Ecie & Esme II: Another Day Like This

Two

'Whoo! Cabo!'

'Cabo!'

'This place is amazing,' Joey said when they arrived at their villa in Hacienda Santa Cruz, Cabo San Lucas. 'It's so big.'

'We should pick out rooms first,' Markus said. 'Then we can just do whatever.'

'What are we even supposed to do here?' Luke said looking out at the Sea of Cortez. 'This place is like a dream.'

'We hit the nightclubs,' Grayson said. 'This week is going to be so gnarley.'

They went to look around the five bedroom villa and found it also had five bathrooms, a private walkway to the beach, an outdoor dining area with a barbeque, a pool with surrounding terraces, mooring for a yacht and a full kitchen with a dishwasher and appliances.

'This place is so awesome,' Esme gawked. 'I want to live here.'

'Okay guys,' Markus said as they stood in the lounge area. 'First we all need to pick a room and someone to share with. Once we've all settled we can meet back here again and decide what to do then.'

'Come on Verd,' Ecie said linking arms with him. 'Let's go get ourselves a room.'

Esme was partnered with Sara; Joey with Owen; Grayson with Luke; and Markus with Langley and Paul.

They all rejoined in the lounge area an hour later and made themselves comfortable on the sofas.

'I want to go for a walk on the beach,' Sara said. 'I want to get really brown.'

Markus stood up again and faced his friends. 'We can all do whatever we like, but we're going to have dinner at a restaurant in town. I think we should all meet in here at eight thirty so that we can head out to dinner at about nine or something.'

Joey, Sara, Esme and Ecie went back to their rooms and changed into their bikinis. They left the villa then made their way down to the beach.

'I really want to get a good tan,' Sara sighed as they spread out their towels then lay on them. Sara pulled out her Marni square frame acetate sunglasses then put them on her face. 'Could you pass me the sunscreen Joey?'

Joey passed Sara the sunscreen then took out a book from her bag.

'I miss just being able to lie on the beach,' Ecie smiled to herself. 'This feels so good.'

'I know,' Esme agreed. 'The beach is always a good place to guy-spot.'

The girls laughed.

'Do you know what the guys are doing?' Ecie asked.

'I think they're all going to go surfing,' Sara replied. 'They might just stay up at the villa playing video games.'

'They should come out and lie on the beach with us,' Joey said turning pages in her book. 'They can be so lame at times.'

'I know,' Esme said. 'I still can't get over this place. I love Markus for being able to organize all these trips for us. They have been so amazing.'

'I know,' Sara nodded. 'It's like he was born to make all of us really happy.'

A few hours later, the boys came to where the girls had been gossiping and talking on the beach.

'Hello ladies,' Grayson said. 'How much have you missed us?'

'Unfortunately not a lot,' Ecie replied. 'You're standing in my sun.'

They boys sat down on the sand and they all started talking.

'Are you excited about cheering again?' Luke asked.

'Oh yeah,' Ecie replied. 'I've been going to rehab so hopefully I'll be able to take part in regionals.'

'We are going to kick butt,' Joey laughed. 'Come on E; let's show them some of the stuff we have in store for them.'

Ecie and Joey got up from their towels and stood in front of their friends. Joey did some handstands, cartwheels and back flips; Ecie did a one handed cartwheel and back flip then slid down to the sand and did the splits.

The group hollered and cheered them as they chanted different things and did some more moves.

'You guys are awesome,' Sara gushed when they sat down. 'You have got to bring home another trophy this year.'

'How did you manage to do the one handed cartwheel?' Owen asked. 'I can barely even do one with two hands.'

'It's so easy,' Ecie laughed. 'But I think it takes a professional cheerleader to do it properly.'

'You were pretty good,' Langley smiled at Ecie. 'It's like a broken hand doesn't stop you from cheering.'

'Show me how to do the splits,' Sara said. 'I suddenly want to be a cheerleader.'

'You need to be careful,' Verde laughed. 'You don't want to break anything.'

Joey and Ecie stood up again with Sara and stood on either side of her as they began showing her how to do the splits.

'Don't you wish you could get up there with your sister?' Luke asked. 'You could be a pretty good cheerleader.'

'Please don't make me laugh,' Esme replied. 'I am terrible at gymnastics.'