A/N: Hey snowflakes, new chapter for ya. Love you guys… Kisses.
El's P.O.V.
"Welcome Wheeler family and guests." My mother has always been over dramatic, but this was a lot… even for her. "I'm Teresa Ives and I'm the owner of this establishment." I thank God that she is standing in front of me, so I can roll my eyes as much as I want. She steps aside and gestures to me and the girls with a giant fake smile on her face. "These lovely ladies will act as your tour guides for the hotel and the area around the hotel. Feel free to ask them any questions." When the phone in the office rings, my mother excuses herself and comes over to me. "Be nice and smile." My mother says to me. I nod and she disappears into her office. I look over at Max and decide it's time to do the introductions.
"Hey guys. I'm El. This is Max, Lydia, Julia and Cynthia." I point to each of the girls individually. "We'll take you guys up to your rooms. Follow us." I start to walk toward the elevators with the girls following me. We all pile into one elevator, really should have mentioned that half could have gone in the other one, and ride up to the fifth floor. "So you guys have rooms 504, 506, 508, 510, and 512." I say as I hand Mr. Wheeler the envelop with the different room keys. He accepted them with a smile on his face. "When do you want your tour?"
"Can you guys come back in about forty-five minutes?" Mr. Wheeler asks as he hands his wife the room keys.
"No problem. We'll give you guys time to unpack and settle in." I say as I take a few steps back and eye up the teens. I notice that there is only one teenage girl… I feel really bad for her. Then I notice the guy that has his arm around her, he's looking right at me. His eyes are beautiful… Wait a second! He's a guest and my mother has a rule… No falling in love with the guests. I still can't believe she made that a rule.
"Any ideas on how we should be dressed for this little excursion?" Mrs. Wheeler asks me, breaking me out of my trance.
"Whatever makes you guys comfortable." I say. "Well, we will meet you downstairs in the lobby, in forty-five minutes." The girls and I walk back to the elevator and once the door closes, my ears were assaulted with a high-pitched squeal. "Mind explaining the ear damage." I look over at Lydia.
"That guy likes you!" She squeals as she starts jumping up and down.
"What is she talking about?" I look at Max, Julia and Cynthia. "What are you talking about?"
"That really tall guy with the really dark hair… He was staring at you. I could see it in his eyes. For him at least, it's love at first sight."
"Pump the breaks. Did any of you notice what I noticed?" I ask. The other girls shook their heads. "He had his arm around the only teenage girl in that group. I'm willing to bet my entire college fund that they are a couple." I say as I take my phone out of my pocket and check my snapchat because I see our teammate texted me. "Tess says hi."
"How's New York treating her?" Cynthia asks. I text her the question and receive an answer a second later.
"She says it's great but she misses all of us and she said tell the team and coach that she says hi." I read off the screen.
"I miss her. I want my daughter back." Lydia says as the elevator doors open and reveal a completely empty lobby.
"Why is it so quiet today?" Max asks as she walks to the couch and flops onto it.
"I have no idea, but I'm not gonna lie, I do not mind it being this quiet." I say as I walk over to where Max is lying, she lifts her head, I sit down, and she puts her head back down in my lap.
"My God, your legs are boney." Max complains as she grabs a pillow, puts it on my legs and puts her head on the pillow.
"Sorry, honey…" After about half an hour of messing around in the lobby, we decided to play truth or dare.
"Ok El, truth or dare?" Max asks me. I can hear the elevator door open but I don't pay much attention to it.
"Truth." I say. I can never pick dare when it comes to Max. She pulls out the most insane dares and I am not in the mood to deal with streaking in the parking lot.
"What is the most dangerous and at the same time stupidest thing you have ever done in your life?" Max asks.
"It's a tie between jumping off Devil's tooth or deciding to surf forty foot waves in a tropical storm." I answer honestly. Both instances almost killed me, but do I regret doing either of those things or anything that has almost killed me in the past… No, no I don't.
"Hey guys." Lydia says as she stands up. We all turn to see the Wheeler group minus the parents.
"Hey. We are ready for the tour." A tiny guy says.
"And what about the parents?" I ask as we get up to where they are.
"My mom wasn't feeling well so my dad decided to stay behind to take care of her, but he said we should still get the tour." The guy who Lydia said was staring at me before says.
"Ok. One sec." I gesture for the girls to come over. "So what's the plan?" I ask once they get over by me.
"I say we split up and go to different parts then meet up at Rikki's." Max says.
"Sounds good to me." I say. We all nod and go back to the group.
"Problem?" A boy with really curly hair and a hat asks.
"Nope… Just figuring out what we are going to do." Lydia says.
"And that would be?" A guy with dark skin asks.
"We are just going to split up then meet a special place." Julia answers. "So you guys decide who goes with who." She turns away and answers her phone that started ringing.
"I call Max." The dark-skinned boy says as he runs to Max and puts his arm around her shoulders. I can't help but laugh when she stiffens up and shrugs his arm off of her shoulder with an annoyed look on her face.
"Is it ok if I go with you." The tiny boy asks Cynthia. She nods and the two begin talking.
"Hello, Milady." The curly haired boy bows to Lydia. She smiles and shakes his hand. Those two would be really cute together.
"Yo, E." Julia tries to get my attention. I look over and she gestures for me to come over by her.
"What's up?" I ask as I notice the upset look on her face.
"It Paige. She was involved in a surfing accident and is in the hospital." She says, trying not to cry.
"Julia, go be with your sister. We can handle this and give your sister our love." I say. She nods with a watery smile and hugs me.
"I'll let you know what's going on when I find out." Julia says. She walks away from the group and disappears.
"E, what's going on?" Max asks. I whisper what happened and she tells Lydia and Cynthia.
"Everything ok?" The dark-haired boy asks me.
"Yeah, it's just that Julia has to leave due to a family emergency but hopefully she'll be back soon." I explain in a way that I would explain the situation to any other guest.
"What's really going on?" He asks with genuine concern.
"Her sister was involved in an accident and is in the hospital." I say with a frown on my face. "But anyway, looks like you four are with me. Let's get the tour started."
Mike's P.O.V.
"But anyway, looks like you four are with me. Let's get the tour started." The girl, who I think is named El, says as she walks toward the door. Amber, Troy, James and myself all follow her with me being the closest.
"So where are we going, hot stuff?" Troy says as he pushes me out of the way and puts his arm around El's shoulders. She stops walking, looks at Troy's arm, then looks at him with a look that made him snatch his arm away like she burned him or something.
"We're gonna go to a few popular hangouts and then we are going to meet the others at a place called Rikki's." El says. During the entire tour, I couldn't help but stare at her as she talks about the places from around the hotel. Then something hits me, she talked about a place called Devil's tooth.
"Hey El, what's Devil's tooth?" I ask her as I move Troy out of the way. She looks over at me with a surprised look on her beautiful face. Why am I thinking like this? I can't seriously be falling for her, can I?
"See that mountain peak over there?" She points to a rocky mountain, not far away. We all nod. "Well on the other side, there is a cliff face that people go and jump off all the time, but it's pretty dangerous because the entire cliff-face is nothing but jagged rocks and it is a pretty long drop."
"How long we talking about?" Troy asks.
"100 yards. So basically the length of a football field." El explains.
"You jumped that?" I ask.
"How did you know about… You heard that question that Max asked me, didn't you?" She asks.
"Yeah." I say as I rub the back of my neck.
"Look, when you live in Hawaii for as long as I have, you are bound to do something that is utterly stupid and death-defying at least once." El says. It's official… I'm falling for this girl.