"What is it?" Gabby said turning around, hand on her hip, leaning on her right leg. She was standing in front of the counter that looks like a bar with her mother sitting behind it. Through the archway was a dining room/living room with two couches and a table. I was standing in front of the fridge hands crossed over my chest and I could tell she wasn't planning on changing her mind. I watch as Sam puts her hand in her pocket and takes out the paper. I then notice Gabby's face light up as she realizes what it is. She can't possibly pass up the opportunity if all of us are going I think to myself she has to say yes. "But," and my smile leaves my face, "what about Bri? If she's not going she will be all alone…"
"But what if she is going, huh?" I shout "Then will you go?" I pull back from screaming at her when I realize I'm raising my voice. "You can't possibly give up a chance to learn magic if all of your friends are going." I say while calming down hoping this would change her mind.
As I turn to walk away she says "Fine, I'll go but only if Christian and Bri are going too." I have only met Christian once so it's hard to talk to him but before I walk downstairs I grab Gabby's phone and take his number. As I walk downstairs I text him hey it's Alexa, and then wait for a reply. I get ready to go outside and swim around and as I walk out my phone receives a text. The text was from Christian and said Oh god she has my number again, I remember the first time I had his number I annoyed him until he was on the verge of insanity. I instantly replied, haha no I'm not trying to annoy you but I was wondering if you have gotten anything relating to Hogwarts… have you? With that I put down my phone and went outside at first I thought Gabby and Sam were hiding from me but it turned out they were already in the water. I could see the glassy shine of the suns reflection and a glimmer of blue and pink, the colors of Gabby's bathing suit. Their heads popped out of the water and the shine of the sun on their hair was bright, so I could barely see their faces. I kicked my black flip flops off and one landed on the lounger that sits next to the pool and the other landed near one of the bushes behind Gabby's barbeque. As I ran to the diving bored I stepped on a rock and shouted in pain, but again the two were under water and didn't hear me.
"Ewww!" I shout as I step on the diving board. I lift my foot up only to realize I have stepped in sap from the tree hovering above my head. I realize the sap will eventually come of when I dive into the water but, there happens to be another thing preventing me from jumping as high as I can and diving into the pool. A bug is sitting upon the water as if it was earth, and it hasn't moved since I had begun to stare at it. "Awwuh c'mon!" I scream. "Can't you move your little bug butt so I can dive into the pool, its hot out here," I notice Gabby and Sam stare at me as if I'm a wacko, "it's the bug I tell you, it hasn't moved since I got up here!" I protest, realizing they think I'm even more of a wacko since the bug had already moved. As I dive in I notice the bug flying off to the side as if my begging finally paid off.
I begin to feel weary and decide to get out of the pool and lie in the sun, as I get out I push my flip flop aside and put down a towel. I sit and watch as Gabby and Sam try to get Gabby's dog momo to "surf" on the little orange pool toy that was made for jumping on to and trying to stay on. After about what felt like a half hour of trying and failing, they eventually stopped trying to get momo to "surf" and started racing each other.
"I dried off Gabby so I'm gunna go inside and change okay?" I ask Gabby, as she nods she starts a backstroke race with Sam, It is one of her best strokes. As I grab my new Orleans sweatshirt I look up and see Sam hit her hand on the diving board but keep going, it was a close race but Sam lost by a millisecond. I grab my pink tie dyed sweat pants and start roaming towards the door. As I reach the door I hear a splash and I spin around as fast as I can. It was only Gabby diving into the pool but as she breaks through the surface of the water she screams "Ewww I stepped in something sticky!" as I remember the sticky mass I realize my foot is still covered in it and head to the bathroom to grab some soap and change. I threw my sweatshirt and sweatpants right over my bathing suit because I was already dry accept for my hair, which was sitting knotted and wet on my head leaving little streams of water to come down my forehead. I look in the mirror and see the reflection coming off my eyes. I grab the bar of soap and put my foot into the sink, wondering if Christian texted back as I move the soap I out it down and kind of massage my foot getting the sticky, nasty, orangish color off my foot, leaving it less sticky. As I walk into the living room I jump over the couch and stare into the darkness of the television set. I grab Gabby's laptop and turn it on, and while it was turning on I grabbed my phone and noticed the text from Christian.