Sunset Back In Florida (A Riley McDonough Story)

Chapter 1

So this is what Orlando looks like, I thought as I stepped out of the double glass doors of the 'Arrival' area at the airport.

"Naomi!" my brother called out. "Have you spotted Aunt Jae?"

"Not yet," I replied. We looked Aline to a familiar middle-aged blonde with a sweet smile.

"Mason! Naomi!"

Mason and I whirled around and saw a waving Aunt Jae with a cardboard sign in her hand that said, 'Mason & Naomi Wilde' in block letters. We walked over to her and exchanged hugs.

We passed the Orlando Airport sign when Aunt Jae broke the ice. "How was the flight?"

"It was alright. A good, solid 4 hours," I answered.

"That's great," she smiled.

For the next 20 minutes, the three of us talked about things back home and what's new since we last saw her 7 months ago.

Aunt Jae stopped the car in the driveway of a beautiful, massive, toffee colored, 3 storey-house. We poured out of the car and 2 women in housekeepers' uniforms dash to Aunt Jae's sides.

"Clarice, Eloise," said Aunt Jae, turning to the plump woman and then the slim one. "This is my nephew, Mason, and my niece, Naomi. Help them with their bags and show them to their rooms."

"Yes, Ma'am," they obeyed. Mason and I carried half of our stuff and we let the housekeepers carry the rest.

"Who are they?" Mason referred to 3 guys next door, whom I figured were brothers, who were talking to a camera.

"They're probably one of those pretty YouTubers," I smirked. I stood there and identified each and every one of them. There's one with medium brown hair and a black cap, one with really light brown hair, almost blonde, and one with really dark hair. They're quite good-looking, I have to admit.

Then, the light-colored haired guy turned to my direction and smiled with a ' s'up? ' nod. I just gave him a smile back.

"Naomi. C'mon," Mason called, 10 feet away. I turned to Mason and walked towards him.

When I got in, I was led upstairs, to a room that had light pink and hot pink striped wall. The bed was huge. There was a pale pink dresser with matching dressing table. I opened one of the doors in the room. Closet. I opened another one. Bathroom. There was also a study table as well as a table with speakers.

"You like the room?" asked Clarice. I nodded. "Pink. Gwen's favorite color. Mrs. Walker mentioned you like pink too."

Gwen is Uncle Tony (Aunt Jae's husband)'s only daughter. Her mom died when she was little. About 5 years after that, Uncle Tony and Aunt Jae got married. Gwen is a year older than Mason and now goes to college in North Carolina. I'm not that close to her because she lives all the way here, plus, she's one of the big kids in our family. But I know that she's super cool and nice.

"Yeah, that's true," I smiled.

"Do you need help unpacking?" Clarice offered.

I rejected politely and told her that I'm alright.

"Alright. I'll be downstairs if you need me," Clarice informed me, and then shut the door,

I layed down on the bed. The cute sheets are baby pink, patterned with little white snowflakes. After about a few minutes of resting, I got back up, put my iPod on shuffle and started unpacking.

Once everything was settled,I pulled out the charger from my phone and switched it on. Notifications, I received were from lots of different social networking sites. Friends, family.

"Naomi," Aunt Jae knocked. "Are you done with unpacking?"

"Yeah. Oh, where's Uncle Tony?"

"He's at work. He'll be home by dinner," she answered. "Speaking of work, I gotta be at work tomorrow. So, if you and Mason wanna go out or something, there's always a car you can use."

Yeah, like 3 cars.

"That'd be great!" I grinned.

Aunt Jae rose her nose up into the air and sniffed a few times. "Smells like the waffles are done. Let's go."