Disclaimer: I don't own Hawaii 5-0. I apologize to the people who practice these sports if I get the names or set-ups wrong for the stunting. I researched what I could and hopefully I got it right.
Author's Notes:
I have to break this all up cause I thought I would be able to get this in 2 Chapters but it's taking me to 3 Chapters to get to what is in my head.
I'm not sure if wearing camo in anything other than their uniform is encouraged but I thought it would be cute if Steve and Catherine wore matching suits. I also apologize if it offends anyone as that was not my intention.
Grace possibly doesn't do these lifts in cheerleading but I needed an activity where her safety would be assured and I don't feel like having her sit on the front of a surfboard that is whipping and pulling sharp angles is the safest thing for her to be doing but I kinda need Danny to have a mini heart attack.
I initially intended for this to be a slightly interrupted surf date with Rachel dropping off Grace cause of some meeting or other she had to attend with Stan but it evolved into a group beach thing. Hope you enjoy!
Danny was still fast asleep when his daughters bedroom door opened. He was even asleep when his bedroom door opened. He didn't hear when she took a running leap towards him and it was only when she landed on him that he even stirred awake.
"Danno, time to wake up! Danno, what did everyone say? Are you gonna wake up soon? What did they say?" Grace asked rapid fire before he'd even cracked an eye.
"Grace, this is not the way to wake a sleeping person. You have 10 seconds to get off of me or a terrible fate will fall upon you," Danny threatened sleepily.
"But what did they say Danno?"
"9"
"Did they say yes?"
"8"
"I bet they did."
"7"
"They're all pretty cool like that."
"6"
"What's for breakfast Danno?"
"5"
"Danno?"
"4"
"Danno, do you hear me?" She poked him in the cheek.
"3,2,1," he counted rapidly. His arms shot from under the covers and grabbed his daughter. He tickled her sides. Her eyes got wide before she started giggling like a mad woman and squirming under the assault. She tried to wriggle away but Danny pulled her back and kept tickling her. She started to laugh so much and so hard that tears started falling from her eyes.
"Danno! Stop! OhmyGodstop! I can barely breath!" Grace begged. Danny relented in his attack on his daughter, leaning on his hand to prop himself and look down at her, smiling. She was holding her sides, still giggling and trying to catch her breath.
"I warned you Monkey," he grinned at his daughter as she lay there panting and sucking in air.
"So, what did everyone say? Did they say yes?"
"Well, I hope your ready to spend some hours getting sandy cause everyone said yes!"
"Yes!" Grace leapt to up to her feet and jumped on the bed in excitement. Danny got off the bed, grabbed his daughter mid bounce and tucked her under his arm. He carried her squirming, giggling body to the kitchen and set her on the countertop with her legs dangling over the edge.
"Okay Grace-Face, scrambled or fried egg sandwiches for breakfast?"
"Scrambled."
"Can you get the eggs, cheese, bacon, butter and milk out of the fridge please?"
"Sure Danno," she hopped off the counter to pull the items out of the fridge while Danny pulled out the pans, bowls and necessary cooking implements. Grace grabbed her step stool so that she could put all the items on the counter. While Danny went to work to cook the hot items, Grace went to the breadbox and pulled out 4 pieces of bread. She padded over to the area where the toaster was, dragging her step stool so that she could reach. Once the toast popped up, she grabbed a butter knife to butter the toast and laid it open so that Danny could lay the contents on the toast. Once finished, they put their sandwiches on plates and sat at the kitchen table to discuss their plans for the day. Danny quickly washed the dishes and laid out the pans and cooking utensils he would need for when they got back from the grocery store.
They went to get changed for their shopping trip. They hopped in the car and headed to the grocery store. Grabbing a cart, they immediately headed for the bakery section. Danny had called on the way over so that his selection could be put aside for him. Once that was acquired, the rest of the shopping was a breeze. They took their purchases home and Danny went to work to take down the watermelon and get it into them fridge to chill it as soon as possible, making quick work of it. Once done, he placed it in a large plastic container and tucked it into the fridge. He pulled out the onions and peppers and started slicing them up. He laid out the ingredients for his spicey mustard and mayo spread, putting them around a bowl with the recipe card next to the bowl for her to do herself. He sliced the hoagie in half, placed the roast beef on foil on a pan and and placed them both in the oven to heat up. While that got toasty, he carmalised the onions and peppers. Once Grace had everything for the spread well incorporated, he pulled the bread out of the oven and put the spread on it. He then arranged the beef with tongs onto the bread before topping it with the onion/peppers mixture and topping it with Swiss cheese. Finally, sealing it with the other half of bread and cutting out equal portions for everyone. He wrapped each sandwich in their own piece of foil and stuck them into the insulated bag he had brought especially for this occasion. He check the time. They were slightly ahead of schedule. They got changed into their bathing suits. Grace put on a red one piece with large, white hibiscus flowers on it. Danny was in a pair of swim trunks that started as blue down the bottom and faded to white up the top. Grace had put on shorts and a tank top on top of her suit while Danny had just thrown on a white t-shirt. They packed their beach bag, grabbed the watermelon and insulated bag and got in the car.
They pulled into a parking space at 2 minutes to 1pm. What they didn't know or see was the rest of the team pulling in at the same time in parking spots close by. When Danny stepped out of his car, he was looking right at Kono a few cars over. A slight shock came over both of them before them both grinned at each other. Her eyes flicked over his left shoulder to look beyond him and she waved. Danny turned around to see where she was looking and saw Chin a few cars down. He smiled and waved at both of them then raised his hand higher into the air and looked over their heads. They turned around to see a grinning Steve.
"It seems we all arrived at the same time," Steve said.
"And it appears we have Captain Obvious today folks," Danny commented.
"Hey guys," Catherine popped out from behind Steve, waving to the group. Variations of 'Hey Catherine' rose from the other three.
Grace had crawled out of the car via the drivers side. "Where's Uncle Steve and Uncle Chin and Auntie Kono? Lift me up. I cant' see them Danno," Grace exclaimed. Danny bent down to pick up his daughter and placed her on his hip so that she could see above the cars. She waved at Steve, Catherine and Kono. Everyone said 'Hey' and waved to Grace. "Where's Uncle Chin?"
"Behind you Grace," Chin chimed. Her head whipped around. Thank goodness Danny had put her a hair into a French braid otherwise he would be getting whipped in the face with hair or pigtails which, he knew from experience, stung when hit in the face with them.
"Uncle Chin!" Grace exclaimed.
"Aloha Grace!" Chin returned.
"Let's go Danno. Everyone is here!" She started squirming in his arms to get down.
"Grace! Calm down!" Danny admonished.
"Sorry Danno. May you please put me down?" Grace requested, looking a bit dejected. Danny kissed her cheek and put her down. He reached into the passenger's side floor to pull out the watermelon and insulated bag with the sandwiches. Everyone wa leaning into their cars to bring their belongings and contributions as well as pulling their surfboards off of the roofs of their cars.
"I'm gonna hang back and wait for Laila," Chin stated, handing his bag of sodas and water to Danny while Grace carried the watermelon. Steve was carrying 3 surfboards over his head while Kono and Catherine held the cooler between them with their beach bags balanced on top. Grace was leading the way to the perfect spot. She had finally decided and declared that she had found th perfect spot for them today. The girls set down the cooler while Steve laid down the surfboards. Danny and Grace placed the food on top of the surfboards until all the towels could be laid out. Just as danny helped to lay out the last towel, Chin and Laila walked up, hand-in-hand. Chin was holding th surfboards under one arm while Laila carried an umbrella.
"Hey guys, you remember Laila right?" Chin asked while pointing to the woman. Everyone looked up ad straightened to be introduced to her, "Laila, this is Steve, Catherine, Kono, Danny and Danny's daughter Grace." As he said their name, each person gave a wave at their name. Laila waved to the entire group.
"I know Chin said I didn't need to bring anything but I always figure that you can have more umbrellas," Laila said. Chin put his and Laila's surfboards down on the sand.
"Actually that's perfect cause I don't think anyone brought one," Steve replied, reaching to take the umbrella out of her hands to set it up.
"Not a problem," Laila expressed. Chin smiled as he squeezed her hand in his. She looked up and returned the smile. He leaned down for a quick peck on the lips.
"Awww," Kono, Cath and Grace cooed together.
"Alright guys, jeez. You would think that you've never seen a guy kiss his girl before," Chin added, rolling his eyes at the women. Laila pulled on his hand to get his attention. Chin looked at her.
"You think of me as your girl?" Laila questioned.
Chin put the hand not holding Laila's hand on the back of his neck in nervousness, "Well, yeah. I know we haven't been dating that long but-" Chin's explanation was cut short by Laila pulling him down for a deeper kiss. Danny's hand immediately flew to Grace's eyes to block out the scene and Grace fought to pull his hand away. After getting over his initial shock, Chin slid his arms aroun her waist, pulling her flush to his body. They pulled away, smiling at each other before turning to the group. Steve and Catherine had moved together, wrapping their arms around each other as Steve planted a kiss on Catherine's hair. Chin's coworkers were all smiling at the couple. Chin rolled his eyes at the group and exclaimed, "Alright guys, let's go surfing!" Everyone started stripping out of their cover ups. Chin was wearing black swim trunks while Laila was being his opposite and wearing a white halter bikini. Chin's eyes raised in appreciation of his partner. Steve and Catherine stripped their outerwear and looked like a matching set. Steve was wearing blue camo shorts while Catherine was wearing a blue camo bathing suit. Chin looked at Steve and Catherine in amusement and chuckled, "You guys have the nerve to be giving us looks. You two look like a matching Navy set!"
"Great minds think alike," Steve smirked, looking down at Catherine. Danny rolled his eyes. Out of the corner of his eye, he saw movement and turned his head. It was Kono who was taking off her shorts and T-shirt. Kono was wearing a lime green, triangle bikini top and a pair of black bikini bottoms. Danny took a through sweep of her from head to toe. He unconsciously licked his lips. Kono happened to catch him looking but so focused was he on her that he didn't catch her catching him. Oh rearly Dany? Well, let me really give you something to look at, she thought to herself. Kono intentionally bent over so her ass was facing him while reaching down for her shorts. Oh dear God! What the hell is she doing? Does she even know that she's torturing me? pondered Danny to himself. Kono caught Danny's eye and winked saucily at him. That little minx! Oh, this is war, Danny could feel his lower region attempting to raised and try to take a closer look, later. War later. Right now, time to get my mind onto something else. Everyone was grabbing their surfboards to head to the water. Danny spotted the suntan spray in his bag, Perfect!
"Hey, does everyone have on sunblock?" Danny announced.
"Seriously?" Steve looked incredulously at Danny.
"Hey, if you wanna get skin cancer then by all means go ahead," Danny said pointing the can at Steve. Steve groaned and rolled his eyes. Danny sprayed everyone's front and back as well as their faces and on their ears. Everyone rubbed in what they could reach, they set up a line to rub each other's backs. At the front of the line was Grace, followed by Danny, then Kono, Catherine, Steve, Laila and Chin was on the end of the line. When everyone had finished rubbing in their persons suntan spray, Laila turned around and rubbed in Chin's while Danny talked to Grace about water safety and how she could only surf with Steve or Kono. They were both strong surfers and swimmers and could easily accommodate and counter her movements and weight distribution on her board. Grace agreed and headed off with Kono, holding her hand as they walked to the ocean. Kono put her board in the water while Danny lifted his daughter onto the board. She sat cross legged on the board. Kono paddled out to where the others were and both her and Grace threw their feet over the side of the board. They were all sitting on their boards, waiting for a good wave to come. Danny walked back to their beach spot and laid down on a towel. He grabbed a beer and popped it, taking a long drag befor resting back on his elbows. He saw Kono catch a few of the minor waves while his daughter sat cross legged on her board. He could see Kono and Grace laughing as Kono paddled them back out. Kono waved to get Steve's attention before she paddled over to him so that Grace could have a turn with him. Steve easily picked Grace up and transferred her to his board. Kono paddled a bit away and joined the others who were catching some of the bigger waves. Steve paddled out and caught slightly bigger waves than Kono attempted with Grace. Steve tapped Grace not he shoulder.
"Hey Gracie, do you wanna try some of the lifts like you do in cheerleading?" Steve asked.
"Could we Uncle Steve?" Grace asked excitedly.
"What would you like to do?"
"I want you to throw me in the air and catch me?"
Steve looked at the little girl, "How about we not give your dad a full on heart attack and do a shoulder sit on the first run and a full extension on the second run. That sound good to you?"
"Let's do it!" Grace was practically bouncing on the board. Steve turned Grace around and explained what he would do and what she would do to make sure that thy performed the move safely. She nodded her head and they waited for a wave. When the wave came, Grace was seating on her knees til she got the signal from Steve. When he gave the signal, she stood up and his hands immediately went to her waist. He counted to 3 out loud. After 3, she bent her knees and pushed up, opening her legs on the way up. He swung her up and over his head, resting her on his shoulders. Her hands shot up into a high 'V'.
Danny, who happened to be watching other surfers at the time, turned his head to try and find his group in the ocean. He saw Catherine and Laila each riding a minor wave while Chin and Kono were further out catching the start of a bigger wave. His eyes sweeper past a couple who were tandem surfing til he realized that he recognized the bathing suit that the woman was wearing. Except it wasn't a woman, it was his little girl. When she realized that he was looking at them, she waved at him. Danny was in a state of shock so he distractedly waved back..
They had finished their first run. "Great job Gracie" Grace beamed from the praise from her Uncle. That hadn't been nearly as scary as she thought it would be. Steve pulled Grace off of his shoulders and she sat back down on the board in the same position. He turned the board around and headed out again. "You ready to try the next one?" He asked her. Grace nodded her head vigorously. They waited for another wave. When it came, she got up like before and Steve put his hands on her waist again. This time, when he grabbed her by her waist after the count, he used a little bit more force in throwing her up so that he could get his hands under her feet when they were chest level. He managed to catch her feet and hold her up. He looked up at her to catch her profile to make sure that she was ok. With her hands on her hips, she almost looked like a superhero. She threw her hands up in another high 'V'. When Danny saw that, his jaw dropped. What the hell is he doing with my daughter? Danny wondered to himself. They were almost back to shore again when Danny's fears came to life. Another surfer lost control of their board and it was aiming for Steve's board. It gave a hard hit to Steve's board which threw him off enough that he knew he was going to fall. He quickly dropped Grace down to chest level and pulled her in and held her tight. He fell backwards into the ocean. Danny started to panic a little bit when he saw them go under. They popped up a few seconds later. Steve held onto Grace, treading water until he could get back to the board and helped her onto it. He held onto the edge of the board while Grace took a few seconds to recover. His eyes were checking her over to see if she had any scrapes or bruises, "You okay Gracie?"
"Yeah, I'm okay Uncle Steve," Grace said.
"wanna go again?" He asked her.
"Yes please," Grace answered.
"You want to go for simple or difficult?"
"Let's go difficult!"
"That's my girl!" Steve grinned and paddled back out to catch another wave. Steve explained what they would have to do for the last trick.
The others had paddled back in to find Danny pacing along the shoreline. "Hey Danny, what's up? You look a bit agitated," Kono said cautiously.
"My partner is endangering my daughters life," Danny fumed. They all turned to find Steve in the ocean. They found him when he stood up on his board. They all stabbed their boards into the sand as they watched. They saw Grace get up a few seconds later. They saw her bend down and Steve practically threw Grace in the air. She held her legs straight legs as she went up and he caught both her feet in one hand. Once she was balanced at the top, she waved at the group on the beach and they all waved back at her, everyone grinning except for Danno. Once they had reached shallow enough water, Steve brought Grace back down. She jumped off the surfboard and swam for a bit before walking back to shore.
"Did you see me Danno?" Grace gushed.
"I did Monkey! You were amazing! Go with Auntie Kono back to the umbrella while I talk to Uncle Steve," Danny said, passing his daughter off to Kono. Everyone else pulled their surfboards out of the sand and headed back to the site.
"What the hell is the matter with you? You could have injured my daughter you ass!" Danny yelled at Steve.
"Danny, we were fine!" Steve replied calmly.
"You were fine? Oh good, now I can relax because YOu say you were fine!"
"Danny," Steve said softly, "if your daughter didn't trust me, she wouldn't have said yes to any of that. As soon as she would have said 'Stop' or 'No', I would have immediately stopped. You know I wouldn't do anything to harm Gracie or put her in harms way.
"You look like you were doing a bang up job out there."
Steve stabbed his board into the sand and put both of his hands on his partners shoulders, "Danny, she's back on terra firma. She's safe. I know you want to keep her safe all the time but she also has to have the freedom to go out there, fall down or get knocked down, dust herself off and get back up. You keep hovering over her and she's gonna be a nervous wreck!" Danny finally cracked a smile. He knew Steve was right but he didn't think there would ever be a period where he didn't worry about his little girl.
"Yeah, okay. Thanks for taking her out. She did look like she had fun out there," Danny confessed. Steve smiled and pulled his board out of the sand, tucking it under his arm as he slung the other one around Danny's shoulders. Danny started shoving Steve away from him, "You animal, you're soaking wet. Get away from me!" Steve smiled and shook his head in Danny's direction, water droplets flying and landing on Danny's bare skin. His tried futilely to block them, smiling the entire time. They walked towards their camp. Everyone was sitting around holding eithr a soda or a beer. Grace had pulled out the container of watermelon and went around offering pieces to everyone who were grateful for the cold, refreshing snack. Steve stabbed his board into their mini forest of surfboards. They oth nabbed a piece of watermelon. Steve went and sat next to Catherine on their towel. Chin was already sitting next to Laila. Grace went around 1 more time with the watermelon with only Steve, Chin and Danny taking a piece. Grace was busy trying to balance the container and get the lid back on so she could put it in the cooler. Chin bit off half of the piece of watermelon in his hand before offering the other half to Laila, putting it near her mouth. She went to pluck it out of his fingers with hers but he pulled it back. She went for it again with her fingers and again Chin pulled the piece back, smirking at her. She looked at him suspiciously. She leaned down and bit down on the piece of fruit, pulling it into her mouth. He smiled and leaned down to kiss away a drop of juice he saw on her lip. Meanwhile, Steve was employing a different method on Catherine. He placed his piece in his teeth and leaned towards Catherine's mouth. She smiled while rolling her eyes and shaking her head. She leaned in to bite off half the piece of watermelon, bushing their lips together. They munched on their pieces before going back in for a proper kiss. When they parted, they rested their foreheads together. They each had their eyes closed and a soft smile on their faces. Danny and Kono were standing next to each other, watching all this take place. It looked like each couple was fully engrossed in their partner. Danny turned to Kono and gave her a playful look. She looked at him with suspicion in her eyes. He took a bite of the watermelon and offered her the other half in his fingers. She looked at the piece of watermelon then back to Danny's face. He tilted his head in the direction of the couples and looked back to Kono, offering the watermelon again. She went forward to take the offering of fruit from his fingers. He pulled back slightly, mischief in his eyes as he did so. Before he could pull his hand back far from her, her hand flew up and grabbed his wrist. She locked yees with him and held his gaze as she slowly brought her mouth down to his fingers. She closed her mouth around th piece of fruit as well as the tips of his fingers. He felt the tip of her tongue on his fingers as she used it to get the fruit. The smirk was wiped off of Danny's face. He stared into her eyes with all seriousness, no more of the playful look from earlier. She still held his gaze as she pulled back off of his fingers, gently sucking them in the process making sure to get all the juice off of his fingers. His pupils had gotten a bit bigger while she performed the action. She dropped her hand from his wrist. Danny could see that Kono wasn't unaffected by her own actions because her pupils had also gotten slightly wider. Holy CRAP that was fucking HOT! Danny thought to himself. He didn't even realize that he took half a step towards her, never dropping her gaze. He was distracted of further thoughts by his daughter.
"Danno, I'm hungry. Can we pull out the sandwiches now? I'm hungry," Grace whined.
Danny, grateful for the distraction, announced to the group, "Who wants a sandwich?" Everyone turned eyes to Danny and raised their hand. Kono sat into her hip and raised her hand, smirking at Danny. He gulped hard. He went into the insulated bag which still retained the same amount of heat and handed a foil wrapped sandwich and napkin to everyone including Grace. Grace plopped down next to her dad on the towel. They all pulled back the foil from their sandwiches. Everyone except Danny and Grace let out a groan of satisfaction.
"Oh my god! What is in these sandwiches? These are amazing!" Laila exclaimed.
"It's a Jersey secret that I can only tell Grace when she's a little bit older," Danny smirked, winking at grinned back at him and winked. The group ate their sandwiches in relative silence, slight moans coming from the rest of the party. After polishing off their sandwiches, they all threw their foil and napkins back into the bag. The guys stayed at the campsite while the women went down the beach to build a sand castle at Grace's request, a few feet from the shoreline so they had ready access to wet sand. After completing their masterpiece, they all moved down into the shallows to wade around. It had somehow evolved into a water fight with Kono and Laila on one team and Catherine and Grace on the other team. The guys were propped up on their elbows, each with a beer in hand watching the exchange go down. Grace got tired and moved slightly away from the group who continued to splash each other. Grace wondered over to a group of kids who looked to be her age and started playing with them in the water.
"What do you say we...intervene with the women," Steve suggested.
The other two men raised their eyebrows at Steve, "What did you have in mind?" Danny questioned.
"I was thinking just a little...advanced tag," Steve said, smirking. The guys huddled together as if they were planning an op. Not that anyone heard them or was even listening to them in the near vicinity. The women were still completely occupied as the guys got up and walked down the beach towards the ocean. When they were a few feet from the ocean, they paused. Steve gave a count on his fingers backwards from 3. When he reached 1, each guy aimed for a woman: Steve for Catherine, Chin for Laila leaving Danny for Kono. Because of all the noise around them, the women didn't even register excess splashing and were all surprised a few moments later as they were picked up around their middle and carried none too gently into deeper ocean before being thrown into it. All three women popped out of the water, spitting out water and wiping their faces, looking around for the culprits. Their eyes fell on their guys who were standing a few feet away from them, all grinning like idiots. The women looked between each other, communicating their plot for revenge between them and nodding their agreement. The women all turned to the men smiling sweetly before it turned evil. The women let loose on the men, throwing water at them for all they were worth. The men took a few seconds but when the assault registered, they retaliated. It wasn't a very long battle as the women were already tired from their earlier water battle and the men easily got the upper hand. The women 'waved the white flag' as it were and slowly trudged back to the shore.
Steve could see that they were a little bit tired and offered a piggy back ride to Catherine who graciously accepted and hopped up on his back. Upon seeing this, Chin offered up the same for Laila. Danny offered up the same deal to Kono, figuring it wouldn't look too out of place as the other guys were doing it. Danny was easily able to carry Kono because regardless of his smaller frame, he was still muscular. Kono wrapped her arms around his neck and her legs around his waist. He wrapped his arms underneath her thighs and started back to the campsite. He could feel her breath on his neck. Kono, feeling a little light headed from the beer, used the opportunity to use her hair to cover her movement and nudge at Danny's ear, licking behind it to find out how the ocean tasted on Danny. He gasped at the feeling and she smiled into his neck before resting her head on his shoulder, satisfied that she had the answer to the question she had been asking herself. Before he got to the edge of the water, he turned around and called for Grace. She waved goodbye to her new friends and ran up the beach to join her dad and the rest of the group walking up the beach.
When they got back to the site, the women climbed off the backs of the men and went for the cooler. They each grabbed 2 bottles of water and threw it to their partner. Catherine went back in and handed a bottle to Grace. Everyone chugged half of it before coming up for air. Grace managed to chug the entire bottle of water. After she finished, she let out a large burp. All the adults whipped their heads around to her. Her surprised look made everyone laugh. "Excuse me," she said quietly. Everyone slowly sipped at the rest of their water, slowly drying themselves off with their towels.
"Anyone up for a dinner at my house tonight around say...7:00?" Steve threw out to the group.
"I'm down," replied Kono.
Chin and Laila turned to each other and had a small conversation. Chin spoke for the both of them, "We're in."
Danny leaned down and spoke to his daughter, "What do you say Monkey? You wanna keep hanging out with these guys?"
"Yeah Danno, but I wanna take a shower first. Wash all of the salt off of me," she responded.
"It's not until later so that won't be a problem. We've got plenty of time to go home and wash up," he reasoned.
He could see her thinking it over in her head. She looked like she had come to a conclusion in her head, "We're in as well Uncle Steve."
"Great! So what say you to the menu?" Kono immediately offered to do a salad. It was no secret that she wasn't the best cook. Danny offered up potato salad. Chin and Laila offered to make dessert. Which relegated Steve to being on grill duty. He asked, "Is chicken okay or do you guys want steak tonight?" It seemed to be a 50/50 split down the middle. Steve decided, in his head, to get enough chicken and steak for everyone to have a piece. With all the dinner decisions finally made, everyone helped to take down the campsite. Kono threw out all the water in the cooler, leaving the ice inside and whatever assortment of sodas, beers and waters they had for later. Chin pulled down the umbrella and everyone gathered their towels, pulling out their clothes before shoving them in. They alll put their clothes back on and gathered up their things, heading back to the cars. Steve carried the same surfboards, Kono and Catherine carried the cooler (it was much easier this time around), while Laila and Chin carried the umbrella and surfboards respectively and Danny and Grace carried their own beach bag and container. Everyone helped everyone load their belongings into their respective cars before departing from the car park and heading home.
