Barbie: In City of Love

The plans for summer

Barbie's POV

I sighed as I walked towards my car in the parking lot with my sister, Skipper and my cousin, Cassandra.
"I'm sooo glad that school is finally over," Skipper sighed as she got in the car.

"Yeah...I still don't see the need for learning all of this crap," Cassandra rolled her eyes, "But on the bright side, now we have the whole summer and we can do whatever we want."

I raised an eyebrow at her direction.
"Whatever we want?" I chuckled sarcastically causing her to grin sheepishly.

Cass cleared her throat and chuckled.
"Right...point made. Even if I have the whole summer, I'm not allowed to do whatever I want."
The three of us couldn't help but laugh at the irony of the situation.

"Yeah....remember that April Fool prank you pulled off?" I smirked, causing Cassandra to suddenly blush in embarrassment.

She covered her face with her hands and closed her eyes.
"Please don't remind me of that!"
I still couldn't forget that day.

"Wait a sec! Tell me about it!" Skipper exclaimed excitedly, causing Cassandra to glare at me.

I couldn't help but chuckle at that.
"So you know how Renee is obsessed with pizza?" I asked.
Skipper rolled her eyes and nodded.
"Of course. Who doesn't?"

"So Cassandra....as a prank...decided to mess with the pizza machine," I smirked as I side eyed Cass who was still glaring at me but I continued anyway, "That didn't end well because the machine started throwing pizza everywhere. Auntie Zee was unlucky to walk past there and...you can guess the rest."

I couldn't help but burst out laughing. Let's just....There was some sauce on her clothes.

"Whoa....what did you do then?" Skipper asked, chuckling.
Cassandra rolled her eyes and shrugged.
"I kinda said....happy April Fool's day....before trying to run off....I should've paid attention that she was there."

At that moment we arrive home and we got off the car.
Just as we got home, I couldn't help but notice that Stacie and Chelsea were already celebrating the beginning of summer....by playing soccer and probably waking up the entire neighborhood by their loud cheers.

"I'm going to read some vampire novels I've bought for summer," Skipper sighed and went back inside.
I looked over at Stacie and Chelsea...watching them play.

Right then I noticed that Cassandra was leaving.
I frowned, confused.
"Uhh...Cass....where are you going? Weren't we supposed to go to the beach this afternoon?" I asked.

Cassandra froze for a moment before she turned around and gave me a bashful smiled as she shrugged.
"Umm....Something just came up. I really gotta go," she replied. And at the moment I knew exactly what was happening.

I gaped at her, bewildered. She grinned, knowing that I know what she was going to do.
She's going on a secret mission....AGAIN! Seriously...what is with this girl? Wasn't getting grounded once enough?

"Please don't tell my mom about this!" Cassandra gave me a pleading look.
I gave her a ‘Are you serious right now?’ look.

With that she got on her motorcycle and rode away.
I couldn't help but groan in irritation.
She's seriously going to get me in trouble with Auntie Zee.

Well nothing could be done about that now.
I decided that I had to take care of my own plans and I had to inform Ken of them, too.

Time Skip
Thirty minutes later

I took a sip from my smoothie as I stared at the screen of my computer.
I could finally enroll for summer program in Handler's Art Academy in New York City.
The program was going to start next month.
So no now I had to tell Ken about this.

"Knock knock."

I turned around and smiled.
I got off my chair and greeted Ken with a hug.
"How was the last final exam, babe?" Ken grinned.
I shrugged.
"It was alright. But there's something....I need to tell you."

Ken nodded and sat down on my bed.
"Sure, you can tell me anything, sweetheart."
I sat down on the bed beside him.

"So... remember the art academy I told you about in New York?" I asked to which he nodded. And I continued, "So there's this summer program in a month and only one will have the opportunity to perform at Times Square. So I decided to enroll."

I looked up to see his reaction. I was expecting for him to be disappointed but instead he looked enthusiastic.

"Barbie...this is amazing," Ken chuckled, "You always wanted to do this. It was your dream job....well after being a spy."
That caused me to chuckle.
I was so happy that he wasn't upset by my decision.

"So...you're not disappointed that I'd be on the other side of country for two months?" I asked as I averted my gaze for a moment.

Ken lifted up my chin. I looked into his eyes and then smiled.
"I have to admit...I am going to miss you a lot," he chuckled as he stroke my hair lovingly, "But you'll be back after that. We can also call each other everyday. Besides....You aren't going anywhere until next month," then he leaned closer and whispered the next part, ",So we have plenty of time with each other."

I could feel his breath against my lips.
I leaned forward.
The next thing I knew was that he crashed his lips into mine.
I almost gasped as I felt his tongue in my mouth.

What the heck is he doing?
I grabbed at his shirt pulling him closer as he held me securely in his arms.

"Ahem!"
We both stopped what we were doing and glared towards the doorframe.

Nikki glanced at us both with a sly smirk.
"Uhh....am I interrupting something?"

I groaned in frustration and rolled my eyes.
Will they ever stop teasing me?!
"Yes! Yes, you are," I replied. Then I sighed and rolled my eyes again, "Anyways....what are you doing here?"

Nikki smiled excitedly.
"You are not going to believe this! I'm invited to a fashion competition all the way in Paris!" she squealed. I couldn't help but smile at my friend. But she wasn't finished, "We are all invited!"

Whoa! What?!
A vacation....to Paris..The City of Love?! This is awesome!
And after the mess of our mission around six months ago plus school....a relaxing vacation is exactly what I need.

A/N: Ta-da! I told ya that the first chapter of the short story will be released shortly. But I bet no one expected this soon.

Cause I wanted to surprise you guys 😉😉