It's the morning of the last day heather has to decide, and the last day of the party. Lucus and Bradin are getting ready for the night. Shawna and Heather made themselves Margaritas and are sitting on the beach drinking them and working on their tans.
Heather takes a drink of her margarita and then says," I don't know what to do. I mean I want to go but then I don't because I don't want to leave Bradin"
Shawna takes a sip of her drink and then replies with," I know exactly how you feel. I had to make this same decision when jay told me 2 ½, months ago, But I decided to do it because I knew that this opportunity to be back on the circuit would never come again. It's something I have missed since I had to come here. I remembered all the fun times we had together and I want to start where we left off. Plus, I miss Moon and Cricket"
"Yeah I miss Moon and Cricket too. We had a lot of fun together; we were like the four musketeers". She starts to laugh," remember when we filled moons drawers with sand. He was so mad" heather says
Shawna starts laughing," oh my god! Was he mad! Hey, remember the time cricket was out practicing and we yelled shark. She came tear assign out on that ocean"
Heather was now laughing hysterically," Yeah, I never saw her run that fast in my life. She refused to get in the water for a week even though we told her we were joking"
They start to laugh uncontrollably. They finish their drinks," See, look at all the good times we had. You can't tell me you don't miss it" Shawna says
"I do miss it" Heather says with a big sigh, "Whatever happened to those pictures we took for the 4 1/2 years we were down there"?
"I thought you would never bring that up" Shawna says, she reaches over to her towel and pulls out a photo album that holds 2, 000 pictures.
"Oh my god, you kept this" Heather says
"I would never get rid of them"! Shawna says
They open the album together. Heather takes a deep breath in and flips the blank page. She opens her mouth as she looks at the first picture.
"Oh my gosh, it's me and you on out first day of the circuit when we were 12". Heather says
Shawna nods. They flip the pages and fall back in time to their first competition, first trophies, first boyfriends, first pranks they pulled and through all their funny pictures. As they flipped through the pages, memories of their birthdays on the circuit came back. And they saw pictures of Cricket and Moon.
"This is my favorite picture" Shawna says as she points to the one with Heather passed out on the beach drunk.
"I remember that day very well. That was the day moon dared me to drink 24 beers in a row" she says laughing
"Well I would hope you would remember that, I mean it was your first time getting shit faced and it was funny as hell!" Shawna says laughing
"Shut up"
They go through their bar dancing days and watched themselves growing up right before their eyes. When they got to the last page Shawna tried to cover up a picture, but Heather moved her hand. She just stares at it. It's a picture of Heather and James. Their very first picture together. Shawna has tears in her eyes.
"I'm sorry, I should have taken it out, it's just I wanted all the pictures in order as they happened, I'm so sorry" Shawna says with tears running down her face
Heather wipes her own tears away," It's ok, hang on, I'll be right back"
She goes into the house and opens her Suitcase. Inside of her diary is a dried rose. She takes the Rose and goes back outside. She sits back down and shows Shawna that dried, once beautiful flower. Shawna looks at it.
"Isn't that the Rose James gave you on your first day as a couple"? Shawna asks
Heather starts to cry, She sets the dried flower on the page," Now the memories are complete" She kisses the picture and flips to the last picture. It's of moon, Shawna, James, heather, Cricket and Sun. They close the photo album of memories of the past. They look at each other and just cry. Bradin and Lucus came over and saw them crying.
"What's going on"? Bradin says
"Shh" Lucus says
"What's going on" Bradin says in a softer voice
"Shawna just showed Heather the Photo album with all their pictures from the circuit" Lucus says
"Wow, it must be hard for them to see those" Bradin says
"It is, Shawna and Heather haven't seen them in almost 4 ½ years. It's 100 times harder for heather to see those because of one picture. If I can get the photo album I will show you" Lucus says
Lucus walks over to them. He tells Shawna he is putting the album inside. Bradin and Lucus sit at the kitchen table. Lucus opens the book to the second to last page. The rose falls out. Lucus picks it up and has a look on his face. Bradin notices.
"What's wrong"? He asks
"She let go and moved on" Lucus says staring at the rose
"What do you mean"? Bradin asks
"Look at the picture" Lucus says, Bradin sees the picture and then he looks at the dried rose.
"Is that Heather and James"? Bradin asks
"Yes" Lucus lays the rose on the page again.
"What did you mean when you said she let and moved on"? Bradin asks
"Heather and James' relationship started when she was on the circuit where they first met. On their first date he gave her a single red rose. Then Shawna left. Heather quit and stayed with James. She was at the airport with Shawn when she said……" Heather cuts him off
"….. When I said the memories will never be closed until the single red rose is in the book"
"And the memories of the past have been open for a long time" Shawna adds
"And it was time to put them to rest" Heather says
She walks over to the album and runs her hand over the picture. With a tear running down her face she closes the album and locks it.
"Now, it's time to start new ones" Heather says whipping a tear from her eye, she gets an empty photo album she had bought and opened to the first page. Onside there was one single photo and it was of her and Bradin when they first met. She goes to her room and comes back with the single red Rose Bradin had given her when they were going to the club right before they decided to become a couple. She puts the rose in the book and shuts it. She sets it onto the table. Bradin goes over and takes her in his arms.
