Summer Days - Crowen Fanfic

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July 1st, 1999 - Los Angeles.

Cristina, her mother and her stepdad, Saul are sitting at the dinner table, eating Chinese food. It's all very quiet.

Mom: So Cristina are you enjoying your food?

Cristina: Sure

Mom: Cheer up, we have good news

Cristina: Oh really? You're painting my room tomorrow?

Mom: Well I will be doing that soon but that's not the good news. Saul, tell her.

Saul: Okay little lady. Your mother and I have been talking and she brought up the fact that you've been complaining a lot about being bored and wanting to get away for the summer break. Since you know that I and your mother are very busy and we cannot take you anywhere we have decided...

Mom: ... to send you to Portugal to stay with Saul's mom for a month.

Cristina: That's...great. Thank you so much.

Saul: I knew you'd be happy, we got you a ticket and you're leaving in two days.

Cristina: That's soon

Mom: Yes, so if you want to go on that trip you better be ready to leave on Monday.

Cristina: Yeah, yeah. I'm done eating can I leave the table, please?

Mom: Sure

Cristina gets up and walks back to her room, she lays down on her bed and takes a magazine and she's looking at bathing suits. Someone knocks on the door.

Cristina: Come in!

Saul opens the door. Cristina sits up and he comes to sit next to her.

Saul: Listen, honey, I know this isn't what you were hoping for and that a month with an old lady in a small town in Europe isn't all fun but I promise you'll like it. I spent all my summers there and there are a lot of teenagers like you spending their summer with their grandparents, you'll make new friends.

Cristina: I doubt it.

Saul: Okay, then if at the end of the summer you haven't made at least one good friend I'll send you away on a real vacation next year.

Cristina: Really? Cool!

Saul: But first you have to promise me you'll at least try to make friends

Cristina: Okay, whatever.

Saul: Thank you

He gets up and leaves the room. Cristina opens her closet and takes out shorts and t-shirts and bathing suits, at least the tons of clothes her mother buys her will finally be useful.

July 3rd, 1999 - Seattle

Owen puts his keys in the mailbox. His mother, her boyfriend and Megan are waiting for him in the cab, they're going to the airport.

Mom: Owen, please hurry up we're gonna be late.

Owen: I'm coming.

He sits in the cab and takes out the passports.

Owen: Okay, I have everything that we need.

Mom: Oh, thank you, honey, I don't know what I would do without you here to help us.

The cab starts and they drive away to the airport.