Cissie nodded. "It is beautiful. We really have been lucky. It's been really nice the whole time--even the rain today wasn't so bad." Even if she was totally going to have to throw away the clothes she'd been wearing once they got home, Cissie considered it worth it. It had been fun, playing in the mud like that.

She listened to Cassie, watching her kick the sand, looking... kind of forlorn. Cissie nodded again. "It has been fun. And really nice, just to spend so much time together without being interrupted or distracted by other people or... stuff."