"Let's get to the beach, Kelly." Katie suggested.
The new preteen nodded, and grabbed her board. "Come on! Your too slow, just like always!"
Katie tried to ignore it. Ever since crossing into teenhood, Kelly had been acting less like the mother she knew and more like a pompous brat. Was this what her mother had really been like a as a kid?
As the two found a spot for their towels, Katie leaned over to spread her towel and suddenly Kelly whipped her towel around and hit Katie square in the bottom. There was a sting as Katie yelped. "OW! What was that for!"
"Too much showing, sis!" Kelly grinned. "Im the only one allowed to look good!"
Katie glared at her, "Why are you being such a bully!"
"Cause its easy," Kelly said with a sneer.
"But I'm your sister!"
"Yeah well sometimes I wish you weren't then I'd get all the looks!"
Katie's fingers tightened into fists. She couldn't believe this was her mother, and this certainly wasn't the sister she wanted. "Fine! I wish the same!"