This is just a little bit from the first chapter in the story I'm writing...
Abby stood at the edge of the ocean. The water came up and licked her toes. The wind was blowing, making her blond hair and white skirt blow in the wind. She took a deep breath of air – it smelt clean like salt, water, and sand.
She was always in the water no matter what. She was a really fast swimmer but refused to join the swim team. Everyone questioned why, if she was such a good swimmer, she didn’t join the swim team. She thought that showing off wasn’t what she wanted.
It was the first week of summer vacation and Abby hadn’t stopped swimming. She couldn’t leave the water, even if it was freezing. Her parents made her get out if her lips turned blue, though. They always joked about how Abby would get herself sick in the middle of summer.
But when she did make herself sick she never stayed inside. She was always back in the water. Once she wasn’t sick anymore she was sick again. Her parents didn’t know what to do with her. The doctors at the doctor’s office were never surprised to see her with a cold.
The sun was setting, it made a perfect view. Abby always watched the sun set on the water. It looked like the most magical thing. She did love the sun – and they way it shone on the water, making it different shades of blue – she loved it second, first water.
“Come on Abby! It’s timer for dinner!” Her annoying little brother, Danny, yelled from the house. She gave one last, long look at the setting sun and wiggled her toes. She turned on her heel and ran towards the big lake house her parents owned.
She dipped her feet into the bucket of water her parents set out for her. She bent down and scrubbed all of the sand off her feet. As soon as they were sand less she stepped out onto the rug and wiped the water off of them. As soon as she made sure her feet were clean enough so her mom wouldn’t yell at her she went inside.
She was greeted by the smell of her Mom’s baked chicken and chatter from her huge family. She had three brothers and three sisters, not counting herself – Cody, Ron, Jacob, Madison, Ava, and Arianna. Madison was the oldest.
In overall her whole family was pretty big. Nine family members alone lived in this family, how many in other families? Abby’s Uncle Rob’s family was third -teen. All of her family’s families were all bigger than her family.
“You’re not late today, Abby,” Jacob teased. She was usually teased by how much she loved the water. But none of it was really mean, just friendly. She was in a light mood today so she just laughed this one off.
