Chapter 6

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The short hour trip to Santorini was very funny. It was full of laughs at Tristan's continual shocked face and stories being told about Tristan from Jason. We arrived in Santorini after 6 stories and a lot of laughs.

We got off the plane and went through Customs. We got our bags and headed out of the airport. As soon as I stepped out onto the island I could smell the salty air. I looked out and saw the bright blue sea which ended at the clean white sand. It was really magnificent.

"Ok, we have the end of today, tomorrow, and then the next morning.

So what to do?" Mom asked.

"I think we should spend today in town, checking out the buildings and the food." Tristan suggested.

"Then, we can spend tomorrow on the beach." I added.

"Sounds great." Mom said, nodding in approval.

We headed into town to find our hotel. After a while we found the

Hilton. We went in and got our keys for the two suites.

We headed up and got settled. After freshening up a bit, we all met downstairs in front of the lobby.

"Ok. Food or some window shopping?" Tristan asked.

"Food!" Kats shouted.

"Then, food it is!" Tristan agreed.

We all headed down the main street and passed by some marvelous buildings. We came to a small restaurant named Zorba Alpha (A/N: If this is a real place I didn't know).

We went in and sat down at a tiny table and ordered some coffee and gyros. They came shortly after we started a conversation about the beach.

"The beach is so clean!" I commented.

"I know it's kind of freaky and the water's so blue." Jason told us.

The waitress came over at this point and gave us our food. We ate it quickly and headed out for some shopping.

"So just window shopping?" Tristan asked.

"Yah, but we'll buy one item each to say we bought it in Greece."

Kats told him in a tone that left no room for disagreement.

"Fine with us as long as we aren't paying!" Lorelei said seriously.

"You don't have to pay. I can handle buying 2 extra items for my best friends." Kats told us sweetly and sincerely.

"We're your best friends?" I asked, slightly shocked by her confession.

"Of course! I didn't get tattoos with any of my other friends."

She replied, smiling.

We all smiled and walked down the main street. Every shop we saw seemed to cater to tourists, because most of the merchandise would say

Santorini, Greece. We just walked by the shops, hoping to find one that was less touristy. After 30 minutes of being unsuccessful, we decided to just enter the next shop that looked interesting.

We walked in and saw many things that could qualify for the whole,

"Bring me back something" category. We split up and looked around. I looked at some postcards, while mom and Kats decided to look at shirts and the boys wandered aimlessly through the aisles.

I found a really pretty calendar after a while and decided that that would be the one thing I bought.

I walked over to Mom and Kats and they were holding onto two shirts deciding between them.

"I want the blue one!" Mom exclaimed.

"I want it too!" Kats challenged.

"I like the purple one too!" Mom retaliated.

"I want that one too!" Kat pouted.

"You two are so difficult!" I told them. I grabbed the shirts and put them behind my back. I told them to pick a hand. Mom picked left and Kats picked right. Mom ended up with the blue shirt and Kats with the purple.

We walked up to the cash registers to pay since the guys were not going to buy anything. The cashier rang it up and gave our purchases back to us in a bag. Since it was already 5pm, and it began to get a little cold, we decided to head back to the hotel.

It didn't take us long to get back. Once we arrived at the hotel, we decided to get into our pjs, order some room service and just hang out.

We headed up to our room where we put on our pajamas and turned on the heat. We waited for the guys to get changed and show up to our room.

As soon as they arrived, we ushered them in and made them sit on the couch. They were both in plaid flannel pajama pants and wife beaters. The girls opted for silk pajamas. Mine had frogs on them, mom's had hearts, and Katie had polka dots.

The guys sat down quietly and we made our way over to them and sat on the floor. I looked up at Tristan to see him smiling.

"What?" I asked.

"You like frogs?" He asked smirking.

I looked down and saw the green frogs against the purple silk. "I guess I do." I replied, blushing slightly.

The awkwardness in the room disappeared after that and we all talked about anything and everything. Movies, books, music, food, friends, family everything.

There was a knock on the door and I hopped up to get it. I opened the door and saw the room service guy standing there with a cart of food. I asked him to roll the cart into the room. He did and I grabbed a couple dollars and handed it to him, while thanking him as I closed the door.

I looked at the food and noticed it was all American food.

"Aren't we supposed to be trying new food?" I asked, looking at Mom with a pointed look.

"We did. We had gyros earlier." Mom replied. She loved her burgers.

I passed out the burgers and fries and sat down to eat. We all ate and talked in between bites. I didn't know I was so hungry until I started eating.

After we got done eating we talked for a couple more hours and after that I excused myself for bed since I was so tired. I shuffled drowsily to my room and laid my head down on the pillow. It didn't smell like Tristan. I was disappointed but I had an idea. I walked out of the room and acted as I was looking for something even though I knew exactly where it was.

"What are you looking for hun?" Mom asked.

"My sweatshirt." I replied.

Tristan stood up and realized it had been hanging behind him on the couch. He picked it up and handed it back to me. I thanked him and went to bed with the sweatshirt as my pillow. I loved that smell. I loved his smell. It was a mixture of cologne, aftershave and something else. I didn't know what. I drifted off to sleep just as easily as I had the night before.

I woke up with the sun shining brightly on my face. I looked at the clock. 9:12. I rolled out of bed and dragged myself to the kitchen. Mom and Kats were there already.

"Hi hun! Good timing! We were just going to go wake you." Mom said happily sipping her steaming hot cup, filled with the liquid of the gods in it.

"Coffee." I mumbled.

She pulled out the pot and poured a mug and handed it to me. I was so glad these suites had coffee.

I gulped and smiled and then looked up at my Mom.

"Thanks!" I said, clearly more awake then when I first stumbled into the kitchen.

"Anytime. Coffee is life!" She dramatically exclaimed.

"I know." I told her, nodding, with a serious look on my face.

"We gotta head to the beach." Kats suggested pointedly at me.

"Fine, Ill go change. Wake the boys." I said, as I walked back to my room.

"Will do!" She replied perkily.

I walked into my room and shut the door and I heard Katie pound on a wall and yell "Boys! Wake up! Now!"

I laughed at the scene. I changed into a light blue bikini and came out with my flip flops on my feet and a beach towel draped over my arm.

Everyone was waiting so I exited the room waiting for them to follow.

We head out of the lobby and crossed the street to the beach. We set down our things near the water and looked around seeing a couple people a little while away. I walked into the warm water and started splashing around. Kats and Jason joined me, soon followed by Tristan. Mom on the other hand lay on the beach getting a tan.

"It's so warm." I commented. I was standing with the water up to my shoulders.

"The water back home is never this warm." Kats added.

We looked around and noticed that the guys were missing. Suddenly, we got pulled under the water. A few seconds later we came back up sputtering.

"We are so going to kill you two!" Kats and I screamed, as the boys laughed.

We turned towards the guys and used our hands to dunk them and hold them under water.

They came back up spitting out salt water. They chased us around splashing us with water.

We swam around laughing for a while. My fingers started to get pruned so I headed out of the water and joined mom on the beach, lying down to get a tan. I have no idea how long I sat there but it was a while. I flipped over after about maybe an hour and waited for everyone else to get done swimming.

It took forever to get everyone out of the water for lunch. Mom had walked over to that Greek restaurant and got some more gyros.

We sat down on the beach towels and ate the amazing foreign food. We ate quickly and as soon as they finished them they jumped up to go back in the sparkling cerulean water.

"Nope you have to wait an hour." I told them.

They stopped, turned around and plopped themselves down again.

"So when does our flight leave?" Tristan asked.

"Tomorrow at 10." Katie answered.

We made small talk for another 55 minutes and as soon as I told them they could go back they jumped up and ran. I got up, brushed some sand off and headed down to the shore too. She walked in and joined in the game of keep away from Tristan. Mom watched her daughter and her other makeshift kids swim around and a smile graced her face.

We ended up floating around for a couple hours. We all got tired so we walked out of the water and packed up our things on the beach. We brought it all back to the hotel and took turns taking showers.

We decided since it was getting late that we should go out and look at some of the architecture in the dim sunlight.

We left the hotel and walked around the town for a while. The buildings were all pure white with red tile roofs. It really was amazing. After it got too dark for viewing we walked back to the hotel and split up to go to our separate rooms.

I pulled out my sweatshirt and put it on my pillow. I lay down and quickly fell into a deep sleep.

8:00 AM sharp, my phone rang. I pulled my body out of bed and dragged my feet out to the kitchen. I grabbed a mug and put it out in front of Mom. She got the message and poured the coffee. I felt the caffeine in my body as soon as I took a sip and I opened my eyes fully.

"How in the world do you get up so early? At home you sleep till

12!" I asked in awe.

"I have no idea." Mom replied, as she handed a mug of coffee to a sleepy Katie.

"Well I got a couple things to pack up. I'll be done in a couple minutes." I said, walking back to my room.

They nodded and I went back to the room to gather the few remaining items that were scattered about. I walked out at 8:30 and saw everyone waiting in the living room. All their things were sitting by the door.

When I came out the guys stood up and headed towards the door. We all followed behind them.

Once we got to the airport, we went through the routine of getting though security and customs and got to the terminal. A couple of minutes later we boarded the plane.

When we got on the plane and found our seats, I turned to Tristan and asked him about military school.

"So what did you guys do everyday?" I asked, genuinely curious about what he had done with his time after Chilton.

"We woke up at 5 am, took a 3 mile run, then we went to 3 classes, lunch, then 3 more classes then we had drills. It was hell." He replied honestly.

"I would think so." I nodded.

We continued to talk for the entire trip. No one else existed, and I think I liked it like that.

Well there's the Greece part of the trip. I know there's not much Trory action. But wait for the next chapter. Well review please. Well hope you liked the chapter.