*Third person POV*

It was mid-day in Santa Carla and Lucy had taken Sam & the girls to the boardwalk.

It was WAY different during the daytime. Sure, a few of the usual freaks, geeks & weirdos could still be seen roaming around, but the majority of the crowd consisted of families & kids. The girls had wandered around for a bit before Luna spotted Michael picking trash on the beach.

"Hey Michael!"

Michael was surprised to see them walking towards him, he looked kind of embarrassed.

"Hey girls, what're ya doin' here?"

"Your mom brought us here along with your dork of a brother, he ran for the comic book shop as soon as we got here."

Michael shook his head before putting a few beer cans in his trash bag.

"So, cleaning up the beach huh?"

"Yeah, it was the only job I could find." He blushed slightly before hanging his head.

"Hey, at least you found a job! We don't judge!" Michael smiled slightly at Amber's words.

"Ugh, I don't know how you can stand this heat though! I'd take the nighttime over this any day!" Katie groaned, causing Michael to smirk.

"You know, you should get out in the sun more often, you're too pale."

"Nah, hot sun not fun."

Michael laughed & shook his head at Katie's response and the girls said their goodbyes while he continued cleaning up the beach.

*Time skip, Rose's POV*

It was a little past sunset now, we'd been hanging out at the boardwalk all day (and had avoided the frog brothers like the plague)

Luna has been acting strange lately, I'd asked her if she was alright after she shot up in bed the other night, and I knew she was lying when she told me she was.

I've been watching her like a hawk ever since, and I've noticed that she's lost weight because her ribs are beginning to show.

She'd told me about her dad & what had happened to him, and now that she's acting like this...

"Hey girls, I'm gonna go wander for a bit."

"Ok, just be careful Amber." She nodded before disappearing into the crowd.

*Luna's POV*

It was about ten minutes later when Rose spotted Michael looking at leather jackets.

'Interesting.'

"Hey Michael!"

He jumped slightly before smiling at us. "Hey! Where's Amber?"

"She went off on her own for a while. So...looking for some leather huh?" He blushed slightly before nodding.

"Well then stop what you're doing. Put that one back, trust me, it'd look stupid on you."

He looked at me in confusion before putting the one that he was holding back on the rack. I walked over and turned him to face me as I started pulling out jacket after jacket.

"No...no...no...definitely not!...no...EW!...AHA!" I finally found one that would look decent on him & he tried it on.

"Oh yeah, that's the one!"

The woman that ran the shop agreed with my choice and Michael paid for it before thanking me & disappearing into the crowd.

It wasn't too long after that that I started getting that tugging feeling again.

I looked around before spotting Dwayne & the boys standing around their bikes and smiled before pointing them out to the girls, Katie got a huge smile on her face before running towards them.

"Paul!" His head whipped around before he spotted her, he smiled and let out a yell before picking her up and swinging her around in a circle.

'Awww, how cute!'

David & the boys chuckled at Paul's antics as Rose and I calmly walked over to them.

"Luna!" I was suddenly tackled by an excited Laddie & picked him up to hug him while swinging him around, causing him to giggle.

"Hey little man, I missed you!" He smiled at me & I heard Dwayne chuckle.

"Siyo uwoduhi."

(Hello beautiful.)

I smiled & couldn't help but blush.

"Siyo."

"Why're you guys talking like that?" Laddie said with pure curiosity. Dwayne & I just smiled before turning to him.

"You know how I'm Native American?" Laddie nodded at his 'older brother'.

"Well so is Luna, and in our native language, that's how we say hello."

Laddie looked at us completely awestruck & I smiled before setting him down.

"Can you teach me sometime?"

"Of course little man!" He smiled before giving me another hug.

"Hey, where's Amber?" Marko was looking around for her and I couldn't help but raise an eyebrow.

"She went off on her own for awhile."

Marko looked disappointed when I told him that.

'Aw, someone's got a crush!'

"Heads up boys." David said and we all turned to see what he was looking at, I growled when I saw Star, but was surprised when I saw Michael walking alongside her.

"What'd ya say girls? You wanna ride with us?"

I looked at David in confusion. "What about Amber? We can't just-"

"Marko can come back for her."

I hesitated, but then I saw the pleading looks on Laddie, Rose and Katie's faces.

"...Alright." I sighed and the girls smiled before David had Rose get on the back of his bike and Katie got on the back of Paul's bike. I paused when I saw Laddie get on behind Marko and looked up to find Dwayne smirking at me.

'Well shit.'

I blushed before walking over to get on the bike. "Just so you know, if you crash and we die, I'll kill you."

Dwayne just laughed at me. "I'll keep that in mind."

I smiled before I turned to see Michael talking to Star, they were about to get on his bike when the boys quickly surrounded them.

"Where ya goin' Star?"

"For a ride. This is Michael."

David looked unimpressed and I saw Star giving Rose a dirty look, I lightly cleared my throat & gave her a murderous glare when she turned to me. She gave me an uneasy/nervous look before turning back to Michael.

"You know where Hudson's Bluff is overlooking the point?"

Michael scoffed lightly. "I can't beat your bike."

"You don't have to beat me Michael. You just have to try & keep up. Besides, Star needs the ride since our bikes are full."

Michael finally noticed us and gave us confused looks, but shrugged it off as Star got on behind him. David revved his engine before we drove off.

Us girls being daredevils, we were up for anything they could dish out.

And they didn't disappoint.

They drove down the stairs that led to the beach and I was having the time of my life as we went flying over the sand. I laughed when I heard the boys yelling and let out a howl, to which the girls responded & the boys laughed before joining in.

These guys were nuts!

They drove around the many bonfires that lit up the beach & I laughed when I saw people scrambling to get out of the way.

I leaned my head into Dwayne's shoulder blades as they drove underneath a bunch of beams and jumped a small dirt pile before driving into the woods and expertly navigating through the trees.

I turned around to see Michael & Star not too far behind us, they eventually passed everyone before managing to pull up beside David & Rose.

"Now we race!"