Chapter 12: More Hawaiian Fun
(Simon's POV)
When we got to the beach I introduced my family to my friends. Everyone shook hands, which took a while considering the number of people. We chatted for a little while. Then Mark suggested we take off and get something to eat.
"Okay, bye Simon, have fun," Mom sent us off.
"I will. I'll meet you back at the house later tonight," I said as Allie dragged me away.
"Wow, your family is so big," Leila said.
"And that's not even all of them," I said," my other sister, Lucy and Kevin, who you guys already saw, are back at the house. They were out all day and didn't feel like coming with us."
"It must be quite different having that many people coming and going from your house all the time," Aaron raised his eyebrows.
"It's fun. Busy, but at least you were never lonely," I laughed," though sometimes I wish I would have had more privacy. They're crazy, but I love them."
"Hey Simon, let's dance!" Allie drug me to the firepit were people dressed in Hawaiian traditional costumes were dancing.
"I can't dance like that!" I exclaimed.
"Silly, you don't have to. Let's just dance to the music," Allie said.
Leila and Mark started dancing next to us and Aaron found a young Hawaiian girl to dance with. We had a great time. Then we went to get something to eat. It felt so good to hang out with people who didn't judge me for trying to kill myself. They didn't need to know and we were just having a blast. Mom and dad and everyone else appeared to be enjoying themselves too. I love dad for bringing us to Hawaii, we really needed this as a family.
(Matt's POV)
Sarah and I were having a good time, just watching the sun set. We were laying near the water on the sand. It was so relaxing. Of course there was lots of action around us: barbecues, music, dancing, people having fun. It was wonderful. We really needed the break from medical school.
"Hey Matt, Sarah, come join us," Ruthie shouted.
"Shall we go?" I asked.
"Yeah, we've layed around long enough. It's time to have fun," Sarah said.
I helped her up and lead her to where everyone else was watching the Hawaiian dancers. The music had a really fast pace and the dancers were really shaking their hips.
"I don't think I could do that," I whispered to Sarah.
"Sure you could," she giggled as she jumped up and drug me to join the dancers.
"Sarah no!" I tried to pull away.
"Come on Matt, loosen up a bit," she smiled sweetly at me.
I looked to the rest of the family for help. They just nodded for me to join in. Ruthie and the younger kids jumped up to join in the fun. I finally gave in and watched the dancers to see how the dance went. I started dancing and Sarah and my parents were cracking up.
"All right, that's it, I'm not dancing again!" I ran back to sit down.
"Oh Matt, we weren't laughing at you," Mom was still laughing a bit.
"Yeah sure you weren't. I'd like to see you and Dad dance!" I told her.
Dad jumped up and pulled Mom over to join the kids. They all looked ridiculous. I was cracking up so hard tears were running down my face. I fell over on my side and they all ran away from me. They went over to one of the barbecue pits to get food.
"Hey wait for me!" I shouted as I chased them down.
(David's POV)
Tonight was really fun. We danced and swam and ate good food. We listened to music and had a good time. We stayed out really late. No one seemed to mind that Sammie and I were up past our bedtimes. The moon came out and it was huge and yellow. Everyone was laughing and having a good time. Even all the strangers.
We all got flower necklaces. I can't remember the name of them. I danced with Sammie because she was the closest kid to my age at the party.
"Sammie, will you dance with me?" I asked.
"Oh, Dance!" she giggled.
"Come on," I pulled her to where Matt and Sarah were dancing. Then Ruthie joined us.
We had a lot of fun. Then Matt got upset and he sat down. So everyone else got up to dance too. Matt was laughing so hard he was crying. So we all decided to run away with out him. He started yelling and chasing after us. We got some food to eat and then I started to get sleepy.
I think I fell asleep in the sand. I don't remember going home last night, but I woke up in my bed. I think maybe Daddy or Mommy carried me home.
(Mary's POV)
The day after the luau, I cornered Lucy. I needed to have a sisterly talk with her. She woke up really late, apparently her day had been really long and tiring. That really wasn't my business. I just wanted to talk.
"Hey Lucy," I said," do you think we can talk?"
"Sure Mare, what is it?" she cheerily replied.
"Come on, not in here," I lead her out to the hammock.
"Okay," she followed me and sat next to me on the hammock," so what did you want to talk about Mary?"
"Well, I'm scared," I sighed," I mean about having a baby. I don't think I can handle it!"
"Oh Mary, everyone gets scared," Lucy explained, " I was scared, remember?"
"Yeah, but you have Kevin around. I'm going to be all by myself," I sniffled.
"Don't cry Mare, we'll all be here for you," Lucy told me.
"I can't help it," I cried," I'm just so...I don't know what to do. Did it hurt? Giving birth I mean?"
"Well, yeah, but not so bad I couldn't handle it. I mean it was like nothing else, but it's not so horrible," Lucy tried to describe it to me.
"God, why am I such a screw up?" I asked," everything I do is wrong!"
"Mary, you are not a screw up. You just don't always make the best decisions. Nobody ever does everything right," Lucy comforted.
"But I am! I do so many things wrong. Look at you, you are married, have a wonderful loving husband and a beautiful child, your own home! What do I have? I'm all alone, pregnant, and I just had to move back in with our parents," I sobbed.
"Mary, stop it! You are not a screw up. I'm sure that everything will be okay. Once you have the baby you'll calm down. It will be hard, but Mom and Dad will be there to help you. You just have to stop giving yourself such a hard time," Lucy hugged me.
"Thanks Luce, I needed to hear that," I sniffled.
She handed me a Kleenex and told me I would be okay.
(Eric's POV)
Today Annie and I took a day to ourselves. Lucy and Kevin agreed to stay home with the kids. Since it was a vacation, we did need to take a day to just relax. I asked Annie what she wanted to do. She didn't care, so we just went to lay around on the beach for a while. We find a nice private spot on the beach and spread out our towels in the shade of a large rock.
"Eric?" Annie asked.
"Yeah, hon," I replied.
"Thanks for this vacation," she kissed me.
"I think it's doing the family good," I replied.
"So, what else are we going to do? I don't want to just lay around all day," she sat up.
"Oh there's lots of stuff to do," I sat up too," hiking, swimming, the plane ride like Lucy and Kevin went on, a boat ride too."
"Hmm. That sounds nice, a boat ride, don't you think so?" she inquired.
"Yep. I read about a place that rents sailboats. What do you think?" I questioned.
"A sailboat sounds lovely, dear," she gathered up our towels.
We went back to the house and I took the car to the sailboat rental place. I rented a boat while Annie made us a picnic lunch. She even grabbed a camera and a couple of fishing poles. When I returned to pick her up, Simon came to ask if he could take Ruthie out for a few hours. I told him it was fine.
Annie and I took the sailboat out a way into the bay where we rented it from. We found a good spot to stop and she got out the fishing poles.
"I know you like to fish dear, and I thought you could teach me to," she handed me a pole.
"All right," I said," fishing it is."
A/N: So sorry for the rather long delay between updates. It was the last few weeks of school and things got a bit hectic. Tons of homework and finals and all that junk. Fortunately, yesterday was my last day of school! High school is over! I'll be graduating next week, so since I'm out of school, I'll probably have more time to update this story. I appreciate your patience and all reviews are greatly appreciated. I think the next chapter will be the final one in Hawaii.
(Simon's POV)
When we got to the beach I introduced my family to my friends. Everyone shook hands, which took a while considering the number of people. We chatted for a little while. Then Mark suggested we take off and get something to eat.
"Okay, bye Simon, have fun," Mom sent us off.
"I will. I'll meet you back at the house later tonight," I said as Allie dragged me away.
"Wow, your family is so big," Leila said.
"And that's not even all of them," I said," my other sister, Lucy and Kevin, who you guys already saw, are back at the house. They were out all day and didn't feel like coming with us."
"It must be quite different having that many people coming and going from your house all the time," Aaron raised his eyebrows.
"It's fun. Busy, but at least you were never lonely," I laughed," though sometimes I wish I would have had more privacy. They're crazy, but I love them."
"Hey Simon, let's dance!" Allie drug me to the firepit were people dressed in Hawaiian traditional costumes were dancing.
"I can't dance like that!" I exclaimed.
"Silly, you don't have to. Let's just dance to the music," Allie said.
Leila and Mark started dancing next to us and Aaron found a young Hawaiian girl to dance with. We had a great time. Then we went to get something to eat. It felt so good to hang out with people who didn't judge me for trying to kill myself. They didn't need to know and we were just having a blast. Mom and dad and everyone else appeared to be enjoying themselves too. I love dad for bringing us to Hawaii, we really needed this as a family.
(Matt's POV)
Sarah and I were having a good time, just watching the sun set. We were laying near the water on the sand. It was so relaxing. Of course there was lots of action around us: barbecues, music, dancing, people having fun. It was wonderful. We really needed the break from medical school.
"Hey Matt, Sarah, come join us," Ruthie shouted.
"Shall we go?" I asked.
"Yeah, we've layed around long enough. It's time to have fun," Sarah said.
I helped her up and lead her to where everyone else was watching the Hawaiian dancers. The music had a really fast pace and the dancers were really shaking their hips.
"I don't think I could do that," I whispered to Sarah.
"Sure you could," she giggled as she jumped up and drug me to join the dancers.
"Sarah no!" I tried to pull away.
"Come on Matt, loosen up a bit," she smiled sweetly at me.
I looked to the rest of the family for help. They just nodded for me to join in. Ruthie and the younger kids jumped up to join in the fun. I finally gave in and watched the dancers to see how the dance went. I started dancing and Sarah and my parents were cracking up.
"All right, that's it, I'm not dancing again!" I ran back to sit down.
"Oh Matt, we weren't laughing at you," Mom was still laughing a bit.
"Yeah sure you weren't. I'd like to see you and Dad dance!" I told her.
Dad jumped up and pulled Mom over to join the kids. They all looked ridiculous. I was cracking up so hard tears were running down my face. I fell over on my side and they all ran away from me. They went over to one of the barbecue pits to get food.
"Hey wait for me!" I shouted as I chased them down.
(David's POV)
Tonight was really fun. We danced and swam and ate good food. We listened to music and had a good time. We stayed out really late. No one seemed to mind that Sammie and I were up past our bedtimes. The moon came out and it was huge and yellow. Everyone was laughing and having a good time. Even all the strangers.
We all got flower necklaces. I can't remember the name of them. I danced with Sammie because she was the closest kid to my age at the party.
"Sammie, will you dance with me?" I asked.
"Oh, Dance!" she giggled.
"Come on," I pulled her to where Matt and Sarah were dancing. Then Ruthie joined us.
We had a lot of fun. Then Matt got upset and he sat down. So everyone else got up to dance too. Matt was laughing so hard he was crying. So we all decided to run away with out him. He started yelling and chasing after us. We got some food to eat and then I started to get sleepy.
I think I fell asleep in the sand. I don't remember going home last night, but I woke up in my bed. I think maybe Daddy or Mommy carried me home.
(Mary's POV)
The day after the luau, I cornered Lucy. I needed to have a sisterly talk with her. She woke up really late, apparently her day had been really long and tiring. That really wasn't my business. I just wanted to talk.
"Hey Lucy," I said," do you think we can talk?"
"Sure Mare, what is it?" she cheerily replied.
"Come on, not in here," I lead her out to the hammock.
"Okay," she followed me and sat next to me on the hammock," so what did you want to talk about Mary?"
"Well, I'm scared," I sighed," I mean about having a baby. I don't think I can handle it!"
"Oh Mary, everyone gets scared," Lucy explained, " I was scared, remember?"
"Yeah, but you have Kevin around. I'm going to be all by myself," I sniffled.
"Don't cry Mare, we'll all be here for you," Lucy told me.
"I can't help it," I cried," I'm just so...I don't know what to do. Did it hurt? Giving birth I mean?"
"Well, yeah, but not so bad I couldn't handle it. I mean it was like nothing else, but it's not so horrible," Lucy tried to describe it to me.
"God, why am I such a screw up?" I asked," everything I do is wrong!"
"Mary, you are not a screw up. You just don't always make the best decisions. Nobody ever does everything right," Lucy comforted.
"But I am! I do so many things wrong. Look at you, you are married, have a wonderful loving husband and a beautiful child, your own home! What do I have? I'm all alone, pregnant, and I just had to move back in with our parents," I sobbed.
"Mary, stop it! You are not a screw up. I'm sure that everything will be okay. Once you have the baby you'll calm down. It will be hard, but Mom and Dad will be there to help you. You just have to stop giving yourself such a hard time," Lucy hugged me.
"Thanks Luce, I needed to hear that," I sniffled.
She handed me a Kleenex and told me I would be okay.
(Eric's POV)
Today Annie and I took a day to ourselves. Lucy and Kevin agreed to stay home with the kids. Since it was a vacation, we did need to take a day to just relax. I asked Annie what she wanted to do. She didn't care, so we just went to lay around on the beach for a while. We find a nice private spot on the beach and spread out our towels in the shade of a large rock.
"Eric?" Annie asked.
"Yeah, hon," I replied.
"Thanks for this vacation," she kissed me.
"I think it's doing the family good," I replied.
"So, what else are we going to do? I don't want to just lay around all day," she sat up.
"Oh there's lots of stuff to do," I sat up too," hiking, swimming, the plane ride like Lucy and Kevin went on, a boat ride too."
"Hmm. That sounds nice, a boat ride, don't you think so?" she inquired.
"Yep. I read about a place that rents sailboats. What do you think?" I questioned.
"A sailboat sounds lovely, dear," she gathered up our towels.
We went back to the house and I took the car to the sailboat rental place. I rented a boat while Annie made us a picnic lunch. She even grabbed a camera and a couple of fishing poles. When I returned to pick her up, Simon came to ask if he could take Ruthie out for a few hours. I told him it was fine.
Annie and I took the sailboat out a way into the bay where we rented it from. We found a good spot to stop and she got out the fishing poles.
"I know you like to fish dear, and I thought you could teach me to," she handed me a pole.
"All right," I said," fishing it is."
A/N: So sorry for the rather long delay between updates. It was the last few weeks of school and things got a bit hectic. Tons of homework and finals and all that junk. Fortunately, yesterday was my last day of school! High school is over! I'll be graduating next week, so since I'm out of school, I'll probably have more time to update this story. I appreciate your patience and all reviews are greatly appreciated. I think the next chapter will be the final one in Hawaii.