Welcome To Beautiful S.C!

The six had gotten up at around eight the next morning so they could get an early start to their next destination.

"Yeah, oooo baby baby! Oops...baby I think I'm in love!"

Sirius was currently sitting in the back seat with his headphones on, and singing along with the cd. Let's just say we all know what it sounded like; nails on a chalkboard.

"I don't know how much more of this I can take," Ariel said rubbing her temples.

"Look at the bright side," Lily said, turning around, "only four more hours to go."

"That's the bright side?" Remus asked.

"I'm bored already," Autumn complained. "Let's play a game."

"Game?" asked Sirius, ripping off his headphones. "I love games."

"Really? I never would have guessed," Ariel said sarcastically.

"What game do you wanna play?" Remus asked Autumn, again trying to keep the peace in the back seat.

"How about I never," Autumn answered.

"Ooo..." Sirius said. "I never heard of that game before."

"Each person starts out with ten points, and all you do is complete the sentence, 'I never...' The first person with zero points wins," Autumn explained.

"I'll start," Lily volunteered. "I never went skinny dipping."

So Lily, Ariel, Autumn, and Remus had nine points, while James and Sirius had ten.

"I really don't want to know why you guys went skinny dipping," Autumn said.

"I swear it wasn't like that!" James exclaimed.

"Riiiight..." Ariel said grinning.

"I never kissed anyone in this car," Remus said.

So Remus, Ariel, and Autumn had eight points; Lily and Sirius had nine; and James had ten.

"I have a feeling that I'm gonna loose," James said.

"I never slept with anyone," Autumn said.

So Autumn and Ariel had seven points; Lily and Remus had eight; Sirius had nine; and James had ten.

"Dang, we got a car full of goodie goodies," Sirius said to James and Remus.

"I hate this game," James stated.

"I never stared in a porno movie," Ariel said.

So Ariel and Autumn had six points; Remus and Lily had seven; Sirius had eight; and James still had ten.

"Oh gawd James!" Ariel exclaimed. "I really can't believe you!"

"It was a dare," James said shamefully. "And it paid good money."

"Eww..." Autumn said.

"I never wore tights!" James yelled, happy to finally not have ten points.

Ariel, Remus, and Autumn had six; Lily had seven; Sirius had eight; and James had nine.

"Uhh...Sirius?" Why in the world did you wear tights?" Lily asked.

"It was for a Halloween costume!" Sirius exclaimed.

The game continued on until Remus, Autumn, and Ariel tied.

"Well, that was interesting," Ariel said.

"Yeah," Autumn agreed. "I learned that Sirius and James are freaks."

The car erupted into laughter.

"Oh…look!" Autumn yelled after some time.

Everyone turned to look at what she saw; a sign that read Welcome To Beautiful South Carolina! And on the bottom in swirly curvy letters read, Smiling Faces, Beautiful Places.

"Well," Ariel said, "I guess this place is really beautiful."

"I better be considering how much we had to pay for the hotel," Lily said.

Afterthree long hours and five billion games later, they finally saw Myrtle Beach on the horizon.

"That's the thirtieth sign for Ripley's Aquarium in the past two hours!" Sirius said.

"It must be very popular," Remus replied.

As the outskirts of southern Myrtle Beach approached, they began seeing miniature golf courses off the highway.

"That one's really pretty!" Sirius exclaimed as they passed one with a flower theme.

"It has flowers. Since when did you think flowers were pretty?" James pointed out.

Sirius opened his mouth to reply, and then closed it.

James drove into an exit. As soon as they entered the road they were met with huge amounts of traffic.

"Oh great," James said.

"I really don't think I can deal with being in this car much longer," Autumn whined.

"I agree with you on that one," Remus said.

After an hour stuck in traffic, they got off the main road. Passing miles of sandy beach and hotels, they found the one they were looking for.

Small compared to the rest of the hotels, Jonathon Harbor was right on the beach. White stucco walls faced the sea. James parked the car and went inside. Returning with key in his hand, he got in the car and parked it across the street.

"Why do we have to park over here?" Lily questioned.

"There isn't enough room over there, so they made this their parking lot," James answered.

"Seems like a load of crap to me," Ariel complained as she began pulling her luggage across the street.

They had managed to reserve one large oceanfront room. It smelt a bit musty, but there were two bedrooms, two bathrooms, a kitchen, a living room with a sofa bed, and two balconies. Not to mention they were on the third floor and had a great view.

"This is amazing," Lily said, stepping out onto a balcony.

And indeed it was. It was around four in the afternoon so the sun was slowly sinking into the sky, getting lost in the vast ocean.

"Well," James said, "what does everyone want to do?"

"We should probably start looking for a place to eat dinner," Remus said.

"I think we should unpack," Lily offered.

"How about skinny dipping?" Ariel asked.

"I told you nothing happened!" James exclaimed.

"Uh huh..." Ariel replied.

So after a quick unpack and fights for the bathroom, they all left their hotel, and began scouting the boardwalk for a place to eat.

There were many small shops and restaurants packed together, making it hard to see where one building stopped and another began. The aroma of seafood caught their noses.

"Ahh...food," Sirius said sniffing the air.

Deciding on a little place called The Crusty Crab, they all practically ran inside.

"I'll take the lobster," Sirius said to the waiter.

The rest ordered the fish and chips special.

As the five of them at their fish and chips, Sirius was having a little trouble finding a way to eat the lobster.

"Uhh guys?" he asked. "How exactly do I get to the meat?"

"Try these," Ariel said handing him the shell cracking tool.

"Thanks babe," Sirius replied giving her a wink.

Sirius, now with his tool of destruction, began eating his lobster, which is easier said than done. He began opening the claws with much difficulty. As he continued to open the lobster, he shot the rest of them with the lobster's juices.

"Hey now!" James exclaimed. "Watch the bodily fluids."

"Yeah really," Autumn added. "You got some in my eye."

"Sorry," Sirius said smiling sheepishly.

Leaving the restaurant, they continued walking down the street. Bright streetlights lit their way.

"Lookie!" Sirius squealed, pointing at yet another miniature golf course. This one had large mechanical dinosaurs that moved their heads and roared.

"Please! I won't ask for anything else the whole trip!" Sirius pleaded.

Autumn snorted and said "I wouldn't count on that."

Sirius frowned and crossed his arms, close to tears.

Remus sighed and said, "Let's just go."

Reluctantly, everyone agreed and followed Sirius through the entrance. Paying the fee, they each grabbed a golf club and a ball.

The first hole was simple; the little was a little harder, and so forth. It turned out Sirius was very good at mini-golf; James was quite the opposite.

It was at a particularly difficult hole that James made his biggest mistake. The ball was supposed to go over a hill, back down it, through a small tunnel, and over a bridge.

James bent over his ball and hit it. Just as it got to the crest of the hill, it rolled back to him. By this time he was getting very annoyed. He hit the ball with all his strength and watched it sail right over the hill and tunnel, and land gracefully on the bridge.

"Ah, that's the first good luck I've had all day," he said happily.

As soon as he said this, the ball changed its mind and rolled right into the bright blue pond, landing with a perfect -plop-.

"Shit!" James said angrily.

"Today is just not your day mate," Sirius said while patting James on the back.

James sighed and went to retrieve his ball. He used his club to paddle the ball towards him. He got on his hands and knees and reached for the ball. Losing his balance, he tumbled head first into the dirty pond.

He emerged and glared daggers at his hysterical friends.

"Will somebody please help me?" he asked angrily.

Sirius, still laughing, extended his hand to him. Unexpectedly, James pulled Sirius into the water with him.

This caused the remaining four to laugh even harder, and James and Sirius were left to scramble out of the pond by themselves.

"Pew, you guys stink!" Autumn exclaimed.

This time both James and Sirius glared at their friends as they began to break into laughter.

His soppy wet clothes apparently had no effect on Sirius, because he eventually won. James, of course, lost considerably. By the time they had finished up the eighteenth hole it was getting pretty late, so they decided to head back to the hotel.

A/N- Please, please, please review!