"Babe… is that you? This is sick!"

'Baby… I can't believe you're here!!'

Otto and Twister sweep their respective girlfriends into tight hugs. The girls give each other winks and knowing smiles as they snuggle against their oblivious boyfriends. Twister's parents and Tito have dragged Raymundo out of the room, where he wants to keep an eye on his little girl's reunion with 'that Rodriguez kid.' Reggie herself is surprised by how tightly Twister is hugging her. Without saying anything, he buries his face in her soft hair, holding on as if afraid to let go. A few feet away, Otto is holding on to Cleo in the same way.

"Rocket boy, if you hang on any tighter, you're going to injure my spine.." Cleo smiles up at Otto, leaning against his chest. She's missed him, and is just glad he seems to have missed her too..

'We're not going to run away, you know…' Reggie gently looks up into her boyfriends' brown eyes, surprised by the intensity of the emotion she sees. 'He really has missed me…' she whispers to herself, as she hugs him tighter. After several minutes, the couples reluctantly separate, and Reggie turns to hug her brother.

'Rocket boy…is that a tear??'

"And Maurice… are you… crying???" Cleo looks at her cousin with a shocked smirk.

"There's sand in my eye, Reg.. .Twist and I were just out surfing…" Otto winks at his surprised sister.

'Yeah… which explains why you two were sacked out when we went over to dump some of the bags…'

'Y-you… saw us?'

'What WERE you doing in my room, anyway… did Otto and you have a fight…'

"We each had a girl over last night…" Otto can't resist baiting his girlfriend and sister; after putting them through hours of worry and disappointment, it seemed like a small price to pay.

'Er… yeah… I mean… NO… we just…' Twister stutters in fear at the sight of a pair of angry dark eyes. Reggie in butt kicking mode was sexy, but more than a little scary.

'That better not be true, Rodriguez…'

"And that goes double for you, Rocket…" Cleo's been perfecting her lethal squint over the last couple of months as well.

"Well… it's not like you ANSWERED my calls last night… so I just called Trish… she's pretty convenient, since she IS at OSCC. She brought her hot roommate along for Twist here" Otto responds cheekily as his girlfriend and his sister stare at him in horror. Twister groans. His best friend has just crossed a line, and he knows it. Cursing the squid's absence, he yanks his best friend into the kitchen before both college girls spontaneously erupt.

'Dude… they come to surprise us, and you pretend we've been cheating on them???'

"Chillax, bro, I'm just joshing them a little…"

'JOSH YOUR girlfriend… Reggie is here for a week, and I don't want to spend a minute of that week fighting!!!'

"Dude you're really starting to lose your sense of humor…it'll be fine…"

'You do realize after this week we're not seeing them until the summer…'

"Damn… fine… This long distance thing is really messed up, man…"

The boys head back out, and put their arms around two fuming females.

'Reg… you know Otto was just kidding around… I was in your room because I missed you, that's all…' Twister whispered in her ear. 'I was hugging your teddy bear, pretending I was hugging you…'

Softening, Reggie leans up and gives him a short 'you're forgiven' peck on the lips. Meanwhile, Otto and Trish are having a similar conversation.

"Come on, babe… you know there's no one I'd want but you…"

"Not even Trish?"

"Not even Megan Fox, Angelina Jolie AND Jessica Alba, at the same time… you're the only one for me, baby girl…" Otto's smooth lines were delivered with a touch of sincerity, and Cleo couldn't help but smile as she bopped her boyfriend on the arm. She'd missed his mischievous streak as well.

"I was just trying to teach you guys a lesson for not taking our calls… we were worried sick!"

'I guess we should have called you guys from the motel…' Reggie was contrite as she saw the circles under the boys' eyes.

"MOTEL? You girls stayed in a motel? What's wrong with you? Do you KNOW what could have happened???" One of their imagined catastrophes the night before had involved the girls being kidnapped, brought to a motel, raped and murdered.

'YEAH! Rocket girl, you guys could have been robbed! Or worse!' Twister tightens his grip around Reggie's waist as his imagination takes over.

"Chill out, baby… it's not like we were alone, anyway…" Cleo pouts. She likes this new protective, worrywart Otto. He's cute.

'Not alone… I don't get you, cuz…'

'I decided to film the sports section of our report in Ocean Shores.'

'That's awesome… I could help film you. But… who'd you guys come with?' Twister's legendary cluelessness is evident as Otto's face starts to darken slightly. He does not think he's going to like what they are about to hear.

"DUH cuz… Tommy came with us to do the filming… and Chuck came along for the ride, too…OW!" Cleo turns and looks reproachfully at Otto, whose grip on her hand has tightened.

"You're crushing my fingers Otto… Otto…"

'You guys… travelled for miles… overnight… with a couple of college guys… and stayed in a motel with them….' Twister sounds half upset and half pleading. A part of him is hoping the girls are getting back at them for the whole 'cheating' trick.

"They're just our friends, Maurice… they were going to fly down but they didn't want us driving alone…"

"Great… where are they… I must REALLY go and… thank them…" Otto's tone sounds forced, as he manages a grim smile.

'They're out taking some test shots of the beach… By the way, I hope you don't mind bunking with Twist, Otto. We'll need to get an early start, so I thought it would make sense if the boys stayed with us. Raymundo agrees.'

"And I'm getting kicked out of my room. GREAT… although I suppose there are benefits to camping out at Casa Rodriguez…" Otto smiles at his girlfriend perched on his lap, as Twister begins to turn red and green at the same time.

"Yeah… about that… Aunt Sandy and Uncle Raul want me staying with Reggie for as long as you're bunking with Twist…" Cleo bites her lip and looks regretfully at Otto.

"Man are they EVER going to get over graduation… I was upset!!!"

'Raymundo laid down the law, too… apparently there will be no switching rooms, or sneaking around past curfew for the little high school boys…'Reggie tries to lighten the mood, seeing the set jaws and twin scowls on the faces of Otto and Twister.

'Yeah… whatever…' Twister is distracted.

"Listen, ladies… in honor of your return, we're taking you out to dinner… and you guys can start your shooting tomorrow…" Otto suddenly decides to play the gentleman. Ignoring his best friend's quizzical look, he grins and begins to shoo the girls towards his own house.

"You'd better get showered and dressed, cause the Twister and I are taking you out in style…"

Shrugging, the girls make their way over to the Rocket house.