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The next day, my mom wanted to speak to me privately. "Alexandra, we didn't mean to treat you more harshly yesterday." she said. "I realize that the Warners are sometimes annoying, and sometimes intentionally. It's just that you could be more tolerant of them."

"You don't know what they're like, though." I answered. "Now they won't stop calling me Princess Alexandra."

Mom pretended to ignore that. "I like your new hairstyle and makeup." she said. "Did Dot suggest that type of makeup and ponytail?"

She already knew that Dot had. I sighed. "OK, Dot is sweet." I admitted. "When it's just us. It's the boys that get on my nerves. But all right, I'll try to not let them annoy me so much."

I really meant to keep to my word. Really. And the car ride, through Malibu and up to Arizona wasn't actually that bad. The stops, on the other hand, were.

We first stopped at this weird little retro shop. They had cool sunglasses, stripy stockings, 1960s dresses, and statues. Actually, Mom and Dad waited in the car. We only went because Wakko caught sight of it and claimed to be into retro. Yes, Wakko. On the show and just as a kid, he was usually just the agent of crazy. But as a teenager, he actually had a style, off-kilter like him, but named. Yakko was more into normal stuff, like me, but that didn't stop either of us going into the shop. And Dot – well, give her half a chance to shop and she'll buy out whole stores if she has the cash.

On the show, the Warners would've gone crazy in the shop. But strangely enough, they actually acted normal while in the shop. Dot even bought some dresses. The boys both bought sunglasses, and even I bought a pink headband.

I put it on, and began walking to the car, when I noticed Yakko staring at me. Not as if to annoy me, but as if it was the first time.

"Keep staring, I might do a trick." I said harshly. Knowing him, it was probably put on. "Or just take a picture, it'll last longer."

That seemed to snap him out of it, and he grinned. "Oh, really?" He took a picture of me. It came out of the camera immediately. Then Wakko swallowed the photo.

Dot giggled. "Princess Alexandra, I think you lasted longer."

I suddenly realized how weird that sounded. Yakko read my expression and blew the invisible audience a kiss. "Goodnight, everybody!"

"Who's around to hear us?" I sighed. "But seriously, I only said that so you'd quit staring at me in that weird way."

"You mean like this?" All three of them gave me freaky blank looks.

"No." I said flatly. That was the best way to deal with them – just to give straight answers to them, so they had no room to joke. "Now let's get back to the car. Mom and Dad are waiting. Oh yeah, and stop calling me Princess."

We also stopped at an ice-cream parlour. The Warners all had three flavours, and I had two; jell-o swirl and green apple. That would've been OK, if the trio hadn't started up some sibling argument, and started a shoving match. Wouldn't you know it, I got caught up in the middle, and the cone flew out of my hand after a particularly hard shove. I hadn't even started on the jello part of my ice-cream!

I scowled at the Warners, as I did most of the time. "Excuse moi, but can you ever be normal? Forget that, I know you can. You just choose to be irritating to everyone you claim to like."

We got to Phoenix early, and it wasn't as hot as usual in the summer, so it was quite nice. In the hotel, we got two suites, a one-bedroom suite for Mom and Dad, and a two-bedroom suite for the Warners and I. Obviously, I'd share a room with Dot, and the boys would share the other room.

In the hotel, there was a rooftop pool, internet access in the lobby, and a gym. I spent most of the afternoon in the pool, and even after everyone else got bored of the pool, I stayed in.

I was still in there about half an hour after the Warners actually got bored and had gone back up to our room. At that time, a boy of about eighteen dived into the pool. He surfaced right next to me, then grinned unexpectedly. "Hey, beautiful." he exclaimed.

I couldn't help but blush. This boy called me beautiful? (I'd taken off my makeup and had my wet hair loose, so that was a real compliment.) "Hi." I said, trying not to let out my girly squeals.

"I'm Will." the boy said. "I'm staying here for a couple weeks. What about you?" He pulled himself up onto the tiles, dangling his feet in the water.

I pulled myself up too. "I'm Alexandra, but everyone calls me Alex or Lexxi." I answered. "Although a few people have adopted another name for me." I glared down at the storey where my suite was."

"Sibling trouble?" Will said sympathetically.

"Kind of." I said. "My family takes in a group of kids whose parents died. We take them each summer, and they always try their best to annoy me."

"Rough." Will stated. "So you come here to avoid them?"

I smiled. "Yeah. I do everything I can to get away from them."

Will smiled back at me. He had a charming smile, and he was pretty hot. "So, you wanna hang out here tomorrow or something?" he asked.

I blushed again. The reflection in the water showed me with too-rosy cheeks. "OK, whatever." I said, trying not to seem bothered. "I think I better go back to my room, now. I'm supposed to be up around now."

"Want me to walk you back?" Will offered.

I giggled. "Well, if you can avoid being put off by the others, sure."

Will laughed. "I don't think anything can make me turn sour on a gorgeous girl."

He was such a gentleman, really! He actually did walk me back to the suite (he even held my hand), and even waited around to say goodbye as I went in. I did end up having to introduce the Warners, but nothing could bring me down from my high. It wasn't the first time I'd hung out with a boy which had led to something more, but still, this was huge. A boy of eighteen, wanting to hang out with me?

Was I really about to have the real summer love I'd never had yet?

I can't remember who suggested Alex dating another boy, but whoever it was, I think it would work well. I might end up having some other POVs in the next chapter. Until then, please review!