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Chapter 10

Johnny was at the front desk with Broseph and Reef. "So the carnival is coming up and I wanna ask Emma if she'll go with me." He took a glance at the waitress.
"Dude, every time you ask her to go somewhere, she thinks as if a group of us is going and asks if Ty will be there. Then Ty shows up, distracting Emma, causing her to forget what you were talking about," Reef said, crushing his friend's hope in an instant.

Johnny sighed. "You're right."

"Hey, Reef," Melodie said, giving him a peck on the cheek. Broseph sent a look of daggers at him. All he could do was shrug.

"Hey, Melodie," he replied.

"You know the carnival coming up?" He nodded. "Well, I was wondering if you wanted to go with me."

"Um, well," he stammered.

"We were just talking about that," Broseph said, saving Reef, "and we have decided to go as a group. We just need to make sure everybody is on board with it."

Melodie glared at the boy. "Uh, yeah, a group sounds like a good idea, "Reef backed up his friend.

She didn't want to go as a group—just Reef and her. But he was looking at her with these big puppy dog eyes, she just couldn't refuse. "Fine." Reef high-fived Broseph and hugged Melodie.

After she left, Fin walked by and said, "Hey," to the guys. They all said "Hey," back but Reef kept staring after her, even when she was gone.

"Dude, why are you with Melodie when you love Fin so much?" Johnny asked.

"That's what I said, bro!"

Everyone was huddled around the warm fire as if it could keep away the cool breeze coming off of the ocean. Fin was telling them about one of the rooms she had cleaned today and how it was easily one of the sickest. Reef was holding Melodie's hand because he didn't want her to know that he just wasn't into her as he originally thought. Reef wasn't quite sure how he was going to tell her it was over and wasn't sure how she would react. Would she cry? Scream? Kill him? Reef shuddered. He had seen plenty of the above options and more. Not necessarily directed at him, but his friends, which was close enough.

"Aw, man, that is so gross!" agreed Broseph. "How can you stand to be a maid?"
Fin shrugged. "All I know is I don't want to clean another room again. Unless I'm getting paid—big."

"You will not believe what I did in front of Ty today," Emma groaned, changing the subject. The others groaned with her. "What?"
"Ty this, Ty that," complained Fin.

"Plus, he's my brother which is kind of creepy," agreed Lo.

"And he doesn't even give you the time of day!" exclaimed Johnny. The others looked at him. "Uh, what I mean is," he stammered, "is that he doesn't give you the time of day, so why should you?"
"Looks like someone needs to follow their own advice," Reef commented. Everyone but Johnny, Emma, and Melodie snickered. He blushed deeply.

"Oh, who do you like Johnny?" Emma asked. Everyone snickered again but Emma didn't hear.

"Uh...uh...just some girl who's staying here at the hotel," he somehow came up with an answer.

"Aw, that's so sweet!"

"Sure."

It went quiet until Broseph spoke up. "Okay, so Johnny, Reef, and I thought we would all go to the carnival together. What do ya think?"

Everyone nodded their heads in agreement.

"Sounds like an awesome plan,"Fin commented.

"What's at the carnival?" Melodie asked Broseph.

"Normal stuff a carnival would have," he said. "You know, rides, games, merry-go-round, food, stuff like that."

"So ya in?" Reef almost pleaded. Fin gave him a strange look that probably meant, what's going on?

"Yeah! The carnival is sooo much fun!" Lo exclaimed.
"Okay, I'm in," Fin gave.

Emma said, "So am I."

"Me too," Melodie said.

"Awesome!" The guys high-fived.

It was night and Emma, Lo, and Fin were in their room. Melodie was probably down at The Office watching the boys surf, but she really wasn't. Melodie was about to pass in front of the three girls' room when she heard her name in the conversation.

"Are you sure you're okay with Melodie dating Reef?" Emma asked.

"Yeah, I'm fine."

The three girls stared each other down. "Fine, I'm not okay with Reef dating Melodie!"

"Why?" asked Emma. "Besides the fact that she's dating Reef."

Fin sighed. "Maybe because I really like Reef and I always thought that he would be the first one to ask."

"Well, Broseph told me that Reef and him were talking about you while you were surfing," Lo said.

"They were watching me?" Fin screeched. "What did they say?"
She shrugged. "You're going to have to give me a better answer."

"Gah! Fine. I honestly don't like Melodie. I don't know why. And it's not just because she's dating Reef. Something isn't right about her."

"She's nice, Fin," Emma said. "But if you don't like her, then what can we do about it? We can't force you to like her."

"Your right. I mean," Fin got off of her bed and started walking around, "I've tried to be nice to her, but it never lasts long. Plus, it's hard to be nice to someone who is dating the guy you like." She looked at Lo. "Now can you tell me what they said?"
Lo nodded and started to text a message to her friends. She gave a quizzical stare until she read the message. Someone is outside the door, which is why I had to text you guys the answer. Anyways, Reef and Broseph were talking about how much Reef really loves you, Fin, and he wants to break up with Melodie but doesn't know how.

Emma bit back a squeal. This was so exciting! "Lo, I can't believe you heard that!"

"Quite! I don't want anyone to know that Bummer has a crush on Kelly!" Lo said loud enough for the mysterious person outside the door to hear. All of a sudden, Melodie breezed by the room as if she had heard none of the conversation. Unfortunately, she had heard it all. Except the text.

Fin loves Reef? Melodie said to herself as she climbed down the stairs. But that's impossible! How can she love Reef when she acts like she hates him? "Hey, ready to go?" A voice broke her out of her trance.
"Huh? Oh, yeah, let's go." She followed the guys down to The Office. At least she would have some time to think about what she had just heard.