Summer Shade

Chapter 1- Happy Holidays?

( The picture is what the main characters kinda look like, this is gonna be from a third person POV)

"Guys I have news." 3 faces looked up from their music composition, their book and their sketchbook. "So you know I said my cousin lives in Australia.." Skye looked intently at her while the others went back to what they were doing. "She's had to go to America for a few weeks to see her parents and she wants US to HOUSE SIT FOR HER!" Skye and Blair jumped up excitedly "OMGOMGOMGOM-"
"Cool." All three faces turned to look at Amber while she carried on drawing. "Amber it'll be so exciting!! The weather, the animals..." "... The people.." Amber finished the sentence with a pointed look at Skye. Blair rolled her beautiful chocolate coloured eyes. "Ignore her, she's never excited for anything." "GUYS!!" Scarlett's voice broke through their discussion. "I should also tell you that we leave tomorrow." "TOMORROW?!" Blair and Skye said, in unison. "Yeah. Tomorrow. Which means we should start packing." Scarlett finished. Blair and Skye rushed off to their rooms, talking in excited tones, to start packing. "Packing shmacking." Said a dry voice. Scarlett looked down at Amber. "I would start packing if I were you. We wouldn't want any of those last minute frantic packing sessions.." She paused till Amber looked up at her "Would we?"
Amber scoffed. "Me? Never! I never ever EVER panic..."

*30 minutes before the taxi arrives*

"GUYS HAVE ANY OF YOU SEEN MY SHIRT. THE GREEN DAY ONE!" Amber raced around their small house which they shared, chucking clothes everywhere. Scarlett didn't even look up from her phone as she said "In the bottom drawer of the wardrobe." Blair rolled her eyes. "Why does she always do this? She could make things so much easier and less stressful if she did things early." Scarlett looked up at Blair. "Blair, you know as well as I do that regardless of what we say, she's always going to be like this." Skye's worried voice came from the edge of the sofa "But what if she doesn't get everything packed on time?" Blair gave Skye a reassuring glance. "Don't worry. Amber always gets things done, even if she rushes them." "Even so," Skye fretted "There's such a lot of packing to do in such a short space of time. I'd better go and help her."

When the group of girls had boarded the plane and sorted out their seating arrangements (Scarlett and Skye sitting next to each other with Blair and Amber sitting opposite them) they all started to relax. "Guys." Blair whispered across the aisle. "Guys. I just discovered that you can recline these seats!!" Skye gasped. "Really? Let's see!" Blair shot a mischievous glance at Amber before reclining the chair a little bit backwards. A stewardess passed them and stopped next to Blair's seat. "Would you mind not reclining the seats before take off?" "Oh," said Blair "Sorry." She obediently reclined the chair back to its original position. As soon as the stewardess had gone however, she reclined it even further, till she was in an almost horizontal position. "Ahh," she said with a satisfied sigh "THIS is the life." "Ahem." Someone cleared their throat pointedly above her. As she looked up, an old man stared down at her, with a stern expression on his face. "Oh, sorry." Blair said as she reclined the chair back a little. Amber meanwhile next to her, was spluttering with laughter. The same stewardess came walking down the aisle towards Blair, looking stressed. "Madam as I have already informed you, you are not allowed to recline the seats until after take off." Blair obediently moved her chair back to its original position, much to the amusement of Amber and Scarlett. "Skye, this your fault," Blair said, shaking her head at Skye. "You told me to recline the seat." Skye looked worriedly at Blair. "Blair, I'm so sorry, I didn't mean for you to get in trouble I just-" "Don't worry Skye," Scarlett said, "They're only teasing." "Oh." Skye said, looking quite put out as she realised her friends were teasing her. "Please fasten your seat belts to prepare for take off." A crackly voice came over the speaker system. Scarlett let out a loud sigh and ran her hand through her half pink hair. "This is the first step to our holiday. Australia, here we come!"