Chapter 2: Day at the Beach.
The next morning, it was a bright and clear sunny day. Violet awoke with a start and quickly rushed to Dash's room.
She walked over to his bed and gently shook him awake, "Morning, Sleeping Beauty." said Violet with a giggle. Dash smiled at his sister's joke before getting out of bed and giving her a good morning hug. The two siblings then walked downstairs for breakfast.
"(Yawn) What's for breakfast?" asked Dash as Helen placed a plate of scrambled eggs in front of him.
While she was eating, Violet told Dash, "Hey Dash, get your swim trunks after breakfast. We're heading to the beach today." with a smile. Dash smiled widely and finished his breakfast in a jiffy. Afterwards, he and Violet found their swimsuits and the two siblings walked to the beach. They changed in the bathrooms, Dash into orange swim trunks and Violet into a black one-piece swimsuit and Violet put sunscreen on Dash as they were walking on the deck that led to the beach.
"Yow, that's cold!" Dash said when she first sprayed it on him.
"I don't like it either, but hey, it helps." Violet said as she then sprayed sunscreen on herself, getting chilled. She and Dash then walked down the pier, found a good spot and set up their umbrella and chairs.
"Hey, Violet, I'm gonna go swimming." Dash said.
"Okay, but be careful." Violet said with a smile. Dash ran at normal speed and jumped in the ocean. Violet watched him for a while before she decided to join him. They shot water guns at each other and swam with each other for a while before they decided to go get lunch at a nearby diner where their waiter was an old friend of their mother's.
Over lunch, Dash asked, "Hey Vi, how'd your date with Tony go the other day? I'm just curious."
Violet smiled at him, "It went well. We saw a romantic movie and we both had a great time." she said. After lunch, they headed back to their umbrella and just laid out in the sun for a bit.
"Hey, Dash, you wanna get some ice cream and stop by a souvenir shop before we head home?" Violet asked.
"Yeah!" Dash said with excitement. After swimming and playing in the ocean for a couple hours longer, Violet and Dash changed back into their normal clothes and got ice cream from a nearby shop. Violet got strawberry and Dash got chocolate. After finishing their cones, they headed to a nearby shop called OceanSide.
"Wow." Dash said as they walked in and saw all sorts of toys, beach towels, etc. Dash got a toy shark and Violet got a pink swimsuit. Afterwards, they walked home. By now, it was sunset. When they walked up to the house and got to the door, the two siblings looked at each other and shared smiles.
"Today was fun, Vi. I love spending time with you." said Dash.
"I love spending time with you too, Dash." Violet said before they went inside.