One day in late July just out of the blue Lance invited me along with Josh and my little sister Emily to Disney World for the day. My parents just said to keep a good eye on Emily and to have a good time. This was Emily's first time at Disney World and she was just so amazed and excited by the sites and sounds. We kept the day rather mellow taking Emily on the tea cups and carrousel was about the most energetic thing we did. We mainly just went and watched the shows and let Em meet Mickey, Minnie, Pluto, Goofy, and all the Disney characters. We left the park at around 7 and went to McDonalds and picked up dinner which we took back to Lance's since we didn't have to have Emily home till 10:30. When we went home we found a note on the refrigerator...
Kids, We took an unexpected trip to Texas to visit grandma and grand dad, Grand dad has to have surgery first thing tomorrow and I think we should be out there for a few days. We'll be back on Monday. Jennifer, we left money on your bed in an envelope, you're in charge. Take care of Josh and Emily till we get back late Monday night. If you need anything call my cell phone. Love, Mom and Dad.
"What in the hell. This is bullshit." I said as I read the note.
"What?" Lance asked as he came from tucking Emily into bed upstairs.
"They did it again. Look at this note." I said handing him the note. "They left me here for 4 days to watch Josh and Emily while they take these 'unexpected trips' to Texas. God. And you wanna know what is really sick? They're lying! All of my grandparents live in Las Vegas, not Texas." I took a deep breath and sat at the kitchen table and put my head down.
"That's really sick. They lied about your grandfather getting surgery? I just don't get your parents sometimes." He said sitting across the table from me.
"I never get them." I said. "Oh well"
"What's wrong with you?" Josh asked when he walked into the kitchen to get a soda.
I handed him the letter, he's old enough to interpret himself.
"Since when do our grandparents live in Texas?" He asked as he opened the refrigerator.
"They don't you know they lied. They got their baby sitter here so they go on a vacation and lie about grandpa's health! They're gonna hear from me when they get back." I said in a fit of anger.
"Well lets make the best out of this situation. You, Josh, and Em come stay at my house. We've got like 4 days and I've got spare bedrooms. We'll have our own little party there. What do ya say?" Lance suggested.
"Are you sure?"
"Yea. Besides it's just more time we get to spend together."
"Enough convincing for me." I said with a smile followed by a yawn. "It's been a long day, but a fun one. I better get ready for bed. Since Em is already in bed we'll come on over tomorrow ok?" I said as we walked to the front door.
"All right, what time?" He asked.
"Well...here..." I trailed off as I grabbed my keys and took of the house key. "Whenever you get up and get ready you just come on over I should be up but incase I'm not just unlock the door and come on in and we'll go from there."
"Ok. I'll see you tomorrow morning." He said stepping out onto the porch. "Are you sure you're going to be all right ?"
"We'll be fine. Now you just get home and get to bed." I said, with a final goodnight kiss I watched him drive away. I locked all the doors, turned out the lights and went to bed.
The following day I was awoken by Lance at 9 am. Emily was already downstairs watching Nickelodeon and Josh was in the shower. After Em and I had a chance to shower and get ready we picked up our things and drove over to Lance's house. Those 4 days couldn't have gone any smoother. It was constant fun.That Saturday a bunch of our friends came over for a little party since we couldn't go out with Emily to a party. It was great to just hang out and not worry about anything really. That Sunday I looked at a calendar and realized I only had 2 weeks left in the USA before I had to hop a flight back to France. I decided not to give much thought to when I had to leave so maybe time would go by slower.
That Monday we all moved our stuff back home and then all of us went out to Pizza Hut for dinner. When we returned my parents were home and it was time to confront them. I wasn't going to allow this crap to go on any longer.