The Vacation

Butterflies

{Caleb and Ava are now 14 years old}

Caleb and I just turned fourteen. To celebrate, our families are going to Ocean City! Caleb and I love it there. Annie and Hayley are going too. It's going to be great! I turn and face my clock. It's 12:42pm. We're leaving at 1:00pm. I get packed, and get dressed. I put on jean shorts, and a Las Vegas zip up hoodie with my Sperry flip flops. Since my hair is a mess, I throw on my white Vineyard Vines hat, and my sunglasses. I take my suitcase and run next door. I walk through the front door and Annie and Hayley come running towards me. "AVA!" They both say, knocking me over. They're like little sisters to me. While the three of us are laughing on the floor, Caleb walks in. He obviously didn't know I was there because he was singing "Geronimo" on the top of his lungs. He stopped when he saw me. His face was bright red and he smiled. He was wearing an orange under armor shirt, and brown shorts. "I know I'm a really good singer. No need to say anything." He said, giving us a hair flip. Annie, Hayley and I all gave sarcastic "Totally's" and "Yeah Rights". It was eventually time for us to go. We loaded into the LeBlanc's huge van. It had three rows. My parents drove in a separate car so I could be with the kids. Caleb and I sat in the way back, Annie and Hayley in the middle row, and Mr. Billy, and Miss Katie in the front row. It was exactly a two hour and twelve minute drive to Ocean City. We spent the ride up playing car games, and joking around. It was great. I eventually fell asleep.

I wake up to Caleb whispering in my ear. "Ava, we're here." I slowly opened my eyes and yawned. The smell of salt water invading my nose. It smelled great. The sun was bright, and everyone there was smiling. I immediately felt happy. We got to our condo and unloaded our luggage. Annie, Hayley, and I in the small bedroom, My mom and dad in the guest bedroom, Miss Katie and Mr. Billy in the master bedroom, and Caleb sleeping on the pull out couch, outside in the living room. Everyone puts on their swimsuits so we can go to the beach. I decide to wear my pink Target swimsuit. It was a bikini, the top was pink with white and green tie dye on the tanks. The pants were green, white, and pink tie dye. With pink ties. I walked out of the bathroom. Caleb was standing on the balcony. He was wearing his orange swim trunks, and had his LA sleeveless shirt on as a "cover-up". I opened up the sliding glass door and stepped outside into the humid July air. I moved my way over to him and stood next to him, leaning on the balcony. "It's so pretty here." I say, looking at the beautiful view. "Like you." Caleb said, putting his hand on mine. We stood there just like that until it was time to go to the beach. This wasn't the last trip I'd take here with Caleb. But, it was definitely one of the bests.