I do not own Rocket Power...
Reggie had done her stretches before the contest started. She couldn't help but think of Lars and wish he was here. It felt funny not wearing the ring she was wearing to put a front that she was engaged. Sure, even thought he would've come down anyway, they would've still been faking an engagement and putting up a front to pretend they were engaged. She just didn't realize how much she needed him right now. She didn't care about winning the contest. She just wanted Lars. A fellow competitor came up to Reggie and said, "Excuse me, but are you Reggie Rocket?"
"Yeah? Why?" Reggie asked.
"Rumor has it you're like the best surfer in the country." the other competitor said. "Good luck out there. I feel honored going up against you."
"Thanks." Reggie managed to say. "You too."
The competitor winked at Reggie, which made her smile. Once the other surfer walked away, she sighed.
"Yo, Reggie!" A voice called.
She turned around and saw the guys.
"Whats up?" She asked.
"Just came by to wish you luck!" Otto said.
"You know you got this, Reg," Twister said.
"You are the best surfer out there after all," Sam added.
"You guys rock!" Reggie said.
As the four friends did their signature handshake, they got into a group hug only for another voice to call, "Reggie! Turn around!"
Reggie turned around and was surprised at what she saw.
After what seemed to take forever (the car dying and being pulled over) Lars and the girls finally made it to San Diego. All he had to do was find the beach the contest was being held at. Clio could tell the look of determination written on her cousin's face. He had to find it. After driving for what seemed to be another 30 minuets of looking for the beach, he finally found it.
"Lars, you made it! Now you have to go out there!" Sherri cried.
"I'm starting to think this was a mistake," Lars said not getting out of the car.
"But you drove almost two hours to get down here!" Trish cried. "Don't tell me you're going to chicken out!"
"Look, she has dreams and wants to do things with her life. If I tell her I love her; I'm going to be holding her back from everything. You girls go. I'm going back home." Lars said.
"How pathetic!" Clio said. "No! You are getting out of this car and are going to tell her!"
"Hey, Clio, why don't you..." Lars was cut off by Clio.
"No, Lars, I won't! We drove all this way, and you are going to chicken out!" Clio said. "Not on my watch. Let's go."
Lars let out an exasperated sigh. Boy was he going to regret this.
The group went on the beach to find Reggie in a group hug with the guys. Trish then shouted, "Reggie! Turn around!"
Reggie turned around to see Clio, Trish, Sherri, and Lars. Her heart skipped a beat when she saw him. The guys noticed the look on her face and told her to talk to him. Reggie made her way over to him while the other's cleared out to take a seat to watch the contest.
"Why...but...you drove down..." was all Reggie managed to say.
Lars noticed her left finger was bare. He took the hint that she didn't want to keep doing this and said, "Obviously...I'm here, aren't I?"
"Look, what I said back in Ocean Shores was way out of line, and I'm sorry," Reggie said.
"I came down to tell you that...well...I have strong feelings for you and...fuck it. I love you, Reggie. There I said it! I love you! I was at a party at Pi's house last night, and I realized I couldn't hook up with another girl because the first thing I thought of was you. I miss having you in my arms and being with you. And before I could fall into self-destructive behavior again, I stopped myself and came down here instead." Lars confessed.
"I thought you stopped talking to those guys," Reggie said with her hands on her hips.
"I ran into them after you and I fought, and I was upset, but I want nothing to do with them," Lars admitted. "But other than that, I realized if I do love you like I said I did, then I'm going to let you go and let you follow your dreams of going to college, and I will lay off. I will reenlist in the Marines or whatever but I promise to stay out of your way. I'm sure your brother will be stoked to know this too."
Reggie was taken aback from Lars' confession. At that moment, the announcer for the competitors to get in place because the contest was starting soon. Lars took a deep breath in and said, "Kill it out there."
Reggie grabbed her board and ran off. Twister went over to Lars and handed him back the ring.
"She wanted me to hold this to give back to you," Twister said. "She was pretty broken up last night and apparently this morning too."
Lars just took the ring from this brother and stood off to the side to watch Reggie. He knew for sure no other girl was going to deserve to wear it.
The contest started, and Reggie rode the waves like they were going to be the last ones she will ever ride. She surfed with smooth coordination like she did back at home. She did have to admit, some of the people she was up against played dirty and were willing to cheat. Then again, anyone would want to win a scholarship for college. She heard her friends cheering her on as she rode the waves. Before she knew it, she was one of the few surfers left.
"Yeah, Reggie! Kick some ass!" Twister yelled.
"Get it, girl!"Trish added.
Reggie was cut off by that Ethan guy she met. She knew he was playing dirty.
"You douche!" Otto screamed at Ethan.
"Don't let him throw you off, Reg!" Sam added.
"You got this! Come on!" Clio screamed.
Reggie focused on what she was doing. She knew Ethan was doing this to be spiteful after Reggie rejected him on the beach. Five minutes and waves later, Reggie cut off Ethan, and he lost his balance and fell. Reggie won the contest. Reggie noticed her friends cheering for her. She was so flushed and overjoyed that she won the contest and now had a full scholarship to UCLA.
Meanwhile, on the beach, Twister eyed his brother, who was standing far away from the group, with a smile on his face looking at Reggie. It was the same smile he gave Reggie at the party and the whole time they faked their engagement. He tapped Clio on the shoulder and pointed to Lars.
"He really loves her," Clio said.
"Yeah. It's the happiest I've ever seen him." Twister added.
