The Next morning, I woke up at 11, I had the best sleep I've had in a
while! I rolled over and ran to the windows and threw the curtains open.
It was a gorgeous morning. The sun was shining brightly over the blue
ocean. I surveyed "the grounds" in our front lawn we had a circular
driveway, and in the middle there was a tiny waterfall with flowers around
it. It flowed into a small clear pool. Our lawn was lush and green,
something I wasn't used to. At our old house our lawn was blonde and
patchy. Our house looked so trashy. Here, you looked at our house and
you knew royalty lived there! I thought back to my Dad's tiny house. And
that blonde woman, Bianca, then I remembered what my Mom said. "Your
father doesn't believe in fidelity anymore." The words rolled around in my
head for a while. Dad was cheating on her? How could I not know?
I headed downstairs, maybe I could catch my Mom before she left again. Just as I entered our grand hall, she was opening the door. "Mom!" I called. She stopped and looked back at me. She smiled. I had never seen my Mom looking so happy. "Hey Liv! how are you doing?" "I love it here!" I exclaimed. She came over to me and hugged me. "I'm so glad!" She was still smiling. Even though I had tears in my eyes, thinking back to my dad, I realized that this was the happiest I'd been in a while too. "So I was thinking, maybe we could do something today? Go down by the ocean?" "I'd love to hunny, but-" She saw the look of disappointment flash across my face.
"Hey!" She said. "That's not actually the ocean, it's the bay of biscay, did you know that?" She said softly.
I wasn't smiling anymore.
"You know what?" she said.
"What?"
"I have an even better idea! Let's take the boat out!"
"Boat? Who's boat?"
"Our boat!"
"ok!" I smiled, and ran up to grab my swimsuit and some sun block.
When I came back down, my Mom was on her cell phone with someone. She was talking in French, and she was talking so fast that I couldn't understand what she was saying. She hung up and looked tired already. "Ready to go Liv?" She asked quietly.
"Yeah, who was that?"
"No body, don't worry about it! I told Yvonne where we'd be, he's going to come out with us, so he can prepare a meal. Do you want to bring anyone with you? Maybe that boy you were with yesterday?" She smiled slyly.
"How'd you know about him?"
"Verena told me! She said he was very handsome!"
"I would, but what about you? Who would you have?"
"I'll have Verena!" My Mom smiled.
"Ok!" I went to find a phone book. "Malfoy, malfoy malfoy," I said to myself, searching for his name. Finally I found it. I dialed his number and he answered right away.
"Hello?" He said sounding tired.
"Hey, it's me, Olivia."
"Oh, hey!"
"Yeah, I was wondering, would you like to come out on our boat today?"
"Yeah, what time?"
"Like 15 minutes?"
"Sure, I'll be there."
I smiled when I hung up, I couldn't wait for him to arrive! I went to the front door, and I looked out at "tha bay" A huge yacht was coming towards the beach. My Mom came out and stood behind me. "Is that our boat?" I asked her. "Yes, that's it!" She smiled. "It stopped, how are we going to get to it?" "Well, a yacht can't just come up to the beach hun, we have to take the smaller boat out there!" She said simply. We sat there for a while, and watched Yvonne and Charles load some things onto the boat. Finally I caught a glimpse of Draco's silvery hair. "There he is!" I exclaimed. (yeah, I know, not a good thing to yell!) Draco stopped and stared at me. My Mom was still watching Yvonne and Charles. She looked at Draco and did a double take. She looked like she was going to be sick. Her face was chalk white, like she'd seen a ghost! "Mom are you ok?" I said starting to panic. "Lucious?" she mumbled as she fell to the ground.
I headed downstairs, maybe I could catch my Mom before she left again. Just as I entered our grand hall, she was opening the door. "Mom!" I called. She stopped and looked back at me. She smiled. I had never seen my Mom looking so happy. "Hey Liv! how are you doing?" "I love it here!" I exclaimed. She came over to me and hugged me. "I'm so glad!" She was still smiling. Even though I had tears in my eyes, thinking back to my dad, I realized that this was the happiest I'd been in a while too. "So I was thinking, maybe we could do something today? Go down by the ocean?" "I'd love to hunny, but-" She saw the look of disappointment flash across my face.
"Hey!" She said. "That's not actually the ocean, it's the bay of biscay, did you know that?" She said softly.
I wasn't smiling anymore.
"You know what?" she said.
"What?"
"I have an even better idea! Let's take the boat out!"
"Boat? Who's boat?"
"Our boat!"
"ok!" I smiled, and ran up to grab my swimsuit and some sun block.
When I came back down, my Mom was on her cell phone with someone. She was talking in French, and she was talking so fast that I couldn't understand what she was saying. She hung up and looked tired already. "Ready to go Liv?" She asked quietly.
"Yeah, who was that?"
"No body, don't worry about it! I told Yvonne where we'd be, he's going to come out with us, so he can prepare a meal. Do you want to bring anyone with you? Maybe that boy you were with yesterday?" She smiled slyly.
"How'd you know about him?"
"Verena told me! She said he was very handsome!"
"I would, but what about you? Who would you have?"
"I'll have Verena!" My Mom smiled.
"Ok!" I went to find a phone book. "Malfoy, malfoy malfoy," I said to myself, searching for his name. Finally I found it. I dialed his number and he answered right away.
"Hello?" He said sounding tired.
"Hey, it's me, Olivia."
"Oh, hey!"
"Yeah, I was wondering, would you like to come out on our boat today?"
"Yeah, what time?"
"Like 15 minutes?"
"Sure, I'll be there."
I smiled when I hung up, I couldn't wait for him to arrive! I went to the front door, and I looked out at "tha bay" A huge yacht was coming towards the beach. My Mom came out and stood behind me. "Is that our boat?" I asked her. "Yes, that's it!" She smiled. "It stopped, how are we going to get to it?" "Well, a yacht can't just come up to the beach hun, we have to take the smaller boat out there!" She said simply. We sat there for a while, and watched Yvonne and Charles load some things onto the boat. Finally I caught a glimpse of Draco's silvery hair. "There he is!" I exclaimed. (yeah, I know, not a good thing to yell!) Draco stopped and stared at me. My Mom was still watching Yvonne and Charles. She looked at Draco and did a double take. She looked like she was going to be sick. Her face was chalk white, like she'd seen a ghost! "Mom are you ok?" I said starting to panic. "Lucious?" she mumbled as she fell to the ground.