The sun is bright on a gorgeous Saturday, as Raymoundo and Tito are cooking burgers and hot dogs on the grill. The Rocket house is crowded with guests, flocking and chatting around the yard. Most of the kids are outside playing games Raymoundo set up near the house. Inside, Twister is pouring himself a drink at the kitchen counter. As he turns to go back outside, he hears Anna's voice behind him.

"Hey Twist."

Twister nervously turns around to see Anna standing behind him. He quietly answers her.

"Hey."

Anna fidgets with her arms as she continues.

"I need to apologize to you. I shouldn't have done what I did."

As she tries to continue, Twister interrupts her.

"It's all good Anna. No worries. Just...can we still be friends?"

Anna smiles at his response.

"Of course."

She swiftly hugs Twister, and walks out of the room. Twister looks in confusion at her, but his face changes to one of a happier tone as he walks out with his drink. Twister walks to Otto, Reggie, Rick and Jorge throwing around a Frisbee in the yard. Otto sees Twister and makes a sarcastic joke.

"Where's my drink?"

Twister looks at Otto confused.

"You didn't ask for one..."

Everyone laughs.

"I was just playing Twist."

Twister, realizing it was just a joke, lightens up as he lies down on one of the beach chairs set up towards the ocean to look at the view. After a long throw of the Frisbee from Otto, Reggie motions over to the house.

"I'm gonna go get a drink myself. Anyone else want one?"

Otto speaks quickly.

"Me! My water should be up in my room if you can grab it real quick."

Reggie sarcastically smiles at Otto.

"Anyone else?"

Rick then answers her.

"Can you get me a water too? Appreciate it Reg."

Reggie rolls her eyes to the sky, and begins to walk towards the house as she speaks.

"Be back in a bit."

As the rest of the kids go back to their game, Reggie walks into the house, grabbing a drink from inside the fridge, then walking up the stairs to Otto and Rick's room. She looks around to see the room is still beyond filthy. The boys had been at Madtown before the party and quickly threw all their stuff on the floor, as they usually did. After rolling her eyes again, Reggie walks carefully through the room, making sure not to step on anything. She softly grabs Otto's water from the counter, and tries to walk out.

"Ouch!"

She looks down to see her foot right on top of Rick's wallet. The Nike logo on it had jabbed her foot. As she turned her foot around to check if it was bleeding, the wallet falls on the floor. She looks down to notice a piece of paper fell out of it. As she picks up the piece of paper, she realized it was a long letter. She stood still quizzically, wondering for a few seconds if she should look at it. Curiosity got the better of her, as she opens it up and began to read the letter.

J,

I wish I knew what to say right now. I just keep trying to have the good memories in my head to hide from the fact of what's going on. Playing b-ball and soccer, eating pizza together, and our endless conversations for years now. I know I may never see you again, and it breaks me. I may never really know how you feel about me, but the fact that I have those memories with someone as amazing as you in my life is a gift I won't take for granted. It's crazy how in 4-5 years, you've become someone I care for so deeply. It will take time, but we'll get through all this bullshit. We always do. Someday, I'll get to share this with you and we can figure out where to go from there. Until then, I'll live my life and you'll live yours. I love you more than you'll ever know, and I will always love you.

~Rick

As Reggie read it, her face turned to one of pure shock. Her eyes filled with tears. She had no idea Rick had held something so personal. As she finished, she folded up the letter carefully and placed it back in his wallet. She did everything she could to a tee to make sure it was back where she had left it. She silently kept saying "Wow" as she carefully stepped out of the boys room with Otto's water. She took her time to collect herself, wiping the dried tears off her face and taking deep breathes before walking outside with the drinks. She did her best to put on the smile as she handed Otto the water. Otto reached for the drink as he spoke.

"Thanks sis."

Reggie quickly took her drink and sat on the chair opposite Otto. Suddenly, she hears a voice she didn't expect.

"You forgot, didn't you?"

She nearly jumps off the chair and see Rick staring at her. His confusion is clear on his face at her reaction. She tries to compose herself as she answers.

"Sorry. Must've forgot. Want me to get it?"

Rick got out of his chair as he spoke.

"No worries. You iight?"

Reggie nods her head.

"Yeah."

Rick seems concerned, yet after a few seconds lies down and goes back to starring at the sky, while Reg and Otto watched the rest of the gang play with the Frisbee...

The sky is now beginning to darken as the crowd at the Rockets' house dies down. The gang is sitting in their chairs around a camp fire. The smiles and laughter on the kids faces were contagious to all the adults still hanging around. As the laughter died a little down, Anna's face woke up in remembrance. She turns and speaks at Harmony.

"Harm, I almost forgot! You gotta sing for the guys!"

Harmony suddenly got very quiet. Her nerves show on her face as Otto spoke up.

"She can sing?"

Anna, with a huge smile, nods her head as she responds.

"Unlike anything I've ever heard before. It's beautiful."

Everyone is now looking at Harmony, who is biting her nails as she speaks.

"I'm so nervous..."

As everyone waits anxiously, Rick speaks up unexpectedly.

"You got it H. You want me to try and sing before you and lighten the mood?"

Twister looks at Rick in surprise.

"You sing, Rick?"

Rick looks at Twister as he responds.

"From time to time I guess. I'm not very good though."

Otto's voice is heard right after Rick speaks.

"He plays the guitar too. I've heard him upstairs playing while I was in the shower. And don't listen to him. He is good."

Rick shrugs his shoulder.

"I'm okay I guess..."

Harmony's nervousness had seemed to vanish as she finally had the confidence to speak.

"I'm good. You gotta go after me though."

Rick looks around, and then reluctantly nods his head at Harmony. She sits up in her chair and closes her eyes as she begins to sing the same song she heard on the boardwalk. As she began to sing, the whole group's eyes opened wide. The few adults left at the house began to migrate over to hear her sing. The sound of her voice was strong, yet peaceful. Harmony's voice shook with nerves, yet still left everyone listening in awe. As she finished, the crowd, including the gang applauded for her. Harmony, still shaking from the nerves, was smiling cheek to cheek in pure happiness. As everything settled back down, she turned to Rick and spoke at him.

"Alright. Go get the guitar. It's your turn."

Rick slowly and reluctantly got out of his seat. As he walked towards the house, he whispered to himself.

"Oh boy..."

As they wait for Rick, the group continues to praise Harmony for her singing. Jorge then speaks up.

"Wow. You guys are all amazing."

Reggie speaks out as everyone turns their attention to Jorge.

"What do you mean?"

Jorge clears his throat as he responds.

"Like, you all have something you are super amazing at. Otto and Reggie are fantastic skaters and surfers. Twister is an awesome cameraman. I've seen Anna draw stuff that's absolutely beautiful. H's voice is unbelievable. Rick is a basketball prodigy and Sam is a computer genius. It's just...really cool."

Everyone begins to smile as their names are brought up. They are all smiling at Jorge, who seems a little more down than everyone else. Just as the silence begins, the door is heard, and Rick is seen carrying out his guitar. He takes his time walking back to his chair, seemingly anxious about the idea. Anna can barely keep herself in her seat as she speaks.

"I'm so excited!"

Rick begins to tune his guitar as Harmony asks a question.

"What song you doing? Is it one I know?"

Rick continues to focus on the tuning as he responds.

"It's one I wrote. It's kind of based on a song I heard a while ago."

Harmony looks intrigued.

"What's it called?"

Rick takes a second to respond as he stops tuning.

"We'll get through"

Reggie's head shoots up when she hears the song name. It sounds so familiar to the letter she found. Everyone continues to sit up as Rick finishes tuning and strums a little bit, preparing himself. He then takes a few deep breathes, and begins playing. The nimble finger work on the guitar has Twister and Anna nearly standing up watching. As he begins to sing, the voice that comes out is softer than they may have expected, but still very smooth. The song has an old rhythm and blues feel to it, along with some soul. Most of the kids sitting there hadn't heard a song like it before, which intrigued them. His voice wasn't on the level of Harmony's, but it was still very pleasant to the ear. The pure emotion he had in his voice caused some of the kids to get emotional. Reggie began to wipe her face as one lyric in particular, "No matter what, we'll get through. No matter how, we always do." continued to stand out to her. As the song ended, everyone in the group had big smiles on their face as they applauded. Anna came over to him and gave him a big hug as she complimented him.

"That was amazing, Rick."

Rick smiles sheepishly as everyone else continues to praise him.

"Thanks guys."

Rick looks around at everyone. After the mayhem that occurred last week, it seemed everything was starting to resolve itself. The group was back to its old, cheerful state. Their smiles could light up the night sky. For now, things were upbeat and peaceful. While certain things bothered each one of them, it wasn't going to hold them back from enjoying the night with each other. For that night, they were living in the moment. They shared the peaceful night as a group. It was a bond that throughout the future struggles each of them faced individually, and as a whole unit that would help them get through the upcoming moments of struggles and of pure joy. But for now, that didn't matter. All that mattered was they were together enjoying the night, with the company of their best friends...