User blog:Beetee19/Lovelace Unraveling

Well, I've been talking about this awhile, so you guys knew it was coming. But, basically, some random day on chat like a month ago or whatever a bunch of us were talking about how crazy and ridiculous it would be if we all lived together in Hawaii. Well, I suppose you can guess by now who thought that was an excellent idea for a fanfic. And thus, this blog was born. So...

All members and friends of the Lovelace Family are hereby formally invited to join us as Camp Lovelace opens up its doors once again for the summer session. Camp will be held this year in the beautiful state of Hawaii, where each and every camper will have a fortnight of fun! Anyone wishing to attend camp should post in the comments.

So, without further ado, let the crazy family time begin!

(All chapters are in my POV unless otherwise indicated.)

Prologue: Aloha from Camp Lovelace
"Thank you for coming, sir! Welcome to Camp Lovelace and the Sheraton Maui!"

I simply can't put all these sights into words yet. I'm on a balcony, perhaps thirty feet above the hotel's private pool area, which sits right against Black Rock on the famous Ka'anapali Beach. "Oh, man...Mahalo nui, sir. This is quite impressive."

"More than you were expecting? The islands will do that to you, especially if it's your first time."

"Much more. When is the technical arrival time?"

"Four P.M. It's only about 2:30 now."

"So...is there anything I should do now that I'm the only one here?"

"No, actually, one arrived before you." Well, it only figures that Kekai would show up early to his own party. It's summer, he'd be doing the exact same things anyway. Lying on the beach, swimming, and sitting on the computer chatting with the rest of us. He might as well do it here.

As I peer off over the balcony at the sparkling blue waters of the Pacific, a force slams into me from my right. My instinctive reaction is to throw myself away form the balcony and onto the ground, taking my assailant with me.

I roll over and come face to face with the person who tackled me.

"Colin!"

Of course.

"Hey, uh, Julia?"

"Yes?"

"Could you get your knee out of my ribs?"

"Oh, yeah, sorry about that...well, isn't this going to be something else? Two weeks in Hawaii?"

"It should be something else, Julia. Hey, glad to see you! Kekai on his way?"

She pulls her phone out of her pocket to check the time. "Oh, CRAP! I was supposed to call him half an hour ago! Be right back!" She dashes off, leaving me alone, so I wander back to my spot on the balcony, where I was before Julia tackle-hugged me.

Front and center, ten miles across the water, the island of Lana'i rises three thousand feet. Off to my right is Black Rock, apparently home to some spectacular reefs. Another island, Moloka'i, peeks out from behind it.

Julia's right. One way or another, this is going to be something else.