"You gotta be kidding me..."
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A young kid around 13 years old sits on the stool at the Shore Shack. Coating a dark tan, the 5'9" boy wore his helmet over his Auburn-colored dreadlocks. Dark green sunglasses covered his eyes, and wears his yellow soccer jersey, reddish shorts and roller skates on his feet. A red backpack is filled with a change of clothes for the beach and his sneakers. He puts his elbow on the table and rests his hand on his head in frustration.

"What's the worst that can happen Otto? It's just new people coming to live with us. It can't be that bad."

A taller 15 year old girl sits next to Otto at the shack. She stood about 5'11". Her shortish curly purple hair and brown eyes look over to comfort Otto. She was wearing a yellow helmet on her head, a yellow shirt, dark green pants and roller skates. She is also wearing a backpack, but green. It was clear she's secretly hurt by the news, but handling it well...better than him at least.

"We've just gotta give them a chance. Twister and Sam said they're getting new kids too. Our parents all thought we could handle this."

Otto came back with a frustrated tone.

"Reggie, we've had our crew together forever now. And our families expect us to just deal with these new kids too? How do we even know we can trust them?"

Reggie looked down at her burger, in thought.

"I don't know Otto, but we gotta give it a try. Come on. Sam and Twist are waiting for us on the beach. We can talk to them."

Brother and sister both walk from the shack and onto the beach nearby. Otto walks a little slower than usual, so Reggie follows. When they got to the beach, they remove their skates and put them in their bags. From a distance, they saw someone sitting on a towel.

He stands only around 5'6". Weighs about 170, wearing his goggles over his head, along with his maroon swim trunks. He has a "intelligent" and "nerdy" look to him. He looks up to the pair as they took off their helmets.

"Hey guys. How was the food today?"

His answer seems normal, yet his face showed a look of worry.

"Barely ate it Sam. Can't do it with the stress."

Otto was clearly bothered by the news, as was everyone.

"I know the feeling Otto. I can't even go surf today. Twist is struggling like hell out there."

Reggie had a disturbed look on her face to Sam's observation as she answers him.

"Twist is going through what we're all going through. He must be taking it out on the waves."

Suddenly the whole group looks out to the water. Sam shakes his head.

"Speak of the devil..."

Just as Sam finished his sentence, they see an orange surfboard come out of the water. It's being carried by a 5'10" boy with bright orange hair, wearing a yellow and brown Kangol and a necklace. He had a very slender look to him, around 120. He came out of the water in his light blue shorts. He's completely soaked and has a clear tone of frustration in his brown eyes.

"Hey Twist. You okay?"

Reggie was clearly worried about Twister's depressed look. His silence worried everyone.

"Worried about the new kids?"

Otto had a good way of pointing out the obvious, which earned a glare from Reggie. Yet surprisingly, Twister spoke up.

"Yeah. It just sucks Otto man. Like, I can't handle another sibling in the house. Probably pick on me like Lars too."

"Look, no matter what happens, we'll make sure we all get through this. We've still got each other."

Reggie smiles at Sam's supportive response.

"Exactly. Things look totally bogus right now, but who knows. Maybe they'll be cool."

Otto suddenly got a smirk on his face.

"You know, I never thought of that Reg. They might fit in. That would be rad."

Reg and Sam were happy Otto finally came to terms with the idea, and look back at Twister.

"What do you say Twist? Ready to do this?"

Reggie didn't give the most confident answer. Twister looks up at Otto's excitement, which got a smile out of him.

"Yeah. I guess I'm ready."

The group then started to head out to Otto's house, where they were to meet up for the new kids to enter town. Twister slugs behind a few times, looking at the sky, only to have Otto pull him back to the group. Twisters' head continued to wander elsewhere. They all knew it would be difficult. Their worlds were about to change. In more ways than one...