Vacation
Written by: Lena
“You can’t be serious! It is not the place.”
“What do you mean it is not the place?”
“It is not the place we will spend our vacation in, is it?” She demanded, eyes wide open, furious.
“What’s bad about that one?” He wondered.
“Well…it is you know… old.”
“Old? It’s not that old!” He exclaimed.
“Of course it is, honey. Look at this. These chairs are like what? 100 years old?” She was staring at him waiting for a response.
He didn’t say a word.
“Look, they are covered with dust.” She continued.
“We could clean it up,” he muttered below his breath.
“Cl.. you said… clea.. no… did you really mean we would clean it up?!” He has not seen her that much frenzied ever. She sure was not the most easy-going person. And they had had some rough times, too. But what he saw now could not be compared to their worst times. He ignored her question and went into the bungalow. He knew she would follow him and so she did.
“You can’t just ignore me, can you? It is so not fair. That is not a vacation I have expected. The place is dull. I bet there are snakes in here.”
Just as she said this they heard some noise in the corner.
“See, told you, there can be snakes or even worse.” She cried totally horrified.
“There are none,” he cut her off. She started to annoy him. At first he was amused at her reaction but now that feeling had gone and he only wanted her to stop talking.
Which she was not able to. She kept blabbering about this and that. The walls were dirty, there was not enough furniture, only one room, no pool, even no fridge, and – oh, my God – no coffee machine.
He didn’t say a word while she was blowing off steam.
“I am not staying here!” She said.
“Fine!” He responded. “Go!”
He knew she would not move. He was right. She was standing there in front of him, looking right into his eyes, silently demanding an explanation. Sure as hell it was not the vacation she had hoped for.
He could not bear it any longer.
“Our hotel is half a mile down the road,” he smiled. “Five stars. At the beach.”
“I hate you!” She hit him with her purse breathing a sigh of relief.
“I love you too, honey!” He laughed.
