The Day That Was...

Chapter 2

By the time we had arrived, I was about to kill someone. Seriously, you have no idea how annoying those kids can be! But I was persistent to make this holiday as enjoyable as possible because it was the first holiday we had been on since mum had died.
We collected our bags, got into a taxi and headed out to our hotel. I was seated next to dad and he leaned over to me and said, "Are you excited?" "Ecstatic" I grumbled in response. The twins were arguing in the back of the taxi so I closed my eyes to block them out. The moment we would arrive at the hotel and got to go to our room, alone, would be the best thing that has happened all day.
A long, painful and nauseating hour and a half later we pulled into the driveway of our hotel. It barely looked like a hotel at all. It was a red brick, two-storey building that looked more like a large house then a hotel. Nevertheless we walked into the reception, all 5 of us dragging our bags behind us. Dad and I trudged our bags up the stairs, walked into the room and collapsed onto the bed. I was already exhausted and the vacation had even begun yet!

The next few days consisted of: eating, swimming in the pool and watching movies. Not really that exciting, but the moments that I had alone with Dad were bliss. On the 5th day we went to a local market, (yes that's right, we spent Christmas Day at a market) where my Aunt 'promised she would buy me something special.' She was trying to be nice but it was hardly working. Every moment that I was around that woman and her horrid children put me in a mood and Dad was taking notice. He came up to me after the Aunt had bought me a T-shirt saying ' I <3 Jakarta' (hardly special, I know) and said "What's wrong Mack, every time your Aunt says something to you, you give her a look of distain. I know you're not particularly excited about them being here but please try to be nice." I responded with "But c'mon Dad, you know I didn't want them to come, yet you invited them anyway. I want to go back to the hotel."
After that the twins got tired so we did go back to the hotel. The next day was when our holiday got exciting.