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Chapter 2: Not so helpful advice

Twister sat quietly at the counter of the shore shack. He picked up a French fry and accidentally dipped it in his milkshake. Tito looked over at him and then said, "Something's bugging you besides hunger isn't it, little cuz?"

Twister glanced up at Tito. "Why do you say that?" He mumbled.

"'Cause you just dipped a fry in your milkshake."

Twister looked at the fry that he was currently swirling around in his milkshake. He pulled the fry out of the milkshake and tossed it in the basket of fries in front of him.

"What's bothering you, little cuz?'

"It's really complicated and confusing…"

"Tell it to Tito…"

"Okay, well, I've been friends with this girl for a long time and she's almost like a sister to me but I'm starting to feel something different towards her. I think that she feels the same but today, I could feel this moment, like a moment for us take a step forward in our relationship, and I'm sure she could feel it too and she ran off before we could do anything. Maybe she's afraid to mess up our friendship. I'm just confused…"

"It's like the ancient Hawaiians say: 'the coconut and pineapple should never meet'."

"Tito, I hate to break it to you, Bro, but I have no clue what you're saying."

"I'm saying that you should hold off on this relationship if you want to preserve this friendship."

Otto ran up to Twister. "Dude, Sammy is finished programming, let's get started decorating."

"Right behind you, bro." He turned to face Tito, "Thanks for the advice, Tito."

"No problemo, little cuz."

Twister walked to the other guys and started decorating the Shore Shack for the Party the all day party that was starting the next day.

Tito was mumbling to himself. "Oh, little Twister cuz, why do you have to like Rocket-Girl?"

Reggie was ripping up the empty bowl at Madtown. It was usually quiet on Saturdays and that's when Reggie loved it most but usually Twister, Otto, and Sammy were with her. It was best if she was by herself. She needed to think and it was helpful that the guys weren't around, especially Twister. Was it just her or did they have a moment? She was so confused.

Reggie became airborne and in a few seconds, she crashed to the bottom of the bowl. "Shit!" She yelled, pulling off her helmet and tossing it at the wall. "If I wasn't thinking about him, I wouldn't have wiped out."

"Now we both know that's your fault, not his," a voice said from behind her.

Reggie recognized the heavy Jamaican accent. She spun around and replied, "Oh, it's just you Conroy, you scared me."

Conroy climbed down into the bowl and sat next to Reggie. "C'mon, Rocket-Girl, talk to me."

Reggie took a deep sigh. "Okay, it's really complicated and confusing but here it goes… I have been friends with this guy for basically my whole life. He is practically a brother to me but lately I've started to have more serious feelings for him. I think that he has the same feelings for me and I'm scared. Today it was like we had this moment. You know, one of those moments where you can sort of tell that your life is going to change forever. Yeah, we had one of those moments today. He had hold of my wrist and I was scared. I made some phony excuse to get out of there and well, here I am."

"That's a long and complicated story."

"What should I do, Conroy?"

"Well, Rocket-Girl, you should give this life changing moment a chance. Sure, you'll still be scared but you'll never know if you don't try."

Reggie gave a feeble smile. "Thanks, Conroy. She looked up and saw Twister, Sam, and Otto walking down the boardwalk, towards Madtown. "Um, Conroy, I'm going to go…"

Conroy looked up at Otto, Twister, and Sam and then looked at Reggie. "Oh, I see, Rocket-Girl. Go ahead…"

Reggie grabbed her helmet and skateboard and climbed out of the bowl. She put on her helmet and jumped on her skateboard. She tried to skate past the guys but Twister said, "Hey Reggie."

She stopped her board and looked at Twister. "Twist, I got to go…" She sounded disappointed. She didn't make eye-contact with anybody and she just skated away.

"What's eating her?" Otto asked.

"I don't know…" Twister lied.

"Whatever, we have work to do," Sam added, taking the heat off Twister. The three guys went over and sat on a set of steps.

"I'm going to talk to Conroy," Otto said, "So we know exactly what we can decorate and what we can't." He got up and walked over to Conroy's trailer.

Sam smirked and said, "What's eating Reggie?"

Twister looked at Sam, taken aback. "… I- I- don't kn-know…"

"Please, Twister, this is me we're talking about. I'm not as dimwitted as Otto, I can tell that something was going on between you two. Tell me, Twist."

"We had this moment today. Like a moment where, if we took it, our lives would change forever, you know? I was hugging her as a thank you for talking to Raymundo and when I pulled away I still had a grip on her wrist. I could feel the moment and I swear that my heart stopped for a split second. I'm pretty sure that she felt it too but she made a fake excuse to get out of there before anything could happen… It's so confusing."

"Maybe she feels the same about you but she's really scared of messing up the friendship. I think that you should give a relationship a chance. You guys can go back to being friends if it doesn't work out."

"That's opposite of what Tito said."

"Since when do you actually do what Tito says?"

Twister thought for a moment and then replied, "that's true."

"All you have to do is break the ice, somehow."

"I can't believe that I'm taking romantic advice from a guy who has had how many girlfriends?"

"I had only one back in Kansas and here, I'd say two but how many girlfriends I've had isn't what is important. What's important is that you needed some advice that made sense and you got that."

"I guess so…"

Otto walked back over to Twister and Sam. "Okay, we can decorate anything as long as it doesn't get skated on, so we have just a little to work with."

"Great," Sam said. "let's get started."

Reggie crashed face down onto her bed. She propped herself on her elbows and pulled her diary out from under the covers. She sat up and began to write.

"Dear Diary, I'm even more confused now. Twister and I had a moment today. Like one of those life changing moments, you know? And I ran away from it. I talked to Conroy and he said that I should give the relationship a shot. I'm not sure though. Maybe I'm reading Twister all wrong, but I'm not sure. Should I go for it? I don't know, I saw him earlier and I totally froze up. I couldn't think of what to say. I can't believe that this is even happening! I have no idea what I'm going to do! Oh well, I'll have to deal with it tomorrow."

She closed her diary and stuck it underneath her pillow. She laid down and fell asleep, trying not to think of Twister.

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