Before I Die | Lilo AU

5 : Disney World

fun ~ noun : enjoyment, a good time

We got to Orlando at 6pm. Liam and I had slept on the plane ride, along with my dad, mom and Isobella, but Louis had stayed up and watched a movie on his iPad.

I was amused at everything in the airport. First was the shuttle bus that took us from the runway to the airport building which all the passengers of the plane had been crammed into. I got separated from everyone on it and completely freaked, but reunited with Liam when we came to the airport. Next was the baggage belt. It was a huge conveyer belt that took check-in luggage from the plane to the building. I was amazed. Last was walking out of arrivals to the main body of the airport where dozens of people were watching me emerge from the building. Obviously they weren't there for me, they were there for their family, but I couldn't help but smile. I felt like a celebrity.

My dad looked around for someone and pointed to a man in a suit holding a sign reading 'Cooper'. He led us to him and talked to him. He was our cab driver, I guess.

He took my suitcase and drove us to our hotel. It was large and bright. I then reclaimed my bag and rushed into the hotel with Liam and Louis.

Once inside, my parents got our room keys and we separated for the night until dinner. Tomorrow we would go to Disney World.

*

The next morning I rose early out of sheer excitement. I woke up Louis, who had slept in the bed beside me, and found Liam already awake. He was sitting up in his bed reading 'To Kill A Mockingbird'.

"Today's the day, guys!" I cheered, bursting with excitement.

"Yeah. By the way, your mom just came knocking. She wants us to get breakfast quickly so we can be at the park early enough," Liam informed us.

Louis rubbed his eyes and streched. "What time is it?" He yawned.

"A couple minutes to seven," I answered while hopping out of the bed and opening the curtains.

Even though it was late October, Florida was still bright. I was blinded momentarily from the sun in my eyes. I could tell it was around ninety degrees.

"Shit," I cursed.

"What is it?" Lou asked, concerned.

"It's too hot to wear a wig."

"Then don't. You don't need that thing, anyway," Liam said. Louis agreed.

"But I'll be ugly..." I trailed off in a small voice.

"I don't ever want to hear that again," Louis scowled, jumping out of bed and hugging me, "Kriss, you're perfect."

"Thanks," I whispered into his chest. Louis, and Liam too, were so much taller than me so I felt safe, yet suffocated, in their hugs.

When Louis let go of me, Liam hugged me too.

"You guys are the best," I told them. "I'm gonna get into my clothes. You guys get ready as well. I don't wanna e late for the best day ever!" I headed into the bathroom with a cute jumpsuit, black opaque tights and jacket to wear and let the boys get ready in the room.

*

Soon enough we were on our way into the park. I was in awe of everything. I'd never seen anything like it. Everywhere I turned there was a huge Disney character waving at me. I'm not gonna lie, I bought a Disney autograph book and got all the characters to sign it. We got into the main square of the park and looked around. Huge Mickey Mouse pumpkins lined the mini streets and white and orange flowers adorned every flower bed. We came to Minnie Mouse and she handed me a Mickey Mouse orange pumpkin hat. I thanked her and fixed it onto my head, ashamed of my short hair.

"Hey, I'll take a picture!" Liam suggested, taking his phone from his pocket and snapping a picture of Minnie and I posing.

"Thanks Minnie!" I smiled and went on my way. "Let's get to Animal Kingom!"

By midday, we had seen most of Animal Kingdom, skimmed past Epcot, viewed a Cirque du Soliel show and had lunch. Disney was amazing. Lou, Li and I had also snook off to a souvenir store and bought a few gifts for family and friends.

"What's next?" My dad asked.

"Cinderella's castle!" Isobella skrieked.

"Kristina?" My mom asked me to confirm that that was where we were going to go.

"Sure!"

It wasn't a far walk to the castle, but Isobel demanded a jockeyback from Louis. Louis didn't seem to mind. This was a regular occurrence back in Indiana.

In Cinderella's castle, we lined up to see Cinderella, Izzy's idea, which took a good half hour. I didn't mind as it was only nearing 1pm and the park closed in around ten hours.

I had always been a fan of princesses and all of the movies. Belle and Aurora had been my favourites, as I read non-stop and could sleep for days on end, but I didn't mind seeing Cinderella.

When we finally got into Cinderella's room, Izzy plonked herself next to the princess and grabbed her leg.

"Cinderella, I love you," she said through her pacifier.

"I love you too, sweetie!" Cinderella replied, in the 'princess voice' that the actresses have to put on to seem like real princesses... you know what I mean.

A few minutes later, Izzy had told Cinderella what she wanted for Christmas (she's nuts) and we'd taken a photo of the seven of us. It was cute.

After, my dad told us that we could split up and go on some roller coasters without Izzy. We accepted the offer and wished my parents good luck, as dealing with Isobella wasn't an easy task.

Louis, Liam and I had a rush of adrenaline after we'd conquered Rock 'n' Roller Coaster, Space Mountain, the Peter Pan ride and the teacups. We calmed down with a slushy and a trip to Pleasure Island.

At 10pm the park closed. Today had been amazing and I got to spend it with my favourite people.