Beeeeach house! We’re in a beeeeeeaaaaaach hoooouuuuuuusee!

This would seem to be the case.

We got us a beeeeeeaaaaaaacccchhhh hhhhhhooooouuuuuuuuussssse!

All weekend, even!

Please do not wreck the place.

What? Why would we do that?

It was simply a warning, dearling. I do not think you would do such a thing.

Are you trying to say something, ‘Tashi?

Of course not, Mark…

Woohoo! I bet we could hang from these exposed rafters and swing from them like Spider-Man!

Then again.

Relax, ‘Tashi, just messing with you. So yeah, this is awesome. We have it all to ourselves?

All weekend. The owner owed me a favor.

A favor? Big enough to give you a place this size for the weekend? Are you working, uhm, I, you know.

As a pony wrangler?

I think Mark means as a Dominatrix again. And no. Silly. But still, favor owed, so I cashed in for us all.

Not all.

Yeah Dan had to bail, but where’s Sven?

And where’s Eric, Mark?

Eric had a family thing.

No!

Yep. He’s trying to get free, maybe he can join us late Saturday. But I doubt it. His aunt is in the hospital, so that kinda has to take precedence.

Of course!

That sucks. And Sven?

Deported.

What?!

HE WHAT?!

Excuse?

I got you guys! At last! I got you all! I am Queen of everything! Fetch me a tiara and my slippers!

Melina! That was not nice!

You guys always get me with lines like that.

Still! Sven … wait, why are we upset, Sven is a citizen!

Oh that’s right! He got his papers last year?

I remember that!

How could you guys forget? The party?

Best clown ever.

She was hot.

Oh, Jacob, dearling, that was not a she-clown.

Really?

Honest. Well, when she performs she does go by Cindy. But no, that was Carl.

Why do you know a cross-dressing party clown, Mark?

Why is your mom a cross-dressing party clown, Jake?

She learned it by juggling for you!

But seriously, no, Sven. He called me before we left, I thought he called you guys, too. The Ponycorn people want a meeting to discuss the toys.

On a weekend?

Bastards.

Seriously.

Yeah.

So we are down three wonderful men folk, but we can still enjoy the weekend! They would all be upset if we didn’t, in fact!

That’s true.

Should we go hit the beach? Celebrate in their absence?

We just got here, ‘Tashi. Dinner first?

But night swimming!

I’m with Mark. Food then swimming.

Uhm, guys we can’t do that. I mean we could but we’d have to wait like thirty minutes after food and we haven’t started to cook and…

Thirty minutes? You still follow that rule?

Of course I do!

Melly Mel, it’d be all right.

No swimming for thirty minutes!

All right, all right.

You won’t drown, Mel.

And I intend to keep it that way.

Why don’t we make some light food to take with out? A few drinks, some snacks, we can go swimming and then eat on the beach? Under the moon.

That sounds like a plan. I’ll go make some sandwiches.

Yay! No drowning!

Yay! Sandwiches!

Yay! Mark is such a good little domestic housewife.

Hey now!

I am just saying, Mark, you are, how do you say, our own Jane.

Jane?

Goodall? Are you calling us monkeys?

Jetson? I think she means Jetson.

Yes.

Get me off this crazy thing.

TO BE CONTINUED…