Beside You

Perth Bound

Tori's P.O.V.

"Hi, Daddy!"

John smiled. "How are my little girls?"

Mia smiled back. "How was New York?"

"Too damn busy." He laughed. "But I brought something back for each of you."

Our 40 year old father reached into his duffel bag he always used for business trips and produced two small gift bags.

He handed the black bag to Mia and turned to me, handing me a red bag.

"How clever. Black for Mia and red for Tori." I stated and Dad laughed.

My twin sister and I tore into the bags. Each one contained a black box.

We opened them to find gold lockets with John and Lily's pictures inside.

"We'll be with ya even when we're away from home." Dad explained.

Mia and I jumped up off of the leather sofa to hug him and thank him for the beautiful gifts.

"There's something else in the bags. Take a look." He encouraged.

We looked into our bags and found a slip of paper in each on.

"Plane tickets?" Mia asked.

Dad nodded. "I want to take you on my next trip. I'm going to Perth."

"Australia?!" I shrieked and he nodded.

"Oh my god!" Mia screamed.

We turned to each other, our identical blue eyes meeting. "We're going to Australia!"

"We leave Saturday." Dad told us. "You should probably get packed."

Mia and I flew up to our bedrooms, leaving the doors open so we could shout back and forth to each other.

I pulled my two biggest rolling suitcases out of the closet and laid them out on the bed.

I folded countless pairs of jeans, skirts, and shorts into one and zipped it shut. The next one I filled with shirts,dresses, and shoes.

Then I pulled a slightly smaller bag out and filled it with electronics, make up, hair stuff, underwear, bikinis, and tampons.

And that was it. I had managed to finish packing in thirty minutes. I decided to go check Mia's progress.

She was sitting on the floor next to her empty suitcase. "Tori, I'm dying."

I packed for her while she laid on her bed and played flappy bird.

While I was finished packing, she took our bags downstairs.

After checking my phone I realized it was Friday. We were leaving the next day.

I decided my flight outfit would be yoga pants and a tank top and I would change into a floral print skirt, black bustier, and wedges before landing. Mia just wanted to wear jeans and an All Time Low tshirt she had cut into a crop top.

"Hey, I'm going to watch Supernatural and get some sleep before tomorrow. Wanna sleep in my room?' I asked.

She retrieved her favorite down pillow and came into my room. I turned on the first episode of the show and we laid down on my queen size bed.

We were both asleep before the episode was over.

At the ungodly hour of 4 am, our father came in to wake us up. "Rise and shine, little birds. Our flight leaves at 8. Make sure you're ready."

Mia and I groaned before rolling out of bed and going to get ready.

My sister showered while I went downstairs to get breakfast.