A high pitch squeal was heard though the staff house.
"EEEK I can't believe we get the whole morning off tomorrow!"
The energetic red-head was thrilled to find out the junior staff members didn't have to report to work until eleven the next morning. Johnny had left the note taped to Emma's door telling the good news. He always looking for an opportunity to make her smile, though he was a little disappointed he wouldn't be there to see it in person.

"Sweet! We get to sleep in past seven for once and I can work on my beauty sleep...not that I really need it." While saying this, the resort's surf instructor flipped his red hair, flashing a cheesy smile. His signature move.

"Wow, cocky much?" Fin shoved him down the steps at that remark. She always had something to say about Reef, typically an insult or snappy comeback of some sort. Broseph stood there a moment contemplating the situation until an idea hit him. He started digging around in his blonde afro that seemed work as an unlimited storing space. Moments later, after extracting a few sandwiches, his left shoes, and an angry looking crab, he found what he was looking. He removed a crumpled piece of paper with something scribbled on it in very messy handwriting.

"Ah bros, if we don't have to be up early we should so hit this beach party tonight. I hear it's gonna be pretty sick."

"Did I hear someone mention party tonight? Sounds good to me, I've been dying to wear this one really cute dress." The fifth grom finally arrived, late getting up as usual. Lo was never the punctual type or the hard work type or really even the type of person cut out for work but she was making some progress.

"Hey, I like the idea. I can never pass up a good party."

"Reef makes a good point for once. We need a break from work and what better way?" The others nodded in agreement with Fin's view. They had been working none stop for the past two weeks and we're all about to go insane.

"Alright, who all thinks we should go then?" Emma knew the answer as soon as she asked the question. It was a unanimous yes from the five surfers.

"It's settled then, party tonight!" Lo announced with a cheer coming from the other groms.

"OH MY GOSH! My first local beach party! I'm so excited!" It didn't take much to excite Emma, but in the back of her mind all she could keep thinking was whether Ty would be there and actually notice her and fall madly in love with her and ask her to marry him and....Her day dream was cut short as Bummer yelled over the PA system that the staff had better head to work unless they all wanted to get strikes. As the group dispersed there seemed to have an extra skip in their step for the up coming night.

"Dude, how do you store stuff in there anyway?" Reef questioned poking Broseph hair as walked towards the pool.
"I have no idea what you re talking about, Bro."


"Ay mate, you coming to the killer bash tonight?" Ripper was leaning across the desk as Johnny was looking up the guest who would be checking-in that afternoon.

"Eh, I don't think so. I still have to be here at 7:30 tomorrow morning and a ton of people are checking-in since it's the weekend not to mention I do enjoy a good eight hours of sleep."
Suddenly Lance popped up from who-knows-where, starting Johnny enough to make him drop the papers he was about to file. He joined Ripped leaning against the counter, eyeing the soda in Johnny s hand.

"Ah man, you're way too dedicated to work. If I had a penny for every time you give us an excuse not to go out I'd have..1...2...a lot of pennies!" As the guys kept trying to convince Johnny to go, he spotted two waitresses making their way towards the Dining Room.

"Hey Johnny, I wanted to thank you for the note. It was so sweet of you to tell me we had the morning off before you left this morning." She flashed her adorable smile which made him melt a little inside. It always had that type of effect on him.

"Oh no problem, I just though I'd tell you early so you could make plans for tonight or something. Speaking of plans, already decided what you're going to do with your night?" Here was his chance. This was part of the reason he had said no to the party & made all those lame excuses. This was his chance to ask Emma out on a date and it was now or never. Thankfully Ripper & Lance were too busy arguing over the best paradise-slush flavor to notice him and Kelly had already called for Lo to report to the DR ASAP (something about how a waitress had informed the guest that they were to serve themselve, which was a lie).

"Yeah, I get to go to my first beach party! Broseph knows the guy so we though we'd all go. Sorry you don't have the morning off too, its sounds like it's gonna be awesome. Oh crap I better go or I'll be late for work. Bye Johnny!" As she waves goodbye his chance of asking her out was gone too, but he had a new opportunity to be spend time with her.

"I've changed my mind, I'm going tonight. Who really needs eight hours of sleep?"
"That's what I like to hear mate. And since you've changed your mind, care given us a ride?" With that Lance and Ripper began a quite comical "puppy-dog" pout. Trying too keep from laughing too loud as Bummer walk by Johnny said it would be fine, but as the best friends walked away from the desk Lance uttered the one true thing that would ruin his chances with Emma.

"Oh yeah, Ty's coming with us too. Hope ya don't mind."


It was the mid-day work break at the resort and Fin couldn't have been any more thrilled. How anyone could make such as mess in a hotel room in the course of one night was beyond her. She slowly drug herself up the staff steps towards the couch where Reef was already seated. The others would arrive soon to compare work war-stories.

"Alright no one would have had a worse day than me today. One of the other maids called in sick today so I had to cover all her rooms including my own. Not to mention I had to clean pudding off a ceiling which I have no idea how it got there or why it was so hard to clean. I'm so glad that party's tonight. No worries & no pudding to clean up". Fin plopped herself on the couch next to her redheaded friend. Reef's ears seemed to perk up at the mention of the killer bash they were going to.

"Well I can't wait to see all the sweet local honeys. They won't be able to keep their lovely hands off the Reefmister." Fin rolled her eyes. It was very difficult to have a conversation with him that didn't somehow lead back to himself or ladies or himself with these ladies.

"Wow if your head was any bigger I don't think you'd be able to balance on your board. Can you even think of anything besides hot girls in bikinis?"

"Aww, looks like someone s jealous. Don't worry I'll make sure to save you a dance tonight, that's if I can get the Betties away from me long enough." WHACK! Reef received a moldy couch pillow to the face curtsy of Fin.

"Please, I don't need to you to save me any dance. I can get more guys to dance with me in an hour than you can get girls the whole night. And I won't even have to bribe mine."

"Is..is this a challenge I hear," Reef leapt onto the couch in excitement. "The gauntlet has been cast down! The Challenge: who scores the most dance partners during the night, the winner will receive eternal bragging rights, the loser must...the loser must... THE LOSER MUST EXCLAIM THE WINNERS AWESOMENESS OVER THE RESORTS PA SYSTEM!" The blonde challenger contemplated the situation.

"Eh, why not," she thought, "What can a little friendly competition hurt and besides, beating Reef would make her week." "Fine, I except your challenge," leaping to her feet to join Reef stand on the sofa. I agree to your standards and may the best surfer win." And as the other workers made their way toward the staff house, the challenge was made official with the traditional "hand-spit hand-shake" between the competitors.

"Oh and when you're talking about how great I am, don't forget to mention my killer butt." With that they sat themselves back on the couch as the rest of the staff stood wondering what they had just witnessed and whether they really wanted to know.


"Um does anyone know how we're actually getting to the party tonight? I'd offer to drive but my jeeps still in the shop after the pool incident." Lo was fixing her hair just right in the crack mirror. It was a miracle the whole staff how wasn't condemned for unsafe living. She'd have to have a word with daddy about this if he expected her to live there the whole summer.

"Don't worry dudes. I gotta ride hooked up, don t worry." Broseph poked his head in the door seeing if the girls were almost ready to leave. "Woah, you guys are looking good."

"Aww, thanks Broseph. We ll be ready in a few minutes. Now if I could get his stupid necklace clasped." Emma walked out of the bathroom in an adorable purple and black halter sundress. The necklace was a small silver sand dollar that she had borrowed from Fin to wear with Lo's dress.

"Come here Alberta, I'll help you. You go ahead Broseph, we ll meet you in the front parking lot. He flashed his signature two thumbs up and headed out. Now this necklace is kinda tricky. You have to hold your mouth just right and.... there you go. Girl, you look good. Actually we all look good if I do say so myself. Fin was sporting a green strapless while Lo chose a orange halter.

Thanks! I really hope Ty notices me tonight. That last comment made Lo groan. What Emma was in him was beyond her.

"There are going to be tons of guys at this party, why do you want to focus on my brother? He's not that great and barely knows your name." Emma looked like she was about to respond as the girls walked toward the parking lot when a loud honk interrupted her. The girls look around to see the cause of the noise.

"Oh no, not that."
"REALLY!? We re gonna show up in THAT?"
"It's not that bad....right?"
Well he-hellooooo surfers! Welcome to the party bus. The girls were still standing in shock as the Kahuna yelled to them from the driver s seat. That is, the driver s seat of the ultra-lame purple whale bus. Broseph stepped down from the bus with a sheepish grim on his face.

"Soooo our other ride kinda fell through bros, but the Kahuna offered to give us a lift. "Dude, you really need to get your car. The whale isn't cutting it." The sound of jogging feet could be heard coming from behind. Reef stopped when he got to the steps of the bus and proceeded to following Broseph inside.

"Any ride is better than no ride, right? Fin walked up the steps of the whale behind the guys.
Yeah, I guess. Even if it a big, purple mammal, Lo & Emma brought up the rear of the gang. They were shocked to see that the bus was completely filled except for three open seats. Broseph had already sprawled out in one taking a quick nap before the partying.

"Oh I forgot, I have to drop these guests off at the pier before I take you to that ridiculous party. Don't worry though; it's on the way....sorta." Like they said, A ride was better then NO ride. The two waitresses chose the seat closes to the front while Fin and Reef took the seat behind them. And so the group was off, ready for the party that layed ahead of them.


It had been almost three hours since the bus had left the resort, two of those taking the guest to the pier and the other one towards the beach. By this time the entire group had fallen asleep to the soothing sound of the bus ride.
Plunk plunk pop BOOM shhhh "....uh oh...." Life lesson, it is never good to hear a bus driver utter those words.

"FISH TACOS!" Broseph jolted awake looking around wildly. The bus had suddenly stopped without warning throwing him into the seatback then landing on the ground.

"Um, Mr. the Kahuna, is the bus supposed the make that noise?" Emma asked over the seat. The loud noise seemed to have woken everyone up except for Reef. "Woah, what was that? Sounded like the engine exploded." Still a little groggy from just waking up, Fin wasn't exactly sure why her shoulders were so heavy and why the window she was leaning again was so warm. She sat there a few more seconds thinking how nice it felt until she realized something. One: she had the isle seat & Two: the thing around her shoulders wasn't a pillow.

"GET OFF ME YOU KOOK!" She shoved Reef to the floor, still fast asleep until impact.

"Uh what?...wait! what was that for?!" He was looking up from the ground having no clue what was going on.

"Dudes & dudetts, I have some good news & some bad news. Good news: you're only ten minutes from your party. Bad news: the bus sorta broke down." The Kahuna walked back onto the bus after opening the hood to examine the now smoking engine. "But we do have a tow company, but I'm the one who drives the truck....(hmm I guess that doesn't really help)." The gang bus let out a huge groan. This night was not turning out how anyone planned or even could have imagined. But of course Emma was optimistic as always, a trait her fellow surfers admired about her.

"Don't worry guys, we'll make it to the party tonight, I'm sure of it. Is there anyone we could call for help?"

"I'll try and call Ty, but I'm sure he won't pick up for me." Lo scrolled through her address book until she found his number. The entire bus was silent as they waited to see if someone would pick up on the other end. Suddenly there was a mumble coming from the phone:

"Hey loser, it's Lo......mhmmm yeah I know.....yeah we're coming but we kinda like broke down on the side of the rode....the whale bus....SHUT UP! Look can you come pick us up.....oh well fine then I'll try him, he'll probably be more help than you anyways CLICK." The others waited in suspense as Lo lowered her phone.

"He said he couldn't give us a ride because he caught a ride with Johnny, but he said we could try and give him a call and he might come get us. Anyone have his number?" As Lo said this the gears in Brospeh s head were turning. He knew exactly how to get Johnny to rescue them and it wouldn't even require that much effort. Oh what a person will do for a summer crush.

"Dudes, I got it but my phones about to die. Can someone else dial it?" Emma already had hers lying on her lap. Yes, though Broseph, this will work perfectly.