave!"
I laugh along with her and finish checking to see if I had everything I'd need for our month and a half trip to Hawaii. Then go to the bathroom to shower, shave, and then wash my hair.
Once out of the shower, I quickly dry off and change into a pair of black soccer shorts, and my DOG the Bounty Hunter shirt that Arialle bought me for Christmas one year. I brush my hair thoroughly and throw it up into my signature messy bun. I run out of the bathroom in time to see Arialle talking on the phone to someone.
"Who's that?"I ask as I walk into my room to put on my flip-flops.
Arialle puts her finger to her mouth, telling me to shut up while she's talking. I come out of my room, carrying my suit case and bring it to the car. I look around and see my neighbors, some mowing their lawns, some watering the gardens. Then the houses that have kids running around the yard.
I smile, I've always liked kids. I've always, since I was little, have loved kids. Every time I see one, I smile thinking to myself, One day, I'll have my own household of kids running around.
I finish putting my suitcase in the car and close the trunk. I walk back inside just as Arialle is hanging up the phone.
"So who was that?"
She just smiles, knowing how nosy I am.
"Ah! Come on! I got caller ID I can just check!" I start walking into the kitchen, acting as if I'm going to the phone but really grabbing a snack.
Arialle walks into the room, "It was your mom telling me to make sure we have fun and remind you that your brother is at his friends' house for the week end. Also a reminder to lock up the house. "
"Alright."
We walk out of the house and lock the door. We get into the car and drive off to the airport. Once we get there we go through security real fast.
"You weren't kidding when you said five minutes!' That was like super speed!"
"Did you take sleeping pills last night?" Arialle smiles as we walk onto the airplane and listen to the pilot talking.
"No, I don't use sleeping pills. I probably should though; it takes me forever to fall asleep."
"I know, you like never sleep." Arialle laughs. "You're acting loopy."
I laugh and shake my head at our little discussion. "I feel a little loopy." I smile.
"I think I'm gonna try to sleep on the plane."
"Good."
"But I doubt that's gonna work. I don't like to sleep in public."
"Me neither, it's weird and it's creepy."
"I know, people just stare at you."
"I don't know how people do it." Arialle shakes her head.
"Me neither." We both laugh and sit down, getting comfortable.
We buckle our seat belts and get ready for lift off.
We turn towards each other and smile.
"Bye-bye Massachusetts!" We say in union.
And with that, we were off to our month and a half vacation in Hawaii. Little did we know that this next month and a half would change our lives completely.
