"Hey guys" Aria answered the door to the DiLaurentis's lake house smiling warmly.
"Hey Aria" Hanna replied smiling
"Hi" Travis said shyly
"I think Emily and Harley just arrived" Hanna said noticing a car pulling up
"Jason is out the back Travis" Aria said "He is starting up the barbeque for lunch" she smiled welcomingly at him
"Thanks" Travis said relaxing slightly "I am going to go help him" He kissed Hanna's cheek before he left. Following the path Aria had pointed out to him.
"Hi guys" Aria smiled, as her and Hanna were standing just inside the front door.
"Hi Aria and Hanna" Harley responded smiling at the pair
"Hey guys" Emily said cheerfully to her friends
"The boys are out the back" Aria said to Harley with a knowing smile and pointed in the direction to get out the back of the house.
Harley glanced at Emily and raised an eyebrow in question.
"Go on" Emily gave a small smile and nodded
"Thanks" Harley kissed her cheek "I love you beautiful" she said quietly in Emily's ear before heading out the back.
Emily had a warm smile spread across her face as she watched Harley go.
"I think you are just as smitten as Harley is Em" Hanna chuckled and elbowed Emily lightly
"Yeah…" Emily agreed slightly dreamily
"Hey guys" Spencer said poking her head in the open door
"Hey" the three women replied in unison smiling at their friend
"Hi. The guys are out the back" Aria said spotting David coming in behind the brunette
"Hey" David said "I am going out with them" he said to Spencer
"Okay" Spencer replied nonchalantly
He left to head out the back.
"Let's make the most of this beautiful sunshine" Aria said "Since the guys are taking care of the cooking" she smiled
The four women went out the back then down to the small wooden jetty and sat down together.
"So how are things going with Travis?" Emily asked the blonde
"Good" Hanna replied shrugging
The three other women all glanced at each other.
"Good?" Emily asked turning back to Hanna "Come on, we need more than that Han"
"Yeah" Aria nodded in agreement
Hanna smiled coyly "He wants to do things properly. So he has been taking me out on dates" she shrugged nonchalantly
"We need details?" Emily asked raising an eyebrow
"We have gone out to dinner, a movie" Hanna tapped her chin "He took me on a picnic and we went wine tasting" she smiled warmly
"Maybe he could give David some tips…" Spencer said deflated, looking over the water
"He still hasn't taken you out on a date?" Aria asked surprised
"Well we did go out to a restaurant but he spent the whole time on his phone, doing things for work" Spencer said flicking a leaf into the water and watching it float off
Aria nodded then glanced at Emily and Hanna.
"I think Jason and Harley are sorting him out" Emily smiled as she noticed them interacting near the back of the house. The other women turned to watch, unable to hear what was being said between the group barbequing.
"What do you mean you don't need to take her out on a date anymore?" Harley said in disbelief shaking her head and throwing her hands up in the air
"We are engaged now" David said shrugging at her
"That means you need to take her out more" Jason said waving the tongs he was holding at him "Not less" he pointed the tongs firmly at David.
"What? Why?" David asked puzzled looking between the pair.
"Because, for some reason she loves you and has agreed to marry your dumb-arse and you want her to go through with it" Harley rolled her eyes and lightly clipped him up the back of the head as she said it "Long-term relationships require more than a ring on her finger to make them work. You still need to show you love her by spending time with her" she explained
Travis nodded in agreement "Yeah man, you should take her out somewhere nice" he turned a sausage on the grill plate "So she knows you still care about her" he looked up at David
"Oh…" David ran a hand through his hair, rubbing the spot where Harley had hit him on the back of the head "Really?" he asked surprised "I suppose she could come on a business trip with me and stay in the hotel, that's nice" he said thoughtfully
Jason and Harley looked at each other and nodded before they looked at Travis who nodded too.
"I think we should move" Aria said getting up when she noticed the looks exchanged between the guys, Emily and Hanna stood up too.
"Why?" Spencer asked puzzled as they moved off the jetty
"You'll see in a minute" Aria said still watching the guys near the barbeque.
"Can you swim David?" Jason asked innocently moving to one side of David leaving the tongs next to the barbeque.
"Yeah. Why?" David asked confused
"That's good" Harley said smiling innocently from the other side of him
"Yep, real good" Travis said smiling when he had made his way around to the front of David
David looked around the trio confused. Jason, Harley and Travis all nodded then grabbed David, picking him up easily then started running with him towards the water.
"What are you doing?!" David cried out when they moved to grabbed him "No! Wait! My phone is in my pocket!" he said when he realised where they were headed with him.
Harley slipped her hand into his pocket on his board-shorts and grabbed his phone out. As they went past Spencer, she handed it safely to her cousin smiling mischievously.
The three of them swung David back before they threw him off the end of the jetty, dumping him on his back into the water before turning and heading back up to the barbeque.
"Very funny guys" David called out after he had resurfaced and finished spitting out water.
The four women all walked back onto the jetty and looked down at a now drenched David.
"Why did they do that?" Spencer asked crossing her arms and cocking an eyebrow at him as he swam back to the jetty
"I don't know why but they all called me a dumb-ass" David said pulling himself out of the water
The three other women all giggled to themselves.
"Where did Harley put my phone?" David asked wringing his tee-shirt out over the edge of the jetty
"She gave it to me" Spencer held it up "So it didn't get wet"
"Maybe you should hold on to it…" David said sheepishly as he looked up to where Jason, Harley and Travis were watching him closely as they barbequed "So it is safe…" he added as he was putting his thong sandals back on, that the guys had pulled off his feet and dropped on the jetty.
"Really?" Spencer said before she strode purposefully up to the guys at the barbeque.
"They are all in trouble now" Hanna whispered to Aria and Emily
"I don't know… let's just watch" Aria whispered back
"Why did you guys throw him in the water?" Spencer asked cocking and eyebrow as she looked between the trio, focusing her attention mainly on her brother and cousin and crossing her arms.
"So he will start looking after you properly" Jason said honestly and shrugging at his sister
Harley nodded "If he doesn't come up with a good date idea, he is going back in" she said truthfully and shrugged at her cousin
Travis nodded in agreement and shrugged at the brunette when she looked at him.
"Did you guys tell him that?" Spencer asked trying not to smile at the trio, uncrossing her arms.
"Maybe not exactly in those words…" Harley said looking down then bit her lip.
Jason looked away then back "It's more fun for us for him to figure it out for himself…" he gave a small shrug.
"Yeah…" Travis said nodding sheepishly as he fiddled with the tongs in his hand.
"I will keep hold of his phone then" Spencer smiled at them "We are going to sit at the end of the jetty. So throw him off the side next time" she said over her shoulder as she started walking back down to the jetty.
"Are they going to do it again?" David asked Spencer when she got close
"Maybe…" Spencer shrugged "That depends on you" she said flippantly
David walked back up to the guys.
"So…?" Aria asked Spencer when David was out of earshot
Spencer smiled "He needs to come up with a good date idea or he is going back in. I told them we are staying at the end of the jetty, so we don't have to move next time" she said sitting down
"Told you they were sorting him out" Emily chuckled as she sat down next to the brunette
"How many times do you think they will throw him in?" Hanna asked trying not to smile at the brunette
"Probably a few" Spencer said dangling her feet off the end of the jetty
"Is he that bad at coming up with date ideas?" Emily asked gently
They heard a loud splash and turned to see David's head bobbing back up out of the water.
"Yep" Spencer popped the p as she swung her legs
"Do you know why they keep throwing me in?" David asked Spencer "Are they hazing me?" he asked as he pulled himself out
Spencer shrugged "Why don't you ask them?" she smiled at him
David smiled and walked back up to the barbeque after he found his shoes.
"At least they are not throwing us in" Hanna said stretching out on the jetty
"I don't think any of them are game enough to" Aria chuckled as she stretched out
Emily looked thoughtfully up at Harley, Harley noticed and they locked eyes for a few moments smiling lovingly at each other.
"Should we push our partners in now?" David asked chuckling when he got back to the guys turning to look at the women on the jetty
"Do you want to be in the doghouse for the rest of the year?" Harley asked turning from looking at Emily and cocking an eyebrow at him
"Yeah man, there is no way am I throwing Hanna in." Travis said firmly "She spent ages before we came doing her hair" he shook his head
"I like sleeping next to my wife in our comfortable bed" Jason said frankly "Not on the couch by myself" he turned a vegetarian burger patty on the grill
"What if we threw each other's partners in?" David asked "Then we wouldn't be in the doghouse at home" he smiled at them
They all gave him an you-really-think-that-is-a-better-idea? expression.
"Okay, so that is a no…" David said "Well, why I am the only one getting wet?" he asked confused
"Think about it" Harley patted him on the shoulder and looked him in the eye
"Because we are buddies" David smiled "And you guys are hazing me into the family" he looked between Jason and Harley.
Jason and Harley looked at each other then back at David. Travis shook his head in disbelief.
"We aren't technically related" Jason said shaking his head and pointing between himself and Harley
"You aren't cousins too?" David asked puzzled "But you are Spencer's brother and you are Spencer's cousin" he said as he pointed at them
"Do you listen when Spencer talks to you?" Harley asked perplexed, scratching her head "I am her cousin on her mother's side of the family. Jason is her brother from her father's side." She explained slowly
"Tomato, tomahto" David shrugged smiling
The women turned from their conversation when they heard a loud splash near them again.
"Hey, watch it!" Hanna snapped at the guys "You got us all wet" she cocked an unimpressed eyebrow at them as she made a point of brushing a few droplets of water off her arm.
"Sorry…" Travis said sheepishly
"Sorry ladies…" Harley said bashfully
"Yeah, sorry, next time we will be more careful" Jason said sincerely "The food is almost ready if you ladies want to make your way up soon for lunch" he smiled and leant down to give Aria a kiss
"What did he do this time?" Spencer asked as she stood up watching David swim back to the shore instead of the jetty
"He called us tomatoes" Harley said pointing between herself and Jason
Jason and Travis nodded in agreement when Spencer glanced at them.
Spencer rolled her eyes at her cousin and shook her head.
Hanna and Aria stood up and made their way to their respective partners.
Emily stood up and wrapped her arms around Harley "How long are you going to keep throwing him in the water?" she asked quietly
Harley glanced over at Spencer who looked a little distant "Okay, maybe once more then we will stop" she replied quietly "For Spence" she added
"Do you have your phone on you babe?" Emily asked gazing into Harley's eyes and putting her hands on the taller woman's chest.
"No, I left it in the house, next to your handbag" Harley replied gazing back into Emily's eyes
"Good" Emily grinned mischievously and pushed Harley towards the water
Harley stumbled backwards, tripping out of her thong sandals, when she got to the edge of the jetty she twisted her body as she started to fall and ended up diving into the water. She bobbed back up smiling at Emily.
"Well I would say that dive was a 5.5" Emily said looking down at her "You lost points for your clumsy approach" she teased affectionately and laughed
The rest of the group laughed with Emily, including David that had made his way out of the water and back onto the jetty.
Harley raised an eyebrow as she was treading water "Come on then, little miss swimming instructor, show all of us how it is done properly" she goaded playfully
"Who are you calling a little miss?" Emily cocked an eyebrow at Harley and crossed her arms, pretending to be offended by the comment.
"What are you going to do about it from up there?" Harley teased playfully
"Probably leave your annoying smart-ass here at the lake" Spencer teased and chuckled at her cousin
Harley stuck her tongue out childishly at her cousin. Spencer stuck the tip of her thumb on the end of her nose with her fingers spread out, then wiggled her fingers, while looking at Harley. Harley laughed at her cousin and stuck her tongue out at Spencer again.
"Hey, that's a great idea Spence" Emily said smiling at the brunette "You want to walk home babe?" she smirked at her girlfriend
"Not really, but it's not that far" Harley said swimming towards the jetty "Do you have your phone on you gorgeous?" she raised an eyebrow as she reached up to the jetty
Emily started walking backwards away from her "No" she said smiling
Harley pulled herself out of the water and made her way towards Emily smirking with a glint of playful mischief in her blue eyes.
"No, don't" Emily said still backing up and holding her hands up in front of her "Harley!" she tried to sound serious but failed by giggling.
"Yes, beautiful?" Harley smiled mischievously as she continued to move towards her girlfriend.
Emily turned to run away, she made it just off the jetty but Harley caught up to her easily, running past her girlfriend and blocking the escape path.
"Want a hug Emily?" Harley asked grinning, holding her arms out as water dripped off her.
"No" Emily giggled and shook her head
"Do you think Harley will throw Emily in?" David asked out loud
"No" Everyone else responded at the same time as they watched the couple interacting
"Harley is too whipped" Spencer said chuckling
"She will get Emily in the water, without throwing her in" Jason said turning to the younger man, he wrapped his arms around his wife's waist as he stood behind her.
"How?" David asked him
"Watch and learn" Jason said quietly. Aria nodded at David in agreement with her husband.
"Please?" Harley fake pouted at Emily as she held her arms out.
"Not going to work babe" Emily laughed shaking her head
"Okay." Harley smiled "Well you score this dive then" She peeled her wet tee-shirt off, dropping it to the ground, leaving her in her bikini top and board-shorts, she winked playfully at Emily before running along the jetty, past the other couples, doing a cartwheel just before she got to the end then jumping high off the end and diving gracefully into the water. When she bobbed back up everyone was staring surprised at her.
"Show-off" Spencer teased her affectionately
"Okay, so that was better, say an 8 maybe 8.5" Emily called out shrugging nonchalantly
"Well you show me a perfect ten" Harley called out as she was treading water
Emily smirked as she kicked her shoes off, then pulled her tank-top off, leaving her in a bikini top and board-shorts too, she ran along the jetty jumping high off the end, somersaulting in the air before stretching out and diving gracefully into the water next to Harley. She popped back up smiling at her girlfriend.
"Okay, that was a really impressive 11" Harley said genuinely astounded, then smiled warmly at her girlfriend before giving her a chaste kiss.
"See" Jason turned to David smiling "I am going back up to finish cooking lunch" he kissed Aria before he unwrapped his arms from around her
"Okay, I will come with you" Aria smiled at him and held his hand as they made their way back to the house
David turned to Spencer "Want to go for a swim?" he asked playfully
"No" Spencer said raising an unimpressed eyebrow at him
"You sure honey?" David smiled hopefully
"Yes" Spencer said curtly, she rolled her eyes at him then walked off towards the house.
Travis chuckled at David, patting him on the shoulder as he and Hanna walked past him arm in arm "You will get there man" he said understandingly
David started to walk up to the house by himself scratching his head.
Emily and Harley got out of the water and walked up to the barbeque hand in hand, grinning at each other and laughing.
David whispered to Harley when she got close "How did you do that?"
"How did I do what?" Harley whispered back
"Get Emily to get in the water with you?" David whispered
"Follow me" Harley whispered back and winked at him before she moved around the side of the house, away from the rest of the group.
"So how did you do it?" David asked Harley again when they were alone
"First, Emily wasn't pissed at me to start with" Harley said counting on her fingers "Second she pushed me in first, third we were laughing about it, fourth I gave her the choice to get in I didn't make her, fifth I complimented her after she did" she explained
David nodded slowly.
"This is why you need to come up with a good idea for a date with Spencer" Harley said placing a hand on his shoulder "That is one reason why she is so pissed at you at the moment" she said truthfully and squeezed his shoulder gently.
"Why is Emily never pissed at you?" David asked
"Because I try hard not to do anything to piss her off in the first place" Harley said honestly "So come up with a good date for Spence and ask her out." she said bluntly looking him in the eye before she went back around to the table out the back.
David paused and thought about what Harley had said to him for a moment before coming back around to join the group.
"I brought out my new and old bike on the back of my pick-up truck" Travis said, when they were all sitting around the table eating lunch "And a spare helmet it should fit you David" he looked over at him
"Cool" Jason smiled "My dirt bike is here too" he nodded
"Harley you can ride my old one" Travis offered "I made sure I serviced it" he smiled at her
"Thanks, I brought out my dirt-bike helmet and gear and a jerry-can of petrol" Harley smiled at Travis
"I brought my jerry-can out too" David added as he smiled and nodded
"We will go out after lunch" Jason said looking around at the other three smiling.
"Look at you guys, sharing your toys with each other nicely" Hanna looked between them all and giggled when she finished talking.
Emily, Spencer and Aria giggled too.
Harley, Jason, Travis and David all smiled warmly at the blonde and shook their heads slightly.