My eyelids fluttered open. I grabbed my glasses on the bedside table. Today is my birthday. I'm 12 today. I thought. I picked out my favorite outfit today, and headed downstairs for breakfast. I stopped in the kitchen. Samantha was wearing her best dress, and she was baking my favorite breakfast, banana choco chunk muffins. Everyone was sitting in the dining room, munching happily.
"Gracie, I'm coming to pick you up at 9:00 this morning to take you to the airport for your surprise." Samantha said as she set the platter of fresh muffins on the table.
"Okay, thanks." I smiled. My sisters were grinning and grinning. They all handed me their presents. The only one who didn't was Kit. Kit must be Samantha's partner.
I got all my favorite things. Kristy and Chrissa got me a beautiful spring green choker. Felicity and Lanie got me a gardening set, with seeds for my favorite flowers, lilies and violets, just like my twin's name. Julie and Bailey got me Taylor Swift's album, Fearless. Elizabeth and Rebecca got me a picture frame with my favorite photo of me and Erin.
"Thanks so much, everyone." I couldn't stop smiling. I finished my muffin and headed off to school with Lanie.
During the first period, the science teacher, Mrs. Poe, asked the whole class to sing happy birthday to me and she gave me a purple eraser. Bethie, who sat next to me, kept on tapping my desk and grinning. We passed notes normally, but today not a single note was passed. I rocked back and forth in my seat, watching the clock. When the bell rang, I headed off to English with Beth. We stopped at our lockers and headed to the classroom to work with Mrs. Bishop. At the middle of the class period, an 8th grader walked in carrying a pass for me and my sisters to leave class. We headed down the stairs and stopped at our lockers to grab our stuff. We walked, all 10 of us in a row, giggling excitedly. When we reached the Guidance Office, Samantha stood, standing there, as giggly and happy as the rest of us. We walked home, and she asked us to change into our nicer clothes. I changed into my new sundress and Elizabeth into her pink dress. Samantha called a taxi while we ate a quick lunch of sandwiches and juice. When the taxi arrived, we filed into it. It was a van, so all 11 of us fit inside. She told the driver to take us to the airport, so we headed off.
When we got to the airport, Samantha held out a small bag of clothes and hygienic stuff to me. So THAT'S why the other girls were carrying purses. We waited for about 15 minutes, and Samantha told us that it was time. We loaded on to a blue plane and sat in rows of 3 on the plane. I sat in between Bethie and Lanie, both of them giggling and excited. I pulled the book that I had brought, The Grapes of Wrath, out of my purse. We sat on the plane, chattering and sitting silently while the flight attendant gave us small portions of snacks, peanuts and a small cup of juice and a napkin. I nibbled a salty one as Lanie joyously stared out the window. Finally, the captain announced:
"This is your captain speaking. We will be landing in the Canadian National Airport in 10 minutes. Please buckle your seatbelts and thank you for choosing Southwest Airlines."
We buckled out seatbelts and sat silently until the landing was completed. We hiked off the plane, dizzy and carrying our bags. Samantha asked us to hook hands in a line and we sat on the bench and waited.
Finally, Samantha stood up. She stood on the bench and waved her hands. Soon, a group of 9 dolls walked toward us. Samantha told us to get into a group, with Grace in the middle. So we did. One of them wearing a brown sundress tried to penetrate the line, but Kristy pushed her out of the way. Wait a second, I knew that doll. I tried to push through the crowd, but Felicity and Chrissa pushed me along. We got into a taxi with the group of 9 dolls riding in front of us. Samantha told the taxi driver to follow them.
We arrived at a quaint house. And the second I loaded out of the van, I heard a voice yell my name.
"GRACIE!"
I spun around. The doll in the brown sundress was sprinting toward me. A doll with brown hair like Samantha's picked up her shoes that the doll in the sundress had kicked off as she ran, and she picked them up like they were snakes ready to attack.
"Erin? ERIN IS THAT YOU!?!" I cried.
The doll nodded as she sprinted faster. She jumped into my arms and we hugged tighter then ever possible. I saw behind my shoulder a doll with red hair like our Felicity's pushed another doll back into the van.
I found out my surprise--our family was staying in Canada with Erin's family for the rest fo the week! Both familes had permission from our owners, and we had made sleeping arrangements. I was staying in Erin's room.
I started crying as Kirsten and Samantha explained our surprise in the bedroom. Erin hugged me and we both started crying.
"Now, we have a surprise for Bethie." Kirsten said softly. Samantha grinned and grinned.
The doll with dark hair, who's name was Julia, opened the door. Bethie shrieked loud, as a dark skinned doll walked in the room.
-Read Bethie's Blog to find out what happens!-
~Gracie
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