The House in the Woods

Fun at the Waterpark

Sang POV

I feel the bed shift and slowly open one eye as I watch Kota getting out of bed. Victor's side of the bed is already empty.

"Morning, sweetie. Did you sleep well?" Kota asks.

When I look at the clock, I see that it is 6:45. "Kota, I thought you said that we could sleep late this morning."

Kota looks at me, puzzled. "We did," he states. "It is 6:45. Victor has some work that he wanted to get done before we went to the water park so he got up about 6:15."

I slowly crawl out of bed, grabbing my pillow and blanket as I head out the bedroom door. Kota watches me and asks, "Where are you going?"

I stop and give him a quick kiss before saying, "Which bedroom are Luke and Gabriel in? I am hoping that their definition of sleeping late is at least another three hours."

I stumble down the hallway and open their bedroom door. Good, they are still asleep. I crawl in between them on the king-size bed they are sharing. Gabe stirs a little. "Trouble, if you are here to wake us up, go away."

I snuggle into his arms. "Nope," I whisper. "To me, sleeping late means that the sun is actually up when you open your eyes."

Luke rolls over on the bed closer to me muttering, "Shush...sleeping."

I am jarred awake at 10:00 when Sean starts jumping on the end of the bed yelling, "Rise and shine, Pookie! It's water park time. I looked it up this morning, and there are water slides that you can ride double on. I am calling it now, I get first ride with you on everyone of them."

I look up at him, rubbing the sleep from my eyes and ask, "And how much coffee have you had this morning, Sean?"

He grins at me. "Well, we started hitting the espresso about 8:00. Kota told us that you wanted a couple more hours of sleep, but it is 10:00, and I really really want to see you in your bathing suit. Um... I mean, we are going to have a fun day going to a water park."

"Fine. I am up," I say, trying to pulling myself out of bed and go into the bathroom.

I get dressed quickly and walk into the family room. The boys are all dressed and ready to go. I make my rounds with hugs and kisses while Victor and Mr. Blackbourne huddle on the couch looking at the laptop screen. Victor see's me and closes the cover.

"Just in time, Princess. Did you sleep well after you went back to bed?" Victor asks. "I am sorry that I could not wake up with you this morning."

I smile at him and answer, "I slept fine. I am going to go to the kitchen and get a quick bite before we head out."

Owen turns to me and says, "Good morning, Ms. Sorenson."

I glance back over my shoulder and say, with an edge to my voice that surprises even me, "Good morning, Mr. Blackbourne."

He gives me a raised eyebrow, but does not say anything else. I grab a yogurt and a coffee drink and finish them quickly so we can start the day's adventure.

THE WATER PARK

For the life of me, I cannot figure out why they built a massive conference center and waterpark in this small town, but it is fantastic. The conference center has 65 meeting rooms, a spa, a bowling center, a theatre, and three restaurants. The adjacent hotel has 1,000 guest rooms, a private swimming area for guests only, and a massive playground including ball and bouncy houses. The water park itself has two sections: one is outdoors with 15 water slides while the other is indoors, but has a retractable ceiling and walls that can be opened during the summer months. Since the weather is currently around 65 degrees outside, only the indoor area and the lazy river that takes you all around the complex are open, but this still gets us access to 10 different water slides, a wave pool, a kiddie section, a water obstacle course and an area for water tag. In one corner there is a small café, and five celebration rooms.