I guess I had fallen asleep because all of a sudden my eyes opened to Joey standing in front of me with his tongue hanging out, like he was trying to lick me or something… Gross…

"What do you want?"

"Did you sleep well?"

"Well, I can't exactly sleep with you hovering over me, now can I?"

"Just making sure you were still breathing… That's all…"

"Are you joking? OF COURSE I WAS BREATHING! I DON'T NEED A BABYSITTER YOU JERK! GET OUT OF MY LIBRARY WATERBOY!"

"Hey… Touchy, touchy… I was just teasing…"

"Whatever."

"Really, Maddy, I'm sorry…"

"Fine. What did you come in here for, anyway?"

"Well, I was just wondering, when do we leave?"

"Are you serious? Mom told us yesterday that we leave first thing tomorrow morning! Don't you ever listen?"

*grins sheepishly* "Well…"

"And, let me guess… you haven't packed…"

"Ummm…"

"And you want my help…"

"Please?"

"Fine. I'm done in here anyway. I'll pack for you and you can go be incompetent somewhere else…"

"Thanks!" *runs out of room*

As I watched him run out of the room, trying to escape before I changed my mind, I couldn't help but laugh to myself. He's so useless. But, as usual, he got his way. Well, I better go get started packing…


With Maddy packing my bag, I decided that I was just going to kick back and relax. It didn't take me long for me to get bored though, so I decided to go swim. I changed into my swimming trunks, grabbed a change of clothes, and headed downstairs.

While I was headed to the basement, I decided to check on Orion. He was fine, so I went ahead and jumped in the pool. Most people would find floating on their back or doing endless laps in the pool boring, but for me it is the most relaxing thing in the world. As I lay there in the water I began thinking about our summer vacation plans.

The only bad thing about summer is that it can get boring after awhile, and if there's one thing I hate it's being bored. Right then and there I decided to make this the most interesting summer I had ever had. I looked at the clock and realized that a few hours had passed.

It was at that time that I decided to go back to my room and see if Maddy had finished packing for me. After I showered I got dressed… It's a good thing I remembered a change of clothes… I don't have the energy to go looking for some now…

When I made it to my room, I was immediately distracted by my extensive coral collection. It covers one whole wall in my room, which goes with my underwater theme. I also have a king-sized water bed and more treasure chests in various sizes.

Adding the final touch to my room are a trident and helmet on the wall opposite the coral wall. So, basically, my room is a cross between an underwater and Greek mythology them.

When I finally returned back to the real world, I realized that Maddy was in fact, packing for me. Man, I love my sister sometimes. As I watched her putting my things in a suitcase, it occurred to me that she was doing it wrong. Naturally, I had to say something…

"You're doing it wrong."

"What?"

"You're doing it wrong."

"How I am doing it wrong?"

"Well, for one thing, you're folding that wrong… Second, that doesn't go with anything… And third, that hasn't fit me in two years…"

"Well EXCUSE ME for doing you a favor. If I'm not doing it right, then you can do it yourself."

"Hey, let's not be hasty… I didn't say you shouldn't do it… I was just giving you constructive criticism…"

"How can you… I mean… You didn't even… you know what, forget it! DO IT YOURSELF!"

*walks out of room, slams door*

I kind of felt bad for making her so mad, but I figured I would wait until she had calmed down to offer an apology. While I waited I decided to go ahead and get my packing over with.

After I finished packing, I headed down the hall to Maddy's room. I walked up to her door and knocked… She didn't answer, and I began to wonder how mad I had really made her…

I decided to go back to the library, o the off chance she had gone there to cool down. The library door was shut, so I knocked there too. A couple seconds later I heard her voice saying, "Who is it?"

"It's Joey, can I come in?"

"It is OUR library." she said, her voice dripping with sarcasm.

"Yes, but we both know that's a technicality. This is your library."

That seemed to soften her up a little, but she still looked kind of mad.

"Did you come here for a reason or just to bother me?"

"Well, actually, I wanted to apologize for making you mad."

"Well you should."

"…"

"Well?"

"Oh right, sorry, I spaced out for a second… I just wanted to say I'm sorry for being a jerk."

"Yeah, yeah, yeah…"

"So, are we okay?"

"I guess… Just don't do it again, alright?"

"Okay, I'll try not to… Are you ready for tomorrow?"

"I guess. You?"

"As ready as I'll ever be."

"It's getting late, and we're leaving early, so I'm off to bed. Good night, waterboy."

"Good night, Mad Maddy."

After we were both in our respective rooms, I lay in bed for awhile thinking… I just couldn't help but feel like something was about to happen…"