The Seven

The Seven

Day 3

I slept pretty good that night for some reason. When I woke up Vaughn was already shaving.

"Why shave?" I asked him. He laughed. "You want me to grow a beard?" he asked.

"I'm interested as to how it would look."

"Well, maybe when we get back, I wonder what Kendall would think of it!"

"We going to the zoo today?" I asked him as I crawled out of bed. "Yes we are, you can

finally see that giraffe with the crooked neck!" I smiled, "Well, I can't forget my camera, then can I?"

We walked to the boardwalk and had a nice breakfast of cheese and bacon omelets. We had a

nice conversation about our gavorite movies and then walked towards the zoo. When we got there,

there was a small crowd of people waiting for the zoo to open. "It's 10:00, and there is a line waiting

to get in, jeez this place is insane." Michael said, irritated.




"You're not very patient are you?" I asked him.

"Haha, sorry, lines don't thrill me." he aswered back.



When they finally opened the gates, Michael paid for us, and we walked in.

We walked into the entrance, and went to the Amphibian section first. There were salamanders and frogs.

Then we looked at the snakes, turtles, and alligators. Afterwards, we decided to look at all of the different

kinds of birds. I liked the parrots the best, espiecally when Michael started talking to them. "Hello."

Michael would say. Then, they'd repeat it back. "What are you looking at, bird head?" and the bird would say

it back. Michael started to laugh. "Okayy, I think you're having a little too much fun with the parrots,

I said as I grabbed his hand, and led him to the monkeys. "Now, here are your real friends," I said jokingly.





I didn't like the spider section, and we saved the best for last. When we finally got near the

crooked-necked giraffe, Michael put a hand over my eyes. "Now...look on my count..1-2-...3!" he said,

releasing his hands off my eyes. I started to laugh. "Wow that's crooked, alright!" I said as I snapped

some pictures. "Hey, don't make fun of the giraffe!" he said.

We had sandwiches at the zoo's cafeteria, and then headed for the Gift Shop. Michael

bought me a shirt that said, I SAW THE GIRAFFE WITH THE CROOKED NECK AT THE SANTA

BARBARA ZOO
, and I bought him a shirt with a parrot on it.




After the zoo, we decided to go to the beach. The water was refreshing, and I actually did

a little better surfing the waves today. When it cooled down, we went to a nice place to eat again,

and then decided to go play tennis.



We rented a court, and got some raquets and began to play. "Now, I'm going to play

a little "hit and giggle" with you. I laughed, "What in the world is a hit and giggle?" I asked him.

"It just means that I'm not going to try my hardest, so I don't hurt you, or beat you

to badly."

"Ha! You think you're going to beat me, well fine, if you play hit and giggle, then I

will too!" I replied.


"Well then, there's no point in us both doing it!" Michael shouted, as he slammed

the ball down, getting a point.





We played a couple of sets, and when Michael had won almost all of the games,

and both of the sets, we decided to stop. "When did you get so good at tennis?" I asked him.

"That's classified information, I'm afraid, my love." he said, kissing me.

"Well, I think it was all luck."




As we walked back to our hotel room, we got some ice cream, and ate all but

a little of the cones. We threw our cones to some nearby sea gulls who looked hungry.

"Everyone at the beach feeds them, I don't know why they're so skinny!"

Michael said.

I laughed, and we walked back to our hotel room, as the sun was setting in the sky.




~End of Day 3
 
The Seven

Day 4


I stretched out on the bed, and rolled over to see Sydney hogging the blanket.
I grabbed it from her, and yanked it, so I could have it all to myself. She yawned, and
looked over at me. "What was that for?" she mumbled. "You've been hogging that all
night!" I said, and smiled.


"What time is it?" she asked, sleepily. "It's about seven."
I replied. She yawned again. "So what do you have planned for today?"
"Oh, I dunno...the usual,"I said. She laughed, her bright smile lit up the room the way
it always did. I puller her close to me, and kissed her.


After a small breakfast, we went to the Santa Barbara Museum of Art.
They had some beautiful art in their, and it was fun walking around holding Syd's
hand. I'm not much of an artsy kind of guy, but Syd enjoyed it, and that's all that
mattered to me. We also went to a couple of other museums around the
area, until we got tired of touring them.


After some quality beach time, Syd asked me if I wanted to build
a sandcastle. There was a sandcastle building contest, and it sounded like
fun, so I agreed. Syd worked on the right side, and I worked on the left.
We worked on it for over an hour, making sure every grain of sand was in
perfect position for the overall structure.


The sun was burning by the time we completed our castle, which
was so big, it now looked like a fortress. We went over to the judges booth,
and told them our castle was ready to be judged.

Syd and I led one of the judges to our sandcastle, and he looked over
it. "The results will be up by the end of the night, over there.." he said, pointing
to the little beach house in the corner.

"Okay," I said, as me and Syd went back in the water to cool off.
Afterwards, we had a late lunch at a little restaraunt outside of the beach,
and went back into the room to change.

"Wanna go fishing?" I asked Sydney as she came out of the shower.
She laughed, "I've never been fishing before."
"Really, wow, you have a lot of things to learn, young lady!" I said
as I kissed her.


We went to the Goleta Pier, outside of where we were staying, and we also rented some fishing poles. When we got on the pier, we were one of the only ones there, besides this group of 3. We used some fake bait, and began fishing. I looked over at the group next to us, and saw that they already had 5 or 6 nice-sized fish in their bucket.

"You better, catch some, or we won't be eating tonight!" I told Syd. smiled, laughed, and said she would try. After 20 minutes, there was a tug on my line, and I reeled it in, and got a nice 16-inch bass. She smiled as I reeled it in. But, I had to shout at her, to get her line, because it was moving.

I helped her reel in a nice 13-inch fish. After an hour, I had only caught one more 12-inch fish. We went back to the hotel, and I prepared the fish, which we had for dinner at around 8:00.

We sat out on the pier, and drank milkshakes that night. It started to rain, and by the time we both came in for the night, we were both soaked. We dried off by the fire in our hotel room, and then, Syd and I had a wonderful night of enjoyment. (If you know what I mean).


END OF DAY 4
 
Cute story!! i really wish they would have gone to santa barbara :( oh well! I love your story! Could you PM me when you update? Thanks and post soon! luv ya! Sarah
 
The Seven


Day 5



As soon as I woke up, I nudged Vaughn and said, "Michael..wake up, we
forgot to check and see if our sandcastle won anything!" He rolled over, looking
half dead and moaned, "We can check it today." then he turned over and started
snoaring really loud.



I kicked him, not hard of course. "Michael, wake up!" He rolled out of bed,
took a shower, and got dressed. "Syd, we're never gonna win, there were like experts
there!" Michael shouted over the water. "You have good confidence," I replied sarcastically.
He laughed, and finally got out and got dressed. After a nice breakfast at the hotel,
we ran over to the beach pavillion.



Sure enough, they had the results for the sandcastle competition.."Oh my gosh
Michael!" I shouted as I scanned the list, "We won 2nd!!" " That's awesome!!
I wonder who beat us." he said. "Michael, you entered us as Sydney and Michael Vaughn."
I said smiling. He grinned, "Yeah, well it was easier to put one last name." I kissed him, and
we walked around on the beach.



At noon we decided to go water skiing. I drove the boat, and Michael rode
the skis. It was great, because I could jerk the boat any time I wished, and Michael
would go flying into the water. But, I wasn't that mean. After an hour of that, we
took a picnic lunch, and went out in a sailboat. It was great, the waves weren't that
bad, and we had a nice peaceful lunch out in the ocean.



Everything was going great, until a group of sea gulls came over, and
decided that they were hungry. 3 of them went down on Michael and I and we
started laughing our heads off. When we finally thought we got rid of them, 3
more came. We were rocking the sailboat, and before we knew it, we were
in the water.



We gave the birds the last of our food, and sailed back to shore.
"That was insane!" Mike said as we gave back our rented sailboat.
"At least I got the best picture of you being attacked by a seagull!"
"Ha, well that's real nice!" he laughed.



We spent more time at the beach, and then we decided to
go shopping. We both bought some nice souviners, and we both had
also gotte a nice tan. For dinner, Michael suggested dinner at
La Superica Taco. It was the best place to eat, the food was delicious
and it was all hand-made right there.



At 7:00, Michael insisted we go to the beach. "I just showered!"
I argued. "Well, I told you to wait, just please, Syd...that's all I ask."
Michael had been acting weird all day. I sighed, "Okay, just for a little,
but I'm not going in the water, or getting full of sand." Michael nodded
in agreement, and we were off.



The waves were really big at the beach, and there were a lot
of people there, all the same, Michael wanted to go, so I didn't argue.
After watching him go in the waves for awhile, he quickly ran out
to me and asked me what time it was. "7:47" I replied. and he
dried off.



Then, I saw one of those beach planes that carry signs on them,
usually for all the guests to see. Only when I read this sign, I knew it
wasn't for all the guests.

It read: Syd, I love you, Will you marry me? -Mike

I looked at Vaughn, who was pretending not to notice it, and
threw my arms around him. Everyone else at the beach was staring
at us, and a crowd of entertainers came up and started playing
their instruments to some love songs.




Finally, they handed Michael a microphone and he got
down on one knee, looked me in the eyes, and asked me to
be his wife. I was crying now, and I couldn't help it. I looked at
him, and grabbed the microphone and said one word: "Yes!"



He opened up a small box he had gotten from his
pocket, and pulled out a small, diamond ring. We kissed, and
life couldn't have gotten better at that moment.
 
That was so sweet!!!!! I loved the Michael and Sydney Vaughn thing, and the water skiing, and the sea gulls, and the end.........I lOVED ALL OF IT!!! PLEASE POST ASAP!!! luv ya! Sarah


P.S. GREAT GREAT GREAT GREAT GREAT GREAT!
 
I just read this for the 1st time and I can't believe what I was missing.

This is amazing!

Funny, fluffy, romantic and dramatic. Wow.

I loved the proposal. You did that excellently.

Great job and keep up the awesome work!
 
That was so cute. One question? Why did you stop pming me? I love your story. I loved how Vaughn asked the big question. It was so sweet. You are sucha great writer, and thanks for her say yes. Like she wouldn't!! Hehe, this was great. I can't wait for your next update. Can I get a pm when you update please? Thanks, and great job! (y) :D

Love ya,

Lauren :angelic:
 
:hi:

Just tunning in to this great piece of work :smiley:.

And let me tell you...

Oh my!!! :D

I totally love the fluff in this fic :love:.

I can hardly wait for more!!! ;)

(y) (y) (y)

*** Kathy ***

P.S: Do you mind sending me a PM when you update this fic?
 
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