Shoutout to gloryinwriting ! For encouraging me with continuing this book. Thanks a lot sister!

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I guess it wouldn't hurt my brain if I could escape it's mumbling to the beach so, yes with a yellow sunny hat, a cotton t-shirt and a pair of shorts, I head down. With second thoughts, I was tempted to take my favorite one piece beach wear but in the end taking the black "I don't care"t-shirt and then finally by some result of my weird mind, I take a dusty book lying down my shelf- from the looks of it, I can bet that it's something I haven't read in eons!

It is definitely strange to see my parents at the living room talking in whispers, so like a ninja , I stealthily walk toward the door hearing,

"You know it dear, why aren't we telling this to her then?" My dad asks.

"But of course she has not come of the age of eighteen!" Mom somehow retorts.

"Really? Is that the best retort you could come up this far? She's turning 18 next week! We have to tell her or maybe we could be victims like those character- Peter and his sister in the Lost Symbol", my father states, in a serious tone which mom doesn't really like.

Hence the couple turns into a tensed atmosphere like a stretched elastic string.

While I wonder what is the Lost Symbol? A movie? A book?
Most importantly, what are they even hiding from me? Is there some sort of necklace or something they have to give me when I turn 18? I mean, I can't help it but conclude like that as in most books people reveal stuff to teen when they turn 15or 16 or 17 or 18!

I quickly jump,unfortunately, a bit noisily when my mom calls me ,"Melinda, breakfast ready" her shout, momentarily freezes me at the spot, afraid my parent had caught my evesdropping. Luckily, I see my favorite magazine, Forbes laying on the sofa which I quickly jump upon softly, pretending to be engrossed in fashion trivia simultaneously grabbing waffles nearby.

"Moooom! I  already ate waffles! No need of breakfast!" I drawled out, since if you are a member of the Young family, soon you will find out the quantity of my mom's cooking.
Which is...
A lot!
Besides, you can't even eat for yourself for once! I have to eat the exact, accurate amount of food which mom gives! So thanks for the offer, I'll just pass.

Anyways, it is almost a miracle they believed by act. OMG! Can I be an actress in the future? But then again those depressing reminders of my pondering a come back. Like they have a meaning in my life!

"Now, dear maybe you shouldn't force her. Let her eat whatever she wants!" my dad looks at my mom as if he's telling her something serious.

Luckily, mom didn't have the chance to complete as our door slams open-

"Drumroll please" Clary asks Fin and my another close friend, Penny.

Penny is that girl who doesn't care about anything if the thing she care about is the most important in her eyes. I have to say she is undeniably bold. Not to forget that she could be funny half of the time and bored the rest of the half. When I look at her summer in a style clothing, l remember that I've already dressed up for the beach party.

"We are officially requesting your permission to take your daughter to a beach party for relaxation of your daughters mind. So if you please be that caring parents who love the best for their daughter, you would know that we-" dramatically Penny pause

"Fin Owen, her boyfriend", Fin bows making me blush slightly.

" Clarissa Swann, her best friend from grade 3", making a petite cute bow.

"And myself, Penny Stone,  a royal friend of Mellies, would dearly assure you that with our life at risk, would protect your daughter from any danger. And thank you" she bows to find my mom who had already forgotten of my breakfast gawking and even my father looking startled.

I think it was for this moment, my friends were waiting for. Fin actually takes my hand, I weirdly felt we flying when in reality we are just running along with my two besties at the side, which makes me laugh too along with them who were having a very hard time to control.

"This is definitely the best beach party ever" I say as Penny simultaneously screams it in Fin's convertible.

"Soooo, how was our performance?" Penny asks me with her smirk brightened as she sees that slowly I'm being my old self again.

"That was... Fantastic! Superb! Stupendous!" I exclaim, joining their infectious excitement. It might be short or boring way for me to express it but that's how I usually am. To truly express, I was like on the moon and moreover the fast, gushing air seems to agree with me along with the chirpy tune of the birds clubbing with us.

"Here come the sun to do do do, here come our nerd girl back alive" , Fin mashes up brilliantly sensing my smile which happened barely ever.

"By the way, that was the version of Kidnap from your best friends!" Clary joins in.

" A small surprise gift!" Penny shouts over the flying colors of the wind and Fin's song.

Though actually it wasn't surprising if you saw they told me about the party yesterday. But then, I can't believe, I actually didn't ask about Penny yesterday!

"Penny! Where were you yesterday?" I put in for the first time my friendly concerned voice.

"Doing errands for today!!! Or where else would I be?", she smiles in a way that tells me "you-were never-that-concerned person".

For once, I think over the fact what my friends did for me and how I'm ignoring it! They in fact saved me from mom's funeral speech and the gluttonous breakfast which is why they are my friends! I mentally slap myself as we drive through as I feel something crawling at the back of my mind.