Aloha Means Hello and Good-bye

-Chapter 10-

"Want to stop here?" Logan asked. It was a beautiful area. There was a small waterfall and pink tropical flowers all over the place.

Dana shrugged, "Alright." She sat on a smooth gray rock, Logan sat beside her. The sun was going down. No one could paint a better image than the one they were looking at. It was perfect.

Sitting in silence for awhile, the moment was there, and Dana finally had gained the courage to kiss him. Their lips met in a soft, light gentle kiss. Dana's eyes fluttered up, staring at Logan hard and stern, "You'd better not hurt me Logan Reese."

"I would never dream of hurting you, " Logan said his voice no louder than a whisper.

"Well, then, okay," Dana kissed him again, deeper. And she knew what she had been missing.

Scrambled eggs, bacon, and toast. Breakfast arrived much to late. Zoey was starving. She probably had a total of three hours of sleep. Nicole kept taking the covers, leaving Zoey cold and annoyed. Finally around four a.m. she gave up and sat on the balcony watching the waves hit the shore and waited for the sun to rise.

"Zoey...Zoey...ZOEY!"

"Huh?" Zoey looked up. Michael and Logan were staring at her Zoey asked.

"You were about to fall asleep in your eggs," Logan said.

"Oh, sorry," Zoey sat up and took a bite of her toast.

"Are you OK?" Michael asked in a whisper, knowing Chase was only a mere two seats away from her.

"I'm fine," Zoey whispered back, "I just didn't get much sleep that's all."

"Whys that?" Michael asked.

"Nicole's a blanket hog," Zoey replied and rolled her eyes.

"Oh," Michael shrugged and shoved a piece of bacon in his mouth.

"What are you guys doing today?" Zoey asked through a yawn.

"I'm trying to get everyone to go see the volcano but not everyone is unanimous on that."

"Like me," Logan said, "I don't want to see some ancient mountain with lava in it."

"It's not lava until it erupts. When it's inside the volcano it's called magma," Quinn pointed out.

"Whatever!" Logan exclaimed.

"Whatever man, you just want to hang around with Dana and make out," Michael said, with a teasing smile.

From across the table, Dana's face got bright red. Then she regained her composure, "Michael, why don't you mind your business?"

"What are you going to do Zoey?" Michael ignored Dana and turned back to Zoey.

"Um, well, who's all going on that trip?"

"So far, Mark, Quinn, Nicole, Nathan, Chase, and Lauren."

"I don't think I'll go," Zoey said, finishing up her food.

"Well, what are you going to do?" Michael asked.

"I'll figure something out. This IS Hawaii. I'm sure there's tons of amazing things to do. Maybe I'll go swimming," Zoey said with a shrug.

"Chase?" Lauren looked up at him.

"Yeah?"

"Wanna stay back? I don't really want to go see a volcano. I used to have nightmares about volcanoes when I was kid. I'm not about to live one of them out."

"Um, sure. What do you want to do?"

"I don't know, we can make out and watch the waves," Lauren suggested.

Chase shrugged,"OK."

Zoey decided to go to the shore and actually swim. She couldn't remember the last time she swam in the ocean. It would be fun. The waves, the shells, everything about the ocean she used to love. When she reached the sand she saw a couple and changed her mind, hoping they hadn't seen her.

"I'll go swimming in the pool," Zoey said to herself. She shook the terrible punched in the stomach feeling from her and turned around. I refuse to be depressed about this any longer.

Nicole was fascinated by the sights, driving up to the volcano. There was a sense of adrenaline rushing through her- both from being at such a high altitude and being next to Nathan. He was different than other guy she had met.He wasn't as flirtatious, she didn't have to worry about his intentions.

He was sweet, funny, and just a great guy to have fun with.It was as if she had known him her whole life. But in reality, it had only been two days.

It was strange how she had just sworn off love and a minute later the perfect guy was thrown in front of her face. It was almost too good to be true.

Dana and Logan went back to their spot by the waterfall. It was perhaps even more beautiful in the morning. Again they started kissing and couldn't seem to make themselves stop. It was almost addicting. It was a new relationship, everything was different. Every touch was amazing, every word was sweet and compassionate-it was almost enough to make Dana sick to her stomach.

But it was also wonderful.

Determined to have a good time, Zoey explored her large hotel. The Mauna Kea Beach Hotel really was wonderful. The pool was outdoors on the top of some sort of balcony outlooking the shore. It was beautiful. It was perfect. Zoey dived into the cool chlorinated water and swam for awhile- she was completely alone but she was kinda OK with that. For awhile anyway. After about a half hour of swimming she got a little bored and decided to dry off. She lay in a beach chair, letting the sun dry her. After awhile she let her eyes rest, catching up on some much needed sleep.
A/N: Alright I'll end it there. A bit of a filler chapter. I've been having issues with Writers' Block. I do know where I'm going with story though. I assure you the next chapter will be much more exciting. Have you ever felt like a point in your life is kinda like a filler chapter? That's how I feel.