Chapter Three

Not for kids under 13

Storm's P.O.V.

Beep-beep, beep-beep, beep-bee- I slammed on the snooze button on my alarm clock. Could it get any more annoying? I jumped off of my bed and threw on my swim trunks, shoving the Ryuzetsu Land ticket I got yesterday into my pockets. Then I brushed my teeth and exited my room.

"Sylvia, get up," I knocked on my sister's door.

"I'm already up," Sylvia's sleepy voice replied.

"Okay, but it's 7:30am already and we promised the others we'd meet at the guild hall at 7:45," I reminded her before running down the stairs to eat breakfast.

"Storm, darling, put on some clothes," my mother told me. I looked down and jumped up in surprise, for sometime along the way downstairs I had probably stripped off my swim trunks. I ran up the stairs and found it on the floor by my sister's bedroom door. I quickly put it on and ran back down.

"Don't catch your father's bad habits," my mother warned, but she was in her underwear too. My sister was the only one who didn't inherit my dad's stripping habit. Just then, my father walked into the room, naked but his boxer shorts. What a joyful, totally normal family we are. Sylvia then appeared out of nowhere, in her bikini and clutching her Ryuzetsu Land ticket.

"Oh, no, dear, don't tell me you've caught on Gray-sama's habit too!" cried my mom.

"Oh, sorry, I forgot to tell you, we're going to Ryuzetsu Land today," Sylvia waved the ticket around excitedly. "We have to go soon."

"That sounds fun," my mom said and brought out bowls of cereal. I hungrily ate it all up and dashed to the front door, quickly followed by my sister.

"Bye!" shouted Sylvia as we ran out the door in flip-flops to the guild hall. When we got there everybody else was already waiting for us, all dressed in their swimsuits and ready to go.

"Hey, Luna," I felt myself going red, though I didn't understand why. I had gone swimming with her and the others before, and it's not like I like her or anything. Really. I don't.

Luna smiled. "Hey." I couldn't help but notice that she looked different than when we went swimming together two years ago with our siblings. I had mostly hung out with Nash then. She seemed more... curvy. Her bust was larger... I wondered what her three measurements were. I shook my head. No, no... I don't like her. Not at all. Just as a friend.

"So, are you excited?" I asked. What a dumb question. She must feel like I'm getting stupider by the moment, while I felt like she was getting hotter. I mean... erase that. Ignore what I just said. I just like her as a friend.

"I guess," Luna shrugged. "Sylvia looks pretty happy."

I nodded. "She can't wait 'til we get there."

"We're almost there," Luna pointed out, jerking her thumb at a large dome-like structure- Ryuzetsu Land.

"We're here!" exclaimed Sylvia as we approached the water park. Mrs. Conbolt made her way to the front, followed by her friend Mrs. Blendy. I noticed that Mrs. Conbolt was flatter than even McKenzie, who was fourteen and daughter of Levy, who was just as flat as McKenzie. We gave our tickets to the guard by the door and entered.

"Race you to the pool," I challenged Nash to get my mind off of Luna. Nash grinned and took off. I sprinted down the aisle and paid no attention to the workers around who shouted at us not to run. Nash then slipped, crashing into me. We tumbled into Luna and Sylvia, and we all crashed into the large pool.

"What was that for?" asked Sylvia as we all resurfaced.

"Nash slipped," I explained.

"The domino effect," Luna rolled her eyes. "Thanks a lot, Nash."

"Not my fault," grumbled her older brother.

"The workers were yelling at you to stop," Sylvia pointed out. "Both of you. So technically it's both of your faults."

"Yeah, and Storm was the one to suggest the race," Nash said.

"Whatever. Let's go and actually have fun," Sylvia said and promptly turned into water. I rolled my eyes, trying to find Sylvia in the pool. Luna was faster than me- she reached out and grabbed her arm, pulling her out. Sylvia grinned.

"That was fast," Nash said. "I couldn't have figured that out if you gave me a decade."

"You couldn't have found her if you were given a century," Luna corrected, rolling her eyes again. She climbed out of the pool and Sylvia followed. I stayed in the pool, unsure of what to do next.

"Race you to the other end of the pool," Nash suggested. I nodded and took off. I heard splashing next to me, and a moment later I felt extremely hot. Nash was using his fire magic to speed him up! I froze the surface of the water and jumped up onto the ice, sliding to the end of the pool. We made it exactly at the same time. Nash groaned.

"Close," Nash said as a worker came up to us angrily.

"Melt that immediately!" he shouted, pointing at the patch of ice. Nash obliged, heating up his fists and quickly melting the cool ice.

"You better behave yourselves!" the worker yelled as he stomped off. Nash exchanged looks with me.

"Well," I said, "I guess that means no more racing." I frowned, then got out of the pool, followed by Nash. I spotted my sister with Rosemary, Nova, and Luna, and turned pink.

"Isn't Rosemary hot?" asked Nash with a sigh. I glanced at him and shrugged. I had mostly been focusing on Luna.

"You're looking at Luna," Nash noticed. "Rosemary's boobs are bigger than hers."

"That doesn't mean anything," I turned red. "Rosemary's two years older."

"You should go on the Love Love Slider with Luna," suggested Nash.

"No way," I blushed. "Another time, maybe." Nash grinned- obviously he had some messed-up plan going on in his brain. Nash ran up to his sister and whispered in her ear. She turned slightly pink as she whispered back. I turned red. I had a sinking feeling what Nash was telling Luna.

"Climb up," Nash instructed, pushing me up the ladder of the Love Love Slider.

"No way," I argued. Nash shrugged.

"Your choice," Nash responded. I groaned.

"Okay, fine," I grumbled as I climbed up. Nash gave me a thumbs up and climbed up after me. He jumped onto the heart-shaped entrance of the slide and pushed it off, carrying him along with it. Immediately Nash turned green and threw up. I gagged. The heart caught the strap of Luna's bikini and thrust her onto the slide, pushing me down along with her. How could Nash have timed this so correctly? I wondered. I then saw Luna on top of me and turned bright red. For some reason my arms were not responding to me- they were frozen around Luna. I gaped as I realized the heart had broken the strap of Luna's bikini and turned even redder. I watched other people on the Love Love Slider instead, trying to take my mind off of Luna's broken bikini top strap. Nova and Gale were hugging each other while Sylvia and Reiki were on the slide together. McKenzie was with... Olympus Vastia? When did he get there? I looked down and saw Mr. Vastia shouting up at his son. Meredy was smiling, obviously thinking Olympus and McKenzie had a thing for each other or something. I gagged. Nash was still on the heart, Rosemary riding right below him. The heart shook and Nash tumbled off, landing on top of Rosemary. I rolled my eyes. I glanced at Luna and turned red again- her bikini top was off! Obviously Luna had noticed, for she was trying to let go of me. Instead she just pressed closer. I blushed profusely as I felt her chest touch mine. Though I felt some tingling sensation, I couldn't wait for the ride to end.