Central Palace

"EIGHT MORE DAYS! EIGHT MORE DAYS! EIGHT MORE DAYS, EIGHT!!!" shout the the three girls on the window seat. Carol, Rainbow, and Kelly are all sitting around a heap of travelling items like campers around a bonfire. "EIGHT MORE DAYS! EIGHT MORE DAYS! EIGHT MORE DAYS, EIGHT!!! EIGHT MORE DAYS! EIGHT MORE DAYS! EIGHT! MORE! DAYS......EIGHT!!!" The girls giggle in pure delight and excitement as they finish their loud chant.

"I can't believe there are only EIGHT more days!" squeals Kelly, jumping right in front of her friends to emphasize the eight. "That's only ONE week plusaday!"

Carol frowns. "That's...one......week??? No it's not! And what's pluzzy tay?"

Kelly tries to contain her giggles. "One week plus – a – day," she says, sighing in mock exasperation.

"Neigh I can't believe we're getting SO CLOSE to our upcoming adventure of a hot blast!—wait Kelly, even though there are clouds —" Rainbow shivers at the thought of dark, gloomy grey clouds hovering above her and her friends as they are splashing playfully in the blue water. "—it's still going to be hot, right?"

"Yup! It's going to be REAL hot."

The girls squeal together as Gwutgwut groans, and wiggles around the bed aimlessly, trying to get to that secret compartment under the bed.

The three best friends each take their share from the traveling heap.

"Hmm...I can just imagine owner putting a blue sticker on my map," Kelly murmurs, flipping to the page of the map on her Pawsport. But where will it be? She wonders, stroking the pages. In China? No, Mexico is a country, it can't possibly be in China...South America? Hmm...I think it's in Central America. Kelly imagines owner putting a sticker there on her map.

On the other hand, Carol and Rainbow are on the window sill, sticking their heads as far out of the mesh screen as possible, watching the sun rise and savouring every bit of it, knowing that they won't be seeing anything like it in Cancún.

"SON! SOOOOON! WHERE'D YOU GO??? WHY ARE YOU ALL QUITE ALL OF A SUDDDEN????" Dasher screeches, but then inhales sharply, and widens his eyes as he realized what they might do. "ACTUALLY, SON ITS OKAY!!! BEING QUITE IS PROBABLY THE BEST THING YOU CAN DO!!! KEEP BEING QUITE, SON!!! SOON!!! BE QUITE!!!" Dasher gallops away, hoping with all his might that they will stay quiet.

Rainbow hops back onto the window seat from the window, followed by Carol. "Does that mean we won't need our sunglasses?" Rainbow asks, tipping her head to the side and completely unaware that her father has just spoken to her. Kelly snaps out of her daydream of owner continuously sticking stickers on her Pawsport.

"Oh yeah! Great thinking, Rainbow!" Kelly grabs their colourful suitcase and opens it up, taking three oversized sunglasses out. She weighs the suitcase for the tenth time that day and squeals with delight. "Half a pound lighter!" Kelly exclaims.

"Pack lightly! That can be our motto, guys!" Carol says.

"You're right!" Rainbow gives a little gleeful hop.

Back on the bed, Gwutgwut nearly falls off the bed while trying to find the secret compartment.

"Oh my gawdd. They're so LOUD!" Cameron exclaims. "Eight more days days days days eight!" Cameron mocks them, while trying to get under the pillow.

"Hmph." Gwutgwut grunts in agreement.

"At least they've finished their chant. That was the eighth chant, so you won't be getting any loud business anymore for today." Tare says kindly, looking at the girls and remembering his own childhood days as a tv show star.

"Alright, girls. That's enough dawdling for today. It's time to memorize the notes I've taken of our departure day!" Kelly says, excitedly skipping to her notebook and flipping it to the right page. Carol and Rainbow follow Kelly, skipping just as excitedly.

"AT THREE AM, AUGUST THIRTY FIRST, WE WILL WAKE UP AND TAKE TWO HOURS AND A HALF TO GET READY. THEN AT FIVE THIRTY, WE WILL TRANSPORT TO THE UTA AIRPORT FOR AN HOUR. AT SIX THIRTY, WE WILL GO THROUGH SECURITY CHECK. AT SIX THIRTY ONE, WE WILL SPEND TWENTY MINUTES TO FIND OUR GATE. AT SIX FIFTY ONE, WE WILL DOUBLE CHECK ALL OF OUR BAGGAGE AND LUGGAGE. AT SEVEN O CLOCK, WE WILL BOARD OUR PLANE." The girls chant.

"Great!" Says Kelly "now seven more times, let's go!"

Cameron and Gwutgwut glare at Tare for giving them false hopes. Tare just smiles unsurely back at them and shrugs. In the distance, you can hear the three best friends.

"Okay, six more times!"

Gwutgwut and Cameron groan in unison.