Post by pfieffer on Jul 20, 2009 23:45:37 GMT -5
The dearly loved Vacation in it's completed form
Lauren's mom surprised her with the greatest news they were going to Ireland for a week starting tomorrow, for her dad's and mom's business it was a business trip. She ran around her house screaming. She went into her room and started packing, that was alot to pack on such short notice. She got sidetracked by calling her best friend Kyle. Her and Kyle started screaming over the phone. She had known Kyle since kinder garden. At first they were not good friends because everyone thought Kyle was a boy's name, but know Kyle was a girl and a very girlie one. Kyle wished her luck on the trip and she got back on track with packing. It was summer so she knew it would be warmer but not much. She packed warm clothes but also a few summer clothes as well. The brown eyed, brown wavy hair girl went to tell her mom she was packed and her mom told her to double check. So she went back to her room which was decked out with surfing and skateboarding stuff, plus her guitar. She yelled "Mom, can I take my guitar?!"
"Of course sweetie"
So she packed her guitar, maybe Ireland would inspire her to write some more songs. She looked in the mirror at herself, tan skin brown surfer like waves. Being tan would soon disappear considering she was going to Ireland, the sun did not shine their often. Then she remembered check what I packed. She looked in her suitcase, and only saw pants, a few pair of shorts, tops and her jacket. She completely forgot underwear, socks, hair stuff, shampoo, conditioner, and just about everything else. She put all that in her suitcase and looked at the time 10:30. She needed her rest. She packed her song book and art supplies in her kanakuk backpack. And almost forgot her wet suit and swim suit, she did not think her surf board would make it over, but she remembered she read somewhere that the waves in Ireland were killer. She figured she could find one over their, maybe she could borrow one. But thankfully their was enough room for her skateboard. She would need something to do while her parents were in meetings. It was 10:45. She snuggled into her bed, turned off her lights but could not sleep she was to excited. She finally drifted off to sleep.
She awoke the next morning, jumping out of bed. Her mom made pancakes, eggs, and bacon. Yummy. She ate her meal, and they headed towards the airport. She did not notice her dad put her surfboard on the roof. They got to the airport and her dad pulled the lime green surfboard off the roof.
"I thought you might need this" he said.
"Thanks dad." Lauren replied.
She loved her surfboard it was a gift for her sixteenth birthday it was a little over six months old but she loved it. It was lime green with the word "Dream" written on it in blue, but it wasn't just any blue, she could not figure out what blue it looked like. It was really special because it came from Ireland, it was made by a guy named Rosy, her sister ordered it for her. Her sister, Jennifer, thought it would be nice to have a surfboard from Ireland where a huge portion of their family was from. When Lauren go the board for her birthday she wrote a letter to Rosy telling him how much she loved the board, he wrote back saying only for you. She was so happy.
So they walked into the Airport checked their baggage and went through security. They went to terminal D, gate 3. They sat waiting, then here mom told her even more brilliant news.
"Honey may be it is best if you have a seat." She took a seat in one of the blue chairs. Since they were flying internationally it was like a lounge chair "So you know we are going to Ireland, but we are not staying in a hotel." Her mind wanted her to say what, but her mind also stopped her from saying anything. If they were not staying in a hotel where were they gonna stay. "We are staying at your uncle's" She had an uncle, wait back it up she had an Irish uncle. Lauren was dumbfounded. "His name is Ryan, he is my younger brother." Ryan what a cute name.
So the flight attendant called their flight and they boarded, thankfully her mom and dad's business paid for them to travel first class. It was really early and Lauren debated over and over in her mind if she should sleep on the plain, she did not want to get jet lag. But she knew she would get it any way so she fell asleep. She woke up to the pilots Irish accent. "We are descending over Dublin, please fasten your seat belts." His accent was so thick she could hardly understand him, she remembered reading Northern Irish accents were thick, so she assumed he must be from Northern Ireland.
The plain landed and they got off. They went to baggage claim were a man was their waiting. "Hello, I am your uncle Ryan." He had dark hair, a fairly thick but beautiful accent. He was good looking, and in shape. He was wearing a red t-shirt and jeans.
"Hi I am Lauren"
"Hey sis, I got both your rental cars, and you can follow me home, as soon as we get your baggage."
Lauren leaned towards Ryan and her mom "Two cars?"
"Oh sweety I forgot to tell you Ryan is going to teach you how to drive over here with their cars. We could not let you be cooped up all day so..."
"So I got you a car"
Her mom was surprised "Got?"
'Well more of bought, I have a friend who will use it when she is not here, don't worry."
A sigh of relief came across her mom's face. They walked up to the claim and got their bags. She got her duffel and guitar but could not find her surf board.
"Is this yours?" he asked.
"Yeah."
"You will get some good use out of it here."
He was really nice. They walked into the parking garage. There were two cars lined up in a row. She assumed the small black Mustang was Ryan's. The blue Van looking thing were her parents. But where was her car.
Her dad asked Ryan "How did you get two cars here?"
"One of me buds drove Lauren's"
She turned around and saw a red 2009 jeep rubicon come to her. It was her dream car.
"How did you know that was the car I wanted."
"I guessed" he said "It seemed to fit what your mother told me about you." I was screaming on the inside. "Of course the guy who drove it here is driving it back, I dont want you getting hurt since you don't know how we drive over here."
Out of the drivers side a guy with blond hair hopped out of the truck. Ryan yelled to him "Hey Keith, will you put this surf board on the top."
The blond guy she assumed to be Keith replied "Sure." He took the board very carefully, and tied it on to the top of the car. Then he took Lauren's guitar from her and placed it gently in the back seat. He took her luggage to, he opened the back part of the car and placed her luggage their. He was heading back to get her back pack.
"Um... I can keep it at my feet" she said.
He courteously replied "Okay."
Ryan had put all her parents stuff in their blue van and was getting in his car and yelled off to my place. He backed out and zoomed off, followed by her parents. Keith opened Lauren's door and helped her in "In ya go" he closed the door, walked around open the driver side door got in, and waited. Then he asked "So what kind of board is it."
She was zoned, she could not believe this blond gentleman named Keith was helping her. And on the plus side he was really cute, and he knew Ryan, which meant she might see him again.
"Hello..."
"Oh sorry, what did you say?"
"What kind of board is it?"
Why was he asking what kind of board it was. She was so confused but she answered the only way she knew how... he was Irish so she decided to give the name of the surfboard too "Well it is a performance short board, an RF"
"Awesome" he paused "Wait did you say RF"
"Yeah, Why?"
"That wouldn't happen to be a rosy surfboard would it."
"Yeah it is, my sister got if for me for my sixteenth birthday."
"Umm... Awesome. The waves are supposed to be really good tomorrow, maybe I can take ya, you can meet the guy who made your board." He smiled.
"Sure" she said, Keith put the car in drive and they drove off to Ryan's house. They actually got their before Ryan. Keith told her to stay in the car, he got out walked around, opened the door, and let her out. They waited on the porch for Ryan and her mom and dad. Then Lauren noticed someone walking up in the distance.
"Who is that" she said.
He started to laugh "Hahaha. He is a friend." Keith called out "Hey bud."
A voice answered "Hey."
The voice was beautiful, then she got a full look of him, her mouth dropped.
She looked up and down. She was in disbelief. Could it really be him. "Oh my goodness."
"Rosy, how are ya?"
"I am good, and who do we have here."
"I am Lauren, and your Rosy."
"Yes I am"
Rosy looked at the car. "Nice car Keith, where did you get the board, I have only seen one other like it."
"Oh that is not my car, well it is part time. It's Lauren's car, her uncle got if for her. And that is her board."
"You made it. My sister wrote you asking for it, for me. Then I wrote back saying thank you..."
"And I replied only for you. I remember now, that was one of my favorites, not everyday I make a surfboard like that."
"Rosy, I hope you don't mind, I invited her to surf with us tomorrow."
"Nope not at all, wait..."
"Wait why... I forgot."
"Yeah."
"It will be fine"
Lauren was lost in their conversation. Then all three of them saw Ryan and her parents walk up.
"Hey Rosy." Ryan said.
"Hey, and you to must be Lauren's parents."
Her dad replied, "Yes we are, and thank you for making the beautiful board for our daughter."
"Oh my pleasure."
Ryan then said "I hope you don't mind Keith is staying with me for a while, and I did not want him destroying my house so I invited one of his buds."
My mom replied "No problem."
"Thanks for the surprise man."
Then Lauren said "You like surprises don't you."
He replied, "Yes, yes I do."
Then they all walked into Ryan's house. It was huge. The entry alone was the size of Lauren's room back home. "Sis, you and your husbands room is to the left, at the end of the hall way. Lauren your room is on the third floor"
Yes he said third floor. She was screaming inside. "Keith, Rosy hope you dont mind both your rooms are on the second floor."
They did not mind at all. Everyone went to their rooms. Lauren went up to the third floor. The stairs stopped at a door, so she opened it and went in. She was not expecting this, The entire third floor was her room, it was like an apartment. It had a flat screen, a refrigerator, a microwave, cabinets that were stocked with food. The bed was huge too, it was kind size bed with the same pillows and comforter as at home. She loved her uncle, not only because he spoiled her, but because he was incredibly amazing. She went back downstairs, and out the door to her car, to get her things. Her surfboard was gone again. So she headed back inside. Then from the left corner of the house came a voice., she had not herd, but once again it was beautiful. Irish accents made her melt.
"Looking for this?" the voice asked, A hand held her surfboard upright she could not see who was holding the surf board. Then the surfboard disappeared. So she decided to investigate.
She walked to the corner and turned. Their was a fence, behind the fence she saw the mysterious hand, holding the surfboard sideways. Then it disappeared again. She had to yell out "You better not hurt my surfboard, who ever you are!" It was her surfboard, it was special, and it was her favorite. Then she heard a laugh.
She came up to the gate, it was to Ryan's back yard. She wondered if she should go in, well the mysterious guy did, so she opened the gate. It was a side yard, she could not see much of the back yard. So she ran towards the end of the house and turned the corner to the back yard. It was HUGE. It had a pool, and tons of room just to run around. Then she saw a dog, who came up and bombarded her. "Oh hello their." She looked at the tag, "Molly, well you are to, cute but if you don't mind, i am on mission" She pet the dog, and looked around to see where the mysterious person was hiding. There was a huge tree, with a tree house in it. She saw the surfboard laying up against the wall of the tree house. How did this person get the surfboard up their. She walked over to the tree. "Hello" she yelled
"Hello" a voice came back
"Umm... you took my surfboard, and I would like it back."
"Well come up and meet me, and I will decide if I want to give it back."
Well this was just dandy, she had to have to board. She climbed up the ladder, and stood on the porch like thing, "Well, I am up here."
"Come in, that is not gonna do it."
She walked over to the door and stepped in, This was no ordinary tree house, it was a mini house inside a tree. The guy was sitting on a huge bean bag chair that was orange, and green. "Hello" he said.
"Hi... can I have my board back now."
"Hahaha, you are so much like Keith. And hold on, tell me your name first."
"I am Lauren. Umm should I be talking to strangers."
"Oh am no stranger."
"Then who are you."
"I am...am Paul Byrom. Nice to meet ya, you must be Ryan's neice."
"Yes I am, can I have my board back now."
"Sit down, talk to me, how are you liking Ireland so far."
She did not want to sit down, she wanted her board so she could put the rest of her stuff in her room. "It is beautiful."
"Lot's of people say that."
"Hey Paul, get down from their, and how did you get in their in the first place?" It was Ryan.
"Okay." he said he walked out and Lauren followed, but before she could grab her board, Paul grabbed it. "Well to answer your question, I climbed up the tree and entered the tree house."
"You know what I mean." he was a little frustrated.
"You invited me for supper remember. And I came early, you said you wanted me to meet your family that was coming in..." He was trailing on... wasting time. It made Lauren laugh. "I came and I saw that jeep with this board on top of it so I decided to make a fun way to meet your niece." He leaned in and whispered, "She is exactly like Keith ya know."
"Yeah I know, don't remind me, one Keith is about all I can handle."
"Umm... can I have my board now."
"Oh yes of course." Paul handed her the board. They walked inside talking about supper stuff, she heard the words home made pizza... that sounded like a disaster waiting to happen. She skipped of to the front of the house and grabbed her back pack, opened the front door and ran to her third floor bedroom. She opened the door and to her surprise, all her stuff was in their. Her guitar was out of it's case with a song book opened to Mountains of Mourne. She did not mind. her luggage was neatly lined against one of the walls. Who brought her stuff in?
Just then she heard Ryan yell "Guys lets make pizza." Everyone but Lauren's parents came, and they got aprons on. This was going to be fun. Ryan gave everyone a job, Lauren had the task of putting pepperonis on the pizza. Then pizza sauce started flying.
"Alright, who started it?" Ryan yelled.
"Well umm you see..." Keith started to explain.
"It was me." A voice answered.
Everyone stared and looked at the person. Keith, and Ryan were astonished that he started the fight. Then everyone heard a little girl yell daddy.
"What is going on here Ryan?" Lauren's mom asked.
"Well ya see, i invited some of me buds over for dinner, and I forgot you were coming and well..."
"No it is fine you just could have told us."
"Ummm, what is going on?" Lauren asked.
Keith answered, "Well ya see, our buddy George started throwing the sauce and then I through some back..."
"That is not what I mean."
"Let me answer, I will at least tell you what you want to know." Keith shot him a glance. Paul continued, "That is George and daughter Sarah, and... hey George where is your wife?"
"She is sick, she did not come on this trip." George answered
"We are all good friends."
"Oh." Lauren answered. She walked over to George, "Hi Mr..."
"Donaldson, but you can call me George."
"Oh, well then hi George, I am Lauren, Ryan's niece."
"Nice to meet ya."
She bent down and got on Sarah's level. "Hi sarah, I am Lauren." Sarah said hi back.
Then George asked, "So how much does he spoil ye."
"What?" Lauren asked. Then she figured it out, "Oh, well he got me my dream car, and the entire third floor is my room."
"Really?" Then he yelled to Ryan, "You are to nice lad."
Ryan answered, "What can I do."
So after all the commotion had settled down, they finished making the pizza, and put it in the oven.
"Now we wait," Rosy said.
"My least favorite part." Keith added.
"Just don't mess it up." Paul said.
Sarah had gone outside and was playing with Molly. "Ya tend to do that Keith." George added.
"I do not." Keith was offended. Then they all started to laugh. They talked some more, and the timer rang. "Pizza's done!"
George went to the back door and called Sarah back in. The pizza was delicious, despite the fact that their was not as much sauce as Lauren liked. They finished dinner, and Lauren decided to take a shower, since she was covered in pizza sauce. "Umm Ryan, where is the bathroom?"
"Their is one in your room... ya know the third floor." he winked and Lauren was off to the bathroom. She took a shower. When she got out it was around nine PM. She was surprisingly tired, she did not have that much jet lag. She got in her pj's and got in her soft fluffy bed. Then she remembered her penguin, and got it out of one of her suit cases. She grabbed it and got back in bed and drifted to sleep.
She awoke the next morning to a knock at her door. "Can I come in." It was Keith.
"Yeah, sure, come on in." He opened the door he was in a white v-neck t-shirt and blue board shorts with orange stripes down the side. "Remember how I said the waves were gonna be killer today, well get changed and we will go, Rosy is their already. It wont be just me and you and Rosy today, hope that is okay." He grabbed her board. "I will take it to the jeep if that's okay."
"It is okay for both." She said, as she wished it was only her and Keith fewer people at the beach the better. But she quickly got over it. Keith left, and she got changed. She put on her dark blue and and green swimsuit, and over it she put her white sweat shirt, and green shorts. She grabbed her wet suit and but it in her back pack. Then she remembered how she liked to play her guitar after so she put her guitar in it's case, closed the song book and put it in her back pack. She walked down to the second floor. Keith was coming back up. "Hope you don't mind me bringing my guitar."
"Nope I was coming up to get mine. Yours is beautiful by the way."
"Oh thanks... wait how do you know."
"Oh well when I brought it up, I wanted to see what kind it was. I opened the case and couldn't resist. And I noticed a song book in the case too, so i opened it. It had some great songs, I found Mountains of Mourne and started to play. I don't really need music for Mountains of Mourne but I wanted to play. Sooo, lets go."
They walked down the stairs, Ryan wished them good bye. Lauren and Keith put their guitars in back. And got in, they drove towards the beach. They got their. "It is so beautiful." Lauren said.
"Yeah." he said as getting both their surfboards. "Hey will you get my guitar too."
"Sure." She grabbed both guitars, and the walked towards the beach. Keith found Rosy, and put the surfboards in. "Hey Rosy."
"Hey Keith," he said.
"Keith who is the girl." some one asked.
"She is a friend." He replied.
"Oh." The voice said kind of sadly.
"Lauren, come over here, I want you to meet someone." Keith said. Lauren walked over, and saw the person that the voice was coming from.
"Hi I am Lauren," she said." And you are?"
Obviously Lauren, did not look at him close enough.
"Umm, I think you know who I am las." He said, "But just in case ya do not remember I am Paul."
"Oh hi... I guess I didn't get a good look at you."
"Don't worry about, I am guessing Keith didn't tell ya he was going to teach me to surf."
"Umm no he didn't" She looked at Keith, with a look of you could have told me it was him, "But obviously you didn't know who I was. And Keith forgot I have already met you"
Keith quickly replied "It is morning, my brain is not totally functional yet." Lauren laughed, and turned her gaze to Paul.
"Well I couldn't see ya very well," He said.
"Well this is gonna be fun." Keith said.
Lauren and Rosy hit the waves, while Keith stayed on the beach and taught Keith the basics. Keith looked miserable he wanted to be on the water. Lauren came back in and told Keith to go for it. "Paul I am your new teacher."
"Oh goody." Paul said.
Lauren taught Paul how to get up. And told him to make it one movement. Once Paul did that they got into the water. Paul started paddling and she told him to stand. Paul attempted and fell. Lauren yelled to him "Make sure your feet hit the board at the same time, otherwise you will fall." Paul said okay and tried again. He stood for a second and fell off. Lauren yelled another instruction "Keep your balance when you stand." Paul tried again, and kept going for a while, then he fell off.
Keith came over and yelled at Paul "Ya got in man." Then he turned to Lauren "Ya know I didn't think it could be done, but ya did it. You are amazing."
"Thanks Keith." She said.
They all road the waves for a bit longer. Paul did remarkably well. That sat on the beach and Lauren and Keith pulled out their guitars, and they started playing songs.
Back at Ryan's house, the doorbell rang. Ryan answered. "Hey, so, your room is on the second floor," He thought, "I don't think she would mind, anyways, the second best TV is on the third floor, it has a wii hooked up to it, you can play if ya like. Just be careful, It is my niece's room."
"Okay" he replied, he took his bags upstairs found his room, put his stuff down, and went to the third floor.
At the beach Rosy and Paul, went back to Ryan's house. Keith and Lauren were alone on the beach.
"This is a great spot." She said.
"Yeah it is secret, that is why we are the only ones on it." Lauren started to pick something out on the guitar. "Hey what is that your playing?" He asked. "It sounds really good."
She quickly stopped. "Oh it's nothing, not even finished yet."
"Promise to play if for me when you finish it." He said.
"Yeah."
They headed to the car, loaded up, and headed back to Ryan's house. Ryan was their to greet them. "How were the waves."
Keith and Lauren answered at the same time "Amazing." They laughed.
"Well I know you to did not get breakfast... so their are eggs, bacon, and pancakes on the kitchen counter." Ryan said.
Keith and Lauren went to the kitchen and ate all the food that was set out. Then they went upstairs, Keith stopped on the second floor, and noticed Paul's room was really messy but their was no Paul, he passed Rosy's room, where Rosy was asleep on the bed. He passed another room, with luggage in it... he thought man Ryan's house had a lot of rooms. He finally got to his room and walked in, and got out his guitar. Lauren went up to the third floor, and opened the door to her room...
She saw two huge beanbag chairs that were not in her room before. One was brown and one was blue. She noticed her TV was turned on, and a person in the chair was playing it.
"Hello." It was Paul's voice, "I hope you don't mind, Ryan said we could as long as we were careful."
"No I don't mind at all... wait did you say we."
"Umm, Oh you haven't met him, he went downstairs for some food." Paul said. If this person went downstairs for food, her and Keith would have seen him, they were just in the kitchen.
"Umm, Paul, Keith and I were just downstairs we did not see anyone but Ryan."
"Well, he was supposed to come back up and play Wii football with me." He turned around Lauren looked puzzled, "Oh I mean soccer."
"Oh." She said
"Try and find him, I think he is just scared that he will loose." Paul said. Lauren went downstairs to look for this mysterious person. She looked in the little living room on the second floor, no mysterious person, just the sound of Keith strumming his guitar and snoring from what she guessed was Rosy. She went to the ground floor. Her parents were gone, probably to meetings. She couldn't find Ryan. Then she went into the kitchen no one was in their, she saw a bottle of water and cookie on the counter, she took them. She went into the game room downstairs, nothing but a pool table, a folded up ping pong table, an air hockey table and a fuze(sp) ball table, a huge couch in front of huge TV. The game room was huge, Ryan's house was huge, onto finding the person. She looked in the living room, no one their but Harry, Ryan's cat. She looked outside. Their was a pool and the tree house which was empty. As she was coming back inside she was stopped.
"You took my cookie."
"Excuse me, your cookie, ny uncle said I could have anything that was on the counter." She replied.
"Well he might have said that, but it was mine."
"Umm, who are you. And why are you here."
"Oh I am Damian, one of your uncle's friends."
"Aren't you a little young to be my uncle's friend."
"No." He said. "So why are you here."
"Well this is my uncle's house."
He laughed, Lauren thought the laugh was gorgeous it went along well with the beautiful deep, Irish accent. "Not what I meant."
"Oh, my parents are here for business, and they decided to stay here." She replied.
"I didn't catch your name." He said.
'Oh I am Lauren, now let me see if i can get you another cookie." She went to the pantry and grabbed a box of cookies. "Sorry the only ones left are white chocolate chip."
"No problem, those are my favorite." He said. She gave him a cookie. He coughed, "The water."
'Oh yeah... we can get that upstairs."
"What do ya mean?" He asked.
"Well, their is food up their, and a fridge. So I can get you a water up their."
Just then Paul entered the kitchen and yelled, "Would you to love birds quit lolly gagging and get back up stairs. Damian get ready for defeat."
Damian blushed, and yelled back "Paul, your forgetting I am better at soccer than you."
"That might be true in real life but this is virtual soccer." Paul replied. Lauren busted out laughing, and so did Damian. Keith heard all the laughing and came downstairs to see what it was, he then quickly ran back up. Then Lauren, Damian, and Paul went upstairs to play the game. It was an interesting game of soccer...
So Lauren sat on her bed, as she watched Damian, and Paul play Wii soccer.
Damian that was a cheap shot!" Paul yelled.
"It is not my fault, you are a horrible goalie!" Damian yelled back.
"I am gonna get ya." Paul taunted.
Paul had the ball in his possession and kicked it towards the goal, Damian blocked it with ease, "Cheater!" Paul yelled, "That is cheating!"
"How is that cheating!?!" Damian yelled back, his voice cracked when he yelled the word how. He, Paul, and Lauren, started laughing really loud.
Then keith came in, "Keep it down, will ya, Rosy is trying to sleep." Every one got quiet Rosy was snoring, quite loudly. Lauren, Damian, and Paul, looked at Keith, "Okay I really just wanted to play with ya."
"Yes, we get teams." Damian said.
"I will take anyone as long as Damian is not on my team, I don't like cheaters." Paul said.
"I don't cheat," Damian was offended.
"If any one cheats it is you Paul," Keith said, Paul shot him a glance and they all laughed. They split up into teams, Keith, and Paul were on one team, and Damian and Lauren were on the other team.
"Well I didn't want Keith on my team either." Paul complained.
"Well you are stuck now, so deal with it." Keith said.
Paul thought for a minute, "Our team is called the Guys who don't cheat."
"That's a long team name." Damian said.
"Well our team is called, The Red Devils." Lauren said.
"I like it, reminds me of Man Utd." Damian said.
"That's the point." Lauren replied to Damian.
"Why can't we have a cool name like that, Paul." Keith, hit Paul on the shoulder.
Paul rolled his eyes, "Just play."
Lauren got goalie and all the defense positions while Damian got all the offensive positions. On Paul, and Keith's team, Paul got goalie and all defense positions.
"No, No, we will loose if you are goalie." Keith said.
"What do you know about football?" Paul asked.
"Enough to know that when you play it on the Wii you can't block to save your life." Keith said. Lauren and Damian were laughing. So it ended up that Keith was goalie and had control of all defensive positions and Paul had all the offensive positions.
They started to play, Lauren blocked all the goals. While Keith let a few pass him but he was fairly good. Paul's player on the screen started kicking Damian's player.
"Where is the ref when ya need one, FOUL." Damian said.
"I am not fouling you... I am trying to get the ball." Paul said.
"You mean the one Lauren's player is holding. Red Card for Paul's player."
"You are not the ref you can't give me a red card." Paul argured. Just then Lauren's player kicked the ball and it hit Paul's player on the head. "Now that was a foul!" Paul yelled.
"Oops I guess my aim was off." Lauren said.
"Sure sure." Paul said. By now the game was abandoned.
Then they heard Ryan yell, "LUNCH!" Their was a stampeed downstairs. Then Rosy stumbled down.
This was going to be an interesting lunch Keith thought.
"Okay guys, I was gonna say lets make pizza, but seeing as George ruined that for everyone by throwing the sauce."Everyone sheepishly looked around them, their were still remnants of the pizza sauce. "So we are going to make a meal of Mexican food." Ryan said.
Oh this is just asking for trouble were Keith's thoughts.
"Umm, where are George, Sarah, and my parents?" Lauren asked Ryan.
"Well you parents are working, and George took Sarah to an amusement park." Ryan replied.
"Oh." She said.
"So, I need you guys to get all the stuff, to make it fun I hid it around the house." Ryan said. That must have been why Lauren could not find him this morning.
"I want to be on Rosy's team." Paul yelled.
"Lad it is not a competition," He paused, "But that is not a bad idea."
"Okay," Rosy said.
"Wait I want to be on Rosy's team," Keith added.
"Fine you can be on our team." Paul said.
"No, No, No not fine." Damian said, "Your team has three people while ours has two."
Lauren leaned in and whispered, "You have Paul, and Keith on the same team, they will be fighting, they wont get anything done, we are younger and faster we will win hands down."
"Oh," Damian understood. "Okay it is all fine."
"Ya know, if I knew any better, I would say they are up to something." Rosy said. Lauren and Damian just smiled.
"Okay, the teams are Lauren and Damian, and Keith, Rosy, and Paul." Ryan rolled his eyes as he announced that team. "No pushing or shoving, the entire house and back yard will have ingredients so GO!"
They were off. Damian and Lauren went outside first they both said, "The Treehouse!"
Both Damian and Lauren ran to the tree house, they climbed up and sitting in the chair that Paul had sat in earlier was Molly.
"Umm, how did Molly get up here?" Damian asked.
"Why are you asking me, may be she is spider dog." She replied, Damian laughed. He had a good laugh she thought. Just then Molly got off the chair and what was revealed was an onion.
"Well I am not touching that." Lauren said.
"Neither am I." Damian said.
"Oh be a man and pick it up." Lauren said.
"Fine." He said. He slowly went towards it so Lauren gave him a little nudge. He went faster, he picked it up with two fingers and pushed it towards me.
"Hey don't give it to me."
They Ryan came out and yelled, "Lauren can you hand Molly to me?" Lauren handed Molly towards Ryan.
Lauren and Damian went inside, Ryan had marked off the counter into two sections one for Lauren and Damian's stuff, and one for Paul, Keith, and Rosy's stuff. Damian put the onion in the designated place. Then they heard Rosy yell, "I give up, you two are impossible."
Their was more yelling from Paul and Keith, and Rosy walked into the kitchen, "Hey do ya mind if i join your team."
Lauren replied "No"
But Damian replied, "Yes"
Lauren whispered to Damian, "Wait why do we mind?"
Damian whispered back, "Umm, well ya see..."
He continued all while Rosy was just standing their, "I wanted to get to know you a little more, I don't get to talk to people my age that often. Although with these guys it might seem different."
"Oh I see." Lauren said. She stopped whispering to Damian talked to Rosy again. "Umm Rosy, you would have no fun with us, why don't you just relax here in the kitchen or you can talk with Paul."
Rosy saw the reason in what Lauren said. He replied, "Okay." He went to the living room and hopped onto the couch and laid down, he grabbed the control and found a channel that had surfing on it.
Their was a deeper reason Damian wanted to go on the treasure hunt alone with Lauren, but he did not feel it was time to tell her. He thought she was beautiful, her hair was so long and perfect, her eyes were deep like a window to the soul, she was tall and graceful. Damian was falling in love, he thought she was a dancer but she knew about surfing and soccer. Damian had so many feelings towards her, she was deep, he could not wait to get to know her more.
Lauren and Damian went into the game room next, there was alot of food on the pool table and air hockey table, so they brought it back to the kitchen. Their was still know food, in Keith and Paul's section. Just then Paul came storming into the kitchen, "Surfers." He huffed.
Keith followed him, "Pauls" he huffed. And followed Paul who by now had gone outside.
Lauren and Damian just laughed, they went to to the second floor, and found more food. They brought the food down to the kitchen. By now the rest of the food was their, and Ryan yelled, "Treasure hunt is over."
Rosy jumped off the couch and turned off the TV. Keith and Paul came storming in.
"Never again will I be on your team." Keith said.
"I don't want to be on your team either, your far to bossy." Paul said.
"ME" Keith was offended, "Your the bossy one."
"I am not bossy."
Ryan butted in, "Paul you are bossy. Now you two lost the hunt."
"I am not bossy" Paul huffed.
"Yeah we lost, because of Paul." Keith said.
"NO we lost because of you." Keith argued.
Rosy jumped in, "Oh both of ye are the blame now be quiet and lets eat."
Lauren and Damian were on the floor laughing. "What do we get for winning."
"Nothing" Ryan said.
"Yeah cheaters dont get anything." Paul taunted.
Keith and Ryan told Paul, "Stop being a sore loser."
"I am not a sore loser." Paul huffed.
They moved onto making to food. Ryan cooked it all with Keith's help. It was some of the best mexican food she had ever had, and she would know she was from Texas, an place renown for TexMex or Mexican food. They finished Lunch. Damian and Lauren went to her Room, Keith joined Rosy watching the surf competition while Paul, and Ryan went outside to do something for later on.
"So how long are you staying?" Damian asked.
"Well including today, seven days." Lauren replied.
"So a week."
"Yep."
"You can get to know someone pretty well in a week." Damian implied.
"Yeah you can."
"So you wanna go see a movie."
Lauren did not give it a second thought, "Sure."
They went to the front of the house and Damian yelled, "Ryan, or whoever is listening, we are going to a movie." We walked outside he opened the passenger side door to Lauren's red jeep and helped her get in. He walked around and got in. Lauren thought man, all Irish men are gentlemen. He put the car in drive and the were off. "Nice car, I'm glad it is part mine."
"What?" Lauren was confused, "I thought this was part Keith's car."
"No, he has a car, I think he wishes he could have this car too." Damian replied.
Lauren was glad she would be sharing the car with Damian. They got to the movie theater. Damian picked a movie, and payed for Lauren's ticket and pop corn. Lauren thought he was so sweet. They went into the theater. The movie was really good. But during the end credits something happened that surprised both Lauren and Damian.
Damian leaned in, and to her surprise Lauren was too. They kissed, and quickly pulled away. Metaphorical sparks flew in both Damian's and Lauren's mind. Damian was flat out in love. And if Lauren wasn't in love before she was now.
"Wow" Damian said.
"That was amazing," Lauren said.
They looked at eachother. "So." Damian said.
"So." Lauren said.
"Umm, do you want to go out with me, I know it might be hard, but I mean..."
"Sure, I would love to go out with you."
The happy couple walked to the car hand in hand. Damian being the gentleman that he was opened her door took her hand, "In ya go m'lady." He closed the door. Lauren thought that Damian was so sweet. He walked around and got in the car. They drove home. They both stood on the porch, and Damian kissed her on the cheek. She smiled. Unknown to them Keith was watching. Damian thought Lauren had the prettiest smile ever. Damian opened the door for her, "After you." Lauren walked in, he closed the door behind him.
"We're home." Lauren yelled.
Paul appeared in front of them, "So, how did it go?" Both Lauren and Damian thought he was like a teenage girl. "I want the details." Both of them were sure he was a teenage girl inside.
Finally Damian said, "It was great, Paul."
Lauren added, "Perfect."
Paul started singing like a first grader, "Damian's got a girl friend, Damian's got a girl friend..."
Damian plainly said, "Well this time Paul, you're right."
Paul stood their shocked. Then he got the kindest look on his face. Then Ryan came up to tell everyone dinner was ready, but he stopped, "What happened?"
"Damian and Lauren are going out." Paul told him.
"Well, I knew this was going to happen." Ryan said.
Lauren and Damian said simultaneously, "Ya did?"
"Well, it was bound to happen sooner or later, plus you to just make a perfect couple."
"Thanks Ryan." Lauren said.
"Now dinner is ready, but be careful when you tell your parents, your mom might be okay, but your dad seems like the Nazi type."
Lauren told her parents they were fine with it. After dinner they asked Damian a few questions and he answered them perfectly. Lauren went to her room and took a shower. She went down to the second floor, Damian was watching TV, on the couch. Lauren walked over and told him good night and gave him a hug. He walked her up the stairs and gave her another kiss on the cheek. She smiled again.
"Oh get up early tomorrow I want you to come surfing with me."
"What if the waves are not good."
"That is fine."
She went in, then she remembered Damian did not have a board. She went back out and knocked on the door to Rosy's room. "Hey Rosy."
"Yeah, you coming surfing again."
"Yeah, can you bring the surfboard paul learned on."
"Sure." he said, "You wanna teach Damian?"
"Yeah."
"I will bring it with me and Keith. Good night."
"Good night." She walked out and closed the door. She walked up the stairs towards her room. She turned the TV off, and got into bed. The next morning she woke up bright and early. She got ready. She went to go find Damian, but she could not find him on the second floor, so she went downstairs, where she saw a sight that horrified her.
In the kitchen she saw Damian against the refrigerator terrified and somewhat shrunk down. Keith had one hand on the refrigerator he was towering over Damian. Keith and Damian were talking in hushed tones. She must have caught the end of the whatever had happened. She heard Keith say, "You better treat her like you most prized possession. You got that." Damian must have seen Lauren because then Keith said, "What?" Keith looked in Lauren's direction, "Oh, good morning Lauren, would you like some breakfast?" His attitude changed in a heart beat. What was going on.''
"Sure," She was handed a plate of waffles. "Thanks so how are you two this morning."
Keith got mad again, "Just peachy." He looked at Damian, and walked out of the room"
"Umm, Damian care to tell me what that was all about."
"What, what was all about?" Damian asked.
Lauren did not want to pry any more. But she was upset that he would not tell her what was going on. Both of them ate their breakfast. They went upstairs and grabbed their stuff. They walked downstairs with Rosy and Keith. Ryan was their to meet them again, "Have fun"
Rosy, Keith, Damian, and Lauren walked out the door. Rosy told Damian to follow, him and Keith. Damian opened the door of the red jeep for Lauren and let her in, he went around and hopped in. Keith and Rosy got in the other car. And they were off. They went to the beach. On the way, Lauren asked, "So, what happened between you and Keith?"
"Nothing," Damian replied. Something happened, Lauren could see the terror in Damian's eyes. They finally got to the beach. Lauren grabbed the two surfboards and told Damian to grab her backpack and guitar, he graciously said he would get them.
Rosy had already headed out. Lauren told Damian to put his board on the ground. "Damian I am going to teach you to surf." She said.
Keith then said, "No, No, Lauren, you taught Paul yesterday, let me teach Damian today, I want you to get maximum surfing time."
"No it is fine Keith, I can teach him."
Keith insisted that he teach Damian. So Lauren went out and hit the waves. Damian and Keith were facing the water. Lauren fell really hard. Rosy was no where to be seen. Keith saw her board but did not see her. Before he could do anything Damian was off.
Damian, was running in the water and when he could not run any more he started swimming. Keith stood on shore. Damian dove underwater. He saw Lauren floating downward. He grabbed her right hand, and pulled her up. He brought her to the surface. Keith saw them, then, he saw Rosy paddle over. Rosy gave his surfboard to Damian. They somehow had Lauren grab onto the board. Damian and Rosy brought her to shore. Her surfboard had washed ashore. Then Lauren started coughing up water and took a deep breath. Keith, Damian, and Rosy all had a big breath of relief.
"Oh thank God your okay." Damian said.
"What happened." Keith asked.
"I don't really know, I have never wiped out like that before." Lauren replied.
Rosy told what he saw, "Well you were riding the wave, and you kind of fell forward, and hit your head, you must have passed out. And if it were not for Damian..."
Lauren sat up and looked at Damian, "Thank You, Thank You, Thank You." She gave him a hug and a kiss on the cheek. "Umm, can we just keep this between us."
All three of them replied sure. Lauren sat on the beach the rest of the time. Keith successfully got Damian to stand on the board. Damian turned out to be really good. Lauren got her guitar out and started playing the same thing she was playing the day before. Damian got out of the water and came over to her, "What are you playing?" He asked.
"Oh it is nothing, not even finished." She replied.
"Play it for me when it is finished."
"Sure."
Keith got out of the water followed by Rosy. "Hey you too, we are heading back." Keith said.
Damian got the surfboards and tied them to the roof, Lauren got their stuff and her guitar and loaded them up. Damian opened the car door for her, and she got in. Damian walked around and jumped into the car. They headed home.
"Ya know ya really scared me back their." He said.
"I'm sorry, I have never..." She tried to say.
"It is fine, don't worry about it." Damian assured her.
Keith and Rosy got home, soon followed by Damian and Lauren. Keith walked in yelled that they were home, then he went to find Ryan. He found Ryan.
"Hey Keith," Ryan said, "Lunch will be ready soon." Keith could smell steak coming in from the back yard.
"Smells great, but that is not what I need to talk to you about," Keith started.
Keith continued, "Lauren had an accident today," Ryan was shocked. "Don't say anything about it to her, she is fine. But she might be a little rattled, I had an accident like that when I was younger..."
Ryan stopped him, "Mums the word. Thanks for keeping an eye on her for me."
"Any time man, she is so much like me it is like we are family. It is easy."
About this time Damian and Lauren were coming down for Lunch. George came in with a plate of steaks. "Lauren will get Sarah out of the pool."
"Sure." She said, she walked outside, Keith followed her. Lauren helped Sarah out and brought her in. When Lauren came back in their were baked potatoes on the counter, and Rosy was downstairs. Everyone grabbed a potato and steak and sat down at the huge table. The steak was delicious.
Ryan asked, "So what are you going to do this afternoon?"
Damian answered, "Well I was thinking of going to the park and playing some football."
"Sounds fun" Keith said.
"Can I come?" The little voice of Sarah asked.
Damian sweetly replied, "Sure ya can. She can can't she George."
"Of course she can, just take care of her lad." George replied.
Damian wished it was just him and maybe Lauren. He looked at Lauren with a look in his eyes that said please come with me. Lauren saw him, "Ya know I think I will go with ya Damian, I love soccer."
Ryan, Keith and Rosy all of a sudden looked really worried. Lauren saw Keith and mouthed, "I will be fine, Damian is with me." Keith kind of looked treasured but their was still a worried look in his eye.
Damian went upstairs and grabbed a soccer ball. "Come on Sarah, Lauren, lets go to the park."
Lauren grabbed Sarah by the hand. And all three of them headed towards the park.
When they got to the park Damian started passing the ball to Sarah and Lauren. Then Damian and Lauren got really worried.
Sarah had fallen. She was crying. Damian and Lauren ran over to her.
"Sarah sweetie, what's wrong." Lauren asked.
"My Ankle, My Ankle!" She screamed with tears running down her face, "It hurts."
"Maybe she twisted it?" Damian stated but it was a question.
"Damian help her up onto my back. We should get her home." Lauren said.
Sarah was still crying. Damian lifted her up on Lauren's shoulders, and they headed back to Ryan's house. Damian opened the door for Lauren and Sarah. Lauren carried Sarah into the kitchen as Damian followed. Damian took Sarah of Lauren's back and placed her on the counter. Sarah's crying had subsided a little. Damian looked in the pantry and found some ace bandages he took Sarah's ankle and started wrapping it.
"What's going on here?" A stern voice asked.
Damian and Lauren turned around, fear ran through them.
Lauren and Damian saw Keith staring at them with an evil grin. The first thought that went through Damian's head was that they were screwed. The thought that went through Lauren's mind was we are in big trouble.
Damian tried to explain, "Well, umm you see..."
Lauren remembering what had happened earlier that day, took the fall. "We were kicking the ball around and I let Sarah in the goal, I guess I kicked it to hard and when she went to block it, she tripped so it is my fault."
Sarah had stopped crying, and Damian had finished wrapping her ankle. Sarah started to stay, "But, Lauren..." Damian quickly shushed her.
Keith smugly said, "Right." He turned to walk out of the room.
"You did not have to do that." Damian whispered.
"Yes I did, after this morning, and me getting hurt, I could not let Keith go get you in trouble."
"Lauren, it is not like that."
Sarah then yelled, "DADDY!"
"Sarah, sweety, what happened?"
Sarah was smarter than both Damian and Lauren thought, "I fell, thankfully I was with Lauren and Damian, they helped me."
"Well I guess it is a good thing that we have such good friends like Damian and Lauren." George winked at them. He figured out the whole story.
Lauren left the kitchen, Damian followed. She heard him following, she turned around. "Damian, would you please just tell me what is going on between you and Keith. You looked terrified this morning, I could see it in your eyes."
Damian looked at Lauren he did not want to tell her, he knew Keith would be mad. He did not want anyone to know. "I can't tell you."
"Damian, please."
Her eyes that drew him in, the eyes that were so deep, the eyes were hurting, "Tell me what wrong with you first."
She simply answered, "I don't like secrets."But, unknown to Damian it was something much deeper.
Unknown to either of them Keith was standing at the bottom of the stairs. Lauren looked into his eyes, it was the first time she really noticed them, they were the most gorgeous blue she had ever seen. It reminded her of her surfboard the blue word on her surfboard, the word that said dream. Damian slowly started answer, "Well,"
Keith was about to charge up the stairs. "Damian, no I don't want to know." She said, almost coming to tears
Damian looked on both sides of him, "I have to tell you..."
He grabbed her by the arms and took her to his room. He closed the door behind him.
"Look, everyone knows your exactly like Keith. The only difference is your hair color and eye color. But you both surf, you both skateboard, you both play guitar. It is like you are his sister."
"Damian, stop, don't tell me. If Keith did not want you to tell me, then I don't want you to tell me."
"But what about not liking secrets."
"That is with some secrets, but this one needs to be kept."
"But now, I know you want to know you want to know. It will be hard not to tell you."
Keith was standing outside with his ear pressed against the door. He turned around with his back facing the door, he grabbed his head, he turned back around. He placed his hand on the door knob, he hesitated. He opened the door, "Damian just tell her, obviously she doesn't want to hurt either of us."
"But Keith,"
"No, if you wont tell her I will." He grabbed Lauren by the hand, and lead her through the house. He opened the back door and walked towards the tree house. Lauren was so confused. He climbed up the tree house, and stuck his hand down for Lauren to grab she grabbed it and he pulled her up. They walked to the door, inside Paul was sitting where he was when Lauren first met him. "Paul, get out." Keith ordered.
Now Paul was confused so he got out, and went inside. He saw Damian standing in the door way. He paused but he went inside.
"Look, Keith if you don't want me to know, then don't tell me."
"I know, but you seem to care about both of us. It is okay." He pointed to a chair and told Lauren to sit down. "Look, it started when Ryan told me to come with him to pick you up at the airport. He was telling me what you were like. I saw my self in you. Then I met you, I decided to take you under my wing, as another sister. You understand."
"Yeah, but why didn't you want to tell me."
"I didn't want ya to think any different of me."
"I would never do that." She gave him a hug, and he hugged back.
They climbed out of the tree house, and walked back in, they passed Damian, "So..." Keith winked at him. Damian gave a sigh of relief.
Lauren's parents came home, it was about time for dinner. Lauren and Damian set the table. "So everything is okay?" He asked.
"Yeah." Lauren answered simply.
Every one sat down, and Ryan brought out the dinner. Every one started eating. Then Lauren's mom asked, "So what happened today?"
Ryan, Keith, Damian, Rosy, George, and Sarah all looked at each other. They all answered at the same time, "Nothing."
Paul, "Well, I will tell you about my day." He told the story, and was getting to the end, "... Then i was rudely told to get out of the tree house by Keith..."
Keith yelled, "PAUL!"
"What that was part of my day."
Then Damian yelled, "PAUL!"
"What did I say."
Lauren and Keith rolled their eyes. "Alright what happened today?" Lauren's dad asked.
"Oh would ya look at the time." Keith said.
"Delicious dinner, Ryan." Damian added.
"Sit down." Lauren's dad commanded. Damian and Keith sat down. "Well whose gonna start."
Keith started talking, "Well I guess it was my fault."
The entire table but Paul, and Lauren's parents yelled, "No."
"No it is, I will take all the blame." Keith told the whole story of what had happened that morning. Then Sarah told her story of what had happened that after noon, then Keith finished the story.
Everyone was scared of how Lauren's parents would react. Then Lauren's dad stood up, and pounded the table with his fist....
Lauren's dad scared everyone at the table, he was an intimidating man. Then he just started laughing. "It was bound to happen sooner or later." He laughed as he excused himself since he was finished.
Everyone left was confused, what was going on. Lauren's mom finished soon, and answered the question, "He just doesn't want her getting hurt but it was bound to happen." Everyone was relieved he was not mad. They all got the feeling they did not want to see his anger come into full affect.
"Well," Ryan said a little nervous. "Paul and I have been talking, and we are going to take you on a camping trip tomorrow."
Everyone was really excited, "Sorry, Sarah we are going back home tomorrow." George told Sarah her smile dropped, but then it came back because she was going to get to see her mom. George excused him and Sarah from the table so they could go pack.
"Well we are leaving tomorrow, it will take a day to get there, we will spend a day at the sight, and then we will drive back the next day. Lauren was a little sad, her last day in Ireland was going to be in a car with Paul, Keith, Rosy, Damian, and Ryan, not that that was bad. But she wished she could spend it with Damian. Her seventh day though would be spent in the airport. Ryan cleared the table, and everyone went up to pack. Ryan grabbed Lauren by the arm and stopped her. "I know you are a bit sad at the fact that your last full day in Ireland will be spent with all of us in a car, but we will be home before dinner." with that he raised his eyebrows in smirked. Lauren couldn't wait for her last day now. "Oh and you will have your own tent, and we got you a sleeping bag, and everything you could need."
"Thanks Ryan." calling him uncle just did not seem right to Lauren, it made him seem older, and it was to formal.
She walked up the stairs to her room. She was packing all her stuff as Paul and Damian came in. Paul went over to her bed and picked up her cherished penguin, It went with her everywhere. "What's this?" He said as he looked it. He started laughing.
"Oh it is just a stuffed animal." Lauren replied.
"Looks like it is important." Damian said looking at. Their was nothing special about the penguin just that she had it since she was three and, that it was wearing a texas tech t-shirt. She felt uncomfortable having people touch it.
"I think it is cute." Paul said, "Kind of looks like Keith." He laughed.
"Okay, that is enough playing with Pengi." Lauren walked over and grabbed it from Paul.
Paul busted out laughing, "Pengi, what kind of name is that."
Lauren started to tear up, "One that was given to him when I was three."
"Paul! Could you be any more inconsiderate." Damian was appalled.
Paul quickly wiped the grin off his face he was ashamed, then Lauren and Damian just started laughing. Paul knew he was being wound up, and started laughing too. "But seriously don't touch my penguin again." Lauren said trying to hold back the laughter, but she really was serious. Lauren put the penguin in her backpack.
"That is not why we came up here." Damian said. "We wanted to see if you needed help packing." Nope I am done" Lauren plainly stated.
Paul left, leaving Damian alone with Lauren. He walked up to Lauren and gave her a kiss on the cheek, "Good night." he said as he walked out of the room.
Lauren snuggled into her bed, and drifted to sleep. She dreamed of wonderful things. She woke up in the middle of the greatest dream her and Damian were in Texas it was like a picture out of the story book. She saw that Ryan was their. "Get up and get dressed, I cooked eggs and bacon for breakfast."
Lauren got dressed, she was wearing black Nike shorts and blue long sleeve shirt. Despite the coldness of Ireland Lauren always wore shorts, it did not seem to bug her at all. She grabbed her back pack which had all her stuff in it and headed downstairs. The breakfast was delicious. Keith was packing lots of cooking stuff. "Uh, Keith what's with all that."
"Well, I am a pretty good cook, so I decided to take over the cooking duties on the trip."
"Awesome." Lauren replied.
Then Ryan told everyone to hurry up. They all got in the blue van, Lauren's parents were borrowing Ryan's car. Ryan was driving with Rosy next to him. In the bucket seats were Lauren and Damian, and In the back were Keith and Paul, this car ride had trouble written all over it.
They could still see Ryan's house when Keith and Paul got into it.
"Your touching my leg, stop touching my leg please" Paul said.
"I am not touching your leg." Keith said back.
"Yes you are look you are touching my leg." Paul replied to him.
"I am not touching my leg... Oh look now your touching my leg." Keith said.
"I am not touching your leg, you touched mine first." Paul said.
"No I did not you are touching my leg now and it is bothering me." Keith was get angry.
"Why would I want to touch your leg, it is all covered in cooties." Paul was getting angry now.
"I am not covered in as many cooties as you." Keith argued.
"I am appalled I do not have cooties." Paul argued back
"Oh come on I can see crawling all over you, their are to really big ones above your eyes!" Keith was yelling now.
"Those are my eyebrows, Mr. Just because I don't have swanky eyebrows I can make fun of Paul's!" yelled back.
The argument went on for another five minutes Lauren and Damian were laughing their heads of when Ryan yelled, "IF YOU TO DON"T STOP ARGUING I AM TURNING THIS CAR AROUND!"
Paul with his index finger pointed at Keith said, "He started it."
"I did not."
"Yes you did."
"I did not"
"Yes you did."
"I did not."
"Yes you did, you started it when you touched my leg."
"I NEVER TOUCHED YOUR DARN LEG!"
"YOU TWO ARGUE MORE THAN A GROUP OF FOUR YEAR OLDS OVER A BLUE CRAYON!" Ryan yelled. "Stop arguing or I WILL turn this car around."
That seemed to stop the arguing for fifteen minutes, then it started again.
"Did you just touch my hair, I cannot believe you just touched my hair." Keith said hotly.
"I did not touch your hair." Paul responded.
"Yes you did."
"Why would I want to touch that mop."
Keith was furious and even though he had his seat belt on he attacked Paul. Their was a wrestling match in the back seat. The wrestling match went on for a while. "Ow you pulled my hair." Paul yelled.
"I did not touch your hair." Keith yelled.
"Yes you did I felt you pull it."Paul argued.
"I would never touch that glooped up mess you call hair. I mean it is all product." Keith argued back.
They kept wrestling each other for about three hours Ryan and Rosy tried to tune it out. While Lauren and Damian were laughing like mad men. It was close to lunch time Ryan spotted a restaurant got off the rode and parked. "EVERYONE OUT!" he yelled. Everyone got out of the car. "Lauren, Rosy, Damian go inside and get us a table, I need to talk to these lunatics." He said.
Lauren, Rosy, and Damian went inside. Keith, Paul, and Ryan were left standing outside. "In my defense." Paul said, "Keith started the whole thing by touching my leg."
"Paul be quiet, let the man talk," Keith said.
"Both of HUSH, you are grown men, could please attempt to act like it, I don't want to make a scene in the restaurant." Ryan begged.
"I promise." They both said. But everyone knew that promise might not last thirty seconds.
The three of them walked inside, and sat down where Lauren, Rosy, and Damian were. That is when the promise was broken.
Lauren's mom surprised her with the greatest news they were going to Ireland for a week starting tomorrow, for her dad's and mom's business it was a business trip. She ran around her house screaming. She went into her room and started packing, that was alot to pack on such short notice. She got sidetracked by calling her best friend Kyle. Her and Kyle started screaming over the phone. She had known Kyle since kinder garden. At first they were not good friends because everyone thought Kyle was a boy's name, but know Kyle was a girl and a very girlie one. Kyle wished her luck on the trip and she got back on track with packing. It was summer so she knew it would be warmer but not much. She packed warm clothes but also a few summer clothes as well. The brown eyed, brown wavy hair girl went to tell her mom she was packed and her mom told her to double check. So she went back to her room which was decked out with surfing and skateboarding stuff, plus her guitar. She yelled "Mom, can I take my guitar?!"
"Of course sweetie"
So she packed her guitar, maybe Ireland would inspire her to write some more songs. She looked in the mirror at herself, tan skin brown surfer like waves. Being tan would soon disappear considering she was going to Ireland, the sun did not shine their often. Then she remembered check what I packed. She looked in her suitcase, and only saw pants, a few pair of shorts, tops and her jacket. She completely forgot underwear, socks, hair stuff, shampoo, conditioner, and just about everything else. She put all that in her suitcase and looked at the time 10:30. She needed her rest. She packed her song book and art supplies in her kanakuk backpack. And almost forgot her wet suit and swim suit, she did not think her surf board would make it over, but she remembered she read somewhere that the waves in Ireland were killer. She figured she could find one over their, maybe she could borrow one. But thankfully their was enough room for her skateboard. She would need something to do while her parents were in meetings. It was 10:45. She snuggled into her bed, turned off her lights but could not sleep she was to excited. She finally drifted off to sleep.
She awoke the next morning, jumping out of bed. Her mom made pancakes, eggs, and bacon. Yummy. She ate her meal, and they headed towards the airport. She did not notice her dad put her surfboard on the roof. They got to the airport and her dad pulled the lime green surfboard off the roof.
"I thought you might need this" he said.
"Thanks dad." Lauren replied.
She loved her surfboard it was a gift for her sixteenth birthday it was a little over six months old but she loved it. It was lime green with the word "Dream" written on it in blue, but it wasn't just any blue, she could not figure out what blue it looked like. It was really special because it came from Ireland, it was made by a guy named Rosy, her sister ordered it for her. Her sister, Jennifer, thought it would be nice to have a surfboard from Ireland where a huge portion of their family was from. When Lauren go the board for her birthday she wrote a letter to Rosy telling him how much she loved the board, he wrote back saying only for you. She was so happy.
So they walked into the Airport checked their baggage and went through security. They went to terminal D, gate 3. They sat waiting, then here mom told her even more brilliant news.
"Honey may be it is best if you have a seat." She took a seat in one of the blue chairs. Since they were flying internationally it was like a lounge chair "So you know we are going to Ireland, but we are not staying in a hotel." Her mind wanted her to say what, but her mind also stopped her from saying anything. If they were not staying in a hotel where were they gonna stay. "We are staying at your uncle's" She had an uncle, wait back it up she had an Irish uncle. Lauren was dumbfounded. "His name is Ryan, he is my younger brother." Ryan what a cute name.
So the flight attendant called their flight and they boarded, thankfully her mom and dad's business paid for them to travel first class. It was really early and Lauren debated over and over in her mind if she should sleep on the plain, she did not want to get jet lag. But she knew she would get it any way so she fell asleep. She woke up to the pilots Irish accent. "We are descending over Dublin, please fasten your seat belts." His accent was so thick she could hardly understand him, she remembered reading Northern Irish accents were thick, so she assumed he must be from Northern Ireland.
The plain landed and they got off. They went to baggage claim were a man was their waiting. "Hello, I am your uncle Ryan." He had dark hair, a fairly thick but beautiful accent. He was good looking, and in shape. He was wearing a red t-shirt and jeans.
"Hi I am Lauren"
"Hey sis, I got both your rental cars, and you can follow me home, as soon as we get your baggage."
Lauren leaned towards Ryan and her mom "Two cars?"
"Oh sweety I forgot to tell you Ryan is going to teach you how to drive over here with their cars. We could not let you be cooped up all day so..."
"So I got you a car"
Her mom was surprised "Got?"
'Well more of bought, I have a friend who will use it when she is not here, don't worry."
A sigh of relief came across her mom's face. They walked up to the claim and got their bags. She got her duffel and guitar but could not find her surf board.
"Is this yours?" he asked.
"Yeah."
"You will get some good use out of it here."
He was really nice. They walked into the parking garage. There were two cars lined up in a row. She assumed the small black Mustang was Ryan's. The blue Van looking thing were her parents. But where was her car.
Her dad asked Ryan "How did you get two cars here?"
"One of me buds drove Lauren's"
She turned around and saw a red 2009 jeep rubicon come to her. It was her dream car.
"How did you know that was the car I wanted."
"I guessed" he said "It seemed to fit what your mother told me about you." I was screaming on the inside. "Of course the guy who drove it here is driving it back, I dont want you getting hurt since you don't know how we drive over here."
Out of the drivers side a guy with blond hair hopped out of the truck. Ryan yelled to him "Hey Keith, will you put this surf board on the top."
The blond guy she assumed to be Keith replied "Sure." He took the board very carefully, and tied it on to the top of the car. Then he took Lauren's guitar from her and placed it gently in the back seat. He took her luggage to, he opened the back part of the car and placed her luggage their. He was heading back to get her back pack.
"Um... I can keep it at my feet" she said.
He courteously replied "Okay."
Ryan had put all her parents stuff in their blue van and was getting in his car and yelled off to my place. He backed out and zoomed off, followed by her parents. Keith opened Lauren's door and helped her in "In ya go" he closed the door, walked around open the driver side door got in, and waited. Then he asked "So what kind of board is it."
She was zoned, she could not believe this blond gentleman named Keith was helping her. And on the plus side he was really cute, and he knew Ryan, which meant she might see him again.
"Hello..."
"Oh sorry, what did you say?"
"What kind of board is it?"
Why was he asking what kind of board it was. She was so confused but she answered the only way she knew how... he was Irish so she decided to give the name of the surfboard too "Well it is a performance short board, an RF"
"Awesome" he paused "Wait did you say RF"
"Yeah, Why?"
"That wouldn't happen to be a rosy surfboard would it."
"Yeah it is, my sister got if for me for my sixteenth birthday."
"Umm... Awesome. The waves are supposed to be really good tomorrow, maybe I can take ya, you can meet the guy who made your board." He smiled.
"Sure" she said, Keith put the car in drive and they drove off to Ryan's house. They actually got their before Ryan. Keith told her to stay in the car, he got out walked around, opened the door, and let her out. They waited on the porch for Ryan and her mom and dad. Then Lauren noticed someone walking up in the distance.
"Who is that" she said.
He started to laugh "Hahaha. He is a friend." Keith called out "Hey bud."
A voice answered "Hey."
The voice was beautiful, then she got a full look of him, her mouth dropped.
She looked up and down. She was in disbelief. Could it really be him. "Oh my goodness."
"Rosy, how are ya?"
"I am good, and who do we have here."
"I am Lauren, and your Rosy."
"Yes I am"
Rosy looked at the car. "Nice car Keith, where did you get the board, I have only seen one other like it."
"Oh that is not my car, well it is part time. It's Lauren's car, her uncle got if for her. And that is her board."
"You made it. My sister wrote you asking for it, for me. Then I wrote back saying thank you..."
"And I replied only for you. I remember now, that was one of my favorites, not everyday I make a surfboard like that."
"Rosy, I hope you don't mind, I invited her to surf with us tomorrow."
"Nope not at all, wait..."
"Wait why... I forgot."
"Yeah."
"It will be fine"
Lauren was lost in their conversation. Then all three of them saw Ryan and her parents walk up.
"Hey Rosy." Ryan said.
"Hey, and you to must be Lauren's parents."
Her dad replied, "Yes we are, and thank you for making the beautiful board for our daughter."
"Oh my pleasure."
Ryan then said "I hope you don't mind Keith is staying with me for a while, and I did not want him destroying my house so I invited one of his buds."
My mom replied "No problem."
"Thanks for the surprise man."
Then Lauren said "You like surprises don't you."
He replied, "Yes, yes I do."
Then they all walked into Ryan's house. It was huge. The entry alone was the size of Lauren's room back home. "Sis, you and your husbands room is to the left, at the end of the hall way. Lauren your room is on the third floor"
Yes he said third floor. She was screaming inside. "Keith, Rosy hope you dont mind both your rooms are on the second floor."
They did not mind at all. Everyone went to their rooms. Lauren went up to the third floor. The stairs stopped at a door, so she opened it and went in. She was not expecting this, The entire third floor was her room, it was like an apartment. It had a flat screen, a refrigerator, a microwave, cabinets that were stocked with food. The bed was huge too, it was kind size bed with the same pillows and comforter as at home. She loved her uncle, not only because he spoiled her, but because he was incredibly amazing. She went back downstairs, and out the door to her car, to get her things. Her surfboard was gone again. So she headed back inside. Then from the left corner of the house came a voice., she had not herd, but once again it was beautiful. Irish accents made her melt.
"Looking for this?" the voice asked, A hand held her surfboard upright she could not see who was holding the surf board. Then the surfboard disappeared. So she decided to investigate.
She walked to the corner and turned. Their was a fence, behind the fence she saw the mysterious hand, holding the surfboard sideways. Then it disappeared again. She had to yell out "You better not hurt my surfboard, who ever you are!" It was her surfboard, it was special, and it was her favorite. Then she heard a laugh.
She came up to the gate, it was to Ryan's back yard. She wondered if she should go in, well the mysterious guy did, so she opened the gate. It was a side yard, she could not see much of the back yard. So she ran towards the end of the house and turned the corner to the back yard. It was HUGE. It had a pool, and tons of room just to run around. Then she saw a dog, who came up and bombarded her. "Oh hello their." She looked at the tag, "Molly, well you are to, cute but if you don't mind, i am on mission" She pet the dog, and looked around to see where the mysterious person was hiding. There was a huge tree, with a tree house in it. She saw the surfboard laying up against the wall of the tree house. How did this person get the surfboard up their. She walked over to the tree. "Hello" she yelled
"Hello" a voice came back
"Umm... you took my surfboard, and I would like it back."
"Well come up and meet me, and I will decide if I want to give it back."
Well this was just dandy, she had to have to board. She climbed up the ladder, and stood on the porch like thing, "Well, I am up here."
"Come in, that is not gonna do it."
She walked over to the door and stepped in, This was no ordinary tree house, it was a mini house inside a tree. The guy was sitting on a huge bean bag chair that was orange, and green. "Hello" he said.
"Hi... can I have my board back now."
"Hahaha, you are so much like Keith. And hold on, tell me your name first."
"I am Lauren. Umm should I be talking to strangers."
"Oh am no stranger."
"Then who are you."
"I am...am Paul Byrom. Nice to meet ya, you must be Ryan's neice."
"Yes I am, can I have my board back now."
"Sit down, talk to me, how are you liking Ireland so far."
She did not want to sit down, she wanted her board so she could put the rest of her stuff in her room. "It is beautiful."
"Lot's of people say that."
"Hey Paul, get down from their, and how did you get in their in the first place?" It was Ryan.
"Okay." he said he walked out and Lauren followed, but before she could grab her board, Paul grabbed it. "Well to answer your question, I climbed up the tree and entered the tree house."
"You know what I mean." he was a little frustrated.
"You invited me for supper remember. And I came early, you said you wanted me to meet your family that was coming in..." He was trailing on... wasting time. It made Lauren laugh. "I came and I saw that jeep with this board on top of it so I decided to make a fun way to meet your niece." He leaned in and whispered, "She is exactly like Keith ya know."
"Yeah I know, don't remind me, one Keith is about all I can handle."
"Umm... can I have my board now."
"Oh yes of course." Paul handed her the board. They walked inside talking about supper stuff, she heard the words home made pizza... that sounded like a disaster waiting to happen. She skipped of to the front of the house and grabbed her back pack, opened the front door and ran to her third floor bedroom. She opened the door and to her surprise, all her stuff was in their. Her guitar was out of it's case with a song book opened to Mountains of Mourne. She did not mind. her luggage was neatly lined against one of the walls. Who brought her stuff in?
Just then she heard Ryan yell "Guys lets make pizza." Everyone but Lauren's parents came, and they got aprons on. This was going to be fun. Ryan gave everyone a job, Lauren had the task of putting pepperonis on the pizza. Then pizza sauce started flying.
"Alright, who started it?" Ryan yelled.
"Well umm you see..." Keith started to explain.
"It was me." A voice answered.
Everyone stared and looked at the person. Keith, and Ryan were astonished that he started the fight. Then everyone heard a little girl yell daddy.
"What is going on here Ryan?" Lauren's mom asked.
"Well ya see, i invited some of me buds over for dinner, and I forgot you were coming and well..."
"No it is fine you just could have told us."
"Ummm, what is going on?" Lauren asked.
Keith answered, "Well ya see, our buddy George started throwing the sauce and then I through some back..."
"That is not what I mean."
"Let me answer, I will at least tell you what you want to know." Keith shot him a glance. Paul continued, "That is George and daughter Sarah, and... hey George where is your wife?"
"She is sick, she did not come on this trip." George answered
"We are all good friends."
"Oh." Lauren answered. She walked over to George, "Hi Mr..."
"Donaldson, but you can call me George."
"Oh, well then hi George, I am Lauren, Ryan's niece."
"Nice to meet ya."
She bent down and got on Sarah's level. "Hi sarah, I am Lauren." Sarah said hi back.
Then George asked, "So how much does he spoil ye."
"What?" Lauren asked. Then she figured it out, "Oh, well he got me my dream car, and the entire third floor is my room."
"Really?" Then he yelled to Ryan, "You are to nice lad."
Ryan answered, "What can I do."
So after all the commotion had settled down, they finished making the pizza, and put it in the oven.
"Now we wait," Rosy said.
"My least favorite part." Keith added.
"Just don't mess it up." Paul said.
Sarah had gone outside and was playing with Molly. "Ya tend to do that Keith." George added.
"I do not." Keith was offended. Then they all started to laugh. They talked some more, and the timer rang. "Pizza's done!"
George went to the back door and called Sarah back in. The pizza was delicious, despite the fact that their was not as much sauce as Lauren liked. They finished dinner, and Lauren decided to take a shower, since she was covered in pizza sauce. "Umm Ryan, where is the bathroom?"
"Their is one in your room... ya know the third floor." he winked and Lauren was off to the bathroom. She took a shower. When she got out it was around nine PM. She was surprisingly tired, she did not have that much jet lag. She got in her pj's and got in her soft fluffy bed. Then she remembered her penguin, and got it out of one of her suit cases. She grabbed it and got back in bed and drifted to sleep.
She awoke the next morning to a knock at her door. "Can I come in." It was Keith.
"Yeah, sure, come on in." He opened the door he was in a white v-neck t-shirt and blue board shorts with orange stripes down the side. "Remember how I said the waves were gonna be killer today, well get changed and we will go, Rosy is their already. It wont be just me and you and Rosy today, hope that is okay." He grabbed her board. "I will take it to the jeep if that's okay."
"It is okay for both." She said, as she wished it was only her and Keith fewer people at the beach the better. But she quickly got over it. Keith left, and she got changed. She put on her dark blue and and green swimsuit, and over it she put her white sweat shirt, and green shorts. She grabbed her wet suit and but it in her back pack. Then she remembered how she liked to play her guitar after so she put her guitar in it's case, closed the song book and put it in her back pack. She walked down to the second floor. Keith was coming back up. "Hope you don't mind me bringing my guitar."
"Nope I was coming up to get mine. Yours is beautiful by the way."
"Oh thanks... wait how do you know."
"Oh well when I brought it up, I wanted to see what kind it was. I opened the case and couldn't resist. And I noticed a song book in the case too, so i opened it. It had some great songs, I found Mountains of Mourne and started to play. I don't really need music for Mountains of Mourne but I wanted to play. Sooo, lets go."
They walked down the stairs, Ryan wished them good bye. Lauren and Keith put their guitars in back. And got in, they drove towards the beach. They got their. "It is so beautiful." Lauren said.
"Yeah." he said as getting both their surfboards. "Hey will you get my guitar too."
"Sure." She grabbed both guitars, and the walked towards the beach. Keith found Rosy, and put the surfboards in. "Hey Rosy."
"Hey Keith," he said.
"Keith who is the girl." some one asked.
"She is a friend." He replied.
"Oh." The voice said kind of sadly.
"Lauren, come over here, I want you to meet someone." Keith said. Lauren walked over, and saw the person that the voice was coming from.
"Hi I am Lauren," she said." And you are?"
Obviously Lauren, did not look at him close enough.
"Umm, I think you know who I am las." He said, "But just in case ya do not remember I am Paul."
"Oh hi... I guess I didn't get a good look at you."
"Don't worry about, I am guessing Keith didn't tell ya he was going to teach me to surf."
"Umm no he didn't" She looked at Keith, with a look of you could have told me it was him, "But obviously you didn't know who I was. And Keith forgot I have already met you"
Keith quickly replied "It is morning, my brain is not totally functional yet." Lauren laughed, and turned her gaze to Paul.
"Well I couldn't see ya very well," He said.
"Well this is gonna be fun." Keith said.
Lauren and Rosy hit the waves, while Keith stayed on the beach and taught Keith the basics. Keith looked miserable he wanted to be on the water. Lauren came back in and told Keith to go for it. "Paul I am your new teacher."
"Oh goody." Paul said.
Lauren taught Paul how to get up. And told him to make it one movement. Once Paul did that they got into the water. Paul started paddling and she told him to stand. Paul attempted and fell. Lauren yelled to him "Make sure your feet hit the board at the same time, otherwise you will fall." Paul said okay and tried again. He stood for a second and fell off. Lauren yelled another instruction "Keep your balance when you stand." Paul tried again, and kept going for a while, then he fell off.
Keith came over and yelled at Paul "Ya got in man." Then he turned to Lauren "Ya know I didn't think it could be done, but ya did it. You are amazing."
"Thanks Keith." She said.
They all road the waves for a bit longer. Paul did remarkably well. That sat on the beach and Lauren and Keith pulled out their guitars, and they started playing songs.
Back at Ryan's house, the doorbell rang. Ryan answered. "Hey, so, your room is on the second floor," He thought, "I don't think she would mind, anyways, the second best TV is on the third floor, it has a wii hooked up to it, you can play if ya like. Just be careful, It is my niece's room."
"Okay" he replied, he took his bags upstairs found his room, put his stuff down, and went to the third floor.
At the beach Rosy and Paul, went back to Ryan's house. Keith and Lauren were alone on the beach.
"This is a great spot." She said.
"Yeah it is secret, that is why we are the only ones on it." Lauren started to pick something out on the guitar. "Hey what is that your playing?" He asked. "It sounds really good."
She quickly stopped. "Oh it's nothing, not even finished yet."
"Promise to play if for me when you finish it." He said.
"Yeah."
They headed to the car, loaded up, and headed back to Ryan's house. Ryan was their to greet them. "How were the waves."
Keith and Lauren answered at the same time "Amazing." They laughed.
"Well I know you to did not get breakfast... so their are eggs, bacon, and pancakes on the kitchen counter." Ryan said.
Keith and Lauren went to the kitchen and ate all the food that was set out. Then they went upstairs, Keith stopped on the second floor, and noticed Paul's room was really messy but their was no Paul, he passed Rosy's room, where Rosy was asleep on the bed. He passed another room, with luggage in it... he thought man Ryan's house had a lot of rooms. He finally got to his room and walked in, and got out his guitar. Lauren went up to the third floor, and opened the door to her room...
She saw two huge beanbag chairs that were not in her room before. One was brown and one was blue. She noticed her TV was turned on, and a person in the chair was playing it.
"Hello." It was Paul's voice, "I hope you don't mind, Ryan said we could as long as we were careful."
"No I don't mind at all... wait did you say we."
"Umm, Oh you haven't met him, he went downstairs for some food." Paul said. If this person went downstairs for food, her and Keith would have seen him, they were just in the kitchen.
"Umm, Paul, Keith and I were just downstairs we did not see anyone but Ryan."
"Well, he was supposed to come back up and play Wii football with me." He turned around Lauren looked puzzled, "Oh I mean soccer."
"Oh." She said
"Try and find him, I think he is just scared that he will loose." Paul said. Lauren went downstairs to look for this mysterious person. She looked in the little living room on the second floor, no mysterious person, just the sound of Keith strumming his guitar and snoring from what she guessed was Rosy. She went to the ground floor. Her parents were gone, probably to meetings. She couldn't find Ryan. Then she went into the kitchen no one was in their, she saw a bottle of water and cookie on the counter, she took them. She went into the game room downstairs, nothing but a pool table, a folded up ping pong table, an air hockey table and a fuze(sp) ball table, a huge couch in front of huge TV. The game room was huge, Ryan's house was huge, onto finding the person. She looked in the living room, no one their but Harry, Ryan's cat. She looked outside. Their was a pool and the tree house which was empty. As she was coming back inside she was stopped.
"You took my cookie."
"Excuse me, your cookie, ny uncle said I could have anything that was on the counter." She replied.
"Well he might have said that, but it was mine."
"Umm, who are you. And why are you here."
"Oh I am Damian, one of your uncle's friends."
"Aren't you a little young to be my uncle's friend."
"No." He said. "So why are you here."
"Well this is my uncle's house."
He laughed, Lauren thought the laugh was gorgeous it went along well with the beautiful deep, Irish accent. "Not what I meant."
"Oh, my parents are here for business, and they decided to stay here." She replied.
"I didn't catch your name." He said.
'Oh I am Lauren, now let me see if i can get you another cookie." She went to the pantry and grabbed a box of cookies. "Sorry the only ones left are white chocolate chip."
"No problem, those are my favorite." He said. She gave him a cookie. He coughed, "The water."
'Oh yeah... we can get that upstairs."
"What do ya mean?" He asked.
"Well, their is food up their, and a fridge. So I can get you a water up their."
Just then Paul entered the kitchen and yelled, "Would you to love birds quit lolly gagging and get back up stairs. Damian get ready for defeat."
Damian blushed, and yelled back "Paul, your forgetting I am better at soccer than you."
"That might be true in real life but this is virtual soccer." Paul replied. Lauren busted out laughing, and so did Damian. Keith heard all the laughing and came downstairs to see what it was, he then quickly ran back up. Then Lauren, Damian, and Paul went upstairs to play the game. It was an interesting game of soccer...
So Lauren sat on her bed, as she watched Damian, and Paul play Wii soccer.
Damian that was a cheap shot!" Paul yelled.
"It is not my fault, you are a horrible goalie!" Damian yelled back.
"I am gonna get ya." Paul taunted.
Paul had the ball in his possession and kicked it towards the goal, Damian blocked it with ease, "Cheater!" Paul yelled, "That is cheating!"
"How is that cheating!?!" Damian yelled back, his voice cracked when he yelled the word how. He, Paul, and Lauren, started laughing really loud.
Then keith came in, "Keep it down, will ya, Rosy is trying to sleep." Every one got quiet Rosy was snoring, quite loudly. Lauren, Damian, and Paul, looked at Keith, "Okay I really just wanted to play with ya."
"Yes, we get teams." Damian said.
"I will take anyone as long as Damian is not on my team, I don't like cheaters." Paul said.
"I don't cheat," Damian was offended.
"If any one cheats it is you Paul," Keith said, Paul shot him a glance and they all laughed. They split up into teams, Keith, and Paul were on one team, and Damian and Lauren were on the other team.
"Well I didn't want Keith on my team either." Paul complained.
"Well you are stuck now, so deal with it." Keith said.
Paul thought for a minute, "Our team is called the Guys who don't cheat."
"That's a long team name." Damian said.
"Well our team is called, The Red Devils." Lauren said.
"I like it, reminds me of Man Utd." Damian said.
"That's the point." Lauren replied to Damian.
"Why can't we have a cool name like that, Paul." Keith, hit Paul on the shoulder.
Paul rolled his eyes, "Just play."
Lauren got goalie and all the defense positions while Damian got all the offensive positions. On Paul, and Keith's team, Paul got goalie and all defense positions.
"No, No, we will loose if you are goalie." Keith said.
"What do you know about football?" Paul asked.
"Enough to know that when you play it on the Wii you can't block to save your life." Keith said. Lauren and Damian were laughing. So it ended up that Keith was goalie and had control of all defensive positions and Paul had all the offensive positions.
They started to play, Lauren blocked all the goals. While Keith let a few pass him but he was fairly good. Paul's player on the screen started kicking Damian's player.
"Where is the ref when ya need one, FOUL." Damian said.
"I am not fouling you... I am trying to get the ball." Paul said.
"You mean the one Lauren's player is holding. Red Card for Paul's player."
"You are not the ref you can't give me a red card." Paul argured. Just then Lauren's player kicked the ball and it hit Paul's player on the head. "Now that was a foul!" Paul yelled.
"Oops I guess my aim was off." Lauren said.
"Sure sure." Paul said. By now the game was abandoned.
Then they heard Ryan yell, "LUNCH!" Their was a stampeed downstairs. Then Rosy stumbled down.
This was going to be an interesting lunch Keith thought.
"Okay guys, I was gonna say lets make pizza, but seeing as George ruined that for everyone by throwing the sauce."Everyone sheepishly looked around them, their were still remnants of the pizza sauce. "So we are going to make a meal of Mexican food." Ryan said.
Oh this is just asking for trouble were Keith's thoughts.
"Umm, where are George, Sarah, and my parents?" Lauren asked Ryan.
"Well you parents are working, and George took Sarah to an amusement park." Ryan replied.
"Oh." She said.
"So, I need you guys to get all the stuff, to make it fun I hid it around the house." Ryan said. That must have been why Lauren could not find him this morning.
"I want to be on Rosy's team." Paul yelled.
"Lad it is not a competition," He paused, "But that is not a bad idea."
"Okay," Rosy said.
"Wait I want to be on Rosy's team," Keith added.
"Fine you can be on our team." Paul said.
"No, No, No not fine." Damian said, "Your team has three people while ours has two."
Lauren leaned in and whispered, "You have Paul, and Keith on the same team, they will be fighting, they wont get anything done, we are younger and faster we will win hands down."
"Oh," Damian understood. "Okay it is all fine."
"Ya know, if I knew any better, I would say they are up to something." Rosy said. Lauren and Damian just smiled.
"Okay, the teams are Lauren and Damian, and Keith, Rosy, and Paul." Ryan rolled his eyes as he announced that team. "No pushing or shoving, the entire house and back yard will have ingredients so GO!"
They were off. Damian and Lauren went outside first they both said, "The Treehouse!"
Both Damian and Lauren ran to the tree house, they climbed up and sitting in the chair that Paul had sat in earlier was Molly.
"Umm, how did Molly get up here?" Damian asked.
"Why are you asking me, may be she is spider dog." She replied, Damian laughed. He had a good laugh she thought. Just then Molly got off the chair and what was revealed was an onion.
"Well I am not touching that." Lauren said.
"Neither am I." Damian said.
"Oh be a man and pick it up." Lauren said.
"Fine." He said. He slowly went towards it so Lauren gave him a little nudge. He went faster, he picked it up with two fingers and pushed it towards me.
"Hey don't give it to me."
They Ryan came out and yelled, "Lauren can you hand Molly to me?" Lauren handed Molly towards Ryan.
Lauren and Damian went inside, Ryan had marked off the counter into two sections one for Lauren and Damian's stuff, and one for Paul, Keith, and Rosy's stuff. Damian put the onion in the designated place. Then they heard Rosy yell, "I give up, you two are impossible."
Their was more yelling from Paul and Keith, and Rosy walked into the kitchen, "Hey do ya mind if i join your team."
Lauren replied "No"
But Damian replied, "Yes"
Lauren whispered to Damian, "Wait why do we mind?"
Damian whispered back, "Umm, well ya see..."
He continued all while Rosy was just standing their, "I wanted to get to know you a little more, I don't get to talk to people my age that often. Although with these guys it might seem different."
"Oh I see." Lauren said. She stopped whispering to Damian talked to Rosy again. "Umm Rosy, you would have no fun with us, why don't you just relax here in the kitchen or you can talk with Paul."
Rosy saw the reason in what Lauren said. He replied, "Okay." He went to the living room and hopped onto the couch and laid down, he grabbed the control and found a channel that had surfing on it.
Their was a deeper reason Damian wanted to go on the treasure hunt alone with Lauren, but he did not feel it was time to tell her. He thought she was beautiful, her hair was so long and perfect, her eyes were deep like a window to the soul, she was tall and graceful. Damian was falling in love, he thought she was a dancer but she knew about surfing and soccer. Damian had so many feelings towards her, she was deep, he could not wait to get to know her more.
Lauren and Damian went into the game room next, there was alot of food on the pool table and air hockey table, so they brought it back to the kitchen. Their was still know food, in Keith and Paul's section. Just then Paul came storming into the kitchen, "Surfers." He huffed.
Keith followed him, "Pauls" he huffed. And followed Paul who by now had gone outside.
Lauren and Damian just laughed, they went to to the second floor, and found more food. They brought the food down to the kitchen. By now the rest of the food was their, and Ryan yelled, "Treasure hunt is over."
Rosy jumped off the couch and turned off the TV. Keith and Paul came storming in.
"Never again will I be on your team." Keith said.
"I don't want to be on your team either, your far to bossy." Paul said.
"ME" Keith was offended, "Your the bossy one."
"I am not bossy."
Ryan butted in, "Paul you are bossy. Now you two lost the hunt."
"I am not bossy" Paul huffed.
"Yeah we lost, because of Paul." Keith said.
"NO we lost because of you." Keith argued.
Rosy jumped in, "Oh both of ye are the blame now be quiet and lets eat."
Lauren and Damian were on the floor laughing. "What do we get for winning."
"Nothing" Ryan said.
"Yeah cheaters dont get anything." Paul taunted.
Keith and Ryan told Paul, "Stop being a sore loser."
"I am not a sore loser." Paul huffed.
They moved onto making to food. Ryan cooked it all with Keith's help. It was some of the best mexican food she had ever had, and she would know she was from Texas, an place renown for TexMex or Mexican food. They finished Lunch. Damian and Lauren went to her Room, Keith joined Rosy watching the surf competition while Paul, and Ryan went outside to do something for later on.
"So how long are you staying?" Damian asked.
"Well including today, seven days." Lauren replied.
"So a week."
"Yep."
"You can get to know someone pretty well in a week." Damian implied.
"Yeah you can."
"So you wanna go see a movie."
Lauren did not give it a second thought, "Sure."
They went to the front of the house and Damian yelled, "Ryan, or whoever is listening, we are going to a movie." We walked outside he opened the passenger side door to Lauren's red jeep and helped her get in. He walked around and got in. Lauren thought man, all Irish men are gentlemen. He put the car in drive and the were off. "Nice car, I'm glad it is part mine."
"What?" Lauren was confused, "I thought this was part Keith's car."
"No, he has a car, I think he wishes he could have this car too." Damian replied.
Lauren was glad she would be sharing the car with Damian. They got to the movie theater. Damian picked a movie, and payed for Lauren's ticket and pop corn. Lauren thought he was so sweet. They went into the theater. The movie was really good. But during the end credits something happened that surprised both Lauren and Damian.
Damian leaned in, and to her surprise Lauren was too. They kissed, and quickly pulled away. Metaphorical sparks flew in both Damian's and Lauren's mind. Damian was flat out in love. And if Lauren wasn't in love before she was now.
"Wow" Damian said.
"That was amazing," Lauren said.
They looked at eachother. "So." Damian said.
"So." Lauren said.
"Umm, do you want to go out with me, I know it might be hard, but I mean..."
"Sure, I would love to go out with you."
The happy couple walked to the car hand in hand. Damian being the gentleman that he was opened her door took her hand, "In ya go m'lady." He closed the door. Lauren thought that Damian was so sweet. He walked around and got in the car. They drove home. They both stood on the porch, and Damian kissed her on the cheek. She smiled. Unknown to them Keith was watching. Damian thought Lauren had the prettiest smile ever. Damian opened the door for her, "After you." Lauren walked in, he closed the door behind him.
"We're home." Lauren yelled.
Paul appeared in front of them, "So, how did it go?" Both Lauren and Damian thought he was like a teenage girl. "I want the details." Both of them were sure he was a teenage girl inside.
Finally Damian said, "It was great, Paul."
Lauren added, "Perfect."
Paul started singing like a first grader, "Damian's got a girl friend, Damian's got a girl friend..."
Damian plainly said, "Well this time Paul, you're right."
Paul stood their shocked. Then he got the kindest look on his face. Then Ryan came up to tell everyone dinner was ready, but he stopped, "What happened?"
"Damian and Lauren are going out." Paul told him.
"Well, I knew this was going to happen." Ryan said.
Lauren and Damian said simultaneously, "Ya did?"
"Well, it was bound to happen sooner or later, plus you to just make a perfect couple."
"Thanks Ryan." Lauren said.
"Now dinner is ready, but be careful when you tell your parents, your mom might be okay, but your dad seems like the Nazi type."
Lauren told her parents they were fine with it. After dinner they asked Damian a few questions and he answered them perfectly. Lauren went to her room and took a shower. She went down to the second floor, Damian was watching TV, on the couch. Lauren walked over and told him good night and gave him a hug. He walked her up the stairs and gave her another kiss on the cheek. She smiled again.
"Oh get up early tomorrow I want you to come surfing with me."
"What if the waves are not good."
"That is fine."
She went in, then she remembered Damian did not have a board. She went back out and knocked on the door to Rosy's room. "Hey Rosy."
"Yeah, you coming surfing again."
"Yeah, can you bring the surfboard paul learned on."
"Sure." he said, "You wanna teach Damian?"
"Yeah."
"I will bring it with me and Keith. Good night."
"Good night." She walked out and closed the door. She walked up the stairs towards her room. She turned the TV off, and got into bed. The next morning she woke up bright and early. She got ready. She went to go find Damian, but she could not find him on the second floor, so she went downstairs, where she saw a sight that horrified her.
In the kitchen she saw Damian against the refrigerator terrified and somewhat shrunk down. Keith had one hand on the refrigerator he was towering over Damian. Keith and Damian were talking in hushed tones. She must have caught the end of the whatever had happened. She heard Keith say, "You better treat her like you most prized possession. You got that." Damian must have seen Lauren because then Keith said, "What?" Keith looked in Lauren's direction, "Oh, good morning Lauren, would you like some breakfast?" His attitude changed in a heart beat. What was going on.''
"Sure," She was handed a plate of waffles. "Thanks so how are you two this morning."
Keith got mad again, "Just peachy." He looked at Damian, and walked out of the room"
"Umm, Damian care to tell me what that was all about."
"What, what was all about?" Damian asked.
Lauren did not want to pry any more. But she was upset that he would not tell her what was going on. Both of them ate their breakfast. They went upstairs and grabbed their stuff. They walked downstairs with Rosy and Keith. Ryan was their to meet them again, "Have fun"
Rosy, Keith, Damian, and Lauren walked out the door. Rosy told Damian to follow, him and Keith. Damian opened the door of the red jeep for Lauren and let her in, he went around and hopped in. Keith and Rosy got in the other car. And they were off. They went to the beach. On the way, Lauren asked, "So, what happened between you and Keith?"
"Nothing," Damian replied. Something happened, Lauren could see the terror in Damian's eyes. They finally got to the beach. Lauren grabbed the two surfboards and told Damian to grab her backpack and guitar, he graciously said he would get them.
Rosy had already headed out. Lauren told Damian to put his board on the ground. "Damian I am going to teach you to surf." She said.
Keith then said, "No, No, Lauren, you taught Paul yesterday, let me teach Damian today, I want you to get maximum surfing time."
"No it is fine Keith, I can teach him."
Keith insisted that he teach Damian. So Lauren went out and hit the waves. Damian and Keith were facing the water. Lauren fell really hard. Rosy was no where to be seen. Keith saw her board but did not see her. Before he could do anything Damian was off.
Damian, was running in the water and when he could not run any more he started swimming. Keith stood on shore. Damian dove underwater. He saw Lauren floating downward. He grabbed her right hand, and pulled her up. He brought her to the surface. Keith saw them, then, he saw Rosy paddle over. Rosy gave his surfboard to Damian. They somehow had Lauren grab onto the board. Damian and Rosy brought her to shore. Her surfboard had washed ashore. Then Lauren started coughing up water and took a deep breath. Keith, Damian, and Rosy all had a big breath of relief.
"Oh thank God your okay." Damian said.
"What happened." Keith asked.
"I don't really know, I have never wiped out like that before." Lauren replied.
Rosy told what he saw, "Well you were riding the wave, and you kind of fell forward, and hit your head, you must have passed out. And if it were not for Damian..."
Lauren sat up and looked at Damian, "Thank You, Thank You, Thank You." She gave him a hug and a kiss on the cheek. "Umm, can we just keep this between us."
All three of them replied sure. Lauren sat on the beach the rest of the time. Keith successfully got Damian to stand on the board. Damian turned out to be really good. Lauren got her guitar out and started playing the same thing she was playing the day before. Damian got out of the water and came over to her, "What are you playing?" He asked.
"Oh it is nothing, not even finished." She replied.
"Play it for me when it is finished."
"Sure."
Keith got out of the water followed by Rosy. "Hey you too, we are heading back." Keith said.
Damian got the surfboards and tied them to the roof, Lauren got their stuff and her guitar and loaded them up. Damian opened the car door for her, and she got in. Damian walked around and jumped into the car. They headed home.
"Ya know ya really scared me back their." He said.
"I'm sorry, I have never..." She tried to say.
"It is fine, don't worry about it." Damian assured her.
Keith and Rosy got home, soon followed by Damian and Lauren. Keith walked in yelled that they were home, then he went to find Ryan. He found Ryan.
"Hey Keith," Ryan said, "Lunch will be ready soon." Keith could smell steak coming in from the back yard.
"Smells great, but that is not what I need to talk to you about," Keith started.
Keith continued, "Lauren had an accident today," Ryan was shocked. "Don't say anything about it to her, she is fine. But she might be a little rattled, I had an accident like that when I was younger..."
Ryan stopped him, "Mums the word. Thanks for keeping an eye on her for me."
"Any time man, she is so much like me it is like we are family. It is easy."
About this time Damian and Lauren were coming down for Lunch. George came in with a plate of steaks. "Lauren will get Sarah out of the pool."
"Sure." She said, she walked outside, Keith followed her. Lauren helped Sarah out and brought her in. When Lauren came back in their were baked potatoes on the counter, and Rosy was downstairs. Everyone grabbed a potato and steak and sat down at the huge table. The steak was delicious.
Ryan asked, "So what are you going to do this afternoon?"
Damian answered, "Well I was thinking of going to the park and playing some football."
"Sounds fun" Keith said.
"Can I come?" The little voice of Sarah asked.
Damian sweetly replied, "Sure ya can. She can can't she George."
"Of course she can, just take care of her lad." George replied.
Damian wished it was just him and maybe Lauren. He looked at Lauren with a look in his eyes that said please come with me. Lauren saw him, "Ya know I think I will go with ya Damian, I love soccer."
Ryan, Keith and Rosy all of a sudden looked really worried. Lauren saw Keith and mouthed, "I will be fine, Damian is with me." Keith kind of looked treasured but their was still a worried look in his eye.
Damian went upstairs and grabbed a soccer ball. "Come on Sarah, Lauren, lets go to the park."
Lauren grabbed Sarah by the hand. And all three of them headed towards the park.
When they got to the park Damian started passing the ball to Sarah and Lauren. Then Damian and Lauren got really worried.
Sarah had fallen. She was crying. Damian and Lauren ran over to her.
"Sarah sweetie, what's wrong." Lauren asked.
"My Ankle, My Ankle!" She screamed with tears running down her face, "It hurts."
"Maybe she twisted it?" Damian stated but it was a question.
"Damian help her up onto my back. We should get her home." Lauren said.
Sarah was still crying. Damian lifted her up on Lauren's shoulders, and they headed back to Ryan's house. Damian opened the door for Lauren and Sarah. Lauren carried Sarah into the kitchen as Damian followed. Damian took Sarah of Lauren's back and placed her on the counter. Sarah's crying had subsided a little. Damian looked in the pantry and found some ace bandages he took Sarah's ankle and started wrapping it.
"What's going on here?" A stern voice asked.
Damian and Lauren turned around, fear ran through them.
Lauren and Damian saw Keith staring at them with an evil grin. The first thought that went through Damian's head was that they were screwed. The thought that went through Lauren's mind was we are in big trouble.
Damian tried to explain, "Well, umm you see..."
Lauren remembering what had happened earlier that day, took the fall. "We were kicking the ball around and I let Sarah in the goal, I guess I kicked it to hard and when she went to block it, she tripped so it is my fault."
Sarah had stopped crying, and Damian had finished wrapping her ankle. Sarah started to stay, "But, Lauren..." Damian quickly shushed her.
Keith smugly said, "Right." He turned to walk out of the room.
"You did not have to do that." Damian whispered.
"Yes I did, after this morning, and me getting hurt, I could not let Keith go get you in trouble."
"Lauren, it is not like that."
Sarah then yelled, "DADDY!"
"Sarah, sweety, what happened?"
Sarah was smarter than both Damian and Lauren thought, "I fell, thankfully I was with Lauren and Damian, they helped me."
"Well I guess it is a good thing that we have such good friends like Damian and Lauren." George winked at them. He figured out the whole story.
Lauren left the kitchen, Damian followed. She heard him following, she turned around. "Damian, would you please just tell me what is going on between you and Keith. You looked terrified this morning, I could see it in your eyes."
Damian looked at Lauren he did not want to tell her, he knew Keith would be mad. He did not want anyone to know. "I can't tell you."
"Damian, please."
Her eyes that drew him in, the eyes that were so deep, the eyes were hurting, "Tell me what wrong with you first."
She simply answered, "I don't like secrets."But, unknown to Damian it was something much deeper.
Unknown to either of them Keith was standing at the bottom of the stairs. Lauren looked into his eyes, it was the first time she really noticed them, they were the most gorgeous blue she had ever seen. It reminded her of her surfboard the blue word on her surfboard, the word that said dream. Damian slowly started answer, "Well,"
Keith was about to charge up the stairs. "Damian, no I don't want to know." She said, almost coming to tears
Damian looked on both sides of him, "I have to tell you..."
He grabbed her by the arms and took her to his room. He closed the door behind him.
"Look, everyone knows your exactly like Keith. The only difference is your hair color and eye color. But you both surf, you both skateboard, you both play guitar. It is like you are his sister."
"Damian, stop, don't tell me. If Keith did not want you to tell me, then I don't want you to tell me."
"But what about not liking secrets."
"That is with some secrets, but this one needs to be kept."
"But now, I know you want to know you want to know. It will be hard not to tell you."
Keith was standing outside with his ear pressed against the door. He turned around with his back facing the door, he grabbed his head, he turned back around. He placed his hand on the door knob, he hesitated. He opened the door, "Damian just tell her, obviously she doesn't want to hurt either of us."
"But Keith,"
"No, if you wont tell her I will." He grabbed Lauren by the hand, and lead her through the house. He opened the back door and walked towards the tree house. Lauren was so confused. He climbed up the tree house, and stuck his hand down for Lauren to grab she grabbed it and he pulled her up. They walked to the door, inside Paul was sitting where he was when Lauren first met him. "Paul, get out." Keith ordered.
Now Paul was confused so he got out, and went inside. He saw Damian standing in the door way. He paused but he went inside.
"Look, Keith if you don't want me to know, then don't tell me."
"I know, but you seem to care about both of us. It is okay." He pointed to a chair and told Lauren to sit down. "Look, it started when Ryan told me to come with him to pick you up at the airport. He was telling me what you were like. I saw my self in you. Then I met you, I decided to take you under my wing, as another sister. You understand."
"Yeah, but why didn't you want to tell me."
"I didn't want ya to think any different of me."
"I would never do that." She gave him a hug, and he hugged back.
They climbed out of the tree house, and walked back in, they passed Damian, "So..." Keith winked at him. Damian gave a sigh of relief.
Lauren's parents came home, it was about time for dinner. Lauren and Damian set the table. "So everything is okay?" He asked.
"Yeah." Lauren answered simply.
Every one sat down, and Ryan brought out the dinner. Every one started eating. Then Lauren's mom asked, "So what happened today?"
Ryan, Keith, Damian, Rosy, George, and Sarah all looked at each other. They all answered at the same time, "Nothing."
Paul, "Well, I will tell you about my day." He told the story, and was getting to the end, "... Then i was rudely told to get out of the tree house by Keith..."
Keith yelled, "PAUL!"
"What that was part of my day."
Then Damian yelled, "PAUL!"
"What did I say."
Lauren and Keith rolled their eyes. "Alright what happened today?" Lauren's dad asked.
"Oh would ya look at the time." Keith said.
"Delicious dinner, Ryan." Damian added.
"Sit down." Lauren's dad commanded. Damian and Keith sat down. "Well whose gonna start."
Keith started talking, "Well I guess it was my fault."
The entire table but Paul, and Lauren's parents yelled, "No."
"No it is, I will take all the blame." Keith told the whole story of what had happened that morning. Then Sarah told her story of what had happened that after noon, then Keith finished the story.
Everyone was scared of how Lauren's parents would react. Then Lauren's dad stood up, and pounded the table with his fist....
Lauren's dad scared everyone at the table, he was an intimidating man. Then he just started laughing. "It was bound to happen sooner or later." He laughed as he excused himself since he was finished.
Everyone left was confused, what was going on. Lauren's mom finished soon, and answered the question, "He just doesn't want her getting hurt but it was bound to happen." Everyone was relieved he was not mad. They all got the feeling they did not want to see his anger come into full affect.
"Well," Ryan said a little nervous. "Paul and I have been talking, and we are going to take you on a camping trip tomorrow."
Everyone was really excited, "Sorry, Sarah we are going back home tomorrow." George told Sarah her smile dropped, but then it came back because she was going to get to see her mom. George excused him and Sarah from the table so they could go pack.
"Well we are leaving tomorrow, it will take a day to get there, we will spend a day at the sight, and then we will drive back the next day. Lauren was a little sad, her last day in Ireland was going to be in a car with Paul, Keith, Rosy, Damian, and Ryan, not that that was bad. But she wished she could spend it with Damian. Her seventh day though would be spent in the airport. Ryan cleared the table, and everyone went up to pack. Ryan grabbed Lauren by the arm and stopped her. "I know you are a bit sad at the fact that your last full day in Ireland will be spent with all of us in a car, but we will be home before dinner." with that he raised his eyebrows in smirked. Lauren couldn't wait for her last day now. "Oh and you will have your own tent, and we got you a sleeping bag, and everything you could need."
"Thanks Ryan." calling him uncle just did not seem right to Lauren, it made him seem older, and it was to formal.
She walked up the stairs to her room. She was packing all her stuff as Paul and Damian came in. Paul went over to her bed and picked up her cherished penguin, It went with her everywhere. "What's this?" He said as he looked it. He started laughing.
"Oh it is just a stuffed animal." Lauren replied.
"Looks like it is important." Damian said looking at. Their was nothing special about the penguin just that she had it since she was three and, that it was wearing a texas tech t-shirt. She felt uncomfortable having people touch it.
"I think it is cute." Paul said, "Kind of looks like Keith." He laughed.
"Okay, that is enough playing with Pengi." Lauren walked over and grabbed it from Paul.
Paul busted out laughing, "Pengi, what kind of name is that."
Lauren started to tear up, "One that was given to him when I was three."
"Paul! Could you be any more inconsiderate." Damian was appalled.
Paul quickly wiped the grin off his face he was ashamed, then Lauren and Damian just started laughing. Paul knew he was being wound up, and started laughing too. "But seriously don't touch my penguin again." Lauren said trying to hold back the laughter, but she really was serious. Lauren put the penguin in her backpack.
"That is not why we came up here." Damian said. "We wanted to see if you needed help packing." Nope I am done" Lauren plainly stated.
Paul left, leaving Damian alone with Lauren. He walked up to Lauren and gave her a kiss on the cheek, "Good night." he said as he walked out of the room.
Lauren snuggled into her bed, and drifted to sleep. She dreamed of wonderful things. She woke up in the middle of the greatest dream her and Damian were in Texas it was like a picture out of the story book. She saw that Ryan was their. "Get up and get dressed, I cooked eggs and bacon for breakfast."
Lauren got dressed, she was wearing black Nike shorts and blue long sleeve shirt. Despite the coldness of Ireland Lauren always wore shorts, it did not seem to bug her at all. She grabbed her back pack which had all her stuff in it and headed downstairs. The breakfast was delicious. Keith was packing lots of cooking stuff. "Uh, Keith what's with all that."
"Well, I am a pretty good cook, so I decided to take over the cooking duties on the trip."
"Awesome." Lauren replied.
Then Ryan told everyone to hurry up. They all got in the blue van, Lauren's parents were borrowing Ryan's car. Ryan was driving with Rosy next to him. In the bucket seats were Lauren and Damian, and In the back were Keith and Paul, this car ride had trouble written all over it.
They could still see Ryan's house when Keith and Paul got into it.
"Your touching my leg, stop touching my leg please" Paul said.
"I am not touching your leg." Keith said back.
"Yes you are look you are touching my leg." Paul replied to him.
"I am not touching my leg... Oh look now your touching my leg." Keith said.
"I am not touching your leg, you touched mine first." Paul said.
"No I did not you are touching my leg now and it is bothering me." Keith was get angry.
"Why would I want to touch your leg, it is all covered in cooties." Paul was getting angry now.
"I am not covered in as many cooties as you." Keith argued.
"I am appalled I do not have cooties." Paul argued back
"Oh come on I can see crawling all over you, their are to really big ones above your eyes!" Keith was yelling now.
"Those are my eyebrows, Mr. Just because I don't have swanky eyebrows I can make fun of Paul's!" yelled back.
The argument went on for another five minutes Lauren and Damian were laughing their heads of when Ryan yelled, "IF YOU TO DON"T STOP ARGUING I AM TURNING THIS CAR AROUND!"
Paul with his index finger pointed at Keith said, "He started it."
"I did not."
"Yes you did."
"I did not"
"Yes you did."
"I did not."
"Yes you did, you started it when you touched my leg."
"I NEVER TOUCHED YOUR DARN LEG!"
"YOU TWO ARGUE MORE THAN A GROUP OF FOUR YEAR OLDS OVER A BLUE CRAYON!" Ryan yelled. "Stop arguing or I WILL turn this car around."
That seemed to stop the arguing for fifteen minutes, then it started again.
"Did you just touch my hair, I cannot believe you just touched my hair." Keith said hotly.
"I did not touch your hair." Paul responded.
"Yes you did."
"Why would I want to touch that mop."
Keith was furious and even though he had his seat belt on he attacked Paul. Their was a wrestling match in the back seat. The wrestling match went on for a while. "Ow you pulled my hair." Paul yelled.
"I did not touch your hair." Keith yelled.
"Yes you did I felt you pull it."Paul argued.
"I would never touch that glooped up mess you call hair. I mean it is all product." Keith argued back.
They kept wrestling each other for about three hours Ryan and Rosy tried to tune it out. While Lauren and Damian were laughing like mad men. It was close to lunch time Ryan spotted a restaurant got off the rode and parked. "EVERYONE OUT!" he yelled. Everyone got out of the car. "Lauren, Rosy, Damian go inside and get us a table, I need to talk to these lunatics." He said.
Lauren, Rosy, and Damian went inside. Keith, Paul, and Ryan were left standing outside. "In my defense." Paul said, "Keith started the whole thing by touching my leg."
"Paul be quiet, let the man talk," Keith said.
"Both of HUSH, you are grown men, could please attempt to act like it, I don't want to make a scene in the restaurant." Ryan begged.
"I promise." They both said. But everyone knew that promise might not last thirty seconds.
The three of them walked inside, and sat down where Lauren, Rosy, and Damian were. That is when the promise was broken.