Upon arriving at the resort, the family was immediately greeted by an impeccable staff. Erin stepped out the car and into the intense southwestern heat. Her 9-year-old twin brothers Evan and Ethan were running around in circles around the car, yelling at each other over who beat the other in their video games.
"Evan! Ethan! Will you please calm down? I'm sure you are both great at Mario Kart so does it really matter who won?" asked Erin.
"YES!" the twins screeched simultaneously.
"How do you even have the energy, it is sweltering out here." Erin replied, fanning herself with her hand. "Mom and Dad can you please control those things?"
"Boys calm down. You will have plenty of time for endless rematches this summer." Replied their father. "Happy Erin?"
"I would be if they would just stop running." Erin replied.
Mildly annoyed she strolled over to a nearby bench waiting for her family to finish up with check-in so she could reach the comfort of their air-conditioned suite.
Just then one of the bellboys approached her and asked for her room number.
"Oh sorry, I'm not sure what it is my parents are still checking us in" said Erin.
"Well it's no problem. You guys sure seem to have a lot of bags, where are you from?" he inquired with a slight accent.
"Were from California. San Francisco to be exact but we are staying for three months. We always see a new city every summer."
"California! I've never been but I have heard it's amazing. A lot of palm trees and celebrities is what I've gathered. I'm from Puerto Rico and we have the palm trees covered but were struggling in the famous department." He replied.
They both laughed and talked for a few minutes. She learned that his name was Javier and that he grew up in San Juan. He moved out here for college at Arizona State University a few years ago and worked summers at Phoenix Springs to pay for his tuition. He even invited her to join him and some of his coworkers at a party at his and his roommates apartment the following night.
Just then Erin's parents called her over, ready to go to the room. The rest of Erin's family had just turned the corner, slight ahead of Erin and Javier when a group of lifeguards turned the corner and walked toward the two of them. Two boys dressed in red shorts and white shirts along with a girl in a red one piece and white shorts, laughed and joked as they continued down.
"Oh Luke you're so bad" the girl said to the adorable sandy haired boy to her left.
He smiled and then made eye contact with Erin and then noticed Javier, who he immediately acknowledged.
"Hey Javier, what's up dude?" said the boy.
"Just delivering one last set of bags then I will come meet up with you guys from my break. Oh this is Erin by the way. Her and her family are staying for the summer so I invited her to our party tomorrow so she could meet some new people." replied Javier.
"Oh cool, I'm Luke by the way, Javier's roommate. Nice to meet you Erin. This is Rachel," he said as he pointed to the girl on his right who did a sort of half smile. "And this is Sam" he said about the guy next to Rachel.
"Hey its nice to meet you guys," replied Erin.
"So the whole summer, that's interesting and kind of random. Why so long?" asked Luke.
"Oh well my family always spends the summer in a different city. Last year was D.C. and before that was the Hamptons. We just like to get the full experience and I guess it requires us being there for a whole summer." Said Erin.
"Well that's awesome. I have always wanted to see the world, but I've never left Arizona. You'll have to give me some tips at the party," he said smiling.
"Yeah definitely, whatever you need" said Erin with a slight smirk.
Out of nowhere the girl Rachel hurried the group along, leaving Erin and Javier to get back to bringing the bags to the room. As they continued down the hallway Erin smiled to herself, noticing how cute the boy she just met was and she looked back to find him looking at her and smiling when she noticed him, as he quickly turned the opposite corner and left.
Erin had a great feeling about this summer.