"You sure you wanna try this dude?"

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Otto is standing next to the ramp at the Madtown, alongside Twister. They look up to Rick, who is standing on top of the ramp. Twister is steadying his camera up towards Rick to get the perfect shot on him, as he prepares for his trick. The sun is shining bright over Rick's head. He has a clear look of nervousness on his face, as he continues to close his eyes and take deep breathes before giving the thumbs up to Twister.

"You got this Rick!"

Twister's supportive cry got a smirk out of Rick before he took one final breathe and went down the ramp. Rick's skateboard flew down the 8-foot vert ramp with speed. As he reached the top of the vert, he seemed focused to land the trick he had set himself for..."The Disaster". For that moment, he knew his mind had to be 100% focused on his move. Yet for a split second, his mind wanders, causing his form on the ollie 180 to fall apart. He takes a hard fall on the ramp, causing Twister to close his camera fast, as him and Otto quickly check on the fallen skater. Twister puts his hand on Rick's shoulder as he speaks.

"Holy shit dude! Are you okay?"

Rick looks up with a look of frustration.

"Fuck. I almost had it..."

Otto and Twister both help Rick to his feet. Other than some harsh cuts, he seems to be okay. The only thing damaged was Rick's pride. Otto attempts to lift his spirits.

"That's a hell of a lot closer than I got on my first try. You'll get it down soon."

Rick nods his head, yet the expression of disappointment is still painted on his face. They walked together out of the Madtown and towards the Shore Shack. Once inside, the three sit down at an open table. Soon after, a larger man walks up to the group wearing a white hat and apron.

"What's good, Tito?"

Tito, the business partner of Otto's father Raymundo, had been working at the Shack for as long as the Rocket Power gang had known.

"As they say, another sunrise means another chance at success."

Tito had a way with quotes. While they were sometimes inspirational, they were equally confusing to those amongst the group. Tito sees the confusion in the faces of the three boys as he continues to speak.

"I'm surprised it's only the three of you today. Where's everyone else?"

Otto spoke up.

"Well Sam and Jorge are just chilling at their house. Reg, H and Anna are somewhere on the Boardwalk."

As Anna's name is brought up, Twister's eyes wander to the ground. Tito quickly notices, and speaks up.

"Why the long face, lil' cuz?"

Twister looks up slowly. It's clear he's reluctant to speak. After a few seconds, Otto questions him.

"Is this about what happened with Anna?"

Twister's surprise shows as he quickly looks at Otto. Tito raises his intrigued eyebrow as he speaks.

"Oh. Has something gotten in between you two?"

Twister answers in a frustrated tone.

"She told me she loves me..."

Tito's eyes open wide in surprise to Twister's answer.

"Oh. The young one opens her heart to you. Do the feelings reach the other shore?"

Twister looks at Tito in confusion with his answer. He then shakes his head at Tito as he answers the question.

"No...she's just a friend. But I hate seeing her hurt like that. And now I have to see her all the time with that sad look on her. I don't know how to handle it..."

Twister looks away from everyone as he can sense his voice reaching an angry tone. Otto and Rick look at Twister with a sense of worry and concern. Tito walks behind Twister and puts his arm around his shoulder as he consoles him.

"Let me give you some advice, lil' cuz: "When the sea turtle retreats into its hardened shell, just give him time – he'll show up, especially when there's teriyaki barbecue chicken."

After about 30 seconds, Otto is the first to respond to the advice.

"Haven't you told us this bit of advice before?"

Tito nods.

"I have, but do you remember the lesson?"

The boys looked at each other for a minute in confusion, wondering if any of them knew the answer. Rick then speaks up.

"Just...give her time?"

Tito smiles at Rick.

"Exactly. You have to give her time to think things over. After that, it will cool down and the ocean will be calm again."

Twister looks at Tito with a still confused look on his face.

"But what about the teriyaki chicken?"

The group begins to laugh as a whole as Twister continues to be baffled. Rick tries to hide his laughter with his hand as he speaks.

"I don't think it means anything important..."

Rick then stares at his stomach.

"Though I could probably go for some right now."

The group laughs together again. Twister soon brings out his camera, and the boys start watching the footage of them on the ramp...

Sam and Jorge are sitting on the bed toying around with Sam's computer. It seems they are playing some sort of Sci-Fi video game. Sam turns the computer over to Jorge to let him play as he goes to the dresser to get the water on top of it. As he looks at his mirror, he sees the picture of him, Twister, Otto and Reggie posing in front of the beach from a few months ago. Sam is frozen, gazzing at the picture with a smile on his face for a good minute or two before Jorge's voice overshadows his thoughts.

"You day-dreaming again, bro?"

Sam quickly shakes his head back at reality before turning to face Jorge, who has the game on pause, waiting for him to snap out of it. Jorge looks at Sam with a curious look on his face as he questions him. Sam takes some time to collect himself before answering.

"Sorry about that. Stuck in thought for a sec."

Jorge nods his head.

"Been there..."

Jorge's tone seemed diminished to Sam for a second. He looked at Jorge quizzically before responding.

"You ever have something you really want to tell someone, but just can't?"

Jorge lowers his head again as Sam asks the question.

"Yeah..."

As Jorge tries to continue his sentence, he takes a deep breathe.

"I would tell my family...I'm sorry for all that's happened."

Sam quietly gasped as he saw the emotion on his face.

"I'm sorry. I shouldn't have brought that up."

Jorge laughs through his tears as he answers Sam.

"All good, bro."

As he wipes the tears of his face, Jorge quickly changes the subject to a brighter tone.

"You excited about the cookout this weekend at Otto's?"

Sam's face brightens up.

"Yeah. Should be cool to have so many people, and so much food."

Jorge nods in agreement as he speaks.

"I hear ya. I might just stuff my face full and gain 10 pounds with the way Raymoundo cooks."

They soon begin smiling and laughing about how much food they can eat. Jorge then turns the computer back over at Sam.

"It's your turn again."

Sam and Jorge calm themselves down and focus back on the computer and the game at hand...

Reggie, Anna and Harmony are walking together on the Boardwalk. They occasionally look into different shops as they joke around with each other. As they get near the end, they stand and look at the view of the ocean. Harmony speaks out of the crowd.

"What a beautiful day."

Reggie smiles at Harmony.

"Hell yeah it is."

Anna stands in silence as she stares frozen at the bright sun in the distance. Both Harmony and Reggie look over to her. After a few seconds, Harmony speaks.

"A lot on your mind girl?"

Anna sighs and continues to stare at the sun as she responds.

"I have to see Twister this weekend. I don't know what to say."

Harmony opens her arms to Anna and promptly gives her a hug as Anna quietly cries on her shoulder. She tries to hold back the tears, yet has a hard time doing so. As they unlock their embrace, Harmony gives her advice.

"Look sis, all you can really do is say what you feel in your heart. You can't let your world be controlled by one boy. Moving on takes time, but you can't hold all those feelings inside you. You'll explode."

Anna reluctantly nods her head at Harmony as she goes back to staring at the sun.

"Thanks Harm."

Reggie puts her arm around Anna's shoulder as she speaks up.

"You'll find someone. Just have to stay strong."

Anna looks over to Reggie and smiles. She turns away from the scenery to look at both of them.

"Thank you. You're both amazing friends."

All three of them turn around and head back to the entrance of the Boardwalk. As they continue to walk, they pass someone listening to the radio. It's playing a pop song with a woman in the background singing. Harmony soon starts to sing along with the radio. As she sings, Reggie and Anna look at her in amazement. Her vocals blew the two girls away. Other people on the Boardwalk started to look at Harmony as she got deeper into the song and belted out the lyrics. Her singing was majestic to all of those around her. As she finished, a group of people including Anna and Reggie started clapping. Harmony, just snapping out of her vocal trance, covered her brightly blushed face in surprise of her audience. Anna grabs Harmony lightly as she nearly screams in excitement.

"HARM! YOU ARE AMAZING!"

Harmony is still completely red faced as she very softly answers Anna.

"I didn't even know I was singing that loud..."

Reggie's smiling cheek to cheek as she faces Harmony and speaks in excitement.

"You were belting it out there H. Oh man can you sing. You gotta show the rest of the gang that voice of yours."

Harmony suddenly became very shy and nervous. She had never sang in front of people before, and now was going to do it on the spot. Her face was still hidden by her hands as she answers shaking.

"I'm not sure..."

Anna continues to hold Harmony as they walk. Anna is still nearly shouting as she speaks with pure excitement."

"You gotta H. You have such an awesome voice. They gotta hear it!"

Harmony picks her head from her hands. She looks at Anna, then at Reggie, and then facing forward. She gives a sarcastic smiles as she speaks.

"Alright, I guess. But you guys have to do something too..."

Anna suddenly perks up with a cheerful attitude she was lacking before.

"I can show one of my sketches. I mean it's not done yet, but it's something."

Reggie and Harmony both look at Anna in surprise. Reggie answers with intrigue.

"You draw?"

"Yeah! It's what I did to relax myself at home."

Reggie thinks to herself before continuing the conversation.

"I don't know what I could do."

Harmony puts her arm around Reggie.

"Don't worry about it. We'll figure it out. Just wonder how everyone will react."

Anna puts her arm around Harmony again as she answers.

"They'll love it. I promise you Harm. It'll be fun."

The girls, now locked in a chain of arms around each others shoulders skip down the Boardwalk home. Anna's attitude towards the weekend completely flipped around as the turn of events lifted her spirits. The kids seemed to do that for each other. They cared for one another. They didn't want to see each other hurt or suffer. In a short while, they had developed deep bonds towards one another. And as the next events of their adventure tested their resolve, their connection would continue to grow even stronger...