Shitshit, I totally forgot to post last Thursday and didn't realize it hahahaha. Also school has been busy so I'm gonna switch to two fics per chapter. Also 'cause I still have three left to write x_x

76. Summer Haze
:: Rex, Noah, Circe, Beverly

"Whoa, wait, you actually got some?" Beverly squeaked, opening the box Noah brought with him.

"Yup! A friend of mine bought it for me. I just offered to do his homework for a few weeks – his major is really easy so it'll just be practice for me, anyway," Noah bragged.

"Man, I honestly didn't expect you to get it," Rex pulled out a bottle and stared at it. "You guys aren't gonna make fun of me for this being my first time, right?"

Beverly glanced back and forth. "Um, it's mine too, so…no."

Circe grabbed the bottle out of Rex's hands. "Mine, too, if we're clearing the air. I was scared of what I might do if I got drunk and started screaming at things."

Noah smirked. "So I – Mr. Honor Student of the Year – am the only one here whose gotten drunk before?" He almost started to laugh until he realized he was in the minority. "…well, right. Nothing wrong with that! Just don't overdo it, okay?"

Rex grabbed two bottles and opened them both at once. "Come on, Noah! Booze, the beach, two bodacious babes!"

Circe rolled her eyes and Beverly smiled. Noah rubbed the back of his neck – he and Claire were on a break, but he still felt a little awkward in the two-on-two situation they were in. Especially since Rex and Circe were already an item. Even if Beverly was really cute.

Rex shoved a bottle into Noah's face. "Dude. Drink!"

Rex wiggled his toes, breaking the sand that was covering them. "Dude…" Rex laughed. "What are you doing?"

Noah continued patting at the sand all around Rex. "Burying you, Rex! I told you that already!"

"Right," Rex leaned back and shook his head a bit. "Riiiiiiight."

"Dude you are so wasted."

"I am so not!" Rex yelled, sitting up to get in Noah's face and ruining what he'd been working on for the past ten minutes.

"Hey! You weren't supposed to get up until I called the girls over!" Noah yelled. "I wanted you to scare 'em!"

Rex just laughed. "I don't think that would've scared 'em. Maybe, like…a shark. Like if a shark popped out of the sand, that would scare 'em."

Noah nodded. "That's so true."

"Wait, where'd they even go?" Rex started to look around and Noah followed suit.

"There they are!" Noah pointed off into the water. Circe and Beverly were splashing around and throwing a beach ball back and forth. As soon as Beverly noticed the guys were looking, the beach ball smacked into her head and knocked her over.

"Bev, oh my god!" Circe started laughing ridiculously hard and reached down to help her new friend stand up. "I'm so sorry, I totally thought you were gonna catch that!" She kept laughing while she was talking.

Beverly spit out the salty water and then started to laugh, too. "I was gonna! Uh. Going to! Gonna. But the guys distracted me!" Bev pointed to them.

Circe followed her pointer finger and waved at the guys. "Let's go back over there."

"Why?"

"I don't know. Cuddle up with the guys or something. Maybe we can convince them to start a fire and we can have s'mores!" Circe clapped her hands together.

Beverly laughed. "I don't think we brought marshmallows! Or…did we? Do you think we brought Twix, too? 'Cause I'm soooo hungry for some Twix."

"I'm not sure," Circe said. "Let's go ask." She grabbed Beverly's hand and they started walking over to the guys.

Rex elbowed Noah when the girls started walking their way. "Dude! You need to look cool, okay? I know that's hard, but I believe in you!"

"Shut up, man," Noah shoved Rex, who fell back into the sand.

"What are you guys doing?" Circe said, crossing her arms.

Rex sat back up. "Just waiting for you, ladies! Come, join us, sit with us! Let's spend some quality time together!"

Bev and Circe smirked and Noah slapped his face. "That's your idea of 'being cool?' How am I even friends with you?"

Circe sat down next to Rex and leaned against his side. "I think I'm siding with Noah on this one. Maybe we should switch."

Rex gave Circe an extremely sad look while Noah and Beverly blushed. They weren't exactly ready to acknowledge the elephant in the room – were they hooking up that night? Clearly they were going to be spending some alone time together at some point.

"I'm just kidding, Dork!" Circe shoved Rex on the chest – he fell back and she leaned on top of him. "Don't be so dramatic."

"Dramatic?" Rex put a hand to his forehead. "Drama! Like…like Romeo and Juliet!"

"What?" Circe laughed.

"Romeo and Juliet, Circe! Are you so uncultured you don't know such a romantic play?"

"It's not romantic," Noah said from the side. "Everyone dies!"

Ignoring him, Rex continued. "The big kiss scene, Circe! Do you at least know that part?"

She rolled her eyes. "I know what Romeo and Juliet is. I just didn't know why you were bringing it up. Now I get it though," she smirked down at him.

Rex smiled up at her as she leaned down to kiss him, and they stayed like that for a bit while Noah and Beverly awkwardly turned around.

"So, uh…how long have you and Rex been friends?" Beverly asked, rubbing her arm.

"A while," he answered. "Way before you were cured."

She brushed a finger through her hair. "Oh…you know about that, huh?"

"Yeah…" Noah shrugged. "You almost killed me once."

Beverly's eyes widened and she looked over at him. "I-I'm so sorry! I don't…I'm sooo sorry! I don't remember any of that! I'm, like. Oh, God…that sucks, God. I'm so-"

She was cut off by Noah suddenly kissing her on the lips – which apparently took them both by surprise by how quickly they pulled away. Noah and Beverly were both tomato red, and she smiled to the side while he rubbed the back of his neck, thinking he made things awkward.

"I, um…Bev, I'm-" Noah stopped talking when she leaned against his shoulder and grabbed his hand.

"It's cool. Just…roll with it," she said back, still blushing.

Rex and Circe, having stopped making out a good twenty seconds earlier, looked at each other. "Wanna head to the car for a bit?" Rex asked.

"Why?" Circe asked back, an eyebrow raised. "Do you wanna-"

"…yeah."

"Oh, please. What kind of girl do you take me for?"

"…my favorite kind?"

Circe chuckled. "No, actually, I was gonna ask you the same thing. Or. Something similar to it, anyway."

Rex smiled. "Nice! World's Best Girlfriend Award goes to-"

She cut him off by kissing him again. "Stop being a dork and let's move before they notice," she whispered in his ear - making Rex blush a bit as he stood up and grabbed her hand. They headed to the car, shoving themselves into the backseat and closing the door as quietly as possible.

Noah and Beverly, having been watching the sunset and enjoying each other's company, suddenly realized how quiet it was. Noah turned around. "Uh. Where did they go?"

Beverly looked around. "Um…" She eventually noticed Noah's car shake a bit. "I think they're in your car."

Noah's eyes practically fell out of their sockets. "What are th-….DUDE! THAT'S MY CAR!"

Beverly laughed and fell on to the sand. "Oh, my God! I can't believe them!"

"You can't believe them?! That's-! My car is soiled! Dirty! I can't-!" He slapped himself in the face. "Oh, my God, this isn't the first time, is it?!"

Beverly pat Noah on the back. "Sorry, man. But judging by how they act, I'm gonna say…definitely not the first time."

He fell onto his back. "I swear they better clean up afterwards. My…" He sobbed. "My car."

77. Memories
:: Holiday, Six, Rex

Six closed his eyes and let the green light start to glow all around him. He was ready. He wanted to back to being the man they already knew.

Even if it almost killed him. He wanted it for them, and…he needed it for himself. This was a different world. He couldn't do what he wanted anymore. He couldn't get in contact with One, either. There was no one to guide him. So he was making his own decision and that was what he came up with.

It hurt – it hurt a lot. He grinded his teeth and tried not to make any noise, screaming out just once because it got to be too much. Holiday was probably making a face, Rex too. Caesar was probably just watching like nothing.

But suddenly, as the light started to blink…all of the memories came back to him. It was like a flood of the last six years – and as someone with a really really good memory, each little detail arrived all at once. He had the biggest headache he'd had in years. Probably going to need some aspirin. And a shower. And sleep.

The light dissipated, and Rex was the first to rush over. As he pulled Six out of the machine, he looked over at Caesar. "Will he remember everything that happened while he didn't have his memories?"

"I don't see why he wouldn't," the scientist replied, looking over the numbers. He was smiling, clearly happy about his invention working correctly. Or…they hoped. The numbers looked good, but Agent Six's response would be the best measure of success.

Holiday had also stepped over to him. "Six? How do you feel?"

Six had a hand against his head and was rubbing from the outside of his eyes towards the bridge of his nose. "…biggest headache I've ever had."

"So…" Rex started. "Do you remember everything?"

The agent looked up. He stared at Rex, then at Holiday. "I treated you both terribly these past two days. I-" He paused and looked up at White Knight, who was on a screen nearby. "All three of you, actually. I'm sorry. I…I don't know how to fix anything, but I'll try."

Rex slapped Six on the back. "You don't have to fix anything, Six! You weren't yourself! Or, well, you were. But not the yourself that you are now! So whatever!"

Holiday hesitated for another second before leaning forward and putting her arms around Six's neck, wrapping him in a hug. "It's good to have you back."

He didn't hug back as per usual, and had a perplexed look on his face. "You're not mad at all? Even after how I treated you?"

Holiday chuckled and backed away from him, pressing his sunglasses against his chest. "You can make it up to me later. But now that we're done here…I really do have a lot of work to do. Call me if there are any problems."

As she walked out of the room, Six put his sunglasses back on, and Rex waited until the door had closed to laugh. "Siiiiix! You're even crazier for Holiday than I thought! How are you hiding all that?!"

Six adjusted his sunglasses and glared down at Rex, not even bothering to respond to that. "I almost-…after everything I did, you don't care at all?"

Rex shrugged. "It was a complicated situation, Six. I can't fault you for that."

The agent nodded. This was…an experience. Made him realize just how great things were going for him, despite losing his master only a few weeks earlier. He had Rex…Holiday…even White seemed more supportive than usual.

Caesar walked over to him. "I'm glad you're remembering everything again, Agent Six! Your younger minded self threatened me a surprising number of times."

Six raised an eyebrow. "I don't regret any of that," he said as he walked away.

Rex laughed awkwardly and rubbed his head while Caesar gulped. Well, Six was enjoying most of his company at work, anyway.