Chapter Four
It had been exactly one week since Sybil's celebrations and the Hallow family were excited as they were going on holiday. The whole family were going to spend a lovely two weeks in Lugo, Spain. None of them had ever been but had fallen in love with pictures and were so excited to go.
Currently the family were sat on their aeroplane which was about to take off. All five of them excited about their new experience. All five were sat in one row of seats in first class, their father was sat on the end and then his wife was next to him, then Sybil was sat next to her mother and next to her sat Ethel and Esmie who were sat by the window. Normally the teenager did sit in between her sisters but Ethel was not the best when it came to flying and sitting by the window made her feel queasy.
The flight was two hours and Esmeralda had brought card games to pass the time.
"Who wants to play UNO?" Esmie asked her sisters the cards in her hands ready to play with her sisters.
"ME" Sybil said excitedly wanting to play with her big sister.
"Go on then" Ethie said with a shrug she was still a lot quieter than usual.
Esmeralda dealt out the cards to her sisters and they started to play the simple card game.
"UNO" Ethie practically shouted ten minutes later. The girl was competitive and wanted to beat her sisters.
Sybil then put down a red card and Ethel's was blue meaning she had to pick up another card. She glared at her little sister angrily.
Before the family knew it the hours were up and they were landing. It was still early out so they had plenty of time to spend their first day exploring.
The family collected their luggage and left the airport getting their first glimpse of the place.
"Great so we live in gloomy England when there are places like this in the world." Ethie commented mesmerised at the stunning views.
"Come on you lot, let's go check into the hotel and then we can start exploring" Mrs Hallow said happily to her whole family.
The family practically ran to their hire car desperate to get their holiday started. They arrived in their hotel and had some lunch in the restaurant as they had not eaten all day before they were ready to explore.
"I have made a list of all the places I want to go". Esmeralda said as they left the hotel knowing what she wanted to do while there.
"Oh really? Where do you want to go?" her father asked curious at what his daughter wanted to see.
"Well the museums and the art galleries for one." Esmeralda replied sharing with him where she wanted to go.
"They are boring." Sybil complained not wanting to be dragged along on that journey.
"Yes well we all have to go places we don't want to go sometimes." Esmeralda replied wanting to go weather Sybil did or not.
"You are the only one who likes those type of places." her mother replied being on the same side as Sybil.
"Fine then I will go by myself and you lot can go shopping." Esmie replied as she knew exactly where the rest were planning to go.
"I don't want to go shopping." Ethie complained knowing how long her mother was when she shopped.
"Why don't I take Ethie with me then?" Esmie suggested saving Ethie from being bored shopping and grabbing the opportunity to not be alone.
"Esmeralda we can't let you wander around a foreign country." her mother replied not wanting to lose her eldest daughter in an unknown country.
"There is a such thing as a map I am not hopeless you know." Esmie replied knowing she wouldn't be able to get lost.
"Do you have your mobile?" her father asked wanting to ensure her safety.
The teenager reached into her bag pulling it out and showed him to put him at ease.
"Alright, but be careful" their mother replied to the two of them.
Esmeralda took a hold of her sisters arm and dragged her excitedly towards the market, ready to sight see.
Ethel was being quiet again and didn't say much that is until they reached the fish market.
"Eww they have fish out in the open." she complained hating the sight and smell that was before her.
"I think it is cool" Esmeralda replied finding it fascinating seeing all the fish there.
"It stinks" Ethel said as she held her nose trying to block the smell.
Esmeralda was fed up of her sister moping around. She was on holiday so she should be enjoying herself with this in mind Esmie walked to the counter and picked up a fish putting it in her sisters face.
"Hello Ethie my name is Freddie the fish, now why are we being a grumpychops?" Esmie said in a low voice as she made the fishes mouth move. Ethel could not help but smile.
"You are so weird" Ethel said as she laughed at her sister.
Someone cleared their throat behind the two girls and turning around they saw the owner of the stall glaring at them and he started to shout at them in Spanish.
Esmeralda put the fish back down and opened her bag pulling out a dictionary with Spanish phrases she flicked through it quickly.
"Yo soy miedo" Esmeralda said slowly and stuttering on her words. The man looked at her confused she had clearly not made sense.
"Yo soy loco?" Esmeralda then said to the man. At this Ethel burst into laugher. She found it highly amusing her perfect sister was butchering a language so badly.
"Sorry" Esmie said in English before taking her sisters hand and rushing off.
"You do realise you told him you were crazy don't you?" Ethel said laughing all the way down the street.
Esmeralda dragged Ethel to museums and art galleries but the girl was in a good mood now. She was actually starting to enjoy her holiday, after a few hours of none stop walking they were both in need of a break and went to a local McDonald's for a drink.
"Don't ask me what I ordered I have not got a clue" Esmeralda said as she sat down and handed her sister a cup.
"Hahha I love that you are so bad at Spanish" Ethie said so elated to be better at her sister at something.
"Oi don't be cheeky" Esmeralda said as she opened the end of a straw and then blew on the exposed straw so the wrapper hit her sister.
"Hey!" Ethie said with a laugh "Aren't you supposed to be a mature teenager?" Ethel asked giving her a questioning look.
Esmeralda shrugged as Ethel took three straws and opened the ends.
"Payback time" Ethel said blowing on the end of all three straws at the same time.
Esmie saw what she was doing a mile away and ducked causing the wrappers to hit the person who was sat behind them in the back of their head.
Ethel sat there with her mouth opened for a second staring as Esmeralda burst into laughter as the man turned around. Ethel drank her drink looking at the floor embarrassed.
"Oh Ethie that was hilarious" Esmeralda said as she laughed more.
"Not as funny as you telling a man that you are crazy, he probably thinks you escaped from a mental hospital or something." Ethel said throwing it back at her sister.
The girls left after finishing their drinks and enjoyed walking around the place looking at the beautiful sights. Esmeralda was happy. Her and Ethel were really really close when they were younger and she missed her sister laughing and joking with her. They had always been friends as well as sisters and now it seemed they were growing close again. In those few hours it no longer mattered who was the eldest or who was better it only mattered that they had fun.
"This was a great day" Ethie said as she walked with her arm draped around her sister through the shops.
"Yes and guess what we are sharing a room so once mum and dad are in bed we can mess around more." Esmeralda suggested looking forward to having more fun with her little sister.
"Esmie! Suggesting we stay up all night I am a bad influence on you." Ethie said as the girls laughed enjoying each others company.
