Hey here's another chapter! I'm still on vacation, and I'm writing more, but I hope you like it! Sorry about all of the typos in the last chapter, I didn't realize them, and I apologize in advance for any others that I don't catch.
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Chapter 10:
The Gordons got off their plane at the San Francisco airport, and headed down to baggage claim. They stood by the conveyor belt as bag after bag started going by.
"The house is in San Francisco?" asked Gordo.
"Nope," said Mr. Gordon while he scanned the airport.
Once the bags were on a wagon, they went to an information desk to find out where they could get a taxi. The woman behind the desk directed them towards a doorway.
Howard hailed a cab, and the driver hopped out to get their bags. The family got into the car and the driver asked them where they were going. Howard turned to his family with a widespread grin on his face.
"These are for you," he said to Roberta, slipping a blindfold over her eyes.
"Howard, what are you doing?" Roberta asked, lifting the blindfold slightly.
"Shh, shh, just trust me," replied her husband. He fixed the blindfold on her face again, and handed the driver a slip of paper. The man nodded and started driving. Gordo looked at his father, who shook his head and told him not to worry. Gordo watched as the cars and houses flew by.
Roberta had long since given up on asking questions, and appeared to be quite content in the silence of the car.
When they got to the hotel, Howard paid the driver and they went inside. Howard took the blindfolds off of his wife, and she saw that they were in the Marriott. She turned to her husband with a 'what-is-the-matter-with-you?' look.
"Don't worry," he said, "you'll see."
They went up to the room and unpacked. It was a nice sized room, with two big comfortable beds. Gordo flopped down onto the one by the window, and closed his eyes.
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The next morning, they woke up and went down to the lobby for breakfast.
"When are we going to see the house, Dad?" Gordo asked.
Howard looked at his watch and adjusted it to accommodate the new time zone. It was about 10:30, "Oh, about a half-hour," he said.
He called a cab and they got in, and Howard gave the driver a piece of paper with their destination, so Roberta wouldn't hear it. She, of course, had no idea where they were going because she couldn't see a thing. (A/N: not crazy, don't worry)
The car came to a stop in front of the house and dropped them off. Howard paid the driver and got the phone number to call when they were done.
"Can I take these off now?" Roberta asked, referring to the fabric over her eyes.
"No, not until we get inside," Howard said, guiding her up the steps.
"Can't I see the outside of the house?" she pleaded, feeling terribly confused.
Howard smiled "Nope, later."
Grumbling, Roberta gave in and let Howard show her into the house. He took off her blindfolds, and she gasped. The house was positively wonderful. Even Gordo looked impressed. To her left was the kitchen. It was completely furnished with an island in the middle. It was beautiful.
The dining room was a light, slate blue. There was a ridge coming out of the wall just above head level that continued all the way around the room. It would be perfect to put pictures on. She walked around, oohing and ahhing at each and every detail, no matter how minimal.
Howard turned to Gordo and they grinned at each other.
"Think we got it?" the man asked his son
"Definitely," Gordo replied.
"Come this way," he said.
Howard took Gordo through the living room, and into a room full of windows.
"This will be where me and your mom's desks are, like an office type thing," Howard explained. Gordo looked around. The room wasn't big, but the full height glass windows made it seem huge. Gordo gazed out the windows onto the beach.
"Wow, we're on the beach," he said.
"Yeah," Howard replied, looking out as well, "nice, isn't it?"
Gordo just nodded, somewhat unable to find words. There were seagulls swooping and cackling at each other. The waves were crashing onto the beach.
Roberta could be heard in the next room screeching in delight at a new room she found. Howard laughed and went to her. Gordo still stared at the beach.
He wanted to go swim in the ocean; he had such a burning desire for it. It was almost like the water was calling to him, making fun of him for the glass window in from of him, barricading him from the depths of the thundering water.
Gordo had never spent time at the ocean. He had gone to the Great Lakes once before, but that seemed like a puddle compared to this. This was like a paradise. If his parents didn't buy this house, he didn't know what he'd do. He belonged here. He could feel it, and it felt right.
He saw a group of three children running on the beach. They were all about 3 years old. Two were girls, and one was a boy. All three children and childishly curly hair, and one of the girls was blonde.
Gordo leaned towards the glass, mesmerized by the children's laughter and delight. The young boy bent down into an approaching wave and the water spilled around him, climbing up the beach. They boy then looked up and the two girls walked toward him. The three children linked elbows and laughed with complete contentment.
Gordo closed his eyes and sighed.
"Gordo! Come here, we're going upstairs!" his father called.
Gordo took one last look at the happy trio, but they were gone. He searched left and right, but the three toddlers were gone without a trace.
The teenage shook his head to himself and ran up the stairs to find his parents.
Mr. and Mrs. Gordon were looking at a bathroom. Gordo walked in and looked around. The tiles were a creamy color, and the walls were a light faded green.
Howard pointed to the shower doors, which were a clear glass.
Gordo raised his eyebrows.
"The doors are clear?" he asked in surprise.
"Oh relax, you have your own bathroom, and look," Howard said, he closed the shower door and the doors fogged up.
"Can't see a thing, can you"?" he asked in an 'I-told-you-so' fashion.
Howard grinned and turned to Roberta, "Our room is over here," he said walking into the hallway and to the right.
"Gordo," he said, "go down there and on the left is your room."
The boy nodded and made his way down the hall.
Howard and Roberta entered the master bedroom, and Roberta gasped. This room was above the office, and also had a full view of the ocean. Roberta turned around and threw her arms around her husband, who laughed and hugged her happily.
"I guess this means you like it then?" he asked with a smile.
"It's perfect," she said, "but how much is it?"
He told her and she squealed like a seven-year-old in a candy store. Howard laughed and picked her up and whirled her around.
"Wait," Roberta said, walking over to the window.
"What," her husband replied, a knowing smile making an appearance on his face.
"I know this beach," she whispered.
Gordo opened the door to his room and looked around. He, too, had an ocean view, and it was breathtaking. He turned around several times, already mentally picturing where everything would go when he noticed something peculiar. He walked over to a window on the wall adjacent to the beach view.
Through the window he could see right into a room in another house. The windows were so close together it would have been easy to climb through.
While he was examining the other room, the door over there burst open, and a girl walked in, chatting on the phone with her friend. Pictures instantly flew into Gordo's mind. The beach. A girl. Electricity flew through him. He opened his eyes and looked at the blonde girl that was maybe 5 feet from him. Even though he could only see the back of her head, he knew. It was the girl of his dreams. Literally.
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