"Ah, oh my gosh I'm so exited." I squealed. I threw my suitcase in the back of Will's truck. We decided to take his truck because there's a lot of room for luggage in the back of. The rest of us were stuffing in the back of the other two cars.

There's thirteen people coming on this trip. Our family, Will's family, Grayson, and Remi and her two siblings. Thirteen people means there's a lot of suitcases and three cars to fit them in.

We took Karla's suburban, Dad's equinox, and Will's truck. Karla, Michael, Kenzie, Grayson, Isaac, and Tabby are riding in Karla's car. Cooper, Connor and Dad were riding in Dad's car. Remi, Carter, Will and I are riding in Will's truck. Carter and Will agreed to switch out who drives.

"I know me too" Remi squealed as I helped her put her fifty pound suitcase in the bed of the truck. She also put her two siblings suitcases in the truck.

"Three days at the beach, tanning in the sun. It's literally my dream vacation and add the fact that I'm not only going with my family but also my best friends. It's amazing."

"Are you girls gonna stand there daydreaming all day or are you gonna do something to make us leave faster?" Dad joked as he came out with his suitcase. He put it in the back of his car.

I slung my arm around Remi's shoulders. "You know us Dad a bunch of slackers." I joked.

Michael and Karla came to our house next. They were only a couple minutes later than everyone else.

"Okay guys are we almost ready to hit the road?" Michael asked.

We all nodded in excitement.

"Isaac and Tabby, you're riding with Karla and Michael." Remi told her siblings. She looked at Karla. "If they're any trouble call me, okay?"

Karla waved her off. "I'm sure they'll be fine." She smiled.

"You two behave, okay? If you give Karla any trouble, I will call mom" she threatened.

Both kids nodded understandingly.

"Hey snowflake, are you excited?" Will asked from behind me.

I turned to face him and hugged him. Despite him being there for almost thirty minutes, I still hadn't seen him.

"More than you know" I smiled.

"Okay, I think that's the last of it. Everyone in the cars let's go" Dad called. Everyone hopped in their respective cars and buckled up excitedly.

Will was driving for the first three hours and Carter the next three hours. We started the road trip off strong with the four of us singing to the music Will was playing. We also talked about what we did for the Fourth of July. Which wasn't much, we just had a family cook out.

We grabbed lunch around one o'clock. We just had some Wendy's. It was a fast option to keep us on the road. We still had six more hours left until we go there.

After hour lunch, the car got quiet. The boys started talking about college football and Remi was out. The music was still playing faintly in the background. I was playing a game on my phone until it got boring and I decided to take a nap. I put my headphones in and played some music.

I was shook awake by someone. I opened my eyes to see Will in my immediate line of sight.

"We're stopping for a bathroom break. Just thought I'd let you know" he smiled at me.

I sat up. "Wait for me" I told him. I unbuckled my seat belt before I slipped on my shoes. Will did as he was told and waited just outside the car.

The boys were in line getting snacks, but I headed straight to the bathroom. After I did my business, I washed my hands and found some snacks for me. I was one of the last ones back to the cars. Carter was driving now. I'm not sure if they switched just now or they switched while I was sleeping.

"We have four more hours left in this amazing car ride, before we make it to the beautiful Port Aransas." Will announced.

We played games like I spy. We brought cards against humanity and read the funny cards. We stopped two hours later at another gas station to get snacks and go to the bathroom.

"Cora!" Kenzie called and hugged me.

"How's the trip so far, Kenz?" I asked her.

A smile took over her face. "It's amazing. Tabby and I have became such good friends and Grayson and Isaac seem to be getting along well. Gray is being so cute. He was holding my hands for more than half the drive so far." She said happily.

I grabbed some snacks and went to the register. Kenzie was just behind me.

"Hey Kenz, I'll buy yours too" I nodded my head towards the register.

"Are you sure?" She asked wearily.

"Of course Kenz. I love you and I'm buying your snacks. I will force them out of your hands" I joked.

She gave them up, but insisted that she pay me back. Of course I told her she didn't have to. The kid was like a little sister to me.

We all got back in the cars and on the road. We had two hours left and my car was buzzing with excitement. The last two hours went by extremely fast and before we knew it we were in Port Aransas.

There were lines of beautiful houses colorful houses. Soon enough our three cars pulled into the driveway of a blue gray house. Right next to it was a bright pink house. It matches the town so well and both were in walking distance of the beach.

We all piled out of the cars together. Everyone met in one big circle.

"Okay listen up. The big teens will be staying in the pink house, while the adults and four little teens will be with us in the gray house." Michael said.

"We're putting a lot of trust into you teenagers. Please don't break it." Dad looked specifically at the boys, while he said this. "Just a reminder, I'm your football coach and four of you's father."

They all threw up their hands in defense. I laughed at the four of them. I would say I'm shocked but honestly I'm not. They can be very irresponsible when left alone.

"We will cook breakfast for you, but I know you lazy teenagers don't get up until ten at times. Your on your own for lunch though" Karla said.

"You guys know the basic rules so let's not waste time going over that. Yes there are golf carts and you can pretty much drive them anywhere in town, if you have your license." Michael said.

"Okay now that all that is cleared out of the way. Meet back at the cars in an hour ready for dinner." Karla said.

Everyone grabbed their stuff out of cars and made their way to the houses.

"I can't believe we get a house all to ourselves" Remi said in disbelief. "I really hope my siblings are being good. I really hate that I'm leaving them with the adults to deal with."

"It's okay Rem, my sister and Grayson are there so they're already taking care of kids their age. Plus my mom loves them." Will assured her.

Will unlocked the door and we walked into an island retreat. It was so beachy and cute.

"Oh my gosh it's perfect" I said as I took in the house. The boys are buzzing with excitement behind me.

"Remi and I call dibs on the master bedroom!" I yelled before the boys could get to it. Remi and I deserve our own private bathroom for all our 'girly' things.

The boys groaned. Will laughed and pointed us into the direction of the rooms.

The master bedroom had a king sized bed with beach designed quilted blanket and two bedside tables. There was a brown dresser and a tv hanging in front of the bed. Remi immediately threw her stuff to the ground and jumped onto the bed.

I laughed and joined her.

"This is amazing" I sighed in content.

"We have to to get ready for dinner." Remi said as she got up and began to rummage through her suitcase.

I sighed and sat up. I didn't feel like getting ready but I knew I had to.

I grabbed my suitcase and picked out one of my outfits. It was a red cropped tank top and Tommy Hilfiger denim shorts. I paired it with white high top converse.

I took out my two Dutch braids. My long brown hair cascaded down my back. I lightly brushed it so the waves would stay intact. I grabbed the front two pieces and used a blue scrunchie to tie them together in the back. I put some mascara on my eyelashes and a light shade of blush on my cheeks.

"Damn you" Remi cursed from beside me as she still was putting on her makeup.

I giggled at her reaction. "What?" I asked.

"I hate you for being so naturally pretty. You hardly have to do anything to get ready." She growled in frustration.

"I don't want to hear it. You're so hot it's not funny. You had more than half the football team drooling over you at my house."

"They're just scared to drool over you because your dad's the coach and your brothers are on the team."

I laughed at how accurate her statement was. After at least thirty minutes and the boys nagging we were finally ready. When I said we, I meant it was mainly Remi that was taking forever.

She finally chose to wear a white cropped cami and a orangeish brown wrap around skirt. She wore her white air forces with it. Once we were ready we made our way to the living room where the rest of the boys were waiting.

"Finally took you long enough" Carter groaned as he and the boys stood up.

"Don't blame me. Blame Remi, she's the one that took a million years getting ready" I put my hands up in defense.

"let's go get food" Cooper said and rushed us out of the house. Honestly, I agreed with him right now. I was starving.

We met back by the cars with everyone. We were all pretty dressed up. Not completely fancy just more than our casual attire back home. Once everyone was there we hopped in the same cars we were in for the trip over here. We followed Michael, who was driving the suburban. Dad followed next and Will was the last one out of the drive way. We rolled the windows down and played music as we drove down the highway.

We pulled into a parking lot to a place called MacDaddy's Family Kitchen. It was a cute beachy blue place. The sun was getting lower in the sky making the restaurant and the rest of Port Aransas look beautiful.

We found a parking spot and met with the rest of our families inside.

"Hello, welcome to MacDaddy's Family Kitchen. How many for your table?" The lady at the receptionist desk asked Karla.

"Thirteen" She answered with a smile.

"Okay would you like the tables pushed together or separate tables close to each other?" The lady asked.

"All together would be great, but if you can't separate tables will be fine"

The lady looked at her ipad thing. "That will be about a fifteen to twenty minute wait for one big table. Will that be okay?" She asked.

"Yes ma'am, thank you"

"No problem," She smiled.

Karla came back over to the group and told us what was happening. Ten minutes later the lady came and got us and led us to a log table. We all sat down.

Dad sat at the head of the table. In order from left to right was Michael, Karla, Connor, me, Will, and Carter. Sitting across from Carter and going left was Cooper, Remi, Tabby, Kenzie, Grayson , and Isaac.

A waitress came by and stopped at our table.

"Hey guys, I'm Anna and I'll be your server today. What can I get y'all started off to drink." she said. She took our drink orders and didn't even write them down. "Can I get you started off on an appetizer?"

The adults shook their heads no.

"Okay I'll be back with your drinks shortly" she smiled and sauntered off.

She came back a few minutes later with all of our drinks. She gave all of our drinks to us.

"Have you decided what you wanted or do you guys need a few more minutes?"

"Can we have a few more minutes, please?" asked Micheal.

"Of course" Anna nodded before going to check on another table.

We all looked at our menus for something to eat. The only problem was the food all looked so good. I finally narrowed it down to two choices.

"What are you thinking?" Will asked from beside me.

"I can't chose between lemon pepper fish or fried chicken" I told him my choices.

He laughed lightly. "I was thinking the same thing. How about we each order one of the plates and we'll share" he offered.

"That actually sounds like a good idea, I'll get the friend chicken" I said.

"Okay then I'll get the lemon pepper fish"

Once we came to the agreement, we started talking with the rest of the table. They were talking about what we're going to do at the beach tomorrow and the boys planned to play football, unsurprisingly.

"How's your house?" I asked Kenzie and Tabby.

"It's so cute. We're in a room with two bunk beds and Gray and Isaac are sleeping on the top while Tabby and I sleep on the bigger beds" Kenzie ranted.

I was shocked to find out that Karla and Micheal let them sleep in the same room, but they're trustworthy.

Anna came back later and everyone was ready to order. We all ordered and Anna went to put the order in the kitchen. It was almost thirty minutes before we all got our food. I wasn't expecting the service to be that fast.

Let's just say that dinner was absolutely amazing. Will and I shared our food and both plates were so good. Anna came back around ten minutes after we all finished our dinner.

"Would you guys like any dessert tonight? I can recommend our peach cobbler, it's really good this time of year."

"No thank you" Karla smiled.

"Is this all one big ticket or separate?"

"Separate. I have me and that whole table as well as this one next to me" Dad motioned to Isaac who was on his left. I assumed Karla and Michael were gonna pay for Connor to make it even.

Remi looked up in shock. "Mr. B, you don't have to pay for us. My mom sent us with money for dinner" She tried to tell him.

He waved her off. "Nonsense, we were the ones who invited you and your family. Us eight please Anna" He told her.

Anna nodded and looked at Micheal. "The rest of you on a separate ticket I presume?"

"Yes ma'am" Micheal said.

Anna nodded before walking away. She came back a few minutes later and gave the tickets to the two males. After she came back with their credit cards, we were ready to go.

Remi tossed a ten dollar tip on the table followed by a couple dollars from each of us. Anna probably got at least a fifty dollar tip that night.

We went back to the houses and it was dark outside, but it was beautiful.

"Guys there's a hot tub at the house. We could hang out there for a while" Will suggested and we all agreed.

We all changed into our swimsuits. I wore a one shoulder black and white one piece with one side cut out of the stomach. Remi put on a bright yellow bikini with little ruffles on it.

"Cute" We said at the same time as we saw each other's swimsuits for the first time.

We both laughed at our simultaneous thoughts.

"Let's go the boys are probably waiting on us" I said. Remi agreed and we made our way out back. The boys were waiting on us as expected.

We spent the rest of the night in the hot tub. We were talking about whatever stuff came to our mind. There was a lot about school next year. I can't wait but I also never want summer to end.