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Early Morning

Twilight and Cadance start kicking everybody out of bed at 5:30 so we can all shower and get ready. Pinkie's downstairs making breakfast for everybody.

"Everyone bring your luggage down to the lounge," Cadance says. "Don't leave anything upstairs that you're taking with you. That includes pet carriers. Don't worry about bringing pet food and stuff, we can buy whatever we need when we get there." She frowns. "Maybe bring just enough pet food for like, tonight and tomorrow."

We all carry our luggage down to the lounge; predictably, Rarity has massively overpacked, having three suitcases, a bulky makeup kit, and her carry-on, as well as Opal's carrier. Twilight, Sonata, Pinkie, and Fluttershy have two suitcases each plus a carry-on. Rainbow, Applejack, and I each only have one suitcase and a carry-on. Cadance's luggage must already be in the SUV...

The pets are all already in their carriers, and none of them look really happy about it.

It's almost 6:30 when we all make it to the dining room, washed and dressed and ready. For breakfast, everyone gets two sandwiches consisting of a bagel, a sausage patty, two strips of bacon, two pieces of cheddar cheese, scrambled eggs, and a hash brown. We also each get a tall glass of orange juice.

"Good heavens, Pinkie!" Rarity says. "Are you TRYING to kill us?"

"I don't trust airplane food," Pinkie says. "Besides, we've got a loooong day ahead of us. We all need the energy."

"Hey, you won't hear any complaints from me," Rainbow says as she digs in. We all eat at a quick pace—even Fluttershy and, eventually, Rarity, since we're pressed for time.

After we eat, we all load the luggage and the pets into the rental SUV, which I'm driving; the girls pile into Cadance's SUV. Shining Armor, Apple Bloom, and Sweetie Belle see us off, waving as we pull out and head for the airport.

We get to the airport at about a quarter past seven. It takes us a while to unload the luggage and get it all inside; an airport employee rounds us up a luggage cart and offers to take everything to the baggage check. We recover our carry-on bags, while Twilight goes with the worker to the baggage check to handle that. Cadance asks me to take care of the return of the rental SUV. The rest of the girls follow Cadance to the airline counter to pick up our boarding passes.

By the time we've all met back up, have our boarding passes, and are in the security line, it's closer to eight. By the time we're all waiting at the gate, it's a quarter past nine.

"I think I saw most of CHS in that line," Rainbow says.

"Yeah, looks like lots of kids are flying someplace today."

I look around; I don't see anybody familiar waiting for our flight. I guess we're the only ones going to Haytona...

It feels like forever before they call for us to start boarding...

Daytime

The flight to Haytona is five and a half hours long. The seats on our plane are small and cramped. Twilight and I spend most of the flight reading. Applejack and Rainbow, sitting across the aisle from us, spend it napping. I can't see what the other girls are up to.

Unfortunately, the flight is made even longer by the airline's inexplicable selection of Mall Security Guy 2 as the in-flight movie. I don't think a single person in our section bothered to rent headphones...

I'm trying my best to ignore it, but it's just...THERE, right in front of me, being really fucking stupid and annoying...

"I really hope we get a newer plane with PTVs in the seats for the flight back," Twilight mutters next to me. "I mean, I probably wouldn't be watching anyway, but this is getting on my nerves."

"You and me both," I say. "What idiot picked this stupid movie?"

A few minutes later, I lean closer and whisper, "Wanna be part of the mile-high club?"

Twilight blinks at me. "The mile-high club? What's that? Is it some kind of frequent flier thing or—"

I facepalm and tell her what it means. She turns red. "People do that? On airplanes with other people around?"

I shrug. "So I hear."

Twilight ducks her head. "That's nasty."

After a few minutes, she adds timidly, "Maybe on the way back."

The flight drags on...

Afternoon

When we land and are allowed to disembark, it takes me a minute to get the feeling back in my legs. I'm stiff and sore all over.

Cadance gathers us all to the side at the departure gate. "I'm giving you kids the address to the beach house, as well as the key." She hands me an envelope. "I want you kids to get an airport shuttle to haul all our stuff to the beach house. Once you're there, figure out who's sleeping where and start unpacking. We're going to have to double up on rooms, but I'd like a room to myself if at all possible. Pinkie, I need you to come with me. I'm renting an SUV so we can go shopping and stuff when we need to. I know for a fact there's no food at the beach house, so we'll need to go shopping." She frowns. "I'm pretty sure we're gonna order pizza tonight, because I'm already tired from that flight, and after we buy food and get it all put away..."

"Yeah," Pinkie agrees. "I think we're all ready to just spread out and rest." We all voice our agreements.

Once we've claimed all our baggage and loaded it into a trolley, Cadance and Pinkie go off to the car rental counter, while the rest of us hire a shuttle.

Half an hour later, we're staring up at a sprawling two-story wooden beach house with distinctly Neighponese architecture, surrounded by a white stone fence with a lacquered bamboo gate. "Oooh, nice," Twilight says.

It really is. The front of the house faces the ocean; the public beach is about three quarters of a mile away on the other side of the road. There's tropical trees everywhere; not far from the part of the beach we can see from the front of the house, there's a large, rough outcropping of water-washed rocks. The water is sparkling and the air smells of salt. We can see some people down on the beach, as well as a few jet skis out on the water.

The front yard has a stone patio covered with a beach umbrella, a zen garden, some shade trees, and a barbecue pit. I unlock the front door, and we haul our crap inside. The living room is spacious, with huge bay windows with bamboo shades, three large sofas encircling a wide, low square table, and a massive plasma TV mounted on the wall that separates the living room from the kitchen. The kitchen is clean and new, with stainless steel everything and marble countertops. There are pots, pans, cooking utensils, pot holders, and so forth, but no cups, plates, or tableware of any kind. There's a note on the refrigerator reminding us that we'll need our own paper plates, cups, and so forth, and to leave everything as clean as we find it.

I pull out my phone, call Pinkie, and remind her to get paper plates and cups, as well as ice. After that, I fan out with the girls to check out the rest of the house.

There are two bathrooms, one on each floor. The master bedroom and one of the other bedrooms are downstairs; the rest of the bedrooms are upstairs, along with a large screened-in deck with a wooden picnic table and benches. There's also a huge linen closet which is fully stocked. There's a laundry room downstairs, as well as a pantry and a large storage closet.

"Okay, here's how we're going to split up the rooms," I say once everyone gathers in the living room.

"Hey, why do you get to decide?" Rainbow asks.

"Because I said so," I say. "Now...me and Twilight are taking the master bedroom. Cadance gets the other downstairs bedroom. The rest of you are upstairs; I'll let you decide who gets to room with who."

"Why do you two get the master bedroom?" Rainbow asks. "Shouldn't Cadance—?"

"I don't think giving Cadance the master bedroom when she doesn't have anybody to share it with is very fair." I shrug. "Especially since me and Twilight need a bigger bed."

The others make those faces they usually make when that particular subject comes up.

"So...who's rooming with who?" Twilight asks.

The others look at each other uncertainly.

Rarity coughs. "I suppose I should room with Applejack, since I brought the most stuff and she brought the least."

"I'm rooming with Sonata," Fluttershy says. "I refuse to share a room with either Pinkie Pie or Rainbow Dash."

Sonata shrugs and nods.

Rainbow scratches her nose. "Eh, guess that leaves me with Pinkie Pie."

"Okay...let's start unpacking," I say. We all gather up our stuff and our pets. Twilight puts Cadance's things in the second bedroom downstairs, while I carry our stuff and Spike's carrier into the master bedroom. I text Pinkie and Cadance with an update on the arrangements, then start unpacking.

It takes the better part of an hour for everybody to get unpacked. After that, we let all the pets out so they can get some food, water, and exercise. It turns out the back yard has some nice, wide flower gardens with thick, rich dirt; being completely fenced in as it is, we decide we can let Spike and Zoe run around freely. Tank seems to enjoy it too; Rainbow leaves him outside, and he settles down into the grass and suns himself. Opal seems determined to stay inside, and promptly holes up in the downstairs storage closet.

Evening

We're all sitting in the living room resting when Pinkie and Cadance return with a huge mass of groceries. Cadance looks around and grins. "Oh wow, this place is even better than the pictures!"

"Wow, this is amazing!" Pinkie says.

"Wait until you see the bedrooms," Rainbow says, grinning. "The beds are nice, there's a TV in every room..."

"In other words, it's just like the dorm, except beach houseier," I say. "Cadance, we've got you downstairs, across from me and Twilight."

"Flash decided he gets the master bedroom," Rainbow says, sticking her tongue out at me.

Cadance shrugs. "I've got no problem with that, if he's sharing it with Twilight. They need their space."

We all work together to put away the supplies Cadance and Pinkie brought back with them, then settle in with sodas and ice while we order pizza.

While we're waiting for the pizza, Cadance says, "Okay, let's set some ground rules for this little vacation. First of all, the beach." She looks around at us. "Nobody goes down to the beach alone, okay? You can go any time of day or night you want, just as long as you don't go alone."

We all nod.

"Next rule..." She looks around at us, especially at me and Twilight. "Safe sex. I know you kids are...more or less careful back home, but...just promise me, alright?" She looks at the girls who usually aren't active back home. "That goes for everybody." After a moment, she says, "Last rule: keep this place clean. We need to leave it exactly as we found it."

"No, the last rule is..." Pinkie stands up and strips off her shirt. "Clothing...OPTIONAL!" Letting out a loud, wild whoop, she strips bare-ass naked in front of us.

"PINKIE!" Twilight yells.

"Oh, for..." Applejack mutters, covering her face with her hat.

"Whaaat?" Pinkie whines. "I wanna be naked!" She looks at me. "Flash doesn't mind! Right?"

I sigh. "Leave me out of this..."

Cadance rolls her eyes. "Just...don't go outside like that," she says. A minute later, she stands and stretches. "I'm gonna go change," she says. "Everybody should get comfortable."

"Getting comfortable sounds good," Rainbow says. She wanders upstairs. The other girls start wandering off as well, except for Pinkie, Fluttershy, and Rarity. I don't have enough energy left to bother changing clothes, so I stay in the lounge.

Rarity smirks at me. "Interesting how little reaction you had to Pinkie's...shameless display."

I shrug. "I'm used to it," I say.

Fluttershy snorts. "I'll say," she mutters.

"Can you do us all a favor and not be such a bitch this week?" Pinkie asks, frowning at Fluttershy.

Fluttershy frowns at her, then looks away.

"Pinkie," I say, "be nice."

Rarity eyes Pinkie critically. "I must admit I'm a bit jealous," she says. "I wish I had your muscle tone."

"I get a lot of exercise," Pinkie says with a shrug. "Tennis, working at Sugar Cube Corner..." She gives me a sly smirk. "And, y'know, other stuff."

When Cadance returns, all she's wearing is a bikini bottom and a loose, almost see-through blouse that's unbuttoned. She isn't wearing a bikini top. She sighs happily as she sits down on one of the sofas, arranging her top and stretching her legs. "You know, you're right, Pinkie," she says. "I'm not gonna flash my boobs at everybody, but I feel more relaxed like this."

"Nudity is FUN!" Pinkie says with a giggle.

The other girls come downstairs in shorts or panties and either T-shirts or tank tops. Around the time everybody's sitting back down, the pizza arrives. I get up to answer the door.

The food on the airplane was inedible, so we're all starving. We tear into the pizza with gusto, talking about what we're going to do tomorrow. We all agree we'll spend tomorrow relaxing on the beach.

"I think we might have a cookout on Sunday," Cadance says. "I mean, it's Easter, it seems like a good day to cook out. We got cookout stuff."

"I like that idea," I say.

"Me too," Twilight agrees.

"I guess Monday we might do a little shopping in town...souvenirs and stuff," Cadance says. "Tuesday is Fluttershy's birthday, we'll have a little party for her..."

We all glance at Fluttershy. She shrugs.

"Past that, I guess...we'll just relax and enjoy ourselves," Cadance finishes. She stands up and stretches. "I'm going to bed," she says.

The rest of us finish up the pizza, clean up the mess, put away the leftovers, and head off to our own rooms.

Tomorrow, Spring Break begins for real...

When Twilight gets in bed, she smirks at me. "Cadance walking around like that sure gave you a boner, didn't it?"

I laugh. "I think I'm gonna have a boner most of the week," I say.

"Perv." Twilight shakes her head. "Well...I'm too tired to help you do anything about it right now."

"Me too," I say, cracking a huge yawn. We cuddle up together; I'm asleep almost as soon as my head hits the pillow.