Life Around The World

The Place Where Dreams Really Do Come True

I woke up next to Hunter in a dark room, I sat up and realized we were back at the hotel. I reached for my phone on the night table and checked the time, 1:30 AM. Suddenly, I was startled by Hunter stirring and propping himself up on his elbows looking at me. "Babe...What are you doing?" He asked me as I looked over to see him with his eyes squinted as the light from my phone appeared on his face. "I'm just checking what time it is." I said placing my phone back on the night table and laid back down pulling the blanket on top of me. "Go back to sleep beautiful." Hunter whispered in my ear as he wrapped his arms around my waist and kissed my cheek. I then slowly went back to sleep.

The next morning, I woke up to loud musicplaying in the room; I fluttered my eyes open and saw that Hunter wasn't besideme. I got up and made my way to the bathroom to find him in there singing atthe top of his lungs while he danced in the mirror. I grabbed my phone andstarted taking a video of him as he continued to sing and dance not takingnotice to my presence. "Well goodmorning rock star!" I said with alaugh as he still hadn't acknowledged my presence. I was still recording him ashe then turned around and saw me standing there recording his little concert.He smirked and came over to me pulling me closer to him as I stopped recordinghis mini concert. "You're not going toshow this to them are you?" He saidplacing his forehead inches apart from mine. He leaned down and cupped my facewith his hands then placed a soft kiss on my lips. "So are you going to show them that video?" He asked again after separating from the kissand looking at me with that cute smile of his. "Well, I can if you want me too." I replied he ran his hand throughhis hair and said "No don't!" Hesaid giving me a puppy dog look. "Whynot? It's too funny to keep to myself!" I replied walking out of thebathroom. I opened my suitcase and picked out an outfit I'd wear to Disney Worldtoday and I pulled out a pair of jean shorts along with a Finding Nemo tank topthat read "Just Keep Swimming." I went to the bathroom and got changed andthen came back into the room. 

    After we had breakfast in the enchanted castle, we walked around the park and went on some rides, watched a parade and met some Disney characters. "Dudes let's go on the haunted mansion ride!" Jack said as he turned to walk towards the ride as we followed behind him. Once we reached the line, we waited until we got to the front of the line and go on the ride. After the ride was done, we walked back down Main Street then went to grab something to snack on at one of the bakeries. Once we were done eating, we walked down the road and stopped in front of the castle. "Hop on my back!" Hunter said as I gave a confused look and asked "Why?" He looked at me with a smile starting to spread across his face. "Just trust me okay?" He replied I jumped on "Okay." I said as he turned around to face the castle. I placed my hands around his neck as he turned back to face our friends who were standing behind us. "Did you get it?" He asked Alex who had my Canon camera around his neck and Hunter's phone in his hand. "Yeah got it! Want a front shot?" He asked, Hunter shook his head and Alex took another picture of us in front of the castle. "Can I get off now?" I asked placing my hands on his cheeks. "But what if I don't want you too?" He asked with a smirked growing on his face, I kissed his cheek getting off his back and taking his hand. "Aw why did you get off? I wanted to carry you." He said giving me the puppy dog look. I rolled my eyes as I grabbed my camera from Alex. "Because I'm capable of walking, God gave me feet for a reason Hunt...Thanks Al." I said placing my camera around my neck then looking at the pictures he took of Hunter and I in front of the castle

After we did a few more rides at The Magic Kingdom, we agreed on going to Animal Kingdom for the afternoon and later coming back to the Magic Kingdom at night for the parade of lights and fireworks. When we got in the park, we walked around and saw a few different animals such as monkeys, elephant and giraffes then we made our way to The Expedition Everest roller coaster. "Guys, I...I think I'm just going to wait here while you guys line up for the ride." Cali said sitting down on a bench. I let go of Hunter's hand and joined her on the bench as the rest of them made their way towards to coaster in a race to the front of the line. "Hey." I said to her sitting down beside her. "Hey." She replied "Cali, what's wrong?" I asked as she fiddled with her fingers that were sitting in her lap. "Yeah, I'm fine, just thinking, you know." She said giving a small smile. "And what are you thinking about?" I asked watching her as she looked into the distance then over to me. "Well, I guess I'm just thinking about what will happen in the future you know, if all of us will still be as close as we are since the first day we met." She said letting out a small laugh as tears filled her eyes; she wiped her tears and smiled. "Cal, I'm sure that we're still going to be as close as we are now in the future, we've been like family for so many years and you know what Cal... Family always sticks together." I replied giving her a soft smile. Then there was a comfortable silence that fell between us before the rest of them came off the ride and towards us. "How was it?" Cali asked as Jack placed his arm around her waist. "Fun." Mina said sarcastically. We continued walking through the park then went to a few shows then we drove back to the Magic Kingdom for the parade of lights and the fireworks. "Do you guys mind if I take some pictures for a project I'm working on?" Sophie asked as she took her camera out of her backpack placing it around her neck. "Sure go for it!" We all said in unison as she told us to stand in front of the castle as a group. She took a couple shots then did individual photos.

"Okay guys, just a few more and we'll be done!" She said, then she told Cali and I to get on Hunter and Jack's shoulders. We did as she asked then stood in front of the castle facing our backs in her direction. "Okay now Cali and Maddie, grab each other's hand and raise it in the sky." She said as we did, she snapped the pic and told the guys to turn to face the camera, we took a few more pictures while Cali and I were still on Hunter and Jack's shoulders. "Okay, thanks guys you're done.... Mina and Justin, your turn!" She said as they walked to where we had been for the pictures. I placed my hands on Hunter's cheeks and kissed the top of his head. "Can you put me down now Hunter?" I asked as he grabbed my hand and replied "But what if I don't want to put you down?" I laughed and gave in "Fine." I said as we stood behind Sophie watching as she got ready to take a few pictures of Mina and Justin. "Can I have my phone please." I asked as Hunter grabbed it from his pocket passing it up to me. "Thank you." I said grabbing it from his hand. "Okay ready?" Sophie asked as she prepared to snap some pictures. As she started snapping pictures, Justin got down on one knee and pulled out a small black box and opened it. Sophie caught the moment on camera and then stood still for a small moment as Justin started speaking while Mina stood there, tears of joy filling her eyes. "Mina, you mean the world to me and when I'm without you I feel incomplete so... Mina Jones, will you make my dream come true and be my wife?" He said as Mina shook her head yes while letting her tears stream down her cheeks. Sophie took a couple more shots as a couple fireworks went off behind the castle. "Thanks for capturing the moment Sophie." Justin said as him and Mina joined us back on the side of the street waiting for the parade to start. "Wait? Sophie was in on this the entire time?" Mina asked with confusion. "Well, yes and no." She said smiling as Brent wrapped his arm around her waist. "I actually am working on a project and I can't tell you guys what it's about. Justin asked me if I could capture this moment so it can be put on display later at your wedding." Sophie replied showing her the pictures of them.

After the parade was over, we walked into the crowd that lined up on the main street in front of the castle and watched the firework show over the castle. Hunter pulled me closer to him and I laid my head on his shoulder, Cali and Jack walked up and stood beside me, Cali wrapped her arm around Jack's waist and leaned her head on his shoulder. "Wow! This is so beautiful!" Cali and I said in unison as Jack and Hunter smiled. "Yeah but it's not as beautiful as you." Jack said to Cali "And you!" Hunter said as he put his finger on my nose. Hunter pulled me in and placed his soft lips on mine then, I saw a camera flash. Once we released from our kiss, I looked over to Cali and Jack who also released from theirs then, I looked over to Alex who had my camera around his neck. I walked over to Alex and he gave me a hug. "You're the best big brother ever... you know that Alex?" I said as he smiled down at me placing a kiss on the top of my head. "Yeah and you're the best little sister ever... You know that Madison?" He replied, I smiled as we all walked back towards the car and made our way back to the hotel. On the car ride back, it was quiet, Sophie fell asleep and so did Cali, Carter and Max. Hunter, Alex and Brent were talking about hockey while Mina and Justin were slowly falling asleep. Me, I was sitting beside Alex, just looking out the window then a song I loved came on the radio and I started humming and soon it turned into singing. "Maddie, you have a great voice." Mina whispered I turned to look at her giving her a smile, she smiled back.

When we got back to the hotel, I went up to the room to have a shower and put my pjs on and threw a sweatshirt on top then, I walked out onto the balcony and looked over the night city filled with lights. I then curled up in the small chair that was to my right hanging from the roof and soon fell asleep.