[Submitted by Saloni on June 24, 2008, 9:00 pm]
Chapter 5
“So apart from embarrass you, what does your Dad do?” he asked with a shy smile.
“Personally, I think embarrassing me is his main job and his part-time job is trading, he deals in coffee and cashews” I added with a giggle.
Now for the surprise, he laughed! Somebody actually laughed at one of my lame jokes! Then I realized the question he asked was really dumb because both of our parents worked in the same company. Dumb eh? Then he explained that even though they worked for the same company his dad didn’t deal in the same things. It was like he could read my mind. We were soul mates - I wish.
“So, where exactly are we? I mean I know we’re in New Zealand but where in it? I was sure Justin would laugh but he didn’t! He gave me the answer with a straight face. He’s either really nice or just a great actor. Hmmmm….
“We’re in Te Anau; it’s a small city we’re going to stay here for one night. The main attraction is the Glowworm Caves.”
“Please tell me we aren’t going for it!’ I practically wailed.
The thought of slimy worms that glow made me squirm so bad that my insides hurt,kinda like my stomach was auditioning for a gymnastics team...and was doing really well.
“Awww, Danny is afraid of itty-bitty little worms that glow, what harmful creatures” Jason droned.
“Shut up twerp! I’m not scared I’m just… Disgusted, that’s it.” I assured myself. If I was going to show Justin that I wasn’t another of those girly-girls I would have to go through with the glowworm caves without barfing. Good luck to me.
“Here we are, Home sweet home, at least for tonight and tomorrow, that is.” My dad chirped.
We had booked 2 cottages, one for us and one the Blancs. After settling into the hotel, we met at a Chinese restaurant where Justin and I sat together! Yay me! He even tried my tofu (my mum’s a vegan and it doesn’t taste that bad after the first twenty times) although I could see him trying to resist the urge to barf.
Chapter 6
“Wakey wakey!” my Dad hollered through as bull horn as he ran through our cottage.
“Da-aaaaad, its only 6 o’clock!” I moaned as I tried to drown out his shouting with my pillow and sheets.
“Darling, you don’t want to miss our boat to the glowworm caves, do you?” He asked like he actually thought I might say no. Ha-ha
“That was kinda the plan,” I sighed to myself
“Look at your brother, he’s bathed, brushed and ready. For once” he added.
This I had to see, usually it is impossible to wake him up before noon but throw bugs or any disgusting creatures into the plan and he’s ready before you can say ‘creep’. I personally think he just wets his hair, eats a mint and sprays on deodorant. I mean who can brush and bathe in 5 minutes?
“This is embarrassing! This thing uglier than Aunt Pearl’s mole!” I tried to hide my head between my legs so that I could escape the bemused faces of the locals wondering why a bright pink mini-bus with the words ‘HIRE ME’ in bright orange was polluting the picturesque little, quaint town with its blinding colours..
When my dad said that we were hiring a mini-bus for the eight of us I pictured myself in a white stretch-limo talking to Justin looking like I had just come out of a maybelline advertisement. Yet, here I am looking like I had just come out of a maybelline advertisement in a hideous vehicle that could make someone blind because of its shocking colours. I’m not kidding.So much for the limo.sometimes I really wish I was adopted.
“Here we are, the boat is only about a half-hour long then we enter the caves. This is so exciting! My Dad chirped.
“Yeah right,” I whispered to myself
“We’ll be getting breakfast on the boat so don’t fill up on the free coffee” My Dad chuckled
Considering my situation, coffee = escape to paradise.
“So apart from embarrass you, what does your Dad do?” he asked with a shy smile.
“Personally, I think embarrassing me is his main job and his part-time job is trading, he deals in coffee and cashews” I added with a giggle.
Now for the surprise, he laughed! Somebody actually laughed at one of my lame jokes! Then I realized the question he asked was really dumb because both of our parents worked in the same company. Dumb eh? Then he explained that even though they worked for the same company his dad didn’t deal in the same things. It was like he could read my mind. We were soul mates - I wish.
“So, where exactly are we? I mean I know we’re in New Zealand but where in it? I was sure Justin would laugh but he didn’t! He gave me the answer with a straight face. He’s either really nice or just a great actor. Hmmmm….
“We’re in Te Anau; it’s a small city we’re going to stay here for one night. The main attraction is the Glowworm Caves.”
“Please tell me we aren’t going for it!’ I practically wailed.
The thought of slimy worms that glow made me squirm so bad that my insides hurt,kinda like my stomach was auditioning for a gymnastics team...and was doing really well.
“Awww, Danny is afraid of itty-bitty little worms that glow, what harmful creatures” Jason droned.
“Shut up twerp! I’m not scared I’m just… Disgusted, that’s it.” I assured myself. If I was going to show Justin that I wasn’t another of those girly-girls I would have to go through with the glowworm caves without barfing. Good luck to me.
“Here we are, Home sweet home, at least for tonight and tomorrow, that is.” My dad chirped.
We had booked 2 cottages, one for us and one the Blancs. After settling into the hotel, we met at a Chinese restaurant where Justin and I sat together! Yay me! He even tried my tofu (my mum’s a vegan and it doesn’t taste that bad after the first twenty times) although I could see him trying to resist the urge to barf.
Chapter 6
“Wakey wakey!” my Dad hollered through as bull horn as he ran through our cottage.
“Da-aaaaad, its only 6 o’clock!” I moaned as I tried to drown out his shouting with my pillow and sheets.
“Darling, you don’t want to miss our boat to the glowworm caves, do you?” He asked like he actually thought I might say no. Ha-ha
“That was kinda the plan,” I sighed to myself
“Look at your brother, he’s bathed, brushed and ready. For once” he added.
This I had to see, usually it is impossible to wake him up before noon but throw bugs or any disgusting creatures into the plan and he’s ready before you can say ‘creep’. I personally think he just wets his hair, eats a mint and sprays on deodorant. I mean who can brush and bathe in 5 minutes?
“This is embarrassing! This thing uglier than Aunt Pearl’s mole!” I tried to hide my head between my legs so that I could escape the bemused faces of the locals wondering why a bright pink mini-bus with the words ‘HIRE ME’ in bright orange was polluting the picturesque little, quaint town with its blinding colours..
When my dad said that we were hiring a mini-bus for the eight of us I pictured myself in a white stretch-limo talking to Justin looking like I had just come out of a maybelline advertisement. Yet, here I am looking like I had just come out of a maybelline advertisement in a hideous vehicle that could make someone blind because of its shocking colours. I’m not kidding.So much for the limo.sometimes I really wish I was adopted.
“Here we are, the boat is only about a half-hour long then we enter the caves. This is so exciting! My Dad chirped.
“Yeah right,” I whispered to myself
“We’ll be getting breakfast on the boat so don’t fill up on the free coffee” My Dad chuckled
Considering my situation, coffee = escape to paradise.