Emma Moves In

Chapter Two

After everybody is done eating, Natalia drags Emma and Zoe to the beach, with Tomás and Mateo trailing along afterwards. Natalia explains that she invented a new game with water balloons. Everybody would throw water balloons at hoops and try to gain points. On certain throws, if somebody catches the balloon in midair, they can steal the points from another player. Soon, everybody, even the adults are throwing water balloons at each other!

After the game, they all clean up the beach. Then, as they walk back to the house, the three girls do their cousin pact. “Our days together slide like sand through our fingers. The tides go in and the tides go out. Not just cousins and sisters, but best friends. Forever.”

After that, everybody lights their sparklers on the beach. Emma jumps as hers bursts and begins to sparkle. Emma mentions that the stars are so much brighter in Waverly, where her family lives. Zoe mentions she’d love to live in Seattle… in the bustling city. Emma thinks that’s funny; she wishes these moments could last forever.