The pacific Coast Highway was my favorite highway. You could see the ocean
the whole time. I loved the ocean. The only problem with the highway was
that it had a lot of twists and turns. It was a winding path around a
mountain. We were on the road for 2 hours now and 30 miles till the nearest
town. I kept putting on different songs, each of them getting better and
better. We had stopped three different times. Each time to see the view and
to let the people go to the bathroom at the rest stops. Sirius was in the
front seat and the other four were playing cards in the back. I wanted to
talk to him about that kiss they had shared. One way or another I was going
to get it in the conversation. How about directly?
"Sirius?" I asked her pulled his attention from the window to me. It was now or never.
"Yes?" He asked. I was going to ask him.
"How's the view." I asked. Coward! I yelled at myself.
"Good." He said turning back to the view. Dammit, I wanted to ask him. I have to ask.
"No, I mean.. Sirius? We need to talk." I said.
"What about?" He asked me still watching the side of the mountain.
"About what happened before school ended?" I said watching the road and not him anymore. But out of the corner of my eye I saw him look at me.
"You're talking about the kiss?" He asked with a smile on his face. I nodded.
"Well, what about it?" He asked. I didn't know what to say.
"Well, for starters." I started. What did I want to know?
"I'll tell you what, I liked it yeah but it meant nothing." Sirius said. I felt my heart break; whatever was left of my heart was breaking. But I couldn't cry. I will not cry. I told myself. I nodded to what he was saying. My throat was closing up and it was hard to breathe. I cleared my throat.
"Likewise, what I was going to say was I think we should forget it ever happened." I said. Sirius nodded but it was hesitant. Could it be that he was lying? No, otherwise he would have said so right? After all he was a ladies man, he loved fooling around with ladies.
We arrived at the place just at one. I made a few more stops on the way just to make sure that we arrived at one. I checked us in and I drove us to our cabin. It was more like a condo. Inside there was a kitchen, a living room, with TV and 3 bedrooms. Two of the bedrooms had two bunks in them. And we had two bathrooms.
"Cool, which room is ours?" Lily asked. I looked around; the one closest to the bathroom would be ours.
"This one." I said pointing to that room. It was painted light purple, like a lilac and the other one was painted a white. The other room had a queen size bed in it. But no one was going to really sleep in there.
We all put our clothes and stuff inside the drawers that were given to us. Two drawers each. I laid all of my clothes nice and neatly inside my drawers and hung up a few dresses that we had. Lily was neatly putting her clothes inside her drawers too. Alyssa just dumped everything inside her drawer.
"Whhoohooo!" Sirius yelled coming into the room and picking Alyssa up. She started to scream.
"Let me go!" She said. Remus tapped Sirius on the shoulder and he took the load off of Sirius' shoulders. Remus ran out of the room with her. Lily and I were laughing.
"Oh! You think that's funny?" Sirius asked me and I nodded. I didn't expect him to pick me up because of the "fight" we had earlier. But he did and he wouldn't put me down until there was a knock on the door. I ran to the door and there was the manager of the place.
"Hello." He said. I gave a short wave. I was a little short of breath. I was afraid that he would tell me to keep it down because of Sirius.
"Um, Are you in charge here?" He asked me. I nodded. I had a fake ID on me that said I was 18.
"Yeah." I said. When he didn't acknowledge my nod.
"Really? Well then I can see your ID right?" He said. I nodded and grabbed my purse on the couch. I pulled out my wallet and then I showed him my ID. He looked at me and then at the ID again.
"Very well. I have come to give you this." He said handing me a piece of paper.
"I expect the rules to be followed otherwise you are out." He said. I nodded and he left.
"No trashing the house. No loud music after one AM. If you have a bonfire, make sure it is extinguished before you leave. No swimming in the ocean when lifeguard is off duty." I read them out loud for everyone to hear. Some of the rules were very reasonable but others were stupid. Like, no fishing on a surf board. What the hell?
"Hey! I'm hungry, when we going to eat?" Sirius asked. We needed to go shopping first.
"Hey, lets go grocery shopping." I said.
"Sirius?" I asked her pulled his attention from the window to me. It was now or never.
"Yes?" He asked. I was going to ask him.
"How's the view." I asked. Coward! I yelled at myself.
"Good." He said turning back to the view. Dammit, I wanted to ask him. I have to ask.
"No, I mean.. Sirius? We need to talk." I said.
"What about?" He asked me still watching the side of the mountain.
"About what happened before school ended?" I said watching the road and not him anymore. But out of the corner of my eye I saw him look at me.
"You're talking about the kiss?" He asked with a smile on his face. I nodded.
"Well, what about it?" He asked. I didn't know what to say.
"Well, for starters." I started. What did I want to know?
"I'll tell you what, I liked it yeah but it meant nothing." Sirius said. I felt my heart break; whatever was left of my heart was breaking. But I couldn't cry. I will not cry. I told myself. I nodded to what he was saying. My throat was closing up and it was hard to breathe. I cleared my throat.
"Likewise, what I was going to say was I think we should forget it ever happened." I said. Sirius nodded but it was hesitant. Could it be that he was lying? No, otherwise he would have said so right? After all he was a ladies man, he loved fooling around with ladies.
We arrived at the place just at one. I made a few more stops on the way just to make sure that we arrived at one. I checked us in and I drove us to our cabin. It was more like a condo. Inside there was a kitchen, a living room, with TV and 3 bedrooms. Two of the bedrooms had two bunks in them. And we had two bathrooms.
"Cool, which room is ours?" Lily asked. I looked around; the one closest to the bathroom would be ours.
"This one." I said pointing to that room. It was painted light purple, like a lilac and the other one was painted a white. The other room had a queen size bed in it. But no one was going to really sleep in there.
We all put our clothes and stuff inside the drawers that were given to us. Two drawers each. I laid all of my clothes nice and neatly inside my drawers and hung up a few dresses that we had. Lily was neatly putting her clothes inside her drawers too. Alyssa just dumped everything inside her drawer.
"Whhoohooo!" Sirius yelled coming into the room and picking Alyssa up. She started to scream.
"Let me go!" She said. Remus tapped Sirius on the shoulder and he took the load off of Sirius' shoulders. Remus ran out of the room with her. Lily and I were laughing.
"Oh! You think that's funny?" Sirius asked me and I nodded. I didn't expect him to pick me up because of the "fight" we had earlier. But he did and he wouldn't put me down until there was a knock on the door. I ran to the door and there was the manager of the place.
"Hello." He said. I gave a short wave. I was a little short of breath. I was afraid that he would tell me to keep it down because of Sirius.
"Um, Are you in charge here?" He asked me. I nodded. I had a fake ID on me that said I was 18.
"Yeah." I said. When he didn't acknowledge my nod.
"Really? Well then I can see your ID right?" He said. I nodded and grabbed my purse on the couch. I pulled out my wallet and then I showed him my ID. He looked at me and then at the ID again.
"Very well. I have come to give you this." He said handing me a piece of paper.
"I expect the rules to be followed otherwise you are out." He said. I nodded and he left.
"No trashing the house. No loud music after one AM. If you have a bonfire, make sure it is extinguished before you leave. No swimming in the ocean when lifeguard is off duty." I read them out loud for everyone to hear. Some of the rules were very reasonable but others were stupid. Like, no fishing on a surf board. What the hell?
"Hey! I'm hungry, when we going to eat?" Sirius asked. We needed to go shopping first.
"Hey, lets go grocery shopping." I said.