Page 25 of Deep Blue Lies

TWENTY-FOUR

Alythos

Well, I finally made it. We flew from Gatwick Airport to Athens, then got a bus to a town near here – I don’t remember the name – and then we got on a little ferry to the island, and then another bus down to a place called Skalio, and then it dropped us off here – at the Aegean Dream Resort.

It’s amazing. It’s this huge hotel building, right on the beach, but away from the town, so it’s kind of private. And there’s a massive pool, all set in really nice gardens. And then behind us, you have these mountains covered with olive trees. It’s so gorgeous.

On the plane, I noticed a few people who looked like they might be coming here too, but I didn’t say anything.

Not until we got on the bus – then we all started figuring out who was who.

It seems like most of the staff are from England – there’s a couple of girls who are working in the kids’ club.

Chloe, who was here last year, and Sarah, who’s new like me.

And there’s one American girl called Imogen.

When we got here the deputy manager – she’s called Mandy – she had a list of who was going to share with who, and I got put in a room with Imogen, so she’s actually lying about ten feet away from me right now.

She seems nice, but she’s a bit quiet. I figure she’ll open up a bit once we all get to know each other.

There’s loads of boys though. On the beach part of the resort, they have all these different types of boats for the guests to use. And there’s also waterskiing and windsurfing. So a lot of the boys are instructors for that. Some of them are way hot.

Then apart from that there’s the catering people. Some are chefs, and then there’s sous chefs. I don’t know the difference. Then there’s the people looking after the kids.

But my job is going to be the pool bar, and I saw it for the first time this afternoon – it’s so cool!

It’s only open during the day, and apparently it’s a super-chilled job.

It doesn’t really get busy, it’s mostly just iced coffees and afternoon cocktails and that sort of thing, and it closes at six-thirty, which is the same time the boys at the beach stop work.

That means we’re all going to be free at the same time. And that’s gonna be awesome.

The town – Skalio – is really close, a twenty-minute walk?

Apparently there are loads of really cool bars there, so that’s going to be fun. I need some fun too, after getting so close to qualifying, and then fucking it up. But that already feels a long way away. All of Dad’s hassling and getting on my back. It’s good to leave that behind.

I don’t know how much I’ll be able to write this diary. My plan is to try and write something every day, so that in the future, I’ll be able to look back and remember everything that happened.

So hello, future me, if you’re reading this. And if you’re not future me, then what are you doing reading this? Get the hell outta here!