A/N: Thanks to the couple of you that reviewed and added me to their favorites! Here's the next chapter, hope you like it!

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"Alright! Here I am! I'm all yours!" Marina tried to hide her blush. It was the boldest things she'd said to him. She really felt all his, and hopefully he took for the truth.

"Great! Alright, so do you think we're ready for Saturday?" Twist asked smirking at her.

"Yeah, I mean we've been working pretty hard. I know the choreography won't be as good as Kiki's but I really want people to listen to the song more than I want them to watch us perform. " Twist stopped walking and grabbed her arm gently.

"Marina, please don't doubt yourself. You're so talented! You can rap, sing, dance… everything! You understand why music is so important, unlike all these other girls here at school. I mean, the Fresh Beats is NOT where I see myself in 5 years, hell even 2 years, but I can completely see you and me doing something together." Marina's cheeks were flushed and she was trying to show how much she loved hearing those words. By something did he mean musically? Romantically? Both?

"I like working with you too. I feel like I can really voice what I want to say and that it'll be taken into account. Not that I don't like working with Shout and Kiki. It's just different when I'm with you," Marina said never daring to look into his eyes, lest they give her away. Why couldn't she just come out and say it! Never, he'd have to make the first move. Isn't that what always happens in romance movies?

"I know what you mean. So, c'mon lets go. I really want you to check out these records. And guess what? Shout gave me the keys to the car! Let's roll!" He swung the keys around his finger in one hand and entwined our fingers together in the other. 'I really hope he doesn't feel how sweaty my hands are,' she thought to herself. When they reached their little blue car she rubbed her hands against her dress and jumped into the passenger seat.

"So, why did we need the car?" She asked sliding her seatbelt on. "Isn't The Good Note just around the corner? I don't mind walking."

"Oh! Right, well that's okay. I wanted to drive," he said tensing up and clicking in his own seatbelt. As he pulled out of the parking lot Marina noticed he turned the wrong way but didn't mention it until they were on the highway.

"So... I guess we're not going to Reed's then?" She said flipping the radio on. She turned it on to their favorite hip hop station and looked over at Twist.

"Oh! Well, I was looking on my phone and this website said there's this cool record store over by the beach. Reed doesn't have anything current really and I want to make this a lot more modern than we sound. Besides, then we can hang out at the beach and finish up our planning. I got our stuff in the back here." He said point towards the back seat.

"Oh I love the beach! Sounds good. I get kinda bored of staying in town any way." Marina smiled. While she didn't get the answer she wanted to get, the fact that he wanted to spend time with her away from everyone and at the beach made her butterflies flap a bit more rapidly in her stomach.

As they approached the record store, she could see the beach. It wasn't full of people like it usually is on the weekends. The sun was still fairly high up but the wind felt cool. After Twist parked the car she quickly grabbed her bag and rubbed her hands against her dress just in case he wanted to hold her hand again. He came around and opened the door for her.

"What a gentleman!" She exclaimed with a big smile on her face. He smiled back shyly and put his arm around her shoulder. She felt like she was walking on clouds. Marina leaned in a little bit and she could smell his musky cologne. She groaned a little and he turned his face towards her with a funny expression.

"What was that for?" He asked shifting her a little bit closer.

"Your cologne smells awesome," she giggled a little and went to open the door. The record shop was named Banana Records. She was pleasantly surprised when they walked in. The shop was small but it was what she always pictured a Record store to be. There was walls and shelves filled to the brink with current and past artists. They had a small display near the register of incense and reggae and rasta products. The guy behind the counter was the epitome of a Rastafarian joke. He had dreadlocks and the ornate dread cap, a tie dye shirt and Birkenstocks.

"How can I help you guys?" He asked looking up from the fresh incense stick he was lighting.

"I'll just be over there, looking at the old 50's ep's I think," Marina whispered to Twist as he walked towards the clerk. After about an hour they left each with a bag full of great music. She placed her bag in the backseat and noticed her favorite purple beach bag was there.

"Did you pack this, Twist?" She asked holding up her beach bag.

"Well, Kiki packed it for you this morning and I packed this!" He held up a big picnic basket. Like the kind you see in cartoons of a picnic. He also had his blue and yellow beach bag and a big white and red umbrella.

She was so distracted by everything he brought she almost forgot to ask, "Kiki packed it this morning? Um, where was I?"

"Let's get down by the shore and I'll explain. Can you help me with this thing?" He was holding up the ginormous umbrella. She laughed and took it from his hands. Together they walked to a more isolated part of the beach. They set up the umbrella and the big blue blanket he brought. "Hey well I'm gonna go behind that life guard tower and change into my trunks real quick."

Marina sat down and began looking through the picnic basket. He packed a bunch of sandwiches and some Cokes(her favorite) and Grape soda(his favorite) and at the bottom of the basket she saw a small box about the size of a man's wallet. Before she could reach in to see what it was she saw Twist running towards her. She dropped the grapes she'd been holding as she observed his gorgeous, lean body in only trunks.

"Hey what are you doing? You don't have to unpack it, I will!" He said taking the basked out of her lap. "Why don't you go and change? The towers not locked. I told Kiki to pack your bathing suit." He handed my bag and my cellphone to me and I quickly walked towards the life guard tower. As soon as I closed the door behind me I undressed and put my bathing suit on. It was a purple and turquoise two piece with strings to tie me up in the front and on the sides of the bikini.

As soon as she was done getting dressed she texted Kiki: WTF! Why didn't you tell me Twist was bringing me to the beach? How's your date with Shout going? She locked her phone and slipped it into her bag. As she walked back towards Twist she saw he'd laid out the fruit and sandwiches and had set up almost like a little table on top of the basket for them to eat on. She sat down across from him and took a sandwich.

"I am starving!" She took a big bite of her sandwich before she realized she must look like a pig! Twist was smirking at her and took a big bit of his sandwich as well.

"I know how you feel!" He said in between bites.

"So, are you gonna tell me about packing my bag behind my back?" She said wagging her finger at him.

"I'm sorry I shouldn't have lied but I didn't think you'd come with me if I asked you out properly," Twist said. His cheeks were getting flushed and he was biting his lower lip.

"Ask me out? What do you mean?" Marina was jumping for joy on the inside but was still a little wary. She didn't want to assume anything until she heard exactly what she wanted to hear from him. She nervously started tucking her hair behind her ear.

"You know, out. As in a…uh…fuck! As in a date! I want to go out with you and I have this whole thing set up and I know I shouldn't try and mess up what we already have but I can't stop thinking about you, okay?" He seemed almost upset but she was so happy, she felt her cheeks ache from how big her smile was.

"Me too," she said quietly and started wringing her hands in her lap.

"You too?" He put down his sandwich and turned his body towards her.

"Yeah, I just didn't know what to say to you and I thought if I told you and you didn't feel the same way I would ruin the Fresh Beats and I didn't want to be selfish." She almost felt like she was going to cry. She didn't understand how to express just how happy she was. 'Am I dreaming this?'

"Well, I like you. And I wanna be with you. Wouldn't it be cool if we had our own plane and it was just for the two of us, and we went to Paris and Venice and all those romantic places?" He said looking towards the ocean. The sun was just starting to set and it looked beautiful with all its different shades of red.

"That would be cool, or you could just plan a super romantic afternoon together at the beach?" She smiled at him and she shook her head knowing what his answer would be. Instead, he leaned in and put his hand on her cheek. He placed his lips on hers and she felt how soft and smooth they were.

"Sure, if you wanna do it the easy way…" And he kissed her again, this time he put his hand in her hair and she moaned into the kiss. She put her hands against his chest and felt like the world had stopped just for them. He ended the kiss and pecked her on the nose. He held out his hand and Marina took it, not caring if it was sweaty. He stood them up and walked her towards the beach.

"So, what does this all mean now?" She asked him kicking water up towards him.

"Well do you want to be with me?" He took both of her hands in his and looked into her eyes.

"Yes." He bowed his head towards her and kissed her again. It was passionate and romantic all at once. She felt like she was being lifted in the air.

"I have one more surprise for you. C'mon lets go back." He walked towards the picnic basket and umbrella.

"What is it?" Marina asked feeling as giddy as ever.

"All good things come to those who wait…"

A/N: What do you think the thing in the box is? I know what it is but hey, maybe I'll like your answers better!

-Katy:o