"I'm so excited!", Izzy yelled over the sound of the bus as she clutched my hand.

"Yeah. Izzy, do you have any idea what we're going to do there?", I asked her.

"We're gonna get to pet animals!", she squealed.

Gee, thanks I had no idea.

Eva! No sarcasm around Izzy!

Sorry.

"Other than that?", I asked.

"I don't know, but I'm sure its gonna be awesome", she sang.

"Yeah", I took out my phone and earphones. I offered one to Izzy, but she refused, seeing that she wanted to look out of the window. I just shrugged and put my music on shuffle. Emperor's New Clothes by Panic! At The Disco began playing.

Judge me for my diverse taste in music, but excuse me, its P!ATD.

I'm taking back the crown!

As the music kept playing, I felt my eyes droop and I slowly fell asleep.

...

"Eva! Wake up! We reached! Oh my God, I'm so excited", Izzy squealed.

"Wha...?", I asked, still delirious from sleep.

"We reached! Now we'll get to play with all these cute animals", she exclaimed, playing with the printed animals on her T-shirt . Only then did I notice the swirly symbol at the hem of her shirt.

"Izzy, did Alec get this shirt for you?", I asked her.

"Yeah. How'd you know?", she asked. I showed her the swirly symbol on mine.

"A friend prints these", I told her.

"That's so cool!", she exclaimed.

Of course Alec would buy a shirt for Izzy as well.
And of course it was from David's store.

"Come, let's get off now", I told her as I took down both our bags. Then we walked asking with the rest of the group, towards a slightly aged man.

He greeted all of us, introducing himself as Mr. Anderson. He said he was the manager of the whole set up. Then he made sure that all of us knew where our rooms were and left us, saying that our first activity was at 4.

4?
Like, what are we supposed to do for the next 4 hours?

"Um , how about we grab lunch in half an hour?", I asked. One look at Izzy and I knew she didn't like that plan.
"In an hour?", I tried again. She looked so upset, I didn't know what to say.

"I don't like food!", she wailed.

Oh right.
Stupid Eva.
Don't you know Izzy doesn't like food?
Remember the first time you had dinner with the Haynes'

And every other time.

Izzy has always complained, remember?

Oh yeah.

"Izzy, you have to eat something", I told her as we walked towards our room.

"But I don't wanna eat anything", she pleaded.

"Please don't make this difficult for me. At least have fruits or something", I tried again.

"They have fruits? Why aren't we going to eat?!", she asked me, her eyes lit up now. I was thankful that she had switched so soon. I just smiled and told her that we had to freshen up first.

"Oh yeah. I'm all sweaty from that bus ride", she complained.

"Exactly my point. Though I slept through most of the ride", I confessed.

"You did. I took one of your earphones to listen to what you were listening to. But I quickly removed it because the lyrics didn't make any sense", she shuddered. I was confused as that, I was sure I had only English songs in the playlist I was playing.

Now if what she heard was Sean Paul...

Meh, with all my luck, that's what she was listening to.

"Why didn't it make any sense?", I asked her anyway.

"This girl, with a really high voice, kept singing come light me up over and over. What was she? A Christmas tree?", she argued.

A girl?
That's definitely not Sean Paul.

Who sings come light me up?
Let's all take a moment to appreciate the line.

And the award to the brightest line in any song goes to...

Oh. My. Gods.
Its Ariana Grande, isn't it?

Oh its that song...
Into You, yeah that's it.

I laughed at her innocence.

"Probably", I said, as we reached our room. It had two beds and a dressing table.

"No television!", Izzy exclaimed, looking all over, even under the sheets.

"No reception!", I exclaimed, sticking my phone in every crevice, trying to get at least one bar. Nope.

Oh my gods, like, what?
How do I live?

Sorry, Zach.

"What are we going to do?", both of us cried out at the same time. We looked at each other and started laughing. Then we took turns and got ready. By the time both of us were done, the time was quarter to one.

"Shall we go?", I asked Izzy. She smiled at me.

"Sure", she said, "Let's go conquer fruit-land!", she exclaimed, pumping her fist in the air.

"Aye, Aye Cap'n", I mock saluted, trying not to laugh too hard.

"C'mon!", she cried out as she walked out of the door. I just laughed and walked out behind her. She marched part of the way until her legs began to hurt. Then she slowed down for me to catch up with her.

"Let's talk about something. Tell me about yourself", she pressed. I just looked at her.

"There is literally nothing to talk about", I told her, which was the truth.

Maddy.

Oh my gods, no, Eva!

Shut the hell up.
There's no way you're gonna tell her about that.

She's only 9, you...

"What do you like to do in your free time?", she asked.

"Good question. Now what do I do?", I joked, acting like I was deep in thought. She giggled.

"I was joking. I usually dance", I told her. That was the whole truth.

"You dance? That's so cool! Even Alec dances, and he's so good!", she exclaimed. I nodded.

"Yeah, I think he mentioned something like that once", I said. Izzy raised her eyebrows. Then she laughed. Now it was my turn to raise my eyebrow.

"What?", I asked her.

"I was just laughing over yesterday. You guys were hilarious. Can you believe it? Dad came and laughed with us. He actually came out of his office to see what all the commotion was about, and he stayed", she laughed. I face palmed.

"Thanks for reminding me, once again, exactly how embarrassing last evening was", I shook my head. She laughed.

"Shrek wants his face back", Izzy imitated me, "I completely lost it at that part", she laughed.

"I saw. For a moment I thought you were having fits", I laughed.

"Funny. After you left Alec said that he thought the same", Izzy still laughed, eyeing me.

This girl is onto something.
...
She's really clever, that's for sure.

Before I could let my cheeks turn red, I laughed.

"Anyone who would have seen you laughing there on the ground would have thought the same", I told her.

"Yeah, but there's something about you...", she seemed to ponder. I looked at her.

"Ok now you're scaring me", I told her.

"Just listen. Don't tell Alec I told you this ok?", she looked up to me. I shook my head.

"Of course not", I reassured her.

Wow, you're really scaring me now, Izzy.

"Ok. So basically, Alec had this girlfriend", she started. I swear there was a knot in my chest already. I just nodded at her.

What is happening to me?
I don't like Alec.

Right?

"I don't know what exactly happened, but I know that it was something to do with Alec's temper", she looked at me. I looked back at her, uncomprehending. She just sighed.

"Like in every situation that tests him, beyond his limits, he lost his temper. And I think that's why the girl broke up with him", she looked down.

"What happened?", I asked, curious because that was too vague information.

"I don't really know. I think the girl did something and Alec snapped, then all this happened", she said. I sensed that Izzy had told me all she knew, so I didn't pester her with any more questions.

But one question that I was sure she had the answer to nagged me. I finally asked it.

"But what does this all have to do with me?", I looked at her. She looked up and smiled.

"Yesterday Alec completely went mad, called you ugly, cut the call and then he went mad at home too. R.I.P pillow", she raised her hand. I laughed. But in my mind, I was freaking out.

Wth!
That was his temper?
Calling me ugly? That's the best he can do?

Oh, and - R.I.P pillow.
...
Oh wait. That pillow died because I made Alec mad...

*awkward silence*

"So if we compare both the stories, as of now, Alec has gotten mad at both of you", Izzy reasoned. I nodded, unsure as to where this conversation was heading.

"So if we compare how the both of you reacted, she broke up with him and what did you do?", Izzy looked at me, laughing. I smiled her.

"You decide to show up at our doorstep and tell him Shrek wants his face back", she laughed, "I think he actually enjoyed it", she smiled. I just shook my head.

"How old are you again?", I laughed.

"Nine", she laughed. By that time we had reached the restaurant. I smiled at her as I took her hand and walked in.

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