"Brian!"

"Brian!" The thought that it wasn't his mom yelling at him didn't even penetrate Brian's resting mind.

"Brian!" He heard one more time as his sister burst into the room, "guess what?"

Brian moaned, not really wanting to wake up or say a word, he rolled over on the bed to face his smiling sister.

"Go away," Brian groaned. This was his summer break and honestly, he had been enjoying it thus far. Staying up late watching movies with friends or just spending some time on the XBOX 360, but to be woken up this early was just madness. It must have easily been 5:30 in the morning.

"Wake up! You have to wake up I have the most exciting news ever! We are going to Disney World."

"Yeah, okay. Now leave!" Brian replied, annoyed by his sister's incessant need to constantly bother him with silly stories. She, of course, persisted until Brian woke up; if only to push her out of his room and lock the door. And so, he did and turning around he noticed the clock read 10:47. Goodness! It seemed much earlier than that!

I suppose that is what I get for staying up until 2:30.

As much as the desire to sleep persisted, Brian had to be awake to be present for breakfast. He always had difficulty making it to breakfast without his mother yelling until he woke up feeling guilty. Trudging down the stairs, wiping the sleep from his eyes, he noticed something. Dad was home! Dad was home? How peculiar.

Upon entering the kitchen, Brian was greeted with the smell of a delicious breakfast. Bacon, sausage, eggs, toast, the usual. And to top it off, pancakes! This much food was rather unusual, but Brian was ecstatic! Suddenly, he didn't even realize he was tired. He just wanted some food, and food he had. Breakfast was served, even without the entire family. And of course, Caroline continued to talk about how excited she was to go to Disney World.

"Caroline, will you please stop talking about it!" Brian interrupted.

"No, I think Caroline has an excellent reason to be excited," Brian's dad, Malcom stated, "and you should be excited too."

Oh great.

"Yup, that's right. We are going to Walt Disney World!" exclaimed Malcom.

To which Brian's mom added"...and it is going to be the greatest adventure this family has ever experienced! We are leaving tomorrow morning and we are staying for a whole week. We have reservations at one of the nicer hotels in the area, what's it called Malcom?"

"The Dolphin."

What a gay name. We might as well sleep in the ocean with the Little Mermaid.

"Yes, the Dolphin." Brian's mother continued with great enthusiasm, "It's a beautiful, more luxurious resort near the theme park."

"Ha, theme parks. Remember, there are four individual theme parks on the property in addition to two water parks and many other activities"

"Wow, so exciting." Brian concluded. He had heard of Disney World, sure. And it did sound like fun, to a six-year-old, maybe. Brian would have preferred someplace with more thrill rides. Like Universal Studios, or Six Flags. He had only heard reports from friends though and recalled the important lesson from Basics in Psychology: form your own opinion.

As his parents continued to discuss the fun adventures, activities, and attractions, a very full Brian cleared the dishes from the table and put them in the sink.

Disney World, huh? Well, at least the family will have a good time.

Brian heard something about 'alone time' on the trip from his parents, then they left to go research some nice restaurants local to the hotel.

Well, it is nice that the parents are getting along better from at least discussing the vacation. I suppose it will be a nice break for them from the stress of life or whatever problems 'adults' face. But, that would leave him as the babysitter. Some vacation...

As he began to head up the stairs to pack, he was greeted by Caroline dressed in her usual princess outfit. It was a blue dress, with the tiara and some white gloves. "Aren't I beautiful?" she asked, twirling around.

"Sure, just like a princess."

"Mommy said there would be real princesses at Disney World. How many do you think there will be?"

None.

"A billion."

"A billion? Wow, that's a lot! Will they be real princesses?"

Ha-ha, real princesses, what a joke.

"Of course!" Not!

"Yay!" she screamed as she ran back up the stairs to her room.

First, I am a babysitter, now we have to live in a fake world of fantasy. This is going to be some vacation.