Hello! I'm back!

How have you all been?

I've missed you all but I've also been freaking out for the past week because I wasn't so sure about my idea for this sequel, so I really hope that you like it!

And if you're new here then welcome! I hope you enjoy my story! If you're a little unfamiliar with some of the characters then just have a quick read through my other story (you don't have to but it might help!).

But anyway, here is the first chapter!

Coral thundered down the beach, her fringed boots pounding the sand as she ran along the shoreline to the beach restaurant she so dearly loved.

"Look Lela, I'm pretty sure we've done enough practising today," Seacat huffed, sitting down on the edge of the stage in Big Momma's.

"But we have to make it perfect!" Lela whined.

"It's already perfect," Seacat argued.

"Well, sort of," CheeChee added on to Seacat's answer.

"We need to practise with Coral too," Lela added.

"Everything's pretty good apart from the part with the somersault," Rascal sighed.

"Don't remind me," Lugnut groaned.

"That's why we need to practice!" Lela cried in frustration.

"Where is Coral anyway?" Struts asked.

"It's Friday, she's at work," Tanner huffed, slumping down next to Seacat.

"Well why can't she be here?!" Struts argued. And within seconds Struts and Tanner were having a full-blown argument.

"Guys! Stop it!" Lela practically screamed, breaking Tanner and Struts apart.

"What's happening to us?" Giggles sighed, looking at her two friends glaring at each other.

"It's because we're stressed," CheeChee answered.

"We're not stressed, just over-worked," Butchy corrected, glancing at his sister accusingly.

"Fine. We'll leave it there for today," Lela sulked, putting down her stack of sheet music.

At that point, Coral burst through the doors and careered down the steps and over to her friends, tripping over several tables and chairs in the process.

"Sorry I'm late guys," she said between heavy breaths.

"You should be," Struts sniffed, glaring at Coral.

"Great, at least you're here. Now we can have another run through," Lela smiled. But Lela's comment was followed by a chorus of groans from the others.

"Not again!" Rascal moaned.

"We've been through it seven times!" Giggles cried.

"In the past hour," Seacat added on to Giggles' comment.

"I'm actually starting to hate the song now," Butchy agreed.

"Look. We'll just practise the somersault and then we can all go," Lela compromised.

"What? No! That's not fair!" Lugnut cried.

"Yes it is, now get your butt up on that stage and do the somersault," Lela ordered.

"I don't see why I have to be the one to do the somersault," Coral huffed.

"You have to because no one else will," Lela explained.

"I can do a back flip," Butchy piped up.

"Yes, but you're not a girl," Lela said, dipping one of her eyebrows at her brother.

"Dude, this is just as bad for you as it is for me," Coral sighed, mounting the stage with Lugnut.

"Really? I still can't feel my toe," Lugnut said.

"And my back still hurts," Coral countered.

"Just stop arguing and get on with it!" Seacat cried, wanting to get out of there as soon as possible.

Coral stood at one side of the stage and Lugnut stood opposite her.

Lela counted down from five and when she shouted go, both of them charged at each other.

Lugnut placed both of his hands together to make a platform for Coral to stand on. When Coral reached the biker, she hoisted herself up and Lugnut launched her into the air. But he lost his footing, making him slip forward. This meant that he lost the grip of Coral's foot and meant that instead of turning in the air, Coral crashed into the drum kit on the stage. Lugnut face-planted the stage and Coral's side slammed into the instruments.

Lugnut muttered obscenities as Giggles helped him off the stage floor. But Coral just groaned and removed a cymbal that was lodged in her spine.

Butchy walked over to her and started chuckling. "You need a hand?"

"Actually, yes. That would be nice," Coral said with a slight smile, reaching her hand out for him to take.

But instead of taking her hand, Butchy moved his away at the last moment and began to applaud her.

Coral just sighed and rolled her eyes at the biker. "Very funny Butchy." And with that, she got up herself. As she regained her balance again, she rubbed her head. "That was not groovy," she moaned.

"No kidding," Lugnut said, glaring at her from across the room.

"What are you complaining about? You only fell on the floor, I just squashed an entire orchestra!" Coral exclaimed.

"I'm surprised you know the word 'orchestra'," Lugnut taunted.

"What are you so grumpy about?" Coral demanded.

"You. It was your fault I gave the floor a hug!" Lugnut shouted.

"It was not my fault that your foot slipped!" Coral argued.

And within seconds, Coral and Lugnut were wanting to rip each other to pieces. Well, nothing's new there to be honest. Coral and Lugnut have never really been the best of friends.

"Guys! Shut up!" CheeChee cried, placing her hands on the sides of her head. "I can't take it anymore."

Coral and Lugnut turned away from each other, their expressions like thunderstorms.

"I think we all need a break," Lela sighed.

"No kidding!" Everyone retorted.


Fifteen minutes later, everyone had calmed down a little.

Struts, Lugnut and Giggles were all sat in a booth chatting. Seacat, CheeChee, Coral, Tanner and Butchy were all sat round a table. And Lela was boring Rascal to death with more ideas about the upcoming performance on a separate table. The other surfers and bikers that were there were scattered around the restaurant as well.

"Lugnut, you ok? You're not usually this quiet," Giggles said, laying her hand over Lugnut's.

"I'm fine," Lugnut huffed.

"I see you're still grumpy," Coral scoffed as she walked past their booth on her way to the counter.

"Oh yeah? What does it matter to you?" Lugnut demanded, starting to get up from his seat.

"Guys don't," Giggles interrupted, attempting to break them apart.

Coral turned away and walked back to the counter without a second glance whilst Lugnut sat back down.

"Lugnut you can tell us about what's bothering you," Giggles started, placing her hand back on his. "We are your friends."

"You're not just my friend, you're my girlfriend," Lugnut smiled, taking both of Giggles' hands in his.

"Awww!" Struts sighed, her chin resting on her hands as she gazed at her friends.

Giggles and Lugnut both let out a little nervous laugh and looked away from each other for a second, slightly embarrassed.

"So come on then my friend, spill it," Struts said, scooting along on her side of the booth so that her back was resting against the wall. She then progressed to kick her feet up onto the seat next to her.

"It's not a big deal," Lugnut began.

"I don't care how big of a deal it is, I just want to know!" Struts cut in.

"My mom and dad have been arguing. It's not like the world's gonna end," Lugnut explained.

"I'm sorry to hear that," Giggles said.

"I know how you feel, parents are annoying," Struts moaned, popping a rather large bubble with her gum.

Giggles decided to ignore her best friend and continue trying to be supportive of her boyfriend, "what were they arguing about this time?"

Giggles knew a lot about Lugnut's parents, it was their arguing that brought them together after all, so it wasn't really a sensitive topic for them.

"It turns out my dad's been cheating on my mom."

"Oh."

"Yeah, oh."

"What's happening between them then?" Giggles asked.

"My mom's leaving. She said it was the last straw," Lugnut mumbled.

"Oh Lugnut I'm sorry," Giggles comforted, wrapping her arms around Lugnut's waist and pulling him into a hug.

"It's alright," Lugnut said.

"Wait, you're not leaving with your mom are you?" Giggles asked, panic flashing behind her eyes.

"No, I'm staying with my dad," Lugnut explained.

"See, parents are annoying," Struts smiled triumphantly. "My mom's been dating again."

"Really?" Giggles asked.

Struts nodded, before adding in a sarcastic tone, "yippee!"

Giggles rolled her eyes at her friend, a smile on her face though, before turning back to Lugnut, "so do you know what the lady your dad has been seeing is called? Is she nice?"

"Some woman named Natasha," Lugnut grumbled. "I haven't met her."

This seemed to make Struts snap to attention, she practically jumped out of her seat.

"Wait, what is she called?" She asked, a frantic edge to her voice.

"Natasha," Lugnut repeated, giving his friend a strange look.

"Why are you so interested all of a sudden?" Giggles asked.

"My mom's name is Natasha," Struts said slowly, getting up from her seat.

"Wait, hang on," Lugnut began, getting up from his seat too.

"Don't tell me that your dad is called Mason," Struts interrupted.

Lugnut's eyes widened and just nodded.

"Oh."

"So that means that our parents are…dating," Lugnut trailed off.

"And we might end up as," Struts continued.

"Step-siblings," they finished, both looking horrified at the thought. Struts and Lugnut had known each other since they were tiny, just the thought of them possibly being in a family together made them feel a little uneasy.

"Wow…" Giggles trailed off, not really knowing what to say.

"How did that happen without us knowing?" Lugnut exclaimed.

"I don't know!" Struts cried.

Both of them were distraught, having just found out that one day they might be step-siblings. To them, that wasn't exactly fantastic news.

"How did what happen without you knowing?" Butchy asked, turning around in his chair to face Struts and Lugnut.

"Yeah, what's going on?" Seacat asked, genuinely curious.

"Struts' mom and Lugnut's dad are dating, and they didn't realise until now," Giggles explained, trying to suppress her smile.

But that was a little harder for Tanner, Coral and CheeChee who instantly started spluttering, trying not to make their laughter too noticeable.

"Guys, it's not funny," Struts scolded.

"It's pretty funny," Tanner corrected.

And that's when Tanner, Giggles, Coral, CheeChee, Butchy and Seacat all started laughing, leaving Struts and Lugnut feeling a bit disgruntled.

I hope you liked the first chapter!

Please let me know what you thought of it and if you like the idea for the story, I've been panicked about posting it all week.

I've decided that I'm going to be posting a chapter once a week for now (it may go up to two again in the future). This is because I'm currently re-reading Paper Flowers and checking through it and that may take a few days so I won't be writing for a while. The chapters are also longer than before so they take longer to write.

I hope that you understand!

So nothing happened with the contest but I'm not really bothered, I wasn't expecting anything anyway. But it was nice to have a little break from posting for two weeks. :)

Thank you for reading!

-cherrygorilla