Hannah stormed off, leaving her parents and their friends behind as she basically stomped her feet into the sand before going off to be by the three seven-year-olds who where busy playing in the ocean water already.
“Reminds you of anyone?” inquired Rose to her best friend, Kim. Kim looked toward her daughter who had stopped to at least take off her shirt and shorts to show her swimsuit before going into the water to play with her little brother and Rose’s own twins. Hannah was almost a spitting image of her mother at that age, the only difference was that Hannah had her father’s dark hair/eyes unlike her mother’s own blonde/blue.
“Sometimes too much so.” Admitted Kim
“Come on, lets finish setting up so we can join the kids.” Said Mike as they finished setting up and joined the kids in the water.
It was an amazing time as all of them, played laughed and just enjoyed the time together. They all enjoyed a packed lunch on the beach. The only issue came when one of the kids had to use the bathroom, luckily just a bit down the beach was what looked to be an old beach side bathroom. Aaron had gone in first to make sure it was clean; he had expected to find it a mess covered with graffiti and looking like something out of a horror movie but it was perfectly clean. That was a God send allowing them to go to the bathroom there without having to walk up the path back to the cars and then to the public restrooms in the parking lot.
The kids had a lot more energy than their parents expected but just as the sun was beginning to set, Rose and Mike’s seven year olds finally tired out and so did Aaron’s and Kim’s seven year daughter. They where near the point of falling asleep where they stood and everyone knew they would have a quiet car ride home.
“This was amazing.” Said Lisa as she stood watching the sunset with her wife, Taylor. Taylor was smiling widely as she rested a hand on Lisa’s pregnant belly where their child was growing.
“We need to do this again soon; this is an amazing spot.” Said Rose as everyone nodded their head.
“Guys?” said Mike in a worried voice, he had started to carry stuff back to the car so he had started up the path. He was standing on top of a small hill; he should have been in sight of the beach and see the nearby parking lot as well but the worry in his voice made everyone fear that their cars where stolen.
They wished that was what happened. Aaron was the first to reach the top of the hill beside his best friend, a minute or two later their wives along with Taylor and Lisa arrived. The kids where the last to arrive.
At the top of the hill, they should have seen a path which led up to the parking lot maybe 100 yards away. Instead, what they saw was a path leading down to a nearly identical cove only this one had some sort of building on the beach. In the distance they saw more ocean and other small islands. To their right was another path leading down to a similar beach but with no building at all, same to their left.
They where on a small island, they had somehow come to a small island. Everyone reached for their cell phones but there was no reception at all.
“What the fuck.” said Hannah and for once her mother didn’t say anything about her language.
Slowly and with care they began to go down to the building.
The best way to describe the building was some kind of simple bungalow, it was raised off the sand but went a little bit over the water, it had power but no sign of a generator or power lines. It had a large center room with multiple blankets and pillows along with a wooden table, an attach kitchen which was fully stocked with a mix of caned food and fresh sea food. It even had an old but working oven.
“What is going on?” inquired Lisa as she poked her head into one of the attached rooms to see a bedroom with a large bed ready to be used.
“I don’t know.” Said Mike as he checked the others and found a total number of 8 bedrooms all with a full bed ready to be used.
“There is a note.” Announced Rose as she found a note on the table.
“Read it.” Ordered Kim
“For your enjoyment, we will talk in the morning, rest.” Announced Rose as everyone looked around not sure what to do. “What do we do now? And what is going on?”