Chapter Three
The school year was almost over and summer would be starting soon and Jess and Leslie were making plans about what
they were going to do during their summer vacation this would be a good chance to find out some more about that stone
they found while they're in Terabithia, when the last day of school finally arrived everyone could hardly wait for the day to
end so that they would be able to enjoy their time away from school to do stuff with there friends, also family vacations to all
sorts of nice places in fact her family was planning to spend a week in Hawaii together and she was hoping that he would
be able come with them so once school was done for the year she asked her parents if Jess could come and they had no
problem with it as long as it was okay with his parents, later on that day Leslie told him we're they're going and asked him if
he wanted to come or not and he said that he'd let he know so after asking his parents they said he could go with them and
told her he would be coming with them, she was glad that Jess was going to get to Hawaii also seeing as it's a place he's
never been to before. The next day while sitting in their castle Leslie decided to tell him about some of things they we're
planning to do while there.
"Here's what stuff were going to be doing in Hawaii, first will enjoy one of there many tropical beaches and then go out a
nice restaurant by the ocean all why staying at a five star resort."
"Sounds good to me, I can't wait to go and see it." He exclaimed happily
"I've been looking forward to going on this trip myself and they said we'd go once school let out." She replied excitedly
So when the time for them to go finally arrived neither could hardly wait to get there and enjoy everything Hawaii had to
offer however they'd have to board their flight which was set to leave at 12:30pm, after having their luggage checked and
any carry on items that they were planning to take on the plane with them it was at last time for them to board the airplane
to Hawaii and Jess and Leslie were both waiting for it to take off, so that they could enjoy the view from there windows
being high up in the sky looking down at everything below. Once the plane finally left the airport and ascended into the
clouds the view was amazing seeing miles of land filled with mountains, rivers and streams that looked so small from way up
there he wished he had his drawing pad on hand that way he could draw everything he's seeing, but sense his pad was in
his suitcase he'd have to draw something else when he got to Hawaii which they still had a ways to go before getting there
so Jess decided to take a nap and by the looks of it Leslie and her parents we're already one step ahead of him while the
rest of the flight continued he slept through most of it until they had finally reached there destination. After landing in Hawaii
they went and collected their luggage and made there way to the resort they were going to be staying for the week the
rooms that they're renting out we're really nice it had two king size beds hot tub and a balcony with ocean view Jess would
be sharing a room with Mr. Burke while Leslie and her mother had the room right next door to them so after unpacking all
their clothes and getting settled in they decided to turn in for the night seeing as they had just gotten off a long flight and
plus everybody looked tired so they would do something tomorrow. The next day around noon they all went to the beach
together and brought with them beach chairs an umbrella and a picnic lunch to enjoy, so while her parents set everything up
Jess and Leslie went swimming in beautiful clear blue water were you could see all sorts of different fish in the water once
they had set their chairs and umbrella in place Mr. and Ms. Burke sat back in there beach chairs and enjoyed the scenery
around them after they had been out in the water for a while they're both pretty hungry considering how swimming they'd
done and seeing all the different kinds of fish that they had seen swim through the water however right now they just
wanted get something to eat from that picnic lunch which contained ham and cheese sandwiches, potato chips and soda's
so after they had eaten they decided to rest a little bit before returning to the water. Later they went back out to go
swimming until it was time to head back to the resort. He was having a great time and could hardly wait to see what her
parents we're planning to do tomorrow.
"Did you enjoy yourself today Jess?" Ms. Burke asked
"Yes ma'am and thanks for inviting me."
"Your welcome."
"I'm going to head back to room now see you tomorrow."
"Bye."
And with that she went to her room just after Ms. Burke left Leslie came in to talk to him about what they done today and a
few other things as well, he could tell that something was on her and that she wanted to talk with him so he sat down on
the bed in his room and waited for her to begin when she sat down next to him, then the conversation was about to begin.
"You know that stone we found in Terabithia?"
"Yeah, what about it?" He asked curious
"Well, the stone glows at night with all the colors illuminating my room its quite a sight to see in fact I can show you know
turn the lights off." She explained
"Alright."
As soon as he turned lights off she took the stone out and showed him it was beautiful with all the different colors blending
together filling up the room after seeing that Jess was speechless he had no idea that stone did any of this now he definitely
knew there was something special about it, but what other secrets did this stone have and that's exactly what he was going
to find out once they left Hawaii and returned back home so until then he'd just have to learn more about it later for right
now he was planning to enjoy himself with his best friend.
"So what did you think?"
"It was amazing how long has it been doing that?"
"Since the day I took it home after we found it."
"Does it do anything else?"
"No, that's all I've seen it do so far."
"Well, in any event we should go to bed now and get plenty of rest for tomorrow."
"One last thing I wanted to ask you?"
"Yeah what is it?"
"Wasn't that beach we went to today really nice?"
"It certainly was I'm hoping we can go there again."
So after talking about all the things that she wanted they both went to bed and we're looking forward to what her parents
had in store for them tomorrow and this was going to be a great summer vacation that neither would ever forget.