“Mom look!” My mom sluggishly moved out of our room with purple bags under her eyes from the lack of sleep she received that night.
“I see dolphins.”
She answered with a “nice sweetie”… meaning the only thing she cared about was sleeping at that moment; she turned around and plummeted herself back into her bed. I shrugged my shoulders and made the decision of taking an early morning walk. I spotted a bench about twenty feet away and decided to take a seat. I sat and looked out at the beautiful sunrise showering all shades of orange, yellow, and pink across the great blue ocean, that could only be seen this clearly from a boat.
Only three more days until my feet would hit the warm sand of the Bahamas, but all I could think about were my friends back home in New Zealand. We always hung out over spring break. I hope they didn’t have too much fun without me. Jealousy was starting to get the best of me so I decided to start thinking about something else.
I was so excited to swim with dolphins, go snorkeling, and eat all kinds of crazy foods that I’ve never tried before. Bam! Something woke me from my daydream. I hustled up to see if my parents were okay, but before I could do that it appeared they were thinking the same thing about me.
“Are you okay Raya?” my dad said as he wobbled over with a broken leg in a panicked voice as my mom scavenged my body for any bumps or bruises.
“Yes, I’m fine. What happened?” 
“We don’t know but we are about to find out,” my dad said. We decided to take a walk and see if there was any damage done to the boat. I glanced over my left shoulder and I noticed that the water was higher than I remembered.
“Mom! Dad! The water is getting higher.”
Once everyone heard those seven words come out of my mouth, they turned in to a swarm of panicked people.
I noticed my parents didn’t answer me. I looked over and came to realize that they weren’t standing beside me. Thoughts rapidly rushed through my head. I instantly started to search for them. I noticed a tall man with brown hair and a woman with long blonde hair standing beside him. My parents! I sprinted toward the familiar people; I gave them a great big hug.
“Where were you?”
They turned around with disgusted looks. That’s when I realized my parents were still missing; I had mistaken them for two total strangers. Suddenly, I was short of breath and I had two arms wrapped around my waist. I turned around…
“Raya, we thought we lost you!” my mom said with a shaky voice as tears ran down her cheek.
“I know, I know. This time let’s stay close together so no one gets lost.”
“Deal!” said my dad.
I heard a long and loud creaking noise. Then I lost my stomach and the boat started to sink.
“Everyone remain calm!” shouted the sailors. Everyone scattered away from the water that was seeping over the left side of the boat. My mother grabbed my hand and followed the frightened crowd. It seemed as if the water was chasing us to the top of the boat. People started to get sucked under the great amount of salty blue water that was becoming faster and faster. Suddenly, I didn’t feel the comfort of my mother’s warm hand anymore and I was under water. I was racing to the surface to get a breath in so I didn’t pass out. I finally reached the surface.
“Mom, Dad!” I screamed.
Their heads popped out of the water about thirty seconds after mine. As they both gasped for air I swam over as quickly as I could.
“Is everything okay?” I asked.
“Yes, but my cast is starting to fill up with water!” my father desperately shouted as he struggled to keep his head from going underwater. I swam over and grabbed a door that had fallen off during the sinking of the ship.
“Here, use this.” I said. He climbs on the broken door.
“Thanks, sweetie.”
“Well nothing is going to happen if we just stay here” said my mother.
“But what about the life boats?” I questioned.
“Well, they guaranteed to us that the boat wouldn’t sink. They suggested that we bring our own inflatable but I guess we trusted the boat too much.”
“Now we have no other choice but to swim since the radio to communicate with other boats is completely diminished from the water,” I said.
My mom found a bulky rope to tie around her waist and the doorknob of the door my father was resting on. Good thing I took swimming lessons every week, and my mom was a retired Olympic medalist for swimming. We had only been swimming for a mile when my jaw dropped in excitement.
“Mom look, land!” I said.