Sorry for the lack in updating...some unforseen personal business came up but now everything is cleared away and I am back at this story. I want to thank everyone for their lovely feedback and I hope you enjoy the rest!

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"Wake up, sleepyhead." A giggling voice sounded in Anna's ears as she was gently shaken awake. She stirred and sat up. Her head pounded and she groaned. Opening her eyes, she saw a giggling Lexi next to her, holding a glass of water with two asprin. "Take these, you'll feel better in an hour or so, and drink a lot of water." Anna remembered the vodka and the party.

"Oh my God, my Dad's going to kill me." She said, still dazed.

"No, me and some of the boys cleaned up last night after everyone left. It's spotless." Lexi assured her.

Anna couldn't help being surprised. She would have thought that Lexi would have just left everything for her to clean up. Taking the asprin and drinking the water, she rose. "What time is it?"

"8:30 about. I already took a shower and I thought you'd probably want to so I woke up you."

Anna looked confused. "Why?"

"Don't you remember...the boat?" She laughed. "We have to leave here at about 9:15 so I can get there before everyone else and get the boat ready."

Anna remembered now. They were all going on the boat today. She rose slowly and walked over to her bathroom. The alcohol had affected her more than she thought as her head spun and her stomach churned. The water in the shower shocked her and made her a little bit more awake. She was too tired to do anything with herself and again let her hair air dry. One thing she was not careless about however was covering up all the cuts and bruises. She took extra care, and even threw all the cover-up in her bag, knowing she'd likely have to reapply everything at some point that day. Anna threw on her black swim suit bottoms and the matching black top, blue Adidas soccer shorts, and a white tank top. Throwing a green fleece sweatshirt, she slipped on her Adidas sandals and threw a book and her iPod into her bag. Anna also brought 2 beach towels and sunscreen.

Lexi was waiting for her downstairs as Anna walked down there around 10 after nine. She had all of her things in a bag of her own and was chewing on some fruit she had found in the fridge. Lexi was dressed in a short yellow skirt, an orange halter, with a tiny red bikini. Her hair was perfectly straight and make up perfectly done. Anna had no idea how she did it. "Morning Sunshine." Lexi laughed, sliding her a glass of water. Anna nodded in aknowledgement, still slightly dazed. "It gets better once you build your tolerence up." Lexi reassured her.

"I hate alcohol," Anna mumbled.

"Jake was really impressed with you last night...me, him, and Eric were all cleaning up and he could not shut up about you. He thinks you're way hot. Anna Scott is the hottest thing to hit Playa Linda since well, me." Lexi giggled and put her arms around Anna's neck, hugging her. "We're going to have so much fun, Anna. They all want us, and we're in control. We're hot. There's nothing better than that."

Anna sipped her water, not liking the way Lexi was talking. Hot? She wasn't worried about that kind of thing. Since when had Lexi been so keen on being her friend? Anna just laughed. "Yeah...we should probably go though, don't you think?" Lexi looked at the clock and agreed. They ran outside and hopped into Lexi's black BMW.

They arrived and the docks around 9:35 and Lexi led the way to the boat. Everything that they passed was huge. They were all big, huge boats. "Here it is," Lexi pointed towards one of the largest boats on the lot.

"That's no boat." Anna spat, disbelievingly. "That's like...a yacht." She stood there in amazement.

"Well, if you want to be technical then yeah, sure it's a yacht." Lexi said without much of a care.

Anna timidly looked around as they entered the "boat". It was huge and classy...a pooltable, various sundecks, a television, bedrooms, a bar...it was something you'd see in the movies. "This is yours?" Anna couldn't believe what she was seeing.

"Yeah, my Dad bought it last year. He loves it but rarely gets to use it. We call the driver Benny because I can't pronounce his actual name. He only speaks French so it's sometimes hard to communicate with him, although I'm pretty well-versed in French because that's where I grew up when I was little from the time I was 2 until I was 6. We moved there from Playa Linda, and then moved back."

Anna's eyes were big. "Wow." She suddenly felt really small compared to everyone in Playa Linda. They were all amazing and she was...so...ordinary. "That's amazing."

Lexi seemed pleased enough that Anna was impressed. "They set breakfast food out by the dining area. Everyone should be here soon. I'll be right back though, I have to go tell Benny where to take us today and all."

Lexi bounded off and Anna stood there for a few minutes in the middle of the massive yacht. A few weeks ago, she would have never imagined that life could be so amazing. In the distance, she heard the voices of other kids and recognized them immediately. Taking one last look around, she went out to meet them.