Caitlin In Charge

Chapter Two

On Saturday, all four girls are helping pass out hors d’oeuvres at a garden party at the Seaview House B&B. Natalia and Zoe are twins, and Emma is their cousin. Their moms all own the B&B together, and the three normally help out with Saturday brunch, but this garden party is a more special occasion.

As the girls pass each other and exchange their trays, they take turn giving each other little trivia questions. Natalia gives Emma one which asks what is the oldest known individual animal. Emma didn’t know it, and Natalia took pride in stating it was Ming the clam. Emma and Caitlin laugh about that one.

After the garden party, the four girls all head down to the boardwalk. Caitlin hands out copies of her colorful schedule, and outlines she was thinking of having each of them take a topic to focus research on. Then they’d share what they learned and run trivia questions each day.

Emma takes sports, since she likes sports and is on the swimming and soccer teams. Zoe, an artist and musical enthusiast, takes art and theater. Natalia takes nature and animals. There are five topics, and only four girls. So Caitlin takes American history and literature. Although Emma suggests splitting American history up into time periods, Caitlin is confident she can take both.

After their walk on the beach, Caitlin heads back to Seaview House, where Emma lives, to wash the sand off her dress. While upstairs in Emma’s bedroom, she notices a pamphlet about a short story competition at school. Emma explains she is thinking of writing a fantasy short story about a girl named Athena who has magical powers.

Caitlin offers to help her write it. They agree it could be good to have a more fun, creative outlet when their brains get tired of facts.