Chapter 29: Echo Beach

"What if we snuggled up together, like this." Lenny hugged Manny.

"Uggh." Manny pulled Lenny off of her. "Knock if off, OK!"

"I was just trying to keep you warm." Lenny replied "I heard body heat is the best way to do it."

"If it has to be your body rubbing up against mine just so I can keep warm, I'll rather freeze to death."

"I'm sorry, if I upset you." Lenny frowned. "I was just trying to cheer you up this date isn't how I pictured you would be with me."

"Lenny, "Manny replied. "You're a nice guy it's just..you know what I'll think I'll take you up on you're offer."

"What? You want us to rub our bodies together." Lenny smiled.

"No," Manny uttered. "We should get your jacket out of the car trunk.

"Oh OK," Lenny pulled out the car keys from his pocket. "Thanks a lot, J" Lenny thought. "I knew these would come in handy." Lenny looked up and in the distance he saw someone tumbling down a hill. "J" Lenny whispered.

"What did you say," Manny asked.

"Uhh, nothing." Lenny answered. "Here," Lenny gave the keys to Manny. "Why don't you get the jacket out of the car, I have to do something really quick, I'll be right back."

"OK," Manny said. She took the keys from Lenny and walked towards the parking lot.

"J" Lenny mumbled. "What did you get yourself into this time."

"I can't believe I followed you." Jay said. He brushed sand off of his clothes. Spinner had fell after the two escaped from the house and the chihuahua. It was so dark Jay could barely see a thing but when he heard Spinner yelling to come down he didn't think he was going to have a surprise waiting for him on the way there.

"We'll, no one asked you to do the exact same thing I did." Spinner replied.

"You didn't tell me there was a slippery spot up there." Jay pointed up at the hill. "I could've died."

"It's a hill, Jay, not a cliff and besides you're little fall was nothing compared to what I had to go through with that demon dog." Spinner stared at his pants legs which were riped. "Who knew that little dog bite was going to hurt so much."

"Let's just call it even." Jay replied.

"Fine." Spinner agreed. "But."

"J!" A voice yelled in the distance.

"Did you hear that?" Spinner asked Jay."

"Yeah," Jay replied.

"J!" The voice yelled again this time it was closer.

"I hope it's not Don." Jay said.

"Or even worse Bruno." Spinner replied. He looked in the distance and saw a guy running toward them. "Who's that."

"I don't know," Jay looked at the guy. "Your guess is as good as mine, maybe it's a fan coming for an autograph."

"Too bad the real J is not around. Who wants an autograph from an impostor." Spinner watched the guy getting closer and closer he also saw the parking lot not to far from where they were standing. "I'm going to find a way out of here, so give the guy an autograph and meet me over by the parking lot." Spinner walked off.

"J," Lenny huffed and puffed.

"Yeah." Jay replied. "You want an autograph or something."

"What are you talking about?" Lenny said while still trying to catch his breath.

"An autograph, your not the press are you or one of Don's goons,." Jay exclaimed. "Tell Don, I'm not going back."

"What? J, what's wrong with you and where's Emma?" Lenny looked around.

"Emma? How do you know her?"

"J" Lenny put his palm over Jay's forehead. "Are you feeling OK."

"You didn't answer my question." Jay pushed Lenny hand off of him.

"Oh, I get it." Lenny laughed. "Good one, you almost had me there. I may be dumb but you can't fool me and what's up with hair." Lenny tried to touch his hair.

Jay moved out of the way. "Hey man what are you doing."

"You're hair it's lighter, I didn't know sand could do that maybe I should do that too so we can match." Lenny threw sand on his hair.

"How come all the crazies know how to find me." Jay thought. "I gotta go." Jay said to Lenny who was still scrubbing sand in his hair. Jay started to walk towards the parking lot.

"C'mon J." Lenny followed Jay. "Just tell me you at least got to third base with her or did you score a home run? I know I did. Manny's so exhausted she had to go take a rest in the car."

"What the hell are you talking about," Jay exclaimed.

"Oh, I get it." Lenny smiled. "You're keeping your mouth closed until you seal the deal. You know that's why I like you so much you know how to think and I'm such a big mouth, I can't believe I haven't blabbed about you're plans already."

"What plans?"

"You know the.." Lenny smiled. "Ha, ha, you almost got me that was a really good test, you know, and I'm just going to seal my lips and not going to say a word about the pla.. the..yeah, until after you score I mean..you know." Lenny looked over at the campsite. "The fire's still burning and it looks like there's somebody there it must be Emma, I'll go over there and wait for you, just make sure you give me the signal when you want to disappear."

Lenny ran towards the campsite and this time it was Jay's turn to follow him."What plans," Jay exclaimed but Lenny was already too far ahead.

"Let's go."

"What, huh." Jay turned around and saw Spinner.

"You look like you just saw a ghost did that weird guy get his autograph?"

"No."

"Well, anyway." Spinner shrugged. "I found a road I guess where going to have to walk until we find the car and you're not going to believe this but guess who almost saw me in the parking lot."

"Manny."

"Yeah, how did you know?"

"Lucky guess."

"I couldn't believe it was her good thing she didn't see me who's going to be here next Paige." Spinner chuckled.

"Let's just go." Jay said. "I had enough excitement for one night but believe me there's going to be more after I think up a plan." Jay walked to the parking lot.

"What plan." Spinner said to himself as he saw Jay walking towards the parking lot. "Hey wait up."

"I don't care you don't own this beach." Jenny screamed. "We have just as much right to be here as anyone else."

"J, maybe we should just leave." Emma replied. "I really just want to go."

"Are you sure?" J asked.

"Positive," Emma replied. "I just hope we won't have anyone stalking us." Emma glanced at Shawn.

"I haven't been stalking you," Sean yelled.

"Oh sure, then what would you call it?" Emma exclaimed.

"Sean, maybe we should leave." Paige pulled Sean. "We promise we won't follow you." Paige said to Emma and J. "I'll make sure of that, just give us a head start."

"No, we should leave," Craig said. "Jenny we might as well it's getting late and this cold air isn't helping my creativity."

"No, we're leaving." Emma exclaimed.

"Just let us go first." Paige replied.

"Hey what's going on here." Manny walked up to the campfire with Lenny.

"J what are you." Lenny stared at J. "I just" Lenny looked behind in the distance. "But you were just."

"Lenny, I don't have time for your games." J replied.

"But you were just over there." Lenny pointed at the hill.

"What are you talking about Emma and I never left MP ever since you guys went on that walk."

"You're hair it's back to black." Lenny touched J's hair. "What happened to the blond.

"Hey man," J pushed Lenny off of him. "Don't touch my hair and I have never been a blond."

"But," Lenny said. "I need to sit down." Lenny sat on one of the benches.