beach day
Grace is making breakfast one July morning. She’s quite happy today. She has all her children in the house. The kids wanted to get together to try and do family things. That’s hard to define though, with their past relationships. Grace doesn’t know what they’re doing today, but she’s happy to be with her children. It’s supposed to be warm out today. She starts thinking of a lunch she can back to help cool them down. She has one of her new outfits on. She wears her ripped jeans the most. She’s decided those are her favorite. She’s wearing her ripped jeans and a yellow front tie top.
Diego comes downstairs at 7:31 am. He usually woke up early, even on his off days. Grace knows the importance of keeping a routine. She’s proud of Diego for that. “Good morning, dear.” He looks over at her, “Hey, mom.” She smiles, “Are you ready for the day, Diego?” He shrugs, “Ready as I’ll ever be.” Grace puts a plate of eggs in front of him, “Eat up. You’ll need energy for the day.” Diego nods in appreciation. Grace decides to wait until the others come down before starting on any more food. She looks over at her son, “Diego?” He looks up from his plate, “Hm?” She originally wanted to be surprised, but she decided it’d be better to know so she can take safety precautions, “What are we going to do today?” she asked “We’re going to the beach,” he says with his mouth full. He earns a light scolding for that.
The others slowly start to come down, Klaus being the last to, per usual. Five had immediately put on a pot of coffee. He’s, predictably, the least excited for the day. She gets them all breakfast and is thanked heavily. She starts packing a lunch. They haven’t even left yet and Klaus already has those floaties on his arms. He’s arguing with Ben about whether or not they’re necessary. Grace smiles fondly. She finishes packing lunch. It consists of three different kinds of sandwiches, some fruit, and water bottles. “When are we going to leave?” Luther looks around, “Whenever you all are ready,” he sighs. They all make their way out to the van.
They were able to find a kind of secluded beach so Luther could swim without being stared at. Grace is curious about what it’s going to be like. Klaus runs straight into the water. Grace tries to remind him to put sunscreen on, but he doesn’t hear her. Five refuses to swim or do beach things altogether. Diego and Klaus are having an all-out brawl in the water. “Be careful, boys,” Grace calls as Klaus gets thrown in the water. Five scoffs at them. “Why don’t you join them, Five?” Grace asks, “I’m wearing regular clothes.” he says without looking up from his book.
At around noon they call come back to have lunch. Grace passes out lunch and gets showered with thanks. There’s some cawing from a ways away. “Oh dear god…” Diego sighs. Grace is confused, “Are you alright, Diego?” He nods, “You all should eat quickly, though.” Klaus looks up after shoving half of his sandwich in his mouth. Diego smacks him upside the head. Grace scolds him for that. “Sorry, mom…” They manage to finish lunch just before the seagulls attack. Klaus tries fighting them off with a towel, which turns the seagulls against him, instead of the food.
Grace had a good day. She liked being in the sun and watching the birds. Allison taught her how to take a good picture (she was still getting used to cameras.) Klaus got horribly sunburnt. Diego got to throw him in the water and “accidentally” miss and give him a mouthful of sand. It was a good first family outing.