Summer 10

The five of them went to the fruit shake shop. They met Daniel, Rico and Matt in there and joined them. The five of them dragged chairs and sat at the front of the boys. The waiter arrived and took their orders.

Daniel couldn’t take his eyes off of Emma while Vanessa can’t believe what Christine had said and she can’t take her eyes off of Rico who was not noticing Vanessa. They got their orders then suddenly Vanessa walked out, ran towards outside with her shake. Emma excused herself, took her shake and followed her. Daniel followed her by the eyes while Rico was wondering what had happened.

"What happened to those two? Do they have a fight", Rico asked Daniel.

"I don’t know", Daniel said before sipping at his own shake.

As Emma followed Vanessa, Vanessa stopped.

"What’s happening to you", Emma asked her. Vanessa faced her.

"I think I should stop fancying Rico", Vanessa said as they continue to walk at the shore passing the other cabins.

"Why? Is something bothering you", Emma asked.

"No, nothing. Well, you heard what Christine had said. Her boyfriend is Rico and I don’t want to start a fight", Vanessa said sadly.

"Yeah I heard it. I told you to look for another guy who is more worthy than him", Emma said.

"Guess your right", Vanessa said while trying to smile even she feels sad. Emma noticed her smile that was too dull.

"There’re so many boys in this beach. Maybe you’ll find one", Emma said as she moved her hand from left to right.

The two burst out laughing then Emma asked that broke the noise.

"Do you want to go back?"

"Okay", Vanessa said. They went back to the table the six of them were still laughing but stopped when the two came.

"What happen to you two", Rico asked Vanessa. Vanessa avoided his eyes; sat on her chair and didn’t answer. Emma answered for her.

"Uh, no. Vanessa just told me something, right Vanessa?"

She looked at Vanessa and Vanessa nodded.

"Okay", Rico said disappointedly.

Vanessa was still quiet. When it comes to like this, Vanessa always make the girls laugh by saying something funny about them but now she was silent and didn’t even move. Rico was the only boy who noticed Vanessa’s silence. He tried to start some joke but still it didn’t worked. Vanessa was stopping herself to laugh in front of him so she was pinching herself in the leg and try to sip a mouthful of shake.

After a long time of talking and laughing of each other’s joke, they saw Sabrina heading towards them.

"Hey! You two left me alone in the room and met them. I find it hard to find you because I don’t know this place so much", Sabrina said when she arrived.

"Well Sabrina, I actually invited them to go with us to a snack", Nicole said.

"Oh. I thought that they left on purpose", Sabrina said and noticed Daniel sipping his own shake.

"Hi Daniel!"

She dragged a chair beside Daniel while Daniel moved away from her. Emma was irritated of Sabrina so she excused herself.

"Guys, maybe I’d go ‘cause I don’t want the air around here", Emma said.

"Wait, Emma. I’ll go with you", Vanessa said as Emma started walking.

"Are you coming with us Nicole", Vanessa turned to Nicole.

"Yes and I’d rather die than stay here today", Nicole said and went with Emma and Vanessa. Christine and Hadey followed the three girls that leave Matt, Rico, Daniel and Sabrina in the table. The four of them kept silent for a few seconds.

"Would you like to go with the girls Rico", Matt asked. Matt blinked.

"Sure! Why wouldn’t I", Rico said.

"Dan, would you mind if we leave you here", Rico asked Daniel. Daniel opened his mouth to answer but Matt and Rico were running away. Sabrina was ordering a shake.

"Sabrina, I need to go with my best friends. I hope you understand", Daniel said and walked away while Sabrina opened her mouth to answer like what Daniel did when Rico and Matt left him.

Daniel followed Emma who was alone at the back of them all, Vanessa who was still silent, Nicole who was talking with the boys, Christine and Hadey.

Daniel walked beside Emma.

"How did you get away from Sabrina", Emma asked while smiling.

"Told her that I need to be with my best friends and walked away without letting her say something", Daniel said. The two of them laughed.

"I think there are two who were having fun", Nicole said stopping to look at Emma and Daniel who was stopping too.

"At least we got away from Sabrina", Hadey said. All of them laughed and headed back to the house to prepare lunch.

They arrived at the house and went upstairs. The boy’s bedroom door is in front of Emma, Vanessa and Nicole’s bedroom door. Daniel and Rico went inside their bedroom while Matt remained with the girls gathered around in a small table.

"Dan, what do you think happened to Vanessa? She seems silent", Rico asked as he took his cell phone out of his pocket while lying in his bed.

"I dunno", Daniel said. He saw the worried face of Rico and understood.

"Concern? Well, I think you like her", Daniel said teasingly.

Rico didn’t answer. He opened the gallery of his cell phone, clicked a photo of their group, zoom it in the face of Vanessa and stared at it.

"I think I like her", Rico murmured after a long time of thinking.

"Ha-ha! I was right", Daniel laughed.

"But I don’t think she likes me", Rico said then the door opened and Matt was telling them that they have to go down to eat lunch.

The two of them went down and headed to the same circle dining table. They saw (left to right) Mr. Jacobe, Mrs. Jacobe, Nicole, Christine, Sabrina, Hadey, Matt, Vanessa and Emma sitting around the table ready to eat lunch. Daniel sat beside Emma and Rico sat beside him watching Vanessa. Vanessa avoided his eyes.

He missed his chair and fell right through the floor. He stood up and sat at his chair embarrassingly as everyone laughed at him except Vanessa.

"There’s no water, don’t dive", Daniel teased whispering so nobody could hear and will not let Rico be embarrassed in front of Mr. and Mrs. Jacobe.

"Shut up", Rico said rudely and became red. The laugh faded and they started to eat their lunch. Emma and Daniel kept silent while Sabrina was watching them.