Savannah Howson's Story

Savannah opened her eyes after rubbing them a couple of times. Sunshine? that was odd, the weather forecast said it was supposed to be rainy in the town Savannah called "nowheresville, canada". New room, comfy bed, and weird scenery outside her window? that would explain a lot.

Savannah found a note on a desk next to her lamp. It read,

Dear Savannah,
Surprise! As a reward for your accomplishments at Brickton High School, we have sent you to Casa of Amour, a resort where you can meet a bunch of other kids your age and relax! Have a fun time and make some friends!
Love You,
Mom and Dad

Savannah was confused. Was it even possible to pick her up while she was sleeping, drive her to the airport, fly her to the dominican republic, and put her in a hipstery room in less than 24 hours? Probably not. But Savannah didn't feel like thinking about it. The first thing she saw out of her window was a pool, and since nobody was in it (well, there were people near the pool, but Savannah couldn't tell if they were in or out of the pool.....), she decided she would go for a little swim before lots of people came.

Savannah didn't even think about the fact that she might have woken up very late, or that she should eat breakfast first. She went into the bathroom that was part of her room and surprisingly found all of her things from home across the sink. She got herself ready for the day, and looked into the closet.

Her bathing suit and all of her other clothes were hanging neatly on multicolored hangers. She reached for her black and white polka-dotted two-piece bathing suit, and put it on. She put on some brown flipflops, and her neon green sunglasses. she grabbed her favorite bag, (a tan bag with a giraffe made out of eco-friendly material) and put in her blue ipod, her sun hat, and a copy of "the fault in our stars" that she was reading. She was surprised she could even find all of these things. She was sure her parents would have forgotten them.

She made her way outside, and put her bag, sunglasses, and flip-flops on a lounge chair. She made sure nobody was looking, and did a cannon ball into the pool. Savannah hadn't been a REAL pool for two years. She relaxed, closed her eyes, and floated on top of the water. So far, life was good.

As Savannah floated on the water, she heard her stomach growl. Maybe skipping breakfast wasn't such a good thing. She swam slowly to the ladder (savannah wasn't the best swimmer) and climbed up onto the concrete. As she made her way to her bag, she could hear a guy and a girl speaking in Spanish. Yep, she was in the Dominican republic. She searched her bag to retrieve a towel, but realized she had forgotten one. Fortunately, there were white ones hanging on a rack. She grabbed one and dried herself off.

Savannah put on her sunglasses, took her bag, and eagerly made her way to the kitchen. Suite foods are the best. She hung her bag on a chair and looked through the cabinets, and found some cereal. She grabbed a bowl, and put it on the table where her bag was. She got some milk, poured the crispy cereal in the blue bowl, then poured the milk. She got a knife, cut some strawberries and bananas, and put them in her cereal. She then sat down and ate her breakfast. As she ate, she thought she could hear the faint sound of guitar playing. Savannah decided that after breakfast, she would go back in the pool.

Savannah watched the whole conversation between Alex and Jack. It seemed as if they had a pg-13 rated relationship. As soon as they pulled out the drinks, Savannah put her bowl in the sink. She grabbed her bag and was about to go outside, when she realized she had forgotten her sunscreen.

She ran up the stairs to the third floor. She could hear banging noises coming from a room nearby. She entered the room to find two kids standing near a huge hole in the wall. From the noises she heard, it seemed like the hole had just been made.

"Wooooooahhhhh", she said. "Did you guys do that?"

She took a closer look at the two. The girl was holding a candy bar that looked like it had been dipped in peanut butter. The asian guy looked like he was blushing. Must've been another couple.

Myra looked toward the girl that just walked into the room. "I think he has some unsorted anger issues he needs to deal with." Myra smiled at the girl and offered her some chocolate. "I'm Myra, I just got here, and was looking around when I heard him being loud." she bit off more chocolate and grabbed a scoop of peanut butter. This was getting awkward and she didn't even know these people's names. "Uhm, sorry I'm rambling."

Quill shook his head at the offer of the chocolate bar. He wasn't really hungry now. ''Nice to meet you Myra. I am Quill,'' he said and smiled faintly. He than looked up as another girl entered the room. He looked at the hole in the wal and shook his head. ''I did that,'' he said and grabbed his shirt. He hadn't got a shirt on at all.

Myra glanced at the girl and smiled. "Uhm, I don't think so. My name is Myra. Want a snack?" She offered the girl some chocolate and peanut butter with shaking hands, and motioned her head toward Quill. "This is Quill and he was just doing some karate. No harm done, except to the wall I guess." Her head was starting to spin. She really needed something to drink. "Hey, do you guys want to have a party or something? Or maybe a buffet dinner, I'm starving and could really use a drink, that damn plane ride over here was killer." Hopefully they would go for that, Myra didn't really want to explain any of her drinking, or smoking, or any part of her life. She needed a release and a party was just the way to go about things.

Quill pulled his shirt on and looked at Myra. He was thirsty himself. He nodded silently and looked at the new girl in silence. He'd never met so many in one day, and now he did. He smiled faintly at himself and looked at the hole in the wall. It couldn't hurt right, just a small hole in the wall?

Myra smiled at Quill. "You want to lead the way? I have no idea where I am." She smiled at the other two people and broke off the last piece of chocolate and greedily scooped some peanut butter onto it. Her hands were shaking even more now so she spun the top back onto the peanut butter and crumpled the wrapper into her pocket. Myra did her best to hide her hands in her jacket as she waited for Quill to lead the way. I wonder what they have here, hopefully something good because today is NOT going well. Ugh, it's better than the small room I had in rehab though.

Quill looked at the other girls before nodding at Myra. ''Sure, the kitchen is close anyways,'' he said and made his way out of the room. He walked to the stairs and went down the stairs. He waited for the rest before leading the girls through the hallway and towards the kitchen. Once in the kitchen, he sat down on a table and waited for the rest to arrive.

Savannah followed the girl and the guy.

"haha, yeah, a party would be awesome, man. WOOO PARTAY!!!!"
Savannah made a "raise the roof" motion as she said this.

Savannah looked over at the asian guy.
"So what karate do you do? I used to take Ti Chi, but i wasn't really good at it."

Quill looked at Savannah and smiled. ''I do all kinds of, they never teached me what kind of Karate there were, so I guess I've practised quite some kinds,'' he said and looked at the ober. He ordered some water for himself.

''Karate keeps me relaxed and calm. I don't have an agression problem really, but I have been through a lot, and Karate helped me great with dealing with things,'' he said.

"wish my name was Mari..........or M........"
Savannah said. Like Marika, Savannah just decided to play along, and was looking for coffee rather than alchohal. She introduced herself, saying in a country accent,
"ma name's savaannah. from ma name you wood think i from da countray, but i actually from nowheresville, cainida."

''I have no clue how late it is. But thank you,'' he said, smiling faintly. He took a sip from his glass of water and stretched slightly. he felt tired already, he had no idea why though maybe because of the Karate he had done. Wow, I never talked to so many girls before..., he thought to himself.

Savannah ordered some coffee. she looked down at her bathing suit.
"Wow. i completely forgot that i'm still wearing this.", she said laughing.
"So when are we planning this par-tay? also, who are we gonna invite and stuff?"
To be silly, Savannah pulled her glasses out of her bag and put them on her eyes.

Savannah looked at Myra. She seemed nervous or something. Was she old enough to drink? Savannah just put these thoughts in the back of her head. Everyone at the hotel seemed to be a drinker.

¨How 'bout some tunes? What do you guys like?″ Myra sad as she walked over to a pad attached to the wall.

After sipping her coffee, Savannah said, "i like anything really, though i am into Relient K and i'm starting to get into Daft Punk."
She looked over at Quill and Marika. "What do you guys like?"

Myra nodded her head and pressed the play button. "Relient K it is." She turned back to the crowd and eyed the vodka. Ugh, this isn't going to be easy, dammit. She sighed and grabbed her mug to fill it with coffee. Walking over to the fridge, she found some caramel creamer and smiled. She loved caramel. Myra popped the top up and made sure no one could see how horrible of a job she was doing at pouring the creamer into her mug. Finally, after stirring the java with her finger, she faced the crowd and listened to their chatter. Myra didn't really care about what they were talking about, but people were people and as of this moment, she didn't know anyone here. "So, what brought you guys here?" Surely, not all of them could be without someone to love them. Myra clenched her teeth at the thought of her parents, she really did hate them, for abandoning her. She knew she couldn't blame everything on them though. The drinking and drugs were my fault. The only thing to worry about now is getting it all back under control.

Myra gulped down the rest of her coffee and shrugged. "My parents threw me in here. Who knows though? Maybe I'll fall in love or whatever." She enjoyed over-exagerrrating the falling in love part. Mainly because she didn't believe in it but also because she didn't really think she needed it. Who would want to deal with all my baggage anyway. I certainly wouldn't. Myra poured herself more coffee and sighed to herself. Myra had a high tolerance to caffeine and anesthetics. She didn't really know why, probably because of all the accidents she got into. Either way, she wasn't hoping to get into any more than she needed to. She adjusted her collar and added creamer to her drink. This wasn't going to hold her over, not at all. "Do we have any good food around here?" She fidgeted with her mug to keep herself from grabbing the vodka. Why can't this be easier dammit!

Myra smiled at Marika. "Oh my god, cake sounds amazing!" Myra hopped up onto the counter by the fridge and waited for the cake. "I'm eighteen, finally a legal adult." Thank god for that too. Myra could finally live away from her parents without people questioning her, though, she realized things didn't quite go the way she wanted them to. She mentally palmed her face. Stupid, stupid, stupid.

"do the CAKE! do the CAKE!" Savannah chanted, then laughed.
not to interupt or anything, but i'm eighteen as well", Savannah said. She was almost done with her coffee. Relient K music always put her in a good mood.

"I would love to have the honor of licking the bowl, but after that performance, i think you deserve it!" Savannah said. She could start to smell the cake in the oven. "Do you have some sort of cooking show or something? you seem like you could be the next Rachel Ray!", Savannah said, laughing.

For some reason, Savannah was better at cooking up meals that you would eat at dinner rather than dessert. Most of the time, Savannah cooked for her parents after they came home from work.