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Chapter 7
"So, my darling Annie, what do we have planned for today?" Auggie asked.
Annie smiled as she ate another bite of her pancakes. "Actually, if I remember correctly, midway through the vacay is Shopping Day. And today is as midway as possible, so my darling Auggie, I do believe Isabel and I are due for a shopping trip."
"Ah yes," Dani said. "Are you going to Tanger?"
"Actually, I was planning on heading up to Broadway first," Annie said.
"Oh, um, stop in Boardwalk Winery and grab something we've yet to have?" Dani asked.
"Course. Then it's to It'Sugar for some sweets," Annie told her. "And then on to Tanger. I saw the perfect dress at JCPenny's at home; I hope they have it here, because it'd be perfect for tomorrow's dinner and festivities."
"Am I missing something?" Auggie asked.
Annie giggled. "Oh, sorry. Tanger is the outlet mall close buy, and Broadway at the Beach is, well for lack of a better word, a tourist trap. And tomorrow is GNO, so, wow that sounded incredibly cheesy."
Auggie laughed. "Hey here's a wacky idea, why don't you join us?" Bella asked.
"I would like that, but only as long as I'm not imposing on your girl bonding time."
It was Bella's turn to laugh. "No, never."
"Was it really necessary to buy four bottles of wine and ten pounds of candy?" Auggie asked as the threesome walked to Annie's car.
"Yes, it's not every day you find specialty wines or get to act like a kid in a candy shop. That place was huge and filled with candy and novelty items," Annie said.
Auggie laughed. "You sound like a kid in a candy shop."
"She looks like one," Bella inputted.
Annie rolled her eyes as she climbed in the drivers' seat. "Okay, okay. You should have seen your face when you saw that castle made entirely of jelly beans."
"I don't care who you are, that was fledgling amazing," Bella said as she place the two bags she was shunned to carry in the seat next to her.
"Fledgling?" Annie wondered.
"Hey no knocking my makeshift swear word. God, I sound like Zoey."
"Who?" Annie asked.
"Zoey Redbird from the House of Night novels," Bella explained.
"Oh, that vampire book you were telling me about, right?"
"Yeah that one," Bella said in a mocking tone.
Auggie sighed. "You know, I'm totally lost here. I have no idea what you two are talking about."
Annie laughed. "Then it's a good thing all you have to do is sit there and look pretty."
Auggie rolled his eyes. "Just go. Get on with the day, so we can enjoy some kind of time down at the beach."
"Alright, alright. Calm yourself," Annie said as she put the car in gear.
An hour and a half later Annie and Bella found themselves in a bit of a predicament.
"That one, definitely that one," Bella said pointing to the purple strapless bikini.
"But this one has a fancy design," Annie argued pointing to the green bikini with aqua swirls.
"So? This one is strapless and looked really good on you."
"Ooo strapless," Annie mocked. Bella punched her lightly. "This one is risqué enough."
"That one's only risqué because of this," Bella said pointing to the thin lacey ribbon that held the swimsuit together.
"So? I'm going to the beach, not dancing at a strip club."
"Which is why this one is more reasonable. It's simple and purple," Bella said.
"And strapless," Annie added.
Bella laughed. "Yes, and strapless. And how is this one more risqué than that that one? The only thing holding that together is a string. And another question. How would you know that people would think your dancing at a strip club? I saw three girls yesterday with a bathing suit just like this."
"Trust me Bells."
"I vote whichever one gets us to the beach sooner," Auggie said from the doorway to their room.
"I'm rolling my eyes at you," Annie said.
Auggie laughed. "I wouldn't expect anything else. But honestly, can we hurry this up?"
Annie sighed and grabbed the purple swimsuit and stepped into bathroom to change.
Twenty minutes later, the trio made their way down to the beach.
"I see you three have finally made your way to the beach," Dani said from her spot around the girls' sand castle. "How was shopping?"
"Fine, a bit tiring, though," Annie answered.
"The only thing tiring was the fact that you took a half hour to choose your swimwear," Auggie said.
"Ha ha."
"Okay, speaking of swimwear and the beach. I is gonna go head into the ocean," Bella said.
"Go ahead, sweetie. Nick and Wyatt are already out try to keep together," Jenny said.
"Sasha's here?" Annie asked as Bella walked down to the ocean.
"Yeah, she and the twins just got in. They came down about twenty minutes ago, maybe? Sasha's is on drink duty," Dani explained.
"Oh, geez. More people. Dani you really know how to plan a vacation," Annie said.
"Only the best for my little sister," Dani said.
Annie rolled her eyes. "Oh god."
