Archive - The Vacation (A comedy)

CHAPTER TWO STILL PACKING



Bob's sister, Sue, helped him get the suitcases to their mom and dad's room. Then they lugged their own suitcases up the stairs. Bob sat for a minute wondering what to bring. Obviously, he should bring his swimming legs and his camera. Then bring some clothes, some suvineer money, and a few games to play. The next day everyone hurried to get ready. "Bob, can you take the suitcases outside?" "I'm eating!" "Well hurry up!" And so on. After a hour and a half, the suitcases were in the family SUV. After the large, black vehicle rolled onto the street, Sue jokingly asked "Are we there yet?" To be continued…

CHAPTER FOUR BRICK SHORES



An hour after the bag incident, Sue and Bob began to grow bored. There wasn't anything to look at out the window. Just trees. They had just decided to play unlimited rock, paper, scissors when they stopped at a Brick-Fil-A. On the way in they did a round. "Fire!" (Sue) "Hired bodyguard!" (Bob) "Fire burns the bodyguard!" "No! He punches the fire!" "How is that possible?" "It just is." Then they then had to get out of the car. "Yay! Brick-Fil-A!" After they ordered soft drinks and hamburgers, they sat a booth near a window. "So, how do you feel about the trip?" Dad asked. Sue said she couldn't wait for them to get there. Bob said that he could almost feel the water. After that they started talking about why they built restraunts "way out in the sticks" Dad started to say that people live here but Mom interrupted and said that it was rude to say that. A while after that, they got back into the car.

CHAPTER SIX THE HOUSE



As they drove up to the small, neglected looking, house that was in need of paint, Bob groaned, Mom gasped, Dad looked at the address again, and Sue sighed deeply. The lawn was overgrown and sandy, the fence was falling apart, the door looked dangerously delicate, and worse yet, the house itself was a faded bright blue! It looked way too small. "That's weird, it looked better in the pictures." Dad said. "Everything does." Said Sue sarcastically. Dad took an old key from his pocket and walked to the door. "Let's hope this doesn't fit." Dad muttered. It did. Inside, it smelled like an old shed. There wasn't much furniture. Luckily, the basement was furnished. "I guess this will be home for the next few weeks." Said Dad with an unconvincing, forced smile. The children immediately went to explore the house. "There are only two bedrooms and one bathroom." Said Bob. "Will I have to share a bedroom with Sue?" "Yes." Said Dad. Both of them groaned.

CHAPTER EIGHT THE BEACH



As soon as the one board gave way, Bob fell on the other boards, all of which collapsed under his weight. By the time everyone arrived at the scene of the accident, Bob had gotten up. Luckily, he wasn't injured badly. After Mom had insisted that Bob take a shower in the rather musty smelling shower, they went to bed. Although there were only two beds, they were both pretty big. Both Sue and Bob had enough room. When bob, who was the first to wake up, tried to get out of bed, he forget that he wasn't in his own bed. He tried to roll to the side of the bed. Thump! "Aaauuuggghhh!" Half an hour later, breakfast was on the table. Sue was still grumbling about her unsavory awakening. Mom and Dad were trieing to be cheerful even though they were annoyed at the untimely rousing. "So," Mom said. "How do you like the house? Bob was about to say that it was a piece of junk when Sue, knowing what was on her brother's mind, quickly put in "it's alright…" "Wow! that was a sarcastic thing to say!" Bob added. An hour and a half later, they were standing at the edge of the beach. It appeared to be more shells than sand. Also, the water looked deep. They didn't have much ocean before it became too deep for them. "At least the water is clear…" said Bob.

CHAPTER TEN IN TOWN



That afternoon, Mom and Dad took them into town. They were going to explore downtown and eat at a restraunt. As soon as they got there, both Bob and Sue both at once asked "Can we see the lighthouse? Please?" "Lets see how much it costs." Dad responded. It was only a small fee to ascend the thick, metal staircase that led to the top. As they climbed it, Bob tried to count the steps but lost count. As they stood at the top, marveling at the incredible view, Sue whispered to Bob. "I'm glad we can't see our house from here." "I agree." Bob answered. "It would probably look worse." After a while, they got cold and descended. After walking a short distance, they stood at the restraunt Dad had picked out, The Island Brick.

CHAPTER TWELVE SUVINEERS PART ONE



Some days later…

The next morning, Bob fell off his bed again. "AAAAAUUUUUGGGGGHHHHH!¡!" That left everyone, even Bon, a little grumpy. That didn't help the children take the news that was announced after breakfast. "Well." Dad said. "Today we will go get suvineers and… "Whoo!" Shouted Bob and Sue together. "…and." Continued Dad, giving them the hairy eyeball for interrupting. "We have to leave tomorrow. "Awwww!" Moaned the children. "I thought you disliked this house. Said Mom. "It's not the house, it's the beach." Defended Sue. "And going back to school do soon." Put in Bob. Well, at least we get to go get suvineers." Sue said disappointedly. An hour later at the suvineer shop… "Woa! This place is enormous! Exclaimed Bob. "Since this place is so big, we will have to split up to find what we all want. Meet at the register in an hour and a half." Said Dad. After Bob had thouruogjly lost his spence of direction, a man found him. "Do you know the way out of here?" He asked. "No." Bob said. The man began to peel a banana in his hand, but decided against it. "Do you want this banana?" He asked. "I'm not that hungry." "No." Said Bob. "Besides, my mom says to never take food from strangers and I don't like bananas that much. Also, that is a really soggy banana. The man gets all red in the face and gets really mad that his kindly offer was critisized. "NOW DON'T YOU INSULT MY FAVORITE FOOD!¡!" The man shouted angrily. "OR I'LL, I'LL…" stuffs the banana into Bob's mouth and runs away.