From Then to Now

Chapter 3: Hello, Cape Cod

Michael's POV
I wake up and look out the window, it's night time and Matthew is sitting in the back instead of Mason. I feel something on my shoulder and I turn to my right. Kathwren's head is on my shoulder and she is asleep. Her mouth is open a crack and I can hear her breathing. She is quite cute when she is asleep. Umm, what am I saying? No she's not. I groan to let everyone know I'm awake and Kate turns around.

"Don't move. She is a light sleeper." She whispers.
"To late, I woke up when he moved." She whines.

She shifts a little and lays her head back on my shoulder.

"You don't mind do you?" She asks, staring up at me sleepily.

I shake my head no and she gets comfortable. But this time she interlocks her fingers with mine. After a minute she looks down.

"Sorry, it's kind of a comfort thing." She blushes pulling her hand away from mine.

I chuckle and lay my head back, slowly falling back to sleep.

Wren's POV
We arrive in Cape Cod at 9:30 am. I get out and stretch looking at the beautiful ocean in front of me.

"Whoa." I hear Michael gasp.
"Now you know why I love coming here." I smirk.

We all grab our suitcases and look at the two identical beach houses.

"How are we going to go about this?" My mother asks everyone.
"We can either do it by family, age, or gender." I explain.

Everyone talks it over and, just like the cars, we divide by age. Each house has four bedrooms. I run into our house and go upstairs. I immediately pick the room facing the ocean that way I have window views. The whole back of the room is a huge window seat with windows going from one end to the other.

"That's not fair. You knew which room was the best." Mason whines.
"Sorry, you snooze you lose." I giggle.

I unpack and then look at my view.

"Wanna go swimming?" Kate asks.
"Sure, let me get changed." I nod.

I lock my door and put down the blinds before stripping and getting in the pink and white two piece. There is a knock on my door and I open it.

"Ohh, umm, your sister asked me to see if you were ready?" Michael asks looking at the ceiling.

I scoff and walk out. I run down to the beach and do a few cartwheels.

"Kate!" I sing.

She laughs and I push her into the water. She screams and I join her. Within minutes all of us are out playing in the ocean. I can't stop staring at Michael. His toned chest and his big brown eyes. I don't know why but somehow I had never noticed how much he has changes. He has always been that little boy that saved me all those years ago.

Michael's POV
As I step out onto the private beach I see Wren in her bathing suit. I had never noticed her curves before this; she looks like a woman. She has always been that annoying little girl to me. We continue to play until one of my brothers shouts 'chicken fight.' I get on Matthew's back and Kathwren gets on Katelyn's.

"Your going down." Wren yells.

I give her a look and we start. I push her and she pushes me. Back and forth. She pushes me and I almost fall.

"Not good enough." I chuckle.

She narrows her eyes and we grab each others shoulders. Her green eyes are sparkling with determination.

"Your about to go down." She whispers.

She pushes me back with all of her body weight. I go down and land in the water. Even under the water I can her laughter. I surface and she is standing in the water looking down at me. She offers her hand and I take it smirking. I pull and she falls next to me. She hits me and stands up.

"You jerk." She says, messing around.
"At least he isn't a stalker like you. Tell me, how was it touching him?"

I look behind her and Ryan is smirking. She pushes her hair out of her face, straightens her back, and walks into the house.

"What the hell?" I practically yell at him.
"Aren't you glad to see me?" He smiles.

I scoff and follow her into the house.

"You're an a-hole." I hear Kate yell at him.

I run up to Wren's room and I can hear her crying.

"Wren let me in." I beg.
"No, leave me alone. Don't ever talk to me again." She yells.

I sigh and sit against her door. I don't remember anything after that except waking up an hour later, still sitting at her door. Defeated, I get up and go to my room. I realize how late it is, 9:30, and I change. Laying down, I have a hard time sleeping. I keep worrying about Wren. Finally I fall into a deep sleep.