Save Me

Riley - Summer

Buzz! Buzz! Buzz!

Riley turns over in her bed and grunts while trying to find her phone. "Stupid alarm." She quickly dismisses the alarm and throws the covers back over her head.

"Riley!" The bedroom door flies open while Coral blasts into their room and jumps on the bed!

Riley throws the blanket off their head and looks shockingly at their best friend. "Coral!" Screams Riley, "You woke me up. Why don't you go back to bed! It's the first day of summer. We should be sleeping until lunchtime."

"Your mom is making pancakes and bacon downstairs. So, you're welcome."

Riley sticks out their tongue at Coral. "I thought I was going to be able to sleep in on the first day of summer. Apparently not." Riley notices their hair is a mess and brushes the hair out of their face. "At least it is summer. I do love summer."

"Me too," Coral bursts out." I am so excited about summer. We are going to have the best summer. What do you think we should do?"

Riley smiles. "Well, we're going to hang out with friends, go to the beach, and eat loads of ice cream. And go to parties."

"Absolutely," Coral starts. Then she pauses. Then in a very animated way, she jumps off her bed, grabs something on the ground, and jumps up while saying, "I also want to use my new fishing pole, so let's go fishing too."

"Fishing? When?" Riley asks.

"Today, of course!" Coral replies. Then she droops a little and speaks somewhat slower, "Well, I didn't get to go fishing on the first day of spring with my family, so I have been thinking that I would like to go today. It might help me reconnect with them."

"Oh, of course. We should go fishing today, and hiking," Riley suggests. "It will be so good for you. I still have my backpack and hiking gear you bought me for our last trip. I had a fun time."

Coral brightens up, "Me too. For now, I'm hungry. Let's go eat."

"Let me do my hair first and brush my teeth."

"Okay," Coral replies, "I'll be downstairs. Don't take too long, or I'll eat your food too."

"You wouldn't dare."

"I would, so hurry." Coral says.

*****

As Riley walks down the stairs, her mom, Tiffany, looks at them and says, "Breakfast is served."

"Thanks Mom. It smells really good," Riley says as she walks over to the table. "Good morning Dad."

"Good morning hun," Jim says before putting his newspaper up and starts reading it again."

Riley sits next to Coral, bumps her elbow, and fills up her plate with food. Coral sticks her tongue out at Riley.

Tiffany looks at the two and asks, "So what are your plans for today?"

"Well," Riley starts, "we're thinking about going hiking. Coral wanted to try our her new fishing pole."

"Well that sounds fun," Tiffany says. "Are you going right after breakfast?"

Coral looks up and says, "Yes, Riley suggested that we should go right away since she already had her camping gear packed. It won't take me long to get ready too.

Riley puts her bacon down. "Yeah, most of my hiking gear is ready. I just need to grab an extra set of clothes, a towel, and my swimsuit, so we can enjoy the lake while we're there. And my new journal for my summer adventures. It will be nice to write by the lake."