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Chapter 2
Erika slept for two hours in and out of complete consciousness. When she
finally couldn't take it anymore, she went out side for an hour and played
basketball.
She finally saw her dad's car come around the corner. Erika put the basketball away and slowly started walking over to her dad's car.
"We have to talk, will mom be home soon?" Erika asked trying to hide all of her excitement and not interrupt with the question.
"She'll be home soon enough," he said warily grabbing his suitcase out of the back seat.
"Okay, well maybe I could approach each of you at a time," Erika said hopefully as if it was her dad's decision to ask the question then and there.
"Perhaps," said her dad.
"Well, I was talking to Sam from Greece online and he asked me if I wanted to stay with him and his family in Greece over the summer... "
"And?" her dad said, his eyebrows rising.
"Can I go?" Erika asked praying in her head for all known and unknown reasons why she should go.
"I need to talk to your mother and then call over in Greece," he said simply as if going to the park to play on the jungle gym when she was younger.
"Okay..." Erika said.
"Do you even have a passport?" he asked.
"Yes, we went to England once and I was fine there," she replied.
"You got lost."
"It was a busy street."
"You were with us." "So? I will just be with my cousins."
"Here's your mother," he said knowing that he obviously wouldn't win this protest.
Erika's mom opened the door to her car and got out. Erika paraded over to her.
"I gots to tell you suntin," said Erika in a baby-ish talk.
"Could we go inside first?" her mom asked waving her already glowing face on her trying to cool herself down.
"Sure, but you must hear me out," Erika said seriously.
"Who- uh-okay," her mom said walking over to the door.
They walked into the house and sat down on the couch. Erika turned to her mom and dad and started to explain. When she had finished, you look over to them to see their expression.
Her moms was almost hard to figure out but she saw in her eyes, like Erika's, that they were easy to interpret and saw excited ness. Her dad's were full of concern.
"Can I talk with your father in private honey?" she asked.
"Is that a good thing?" she whispered to her mom. Her mom merely gave her an assuring smile and Erika walked away her heart filled with hope.
Erika walked up to her room and logged onto her computer. She surfed the Internet for a while and finally went onto her instant messenger. The minute she went on she got a pop up from her cousin:
GreekMatrix: can you?
Caligurl23: I dunno yet, they are talking
There was a knock at the door and her father and mother entered in. "We just called from Greece," said her father.
"Can I go," Erika said now clearly having had to wait long enough to know.
Both parents nodded. "NICE," Erika said almost screaming.
"When do I go?" she asked grinning.
"Well, we thought since today is Thursday you would have enough time to leave on Saturday, they told us that they had bought plane tickets for s in hope you would like to go solo."
"Oh my . . . thank you." Soon enough after ten minutes of talk of school, her parents left her to get packed by herself.
After a while, she decided to call Brianna with the news.
"Hello?" Brianna's voice called over the phone.
"Hey Bri," said Erika, "I got some news."
"What something happened that I don't know about?"
"Yeah! -I'm going to Greece! Over the whole summer!"
There was a pause then, "Your kidding! Oh my gosh! Can I come over? We must talk"
"Sure," said Erika, her smile fading. She had forgotten how this might affect her friendship with Brianna.
Twenty minutes later Erika heard a knock at the door and ran down to get Brianna out of the cooling weather since the sun was going down.
"Hey Erika." Said Brianna stepping inside with a backpack.
"Hola chica," Erika said grinning.
"Hey Mr. and Mrs. Sanderson," Brianna said nodding to them, "I cant believe Erika is going to Greece can you?"
Mr. Sanderson walked away frowning. Brianna gave Erika a confused look who merely gave her a look back. "Your father is not sure he wants you to go," Erika's mom said from behind her.
Erika nodded then looked over at Brianna and said," Let's go up to my room."
They ran upstairs and Erika told her about the online message all the way to the answer of if she could go.
"So you're leaving Saturday?"
"Yep."
"Well, I figured you'd be really busy but I got you and myself a diary. We can write to each other about the days events and give it to each other at the end of the summer," Brianna said hesitantly holding back tears.
"Brianna, I will miss you a lot. I promise to write in it at least every other day. I promise to keep good care of the diary."
Brianna and Erika hugged knowing they would miss each other so much. The yearly rituals of going down to the beach every morning and walking down the streets.
This would all be missed.
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A/N I haven't quite gotten to the Greek Mythology part, but it will come. I hope people like my story even if it doesn't have much to do with Greek Myths yet.
She finally saw her dad's car come around the corner. Erika put the basketball away and slowly started walking over to her dad's car.
"We have to talk, will mom be home soon?" Erika asked trying to hide all of her excitement and not interrupt with the question.
"She'll be home soon enough," he said warily grabbing his suitcase out of the back seat.
"Okay, well maybe I could approach each of you at a time," Erika said hopefully as if it was her dad's decision to ask the question then and there.
"Perhaps," said her dad.
"Well, I was talking to Sam from Greece online and he asked me if I wanted to stay with him and his family in Greece over the summer... "
"And?" her dad said, his eyebrows rising.
"Can I go?" Erika asked praying in her head for all known and unknown reasons why she should go.
"I need to talk to your mother and then call over in Greece," he said simply as if going to the park to play on the jungle gym when she was younger.
"Okay..." Erika said.
"Do you even have a passport?" he asked.
"Yes, we went to England once and I was fine there," she replied.
"You got lost."
"It was a busy street."
"You were with us." "So? I will just be with my cousins."
"Here's your mother," he said knowing that he obviously wouldn't win this protest.
Erika's mom opened the door to her car and got out. Erika paraded over to her.
"I gots to tell you suntin," said Erika in a baby-ish talk.
"Could we go inside first?" her mom asked waving her already glowing face on her trying to cool herself down.
"Sure, but you must hear me out," Erika said seriously.
"Who- uh-okay," her mom said walking over to the door.
They walked into the house and sat down on the couch. Erika turned to her mom and dad and started to explain. When she had finished, you look over to them to see their expression.
Her moms was almost hard to figure out but she saw in her eyes, like Erika's, that they were easy to interpret and saw excited ness. Her dad's were full of concern.
"Can I talk with your father in private honey?" she asked.
"Is that a good thing?" she whispered to her mom. Her mom merely gave her an assuring smile and Erika walked away her heart filled with hope.
Erika walked up to her room and logged onto her computer. She surfed the Internet for a while and finally went onto her instant messenger. The minute she went on she got a pop up from her cousin:
GreekMatrix: can you?
Caligurl23: I dunno yet, they are talking
There was a knock at the door and her father and mother entered in. "We just called from Greece," said her father.
"Can I go," Erika said now clearly having had to wait long enough to know.
Both parents nodded. "NICE," Erika said almost screaming.
"When do I go?" she asked grinning.
"Well, we thought since today is Thursday you would have enough time to leave on Saturday, they told us that they had bought plane tickets for s in hope you would like to go solo."
"Oh my . . . thank you." Soon enough after ten minutes of talk of school, her parents left her to get packed by herself.
After a while, she decided to call Brianna with the news.
"Hello?" Brianna's voice called over the phone.
"Hey Bri," said Erika, "I got some news."
"What something happened that I don't know about?"
"Yeah! -I'm going to Greece! Over the whole summer!"
There was a pause then, "Your kidding! Oh my gosh! Can I come over? We must talk"
"Sure," said Erika, her smile fading. She had forgotten how this might affect her friendship with Brianna.
Twenty minutes later Erika heard a knock at the door and ran down to get Brianna out of the cooling weather since the sun was going down.
"Hey Erika." Said Brianna stepping inside with a backpack.
"Hola chica," Erika said grinning.
"Hey Mr. and Mrs. Sanderson," Brianna said nodding to them, "I cant believe Erika is going to Greece can you?"
Mr. Sanderson walked away frowning. Brianna gave Erika a confused look who merely gave her a look back. "Your father is not sure he wants you to go," Erika's mom said from behind her.
Erika nodded then looked over at Brianna and said," Let's go up to my room."
They ran upstairs and Erika told her about the online message all the way to the answer of if she could go.
"So you're leaving Saturday?"
"Yep."
"Well, I figured you'd be really busy but I got you and myself a diary. We can write to each other about the days events and give it to each other at the end of the summer," Brianna said hesitantly holding back tears.
"Brianna, I will miss you a lot. I promise to write in it at least every other day. I promise to keep good care of the diary."
Brianna and Erika hugged knowing they would miss each other so much. The yearly rituals of going down to the beach every morning and walking down the streets.
This would all be missed.
~_~_~_~_~_~_~__~_~_~_~__~_~_~_~__~~_~~_~_~~_~_~_~_~_
A/N I haven't quite gotten to the Greek Mythology part, but it will come. I hope people like my story even if it doesn't have much to do with Greek Myths yet.