Laney's P.O.V.
Grabbing my ginormous suitcase out of the trunk of my small sports car I turned to face Kayla. "Can you believe we're about to be on our way to Brazil?" I smiled my biggest smile at her and headed towards the park-n-ride bus that would drop us off at our terminal.
"I know! June went by so slowly! In 15 hours we're going to be on the beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil… That's such a crazy thought."
We threw our large, overstuffed bags into the rack on the bus and sat down for the ride to the terminal. The ride was bumpy and hot but we arrived at the Delta desk in great spirits.
"Where to, Miss?"
"Rio de Janeiro, Brazil." I handed the check-in clerk my passport and I.D. then sat my bag up on the scale. I noticed the clerk next to mine was taking care of Kayla and we briefly smiled at each other, clearly excited for our vacation.
"Just one checked bag today?" I nodded and she keyed a few things into the computer then printed out a barcode tag and tied it on to my bag's handle. "Here's your boarding pass. You'll be boarding at gate B23 at 9:35 P.M. The time and gate are subject to change so make sure to listen to the overhead calls and check the boards." The clerk smiled at me handing back my passport and I.D. then handing over my boarding pass.
"Thanks." I smiled back genuinely and walked over to meet Kayla. She had just been informed of our boarding gate and we started to walk towards security.
"So you told your dad about our trip?" Kayla looked at me waiting for my answer.
"Yeah, I told him. He threw a fit for little bit but once he talked to my mom he was alright with it. You know him, he just worries. But he did set it up so we can chill in the Delta Sky Room under his account until our plane boards. Free drinks and snacks." I threw Kay a smirk and walked through the rope towards the guy checking our passports and boarding passes.
"Seriously? Flippin' sweet! I love your dad."
"You know he likes to make up for not being there that often. He knows monetary values can't really make up for his absence but for right now it's the best he can do." I threw my book bag onto the x-ray belt and continued to take my shoes and jacket off. Kayla had a solemn look upon her face at the mention of my dad's absence
He's a great dad and I love him, I just wish I could spend more time with him. After him and my mom split when I was 5 he started to travel more than ever because of business which in turn allowed him to support me quite well to try and show me he still cares.
"Ma'am? Ma'am! It's your turn." I snapped out of my thoughts and noticed it was my turn to walk through the awkward new body scanner they had at the airport. You know, the one that takes an x-ray picture of you? Before I stepped in I noticed the picture of the guy that went before me.
Ohmygosh. You can see his penis. Awkwarrddd.
Does that mean they'll see an outline of my boobs?
Kayla and I made it through the awkward security scanner and decided to kill time and take the moving sidewalks instead of the train to our gate.
"So," Kayla propped herself on her elbows on the moving rail. "How many cute guys do you think we're going to see this week?" She raised her eyebrows at me and winked.
"Haha, Kayla seriously? Ohh, I dunno. Probably a ton. How burned do you think we're gonna get?" We both laughed and continued our trek to the B terminal. "Oh hey, here's the Sky Room. Gate 23 is right down there so we're pretty close. Awesome." I walked up to the desk and gave the lady my dad's member number. "Is flight 2532 still on time?"
"Yes, ma'am. It's still scheduled to leave from B23 at 9:35. Enjoy your stay." She smiled a toothy grin and the two of us took the elevator up to the snack bar. We both got our fill of mini muffins, fruits, yogurts and soda and took a seat next to the window. The sun was starting to set and we watched the planes take off and land.
I clicked my cell phone on to text my mom that we were waiting for our plane and noticed the time. "Oh man, I didn't even notice. It's already 9:23, we should head to our gate."
We grabbed our carry-on bags and headed towards B23. They boarded our zone shortly after our arrival and the next thing we knew we were taxi-ing down the runway. I closed the window and leaned my head back. "In 15 hours we'll be in Brazil. Try to get some sleep Kay, we're going to need all the energy we can get for tomorrow." Kayla and I both plugged in our headphones and closed our eyes to try and get as much sleep as possible.
I followed behind slowly as I watched Kayla sprint onto the beach and nearly knock into a few people on her way. All I could do was laugh and mutter a quick 'sorry' to them as I tried to catch up to her.
"Why are you so slow Laney? We're in Brazil!" She threw her arms up into the air and twirled around then continued to fall backwards and land on her butt in the sand.
We had landed about 2 hours ago and already checked in to our hotel, now we were just exploring the area and getting a feel for where we were going to be spending the next 5 days. Only being about 5:30 P.M. here it was still blazingly hot so we had changed into our bathing suits, covering them with loose tank tops and a pair of shorts. I took my flip flops off so I could walk quicker and feel the perfect, silky sand between my toes.
Sitting next to Kayla we talked about people that were passing by, a few stores we had seen near the hotel, and a few different restaurants we wanted to try out while we were here.
"Oh, you know what else we should do while were here? Since we're going all out and everything?" I rested back on my palms and twisted my head to look at Kayla through my sunglasses. She continued, "We should get massages. I didn't save my ass off for the past year to not have an amazing senior summer vacation." A smile broke apart my lips.
"That sounds perfect. We'll go make an appointment tomorrow. So, where are we going to eat tonight Kayla? I'm getting hungry. That airplane food was crap." My eyes were closed as I was soaking in some sun. I waited for Kayla to answer but she never did. I peeked open my eyes and glanced at her to see she was waving and making flirty eyes at an extremely tan and attractive guy sitting with his friends a few feet away. "Ugh, Kayla." I laughed and slapped her arm lightly. "Not even here a whole day and you've already found yourself a pack of guys to drool over."
She turned her head back to me, laughing. "Not all of them are for me. You can have one! Hmm, you can have…" She looked back at the 3 guys, "You can have the one in the blue shorts. He looks like your type. I'll take the other two." She lowered her sunglasses at me and winked while I just laughed at her and closed my eyes again. I felt her tap my arm and opened my eyes again. They were coming over to us.
Here we go…
Kayla wasn't a whore by any means, she just loved guys and loved to flirt. That's exactly what she was planning on doing. Me, on the other hand, I was kind of awkward. I knew how to flirt if I wanted to but most times I really just didn't want to. Don't get me wrong, I liked guys attention on occasion and it was fun to mess with them I had just had my fill of jerky guys lately so I wasn't too into the whole idea of getting some random guys to chill with.
"Hola senoritas." The tallest guy appeared in front of us and kneeled down to our eye level. Kayla just giggled like a little school girl and with that, the game was on. For the next 30 minutes I listened to Kayla, and who we had learned was Thiago, talk and flirt about silly nonsense.
I'm so bored
I rolled my head back and then sat straight up to stretch. As I stretched my left arm out I accidentally knocked into one of the other guys who I hadn't even noticed scooted considerably close to me.
"Ah, shit my bad." He just looked at me in confusion. Really? You don't speak English? Okay, let's see if I can do this. I tried to think back into my Spanish class and managed to come up with a way to apologize. "Eh, lo siento?" I raised an eye brow hoping I used the right phrase. An enlightened look came across the guys face.
"Oh su problema de no! Me llamo Pedro. De donde-" He started speaking quickly and I definitely couldn't understand what he was saying. I knew a little bit but definitely not enough to conversate well with him. I had to cut him off quickly with the only phrase I could muster.
I held up one hand interrupting him and spoke, "Lo siento, no habla espanol." I gave him an apologetic look then stood up brushing sand off of my legs and shorts. "Kayla, you ready to go eat?" She glanced up at me sadly then sighed.
"Yeah, I guess." As she stood up Thiago stood up with her and gave her a hug. He kissed her hand and she giggled again.
"I hope I'll see you later, senorita." The guys smiled and waved then walked off.
"You don't have to be so cold to guys that seem interested in you, Lane. I know Zack really messed you up but dang, it's been almost a year. You've gotta move on some time." I shoved my hands into my pockets and watched my feet plow into the sand as we walked along the beach to a seaside restaurant we had seen earlier. I knew she was right. Zack and I had been together for a while but the last few months we were together he strung me along. There had been a lot of arguing, he-said she-said moments, sometimes I never knew if we were or weren't together, then finally he up and left me without a second thought. Numerous people had reasons for what he did but I tried not to listen to them. It wasn't any of their business. It's not like I hadn't tried to get close to other guys before, it was just that after a while it would start to freak me out and I would bail. I couldn't really help it, I was still scared.
"Come on, girl. We'll snap you out of this funk while we're here. Let's sit outside and eat and enjoy the gorgeous sunset." I smiled at Kayla. She always had my back and would do whatever she could to cheer me up.
"Laney, get up! LANEY! Oh my gosh, LANEY get UP!" I heard someone yelling my name frantically and I moved my head trying to shake it off. "Delaney! ...!" My bed shook as something large and heavy landed on the other side of my bed. Whatever it was it startled me and I sprung up with my eyes half open.
"Kayla… What the heck are you doing? Stop yelli-"
"Laney get out of bed, there's water everywhere!" Kayla was frantically throwing our stuff up on mine and her bed trying to save it from the ever growing puddle of cold water.
I rubbed my eyes, threw on my sweater and stepped out of my bed. "Holy junk that water is cold!" I squished along the carpet to take a look in the bathroom. "How does this even happen? Kayla… What did you do…?" The tub was completely full of water, water was gushing out of the nozzle and shower head, and there was a leak in the caulking between the floor and tub.
"I didn't do anything! I tried to turn the shower off and this happened." She looked like she was about to burst into tears.
I tried to turn the faucet handles to get the water to shut off but nothing was happening. "Okay, I'll call maintenance. Try to use some of the bed blankets to sop this stuff up." As I was walking over to the phone I managed to slip on the soggy carpet and go face first into the ice cold water.
Great start to our luxurious vacation…
Picking up the phone handle I dialed in 5-22 and heard it ring a few times. "This is maintenance. How can we help you?"
"Ah, yeah, there's kind of a huge leak in our room at the moment.. Room 612. Please hurry." The guy at the other end said he would have someone up to check it out pronto. Surprisingly enough, we heard a knock at the door less than two minutes later.
Kayla sprinted to the door jumping over piles of wet blankets and let the guy in. His face was absolutely priceless. Without saying anything Kayla and I both motioned to the bathroom.
After about 5 minutes and 3 huge waves of ice water the maintenance guy came out of the bathroom holding a moldy wash cloth. "It was shoved down the drain… Must have been there a while. People are nasty. Also, I had to remove the nozzles in order to get the water shut off. The problem is fixed but you girls certainly can't stay in this room anymore. Pack your stuff up and meet me at the front desk." We thanked the guy profusely and changed into some dry clothes then proceeded down to the front lobby.
Julio, the maintenance guy was standing at the desk talking to the morning manager and turned around to face us as he heard us coming.
"Alright ladies, considering the ordeal you two had to deal with this morning we're giving you a complementary upgrade to the Deluxe Double Oceanview Suite. Also, all other rooms are full. Not many people know we have this room so keep it pretty hush-hush. It's normally used for celebs but considering you ladies just got flooded, I think you're pretty deserving." We started at him, mouths agape.
"This is incredibly awesome! Thank you so much!" We both gushed as we followed him to the employee elevator; the only way to get to the hidden 14th floor.
"Now, when you want to get to your room you have to take this elevator, otherwise you'll end up on the 15th floor, or 14th normal floor. Just use these access cards to get into the elevator and to the 14th floor." Even the key cards were sick looking. As the elevator dinged Julio led us into the main room of our suite. There was a bowl of fresh fruit on the table, a huge balcony overlooking the ocean, and two bedrooms on either side of the living room. "Ah, before I leave the manager also wanted me to give you these. Two complementary passes for the spa here on the second level. They're good for whatever you like. Enjoy your stay! Hopefully these showers will behave for you!" Julio winked playfully at us then headed back into the elevator.
Kayla and I just stood there in complete shock before we started screaming and jumping around. "This could not have gone ANY better! Oh my gosh, Lane… We'll be sleeping where celebrities have slept… This is absolutely incredible! And ohmy… Check out this balcony. You can see everything." I headed out to the balcony and agreed, you really could see everything. You could see the ocean, neat little restaurants, a concert hall, some shops, and tiny ant-like people.
We walked back into the living area and just stared at everything.
"What to do first?" I asked glancing around. With the end of that question we both looked at each other with growing smiles.
"Spa!"
"Spa!"
We both yelled out at the same time.
The race to the elevator was on.