The girl down on the right is Laureina Mora
Laureina Mora sat up on her black lounge and gazed at the horizon between the vast blue ocean and
the vast blue sky. She could hear the distant cries of seagulls and the roar of the surf as it curled in, approaching high tide. The breeze, dry and warm for December, stirred her long wavy blond hair.
She reached for her frozen strawberry margarita on top of the small hot red table next to her and took a long sip.
"El almuerzo está listo, Laureina"
I glanced over my shoulder and saw my stepmother Juanita Mora walking towards me. Despite my mood I had to smile. Juanita was wearing gold bikini that barely covered her size-zero figure, along with ten-inc wedges of makeup, include with bright pink lipstick. That was my twenty-eight year old stepmother who married my fifty year old father Alejandrino Mora.. Juanita never went anywhere without, spending three hours getting ready.
"Juanita, I'm not really hungry, you guys can start without me."
Mrs. Mora slid onto the lounge next Laureina's.
"No problem mi amor, I will just lie down here with you till your ready to eat lunch."
She lowered her Dolce & Gabana sunglasses to stare at the sky. Laureina sighed in annoyance.
"Great," Laureina uttered. After all the fake love she was getting from Juanita, she really wasn't interested to have a mother-daughter talk with her.
I can't wait till I'm in Hersonnissos to get away from my stepmother Juanita and from my busy father who gives all his love to his business.
"Anyway, Laureina what are your plans this summer, do they include boys,?"
I sighed at my stepmother's cheeky question.
"My friend Lena from Norway is coming here any hour now. Were heading tomorrow to Hersonnissos with daddy's yacht. Were staying with my cousin Camilla and her family."
"You mean the Villanueva family? O h that's nice. Where is my drink!! what's wrong with our bartender. Back in a sec." Mrs. Mora rose to her feet, fluffed her long platinum-black hair, and struggled through the sand in her heels.
I felt bad. Our poor bartender had no idea what's coming. For the last five days, my stepmother had
been horrible to our housekeepers.
It was only ten minutes before Lena would arrive. Laureina couldn't stop thinking about the summer she and her friend Lena planned. 'Only a few hours Laureina then you'll be gone from your barbie stepmother and workaholic father. When she and her best friend Lena Asplund hit that yacht, maybe some excitement will hit our lives, by meeting boys and experiencing Hersonnissos nightlife.
Waiting for her friend Lena, Laureina leaned back and tried to relax. The sun felt so nice, and the sound of the waves should have been calming. But her mind still raced with exciting thoughts about her amazing planned holiday, which was just around the corner.
As Laureina sat there on that beach from her beach house, Lena creep ed up from behind her lounge and gave her friend a shock. "Lena you're here!!!!" Laureina shrieked with excitement.
Lena laughed, "No this is her twin,"she said sarcastically.
Once the two hugged and jumped around, they both went inside to get ready to head off to Hersonnissos.
