Frat Daddies have arrived
"No way! No Way!! NO WAY!!!" Kelley's fit of joy echoes throughout my parent's rusted-out Ford Explorer. Well, make that my Ford Explorer. When my parents gave her to me as a graduation present, none of us thought she'd last one, let alone two, years of college.
I'm broken from my highway hypnosis further with a slap across my shoulder. "Tobin, you Liar! You promised you'd tell me when we got there!"
"Jeez Kelley!" I half heartedly attempt to act upset. "This is why I wanted Moe sitting shotgun." I internally laugh at my best friend's suddenly offended expression.
Morgan, or Moe as she prefers, had been assigned as my random dormmate freshmen year of college at UW-Oshkosh. We had become friends instantly before meeting our future third musketeer from across the hall.
*flashback*
"Shhh! You didn't see me!" Some tiny ball of freckles distresses as she burst into our dorm and takes cover in our closet. After a few minutes of awkward silence and confused looks shared between me and Moe, the girl emerged again. "Whew ,thanks! Some guy caught me pulling the ole O'hara charm on what I guess must be his girlfriend. Oops" A sly smile crosses her face before she sticks out her hand. "Kelley O'hara, your new best friend" she proclaims. I get a kick out of her declaration and shake her hand. "Tobin Heath, and we'll see about that."
*end flashback*
Little did I know that in the 2 years following we would all become best friends , and move just off campus into our house together.
At times me and Moe can wrangle Kelleys' , what seem like, sugar-laced episodes of enthusiasm, and bring her down to a normal level of excited. But not today.
Today me, along with my two housemates and best friends, have arrived at our home for the next 3 months ; The Wisconsin Dells.
The Wisconsin Dells is Wisconsin's number one summer tourist destination, and self proclaimed Waterpark Capital of The World. The town instelf consists of only 2,000 residents. During the summer however, thousands up thousands of tourists and college workers flock to a place filled with waterparks, roller coasters, hotels, campgrounds, go karts, haunted houses, boat tours, bars, shopping districts, and everything you can imagine fitting on just a few main roads, Lake Delton, and the Wisconsin River.
I had vacationed in the Dells with my family almost every year since I can remember. But this year I had taken it upon myself to convince Kelley and Moe to get summer jobs with me. (Well, convince Moe) Once I had mentioned Noah's Ark: America's largest Waterpark was still hiring student workers Kelley had walked calmly out of the room, for eardrum precautionary reasons, before screaming "BEST SUMMER EVERRR!!"
As we make our way through downtown Dells we turn onto Dells Parkway, the so called "Strip" in the Dells. I hear a pathetic grunting sound coming from my shotgun sitting friend.
"Tobin, I demand you un-childlock my window immediately." Kelley mutters as she futilely continues to push the down-window button.
"Please don't." Moe pipes up for what seems like the first time on this nearly 2 hour drive.
"Guys you both knew this would happen." Kelley says, as she frustratingly continues her attempt to open the window.
I glance back at Moe, giving into the smile Kelley always seems to bring out in me. "Fine, but just because I love to see Moe embarrassed" I chuckle out.
"Oh my god, I hate you both" Moe shakes her head.
"Hate that you love us" Kelley turns around and sticks her tongue out.
Finally, Kelley's window is lowered. She excitedly sticks her head out the window like the countless number of dogs we had passed on our trip.
As we are passing the bar district, Kelley yells at the top of her lungs. "Woo Hoo! The Frat Daddies have arrived folks!"
I glance back to see Moe slumping down into her seat. "Haha come on Moe, you know you're excited too" I pry at her embarrassed state.
"Not that excited" she covers her face.
I join in on Kelley's woo hoos much to her delight. "Woo Hoo!!! Dells baby!"
This was indeed going to be the best summer ever.