“I am going to miss you too, Em! We can call at least one time a week!” Ava replied.  

“I guess you are right. I am going to miss you over summer break.” Emily said while crying a bit. They said their final goodbyes and now Emily was in her car with her mom and her 16 year old sister, Bree. 

“Are you guys excited for summer break?! We are going to have so much fun!” Emily’s mom said whilst driving home.  

“I need the small ones!” Josh’s dad, Michael, asked. Josh thought of the yummy, delicious food in his stomach after they finished building the grill. ‘Yummmmmy’ Josh thought in his head.

“Dad, I finished the second to last piece of the grill!”  

“Good job, josh!” 

Josh’s dad told Josh. They were almost done, Josh was waiting for the YUMMY food. 

“Hey Josh, can you pass me the other screws?” 

“Sure thing da-” PLINGGGGG PLING… All the screws went all around the place. ‘This is not good,’ Josh thought in his head.  Josh and his dad sat there, no noise, just quietness… “Dad, I'm sorry…” Josh’s dad didn’t say a word. Josh knew he was in big trouble. 

“AHHHHHHH” Hazel screamed. 

    “What is it?” Zack said, very  considered. 

  “ I chipped a nail!” Hazel cired.  

  “ Seriously, you almost gave me a heart attack.” Zack snapped back. 

   “ Guys, do not fight, we are almost there.” Mom said to break the mood. 

        

  “Horrible you didn’t pick me up from school, and I had to walk home in embarrassment. I glance at the stairs, and at my mom I Think, do  I wanna hear my mom or play with Marissa, play with Marissa duh so I go running up the stairs” 

“I am sorry sweetheart the car wasn’t turning on so. Hey! SAMMY ROSE JOSEPH don’t you think you can go running up the stairs like that! ” Loren, Sammy’s mom, said. Loren went running up the stairs right after Sammy. 

One summer day the sky was a brilliant blue with not a single cloud, Zac and his family decided to go to the beach.  Zac was excited he loved the beach and was determined to land a new trick on his skimboard. Once he got to the beach he immediately sprayed himself with sunscreen and ran to the shallow water with excitement. The water was warm and clear like plastic wrap, the sun was beaming like a fire burning through the day. Zac’s skimboard was shining in the light because of its new wax coating. It  had a fishtail shaped back edge and was fluorescent green color in the sun. Zac grabbed the skimboard and was ready to ride.

‘“Yay this is going to be a great day,” Zac thought as he dropped his skimboard on the  hot sand and jumped on. 

 

“HEY, that snack is MINE!” said a skinny little boy, snatching up a Hershey, his brown eyes set on it. A pair of green eyes narrowed. “We agreed that the snacks on this side were mine, and the snacks we put on your side were yours.”"

“First of all, this is not a “small” home and this is a wonderful neighborhood with wonderful people,” my dad said, “ Anyway your sister has a ton of friends here.” my mom replied. 

“Everything is about my little sister,” I groaned, “Good old perfect Sally can’t be harmed.” 

“You do not talk about your sister like that,” my parents screamed in unison. 

“And go to your room!” my dad yelled.