adventure of the seas ; grayson dolan

2 ; royal caribbean

july 6th

"octavia let's go, you have to leave soon!" my mom yelled and turned on my light, i groaned.

my mom came back in the room and threw a t shirt at me, "cruise family t shirts!" she yelled

oh hell no

i got up and rubbed my eyes

i quickly got ready, did my makeup and hair, and picked out a outfit. not the family t-shirt though, i'd rather stay home then leave the house in that

"dylan lets go!" i screamed to my brother

"bye mom love you" i gave her a big hug

"have fun sweetie"

i pulled my suitcase out my front door and down the steps all the way to the sidewalk

my brother dylan came out behind me with his suitcase and we started walking down our block. our grandpas house is just down the block from our house and that's where we are leaving from so we decided to walk

"you excited?" he asked

"to go on a 7 night trip with 15 of our crazy cousins, no!" i laughed

we joked around and slowly approached our grandpas house

"you have got to be kidding me" i rolled my eyes

"is that a party bus" dylan laughed

we walked onto the grass and my cousins noticed us. i hugged the ones i like and greeted the ones i don't, then said hello to my grandpa

he's the whole reason we're even going on this cruise. recently he found out his cancer came back so he wanted to bring most of his grandkids on one last trip. him and my older cousin picked a cruise, and he paid for all the cousins on the trip to go.

"where's your shirt?" victoria asked

"oh no seems i forgot it" i put a shocked face on

my cousin brittany laughed, she's my favorite cousin. we've been close since i was little. she's like a older sister to me

"everyone's here let's get a picture!" jamie suggested

we began to huddle together and i made sure to hide behind my brother so they couldn't tell i wasn't wearing the shirt. my grandma snapped the picture

"alright time to go!" grandpa said

i rolled my suitcase over to the bus and slid it underneath in the compartment then entered the bus. the inside looked like a mini club with leather couches, a disco ball and even a mini bar

"why are we taking a party bus?" my brother asked

"only type of bus that would fit us all" my cousin brian said

"looks like i'll be sleeping for the next two hours" i mumble and sit all the way in the back

i put in my ear buds and played my new cruise playlist i had made a few nights ago

my cousins packed into the bus and soon we were off. i continued playing music and watching out the window as we passed out of new york and into new jersey

we stopped for coffee and breakfast at dunkin, everyone got off the bus but i stayed back

"you're not coming?" my grandpa asked

"no i'm good"

he walked over to me and sat down

"i could tell you're not hyped for this trip, but think of it as a escape from the same old town you have been in and haven't left. cmon you have never been on a real vacation aren't you the least bit excited" he said