Everest squeaked as she was tackled into the water by Skye, dragging them under. A few minutes has passed since before they appeared on the surface, gasping for air, and then laughed afterwards.

"Now you're it, Everest." Skye said, giggling. Everest laughed.

"Man, I haven't had this much fun in the water since I was eight years old! Antarctica's waters are usually too cold to swim in." She said, giggling. Skye smiled.

"And I haven't seen you smile this much since being on the team. But then again, you're always on the mountains, so we rarely get the chance to see you!" She said, the smile on her face growing. Everest glanced at her from the corner of her eye and then looked down at the ocean.

"Yeah...it's nice spending with you. I mean, with the rest of the team." She said, chuckling as her cheeks turned red. Luckily for Everest, Skye wasn't paying attention to that and the curly-haired girl sighed before flopping onto her back, floating in the water.

"Yeah. It's not often we get the spend time like this. With each of us doing rescues, there's usually no time for hang-outs, and...it kind of feels like we're drifting apart because of it." Skye said, frowning a little at the thought. Feeling as though the tension was a little bit too heavy, Everest decided to change the subject.

"Well, we're here now, so...isn't it enough?" She asked, swimming towards Skye and rested on her flat stomach. Skye blinked in surprise, or rather, at the question Everest had asked, before smiling once more.

"Suppose so. Nothing's really changed, I guess. We're all still together, still having fun, and more important, still friends. I can't ask for much else than just that." She said, just missing the way Everest glanced at her nervously, biting her lower lip.

"Not even...a relationship?" Everest asked. Skye blinked once more, looked at Everest, before getting up from the water. She cocked her head to the side, more perplex than anything.

"A relationship? Why would you ask that?" She asked, and Everest couldn't help but deflate a little. It appears, to Everest, that being in a relationship was the last thing on Skye's mind, which, while it did hurt to know and make Everest even more scared of her, it kind of...contradicts Skye's romantic nature. Despite not being in love herself, Skye has shown interest in this sort of thing, she even sighed heavily at the idea of being married, but...then you would have these moments in which Skye is completely oblivious and it's just so mind-bobbling, and it kind of made Everest angry though she had no right to take her anger out on Skye.

But self-awareness is loss on both Skye and Chase, apparently. Mostly Chase though.

"Well, I mean...you did say you wanted to get married, didn't you? You sure you don't have room for that?" Everest asked. Skye had open her mouth to speak, but then closed it, silently thinking.

Skye...loved love. She's a girly girl at heart, so of course being sweep off of her feet was going to make her swoon and sigh, just like a premature child who had no concept of what love truly is. She liked the idea of her mystery man sending her roses, knocking on her door late at night, sneaking into her bedroom, sending out cards with no name attached whenever she was out and about and left them there for her to find, smooching all over her, and just being a gentlemen that his own mother raised him to be - because despite the consequence of being called momma's boy, that's typically the best type of man there is, because a mother would show him how to care for a girl, just like a man would show his daughter how to take care of a boy. Skye wanted that, craved for that, but...

She hasn't found the right person like that, and if not that, then all of her time is with her plane, her job. Skye loved flying, hence the name. She liked more so than she did the idea of love, and sometimes, when you have two things that you care deeply passionate about, it's kind of difficult to figure out which one is more important. Skye loved love, but she also loved flying. She needed a partner that understands that, and won't try to ground her because they wouldn't understand or because they are worried about her safety, to the point of being smothering.

She didn't have luck with any of that. She had thought Chase may have been the one, but as it turns out, Chase was the smothering type, the type Skye tries to avoid at all cost. She liked him as a friend, but she couldn't see him as her boyfriend or husband. Chase would end up getting on her nerves a lot more than he already did as friends, and that's saying something. She was only thankful that Chase seem to have forgotten about his crush on her and moved onto Marshall. They looked cute together.

"Of course I want to get married. I'd dreamt of being a bride since I was a child. I just haven't found the right type of guy is all." She said, looking down at the water, just missing the hurt look on Everest face. "And, there's my flying too. I just can't give that up. I love flying too much. What if the guy I want to date doesn't understand that? What if he tries to change me?"

"Then, don't be with him." Everest said. I would never try to change you Skye. She thought, blushing a little. "Skye, if a guy changes you or try to, to suit his better needs, then maybe he's not the guy for you. I would never date anyone who doesn't understand that I love the snow, was born in the snow, and I would never want to leave it."

"No matter how cold?" Skye asked. Everest shook her head.

"Cold doesn't bother me." She said. Skye stared at her for a moment, a though appearing in her mind, before shaking her head. She was about to speak when she suddenly heard Ryder call out for them.

"Guys, it's time to eat!"

"Race you back to the beach." Everest said, already getting a head start. Skye giggled as she started to swim after her.

"That's cheating Everest!"

"Sorry, what was that? I can't hear you over you eating my watery dust." She said, laughing. Skye scrunched up her nose, saying 'Ew!' before letting out a laugh and continued to swim after her. Once they reached the shore, they started walking towards the group, Skye claiming that Everest cheated while Everest pretended not to hear her. As the two sat down next to each other, Ryder spoke.

"Everyone, Katie has a friend she wants us to meet by the train station. After lunch, we can all go visit him and then head back to the lookout." He said. Everyone cheered just as Marshall looked around.

"Hey, where's Rubble?" He asked, before something finally dawned on him. "I finally get to ask the question that everyone besides me ask! Cool!"

The teenagers just laughed just as Rubble appeared with his new friend in tow.

"Hey Rubble, who's your friend?" Rocky asked, eyeing her up and down. Rubble smiled.

"Everyone, this is Diamond. I found her on the beach!" He said. Everyone said their 'hi's and hello's before Skye looked at her outfit with a raise eyebrow.

"Aren't you hot?" She asked.

"She definitely is." Chase snickered, as well as Zuma, and both of them were elbowed by Marshall and Rocky. Diamond, however, shrugged off the comment.

"Weather doesn't bother me much, especially hot weather." She said, sitting down next to Rubble, who had passed her a PB&J sandwich.

"Everest's the same, except with cold weather instead." Marshall, cocking his head to side to look at Everest. When she felt everyone eyes on her, the blue-haired teen just shyly waved before stuffing her face.

"Well, after lunch, we're heading to the train station to go see Katie's friend. Diamond, do you want to come?" Ryder asked, looking at her. Diamond seemed hesitate, looking at Rubble, who only smiled encouragingly, before looking back at Ryder and nodded her head slowly. This transition wasn't missed by Ryder, or anyone for that matter, and they had to wonder just a little about Diamond's backstory.

"Alright. After this, we're heading to the train station."