Chapter 4 in A Totally Different Story

We finally arrived at Ocean Shores after 3 hours of driving (courtesy of my mother who insisted on stopping every 10 minutes to 'sight-see' even though she's been to Ocean Shores like dozens of times). We decided to stay at this little resort really close to the beach and it was a really nice view that we got. I guess that is what happens when your mother is a lawyer and she gest payed a lot and your father is the Police Chief and he gets all the hook-ups on everything (seriously).

The first few days we were here it was the same basic routine: we all get up around nine, I head down to the beach and work on a tan (which I usually don't achieve without a sunburn if i stay out for too long), I go back up to the rooms we are staying in and have lunch with my parents and then we all go back down to the beach together. It is Wednesday, day 3 at the beach. This morning when I went down to the beach these kids were playing volleyball. Most of them were young, like ages 7,8, or 9 but a few were my age. They asked if I wanted to join them and I normally try to avoid sports and anything that would baiscally showcase my being a total and complete klutz in all of its glory but thier volley ball game was so uncoordinated (what with all the little kids running around) that I would have seemed to be able to walk on water in comparison. And even stranger than that was the fact that my being a klutz didn't even once show during that morning. I just had fun and didn't worry about the possibility of falling flat on my face every time I took one step.

As usual, my parents came down to the beach after lunch and me and my dad splashed around in the water. We tried to pursuade my mom to come in with us but she refused every time we offered so we eventually just dropped it. It is wierd but I seem to have more fun with my dad than with my mom. I guess it's because my mom and I are just too different. I mean, we act different, think different, have different tastes in clothes, foods, and random other things, and I also look nothing like her whatsoever. My dad on the other hand is at least remotely like me in the "I'm an old man but still a kid" kind of way. Even though he isn't that old, like 38 or somthing.

"Hey, 'Livia," said this little girl named Stephenie who was 5 and didn't like to pronounce the O in my name obvioulsy, "can you help me make a sand castle over there? She pointed to A bucket filled with sand and next to it was the start of a castle.

"Sure," I said. I have found out that I sort of have a way with small kids which doens't explain all the babysitting struggles I have faced with roudy and troublemaking kids, but whatever.

So then we went over and after a little over 30 minutes we created to the best sand castle this side of Ocean Shores has ever seen (complete with a makeshift flag and draw bridge) After a little more beach time my parents and I went back to the resort we were staying at. But when we got up there and were walking through the mian office in the front entrance I found out I was in for a big surprise. Because right there in front of me was a certain person who was in all of my classes with who I could only guess were his parents. And I guess he must have heard the doors when we came inside the building because at that moment Edward Mason looked right at me with a look of shock as soon as he recognized me. My jaw was hanging pretty loosely as well as his. He was sooooooo the last person I expected to see here.

My parents must have also noticed when I just stopped dead in my tracks to stare at Edward because my mom asked, "Do you know him, honey?" And I, not completely over the shock, just nodded idiotically.

Although Edward seemed to be over the shock and he smiled at me and said, "Hey!"

I smiled back saying, "Hi."

"If you want you can stay down here and talk to your friend, your mom and I will just go up now," said my dad.

"Ok," I said in reply. Edward said something to the people I thought were his parents and then came over to where I was as my parents were walking off.

"Oh my goodness I did not expect to see you here!" Is what I practically screeched at him.

"Yeah, me neither but that would explain you whole vacation thing, right? When did you get here? Monday?"

"Yeah I did. Did you get here just now?"

"Yeah."

And then I just started laughing hysterically and after a few seconds Edward joined me and we laughed for about 10 minutes straight, until our sides were going to split wide open. " This is just too wierd," I said as an explination as soon as we were done.

"Yeah, it really is, huh?"

"Definately"

"Well, anyways, what's up? What have you been doing at school those long agonizing days that I was away?" I said to him jokingly.

"Well, school was actually pretty boring because I didn't really have anybody to talk to since you were gone and all but I guess school was school and that's it. Nothing to tell really."

"Oh what enthusiasm you have for learning and getting an education," I joked. It seems I have been doing a lot of that around Edward just now, joking I mean.

He just chuckled and rolled his eyes. Then he asked about my vacation so far and all that. We just talked for about 20 minutes until his parents ( he confirmed that they were indeed his parents) were finished doing whatever they were doing. It turns out that Edward's dad was here on this job thingy and he and his mother decided to come along because they are like, really close and love hanging out whenever they can. I wish that my family was like that but we just aren't. After his parents did everything Edward walked be up to where I was staying since he and his parents were just 5 doors down.

When we got to the outside of my door Edward asked if I wanted to hang out with him at the beach and I said yeah. So he is going to come by around 11am or noon and then we will go to the beach and just hang out. Edward is a really nice person and I think that we are actually official friends now. So now I only have to wait until tomorrow which seems like forever from where I am now. I guess the only thing I can do now is go to sleep,

I'll update as soon as I can. But if you like the story so far review and tell me.