DISCLAIMER: I do not own Alice Academy and characters related to it. But the rest, I do.
JUNE 18, 2009
Today's the first day of summer! Finally, some time off school. Two months of no math and heavy reading!
We planned a couple of months ago that we will go to the beach. I love the sand, the shells, and the sound of the ocean! Thinking about it gets me all jittery and jumpy!
It's four in the morning. Hotaru doesn't understand how I can be so talkative and lively, so she says. It's so hard to concentrate when I can feel her cold, raven-like eyes piercing through my bones – her usual gesture of telling me to shut up. She sure is grumpy again.
We're currently in Mr. Narumi's van that can fit around ten to twelve people! I never knew he had one. Maybe he stole it from Mr. Misaki!
Everyone is still asleep, but I'm glad to see all of my friends are with me. Although, I never knew that Yuu could snore so much or that Natsume could sleep so peacefully. Natsume. It makes me wonder why he's the only one I've never made a real connection with. Well, I guess that our connection revolves around insults and glares. Ruka tells me that's how he shows his affection. Maybe it's true. But I highly doubt it!
It's our stopover at a huge gas station with restaurant chains and souvenir stores! Hooray for food and bracelets! We enter a convenience store with rows of chips, candies, and hot metal squares filled with meat buns and croquettes! Now I really don't know what to buy!
I run to a section that has boxes of Pocky! And they come in different flavors and sizes. After scanning the whole section, I find the chocolate-banana flavored ones! I bend my back to reach for one box—well, maybe two—when I hear this deep annoying voice. Of course I knew who it was. He grabs a box from the top shelf and smirks. He shows me the box and I see pink and red strawberries. He walks away, laughing. And I realize what he was referring to! That Natsume! He developed a habit of looking what's underneath my skirt for six years! See what I mean?
I run to Hotaru who is currently debating if she should get the jar of crab meat and/or lobster meat.
Sumire is packing some boxes of meat buns, so I decide to purchase a couple of croquettes as well.
Nonoka and Anna can't seem to decide if they should buy gummy worms and gummy bears. They're the cutest!
Yuu is with Mr. Narumi, stacking bottles of water and Cola.
Ruka stares at the chocolates, not knowing which one to get. Natsume approaches him and grabs a Hershey's bar—Ruka's favorite—and hands it to him. Ruka smiles. Natsume smiles. Those are the few moments I get to see Natsume's happy face. I don't understand why Natsume's sad or angry most of the time. I've known him for such a long time and there are still a lot about him that I don't know.
We exit the store, happy and ready to munch down. Although, Mr. Narumi reminds us that these are for the plane ride because airplane food is so expensive!
We drive for about another hour or so until we reach the airport. It's my first time to ride one! I can't wait. I hope I'm seatmates with Hotaru, but she'll probably say that she wants to sit by herself.
True enough, our plane tickets show that Hotaru's seat is on the other side! And to my horror, I see Natsume sitting on the window seat beside mine! This is going to be one crazy ride! I just knew it!
Okay. Maybe it's not as crazy as I expected it to be. I guess it's because Natsume's not really talking to me. He's just staring out the airplane! The airplane ride is not supposed to feel this long.
And we're finally here! I can hear the beach calling out to me already!
We dash to the beach house that Natsume's family owns. Tch! Why is he so rich?
We run towards the clear blue waves and the smooth white sand.
This is going to be a summer I won't forget.
Author's Note:
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