New one shot. Okay people, I love Conner. Really, the way that he changed was amazing. This is a prelude to What is the Point? Many different one shots will be filled in here, you know, when the plot bunnies attack.

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Conner wished that he knew that his friends were coming up to college. He remembered to call his brother to tell him happy birthday, and his friends called him, but no one was going to be coming up today, everyone was busy, so he was taking Katie out to hang out by the beach today.

He should have known that his friends were planning something.


Conner sat holding Katie as she played his guitar, trying to get the few notes that he taught her correct. They were having a nice time in the shade after getting back a while ago from playing in the ocean.

"Here Katie, like this, that's it."

"I am telling you, you shouldn't bother, I would much rather hear others play."

"Wait until you meet Kira, she would love to teach you too though."

Katie put the guitar off to the side before turning to sit across his legs, "And when am I going to meet your so called friends that you always talk about."

"Soon, I promise, I just…"

"What? What is it? I was teasing Conner, it is okay, I don't have to meet them…"

"No you are, it is just… I like having something, someone, you, to myself, and not having to share."

"You share with my brother?"

"One person. There are like 15ish people, my parents and brother, my three friends from high school and a teacher and the women that own the juice bar. Not to mention my brother and my friends from his academy in Blue Bay Harbor."

"I promise, on my brothers life, that I shall not be stolen by any one of them."


Trent was following the boy that was Conner's roommate, down a path being followed by Ethan, Kira, Dr. O, Haley, Tori, Blake, Hunter, Shane, Kapri, Dustin, Marah, Cam, and Eric, all talking and laughing. Everyone was carrying something for the night out on the beach. There were two coolers, a medium grill, blankets, and beach toys.

Trent went back to focusing on the boy and saw that he had a phone to his ear and was muttering for someone to pick up.

"Everything okay?"

"Yeah, just trying to get a hold of my sister."

"Telling her that you are out for the day?"

"Something like that."

A few minutes later they all stumbled out onto the beach and stopped to stare at the sight in front of them. Conner was sitting on a beach towel and a girl was sitting on his lap. He leaned forward and said something into her ear and she started to laugh, a sound that was carried to them all on the wind. The next thing that happened was that she was jumping up and running towards a bucket not ten feet from where they had been sitting. They all heard Conner scream no as he pushed the guitar away and get up to run at her. But it was too late and everyone started to laugh as Conner got a mouth full of water.


Conner sputtered the water out of his mouth, to preoccupied to hear laughing other then Katie's. He set off after her as she went to fill the bucket with more water. He charged at her form turning back to him.


They watched the scene unfold, not noticing that Curtis, the roommate, wasn't watching but instead walking towards the now empty site that Conner and Katie had been sitting at.

They saw Conner charge at the girl who laughed and dove out of the way splashing into the water, coming up a few seconds later laughing, only to stop because she saw her brother at the towels, and turned to see them standing at the entrance. They noticed that Conner's shoulders set into a protective setting before he turned to see who it was, placing his own body between hers and theirs.


Conner started to move towards Katie after she came up, but he saw how she froze, and saw the fear that was pounding into her eyes. He tensed up and as he turned, he made sure that he was going to block her. But when he turned he the people there he lowered his head and said to Katie, "I guess you aren't going to be a secret anymore."

"Oh…"

Katie walked to Conner's side before waving at the figures and then turning to the towels they had and noticed her brother had their opened bag of chips.

"Curtis…" she muttered before grabbing Conner's hand, "well, introduce me at least."

"Right, come on."


Curtis watched as Conner led Katie to his hometown friends. He knew that Katie was going to be nervous, she was always nervous about meeting new people, but he also knew that Conner was over protective of her and that she would be fine.


"Katie this is my brother Eric, these are my friends from school, Kira, Ethan, Trent and my teacher Dr. O and his wife Haley. These are my brother's and my friends from his school Shane, Kapri, Tori, Blake, Dustin, Marah, Cam, and Hunter. Everyone, this is Katie, my girlfriend."

"Nice to meet you," Kira said stretching her hand out.

"You too."

"Sis, why in the world did you bring school work with you?"

Katie turned to see her brother standing on left holding her business book and binder.

"Because we were working on the Soccer Camp."

"Curtis, she would let me bring her with if she couldn't do some work today."

"That sounds like her Conner, so you all want to follow me to set up what you have?"

Katie and Conner turned to watch everyone pass by and walk to the area they had set up to set up everything that they had. Everyone but Dr. O and Haley went.

"Hello, I am Dr. Tommy Oliver, they all call me Dr. O."

"I'm Haley. It is a pleasure to you. Conner will have to bring you in to town some day. I am going to go help those children."

"Okay," Katie said turning to see what she was talking about and saw that they boys were wrestling and not getting anything set up.

"Dr. O, how are classes?"

"They are good, normal and quiet, for high school. Katie, how did you and Conner meet?" Dr. O. asked as we started to walk towards the umbrella area.

"Technically we meet freshman year, we had classes together, but last year was the first year we ever talked. Conner and my younger brother were roomies first and I would go over on Wednesday's to hang out with Curtis."

"They have this thing called Date Night where they watch Criminal Minds together. I joined in by default at first by just being in the room. We started to talk from that. Though I had to convince her with the help of her brother to go out with me."

Dr. O laughed as they reached the group. Curtis was then standing next to Katie, an arm thrown around her shoulders as Dr. O went to help Haley and Conner jumped on the pile of boys.

"So," Curtis started, "What do you think of our new family?"

Katie looked out at everyone and smiled at Conner when he looked at her and smiled from under a pile of Shane, Hunter, Dustin and Ethan.

"It's perfect."


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