Daytona Beach Boardwalk
Wednesday, August 16th, 2017
05:32 PM
The ride from the campus of Coastal Daytona to the boardwalk was a meager ten minutes, give or take an additional three given the prevalence of lights and the final swaths of tourists hoping to enjoy the twilight of their summer. For the Taylor sisters, it was an opportune moment to roll down the windows in Sophia's orange International Harvester Scout, blare some of their favorite tunes from a randomized playlist on Sydney's phone, and to soak the sights of the self-proclaimed "World's Most Famous Beach." Even after nearly three months of living there, the awe and wonder of Daytona felt just as raw for them as it did the moment they first arrived.
As the duo rode down Highway A1A, colloquially known as North Atlantic Avenue by the locals, Sydney sent text messages to both Sydney and Heather regarding their estimated time of arrival, assuring them they were on their way as they hadn't yet arrived by the 5:30 planned target, and smiled enthusiastically once Despacito became the next song to play. Sophia quietly leaned an elbow against the opened window, pressed her fingers against her forehead, and flashed a grin of her own once the song began.
"Seriously?" Sophia asked in a sarcastic tone of voice. "This is, like, the twelfth time I've heard it this week already."
Sydney smiled, shook her head in response to Sophia, and sang while ignoring her older sister's light-hearted complaint. "Ayyyy, Fonsi! Ooooh! Oh no, oh noooo! Oh yeaah, Diridiri, dirididi-Go!"
"This is really happening a thirteenth, is it?" Sophia asked, only to be interrupted by Sydney, who had memorized the entire song to the point of regurgitating it back out - even in, somewhat, decent-Spanish.
"Sí, sabes que ya llevo un rato mirándote!
Tengo que bailar contigo hoy!
Vi que tu mirada ya estaba llamándome!
Muéstrame el camino que yo voy!"
Sydney would continue on, half-rapping, half-singing, and gesturing with her hands as she attempted to harmonize with her finest in Spanish accents, all the while Sophia grinned and listened along, keeping her eyes on the road, in search for a parking lot as they had gotten closer to their destination. The quest would not be a particularly arduous one, nor lengthy, and they eventually find one off from the main thoroughfare that ran straight through the heart of the coastal-side of the city. The roaring waves, cascading and rolling back away from the shores, were always a striking, picturesque sight to them, certainly among others. The slightly heavier wind gusts, relative to the more inland-location of the school itself, tossed the hair of both Taylors as the vehicle halted to a complete stop.
"Des-pa-cito
Vamos a hacerlo en una playa en Puerto Rico
Hasta que las olas gri--!"
Sydney immediately shot a glare over toward Sophia, once she turned the key to kill the engine and open the door, killing the stereo midway as the song was nearing its' conclusion.
"What?" Sophia asked, bemusingly, while lifting an eyebrow in perplexed-fashion.
"What?" Sydney retorted back, albeit sardonic in tone. "It's, like, twenty seconds till its' over. Ya really gonna leave me hanging?"
Sophia rolled her eyes, while grinning to show she was still being playful and friendly toward Sydney, and sighed. "C'mon, you can sing on the walk over."
Sydney was happy to oblige, and she did just that for the entire way over, occasionally nudging Sophia with her elbow in a futile attempt to get her to join in. Unlike Syd, Sophia hadn't quite memorized it just yet, thus she was content with simply wrapping an arm around her animated sister while walking over to the boardwalk. Alas, it would come to an end just as they neared the boardwalk, and stood gazing out upon the scenic ocean. That would be a sight that would never get old.
Sophia, a couple of seconds later, turned to look at Sydney, and tapped her on the shoulder. "Hey, did you tell them we're here?" Sophia asked.
Sydney, without much in the way of an expression, quickly reached into her pocket, and whipped out her phone to start texting Heather and Suzzanah, informing the two of their arrival.
Hey girls!!!!!! We just got here, so give me a call or shoot me a text whenever you are here!!!!!!!! We'll be chilling out somewhere, waiting. No rush!!!!!!!!
"And, done." Sydney remarked, sliding her phone back into her pocket, and looking up to see Sophia pulling out her own phone as she responded to a previous text message from Eric, sent earlier in the day, and deciding to extend out an invitation to him as well to join her, while Sydney would almost assuredly run off with her own friends at some point.
Haha! Nice one, dude! Always love a good meme.
Hey, taking Syd to the boardwalk. I'm here now actually, wanna come meet and hang with us?
The pair picked out a bench, situated next to the railing that oversaw the beach, and patiently awaited for the first of any one of their friends to arrive, joking around and people-watching to entertain themselves for the time being.