Digimon Adventure 02 – Summer in Alaska

Day Two

Tai woke up too a loud ringing noise that filled the small hotel room. It took him a minute or two to remember where he was. There was a movement beside him as someone got out of the bed to turn off the noise.

"Uhh…sorry guys…I wired my computer to set off an alarm this morning," Izzy's sleepy voice answered. Tai groaned and he heard Matt shift in the other bed.

"Why on earth do we need an alarm?" Tai whined shoving his face deeper in the squishy white pillows.

"Because of our jet lag we would've slept in far too late. Even though we went to bed fairly early last night our bodies wouldn't have maintained all the physical energy they need. The average human needs at least…" but Tai tuned him out. How could this guy be so technological so early in the morning? What Skyy saw in him Tai never knew.

"Okay, okay, whatever just answer the question Iz…" Tai groaned after Izzy kept rambling on about how much sleep humans need to produce an efficient amount of energy. He didn't see it but Tai knew that Izzy glared at him. He knew this feeling so well because Skyy would glare at his back many times after he teased her about something or other.

"In short…we would've missed the tour to the chocolate factory, it starts at 10:30 and it's 9:00 right now," Tai heard Izzy shutting off his computer. He also heard the shuffling of sheets as Matt got out of the other bed.

"We should get ready quickly and have more time for finding the place; I'd rather not get lost on our fist day in Seattle, besides the girls will take forever to get ready…" Matt yawned and walked off to the bathroom. Tai peeked up from his pillow and let his eyes get used to the sunlight. They had talked briefly the night before about going to the chocolate factory because the girls said they wanted to go during dinner. In a matter of practically two seconds Izzy found the website on his laptop and figured out tour times. The boys decided to go early so they'd have the rest of the day for other things.

Tai dragged himself up from the cushiony bed and stared out the window. Izzy was putting his laptop back in its bag. His hair was a complete bed head and it was all over the place. Tai laughed in his head even though he had seen Izzy's bed head many times when he had come over for sleepovers. Mind you with Tai's hair his was probably ten times worse. Izzy stretched and walked off to the bathroom to join Matt. Tai rolled out of the bed and went over to the phone. He had to call the girls and get them up because they probably didn't have an alarm clock.

As he typed in the number of their room in the phone his heart beat a little quicker as he thought of Sora's voice answering the phone. But not until it started ringing did Mimi's face suddenly appear in his mind and his heart beat went even faster. Tai flinched a little.

Since when did he react this way to thinking of Mimi? This was like that time at the airport when Mimi hugged him and he got all embarrassed. This was totally confusing him because he had never felt this way for Mimi before. It was just Mimi, the Mimi he knew since he was 11. He had never had any reactions like this to her ever before. Tai's head started getting fuzzy thinking of this that he didn't even hear the voice answer on the other end.

"Hello...Hello?" the voice spoke in English. Tai snapped out of his daze and quickly answered.

"Yes! This is Tai speaking!" Tai said quickly in Japanese, and then suddenly felt stupid for his response.

"Tai you idiot! What the hell are you phoning for! Go back to sleep you moron!" Tai recognized the voice as Skyy's which had switched to Japanese. He breathed a sigh of relief (and a little disappointment). Tai snorted.

"Yeah whatever princess, listen you girls gotta get up now, the tour starts at 10:30,"

"What? That early! You're killing me dude."

"You always guess my real intentions so quickly…" Tai grinned into the phone.

"Shut up, I know your grinning…"

"You know me well, anyway I know it takes you guys five hours to get ready but make it quick cause we—"but Tai was cut off.

"excuuuse me? I do not take five hours to get ready! Maybe Mimi does but not me!" Skyy huffed. He heard a faint protest in the background which sounded like a sleepy Mimi arguing over Skyy's comment. Tai's heart did a little flip flop when he heard Mimi's voice. "Stop that!" Tai told himself mentally. He tried to make his voice normal again.

"Ah, so lively in the morning aren't you?"

"So what?"

"Nothing, nothing! That's what we expect of our little short tempered girl," Tai heard her snort on the other end, probably rolling her eyes too. "Look, we don't know how long it's gonna take to get there, so try be as quick as possible okay?" Tai said. Skyy groaned on the other end.

"Ugggh! Fine…we'll see you later then…moron," Tai chuckled a little. She said the last part as she was putting the phone down but he heard it faintly. He hung up and turned to see Izzy peeking around the corner. Tai raised an eyebrow.

"What's up?"

"Who answered?" Izzy said a little faintly. Tai grinned mentally.

"Skyy."

"Oh really...ok" then Izzy's head disappeared into the bathroom. Tai smirked when he saw the faint blush on the 16-year-old's cheeks when he said her name. Then suddenly his head reappeared again.

"What did you mean by true intentions?" Izzy asked. Tai smiled.

"Oh, it's just a little joke, I asked them to get up early and she was all like "your killing me dude!" so I was being sarcastic," Tai shrugged.

"Oh."

"Why, did you think it was something else and get jealous?" Tai smirked. Izzy's face turned bright red.

"NO!" he snapped and turned and stomped back into the bathroom. Tai could hear Matt laughing then Izzy telling him off for doing it. Tai smiled to himself. "Lucky ducks…both like each other…hmmm...maybe I should help give them a little push…a romance on the seas! Sounds cheesy…but fun too," Tai thought as plans of setting up the two teens came bubbling up in his mind.

Skyy hung up the phone and collapsed back onto her pillow.

"…was that Tai? What did he say?" Mimi's irritated voice asked from the other hotel bed. She was still a teensy bit bitter from Skyy saying she takes 5 hours to get ready.

"We have to get up now for the chocolate tour thingy," Skyy grumbled. Mimi groaned loudly and Sora just sighed in annoyance. The three lay there for a minuet or two before Skyy finally shot up from the bed with a burst of energy. Though she immediately lost the energy as soon as she sat up. She rubbed the crud from her eyes as they adjusted to the brilliant sunlight shining into their room. Sora shifted beside her at the disturbance. Skyy lightly hit her back.

"c'mon, we have to get up and do it quickly or they're gonna bite off our heads," Skyy said to both of the other girls still trying to get away with some sleep. Mimi groaned again into her pillow.

"whhhyyy? I want to sleep!" she whined. Skyy swung legs over the side of the bed and stood up stretching her arms in the air. Sora peeked over at the sunlight and immediately dug her face back into the pillow. Skyy gave Mimi an annoyed look.

"If you don't get up I will, personally, sit on your head," Skyy said Mimi shot of from her bed in a second.

"Well I wasn't really sleepy anymore anyways!" Mimi said waltzing off towards the bathroom. Skyy grinned. She followed suit just as Sora was yawning and getting out of the bed they both shared.

It actually didn't take Skyy long to get ready; she had a quick shower and managed to get her hair dry in 5 minuets. She didn't wear much make-up so that didn't take long either. Choosing clothes took two seconds and before she knew it 40 minuets later Skyy was sitting all ready to go on her bed. Sora came out of the bathroom with a toothbrush in her mouth and started rummaging through her suitcase for something. Skyy hummed to herself quietly, getting bored fast.

"Are you guys done yet?" Skyy asked loudly.

"I told you give me five minuets! I'm almost done!" Sora said through a mouthful of toothbrush. Mimi on the other hand wailed loudly from the bathroom.

"What's wrong?" Skyy asked getting up from the bed.

"I have no idea what to do with my haaair! What'll I do if Tai sees me with an ugly hair-style!" Mimi wailed. Skyy and Sora froze where they stood. Mimi suddenly realizing what she said quickly stammered.

"Uhh, I mean a hot guy! Yeah! What if a hot guy sees me with an ugly hair-style?" Mimi stuttered loudly covering up what she had previously blurted. A huge grin stretched on Skyy's mouth as she bolted from the hotel bed and raced into the bathroom to a see a flushed Mimi gasp at her sudden appearance.

"What did you just say!" Skyy said excitedly, Sora was right behind her with a big grin on her face as well.

"You totally just said Tai! You like him don't you?" Sora squealed. Mimi blushed bright read and shook her head furiously.

"No! I don't! I meant any guy and Tai's name just slipped out! I don't like him at all! He's just the normal, stupid, annoying Tai!" Mimi snapped. She faced the mirror and started to furiously brush her long hair. Skyy turned a smirked at Sora, who returned the look. Skyy walked up and grabbed the brush from Mimi.

"Yeah, yeah whatever! Suuure" Skyy smiled as she started brushing Mimi's hair. Mimi pouted angrily but let Skyy continue brushing her hair. Her face wasn't a red as before but a light pink still tinted her cheeks. Sora ran her toothbrush under the sink and did a quick spit before continuing to brush her teeth.

"I really don't—"Mimi started but Skyy cut her off.

"Ok, ok! We believe you!" Skyy said but gave Sora a quick wink which the red-head returned knowingly. Skyy spotted some extra hair elastics on the bathroom counter and grabbed them. After a couple minuets Skyy finished Mimi's hair. She just did two simple braids going down Mimi's back.

"Oh thanks Skyy! It's looks so cute!" Mimi said. Skyy grinned and leaned close to Mimi's ear.

"Well I know Tai likes braids, that's for sure!" Skyy whispered slyly. Mimi blushed.

"Hey! I told you that I don't—" Mimi began angrily but Skyy chuckled and skipped out of the bathroom.

"Yeah! Yeah! You can't fool me Meems!" Skyy laughed as Mimi stomped out of the bathroom to change. She glared at Skyy before attacking her suitcase for some clothes. She was refusing the take the conversation any farther, resorting to grumbling insults under her breath. Skyy just grinned at her friend and looked at her purple watch on her wrist.

"Yo we should be meeting the guys soon," Skyy said to anyone in particular. Sora peeked out of the bathroom. She had finished brushing her teeth and was in the middle of putting on mascara.

"Why what time is it?"

"Almost 10 to…" Skyy answered, Sora didn't say anything.

"I'm going over to the guy's room, see you downstairs," Skyy said quickly. She didn't want to hang around and wait for her friends any longer. She hated waiting around.

"Okay, we'll only be a while longer," Sora said as Skyy walked over to the door. The hallway was quiet when Skyy closed the room door behind her. It took a second to remember which room number the guys had. She walked down the hall counting the doors until she finally found the one she was looking for. She knocked on the door. A shuffling came from inside. Then the door opened and a head poked out.

"Hello?" Izzy answered in English. He got the pronunciation a little wrong but it was still a clear greeting.

"Hey! Are you guys ready? Cause we—"Skyy started but Izzy cut her off.

"Ah! Skyy!" he jumped when he recognized her a quickly slammed the door shut in her face. Skyy blinked stupidly and started at the door. She frowned and raised a fist.

"Hey! You can't just slam the door in my face! Open up!" Skyy said angrily knocking on the door a little too hard. Izzy didn't answer.

"Hey! I said open up you dinky shrimp!" Skyy yelled. She didn't care if the other people in the hotel heard her. She heard a shuffle this time and the door opened again to reveal a displeased Izzy.

"I'm not short! You can't call me that anymore, or have you forgotten that I'm taller than you now," Izzy said in an agitated voice. Skyy crossed her arms and snorted.

"Well I had to get your attention some how! Why did you shut the door anyway?" Skyy asked rolling her eyes.

"Oh, uh, yeah sorry about that, I uh…the room was a little disorderly…and uh…I had to clean up a little..." Izzy said a small blush appearing on his cheeks. Skyy raised her eyebrows.

"Why bother? It's just me," Skyy said. Izzy shrugged and opened the door wider for her to come in.

"Well your still a girl…and this is a boy's room…"Izzy mumbled. Skyy chuckled.

"Gee thanks for noticing, but I've seen a messy guy's room before so I don't really care," Skyy shrugged. Izzy shut the door behind her.

"You've been in a guy's room before?" he asked. Skyy nodded, she had her back to him though.

"Yeah, Tai's…hey not bad for a quick clean up!" Skyy laughed as she saw at the suitcases were shoved with clothes and other items and the beds were somewhat straightened. Skyy flopped down on the nearest bed. Izzy chuckled.

"Thanks…I think, so why are you here anyways?" Izzy asked.

"Just wanted to see what you guys were up to…where are Matt and Tai?" Skyy asked noticing the other two boys were not in the room. She hid her embarrassment of the fact that she and Izzy were alone.

"They went downstairs to pay for two rental cars…"Izzy said.

"ohh I hope they get real cool ones!" Skyy said excitedly. Izzy nodded.

"Yeah…soo…you've been in Tai's room?" Izzy asked as casually as possible even though it was actually bugging him a little. Skyy cocked her head and looked up at him with a confused expression.

"Yeah? We're best friends so I go and hang out there a lot," Skyy said as if it was common sense. Izzy laughed.

"Oh yeah! Right, best friends, of course you hang out!" Izzy said scratching the back of his head. An awkward silence suddenly filled the room as either didn't know what to say after. Skyy bit her lip ad looked out the window.

"sooooo…" Izzy said shifting from one foot to the other. Skyy looked over at him.

"sooooooooooo…" she mirrored. Izzy smiled.

"We should probably go check up on the other guys! I told the girls I'd be downstairs waiting for them and anyway, I want to be in the swankiest car so I need to get first dibs!" Skyy said jumping from the bed. Izzy laughed.

"Practicing your twenty's vocabulary?" Izzy smirked as he followed Skyy to the door.

"Yep!"

"Well, sorry to burst your bubble but this is the 21st century," Izzy teased. Skyy turned and stuck her tongue out at him.

"Whatever! I'll bring the twenty's back all by myself," Skyy said.

The two of them chatted all the way down in the elevator. When they got out Skyy saw Tai waiting over by the entrance in the lobby. She waved over to grab his attention.

"Tai! Tai!" she called, a smile on her face as she ran over to him. Izzy walked behind her. Tai grinned when he saw them and waved them over. Skyy reached him first and he leaned close to whisper in her ear.

"Soo, you came down with Izzy eh? Anything interesting happen?" Tai teased. Skyy turned red and punched him in the shoulder. Tai laughed.

"Oww jeez girl!" Tai rubbed his shoulder and Skyy glared at him. Tai nodded towards Izzy who walked up behind Skyy.

"Hey Iz, so, are the girls ready yet?" Tai asked directing his question towards Skyy.

"They said they'd be a couple minutes," Skyy said. Tai ran a hand through his bushy brown hair.

"Arrgh, they better hurry because Matt might not be able to hold those two cars for much longer before the dealer won't let us have them anymore," Tai said. Izzy's eyes widened.

"What? But we've already paid for them right? The dealer shouldn't be entitled to—" but Tai cut him off.

"Apparently he can…" Tai said. Skyy puzzled for a moment.

"Hey wait a second how is it that you guys got rental cars when you can't speak English?" Skyy asked. Tai grinned.

"Fortunately the dealer spoke multiple languages because of all the tourists around here, and one of them was Japanese!" Tai said, "Aren't we lucky?"

"What are the odds of that eh?" Skyy said raising her eyebrows.

"Approximately 1 in 374 000, considering the amount of Americans who probably don't speak Japanese unless they are or are related to the Japanese," said Izzy mater-a-factly. Skyy beamed at his intelligence and Tai grinned at Skyy because of her obvious affection for him in her smile. Though Izzy didn't notice this affection (obviously). Just then Sora and Mimi walked up to them all dressed and dolled up to go. Tai blushed when he saw them. Skyy noticed this but she was unsure which he was blushing for.

"Finally! We have to go! Those rental cars might already be gone," Tai said marching away quickly so that the girls didn't notice his red face. Sora looked at him oddly.

"What's with him?" she asked to anyone who would answer. Skyy grinned.

"Blooming affections!" Skyy sighed dreamily. Both girls and Izzy gave her confused looks. Skyy just waved her hand signaling that it was better they didn't know.

They all met with Matt outside and thankfully he still was holding the two rental cars. The cars were grey and a little outdated but they'd do. Skyy was a little disappointed that they didn't get neato sports cars but Tai just scolded her saying she was living in a fantasy land. Matt decided to drive one whilst Mimi drove the other. Sora wanted to be with Mimi. Tai went with Matt; Skyy assumed that he didn't want to be inside a car with two girls he might be crushing over. Skyy was the only other besides Tai himself who noticed the sudden budding of affections he had for the talkative Mimi. Skyy decided to go with Tai then Izzy immediately decided to go with her as well.

It took them a while but with Izzy navigating them, they eventually found the chocolate factory in a neighborhood about 10 minuets away from downtown Seattle. The neighborhood was simply beautiful and Skyy couldn't stop snatching pictures of everything they passed. Little houses with lush gardens and vine covered buildings covered the sides of the streets. The roads were all curvy and went every which way. Skyy didn't remember seeing one sensible looking cross section. Each one had about 5 different roads winding away from each other. Everything looked so naturally pleasant, but what Skyy loved most about the neighborhood was the random street art and sculptures that would be on the sidewalks and stores. Artful graffiti colored plain walls and abstract sculptures would be standing on the corners of every street. Some of the sculptures blending into other objects like street lamps or trashcans. Skyy loved the entire artistic flavor and it was causing her to want to paint or sculpt something. But since she couldn't she was taking pictures of everything instead. Izzy glanced at her several times as she oo'd and ahh'd at the scenery. He smiled.

"Missing your art supplies?" he said. He was leaning on the front seat that Skyy occupied with his chin leaning on the shoulder of the seat. Skyy jumped because she felt his warm breath tickle her neck. She put her hand on the spot where she felt his breath.

"Huh? How'd you know I was missing my stuff?" Skyy asked turning to see his face. Izzy smiled, glad he had guessed right.

"Lucky guess," he said winking at her. Skyy smiled lightly and snapped a picture of him thinking he looked incredibly cute at that moment. Izzy blinked a couple times after the flash went off.

"Heeey! Didn't I say to inform me when you take photographs?" Izzy said rubbing his eyes. Skyy smiled.

"But it's more fun when you do it by surprise!" Skyy said taking another picture of him. Izzy growled playfully and snapped the camera from her hands. He pointed the camera at her and started clicking the button over and over so it kept taking pictures of her. Skyy raised her eyebrows and made a grab for the camera but Izzy dodged and continued snapping pictures laughing at her failed attempt.

"Heey! You're not supposed to do it back!" Skyy pouted and made another grab. Izzy laughed again.

"Why? It's more fun when you do it by surpriiise!" Izzy said mimicking her voice. Skyy clenched her teeth and tried grabbing the camera again.

"C'mon! Your gonna break it!" Skyy whined but she still had a smile on her face as Izzy dodged another one of her grabs. Suddenly Tai's hand lunged and grabbed the camera from Izzy's hand which took him a little by surprise.

"If you two are done flirting with each other can we please keep track of where we're going?" Tai said bordly and handing the camera back to Skyy. She blushed bright red, as well as Izzy.

"I wasn't flirting!" Izzy and Skyy said at the same time. Tai just stuck out his tongue.

"You totally were," Tai said smiling but keeping his gaze out the window. Skyy huffed and turned around so she faced forwards again. She and Izzy didn't bother arguing. Matt grinned to himself as he drove. He reached out and ruffled Skyy's hair playfully but she just ignored him and slouched in her seat. Matt chuckled and returned his attention to the road. Izzy was silent too. He usually was a little jealous that all of Skyy's guy friends were so "friendly" with her, especially Tai. He knew they meant well, but he still got jealous because he seemed too shy to do things like that. He had his speculations about Tai possibly liking Skyy, despite what he always said about them being best friends. Izzy still had a small nagging feeling that Tai wasn't being honest. Even so Izzy and Skyy sat, beat red, the entire rest of the way to the chocolate factory.

The chocolate factory was an average sized brown building that looked recently re-constructed. The windows where big and the entrance had a little bell overtop so that when you went inside it rang. As soon as the 6 teens entered the main room the smell of chocolate filled their noses. There where many different tables with different types of chocolate bars being displayed with separate plates with broken up pieces of chocolate out and ready to be sampled. There was a big front desk that had different types of truffles being displayed and free cups of water for those who had eaten too many samples. There was also a big fire place in the far corner with big squishy green couches and a coffee table with comment cards ready for guests who had taken the tour.

Skyy immediately skipped over to try the samples. The others spread out and were looking at samples too. Skyy picked a random table and scanned the flavors. Cherry. Mango. African. Mixed Fruit. Mint. Vanilla. Skyy stopped at the Vanilla and smiled. Vanilla was her favorite so she picked up the biggest piece of sampler chocolate she could find and popped it into her mouth.

"How is it?" Skyy spun around to see Izzy who was looking at the other flavors on the table.

"It's really good! It's Vanilla!" Skyy said happily picking up a full packaged bar and showing it to him. He smiled and took the bar from her.

"Ahh, your favorite," He looked at the bar then gave it back. Skyy raised her eyebrows.

"How'd you know that?" she asked. Izzy shrugged.

"With you and confections it's always Vanilla," Izzy grinned at her. Skyy frowned.

"Aww, that's not fair! I don't know what your favorite is…" Skyy pouted. How could he know her favorite flavors and she didn't know his? She liked the guy for goodness sakes! She was supposed to know these things!

Izzy leaned closer and lightly brushed his fingers through her hair. Skyy, taken aback by his sudden action, blushed lightly. Izzy grinned at her reaction and held up a piece of sampler chocolate and touched it to her mouth. Skyy blushed deeper because of his proximity. She didn't even notice he had the chocolate in his hand.

"I prefer lemon," Izzy said and Skyy opened her lips a little as he popped the sampler chocolate into her mouth. He moved away and smiled. Skyy's face was still feeling hot as she chewed. The chocolate was lemon flavored, and it was really good.

"That was…uh I mean…that was a little forward…" Skyy mumbled. Izzy raised his eyebrows.

"Forward? How so?" Izzy inquired.

"W-well…I mean you got really close…and touched my hair and stuff…isn't that the sort of thing...that c-couples do?" Skyy stammered. Izzy shrugged.

"What? You don't want people to conceive that we're a couple?" Izzy asked calmly. Skyy blushed deeper if it was even possible.

"Well…no…I mean we aren't so—" she started but Izzy laughed cutting her off.

"It was just a joke! You gather things too seriously!" Izzy chuckled. Before Skyy could say her response Izzy turned and walked over to Tai. Skyy frowned and looked down at the chocolate samples.

"Idiot…"She mumbled to herself. "Why are you so stupid! Because you said that you didn't want people thinking you were a couple he won't think you're interested! Not that he's particularly interested but still!" Skyy thought angrily.

Skyy's head was still a little dizzy from Izzy being so close but she shook her head and grabbed a couple more pieces of vanilla chocolate samplers. She browsed around the other tables but all of the other chocolates she tasted weren't as good as the vanilla or the lemon. She was definitely going to be buying a couple vanilla bars…and maybe a lemon one too. Though now she was a little embarrassed buying the lemon one because she knew it was his favorite.

Soon a perky tour guide came and gathered up all the people lounging in the main entrance. She gave out hair nets that they all had to wear. Mimi complained about hers and Skyy also felt completely stupid wearing hers. But they toughed it out and were all lead downstairs into a small room with a bunch of chairs. The whole tour was actually kind of boring. Mimi and Sora where the only ones who really wanted to go. Skyy only agreed to go because she thought she could buy some good chocolate. But most of the chocolate was dark chocolate or had fruity flavors that Skyy thought didn't belong in chocolate. The tour was just all about how they made the chocolate and where they got the beans to make it from. Skyy was starting to feel a little queasy near the end of the tour. All of the gross tasting chocolate she had sampled was starting to take effect. Tai noticed her face turning paler and walked over beside her.

"Hey champ, you feeling okay? You look a little pale…" Tai asked quietly. He didn't want to interrupt the perky tour guide when she was explaining how to dry out cocoa beans. Oh what joy?

"Uggh…all of the nasty fruity crap is making my stomach feel weird," Skyy groaned. Tai looked concerned and held a hand up to her forehead. Her forehead wasn't particularly warm so at least she wasn't coming down with a fever or anything. He felt someone staring at him but he didn't bother about that.

"How much did you eat?" Tai asked.

"I had one of each sample…..I only liked two though," Skyy mumbled. Tai rolled his eyes.

"Next time look at the label before you eat stuff you nimrod!" Tai scolded. Skyy smiled weakly. She held her arms across her stomach. Tai held her shoulders and rubbed her back lightly.

"Do you feel like your going to be sick?" he asked. Skyy shrugged her shoulders.

"I dunno…"

"What's wrong?" Izzy's worried voice asked as he walked over to them.

"She's not feeling well, she ate a bunch of chocolate she didn't like and now it's not making her feel very well," Tai said letting go of her shoulders. Izzy took the opportunity and took over rubbing Skyy's back lightly.

"I'm gonna go ask Mimi if she can ask the tour guide if we can be excused…" Tai said. Izzy nodded and Tai pushed through the crowd to get to the front. Izzy looked down at Skyy.

She looked at the floor with a disgruntled look on her face. Skyy didn't really know what to say as an awkward silence fell over them. Skyy chuckled after a while.

"Don't you hate awkward silences?" she grinned. Izzy sighed in relief, laughing.

"Yes, actually," he said, grinning back. Just then Tai started to come back towards them.

"Yeah, she said we could be excused…I guess she didn't want people finding out someone got sick from eating her companies chocolate," Tai chuckled and put a shoulder around Skyy. This caused Izzy to let go and he stood there awkwardly. Tai began to lead Skyy toward the exit and she assumed Izzy would follow but he turned away from them and stood with the others. Skyy tried to ignore the disappointment because he didn't follow them. They walked back through the doors and into the waiting room they were in before. Tai sat Skyy down on one of the big squishy couches and he left to get a cup of water for her.

"We should go get some real food after, that will make your stomach feel better," Tai said over from the water dispenser. Skyy nodded.

"Yeaah! A good bowl of soup sounds good right now!" Skyy sighed. Tai chuckled.

"We saw a soup place just around the corner didn't we? When we were driving in?" Skyy said as Tai came back and handed a small cup of water to her. She thanked him and took a sip. He nodded.

"Yeah…I remember, it was a small place…Nana's Soup House I think it was called," Tai pondered. Skyy nodded.

"Yeah! That's it! Let's go there after the others get back from the tour!" she grinned. Tai agreed happily.

"Yeah, besides, the little local restaurants are always better than the big fancy ones downtown," Tai said.

"They are?" Skyy asked. Tai grinned.

"I don't know I'm just saying that," Tai said winking in a joking manner. The two sat happily chatting away whilst they waited for their other friends to come join them…

Nana's Soup House was the cutest little restaurant Skyy had ever been in. She absolutely adored it to bits. It was a house that had been re-decorated to be a restaurant. All of the rooms had a different color on the walls. The rooms were all connected by archways that had twinkling Christmas lights outlining them. There was a room with booths so the 6 friends decided to sit in a booth. It was a neat place where you ordered up at a counter, paid, then waited to be served at your table. There was a help-yourself drink table where you helped yourself to any drink you wanted. There where bright windows that the sun would shine through. Skyy sat right up against the widow, which was open. The smell of the soup and the cool breeze from the window was totally relaxing and Skyy could feel the queasiness in her stomach disappearing. As they were waiting Skyy noticed a large painting on the wall opposite to the booth. It was a painting of a woman almost kissing a glossy white statue of a man. It was a simple painting but Skyy was so taken with it and kept staring at it. It was like the woman was wishing for something that she couldn't have but it still didn't stop her from dreaming.

Skyy could feel someone looking at her then Izzy's voice suddenly spoke directly to her.

"You like that painting?" Izzy asked. Skyy jumped a little, losing the trance that the painting gave her.

"Ah, yes! It's a very beautiful painting…" Skyy gave the painting an admiring look. Izzy smiled and looked at it too.

"Yeah, it's kind of like the woman wants something she cannot have but it doesn't stop her from dreaming about it…right?" Izzy said softly. Skyy stared at him. He noticed her intense stare and was taken aback a little bit.

"W-what? Was it something I said? It is a little weird I guess…" Izzy stammered. Skyy shook her head furiously.

"No not at all! In fact that's exactly what I was thinking! I was just surprised you were thinking the exact same thing!" Skyy said, amazed. Izzy raised an eyebrow.

"Oh really? Weird huh?" Izzy blushed lightly, scratching the back of his head. Skyy beamed at him. Another thing she loved about Izzy was that he always understood her. He knew exactly what she was thinking or feeling. She loved that he knew that. Except it made her feel a little bad at times when she didn't know what he was thinking or feeling. She wanted to know Izzy like he seemed to know her. Skyy gazed at the painting again. She clicked a quick picture of it just as the waitress came by with their soups. The place was empty except for them so it was nice and peaceful whilst they were eating.

"Hey! My folks just texted me! They're staying in a RV camp not too far from here!" Sora said suddenly in the middle of the meal. Skyy looked up from her broccoli cheese soup.

"What? Your folks? What do they want?" Skyy asked. Sora shrugged.

"I don't know! It's my Obasan and Ojisan," Sora answered.

"Hey! We should go visit them!" Mimi said clapping her hands together.

"Yeah! And have smores and stuff!" Tai said excitedly. Skyy smiled.

"Sounds great! If there's smores I'll be there!" she said. Izzy grinned at her. Sora nodded.

"That's sounds awesome! I'll text them back and ask them if we can go up for the evening," Sora said as she started to madly text on her phone. They waited and a minuet later Sora's aunt and uncle texted back. Sora quickly read the message and smiled triumphantly.

"They said it would be totally fine!" Sora said happily. Tai punched a fist in the air.

"Awesome! We get to go camping!" he cheered.

"It's only for the evening though, and they have two huge Saint Bernard's so be ready for some slobber," Sora chuckled. Mimi twisted her face.

"Ew, slobber, but I do love dogs!" Mimi said shrugging it off.

"It takes about two hours to get out there so we should leave after this," Sora said putting away her phone and continuing to eat her tomato soup.

"Maybe we should stop by the hotel to get changed…if there's slobber involved we don't want to be wearing good clothes," said Izzy. Mimi nodded furiously in agreement.

"So it's set then, we spend the evening with Sora's folks? There wasn't anything else anyone wanted to do today?" Matt asked. Everyone shook their heads.

"Alright! I haven't seen my Obasan and Ojisan for a while so it'll be good to catch up!" Sora said happily.

"I can't wait to meet the dogs! I love dogs! Even big slobbery ones!" Skyy squealed. Tai smiled at her.

"You feeling better kid?" he asked. Skyy glared at him.

"Yes I am and I am not a kid! I'm the same age as you and don't forget it!" Skyy snapped. Tai chuckled and raised his hands in surrender.

They all ate the rest of their soup and with full stomach's said a hearty goodbye to the people working there and left for their cars. They stopped off at the hotel to quickly change clothes then met back down in the lobby. Sora's uncle had sent her a map so they knew how to get their and Izzy used it to download a bigger image on his computer. And with that they set off for the RV camp.

The ride wasn't very long on Skyy's part since she fell asleep in the front seat. Skyy only awoke when they pulled up to the front gates. A couple of teenage girls waited to take the entrance fee. Both girls at the ticket booth blushed madly as Matt rolled down the window.

"Uhh! Um how long are you s-staying for!" the girl stammered at Matt's good looks. She spoke in English. Matt turned to look at Skyy helplessly. Skyy leaned forward and the girl looked a little disappointed when she saw there was another girl in the car with this handsome fellow.

"We're just staying for the evening to visit some relatives," Skyy answered in English. The girl nodded sadly.

"Ah okay, if it's just for the evening then there is no fee, but at least tell me what camp site your staying in!" the girl winked at Matt and he grinned back. Skyy rolled her eyes.

"Sorry, your brain won't be able to comprehend that big a number, byyye!" Skyy waved and told Matt to go forward in Japanese. He nodded and rolled the window back up. The car lurched forward and began driving over a bumpy road.

"Uggh, that girl was totally hitting on you…" Skyy grumbled. Matt raised his eyebrows in surprise.

"Really? Was that why she winked at me?" he asked innocently. Skyy hit him over the back of the head.

"Yes! And you already knew that!" Skyy said angrily. Tai and Izzy chuckled from the back seat. Matt grinned widely.

Mimi was driving the other rental car behind them. After a minuet or two of driving through what seemed like a maze of roads they reached Sora's relative's campsite. It was a small campsite with a picnic table and a fire pit. Taking up the most space was a huge RV that looked like it could fit 20 people. A middle-aged woman came around the car and waved excitedly. They all opened their doors and climbed out of their cars. Sora ran forward and hugged her aunt.

"Obasan! It's been so long!" Sora squealed.

"Ahh! Little hime!" her aunt hugged her back. Sora frowned.

"Obasan! Don't call me that anymore! I'm not little!" Sora said in a hushed voice. Her aunt laughed.

"Okay, okay! Sora! It's been a while! You've grown!" her aunt beamed at her and looked her up and down. Sora smiled and did a little twirl for her aunt.

"Takashi!" her aunt yelled suddenly. "Takashii! Your niece is here come say hello!"

The other friends stayed in a little huddle, unsure of what to do.

"What do you want you old woman!" a man's voice yelled back. The trailer door swung open and an averaged sized husky looking man marched down the stairs. Once his eyes fell on Sora he beamed.

"My, My! Little Sora! Is that our little Sora!" the man whooped loudly. Sora beamed as the man came over and gave her a bone-crushing hug.

"Ojisan! I missed you!" Sora squealed not affected at all by the hug. Meanwhile Sora's aunt took into account Sora's friends and greeted them all happily. She set up a bunch of chairs around the fire and immediately snapped at her husband to get the barbeque ready. The teens each picked a chair and got comfortable. Skyy snuggled into a blue camp chair and took in her surroundings properly. They were in a little section of the camp that looked out onto the lake. Each campsite had its own pit and was close enough to each other that you could see the other RVs. The campsite had a view of the lake and was only about 10 meters away from the shore. There were some cottages on the other side of the lake and there was the odd boat out fishing on the smooth water. The sun was just beginning to set and the odd tinges of orange and pink streaked across the sky. Skyy snapped a couple pictures of the scenery so she would be able to paint it when she got home. Suddenly Sora's aunt came bustling into the middle of the circle of chairs.

"How about we go walk the dogs along the lake while Ojisan is cooking the salmon?" she said happily. Skyy perked up.

"Oh yeah! Sora said you have St. Bernards! Where are they?" she asked noticing for the first time the huge dogs were no where to be seen.

"They're in the trailer, they get a little excited when company comes, and also they like to chase the smaller dogs…" Sora's aunt said. She walked over to the trailer and opened the door. Loud sounds of paws thundering down the weak little staircase coming down from the door could be heard.

"Ahh! Takashi grab Bently!" Sora's aunt said the her uncle rushed to grab the leash of a big furry St. Bernard dog that had trails of drool coming down from it's droopy muzzle. It was a bug muscular male dog. Then a smaller female came around the corner after Bently. She was smaller but her coat was longer. Sora's aunt had the end of the dog's leash rapped three times around her hand as the dog dragged her along. Skyy beamed and shot up to pet the dogs. Tai, Matt, Izzy and Sora came up enthusiastically too to pet the huge canines. Mimi was a little hesitant and stayed back. Tai noticed and told her to come over. Mimi walked slowly over and Tai took her hand. He held her hand on top of Bently's head and Mimi petted him. Mimi squealed and the softness and she continued petting him happily. Tai grinned at her.

Skyy watched the two with a happy smile on her face. Sora's aunt took the female dog, now known as Sydney, whilst Sora got Bently. Sora was having a little difficulty holding onto Bently so Matt helped her out. They all walked down to the edge of the lake and began walking along about a meter from the water. The sun was setting faster now and the colors in the sky became more vibrant. Skyy walked along with her hands crossed behind her back. Suddenly warm breath tickled her ear from behind.

"Y'know this would be a great time to get some romance on with Izzy don'tcha think?" Tai's teasing voice said. Skyy blushed and turned around to punch him but he caught her fist in his palm. He winked at her and she huffed.

"Jeez! I'm starting to think it was a bad idea telling you that I like him!" Skyy mumbled. Tai grinned.

"Naah, I would've figured it out anyway," Tai said falling into step beside her.

"Soo what do you think of the place?" Skyy asked.

"Ehh it's cool, not as outdoors as I though it'd be…hey don't you think Matt's being a little too friendly?" Tai said in a slightly agitated voice. He nodded his head towards the direction where Sora and Matt were walking Bently. Matt had his arm around her waste and they were talking with their faces close together. Skyy grinned.

"Well they are a couple, besides why would you be worried about that? I saw that little thing with Mimi," Skyy said. Tai stared at her.

"What do you mean?"

"I mean when you helped her pet the dogs, and you took her hand and put it on the dogs head," Skyy said dreamily. Tai gave her a confused look.

"So what?" he asked.

"Sooo! It was cute!" Skyy said. Tai shook his head.

"Jeez I don't get you!"

"So you like her right?" Tai froze.

"What! Why are you asking a question like that out of the blue!" Tai spazzed.

"Because it's necessary," Skyy answered plainly. Tai's face was beat red and he huffed in annoyance.

"I don't dislike her…" he answered awkwardly. Skyy grinned from ear to ear.

"So you do like her," she said.

"No! I didn't say that!" Tai said angrily.

"But you said you don't dislike her!" Skyy smiled and ran away from him towards Mimi before he could argue.

Skyy could feel Tai's glare but she ignored it happily. She didn't know if Tai truly liked Mimi, but he was showing early signs so she had to help him get along. By asking him if he liked her he would start to think about it and take Mimi seriously for once. Skyy was trying to get the two together one step at a time. This was mostly for Tai's sake. He couldn't pine for Sora the rest of his life, and Mimi was a kick-ass girl! They were simply perfect for each other!

As the teens walked along the edge of the lake Sora's aunt told the teens all about the lake and the camp site. The lake was currently at low tide and as the sun went down the tide would rise. Though the sun was setting it was still pretty high up so it was okay for them to walk out as far as they could go. It seemed like half of the lake was uncovered by water and the mud and shells that would be underwater by nightfall were out in the open. The teens ventured out onto the mucky sand so get a look at all the rocks and shells. Sora's aunt stayed farther back with the dogs because the dogs were not allowed that far out. Tai saw so many different shells wedged into the sand and even saw a couple with little critters still inside. He found a big one with a crab thing that was still alive and half hanging out of it. Tai took it and kept chasing Skyy around with it before she accidentally hit his hand away and the shell went flying. They couldn't walk out very far though because the sand turned into mud and the mud would suck at the bottom of your shoes and sometimes would pull your shoes off.

As they looked around Izzy came up to Tai and showed him a small rock. The rock was red and incredibly smooth. Izzy was explaining how the water carved at the stone and made it as smooth as it was. He was going on and on and Tai just kept nodding as it went in one ear and out the other. He finally decided to interrupt Izzy's droning.

"Cool rock, maybe you should give it to someone…"Tai said, knowing exactly who he should give it too. Izzy looked up at him, forgetting all about his explanations.

"Really? Who? I bet my mom would appreciate it," Izzy said looking back down at his tiny red rock. Tai mentally slapped his forehead.

"Uhhh, no! How about someone you care about? Like a lot…like some you like?" Tai said hinting heavily. Izzy suddenly blushed.

"Uh yeah, maybe…that's a good suggestion!" Izzy said. Tai smiled triumphantly. He knew that Izzy would give it to Skyy. She would like that a lot. Tai laughed lightly to himself as he imagined Skyy's face when Izzy would give her the rock.

"What are you laughing at?" Izzy asked.

"Oh uh, nothing, never mind," Tai waved his hand.

"So…speaking of people I like, who do you like?" Izzy asked casually. Tai blushed.

"Jeez, what's with people and asking he this question lately!" Tai groaned. Izzy frowned.

"I don't understand,"

"Uh, it's nothing, uhhh I don't know, I mean I know I like someone….but then there is another girl," Tai started. Izzy perked up a little bit when he said "other girl" and seemed to be listening more intently now. "…And…uggh I don't know I'm so confused about it…" Tai mumbled kicking some of the mud lightly with his shoe. Izzy observed him silently.

"You like two girls?" Izzy asked slowly.

"No, I mean…I don't know…I know the other girl doesn't like me and she never would...but…" Tai mumbled.

"It's all right….I think I know who your talking about," Izzy said a little sadly, but Tai didn't notice it.

"You do?" Tai asked, surprised that Izzy would catch on so well. Izzy nodded.

"Well, I'm gonna go…uh over there…"Izzy mumbled and trudged away with his rock clenched in his hand. Tai watched his friend walk away. Tai looked down at his feet as he thought a little more about his feelings for Mimi and his feelings for Sora.

Tai stuck his shoes into some mud and slowly picked it back up again as the mud sucked on it slightly. Soon Sora's aunt was calling them back. The dogs were getting dehydrated from the heat and the salmon would be ready soon. With food in mind Tai quickly walked back over to Sora's aunt as the other teenagers followed suit.

When they got back to the camp site the dogs were sent inside with big bowls of water and all of them sat around two picnic tables as Sora's uncle and aunt passed out the food. They were having cedar cooked salmon with rice and a bean dish with corn on the cob as well.

The meal was fantastic and everybody wanted seconds. Sora's uncle and aunt seemed very happy to have some company with them. They kept chatting all about the camp site and funny stories about the dogs or other families at the campsite. As the sun went down the food was disappearing and the camp fires were starting to be lit. As everybody shifted from picnic table to camp chairs Sora's uncle and Tai both tackled the fire. It took them a while because the lighter wasn't working so they fumbled around with it until it finally started to light. Tai and Matt started to get hyper and kept adding more and more logs and kindling to the fire to make it bigger. Everyone laughed at their efforts.

The tide was coming up incredibly fast. It was so fast that you could stand on the edge and see the water rising about half and inch per second. At one point Skyy went over to go sit with Sora who was on a log that sat over the water. She had her feet dangling over the edge. On her way Skyy didn't notice just how far the tide had come up and stepped into the water with her shoes on. Her feet were immediately drenched and she spazzed away from the water. Tai whooped with laughter and constantly kept teasing her about her clumsiness. This was why, presently, Skyy had her feet outstretched toward the fire with her socks dangling from some sticks. The dogs had been allowed outside again and Bently was lying underneath Skyy's outstretched feet and snoring loudly. Once in a while Skyy would bend down and scratch his head or pet his ears and his tail would thump on the ground lazily.

As she sat Tai, Matt and Sora (who had retired from sitting on the log) were singing some unknown Japanese folk song. Skyy watched them happily. Izzy, who had been sitting by the water, suddenly got up and walked over toward the chair next to Skyy, maneuvering around the large sleeping dog at her feet. Skyy was so busy watching her hyper friends that she only noticed Izzy as he fell into the camp chair next to her with a thud.

"Hey, what's up?" Skyy said peeking over at Izzy. She blushed lightly at his appearance. He looked incredibly good looking with the shadows of the fire dancing over his face.

"Ah, not much…." Izzy said, but he was fidgeting with his hands.

"Oh, ok….." Skyy mumbled as she resumed watching her friends. Izzy bit his lip. Skyy glanced over at him again.

"Was there something else you wanted to say?" she asked. Izzy smiled.

"Yeah I, uh, found this rock, and it might strike one as being cool…" Izzy said. Skyy raised her eyebrows.

"A rock? Can I see it?" she asked leaning a bit closer to him and he fumbled with something in his hands. He held the small rock up to her face so she could see it. The rock was about the size of her upper thumb. It looked like it was a dark maroon color in the fire's light but Skyy could tell that in proper light it was probably a dark red color.

"Wooow, it's so pretty!" Skyy said as Izzy dropped the rock into her hands. "It's really smooth too! Mind you it would be if it was originally underwater," Skyy said and she rubbed the stone with her thumbs. Izzy smiled.

"I wager it would make a great necklace or keychain or some sort of adornment," he said, but Skyy shook her head.

"Nah, I think its good just the way it is, it could be like a stress stone or nerve stone, I wouldn't want to change it at all," Skyy said and she started to hand it back to him. Izzy shook his head though.

"I don't want it," he said. Skyy cocked her head.

"Why? It's so pretty…" she said looking back down at the rock.

"Well I was going to give it to you because you seem to be fond of these sorts of trinkets…" Izzy mumbled. It was a little rushed but Skyy understood him.

"Wha! Really? Thanks so much Iz!" Skyy beamed and gave him a light hug over the armrests of their chairs. Izzy blushed and hugged her back.

"I'll cherish it always because Izzy gave it to me!" Skyy said happily, which made Izzy blush even more. Skyy let go of him and gazed down at her rock happily. Izzy slumped a little in his seat with a blush on his cheeks and a triumphant smile on his mouth.

The rest of the night was complete bliss filled with jokes and laughter. Skyy had taken so many silly pictures of Tai, Matt, and Sora singing and dancing around, and another picture of Izzy with smore all over his face. They all had about 10 smores each which eventually got them all really hyper. At one point the girls were dancing around singing some sort of song and some American guys from another camp started wolf whistling at them and yelling things like "sexy" and "I want you". This got the guys a little pissed and they chased the other group of boys away whilst chanting Japanese curses which the other boys didn't understand anyway. This left the girls in heaps of laughter as their jealous friends wandered back with sour looking faces.

They also wandered around the campsite in the dark with a couple flashlights and were talking and laughing loudly at random stories and inside jokes which got people from other campsites yelling at them to shut up. At one point they ended up in the forest that surrounded the RV camp and the boys started telling spooky stories which got Mimi and Sora scared (Skyy enjoyed the stories). Mimi and Sora eventually got them to leave the forest and it took them a while to find the right RV again.

After all that had happened that night it eventually started to get late and some of them were getting sleepy. They decided it was time to head back to the hotel. Sora said goodbye to her aunt and uncle and they all piled up in their cars again. This time Izzy and Skyy had switched places and Izzy was sitting in the front while Skyy was sitting in the back with Tai. As the cars pulled away from the RV and out of the campsite sleep started to overcome Skyy until she noticed something flashing in the review mirror. They were on a road without any sidelights and were quite far from the campsite so there should be no reason to see flashing lights. The only light she should see was the soft glow from Izzy's laptop as he and Matt were trying use the map to find the hotel.

"What are those lights?" Skyy asked, becoming a little more alert.

"What lights?" Tai asked, he sounded more awake then she did. Matt glanced up to the review mirror.

"Oh shit!" he cursed. "Shit, shit, shit…" Skyy was completely awake now and sat up straight.

"What? What is it?"

"It's the cops…" Matt muttered as he slowly started to pull over. Skyy's eyes widened as she whipped around to look out the back window. Sure enough, a white cop car was tailing them from behind with its lights flashing. Mimi and Sora were behind them but they pulled over noticing that Matt had done the same. Izzy rolled down his passenger window when he noticed the cop coming over on his side. Skyy leaned forward so she could translate for them. The cop came up and stuck his head down to the window and he had a little flashlight as he shawn it inside the car. Izzy and Matt squinted at the bright light.

"How you doin' folks?" the cop said casually as he also peered the flashlight into the back seat which caused Skyy and Tai to squint. Skyy cleared her throat.

"We're alright officer…uhh is there a problem?" Skyy said in English. The man looked at her.

"I believe I was talking to these gentlemen missy," the cop said referring to Matt and Izzy. Matt glanced from the cop to Skyy. Skyy could feel Tai lean closer to her with his fingertips lightly touching the small of her back, he had heard in the tone of the cop's voice and could tell that he was being somewhat rude to Skyy.

"Yes well, these gentleman can't speak English so I'll have to do for now," Skyy said trying not to sound offended. The cop raised his eyebrows.

"Can't speak English eh? So you're from out of town then? Where abouts are you from?" the cop asked.

"Tokyo, Japan…" Skyy answered. The cop whistled loudly.

"Well, that's quite far away! Are you going back to your hotel? Where did you come from?" the cop asked.

"Yes we are, it's in downtown Seattle, the Westen Hotel. We just came from visiting relatives at the RV camp down the road," Skyy answered. The cop nodded.

"Now if it's okay I'd like to see some identification," the cop said. Skyy asked Matt for his driver's license in Japanese and he quickly got it out of his wallet. Skyy handed it to the cop.

"Is it okay even if it's in Japanese?" Skyy asked, knowing the Officer wouldn't be able to read the license.

"Nah, the numbers are the same so I can verify his age, and the fact that this is a genuine driver's license. Is this your car?" he asked.

"No, it's a rental," Skyy answered. The cop handed back the license and Matt quickly put it back in his wallet.

"Now I know it's late and you guys might be a little sleepy, but did you notice that you drifted over the center line a few times?" the cop asked sternly. Skyy relayed this to Matt. He shook his head.

"No, he didn't realize, he was trying to look at the map for the way back," Skyy told the cop whilst pointing at the digital map on Izzy's laptop. The cop nodded.

"Is he the navigator?" the cop asked pointing to Izzy. Izzy looked from Skyy to the cop wondering what he was saying about him. Skyy nodded.

"Yes he is…" she said.

"Right well, just make sure the navigators the one navigating and the drivers driving okay? I'll let you off with a warning but please make sure he keeps his focus on the road and not the map," the cop said as he tipped his hat toward Matt.

"Yes, sorry for the trouble," Skyy said and the officer walked back over to his vehicle. Once the cop drove away Matt and Izzy's nervousness cleared and they sighed heavily.

"Thank god he didn't give us a ticket…I didn't even realize I was going over that line. America is so backwards it's hard driving this way!" Matt muttered.

"Yeah well he just said to make sure you focus on driving and not the map, and that Izzy focuses on the map," Skyy said as she slumped back into the back seat, Tai did the same.

"Ha ha, Matt got in trouble because his driving sucks," Tai teased from beside Skyy.

"Shut up! I'd like to see you do better!" Matt said angrily as he started the car up again. Sora soon called Skyy on her cellphone to ask what happened. She re-told their encounter with the cop and said everything was fine and not to worry. As soon as Matt started driving onto the road again, Mimi, who was driving the other car, pulled off the side of the road and continued driving as well.

As the familiar movement of the car began again Skyy soon drifted back into a sleepy state and leaned her head on the door.

As soon as Skyy woke up they were back in the front entrance of the hotel and Matt was telling them to get out so he could go park the car. Skyy drowsily followed Sora and Mimi up to their hotel room.

It was the same as the night before, after about ten minuets of getting into their room they had washed up and gotten their PJs on. It only dawned on Skyy as she was getting into bed with Sora that they were actually going on the cruise ship tomorrow, they were going to be living on a floating hotel for the next week, starting tomorrow.

"Oh my gosh!" Skyy gasped. Sora turned and gave her a weird look.

"What?"

"We're going on the ship tomorrow!" Skyy said excitedly.

"Uh…yeah? Duh," Sora said rolling over. Skyy smiled as her excitement for her vacation was awakening again. Mimi turned off the side light and the hotel room was covered in darkness. Skyy closed her eyes and even though she was super excited, sleep overcame her and she drifted off to sleep again with the smell of hotel pillows filing her nose.

End – Day Two