{ 1 June, 2014 | 8:33 A.M. | Kalaupapa, Hawaii | Day 1 | 542 words }
Alek sighed as Derik jumped onto his bed and then fell asleep. He made a mental note to give him his sound proof headphones on the way home. He smiled then grabbed his video camera. "Hello. Aleksander here. Derik's out cold because he couldn't get sleep on the plane. I'm gonna stay here in the room until he wakes up because I'm a nice friend." He explained to the video camera and then turned it off again. He pulled his computer out of one his suitcases. He spent a little bit of time watching some YouTube videos and listening to music. Then he got a little to eat out of their snack bag. There was everything in that bag. Chips, crackers, cookies, chestnuts and chocolate and everything in between. He had to hand it to Derik, when it came to packing snacks, he was the boss.
Once Alek had eaten some, he decided to read a little out of his new book, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. It began like so. YOU don't know about me without you have read a book by the name of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer; but that ain't no matter. That book was made by Mr. Mark Twain, and he told the truth, mainly. There was things which he stretched, but mainly he told the truth. That is nothing. I never seen anybody but lied one time or another, without it was Aunt Polly, or the widow, or maybe Mary. Aunt Polly—Tom's Aunt Polly, she is—and Mary, and the Widow Douglas is all told about in that book, which is mostly a true book, with some stretchers, as I said before.
Now the way that the book winds up is this: Tom and me found the money that the robbers hid in the cave, and it made us rich. We got six thousand dollars apiece—all gold. It was an awful sight of money when it was piled up. Well, Judge Thatcher he took it and put it out at interest, and it fetched us a dollar a day apiece all the year round—more than a body could tell what to do with. The Widow Douglas she took me for her son, and allowed she would sivilize me; but it was rough living in the house all the time, considering how dismal regular and decent the widow was in all her ways; and so when I couldn't stand it no longer I lit out. I got into my old rags and my sugar-hogshead again, and was free and satisfied. But Tom Sawyer he hunted me up and said he was going to start a band of robbers, and I might join if I would go back to the widow and be respectable. So I went back.
Aleksander cringed as he finished the first page. He couldn't dare to read anymore for fear he would lose some intelligence along the way. So he just laid there, staring at the ceiling while waiting for his friend to awaken from his slumber. How long would it be? Minutes, hours? No one knew how long he would sleep except for him but Alek knew he wasn't going anywhere without his bro.
{ 1 June, 2014 | 8:26 A.M. | Kalaupapa, Hawaii | Day 1 | 313 words }
Victoria smiled as her friend played with her. She followed her friend out onto the wave that she had made and they rode it like no tomorrow. It was fun surfing, especially with Anna and her brother as they had the perfect powers to control the water and make the waves. But she guessed that was why Jakob didn't surf anymore. She shrugged the thought off then she rode into shore with Anna then unclipped her ankle from her board and then did the same to Anna so she could tackle her. They tussled in the water for a little. Rough housing like they normally did. When they were finished, they were both soaking wet and were starving.
Victoria took her wet shirt off, leaving her in her plain green bikini. She took a bite of the sandwich she had gotten for herself and pushed Annabelle's sandwich over to her. "So you'll never guess what I saw this morning." She started in between bites. "I saw a couple of tourist men driving into my family's hotel! Can you believe it? 6 years with no visitors and now they show up." She smiled and finished her sandwich taking a large swig of her water before turning to Annabelle. "So darling... why were you late?" She questioned as the other ate.
Truthfully, she didn't mind that she had been late but if something bad had happened and she never showed up, that's when Victoria would drop everything to go and find her. That's just what they did. What the bond between best friends were. Especially best friends who share a great secret that cannot be shared with anyone. It wasn't told to anyone but their family that day. I mean, in a small town, people would ostracize you if you were different because people are afraid of change. Afraid of anything that they don't understand.