Happy News Beach Time Part 1
Aelita was about to get into the truck when a hand touched her shoulder and a familiar female voice said hello. She turned around to see who it was, scared but focused, and saw a dark haired girl slightly taller then her. Aelita slid her sun glasses off and her eyes widened with surprise.
"Well are you going to say hello to your old friend or not?" Yumi joked as her best friend stood in awe.
"Yumi!" Aelita jumped on her with a tight hug, overjoyed but now perplexed, "Wait what are you doing here?" Aelita asked as her heart calmed down.
"Hey Aelita, we gotta go before the traffic picks up……" Nathan called to her opening his door too see Yumi and Aelita talking.
"Ohhh hey what's up Yumi, hey you here to visit?" he got out and shook her hand, "Hey guys Yumi's back!" he shouted to the others in the truck all seated and ready to go.
"Hey Yumi!" they all yelled staying in the truck. Not that they were rude but they were ready to take off after all this mornings preparations. So Yumi just waved to them from the open back seat door.
"Man it's hot here, are we near the equator?" Yumi wiped some sweat from her face, she still wore black clothing to this day.
"So Yumi what are you doing here anyways?" Aelita asked again smiling as she always does.
"Well, my parents family back in Japan wanted me to get the same education as you were. After they heard of your time back in the prepatory school, I really couldn't do anything and they pulled some strings to get me here as respected my family is. I miss the boys already…" Yumi drifted off into sadness.
"How are they, it's been like three years since we last saw you all." Nathan asked leaning against the truck as he closed the doors to save the trucks cool air.
"They're doing quite well, Ulrich has actually picked up his grades and more of an athlete then ever. Odd is still that comical clown and he is showing a wonderful progression into classical music and band hall, out doing everyone else. Jeremie, grades are normal, he's really shown promise in computers so much I hear they all are getting scholarships to a special school. Jeremie also managed to pull some wires with that and so…." Yumi left them hanging on a cliff.
"So what! Where are they going!" Aelita couldn't stand the anticipation.
"The boys are going to this school too!" She shouted in glee, Aelita and her hugged at the fantastic news.
"Dude that's sweet! We can all be our whole gang again." Nathan happily said.
"Oh wow, I'll be able to see Jeremie and the boys again. Life can't get any better for us." Aelita sighed recollecting some old memories.
"I don't mean to be a bother but we got to head out sometime before the high ways and parking are crammed!" Guerrmo opened his door and poked his body up over the roof of the truck, tapping his watch.
"I'll let you guys go then, I guess I'll see my schedule and papers I should sign." Yumi waved to them and started to head to the school.
"Wait Yumi, why don't you join us, we can make room and we got enough supplies anyways." Nathan came up to her and put his arm on her shoulder to stop her.
"Well where are you all going?" she said looking to the two.
"The beach come on, it'll be fun." Aelita enticed her.
"But I don't have a bathing suit." Her hopes went down.
"Hey, Terra packed some extra swim suits incase something should happen." Nathan told her directing her to the truck.
"I don't know…" she thought about it as both her friends pushed her to the back seat door, "Well I guess" she finally said and opened the door.
"Hey Yumi, you coming as well?" Kila asked as the three looked at her.
"Ya" she answered and closed her door smiling at them, buckling her seat belt as Nathan and Aelita got in the front seat. Yumi looked at the front seats and she only saw two, so how would they fit?
"Here, I'll sit on the seat and you can sit on my lap." The black haired boy told Aelita and they shared the passenger front seat.
"Are you sure it's safe to sit like that?" Yumi questioned them with a raised eyebrow.
"Ahh it's no problem, the beach is only a little more then a twenty minute drive and plus my family shares like this." Nathan replied as they clipped the belt closed.
"Okay everyone have everything? Cloths, towels, sun block, etc.?" Guerrmo turned in his seat asking all.
Terra and Aelita did a mental checklist and nodded to the driver.
"Lets go already!" Kila complained.
So they did, the truck pulled out of the high schools student parking lot and they headed off to the beach. Yumi though felt different from everyone, since she was still in her casual day outfit and everyone else was ready for the beach: Guerrmo wore a tight body shirt that showed his now grown muscles, Nathan she remembered has on shorts with cammo designs and a long salt water fishing logoed T-shirt with an over shirt themed tropics, Aelita had on her two piece suit but covered by a floral mini skirt about almost to her knees, Terra had on the same but a long skirt with a mixed colored design, Kila wore a one piece with a matching purple mini skirt as well.
They all had grown to the point they were joining the fashions of teenage culture. Yumi only began to wonder what choices they had for her to wear, she like the attires the gang wore but what was the "Extra Swim Suits".
Guerrmo opened the window and turned one the radio to a Spanish station. The hot outside air was now a warm coolish breeze sweeping into the truck, it felt quite nice on everyone's skin. Though Yumi had never heard of the Genre before, but it had a nice beat.
"Hey what kind of music is this?" she asked.
"It's Reggieton, Salsa, Cuban, Tejano, and Latin or you could just call it Latin music." Nathan answered her.
"Oh, I must say it does feel like summer music." She said as Kila and Terra started moving to the music even though Yumi herself didn't understand the words.
They finally made it over the highway and bridge, now going into a lone road with other cars. Yumi looked around outside as the smell of the salty sea greeted her nose. Sand started showing up around the road side and a large dune wall, covered with some vegetation, kept her eyes from seeing the beach. A few bumps and potholes, they were there at the beach where cars parked on the sandy shore and people were setting up their sites and barbeque pits. Yumi could feel her heart act giddy with a child-like behavior. People were swimming, riding bikes, fishing, throwing around footballs and Frisbees, and socializing in the sun or under tarps. France had nothing on this, the sand was close to white sands and the water was a green blue hue.
Guerrmo parked the truck close to the shore and everyone opened their doors to get out, though he kept the truck on neutral with the radio on loud. Aelita got out and Nathan last, he handed her her medium sized straw sun hat and she a kiss on his cheek for the kindness. The boys opened the bed ramp and began unloading a barbeque pit with a propane tank, the cooler, a tackle box, fishing poles, half of a tent to give shade from the sun, and moved the bags to the bed opening for easy access for the girls.
They went ahead and took out Yumi's choices and placed them in a neat order on the bed floor. While Kila went for the sun block and fold up chairs, Aelita helped, and Terra went inside the truck to take off her necklace and rings.
"I like this one of all of them. But do you think it's too attractive?" Yumi sort of turned strawberry looking at the two piece and imagining it on her.
"Huh?" Terra came out of the truck, "No in fact I think it'll look cute on you."
"Well okay then." Yumi still seemed unsure.
"If you still insist, here let me show you something." The blonde haired girl rummaged through the bag and pulled out a long skirt much like hers with cherry flowers on it and a top covering matching it all.
"Now this is something I will like, so where do I change?" Yumi looked happy and content with the new clothing.
"Hey Guerrmo can you come with me and Yumi, we're going to the pier to change." Terra shouted to him, Guerrmo was already setting up his pole at the shores edge.
"Why does he need to come with?" Yumi seemed curious.
"Well nothing's safe so we should have some muscles with us incase something should go bad." Terra smiled just as the boy came by them.
"Are you talking about these muscles?" he joked with them as he pretended to be a muscle man.
"Alright mister 'Man of the World', lets go." She tugged at his drawers and got him to behave.
Aelita and Kila stayed behind with Nathan, who began to wade into the water and cast out his line. The girls were putting on their sun block, while Kila fixed up the barbeque pit.
"I thought you brought sandwiches, what's with all this?" Aelita wanted to know.
"Remember when I told you that I'd have to make dishes, once a month, for my cooking tournament practice? Well, I packed ingredience for a seafood meal. The boys will catch the fish and I'll prepare them fresh from the sea." She said happy and dreaming of the delicious meal.
"So that explains the heaviness of the cooler." Aelita put her hands on her hips shaking her head chuckling.