A Part of My Memory

Zara

I couldn't stop my mouth from dropping this time.

As soon as the key card unlocked the door and we stepped in, my jaw dropped. The room was huge. We had booked a quad room to save money but I didn't expect it to be this big and luxuriant and jaw-dropping.

We walked through the small passage and through the archway that led to a large living room. The colours were a simple grey and white, the carpet and the couches were unbelievably plush, and there was a single chandelier hanging from the roof and a massive flat-screen TV against the wall. On the other side of the room was a large, round dining table with a glass Lazy Susan and seven chairs around it.

We went through the large door at the end of the room and it led us to the bedroom. There were four single beds—which we were going to join together to create one big bed—a long desk against the wall below yet another flat-screen TV and a massive glass sliding door that led to a balcony.

Beside the TV was a large map of the hotel. I only skimmed through it but saw that there were restaurants, cafés, bars, spa rooms, gyms, a bowling alley and even a games room.

I went to the massive glass sliding door that led to the large balcony and on it was a long cosy seat and a coffee table, but that wasn't what grabbed my attention. It was the view. Directly below me was a large, clear pool and there were several sunloungers and parasols, but further beyond was the beach. Several people were running around, jumping from the hills and into the water, sunbathing, and—

"Oh my gosh," I recognised Serena's shriek and rushed back into the room.

Serena and Faizah were standing by the threshold of another door with their hands over their mouths as they looked into the room.

"Did you find a dead body?" Ally asked as she rushed into the room from the lounge.

Ally and I both approached them to see what they were so struck by only to be struck ourselves. The bathroom was magnificent. The floors were marbled as were the walls, there was a large mirror that took up the space of one of the walls and a massive sink below it with two double-headed taps and two wooden cabinets on either side of the sink. The bathtub was large enough to fit all of us plus an extra person and the shower was equally as large, with tinted windows and three heads, one on the roof and two on the walls. There was also a toilet that was... well, a toilet, but it was enclosed within tinted windows like the shower.

"How can a bathroom be so... wow," Serena asked.

"How did we even manage to afford this?" Faizah questioned.

We spent what felt like 10 minutes admiring the bathroom alone.

****

"Here's what we're going to do," Faizah addressed us as we got ready to go to the beach. "To make the most of this vacation, we need to plan our days."

"Seriously Faiz," Ally groaned.

"You'll thank me once you find that you've done literally everything that this hotel offers."

"I doubt," Ally sighed.

"I went over all the activities they offer," Faizah continued. "But the thing is certain activities are only available at certain times at this hotel, and as a result, some activities overlap with other activities. For example, scuba diving and snorkelling overlap. Windsurfing and kite surfing overlap, et cetera."

"So your point is?" Serena asked.

"I've come up with a timetable," Faizah informed her, earning a groan from each of us, but despite our complaints, we knew that Faizah's excessive organisation and planning would result in our enjoyment, which was why none of us left.