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"Walk with me?" Susanne asked smiling. I smiled back and nodded stepping beside her. We walked out onto the beach, I rolled up my skinny jeans and held onto her shoulder, ""It's been ages - I've missed you!" I hid my smile with my hair. "Hey!" She giggled and pushed it back, "What ya been doing with yourself, since.. you know.. Well, um, last time we saw eachother..?" She quickly rushed.

I smiled, straightening up and looking down at her, "Well, not much." I lied, I just didn't feel like letting her know about everything that's been going, with me going to jail and everything. She frowned, knowing something was up, I decided it would just be best to tell her, "It was a few months back. I was caught up in a drug deal -I didn't do them, I swear, I was just in the wrong place at the wrong time..." I shrugged

"Oh, Alec." She took my hand, "Are you okay? How did your- Shannon take it?" She asked, her eyes darting around me face for and sign of emotion. I kept my face blank. I was cut up about it, but didn't really show it.

"She was mad, really mad. But I explained.. She believed me.. Then she ended up crying and hugging me.." I shrugged.

"Well, what did your friends do?" She asked. We were passing everyone, they were having a water fight.

"Nothing..." I shrugged again.She nodded, and we continued to walk up the beach, "It is really good to see you through.." I smiled. The sunset behind us was casting pretty colours of her face. I put a stray piece of hair off her face-

"Pizza!" We heard from down the beach.

"We'd, urm, yeah." I said moving my hands away. "Race ya!" I yelled running off. Gahh, that was awkward. I mentally slapped myself.

We got back to the beach house. I won, of course. Susanne came in after me and playfully punched my arm, "Hey!" I yelped.

"That's for running off." she laughed and grabbed some pizza and a plate.

"Thanks." I said smirking and grabbing the other piece on her plate. "I didn't get to ask about what you've been doing.."

Susanne

"It was a few months back." He admitted, "I was caught up in a drug deal - I didn't do them, I swear, I was just in the wrong place at the wrong time..."

"Oh, Alec." I whispered, taking his hand, "Are you okay? How did your- Shannon take it?"

I searched his face for any sign of emotion, but could tell he was hiding them.

"She was mad, really mad. But I explained.. She believed me.. Then she ended up crying and hugging me.."

"Well, what did your friends do?" I asked as we walked past the water fight.

"Nothing... It is really good to see you through.." He said with a smile, pushing a strand of hair from my face.

"Pizza!" We heard from down the beach.

"We'd, urm, yeah. Race yah!" And just like that he was gone.

***

"Well," I said thoughtfully, chewing my pizza. Swallowing, I continued, "My blog has really taken off, I'm thinking about moving up to New York at some point if I can get an internship. Then there's Kit, who you met earlier."

I thought some more, not sure of what else to tell him, then added with a laugh, "I'm just so glad I'm done with high school for forever, now!!!"

Liz

I smile and look at Isaac. "I have been pretty good." I tell him. "What about you?" I ask.

He smile and shrugs. "Pretty good as well." He says.

"That is good to hear." The sun dips down over the water and it sends out a beautiful orange light. A brighter smile forms on my face because I have missed all of this so much. It gets a little colder, but I do not complain. I bring my knees up and hug them to my body. My eyes travel over to Lakeland and another smile plays across my lips. What is the chance he would like someone like me though? I sigh and bite my bottom lip.

"What have you been up to?" He asks me. I turn my attention from Lakeland and back to Isaac.

I think for a moment. "Well a lot of singing and stuff like that. You know me." I say, nudging him with my elbow. "What about you, Isaac? What have you been up to?"

Autumn

The beach was one of the most fun and calm places to be. Everyone's themselves, all getting along while at the beach. Especially me because I was going around to everyone splashing water especially James but he wouldn't give up. He's a good challenger which made me more interested.

Finally, I heard a voice. "Pizza!"

And then, it was like we were wild chimpanzee's who hadn't got food for a whole month. I raced all of them to the front, the first to reach pizza. It was Leanna whom I didn't see after her excitement for a football game.

"Hey, Lee. Where have you been?" I say, taking a slice of pizza but to see myself defeated that James grab them off my hands.

"That's what you get for splashing a whole lot of water on me." he chuckles and takes a seat.

I suddenly sit next to him and grab the ketchup before he does. I give him a "winner" look.

He doesn't seem convinced though. "Its just ketchup. I got a whole pizza. Oh and the biggest one too." He grins.

Dang. He won me over that. I silently eat my pizza after that, observing everyone. Lakeland seems very laid-back but I think he's got someone and going on my first guess, it has to be Liz. The whole evening in the beach, he was with her. So obviously, they've got something going. Ruth is sitting next to me, eyeing me closing. She nudges.

"Hey, why're you so quiet all of a sudden? Strange, don't you think? I'm surprised." she says, with a small laugh.

"Is it the pizza? Man, you could have just said so if you wanted it back." James looks at me and I feel myself sinking a little. Why was he looking at me like that?

"Of...Of course not!" I say, looking way and start fidgeting with my fork.

James

Autumn and I have fun together. After I got her soaking wet and stole her pizza, I let of a sigh. When she does not talk for a while, I get a little worried. I hope I did not upset her. That is the last thing I want to do. "Is it the pizza? Man, you could have just said so if you wanted it back." I tell her, something sparking in my eyes. I just wanted her to be happy.

She sinks a little bit and does not look at me. "Of....of course not!" She says.

"Autumn you cannot be upset with me yet." I say. "We have the whole summer left. I am not off to a good start if you are already mad at me."

"I am not mad at you, James." She say, looking at me. I smile and look into her eyes, they are beautiful.

"Good, you had me worried there for a second." I say, allowing myself to relax.

"Why were you worried?" She asks.

"The last thing I want to do is make you upset." I tell her.

Kyle
"Um hi," I started awkwardly, speaking to the youngest person of the group. I remembered Geneva as a little prissy thirteen-year-old who painted her nails and always wore dresses. In general, not my kind of girl. But being the only one my age, I thought I might as well start a conversation. "So what have you done with yourself the past two years?"
"Not much," she shrugged as she grabbed another slice of pizza. "You know, the norm."
The norm, I thought to myself. Hah, I've done everything except the norm. What was I thinking starting this conversation?
"Karl, right?" she asked.
"Kyle," I corrected. Geneva blushed. Just then her phone dinged and she pulled it out of her pocket and began typing a hasty message. I turned away. So much for that. I might as well try to talk to someone else.

Alec Rose

"I'm just so glad I'm done with high school for forever, now!!!" She laughed.

"I hear ya!" I said back, laughing with her. "New York is a big place." I thought out loud. This day had to come, if it was sooner or later. We're all growing up and soon we are going to move away, maybe even lose contact. Stop thing this way. I shook my head. I have no idea what I am going to do when I get back to Island. I sighed and ran my hand through my hair.

"You alright?" I looked up at her, "You drifted off for a while there." She frowned, "What are you thinking about?"

"I, uh, nothing really." I smiled. Well tried. "Just thinking about the future.." I laughed, "Its a big place out there."

"Gahh, this is lame!" One of the girls called. "Who is up for a game?!"

Spoiler

Can be anyone... Or if you guys don't wanna do it, I can take it out and put something else in..

Soph

I lie on the beach for a while after I finish the pizza and just randomly lay there staring at the sky and finding funny pictures in the clouds like we use to do when we we’re little.

Somebody runs past me as people start drifting away from the car and back onto the beach and I push myself back up to a sitting position, brushing some sand out of my hair.

"Gahh, this is lame!" Somebody says, "Who is up for a game?!"

I look around, wondering who suggested it, though it doesn’t really matter as soon everyone is shouting out things like, “Yes!” and “Let’s do it!”

I grin and pull myself to my feet. Games are good. Just don’t let it be-

“How bout Volleyball?” somebody suggests and I wince. Naturally though, all of the others agree and somebody runs of to grab a ball.

The net is still up from sometime- maybe even from last summer when they insisted on playing this game- and one by one everybody runs down to it.

I walk, slowly after them, wishing I brought my camera down with me so that I could take pictures instead and get out at the one game on the planet that I am sooooo terrible at.

“Soph? Hey Soph!” somebody calls from somewhere behind me and I turn around to see a familiar face.

Spoiler

Ugh, sorry for the lame post. Haven't really been on for a while so this is just my weird way of catching up. And it can be anyone who's talking to Soph, then.

Liz

Isaac and I look at both of each other and nod. "Talk later." We say. I laugh and we both run to the net. I see Soph standing over to the side, watching us.

"Soph? Hey Soph!" I call running over to her. "What makes you think you can stand over here?" I ask. messing with her.

"I stink at volleyball." She says.

"I played volleyball on a team and I was still bad. It is okay. As long as you try and have fun, no one is really going to care." I tell her. I link arms with her and smile. "Now you are on my team." As we walk over, the teams have already been decided and I am against my brother and sister.

"Let's go little sis." They laugh.

"Oh you guys are in for a treat. I play a little rough when I am against them. " I say, smiling. "You guys are so going down."

Kyle

Volleyball! Finally something I enjoyed. I stood up and left Geneva still texting. On of the teams called me over and I joined them. They let me serve first and were surprised at my knowledge. Any sport interested me, but soccer and volleyball were my favorites, although volleyball sounded like a girl sport. At least at school we had mixed teams and I got to meet a lot of cute athletic girls. A ball hit my head.
"Ouch!" I growled as Soph laughed.
"Snap out of it!" she giggled. "Get your head in the game." I wrinkled my nose and sent the ball straight at her. She hit it with no problem and gives me a triumphant look. I rolled my eyes. Sisters, no matter how much older they are, they never get over showing up their brothers.

Spoiler

Sorry I was away so long!

Geneva Anderson

Kyle walks away as I sit there texting. Stupid, tactless me. Maybe I should just turn it off for the week or something...
Nope. Bad idea.
I put the phone in my pocket and march towards the sidelines of the volleyball game.

Isaac Anderson

Spoiler

He's just going to be playing the game. I don't think I'll start it off, though...

Liz

"Who is going to serve?" Isaac asks, everyone on the team.

"I will." I say and I take the ball out of his hands. I go back to the edge and get ready.

"Okay take your time, Liz." My sister yells.

I roll my eyes. "I will, thank you." I was pretty good at serving. I had some fun with it. I had a pretty good arm if I do say so. I throw the ball up and hit it over. This game is going to be fun. The only two things I am good at are serving and spiking. "Set it up Isaac." He does so and I spike it hard right at my brothers feet. I let out a laugh and smile. "I love you, brother."

Isaac Anderson

Liz makes a sweet spike to start it off. I never can manage to spike a ball quite right. I return to my place as setter, and someone bumps the ball back to me. I set it, and someone else hits the ball over. Great fun, until the ball goes zooming towards *Anyone's* face...

Geneva Anderson

I watch, embarrassed, as Kyle walks away, leaving me still texting. Ugh. Stupid phone addiction. Maybe I should just turn the thing off for the duration of the trip.

I glance at the screen.

Nope.

I put the phone in my pocket and jog off to watch the game.

Susanne

My scream echoed through the air as I fell to the ground, craddling my face in my hands. Tears burned my eyes, but despite my efforts to hold them back they ended up escaping.

Sucking in a breath, I held my hand to my left eye and tried to sit up, but was pushed back down.

"Susanne, I-I sw-wear if-f y-y-you ge-et up..." I heard Ira say as my friends came over to check on me.

"Move your hand, Susanne." Someone said.

"It hurts!" I cried, refusing to move my hand.

"Susanne," they said, nudging my hand away.

I heard a low whistle, and another voice said, "Wow, that'll be a beaut."

I immediately moved my hand back to my eye, hiding the damage. Of COURSE this would happen to me!

Alec

"Move your hand, Susanne." I whispered kneeling down to her.

"It hurts!" she cried, not moving her hand.

"Susanne," I said, nudging her hand away. Wow, that's gotta hurt.

"Wow, that'll be a beaut." I didn't care who said it. I picked up Susanne bridal style and walked to the house.

"I'll get her some ice and make sure she is okay!" I called over my shoulder. "It's okay." I rubbed her arm.

"It kills, Alec." She cried.

"I know. Shh," I sat her down on a chair and went to the freezer, there was a small ice pack. I wrapped it in a cloth and pressed it lightly to her face. She whimpered and gripped my other hand. "Shh, its okay. You're gonna be fine." I rubbed her fingers. "Want me to take you to bed?" She nodded.

I got her to hold the ice pack as I picked her up again. She wrapped her legs around my waist and rested the good side of her head on my shoulder. I walked us to one of the rooms with the door open, it was pretty clean, so I'm guessing its one of the girls. I laid her on the bed and gently pressed the ice pack back to her face.