Berry gets a quite a surprise.

One hour later, when her aunt arrived, she was the one to open the door when they heard a ring. Berry put a warm smile on her face and turned the knob down, opening them.

"Woo!" she heard and was instantly pushed back, when two excited boys entered her house and went into their couch in the living room, jumping on it happily. "Aqua park! Aqua park! Aqua park!"they kept repeating.

"Oh, Berry, welcome, dear." Her aunt approached her and gave her a wet smooch on her cheek, for which she replayed with a smile. After closing the door, she took a better look at her cousins. They were a lot older than she thought... she even considered - do they really need a babysitter? Her parents will be absent for one day, so it's not like they would have to live for a week all by themselves... "You remember your cousins, Michael and Matthew, no? Look at them, so excited to see their cousin!" Berry was surprised, as for sure their cousin's name wasn't "aqua park". "Oh, I was so busy planing our day at the spa with your parents that I forgot I promised them we will go to aqua park this weekend. You wouldn't mind taking them there, right? It's still a little bit too early, but you can spend some time with your cousins, don't you, Berry? Here, their swim shorts and other stuff is here..." As aunt Muriel ended her long explanation, she handed Berry a bag full of some stuff.

"Great to see you, Muriel!" Her father approached her aunt, and so did her mother. After a short talk, they left her all alone with her two overjoyed cousins. Berry closed the door behind them and approached the boys.

"Umm... hi, I'm Berry..." she said silently, and yet, she did get her cousins' attention.

"Hi, Berry, I'm Matthew!"

"And I'm Michael! When are we going to the aqua park?"

"Umm... the aqua park is opening at 12 o'clock, so there are still three hours until then... do you want to play something in the meanwhile?"

"Hide and seek!" They both shouted at the same time, and instantly went upstairs. Berry stood there for a couple of seconds before comprehending that they probably thought that she will be the one to look for them. A faint smile appeared on her face, as she remembered playing freely like that when she was an eight-year-old child... but they are clearly a lot older. Do kids really play like that at their age? Well, she remembered aunt Muriel spoiling her herself when she was younger, so maybe the same thing is happening to her cousins now...

Nonetheless, Berry started counting to thirty before looking for them. She decided she will give them a little more time than she should, after all it was their first time at her house, so they don't really know any good hiding points in here... now that she thinks about it, she hoped they wouldn't go hide in her room and start questioning her lack of clothes in her furniture. Then they could ask aunt Muriel about it, and she would ask her parents, and then...

"I'm searching!" she said as she finished counting. Immediately, she went upstairs, making a soft sound as her feet were touching the wooden stairs. Flop. Flop. Flop. The search didn't last for long, as she spotted her cousins in her room...