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Vacation for Rent
IV.
"Right again!" Alice exclaimed. She and Edward were engaged in a never-ending game of I Spy, which was completely ridiculous. All Alice had to do was look at something and Edward automatically knew what she was going to "spy" next. Stupid mind reader.
It was nearly two o'clock and we were still on the road. Charlie had preplanned our first destination and was determined not to tell me anything. Whenever I asked him anything, he would say, "It's a surprise!" I had a feeling I should get used to hearing him say that. After all, that was going to be his number one excuse the whole trip. Just call it a haunch.
"I spy…" Alice began again.
"Bella's shirt," Edward said flatly.
"Wow, you're good," I said with false enthusiasm.
"Stop cheating," Alice demanded with a pout. It was a good thing Charlie was too occupied with the map to pay attention to us in the back, otherwise he would have been slightly confused at how someone could cheat at I Spy.
"Let's play something different," Edward suggested.
"Hmm… okay. I made sure we brought some board games," Alice said as she reached out to one of the cabinets over the dinette.
"Life, Clue, Sorry, Trouble, Monopoly, Risk…" Alice listed off as she scanned the boxes.
"Scrabble, Checkers, Pictionary…" she continued. Honestly, none of them sounded appealing to me. I would have been perfectly content just sitting there, doing nothing. But I was slightly convinced there would be no need to argue with her. I could feel Charlie slow down. He pulled into a campground where an enormous green and yellow sign that read "Happy Trails" marked the entrance.
"Here we are!" Charlie announced, putting down the map he was previously fighting with. Happy Trails? I mentally stammered as I couldn't figure out how to properly insult the name of the place.
"Aww, no board games?" Alice asked.
"Not right now. Maybe later. I'm going to get us checked in," he said as he slid out of the driver's seat and out onto the gravel.
"You're welcome to come in with me if you want," he said before closing the door behind him. Part of me was eager to get out and walk around, and I could see that Edward was also anxious to stretch his legs, so we went out the side door and followed Charlie into the check-in office.
The inside had dark paneled walls and a cheap tiled floor with a fish tank along one of the walls containing five goldfish, all looking exactly alike. Long fluorescent light bulbs lined the ceiling and the windows were covered with vertical blinds, stained with age. The office smelled of cleaning chemicals and lady's perfume, and attraction brochures lined the wall across from the fish tank.
Alice walked immediately to the fish tank and began to name the gilled creatures.
"That one can be Fred, and that one Dennis, and this one can be Cheryl. The antisocial one is Paula, and the little skinny one will be Edward!" she finished as she glanced toward Edward. He made a face at her.
"I mean… Edward…o. Eduardo!" she amended.
A woman with dirty blonde hair, dark eyes, and crows feet emerged from a door behind the desk I didn't even realize was there. She grabbed a book and scanned it with her finger.
"Peters, Sharpe, McRae, or Swan?" she asked, looking up at Charlie. That's when I realized how short she was.
"Swan, party of four," Charlie responded proudly. Party of four was much more exciting than party of one.
"Alright, you have site 27. Checkout time is one. The office is open from eight to eight. Oh, and hang this on your rearview mirror," she said as she handed him a bright green campground pass.
"Thank you," Charlie said with a smile. The woman nodded without looking up.
"Shall we?" Charlie asked turning to the rest of us. We filed out of the office and back into the RV. We took a few curves and pulled into a site with a picnic table and a fire ring. There was a wooden post with the number 27 painted in green paint.
"So, I say we'll hookup and then we'll head to the first activity I have planned for us," Charlie said turning around in his driver's seat. Alice smiled, Edward nodded, and I shrugged.
"I'll help you with the hookups," Edward offered, standing from his spot. Charlie grinned.
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A/N: Okay, so it's not much. But I needed some type of transition before I started getting into certain activities. It'll start looking up soon. Until then, much love!