Thank you all for the great reviews! And yes, for those who guessed correctly, it was Katz from Courage the Cowardly Dog. My brother and I just got the first season on dvd so, yeah lol. Great job guys! :D Here's the next chapter! Hope you enjoy! Also, if you've ever seen 'Lucky Star', or at least the OVA and/or episode 6, you'll see I got a little inspiration from that. Anyway, enjoy!
Light filled the medium sized room. With three big beds and a small futon, there was more than enough room for three middle schoolers and two little kids.
The first to wake up was Robbie. Once he realized it was morning, he quickly put on his glasses (making the room much clearer) and jumped over to Maddie's bed. "Hey, Maddie. Wake up!"
"Go away," the bird mumbled.
"Come on dude, it's beach time!" The bird's eyes widened and she immediately sat up. Jumping out of the bed, she ran over to the window and opened it. A warm breeze flew past her, and she could smell the ocean from the room.
"Aww, just look at the weather!" she said smiling. It was absolutely perfect.
"A perfect day for the beach!" Robbie cheered.
The twins both poked their heads up and smiled. "Wow! It's so sunny!" cooed Sammi.
"Yeah!" shouted Matt, "Mikey! Get up! It's beach time!" Both twins happily started chanting. "Beach time! Beach time! Beach time!"
Mikey yawned, obviously still tired but nevertheless smiled at his siblings. "I heard. Go get Mom and Dad up so we can get some eats and then we can go swimming. You know who else is gonna go swimming?"
The twins didn't stick around for the punch line. They just jumped out of their bed and ran down the hall chanting 'Beach time'.
Maddie giggled. "They are pretty cute. Kinda wish I had a younger sibling."
"Yeah, they're pretty cool," Mikey replied as he slipped his pajama shirt off his body. He then started to remove his pants. Maddie and Robbie screamed and quickly covered their eyes before they could see anything.
"Dude! What are you doing!" Robbie shouted.
"I'm taking off my clothes so I can put on my swimsuit," Mikey replied, glaring at the young raccoon, "What does it look like I'm doing!"
"He meant, why aren't you doing it in the bathroom!" Maddie yelled.
"What is this, a fancy smancy hotel?"
"Just go before you scar us for life anymore!" Robbie shouted, pointing towards the hallway.
"Fine!" With a huff, Mikey pulled his pants back up and left the room. Relieved, the two friends uncovered their eyes.
"Just when I think that guy isn't a jerk..." Maddie mumbled.
"Hey, smell that?" Robbie interrupted. He whiffed the air and smiled. "I smell pancakes. I call the first batch!" With that, Robbie ran out of the room.
"Hey!" Maddie shouted as she followed him out. Laughing, the two ran downstairs and into the kitchen. Pops was at the oven making pancakes while Skips and Benson were sitting at the table.
"Good morning you two," Pops smiled, "Ready for some flapjacks?"
"Yeah!/Yes please!" Maddie and Robbie said in unison. The lolliman handed the two a plate stacked with pancakes and covered in butter, syrup and powdered sugar, and they sat down at the table.
After a few minutes, Rigby and Eileen came down, followed by Muscleman, Starla, High Five, The twins, Mikey (who was wearing a black tee shirt and swim trunks), Margaret and Mordecai.
In no time at all, breakfast was finished and everyone was rushing for the bathroom to get their swimsuits on and head down to the water. After the twins got their swimsuits on, Muscleman and High Five took them and Mikey down to the water.
The guys all got dressed quickly since they all were just wearing a pair of swim trunks, except for Pops who was wearing an old timey swimsuit (a one piece with red and white stripes), and Skips who decided just to wear jean shorts since he wasn't swimming.
"Man, I am lovin' this beach!" Rigby shouted happily.
"Hm hm," Mordecai agreed. He then looked back at the beach house. "I wonder what's taking them so long."
"You know girls, they take forever," Rigby said, "Come on dude! Let's get in the water!"
"Eh, maybe later," Mordecai replied. He liked the summer weather, and since he usually had to work in it whenever he painted a mural or something, he just wanted to take some time to enjoy it. Besides, it was still morning, the water was probably freezing.
"Aw, come on man!" Rigby complained, scowling at his friend, "What, are you scared of getting your feathers wet?"
Mordecai glared at his friend. "Dude, I'm not scared."
"Then why don't you get in the water?"
"I've got a better idea, how 'bout you get in the water?" The bluejay then wrapped his arms around the raccoon and lifted him into the air.
"No! Mordecai! Let me go!" shouted Rigby as he tried to get free.
"But I thought you wanted to go into the water," Mordecai said with a smile, trying to fake innocence.
"Yeah but I didn't want to be thrown in! Now let me go you big jerk!" Mordecai just chuckled.
"Come on, Mordecai. Put my husband down." Eileen said from behind him.
"Aw, I was just having..." Mordecai turned around and he dropped Rigby in the sand ("Ow."), "fun." He had heard Eileen, but that wasn't the one he was looking at.
The girls were finally done getting dressed. Even after being with her for fifteen years, the cardinal beauty could still stun Mordecai into silence. She was wearing a black bikini that showed off her figure but didn't reveal too much, making her look sophisticated as well as gorgeous. The sun reflected off her red feathers, making it almost seem like she was sparkling. "You like?" she asked playfully.
"Yeah, totally," Mordecai replied, making her giggle.
Picking himself off the ground, Rigby got a good look at his own wife and smiled. She wasn't wearing a bikini like Margaret, but that didn't make her any less beautiful. She was wearing a dark blue swimsuit with a white stripe around the waist. It did a great job of showing off her curves. Her brunette hair was down and flowing, perfectly framing her face. Starla was there too but, the less we know about her swimsuit the better.
"Come on, let's go find a place to set up," Eileen said, holding up a towel and closed umbrella.
Meanwhile back at the beach house, Robbie had just ran outside. Like the other males in the family, he was only wearing a pair of swim trunks. He was also wearing a special pair of goggles that acted as his glasses so he could see more than a foot in front of him. "Come on Maddie!" he shouted.
"I'm coming! Geesh!" she shouted back. Skips skipped out and gave the raccoon a small smile before skipping over to the shore and setting up a towel and umbrella by Eileen and Rigby's. Looking at the ocean, he saw a giant wave in the distance come up and then crashed down.
'That's so cool,' he thought. He had read a book or two on surfing and had seen a couple cool surfing videos online. Maybe if he could find a board, he could give it a try. 'I wonder if Benson or Skips knows if there are any surf shops around here...'
"Hey, I'm here." Robbie turned around and felt himself blush slightly.
Maddie was wearing a baby blue one piece swimsuit. She actually looked kinda pretty, but there was something else. It wasn't the suit itself, just the way it changed her body. This wasn't the first time Robbie had ever seen Maddie in a swimsuit. In fact, just last year he probably saw her in one three times when they went over to the local pool. But this time, it was different, or at least she looked different.
"Uh, dude? Are you okay?" Maddie asked, looking at Robbie.
"Huh? Oh, yeah, I'm okay," Robbie replied, quickly hiding his face, "Hey, last one's in a loser!"
"Well then I guess that's you!" Maddie shouted. The two ran towards the water. Racing was never boring to them, especially since the outcome was always a surprise. But this time, Maddie knew how it would turn out. As they got closer to the water, Maddie screeched to a halt.
"Huh?" Robbie said, looking back to see why his friend stopped. Not paying attention to what was in front of him, he ended up stumbling and falling face first in the cold water. Lifting his head up and spitting out the water, he heard Maddie laughing.
"Well, you're not a loser," she laughed, "But you look like a wet rat!"
Robbie glared at the violet bird. "Yeah yeah, just get in the water."
"Okay okay, I'm sorry," Maddie said, still giggling. Slowly, she walked into the cool ocean. "Wow, this is really refresh-"
"Look out! On your foot!" Robbie shouted suddenly. Gasping, she looked around her, trying to find the danger Robbie was talking about. As she looked, she felt a pair of paws grab her arms and throw her into the water. "Hey!" she shouted once she lifted her head out. Robbie just laughed at her.
"Now we're even!" He said, throwing in a 'hm hm'. With that, he began to swim out to sea. Smirking, Maddie followed.
On the shore, Eileen and Skips shared a knowing smile. "How long until you think they realize it?" Eileen asked the yeti. He just gave a shrug of his shoulders.
"We'll just have to wait and see," he replied, "speaking of which, when are you going to tell Rigby?"
"About what?" Eileen asked, her face completely innocent. Skips realized that she herself didn't know yet.
"Oh. Nothing," said Skips before turning away, Sometimes it was best to let nature take it's course.
"O-kaaay," replied Eileen. The yeti was smart (she definitely believed him when he said he knew everything), but sometimes he was a little strange. 'But at least he's a good friend,' the mole thought with a smile before turning her attention back towards the kids in the ocean.
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"Hey guys, look what I found!" Everyone looked, and saw Eileen holding up a white volleyball. "I found it while I was looking for sunblock," she explained.
"Oh my, it looks like fun," Pops said.
"Yeah, we should play a couple games while the kids are swimming," Margaret suggested.
"Yeah, but let's make it guys versus girls!" Rigby added.
"Fine by us," Starla replied, "We're going to kick your butts, and lets make it interesting. Losers have to do the laundry the rest of the week." With all the swimsuits and outfits, it was sure to be a lot of work.
"Fine!" Rigby said, glaring at the green woman.
"Uh, we can't really have boys versus girls," Mordecai said, getting Rigby and Starla's attention, "I mean, there's seven guys and only three girls."
"I'll sit out," Skips volunteered. It wouldn't really be fair if he played since he was so strong.
"I'll sit out too," added High Five Ghost.
"Okay, so that leaves five guys and three girls," Mordecai said, "So, someone has to be on the girls' team."
"Benson, why don't you be on our team?" Margaret asked.
"Yeah Benson," said Rigby, snickering. The gumball machine gave him a death glare, and he was instantly silenced.
"Fine," said Benson, walking over to the girls side. They didn't have a net, but they did draw a line in the sand to mark the middle of their 'court'.
"Okay," said Mordecai, bringing everyone into a circle, "Muscleman and Pops, you guys stay in the back and hit the ball as hard as you can. Rigby and I will stay in the front. Sound good?"
"Yeah./Yeah bro./Jolly good!" The three teammates replied. The four went into position. On the girls side, Eileen and Margaret were in the front while Benson and Starla were in the back.
"First to fifteen wins?" Margaret asked.
"Sounds good to me," Mordecai replied.
"Let's just play already!" Rigby shouted impatiently.
Starla glared at the raccoon. "Well, if you say so..." She threw the ball up into the air, and slammed her hand into it. The ball went up, and whammed Rigby right in the head. It hit him so hard that it actually bounced off his head! Seeing his chance, Pops quickly ran up and hit the ball back over to the other side. Margaret hit the ball, who passed it to Eileen, who hit it over to the boys side.
"I got it!" Mordecai shouted, hitting the ball back over to the girls. The ball spun and landed right between Starla and Benson, missing both of their hands and landing in the sand.
The score: Boys 1, Girls 0.
"Dude, you okay?" Mordecai asked.
"Uh, yeah," Rigby replied, rubbing his head, "Hey, since when do you have green feathers?"
"He'll be fine," Muscleman said, "Come on, it's my turn to serve."
"This is so much fun!" Pops chimed as he walked back over to his spot.
The next few rounds were pretty much the same. Both teams got in some good hits. On the boys' side, Pops was their best player, able to hit the ball with his head in still sending it over the line. Mordecai and Muscleman were pretty strong, and Rigby was fast with just enough strength to pass it to someone else on their team.
But the girls had a good team too. Eileen was good with strategy and Starla was their strongest player. As for Margaret and Benson, they were good at hitting the ball just in the nick of time, it was almost impossible to get the ball past them.
By the end of fifteen minutes, the score was Boys 13, Girls 14. Both teams were starting to get tired, but neither one wanted to spend the week doing laundry, so they were giving it all they had.
Margaret served, sending it right towards the boys' weakest player. Rigby hit the ball as hard as he could and sent it towards Mordecai. "Got it!" He hit the ball once, sending it up into the air and then he hit it again to send it hurdling over the line. "Whoa!" shouted Margaret, dodging the strong attack. The ball hit the sand, and the boys earned another point. It was a tied game now.
As she picked up the ball, she noticed Mordecai give her a confident smirk, almost in a flirty way. Margaret returned the look. "Don't think we're gonna lose just because you're cute," she said.
"Dude, stop flirting with your wife and focus!" Rigby said, grabbing Mordecai's arm and getting his attention, "There's no way I'm doing chores on vacation." Margaret giggled and walked back to her spot.
"Come on guys, uh, girls," said Benson, "Let's win this."
Margaret smiled, mostly because she was happy to see Benson getting into the game. He usually wasn't interested in this kind of game. "You're up, gumball," she said, tossing him the ball.
Benson took a couple steps back and got ready to serve. "Hey Benson-Benson, Hey Benson, swing!" Rigby shouted.
"Dude, that's for baseball," Mordecai said.
"I know, why do you think I changed it to 'Benson'?" Rigby replied before going back to his chant. Benson growled, squeezing the ball so hard they thought it was going to pop.
Benson threw the ball in the air, ran a couple steps ahead, and swung his arm forward. "Here!" he shouted, slamming his hand into the ball. It was like firing a cannon!
"Whoa!" everyone, even Skips and High Fives on the sidelines, shouted. Once he saw how much power he used, even Benson was surprised. Of course Rigby couldn't hit it, and it flew past Mordecai. Muscleman was in the opposite corner so the only one who would be able to even try to hit it was...
"Pops!" everyone shouted.
The lolliman became frightened. That ball looked like it would really hurt if it hit him in the face. He almost considered running and trying to dodge the ball, but that would mean making his teammates lose. Pops put on a determined face. He wasn't going to let his team down. As Pops ran up to meet the ball, everything seemed like it was in slow motion.
He raised his thin arms, and got ready to strike. "Right back at you, my good man!" With that, he hit the ball back with just as much, if not more force than Benson's serve. Flying past the girls, the ball landed not in the sand but in Benson's stomach. The ball sent the poor gumball machine back nearly ten feet and covered him with sand.
"Oh my," said Pops, covering his mouth with his hand. Quickly, he ran over to Benson. "My good man, are you alright?" he asked, feeling extremely guilty.
The gumball machine groaned and sat up a little, the volleyball still in his arms. "Well, it's a good thing this old thing's made out of metal," he said, referring to his body. Pops giggled a little, and Benson gave him a small (slightly painful) smile.
"Hey, we won!" Rigby shouted.
"Aw yeah!" Muscleman cheered as the two continued celebrating.
"Aw, we should've put that old man on our team," said Starla, pouting at their lost.
"Hey, come on Starla," Eileen said, giving the brunette a smile.
"Yeah, it was fun wasn't it?" Margaret added.
"I guess," Starla replied, still not really happy.
"Don't worry baby, just because you lost doesn't mean you won't get a runner's up prize," Muscleman said, making all of his wife's anger melt away.
"Well, in that case," she said giving him a flirtatious look.
Rigby groaned. "Aw, come on guys. Really?" The others just either chuckled or rolled their eyes.
Pops helped Benson out of the sand and made sure he could stand. "Are you sure you are alright?" Pops asked.
"Yeah, but I think I'm just going to relax for a while," Benson replied, placing a hand on his stomach.
Pops gave him a kind smile. "Well, I know the perfect place." With that, he led the gumball machine over to a nice umbrella and a soft blanket where he could lay down and relax.
Even though he still felt slightly guilty about that last point, Pops still smiled when he remembered the fun game of volleyball. He would definitely have to play it again before the vacation was over. 'But, maybe not so hard,' he reminded himself.
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"Woo! Beach food is the best!" shouted Rigby.
"Yea-yuh!" agreed Mordecai.
After finding a small snack shack with plenty of picnic tables to sit on, the family decided to get something to eat. The adults (as well as the two five year olds so Starla could help cut their food) sat at one table while the kids sat at another. The menu had normal beach food like hot dogs, burgers, chicken, nachos, just about anything greasy or filled with sugar.
It truly was great.
"Just take it easy on the beer, Muscleman," Benson said, "Remember, this is a public beach. We don't want a repeat of last time."
"Oh come on, it was just that one time, let it go bro," Muscleman replied, "Besides, you're on your third can already!"
"I, actually know how to handle my beer," Benson replied.
"Hey, if it makes you less naggy," Rigby mumbled just loud enough for everyone to hear. An ice cube bonked him on the head. "Hey!" Everyone laughed.
Meanwhile at the table right next to them, the kids were eating their food. "You know what I love about summer food?" Maddie said, "the desserts."
"Yeah," Robbie agreed, "You've got ice cream, slushies, slurpies, (yes, there's a difference) candy, and root beer floats!"
"But slushies are the best," said Mikey, "especially the cherry and the blue Hawaii ones!"
"Yeah," Maddie and Robbie agreed. Just then, the three kids heard the whirl of a machine. An ice crushing machine. In an instant, the three were over by their parents.
"Could we please have money for a slushie?" Maddie asked Mordecai.
"Can we Dad?" Robbie asked Rigby.
"Sure," Mordecai smiled, handing Maddie a five dollar bill.
"Get me one too, will ya?" Rigby asked with a smile as he handed Robbie a ten dollar bill.
"Sure Dad," Robbie replied. Mikey ran over to the two holding a five dollar bill and the three ran up to the snack counter.
"Four slushies please," Maddie asked.
"You know, for seventeen dollars, you can get a Double-Extra-Large Slushie," the cashier said, pointing at the empty cup. It was huge! Almost the size of Muscleman's head! And if they bought it, they would still have enough to get Rigby's slushie.
"We'll take it!" they said in unison. Getting their's a cherry flavor, the three handed Rigby his cup and then sat down at their table. They each stuck a straw into the icy dessert.
"This is gonna taste great!" said Mikey, grinning.
"Just don't drink it all," Robbie said, giving the eighth grader a warning look.
"Yeah Mikey," added Maddie.
"Hey, it's not my fault if you two are slow drinkers," Mikey said in defense. The three glared at each other and then jumped for their straw. They all started slurping down the flavored eyes, not taking their lips off the straw and occasionally letting out an 'Mmm'. The slushie really was delicious.
But then, it struck them like lightning. They let out a bloodcurdling scream.
"What's wrong!" Margaret asked, instantly concerned for her daughter and the boys she considered her nephews.
"BRAIN FREEEEEZE!" The kids yelled in unison, making the adults laugh.
"It's not funny!" Maddie shouted, "Ahhh! Make it stop! Make it stop!" Mikey was letting out a screech that sounded similar to his dad's, and Robbie was pulling at his hair.
"I can't take this anymore!" the young raccoon shouted. With that, he jumped out of his seat, ran outside the snack shack, and stuck the top of his head in the hot sand. He let out a sigh of relief.
"You're going to be cleaning sand out of your hair for weeks," Eileen said.
"Totally worth it, Mom!" Robbie replied, his head still in the sand, "Totally worth it!"
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The rest of the day consisted of swimming, sand castle making, Benson burying (Well, they needed someone to bury in the sand), shell hunting, more swimming, and relaxing. For a first day at the beach, it was just about perfect. But, in Margaret's opinion, it was missing one thing.
"Come on," she said, pulling the blue wing along.
"Where are we going?" Mordecai asked with a chuckle.
"You'll see," Margaret replied, "and keep your eyes closed!"
"Okay, okay! They're closed!" They walked a few more feet and then Margaret stopped.
"Okay Mordecai, open them." The bluejay opened his eyes and his beak opened in awe.
"Whoa," he said. He was looking at a perfect view of the sunset. Without having to say a word to each other, they sat down on the sand. Mordecai wrapped his wing around Margaret while she nestled her head in his soft chest.
It had been a while since they had had some alone time. With Margaret's top notch business job, and Mordecai's painting job where a customer could call at any minute, they didn't really have a scheduled in private time. When they were together, they were usually also with Maddie or Rigby and Eileen or someone else. Not that they minded or resented it, but they did miss the private time they would spend together.
Now, it felt like they had all the time in the world.
"Margaret?" Mordecai said.
"Hmm?" The cardinal replied, slightly opening her eyes.
"I love you."
She smiled. "I love you too," she replied. The two birds brought their beaks together and shared a passionate kiss. When it finally ended, they smiled lovingly at each other.
"Guys!" shouted a familiar voice. The two love birds looked back at the beach house, and saw Benson and Pops already at the door. "Come on, everyone inside," said the gumball machine. They noticed he had his hand on his head, and his energy looked just about gone.
"Guess he can't handle his beer as well as he thought," Mordecai joked. Margaret giggled and the two stood up. Without having to say another word, the two shared one more kiss and then walked hand in hand back to the beach house.
Now, the day truly was perfect.
Yay, I liked writing this chapter :) Next one should be up in a few days (though it may be longer since I've got another stupid project :P ). More adventures on vacation, focusing more on the kids this time. And I promise, the plot is coming up, the rest of the story will not just be all oneshots.
Please review, and have a nice day! (Hope the weather's nice where you live. Here, it's been raining all afternoon. I almost wanted to jump into this chapter and be at the beach with Mordecai and Rigby. Then again, who wouldn't want to go to the beach with those two? Lol). Bye!