Hit the Beach by Laura Dower Read Free Book Online

last nite b/c her plane was canceled to London. She and her dad didn’t even leave until midnight or something crazy. She says HELLO tho. Where’s Fiona? GTG now. More rehearsal. I swear I swear I swear I will write in this every day if I can. Peace out and LYLAS.
    Madison laughed out loud at her BFF’s first blog page. Then she clicked around to get to the next one. Not surprisingly, it was from Fiona.
Name: Wetwinz
    Country: United States
    State: (CA) (NY) (Outer Space—ha!)
    Gender: F
    Favorite color: red or orange
    Interests: soccer, computers, friendship
    Expertise: penalty kicks :>)
    08-08
    I MISS YOU ALL! Maddie, thanx for doing this. Thank yr dad too, ’k? Yes, I am in California. Los Angeles, to be exact. Or, Land of La, as my mom likes to call it. I thought we might go to northern CA to see our old house, but we came here first/instead. It is really nice temps here for the summer. I wish I could come back more. In two nights we go back to Los Gatos to stay with my Uncle Ron and see our old neighbors and all that. For now, we’re just hanging by Disneyland. I’ve never been here. Maddie, aren’t u near Disney World in FLA? It’s like we’re in the same place—only different, you know? Well, enough of that. Chet is being as annoying as ever. Sometimes I wish he’d just evaporate. All he does is play video games. The only thing that’s sort of funny is that he was telling me he misses Egg and Drew and Dan and the other guys a lot. So maybe the guys aren’t so different from us BFFs, right? BTW I also talked to Lindsay right b4 we left. She told me (FYI) that she dropped by the animal clinic and saw Dan there. They talked a lot she said but she couldn’t tell if he liked her or not. Maddie—she pretended to fool him by saying she was at the clinic 2 see u when really (of course) it was 2 see DAN. WTG, Lindsay! Over to you guys. I will write more and more when we get to Northern CA. C U! :>P
    Lindsay had been to the animal clinic to catch up with Dan? Madison could hardly believe it. Just a few weeks before, she’d been nervous about the idea of even seeing him, let alone going someplace specifically to see him.
    Madison chuckled at the thought of Dan and Lindsay chatting by the animal cages. Maybe he could get Lindsay to help him mop the floor or feed the birds. Lindsay would probably do anything to get his attention at that point.
    Madison wanted to post another note on her blog right away, but she couldn’t. She needed to shower and get set for the first day at Camp Sunshine. Dad was planning to drive her there in exactly one hour.
    After a warm shower, Madison debated for twenty minutes about which outfit she would wear. She finally settled on the too-pink capri pants and a little white T-shirt that said HAPPY CAMPER that she’d borrowed from Fiona earlier in the summer. It seemed like the right (and fun) thing to wear to a first day of camp, although she tried on just about every T-shirt in her suitcase before making a final decision. Madison had never been a big part of the whole camp scene, so this was a learning curve for her. She wanted to proceed with caution.
    Stephanie and Dad seemed to be even more eager than Madison for the start of camp. Madison offered to trade places with Dad, and everyone had a good laugh.
    When they pulled up in front of the Environmental Learning Collective building, Madison saw the oversize flag waving out in front with a picture of an enormous sun with a smiley face and long rays.
    “Welcome to Camp Sunshine,” Madison muttered under her breath from the backseat of the car.
    Stephanie turned around. “Don’t sound so excited,” she joked.
    “I’m just nervous,” Madison said.
    “What are you afraid of?” Dad piped up. “A few fish? Manatees? Sand?”
    “Dad,” Madison groaned. “Quit kidding around. You know.”
    “You’ll be the star,” Dad insisted. “Everyone will want to be friends with you, because you are just cooler than anyone