the shrieking mermaid

7/30/2019 The Shrieking Mermaid

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Chapter One: Things GettingInto Place

(Dont know why I called thechapter this; I guess I didnt haveany ideas) s

Savonnah Henderson looked at her clock, Dang.She groaned. It was after four in the morning, andshe still couldnt get to sleep. She didnt havemuch going on in the morning; it was summer, soshe could stay up as late as she wanted, right? Yes,but she was very grumpy in the morning if shedidnt get enough sleep.

She tried to roll over in a better position; her bed

squeaked like a mouse, her bed had always beenvery annoying in that way, squeaking andgroaning, and just being plain old retarded. Nope,didnt work. She turned on her light, and trieddoing a Sudoku. Okay the 9 goes here, the 7 goesthere And she kept on doing these fun puzzlesfor about one hour, and then finally, finally fell into

a dreamless sleep.

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When Savonnah woke up in the morning sheglanced at her clock. Whoa! It was 12:30 PM! Well,at least I got my sleep, she chuckled.

She got up, yawned and stretched; as she did shefelt her back pop. It felt so relaxing, and she loveddoing it in front of her mom, who hated the sound.She grinned stupidly, it always put a smile on herface when she though of that.

She put on her favorite pair of Capris, and yellowbaggy shirt. She hated happy colors, but not todayfor some reason. She walked downstairs, andalmost tripped on her sister Sierras stupid dogRuby. She was a little Cho Weiner and everybodythough she was soooooo cute, but Savonnah knewher true side. She was a yappy dumb blob thatlooked like a rat. Savonnah loved rats, but not one

that looked this ugly.

Savonnah started poking around in hope of findingsomething good to eat. Her mom and Dad weremost likely taking a walk, she thought. It lookedlike her mom did actually make breakfast, but

unfortunately there wasnt any food left for poorSavonnah.Oh well, guess Ill have some toast. She stalkedoff over to the bread box, and popped the toastinto the toaster. While she was waiting she walked


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over to the computer, to see if there were anymessages in her mail. There was! She had gottentwo messages from three of her best friends:

Darlene Thompson (She lives in Vancouver, WA.She used to live in Dayton, but she moved there along time ago, it had been a long time sinceSavonnah had seen her, and she wanted to see herso badly) and Rebecca and Alyssa White. Sweet,she thought. She scrolled the mouse over andclicked on Darlenes first. It read:

Dear Savonnah,

Hey. I just got this e-mail from this guy that my dad knows at work. He was going to go to

Hawaii with his wife, but they just found out that she is pregnant, so obviously they dont want

to go. So, he was wondering where he could give the four tickets away (he bought a few extra

tickets in case he lost the two others). Well, he decided to give them to my dad. Dad didnt

want to go, and neither did Mom, so they said that you, I, Becca and Alyssa should go. We are

all eighteen, so I dont see why we shouldnt be able to go.

We would be spending 10 days in main Hawaii, and would be leaving in one week. So, get

back to me, and tell me if you can go.

Your Best Friend Forever (YBFF),

Love,

Darlene

WhoaSavonnah thought. That would be so muchfun, but Ill have to wait until Mom and Dad get

done from their walk to ask them.She clicked on the message from Becca andAlyssa. It read:

Dear Savonnah,


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OMG did you get the e-mail from Darlene? Weve asked our parents, and they said we could

go, under one condition: that we dont get eaten bye a shark, lol. I dont think that that will be

a problem. Were supposedly staying at this place in Hawaii, called: Whoo Whoo Hawaii.

Yeah, it sounds very interesting, but it has a swimming pool, so YAY! There isnt really

anything to complain about, since we are going for free. I am soooo excited!

So, tell us if you can go (*crossing our fingers*). Hope you can!

Much love,

Becca and Alyssa

Okay, awesome! She screamed. If theyreallowed to go, I must be able to go. She thought

allowed, Well, I hope Ill be able to, sometimesMom and Dad can get into moods where theywont let you do anything.

Just then Jordan came bursting in the house. Jordanis her retarded brother. He is one year older thanher. He is doing college online, but he is back for alittle visit this summer, just like her sister

Sierra.unfortunately.

About time you got up, dummy. He snickered asif he told a funny joke (which he didnt, because henever told funny jokes, just immature ones, likehimself). We already had lunch; because you weretoo busy sleeping.

I dont care, Im making myself some toast, andIm sure its better than whatever your greasy littlehands made. She said remorsefully. Just then sheremembered her toast. Oh no, she thought. She


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ran to the toaster. Yep, just as she thought: burntto a crisp.

Um, I think that what I at just might have been alittle teensy- weensy better. He grinned his stupidgrin. Jordan was a kind of person that believed thathe was the best thing that ever happened to thisworld, and that everybody should spend all of theirtime doing stuff, and working for him, and thendoes anything else for anybody. He was stupid, butwhat can you expect from a brother? Especially anelder brother. Savonnah always thought that hewould learn to grow up, and not be so immature,but do you really think that that happened? Nope,most definitely not, and as you can tell he justproved himself to still be very immature. It didntlook like there was going to be any kind of hope ofhim changing.

Savonnah threw her toast at him in frustration. Hedodged out of the way, and hit Sierras dog Ruby.She growled and gnashed her teeth at the toast, itwas hilarious to watch.

Whatever. Growled Savonnah at Jordan, and

went outside, in hope of finding her mother andfather. She just hoped that they would actually lether go to Hawaii, she wanted to go so badly, andshe felt that if she didnt go.well it wouldnt begood. So, she waited in impatience to find out if


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she actually would be able to go on this fun tripwith her friends.

Chapter 2: Asking Is Harder ThanYou Think

Savonnah decided to wait until after they took theirwalk to ask her parents. Its better, Savonnah

thought. They usually are so uptight after they takewalks, so Ill ask them during dinner.

For dinner Savonnahs mom made a curie dish. Itwas an Indian type of food, and everyone(Savonnah, Mr. Henderson, and Mrs. Henderson,Jordan, Sierra, and even Felice.Savonnahs oldestsister, who is married and has a baby named HalieAnne Reed, who was born in April) loves it.Savonnah set out the dinner plates, forks, spoons,knives, napkins, cream, butter, tea pot, sugar andfive tea cups (Mrs. Henderson loves tea; they haveit at every meal. Savonnahs best friend Darlenealso loves tea as well).

As they all sat down to dinner, Savonnah thought itmight be a good time to ask them.

So, mom and dad? I have a question to ask. Shesaid nervously.


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Yes, dear? Mrs. Henderson replied.

Um She started talking extra fast,DarleneemailedmeBeccaandAlyssaandshewantedtoknowifwecouldallgotoHawaiicuzthisguythatherdadknowshasextraticketsbuthiswifegotpregnantsotheycouldntgoandhewonderedifDarlenewantedthetickets! So can I go?

Uh.. They both stared at her in shock, at thesudden whirlpool thrust upon them. Well have todiscuss it, well see.

Well, it has to be decided kind of fast, because wewould leave in one week, and we would stay forten days. I have to be able to let Darlene that I cango like.tomorrow.

Okay, how about tonight when we are about to goto bed, your dad and I will decide. Just be patient.Said her Mom.

Okay, thanks. And she started picking at her

curie.

Later after they all were done with there dinner,Savonnah decided to e-mail Darlene.


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She wrote:Dear Darlene,

I asked my parents, and they havent answered my question yet. They said that they are going to

decide in about an hour, so Ill get back to you in a bit.

Love,

Savonnah

She clicked send, and shut down the computer.

Savonnah! Mrs. Henderson shouted.

What? Savonnah replied.

Come up here, your dad and I want to saysomething!

Okay, Ill be there in a sec.

She hoped that they were shouting at her to talk toher about going to Hawaii, and she just hoped thatit would be yes.

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Savonnah ran upstairs to her mom and dads room.She knocked on the door. Come in. Someonesaid. Savonnah slowly entered the room.


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You wanted me? She said.

Yes. Said Mr. Henderson. We just wanted to tellyou that, we think it would be a good idea to letyou go to Hawaii with your friends. You after all are18, and I think that it is a good idea to let you go.

OH MY GOSH! THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!Savonnah ran over and kissed each on the cheek.Thank you so much. She repeated.

Your welcome. They said surprised that they hadgotten that much love.

Ive got to go tell Darlene, and Rebecca & Alyssa.Savonnah ran down to the computer, and typed inher password to Yahoo! Mail.

Dear Darlene. She typed

Ive just finished talking to my parents, and theysaid that it would be a good idea to let me go toHawaii! So, yes. I can go. I AM SO EXCITED! Illmeet you on the plane!

Your Best Friend,

Savonnah


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She hit send and then wrote to Rebecca andAlyssa, that she could go.

This was the happiest day of her life. (SorryDarlene, Its kind of slow, sorry).

Later that night, Darlene wrote to Savonnah andsaid:

Dear Savonnah,

Hey, thats great news. Well be getting on the plane at 5: 30 AM in Vancouver, and well go

to Hawaii from there. Ill meet you at the airport. Have you or your parents drive you overhere. Rebecca and Alyssa are going in the same car (thats going to be a lot of fun for them,

now isnt it? Hahaha).

So, good that you can come!

Darlene

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Chapter 3: STUPID PEOPLE, ANDPLANES

Savonnah was in the car, in the outskirts ofVancouver. YAY she thought, I am finally here!

She cut the engine, at the airport and got out.Hm she thought, Darlene isnt here yet, but of


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course she wouldnt be here, she was always late.It looked like Rebecca and Alyssa were herethough.

Alyssa looked lovely with her beautiful wavy blondehair. She was a perfect height, and a perfectshape. Rebecca was beside Alyssa with her longflowing brown hair. It looked like her hair wassparkling in the sun.

Hey, guys! Savonnah said. Its so good to seeyou.

Hey! replied Alyssa giving Savonnah a hug, Itsbeen too long.

Yeah, thats definitely for sure.

So, did Darlene call you? Because she seems a

little late, Rebecca said looking at her clock.

Um, Rebecca? Have you not noticed, but Darleneis always late? Savonnah said.

Oh yeah, I guess. She laughed.

Hey! somebody shouted. Thats not nice; Imonly about 10 minutes late. Darlene was gettingout of her car when she most likely heard the girlstalking about her. She was about the same height


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as Rebecca and Savonnah, and had beautiful thickbrown hair. She walked forward towards them.

Hey, Darlene! everybody shouted.

Hey! You guys ready to go to Hawaii!? shescreamed.

YEAH!!!!!! everybody shouted.

Okay then, well need to get on the plane; itsalmost 5:30 right now, so we need to hurry,Darlene said.

They all started towards the air terminal. It wasvery crowded -- after all it was summer -- but thiswas unusually crowded. They went through all ofthe required buzzers and beepers, and got onto the

plane.

This is so awesome, Savonnah said. I havenever been on a plane before; I cant wait until wetake off!

Yeah, I know. This was all I could think about

when I learned that we could all go to Hawaii, saidDarlene. Everybody agreed.

Oh great, new timers, somebody said behindthem. The girls whirled around to see who had


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spoken. Right there were two boys who looked likethey were the girls same age, and looked like theywere very immature. Ive always hated it when

people like those girls over there get on planes likethis, one of them said to the other, They are sodumb. EVERYBODY has been on a plane before.The boy said it very loudly, obviously for the fourgirls to hear.

You know we can hear you, right? Darlene asked.

Oh, yeah? The boy said innocently. We werentsaying anything at all, you know, just talkingamongst ourselves.

Right. Darlene decided to just ignore them. But itturned out to be very hard to ignore. As they weregetting ready to take off, the boys behind them

(the girls nicknamed them: SBBU = stupid boysbehind us) started making fun of them, such as:Whats the matter, are you getting angry? Oh,thats too bad, why you getting angry? We didntdo anything, thats for sure. On and on and on.

Girls? Savonnah whispered. We need to think of

a plan, to shut the traps of these boys; they arereally getting on my nerves. We all have brothersjust as annoying as these guys, but I cant think ofanything that would get them mad or angry, or to


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shut up. Hmmmmmm. The girls silently thoughtof annoying things to do to the SBBU.

Hey, Ive got an idea. Darlene whispered. Ishould pretend to go to the bathroom, and thensneak up behind them and pour some water downtheir shirts.Hows that sound?

Um, one problem, Darlene. It would get the seatswet, and then we would probably get in trouble.Rebecca said. All of them agreed.

Yeah, I guess it wouldnt be the best if thathappened, Darlene admitted.

Hey! Ive got an idea! Savonnah exclaimed.

What? Rebecca, Alyssa and Darlene asked.

We should wait until all of the flight attendants goaway, and then we should all go over to the boysand beat them up. Not very hard of course, but justa few karate kicks. Savonnah had taken karatewhen she was in 9th grade, and she was actuallypretty good, she just.yeah, she didnt actually

follow all of the rules of karate, but her own kicks,and punches were good.She thought. Well givethem a warning, and if they dont take us seriously,and keep on being stupid, well beat them up. Isthat okay?


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YEAH! They all shouted. The boys turned theirheads, and smirked.

Thinking of a plan, girls? Oh my gosh, you canthink? NO way! When did you learn? Thats socool. Do you have a brain too? The two boyslaughed at their stupid words.

Guys? We are giving you a warning, if you call usnames, or make fun of us anymore; we are goingto do something that is not pleasant. Okay?Alyssa said.

Ooooooooooooohhhhh, were scared! Theylaughed. Come and get us crybabies, do youreally think we would take you seriously, a wholebunch of little turds?

Okay, the flight attendants are gone, we can do itnow. Alyssa stated. Okay, lets go.

The girls all got out of their seats, and walkedtowards the boys.

Are you coming over here to play with Barbiedolls? Yes? I thought so, while youre at it, will youplease try to find your brain? Please? Its veryupsetting, when people dont have brains, such asyourselves. Oh, whos getting angry are y-----


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They didnt get time to finish their sentences, thegirls walked very fast and started punching, and

karate chopping them.

Darlene went for the boy on the left, and kickedhim in the chest. Alyssa kicked the same one thatDarlene was beating up in the mouth. Rebecca hitthe guy on the right on the ear, and finallySavonnah karate chopped the same one on theleg.The boys howled in pain, the girls snickered evilly.

We better stop. Alyssa stated. I think I hearsomeone coming.

The girls immediately stopped, and took theirseats, just as a flight attendant came to see what

the noise was about.

Everything okay here? The flight attendantasked.

Yes, just fine. The girls answered politely.

Nut uh! The boys cried They beat us up, for noreason at all!


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Are you kidding? We would never do anything likethat. Darlene looked innocently up at the flightattendant. We didnt do such a thing.

I believe you. And she walked away, muttering toherself, Who would believe something such asthat, girls beating up on boys. Never heard of sucha thing.boys must be mental, why yes..

The girls peeked behind them, at the two boys,who were still crying, like babies (Just like mybrother, Savonnah thought).

Now, you stop saying mean stuff at, Alyssa said,speaking for all of the girls.

The boys nodded pathetically.

The girls turned around in satisfaction. Well, theyactually might just have a nice trip to Hawaii afterall.

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CHAPTER 4: WHOO WHOO

HAWAII

The Pilot has turned on your fasten seat beltssign, please return to your seat, and fasten your


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seat belts. Thank you. said the smooth voice overthe intercom. So they must be close to landing.

Savonnah, Rebecca and Alyssa buckled theirseatbelts, but Darlene did not.

Um. Darlene? Savonnah said, Arent you goingto buckle your seat belt?

Nah, she replied, I dont want to. I never bucklemy seat belt in the car, why here?

Well, Savonnah answered, Because in LOST (aTV-Show) when they had their fasten seat beltslight on, a guy didnt buckle his seat belt, and hewent flying when the plane hit an air pocket. Doyou want to be that guy?

Well, I guess not, she began buckling her seatbelt.

Much better, thought Savonnah.

Hey, look! shouted Alyssa, Look at the beach,and man that water is beautiful.

Oh my gosh, that is so pretty, they all said, and ittruly was. The beautiful trees, the lovely Hawaiiansun shown down on the hot beach. There were a


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bunch of people on the beach, but why not? It wasa very nice day out, with the sun and everything.

The plane was slowly slowing down; it was headingstraight for the airport, zooming past the water.

Is that a shark? Alyssa gasped.

No, Alyssa. That is seaweed, said Alyssas sisterin impatience.

Oh, yeah. I guess so, she blushed inembarrassment. Everybody burst out laughing ather blush.

The plane was slowing down very slowly, and thegirls looked out there window, to find that theywere landing.

YAY! screamed Rebecca, Were here!!!!!!

Shut up, said somebody behind them. The girlsknew immediately who it was: SBBU (of course).What did we tell you? the girls said in a sternvoice, We are going to be landing soon, and well

have much more space, and time to do some morebeating up, so if you dont want your headschopped off, be quiet. Savonnah was the personto say that sentence; she had always been more ofa violent person.


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The boys shrunk back in fear, with their eyesbulged out like aliens. Savonnah smiled, and so did

the rest of the girl.(Im warning you. Dont be eating anything whenyou read this part).The plane came to an abrupt stop. Everybodyaround them started unbuckling there seatbelts,getting up, stretching and groaning. One guy a fewseats ahead of the girls, looked terribly green. Hismouth puffed out. Oh no, thought the girls, just ashe spit out green clumps of stuff, right in theirfaces.

The girls screeched, just as the yucky goop hit theirfaces. Throw up right on there perfect make-uppedfaces. Maybe its a new style in Hawaii? No, I donot think so.

You guys, we really probably need to go to thebathroom to get this stuff off, Darlene said.Everybody agreed with her on that.

They all got their luggage that they could bring onthe plane, and headed for the bathroom, Rebecca

was a clean freak so she wasyes: freaking out.Oh my gosh! What am I going to do? I havehuman filth right on my very face!!!!! ARGH!!!!!on and on. And the girls, kept on trying to reassureher, that she wasnt going to die.just yet.


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As they all washed off the goop from their faces,Savonnah realized that their luggage must be

covered in the stuff. Ugh, thought Savonnah,Rebecca is going to freak when she sees it.Hopefully there wasnt much on the suitcases.

There, said Rebecca, after getting it all off herface, and believe me it was all off of her face, Ithink that I got the last of it, finally!!!! She criedjoyfully.

Well, you definitely would be the one to know if itwas all off of your face, thats for sure, respondedAlyssa. Everybody laughed, because it was so true.

Hey, you guys, said Darlene, Checking in timewas 10 minutes ago, we might want to get there

right now, and we might be able to talk the personin the office to let us get in, all of the girls agreed,and went in search of their luggage.

There is mine! shouted Alyssa pointing at a pinkbackpack. She had always been the one to justshout at stuff, and not think that there might just

be more people in the airport. Some people glaredat her evilly, and she shrank back inembarrassment, and shock. I guess I should shutup, she said in a pathetic voice. Darlene, Rebeccaand Savonnah, knew that Alyssa had a problem


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with her high pitched voice, but they didnt want allof those nasty people to be so nasty to her.

Hey! they said to the nasty looking people, whowere still glaring, Shes just excited, wouldnt yoube excited too? Or are you guys just old grumps?Rebecca had put in the last part, she had alwaysbeen the nice one to go out and say anything, ifanyone said one bad peep about her bestfriends/sisters. The grumps didnt reply, just shooktheir heads, and walked creepily away. Rebeccamumbled something about these people weredefinitely grumpy, and that maybe the Hawaiiansun just needs to get to them.

Come on guys, we really need to find our luggage,Darlene said earnestly, looking at her watch, Wehave about 15 minutes, until they will probably

forget about us. The girls started walking towardsthe luggage stand, when they saw someone thatthey never hoped to lay eyes on again: SBBU. Ohno, they all thought. The boys actually hadntnoticed them yet, but when they felt their evilstare, there eyes bulged, and they ran for it. One ofthe boys had a bruise on his neck, and a patch of

missing hair. Cool, thought Savonnah, I did that.

The boys were out of sight, before the girls couldsay one nasty remark about them. Weve taughtthem, thought the girls mischievously.


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I already know where mine is, Alyssa said, shewent and picked up her pink backpack, and her

makeup case.

Quickly Rebecca and Darlene also found their bags.It took Savonnah a little longer to find hers.

And now, the time that they had all been waitingfor. They slowly stepped out of the airport, and intothe hot Hawaii sun.

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CHAPTER 5: THE BEACH ANDSHARKS

We are going to have to walk from here, statedDarlene. The reason that they had to walk wasbecause they didnt rent a car. They (of course)didnt have enough money. They did have money,but not entirely enough.

The girls had been walking for about 30 minutesnow, and they finally saw the sign of their hotel:

WHOO WHOO HAWAII HOTEL INN AND SUITES!!!(And the sign was also in Spanish for some peculiarreason). The girls sighed in contentment as the toohot Hawaii weather was blown away with thewonderfully cold air conditioner.


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Oh I love Hawaii, but I love air conditioner,Savonnah breathed in contentment.

We should go swimming! Alyssa suddenly criedout unexpectedly, It would be really fun, dont youguys think?

Yes, but arent there sharks? Rebecca askednervously.

Of course there are, Darlene answered, but,well just stay away from them. She said simply,she wasnt ever very sympathetic to Rebeccasworrying modes, as you should know.

But howll we do that? They could sneak up on is,they could bite off our legs, eat our heads. Chew

our noses up!

Seriously Rebecca stop it, chew our noses up?Alyssa said to her freaking out sister, well wearsuits. And seriously where did you ever hear theword of chewing up our noses? Thats dumb, likeyou. Sorry. She apologized quickly for her rude

behavior, But I really dont think that you shouldbe worrying so much. What is the chance that weare going to get eaten by a shark? What are theodds? 100 people get eaten by sharks a year. I donot believe that we are going to be some of the


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100 people who get eaten every year. Stopfreaking out. Rebecca quickly calmed down, andthey agreed to go swimming after they got

checked in. They all walked over to the check inplace, in hope of checking in immediately, so thatthey could get down to the beach quickly.

Can I help you? a handsome looking man askedthe girls.

Yes, Darlene replied, taking over, We have areservation for a suite for Darlene Thompson, shesaid pointing to herself.

Youre late. He said with a smile, But its fine. Iam always late, I am sure you too have an excuse.Let me check you guys in

Thanks, said all of the girls with huge smiles.They were happy that they actually got in.

Heres your key, and you guys have a nice day inHawaii. Said the nice gentlemen. The girls saidthere thanks, and lugged their luggage onto theelevator. Alyssa leaned forward and hit the 5

button, which was where their room is. On story #5 room 543.

Im glad that we got a higher floor, remarkedSavonnah, I have always been one of those


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people who loves high places. The girls agreedhow beautiful the view was, and then they decidedto take turns with the bathroom. 1. Use the toilet.

2. Get makeup on (which was ruined). 3. Get swimsuits on. And the girls did all three of these things,put on their flip-flops and flip-flopped down to thebreezily hot beach.

.Ooooohhhhh! said Darlene. Man, there aresooooo many hot guys on this beach. Why? Whyalways Hawaii? Theyre all surfing, reallyawesomely. Really sweetly awesome. Man, thatgu-She didnt get a chance to finish her sentence.Alyssa was about to slap her, Rebecca was gettingred in the face with fury because she kept on goingon and on. Nobody did actually slap herbutSavonnah did punch her.right in the face. Willyou please try to be quiet about the boys?! she

said, trying to remain calm. I mean seriously thatis getting really annoying..whoa, she suddenlystopped saying mean things at Darlene. She hadcaught a glimpse of a guy on a surf board, goingperfectly over a wave. She turned bright red.Whoa, he is hot. Sorry I was being mean, but I cansee why you were babbling on and on. She was

still staring at that guy. Rebecca and Alyssafollowed Savonnahs and Darlenes gaze, andcaught sight of The Guy on the Surf Board.


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Suddenly, he was gone. Off of the surf board. Thegirls waited for him too come up. They werethinking that he might just have hit a bigger wave

than he had expected, and gone tumbling off. But,that was not the case. He was nowhere to befound.Um, guys? Whered he go? Alyssa askedanxiously.

I have absolutely no idea, Rebecca replied.Darlene and Savonnah were too busy looking forthe handsome guy on the surf board, who haddisappeared.

Suddenly Savonnah shouted in complete horror.Darlene, Rebecca and Alyssa asked her what thematter was. Savonnah silently pointed out in theocean, and right there, looking horribly real, was a

shark fin. The fin was coming slowly toward theman that fell off the board. His eyes were wide interror, he had his arms ready for a punch, but hewas too frightened to move. The shark kept comingcloser, closer, closer, circling him.

Im going to go in to help him! Savonnah

courageously stated. And she jumped in the water,with a big KER SPLASH! Darlene, Rebecca andAlyssa seemed to be making up their minds; theynodded at each other, and jumped in after


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Savonnah to help her in their quest to save thispoor surfer.

Savonnah was only about 20 feet away by now (allof the girls had been on Swim Team, so they allknew how to swim excellently), Darlene, Rebeccaand Alyssa were closely behind her. The surferseyes were still glued on the shark; the shark wasapproximately 10 feet long, and you could just seethe huge razor sharp teeth. It was one of the worstsharks on Hawaii; a Tiger Shark. It was still circlingthe terrified surfer. Savonnah stopped abruptly andso did the others. They needed to figure out how toget the surfer safely out of the Tiger Sharks reach.Savonnah was thinking of a distraction for theshark when suddenly Alyssa gave a shortmonotoned cry. She had stepped on a coral reef.Savonnahs heart thumped unevenly when she saw

the bright red blood oozing from her leg. Darleneand Rebecca seemed to notice, and unfortunatelyso did the shark. The Tiger shark smelled theblood; moved away from the surfer, and slowlystarted coming toward poor, cowering Alyssa. Shewas frightened to death (which she pretty muchwas close to). Alyssa looked frantically at the

shark, with her big bulging blue eyes.

Help me! Alyssa mouthed looking at Savonnah.Savonnah looked frantically over at Alyssa not surewhat to do. She swung her head over to look at the


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other girls, they all stared back horrified. And theyall had this terrified look on their faces, whichlooked like they were about to die (which they

were much closer to than they would have liked).

Alyssa was trying to think of something thatshe/the other girls could do to help her to get awayfrom the shark. The shark was about 5 feet awayfrom Alyssas face. Closer, closer, closer BOOM! Ashotgun fired, and then.there was no more shark.

All of the girls (including the hot surfer guy) lookedin the direction that the shotgun was fired. Thereon the beach was a man, most likely around theage of 20, he was holding a smoking shotgun. Hegrinned a crooked grin, and shouted, Are youokay?! he asked. The first thing that Savonnah,Rebecca, Alyssa and Darlene noticed was how

sweetly nice the mans voice sounded. Suddenly allof the girls fell in to dream world, about that sweetvoice.

They had to be brought back to reality. The waterswooshed in their ears, one at a time, theyremembered that they were in the water, saving a

guy from a shark. Butwait. Was the shark dead?Oh yeah! Thats right, that REALLY awesomely hotguy killed it.


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The guy that was knocked off of his surfboard wasstill shaking from fright. He looked exhausted too,and so were the girls.

The guy from the beach (with the sweet voice), hadto once again ask if they were okay.

Yes, were okay! screamed back the girls, andthe surfer guy. The guy nodded, and shouted back,Do you think that you five (he was including thesurfer) could tow in that shark, some people hereprobably dont want a dead shark floating aroundin the water. People would most likely get freakedout.

I think that we can bring it back! shouted thesurfer, answering for everybody. And I think weare going to need to go to the hospital, said

Savonnah and Darlene to the surfer, and Rebecca.They both nodded in agreement, and so did Alyssa.By the looks of it, her leg was really hurting her.The gash, which was struck by the coral, wasbleeding very badly. The water around themturned red with the blood.The five of them slowly towed back the humungous

tiger shark. It was very heavy, and its nose wasblown off from the bullet. Rebecca grimaced, shehated the sight of blood, even if it was ananimal..and anyways.it was messy! Darlene,Alyssa and the hot surfer guy didnt really mind the


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blood, or the blown off nose. But Savonnah was theonly one that was actually looking at the nose, andinspecting it. Rebecca turned away from the shark,

and just let the others pull the HEAVY shark in.By the time that they had reached the beach (andthe smiling guy, that had the sweet voice) theywere panting and gasping for air. The two reasonsthat they were so out of breath were: 1. towing theshark back in (obviously). 2. Having to tread waterthat whole time, and swim.

Here, Ill take him, said the guy with the sweetvoice, by the way, my name is Edward JasperWeasley. FINALLY! Thought the girls! We know hisname. But actually the only one who didnt seemway too interested in Edward was: Rebecca.Darlene, Alyssa and Savonnah were still staringopen mouthed at Edward, when he opened his

mouth, and the sweet voice came out again (sorrygetting kind of sappy, lol).

The surfer guy walked up and took a hold of thesharks head when Edward was about to take theshark away by the tail. Hello, said Edward in aslightly irritated voice, after noticing that

somebody else was holding on the shark otherthan him. You must be the surfer which was out inthe water, when this shark attacked, he saidpointing to the shark (old tiger). May I ask whatyou are doing?


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I am helping you take this shark back to whateverplace you are taking him, said he, It does look

frightfully big/heavy, and I thought that you mightneed some help.

Excuse me for asking, said Savonnah eagerly,but, what is your name? She said this mostsweetly in a kind of flirty voice, but the surferdidnt seem to notice, and the surfer (who we stilldont know his name, but hopefully we will soon)smiled sweetly at her, and then said to Edward andthe girls; My name is Ron Emmett Malfoy (and justbecause his last name is Malfoy does not meanthat he is mean). May, you all be so kind as totell me your names too? No, there is no need, hesaid looking at Edward who was about to tell himhis name, I already know your name; I was asking

these lovely girls. He said the last part ratherrudely, and Edward stiffened in anger.

The girls smelled trouble, so they quickly jumpedto saying their names.

I am Darlene Thompson, said Darlene, Darlene

Rebecca Tiara Thompson is my absolute full name(Im not going to put in the part how your actualname is Rebecca is that okay? And is one of yourmiddle names Tiara? I cant remember). Ronsmiled at Darlene, Thank you.


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My name is Alyssa Paige White, and it is very niceto meet you. She said this in the most polite

manner that anybody (including her best friends:Savonnah and Darlene. And even her sisterRebecca) had ever heard her say. Ron thanked herlike he did Darlene, and looked at the two left whostill hadnt said their names.

My name is Savonnah Carolyn Henderson.Savonnah said batting her eyelashes.

Its very nice to meet you Savannah. URGH!!!!!!!!Did Savonnah have a fit or what!

I AM NOT GOING TO TELL YOU AGAIN! MY NAME ISSAVONNAH..WHICH = S-A-V-O-N-N-A-H!!!!!!!!!!!!!DO I NEED TO SPELL IT TO YOU AGAIN?????!!!!!

BECAUSE IF I DO, THEN YOU MUST BE PRETTYSTUPID!!!!!!!! she was positively fuming withanger. Ron looked like he had been punched in thegut, and had lost all of his oxygen.

Um.I am very sorry I upset you, I will makesure not to make the same mistake again.

I am sorry I blew up in such a rude manner, saidSavonnah who was slightly embarrassed, but feltthat he should know that nobody calls herSavannah if they actually knew her, or ever wanted


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to be friends with her. You see the reason I blewup so much was because everybody alwaysmistakes my name for Savannah, instead of

Savonnah and believe me it can get quiteannoying.

Thank you for explaining, and it is very nice tomeet you..Savonnah. he smiled at her as heover did the O. She smiled back. Ron looked overat Rebecca, and smiled at her, and asked her whather name was.

My name is Rebecca Anne White. She said this inher usual sweet tone. Anne with an E? askedRon. Rebecca smiled and nodded.

Well, I must say it is a very nice pleasure to meetyou all, he said nodding towards each of them,

except Edward. But, now I think that Edweirdo andI need to take this shark to the dump or whereverEd wants to take this massive thing of fluff. Thegirls giggled at the word.

Well, I hope that we will see you girls later, saidEdward, gripping the fin of the shark. Ron grabbed

a hold of the head, and the slowly made their wayacross the beach with the gigantic floppy shark,and out of sight.


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The girls most definitely hoped that they would seethose boys Edward and Ron again..they hopedthat very much.

***

CHAPTER 6: FRIENDS HAVING AGOOD TIME AT

HAWAII-

It seemed that all that Darlene, Alyssa andSavonnah could think about was Edward and Ron.Rebecca still didnt seem interested in those twoboys. The three other girls just could notunderstand how she could think about food (she

had been talking about getting a bite to eat atMcDonalds or something, because she was veryhungry) and not the two awesome boys.

The girls were walking back to the hotel now. Theydecided after the whole trauma of saving Ron, andmeeting Edward, and the shark, that they didntfeel like going swimming anymore. They werewalking back very slowly, the scene of the palmtrees and the ocean was just too beautiful, theyhad to admire it. And also the other reason thatthey were walking quite slowly (some peopleseemed to think they were most definitely going


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too slowly, such as a grumpy old lady, and whatlooked like her husband, who surprisingly couldwalk VERY fast, and glared at them when they had

to pass them) was because they were looking for afast-food restaurant such as: McDonalds, Wendys,Burger King, all of the cheap fast-food restaurantsthat you could think of. But they couldnt seem tofind one anywhere.

They had reached the hotel by now. Rebecca wasworried that they wouldnt be able to find thehotel, but it was nearly impossible to not see theflashing lights of the Whoo Whoo Hawaii hotel sign.

Once they got inside they went to the front desk.

Excuse me? said Rebecca to the clerk.

May I help you? the man asked at the other sideof the counter. Rebecca immediately recognizedhim as the man that had helped them earlier thatday.

Yes, we were wondering where we could find arestaurant, which was relatively cheapsuch as

McDonalds?

McDonalds? he asked. He seemed quite puzzled,thought Rebecca, and the girls.


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Yes, do you have one? asked Rebecca again.

I have never heard of such a restaurant.

WHAT? cried all of the girls at the same time,making the poor man jump.

Uh, the only restaurants that are relatively closeto this hotel are: Seafood Wonders, Hawaii Foodsand Gifts, Pineapple Lady Restaurant, and TheShrieking Mermaid. He said this all very quickly, inhope of not being yelled at again, for not knowingsuch a restaurant.

Thank you so much for your help. Said Rebecca,she seemed quite embarrassed for having yelled(like all of the other girls). I am very sorry that wehave caused you so much of your time, and

trouble.

She turned to leave, as the other ones startedwalking away. But was stopped by a voice, whichmade her stop immediately, turn around and seewho made that sound.

The voice was such a voice that she had heardbefore, when she turned around, she noticed that itwas none other than the clerk.It took her quite a while to realize, that he wasasking her a question.


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What is McDonalds? he asked. Rebecca noticedthat his voice sounded much different than before,

she didnt know what it was, but she seemed tonotice his voice for the first time.

Uh, it is a restaurant, which sells cheap food, butis very good. Everybody knows about McDonalds.Do you have any idea why there isnt one here?

No, I have no idea, I think that it is because thisparticular town doesnt believe in fast-food, butthat is fine, I like more expensive food.

Thats cool! she shouted for no particular reason,Well, it was nice talking to you, thanks again forsuggesting those lovely sounding restaurants.

It was my pleasure. He said sweetly, smiling ather.

Um, could I ask you one more question? sheasked hesitantly.

Sure; I am at your service.

Which restaurant would you recommend?

The Shrieking Mermaid. He said without onepause.


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Thank you again. She said good-bye and left totell her friends about the restaurant that the clerk

suggested.

***Rebecca hurried to the elevator, and pressed theup button. She didnt care what her friendsthought; she absolutely had to go to The ShriekingMermaid. Rebecca didnt exactly know why, butshe felt butterflies in her stomach. You know whatthat means right? Either shes nervous, or she is inlove. Now, she cant exactly be in love, but shehad a good feeling about that clerk.

The elevator dinged at that moment, she lookedinside to make sure that there wasnt anybody inthere (she had a strange phobia of being in an

elevator with multiple people), and thank Godthere wasnt (because if there was, she would haveto take another elevator). She got on, and pressedthe floor 5 button, the doors closed, and theelevator jolted up. This elevator was a particularlyfast one as it seemed, so it only took about 5seconds to get to the top.

Rebecca walked over to their door (# 543), andknocked on the door, (the reason that she had toknock on the door, was because she didnt have akey, she had forgotten to ask Darlene for it. There


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were two keys that they could use) Savonnahanswered it. She had a strange look on herface.slightly proud.

What took you so long? she asked. As they cameinto the lovely room.

I was asking the clerk which restaurant he likesthe best.

Well? she asked with a slight raise of hereyebrow, What did he suggest?

The Shrieking Mermaid.

Hmmmmmm.that one sounds kind ofinteresting, but lets try it. I hope that it isnt tooexpensive though, as you know we only have so

much money.

Yes, I know. She said solemnly.

What do you girls think? asked Savonnah lookingat Alyssa and Darlene. Except Darlene wasntthere, Alyssa was watching TV, but where was

Darlene? Savonnah was just about to ask, whenthe bathroom door opened, and out came Darlene.

There you are. Said Savonnah and Rebecca atthe same time.


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What? Darlene asked questionably her eyebrowsarching up, Was I supposed to be doing something

else then going to the bathroom?

No, youre fine, said Rebecca, we just wonderedif it was okay if we went to The Shrieking Shack?

Hey, I dont care. Just any place that has food.Darlene said carelessly.

What about you Alyssa? asked Savonnah turningto Alyssa who was staring intently at the TV screen,Alyssa! Savonnah had to nearly shout to get herattention.

What? What happened is there a fire? What? Dowe need to dial 911? Help! she suddenly started

shouting out these ridiculous questions.

Alyssa, stop it. Rebecca ordered impatiently toAlyssa, You are being stupid. We just want toknow if you would like to go to The ShriekingMermaid with us. Do you?

Sure. She said finally understanding what wasgoing on.

Are we ready to go then? asked Rebecca.Everybody nodded, and they started to move out


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of the hotel room. Rebecca was very eager to go tothis restaurant; she just hoped that it wouldnt betoo expensive, just like Savonnah had pointed out.

Wait, Savonnah asked Darlene suddenlystopping, and turning around, Do you have themoney?

Of course I do, Darlene replied in a kind of hurtvoice, What kind of person do you think I am?

Sorry, Savonnah said apologetically, I justwanted to make sure, that we wont walk all of thatway to just have to come back, and get our money.Bye the way how much do we have to spend onfood?

Ive got $40 right now, think that will be enough?

Yeah, I think so, said Savonnah, Well I hope thatthere will be enough, because if there isnt..well,well think about that when we have to. Come onlets go, its nearly 4:00 PM right now.

They hit the down button on the elevator, and

waited impatiently for it to slowly make itselfupwards, to its awaiting guests. The elevatordinged, and the doors slowly opened. And can youguess who was inside that elevator?


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It was..

***

CHAPTER 7: AN UNEXPECTEDVISITOR-

Jordan. The girls jumped back in surprise. He wasmost definitely there, stupid, ol immature Jordan.

What the heck was he doing here? That questionwas running through all of the girls minds.

Savonnah? Jordan asked in amazement. Helooked absolutely flabbergasted to see her, and herbest friends in Hawaii. What were the odds ofJordan and The girls being in Hawaii at the same

time? Savonnah most definitely didnt know thatJordan was planning to go to Hawaii.

Jordan! cried Savonnah, What the heck are youdoing here?

I was just wondering the same thing about you! Ihave been planning to go here since the first of thesummer, in June. I saved up a whole bunch ofmoney. You know how much I have always wantedto go to Hawaii.


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Yes, I know. But didnt you know that I was goinghere?

No, he said very stupidly, I never notice whatyou or, he said pointing at Savonnahs bestfriends, your friends. You should know that bynow, little sissy. Wittle boo boo. He said all of thisin a very Jordan manner.

But, didnt you hear me asking Mom and Dad if Icould go to Hawaii with Rebecca, Alyssa andDarlene? I mean werent you right there?

I dont know. I dont remember.So; you guys arestaying at this Hotel?

Yes. Why are you staying at this Hotel?

Why are you staying at this Hotel? It seemed tothe girls that Jordan was just being dumb. Heprobably knew that they were going to be stayingat The Whoo Whoo Hawaii Inn and Suites, and justwanted to torment them, in being obnoxious, likehe is at home. The Girls were most definitely notvery excited to see him. They were at first

surprised to see him in the elevator, but now theywere kind of annoyed. Hopefully he wouldnt hangaround them a lot (actually they hoped that hewouldnt hang around them at all), and just stayout of their way.


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Savonnah was glaring at Jordan (Jordan didntseem to notice that there was anything wrong, like

usual. He was most definitely just being a boy.Actually he should probably be acting like a man,but as I told you, that would never happen), Alyssawas staring dumfounded at Jordan (It just seemedimpossible that Jordan/Savonnahs brother could beat Hawaii at the same time, it wasnt exactly agood kind of surprised), Rebecca was over theshock and just wanted to eat something (she wasabsolutely starving, and she didnt want to waitany longer, especially on Jordans behalf). Now,Darleneshe was just plain old angry..Howdare he be here? How dare he not have noticedthat they were going to be here? How dare he? Allof these questions were running through her poordemented mind (hahahha like that part Darlene?).

Darlene walked over to Jordan (who was still justhaving that kind of look on his face that said,What?.

Hello, Darlene. He said with a smug smile on hisface for some peculiar reason, what are you doing

here?Oh. My. Gosh. Darlene muttered to herself. Howcould anybody be so dumb?


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Ooooh, are you cranky? Gosh I hate it whenpeople are so stupid and dumb like you. Jeez, justbe quiet. Now, what did you want to say to The

Almighty One? I dont even have to tell you whosaid that, I think that you probably can guess.

Darlene was positively furious, and she showedit.IN HER EYES. Jordan just smiled. Ugh, he couldbe so infuriating. Actually no, he couldnt besometimes infuriating, HE IS ALWAYSINFURIATING!!!

I just wanted to say, Darlene could barely say thewords, we are going to be going to the Barbiemuseum, in a minute. I just wanted to know if youwanted to join us? The other girls just realizedwhat Darlene was saying; they had to plug theirnoses to keep from bursting out laughing. Jordans

face was not smiling anymore, his face had slowlybeen turning into a not so much a smug faceanymore, but a disgusted face, and there was nosmile.

What do you think I am? he asked in a moresqueaky voice than usual, do you really think that

I would want to go anywhere with you people? Letalone to a Barbie shop? What are you guys sixagain?


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Well, if you dont want to go, Darlene said this ina falsely disappointed kind of voice. Inside she wasactually jumping up and down in joy, at having got

him to stay away, I think that the museum isclosing at 5:00 PM, she looked at her watch to puton the act more. Whoa! She gasped aloud, in realsurprise. It was almost 4:45; the time had gone byso fast.

We really should go. Darlene said. The Girlsnodded, they said Good-Bye to the still disgustedfaced Jordan. They were just about to get into theelevator, when Jordan pulled Savonnah aside withhis sweaty, grubby, disgusting hands. She jumpedback, Get your hands off of me freak! she cried,she never liked being touched by her (shudder, thisis true) brother.

Be quiet Savonnah, you retard. He said mostrudely, I just wanted to ask you which Suite youare staying in.

Oh. We are staying in room #543. Which numberare you in?

Jordan had a most peculiar smile on his face, and itwasnt exactly a good one.

Well, now isnt that nice? Jordan asked the Girls.


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What? Alyssa asked.

Well, we are going to be neighbors! I am in room

#542. Now isnt this just spectacular?

Yeah, right, Rebecca said not believing Jordan, Ibet you dont even have a suite, you are probablynot even staying at this hotel.

Well, then why would I be here right now? heasked.

Rebecca opened her mouth to speak, but shecouldnt think of a come back to that question.

Well, maybe you do have a suite, but I bet it isnt#542. Its probably like 549 or something.

Want to bet? he asked in a triumphant kind ofvoice.

Sure.

Okay, now why dont you all come over here,They had reached the suite #542 now. The girls

just hoped that he was being a retard, and wastrying to convince them that he was staying theirwhen he most likely is not. But no, he was notbeing a retard like usual. He was being realistic.


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Now, if you will come over here, I can show youthat I am actually staying at The Whoo WhooHawaii Inn & Suites. He reached into his pocket,

and pulled out a key, that looked exactly like theGirls key to their room. He inserted the key into thedoor handle, and twisted the handle. It opened.

See? he said, pointing into the open room.

Yes, I see. But just stay out of our way, do noteven dare to meet with us again, please,Savonnah said, she was positively quivering withanger, Now, Darlene, she said looking at Darlene,We really need to get going, if we are going to bewanting to go to the Barbie Museum. It closes inonly a few minutes, we need to hurry. Darleneagreed, and she, Savonnah, Rebecca and Alyssamoved away from Jordan, and into the elevator, hit

the lobby button as fast as they could, so thatJordan could not talk to them again. But, he wasntthere, the Girls noticed; he most likely had goneinto his suite, without saying good-bye. That wasperfectly fine with the Girls.

Now that the girls were finally in the elevator, and

away from Jordans prying ears, they could tellDarlene what a genius she was about the Barbiemuseum.


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Seriously, Darlene; Genius, Rebecca said in highpraise. Darlene smiled; she believed that she mostdefinitely deserved the praise.

At that moment the elevator dinged, the girlswalked out of the elevator and onto the hardmarble floor.

As they were walking out of the hotel, Rebeccahappened to notice that the man that she hadtalked too had looked up from the newspaper thathe was reading to give her a teensy smile. Shereturned the smile, and ran head bang into thedoor, which made her fall onto the hard tile in a bigthud.

Chapter 8: The Restaurant-

Is she okay? Careful, careful handle her carefully,the clerk was absolutely frantic, he didnt evenknow her for crying out loud, thought Alyssa.But,as we know, she was wrong.

Rebecca had hit her head very hard on the door,and on the tile. She was just coming out ofcoconsciousness right now. Her friends wereabsolutely scared to death for her. The Girls had


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absolutely no idea how, Rebecca had suddenlybeen there standing perfectly fine, and then thenext moment, on the floor unconscious.

Alyssa was absolutely shaken up; her face wastotally white as a chalkboard.

Darlene wasnt showing any emotion at all, shewas crouched by Rebecca, looking at her intently.She couldnt get too close to Rebecca, because theclerk was in front of her blocking her from gettingtoo close.

Savonnah was just staring dumfounded at Rebeccaand at the clerk that was holding her very gently.She now understoodThats why she ran into thedoor. When Savonnah had heard the huge THUMPand had seen Rebecca crumple to the ground, she

just could not understand how Rebecca could justrun into the door like that. She now understoodthat the reason that Rebecca had fallen wasbecause she was too busy looking at the clerk andnot what was before her at that moment.

Rebecca groaned, she reached up to her head, and

touched the bulging swollen bump on the left sideof her head.

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truthful, he said speaking only to Rebecca, andnot noticing that there was anybody else in theroom, are you okay? I was really worried when I

saw you fall to the ground.

YesIThink Imokay, thanksfor asking, shesaid all of this in a shaky voice; she smiled up athim in a sweet smile. He smiled back, they stayedlike this until they were interrupted by a voice.

Sorry, to break up your little love gaze andeverything, but maybe we should stop guffawing atour little friend here, and actually get her up to thehospital or throw her in the garbage or something.

Everybody looked up at the sound where the voicecame. Yep, just as Savonnah had expected. It wasJordan, staring down at everybody, with his arms

crossed in front of him.

Maybe, you should bug off, Alyssa said, standingup in front of Jordan. Jordan towered over Alyssa,Jordan pretty much towered over EVERYBODY, hewas way too tall. Savonnah had always hatedJordan for being so tall, he had always bragged in

front of everybody how tall he was. To tell you thetruth, The Girls werent going to be dealing withany crap from Jordan anymore; they had hadenough.


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And who are you to tell me to bug off? askedJordan in his superior kind of voice.

Well, what do you care about her? You arent hersister, or her friend. You have never showed anyemotion of being afraid for her, so if you are goingto be a big bully like you usually are, then whydont you BUG OFF!? Nobody had ever seenAlyssa get as angry as this, Rebecca even wastaken by surprise.The only one who didnt seemthe least bit surprised about this sudden outburstfrom Alyssa, was (can you guess?) Jordan. He justsmiled pleasantly at Alyssa.

Did I upset you? No, I think that you are justgetting angry at yourself. Why do you keep yellingat yourself? the words that popped out of hismouth immediately reminded Alyssa and the rest

of the girls, of the two boys on the plane (SBBU)that were making fun of them.

Is it just me or does he sound like? Darlenedidnt have to finish her sentence; the other girlswere already nodding.

Yep, SBBU, murmured Rebecca, who was tryingto sit up at this moment.

Whats SBBU? asked Cedric.


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Oh, they were these really stupid boys (we calledthem SBBU which = Stupid Boys Behind Us) thatwere making fun of us on the plane, which we

came over on, said Savonnah answering forRebecca, who looked like she was just about to sayexactly what Savonnah had said at that precisemoment.

Oh, and this guy here, sounds just like them?asked Cedric, nodding his head towards Jordan.

Um, yes, said Savonnah, actually that guyoverthere is my brother. My annoying brother. Wedidnt actually know that my brother was going tobe here, and to make matters worse, he is stayingat this exact hotel RIGHT BESIDE US! He isstaying in suite #542, and do you know what oursuite number is? #542!!!!!!!!! she screamed, not

exactly getting mad, but just getting angry atJordan. Poor Cedric, once again thought thatSavonnah was getting mad at him.

Sorry, Cedric mumbled, If I had known that hewas your brother, I wouldnt have put him in thesuite right next to you all. Please accept my

apology.

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trouble at all. My friend here wasnt getting mad atyou; she was just getting angry at the wall. Werentyou Savonnah?

This isnt exactly what Savonnah was going to say,but it worked. She nodded.

See? Rebecca smiled up at Cedric who was stillholding her, even though she said that she couldmost certainly stand up by herself.

Now, can weplease go and eat? asked Alyssa,who was quiet over the shock of her sister fallingover, I am absolutely starving.

Everybody looked to Rebecca. She looked perfectlyfine, except for the enormous bruise that wasgrowing on the side of her head.

I am ready to go, she said. She looked up atCedric, who was finally letting her go, Would youlike to join us?

No, I have to stay at the desk; I am working until10:30 PM tonight, but thank you so much for

asking.

Rebeccas cheeks turned bright red. She hadforgotten that he was actually working here. Howcould she have forgotten that? She asked herself.


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Well, I hope that I will see you later? Rebeccaasked. Darlene rolled her eyes, put a hand upon

her forehead, and pretended to dramatically faint.Savonnah kicked her in the knee, Darlene jumpedup in pain.

Hey! What as that for? she bellowed inSavonnahs ear.

Isnt it obvious that she likes him? Savonnahwhispered, so that Cedric and Rebecca wouldnthear them.

Well, of course! Thats why I did my little faintingmove.

Oh come on guys, lets just go eat. Alyssa called

out to them.

Yeah, said Darlene in a sarcastic voice, but firstwe need to go get little dream lady over there,she said pointing to Rebecca who was staring offinto space, most likely thinking about him. Alyssagiggled, looking at her sister. Savonnah had to slap

Rebecca in the face, to get her attention.

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Rebeccas cheeks once more turned pink, Ofcourse I would. Why wouldnt I? Darlene had toplug her nose to keep from laughing; Savonnah

once again kicked her, making Darlene scowl andmake a face at Savonnah.

No reason, Savonnah said, We ready? shelooked around at everybody. They all nodded theirheads, Okay, then, Savonnah said, lets go!

Alyssa cheered; she looked and sounded, like shewas very hungry.

They all started walking towards the Exit door.Rebecca looked back at Cedric, Thank you somuch for being so kind, she said.

Why, said Cedric looking quite surprised, You

are welcome, I would have hoped that if I were nothere, and that they would have done the same.

Well, thank you once again. I hope to see youagain?

I will be here, every evening,

Darlene had to pull on Rebeccas shirt, to get herattention (again). They all walked through the door,and headed down the street. They were mostpleasantly surprised to notice that they wouldnt


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have to walk very far, because they saw TheShrieking Shack sign only about a of a mileaway. They all sighed in relief (they were very

happy, because they only had flip-flops, and youdont really want to walk that far in those kind ofshoes), and no tennis shoes.

The sign looked like this (the words are writtenVERY small, but you can tell that it is The Shrieking

Mermaid, because of the mermaid): (TheShrieking Mermaid)

It is a very pretty sign to look at, and the Girls wereimmediately that they had chosen this restaurant,to go to. It looked very pleasing.

They had reached the door front now; it was mostdefinitely a very beautiful restaurant, the onlything bad about it, was that there was A LOT ofpeople there. They stepped inside of the restaurantbuilding. It was VERY loud in there. It looked likethis place could be Walla Wallas McDonalds. Theonly thing different about it, was that unlikeMcDonalds, this place actually looked nice fromthe outside.

There were four cash registers, and four smilingpeople behind them. The girls all walked towardsthem, they walked to the one closest to the door. It
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was a girl that they got; she looked like a very niceyoung lady, probably in her mid twenties.

May I help you? she asked.

Uh, what do you have? asked Darlene.

Well, we have pretty much EVERYTHING, thequestion is; what would you most like to eat?

Do you have any hamburgers? Alyssa asked. Shewas the hungriest, so she was the first one tospeak up.

Yes, we do, but they do cost quite a penny, Thesweet girl replied.

How much are they? asked Darlene.

$7.50 for regular hamburger.

All four of the girls gasped. They had never heardof a hamburger costing that much, especially for aregular one too.

If I might be so kind as to suggest something,said a familiar sweet sounding voice, I would gofor the seafood platter, it has shrimp, scallops,fettuccini, and a lovely thick creamy sauce. The


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girls turned slowly around to see who they hadbeen hoping to meet for quite some time: Edward.

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Chapter 9: Hmmmmmmmm

Hey, Savonnah said surprised, that he was here,This is a nice surprise, what are you doing here?Savonnah was steadily growing brighter tomatored; she looked like she actually might explode atone point.

This is a restaurant open to people, right? he

asked with a hint of sarcasm.

Savonnah blushed deeper red, I didnt mean it likethat, said Savonnah, It is just very curious, thatyou should be here, when we just saw you earliertoday. What did you wind up doing with thatshark?

Oh, we (Ron and I) were going to give it to aschool, for dissecting and stuff, but they said thatthey already have plenty of sharks for that sort ofuse, and they do not need anymore. So, we woundup just putting into the garbage dumpster.


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Oh, that is wonderful, said Savonnah veryenthusiastically, and you dont need to be very

enthusiastic about having a shark put in thedumpster.

Edward looked at her with a satyr look. Savonnahcowered like a dog.

Edward couldnt keep a straight face anymore, heburst out laughing, My friends always say that Igive the perfect look, and I just wanted to try it onyou. I must say that it worked. He gave her a mostgentle looking kind of smile, to soften her up.Darlene, Alyssa and Rebecca could barely keepfrom laughing, not with Savonnah, but aboutSavonnah.

Savonnah turned her head sharply at the massivegiggles that were forming behind her, and glaredat the girls.

Shut up, she whispered.

So, would you guys like to order and then maybe

come sit with me? I have really nobody to sit with,and I would enjoy the company.

Sure! said all of the girls at once. They wereactually all very enthusiastic about Edward coming,


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but the girls seemed to realize that Savonnah wasjust a little bit more excited.

Edward smiled, Well, I am glad to hear that.Would you guys like me to order for you? It will beon me.

The girls were speechless.

Savonnah started to protest, but was cut off byEdward, Please, allow me, to buy you guys dinner.It would be my pleasure. Now, I insist.

Well, if you must, said Savonnah, by the way.Why is this place called The Shrieking Mermaid?

WellI dont know. I guess somebody must justhave had no idea what to call it, and they just

came up with this name. Or, there could have beena legend about a mermaid, which lived in this veryrestaurant, and shrieked all day. He said this witha tremendous amount of sarcasm in his voice. Hesmiled that wonderful smile again; he did have amost pleasant smile.

May I take your order now? somebody said in anangry voice. The Girls and Edward looked behindthem, there was the lady that was supposed totake your order, looking very angrily at them. Ithad appeared that she had been waiting many


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minutes for them, and asking them most politely(until now) if she could take their order. But theyhad been so engrossed in their talking, that they

hadnt heard a word that she had said.

Oh I am so very sorry! Rebecca said walking overto the lady, I am truly very sorry for ignoringyou..Cynthia, said she looking at her name tag.Cynthia the server glared at her, but had a hint of asmile on her lips, Oh its no problem at all,Cynthia said, It happens all of the time, it justseem to be happening more often these days.Now, can I take your order?

What did you suggest? Savonnah asked Edward.Edward smiled and said, I suggested the SeafoodPlatter, it isnt nearly as expensive, it is actuallyonly $2.50, compared to the burger that isnt

nearly as expensive. I would beg of you all to getsome kind of desert too, and a drink. Like I said;this is all on me.

The girls each wound up ordering the same exactthing: Seafood Platter, Ice-Cream Sundae (withextra whipped cream, and a cherry on top), and a

chocolate, blueberry, nacho cheese, lime, cupcake.The waitress looked at her with her eyebrowsraised almost to the top of her hair, Are you surethat that is what you want? she asked in a curioustone. The girls nodded. The lady looked at them,


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with her eyebrows raised once more, and then letout an exasperated sigh, Okay.We will deliveryour meal to your table momentarily. Now if you

would just take this number Card. She gave themthe little slip with the number (their number was#12), and walked away.

Shall we sit? Edward smiled at the girls.

Um.sure, Savonnah said hesitantly, But first IREALLY need to go to the bathroom. She eyed therest of the girls. Darlene gave an exasperated sigh,and nodded, I really need to go too. Rebecca andAlyssa were catching on, Yeah we need to gotoo. They said.

Edward cast a suspicious eye at the girls, Okay, Illjust wait here. Have fun. He said the last part very

sarcastically, his eyes mocking them.

The girls hurried away to the ladies restroom, andwent quickly through the closed door. Once theywere through door, they burst into giggles.

their massive

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