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When Saphira and I were younger, almost all the vacations looked the same. We hardly ever went anywhere with our parents - dad had to work most of the time and mom just didn't want to go anywhere without him so much - so the trip of the year was the camp.

We went to a different camp almost every year since it gave a variety of places, activities and people as our mom used to say and I guess that she was right. We also had a tradition connected with camps; on the day of our departure mom would always make us our favourite breakfast. It was very nice but there came time when together with Saphira we decided that we were too old. Mom didn't argue although it could be seen that she struggled with the want to preserve things as they were.

So I was pretty surprised, when on day of our trip I came downstairs and saw the breakfast waiting for me on the kitchen table. Both mom and Saphira were already sitting there, sipping coffee.

"I hope you'll like it" mom said, gesturing to the breakfast.

Was it just me or did she sound a little nervous?

I took a closer look at both women sitting in front of me and for the first time it struck me how similar they really are. Although you could see grey strands on mom's hair, it was still visible that her blonde hair was the same colour as Saphira's. They also smiled in the same way and their eyes - in mom's case there were some wrinkles around them, probably from tiredness - were glowing with happiness and energy. I smiled at them.

"It's brilliant, thanks" I told mom, sitting at the opposite side of the table.

She nodded, so did Saphira. Silence fell between us, but the comfortable type, as a result of me eating my breakfast.

"So..." mom was the first to break the silence again. "When are you leaving?"

"Would be half an hour" answered Saphira. "Nasuada promised to take us from the house so we won't have to go by any bus or train with all the luggage."

Half an hour? I nearly choked on my food. I knew that we finally managed to go on this trip but until that moment I didn't realise that it was real and we were so close to leaving. I finally really felt that I have vacations. Because vacations with no interesting trip full of adventures could hardly be called vacations at all.

"Hey, Eragon!" Saphira waved her hand in front of my face.

"What?!" I asked, still too distracted to focus on one thing.

Saphira shook her head.

"No wonder that you are unable to focus on your classes at school."

I tried to look sorry, probably not very convincingly since in fact I didn't feel sorry at all.

"What was the question?"

"Whether you've packed any films for us" she said.

I mentally groaned. Of course I didn't remember about the films and why the hell it was me who was supposed to pack them, not Saphira.

"Why don't you do it?" I asked.

"Do I have to remind you about the bet you've lost?" she smiled evilly while saying this.

I moaned. One more time I will have to listen about this particular bet and I swear I will murder the speaker. Yes, I have a very irritating tendency to lose bets against Saphira – and most of other people as well – but it doesn't mean that she has the right to remind me about each one thousands of times.

"I'll take the films" I said, standing up.

"You'd better hurry up then" Saphira commented. "You know, you have like ten minutes before the rest arrives"

Fuck.

I ran two stairs at the time. Of course the hurry wasn't only because of films, after all I would manage to pick them in ten minutes (that's plenty of time to choose a film), but since I wasn't very organised I left some packing for the last moment. Okay, maybe a little more than some packing. Or maybe even most of packing.

I stormed into the room, grabbing all the clothes which by now must have been lying on my bed for more than a week. Saphira decided to iron them when she started to pack her own things for the trip. Then I considered it completely unnecessary but somehow now it seemed great of her. I put the clothes in the suitcase, not bothering to pay attention to the fact that they were neatly folded. I added a toothbrush and a towel and after a short while also my phone charger. Then I left the room.

Saphira was already waiting in the hall and with a smirk on her face watched my fight with the stairs.

"Come on. They're already waiting."

"For long?" I asked, pulling the suitcase through the last few steps.

Saphira shrugged.

"I guess not."

I nodded and we headed to the doors. Mum was watching from the kitchen, apparently wondering how we will manage on our own.

"Don't worry, mum! We'll be great." I promised her with a smile.

She returned the smile, although not with much enthusiasm.

"Just… behave yourself! And watch out, Eragon, when it comes to girls!"

Great. Now I was only confused. I heard Saphira choking behind my back.

"What?! Mum, I don't plan to get myself a girlfriend!"

"You never know" she said and went on to say goodbye to Saphira.

They hugged, exchanged some quick sentences and then we were finally ready to leave. As soon as we exited the house, we saw a huge silver sports car. After noticing Nasuada in the driver's seat, I figured out that it must have been a present from her dad for some unknown occasion.

"Hi, guys" she said, slightly raising her sunglasses so that they were resting on her head. "You can put all the luggage in the back. The rest is already inside."

Saphira eyed the car carefully. And then she announced:

"I'm sitting in the front"

"What? No!" I shouted as soon as I realised what that meant. "I also want to sit in the front"

"Sorry, little brother. Too late" she opened the car door and sat next to Nasuada looking everything but sorry.

I sighed and took both mine and Saphira's suitcases to the back of the car and then opened the door behind Saphira's expecting the worst as I peeked inside. The first thing I saw was Murtagh's grin.

"Hey, Eragon, enjoying yourself already?"

"Yes, can't you see?! I'm the happiest person in the world!" I replied sarcastically.

"No sarcasm, please" Murtagh commented. "Now, get your ass in the car so we can finally leave"

I glanced at the peaceful world outside the car for the last time and then took a seat. Or rather tried, because I found myself squished between Murtagh and the door in a position which I would not dare to call comfortable. Next to us was also Thorn and right now he and Murtagh were laughing over some stupid video on YouTube. There was also Angela, in a new top (or at least one I haven't seen before) which unfortunately was in a really awful shade of brown.

It was going to be a long journey. I only hoped Saphira was doing better. I glanced at the girls in the front through a hole between Saphira's seat and the window. They were gossiping about something, looking really relaxed and comfortable. And it also caught my eye that their part of the car looked a lot of cleaner.

During my little observations Nasuada managed to get out of the town, so now we could drive faster which she immediately took advantage of. We were passing some billboards, advertising mostly chemicals, Apple and new films.

"I would like to see 'The perks of being a wallflower' again!" Nasuada said loudly when Saphira pointed to the billboard with a shirtless figure of Logan Lerman.

Please, girls, he's not even that good-looking.

"Me too" Saphira agreed. "We should have this film somewhere. Of course as long as Eragon packed it. You did, right, brother?"

No. No. No. It was not happening. I did not just forget to pack any films for the vacations.

"I'm afraid we don't have it"

"What?!" Saphira shouted. "Have you gone even more crazy?! How is it possible that you didn't take 'The perks of being a wallflower'? It's one of the best films ever!"

"In fact…" I stopped in the middle of the sentence, not knowing how to break the news.

"Yes?" Saphira asked dangerously quietly.

"I forgot to pack all the films"

There was a heavy silence in the car.

"So I guess we're in for a filmless vacation trip" Murtagh concluded.