A/N: Hey! I know it's been a while. Sorry about that. I just kind of lost my fire for fanfiction for a while. But, here it is, capter 16! I really hope you guys like it! And I promise to at least try to update more often. How about this deal? I'll update at LEAST once every month as long as I have an idea for the chapter, if I don't, it'll be a stinker. Please excuse any mistakes, and please review! Whether you like it or think it's horrible, please tell me! Thanks! Have a nice day. Oh, did anyone else see the Royal Wedding today? They looked so happy! xxHeartBrokenxx

Rikki's POV

"I'm really gonna miss you Dean," I laughed.

He looked up from his chalk drawing and smiled at me. "I'm going to miss you too, Rikki."

It was the next day, and like he had said, we were making the most of the hours.

After a moment's reflect I said, "You know, you don't really call me Rikki a lot. I like it."

He smiled again. "What are you drawing anyway? It looks like a…a broken kitty or something."

I laughed. "Jerk! It's not a broken kitty; it's supposed to be a mermaid! Broken kitty. Ha!"

"If you want to actually look like a mermaid, you have to do it like this," he said, taking my hand and guiding it over the pavement.

"Se-e," he said, as I looked him in the eyes.

Before we could stop ourselves we broke into laughter, and eventually fell back on the ground.

"It's like we've come straight out of a romance movie today!" he laughed. Then added hastily, "Not that I watch them!"

"Oh, sure you don't you big pussy!" I said. "Which one is your favorite?"

He looked at me and raised his eyebrows like, "for realz?"

"Oh, come on! I'm not gonna tell anybody!" I said. Then teased, "At least not here."

"Yeah, sure," he said. "If you must know, A Walk to Remember. But don't let this have a bad effect on your memory of me. I don't watch them regularly."

"That's my favorite too!" I smiled. "Why do you like it?"

"I don't know," he started, looking thoughtful. "I guess because, it's like, he loved her so much that even though they had that little time together, he married her. And, I don't know, he just did some pretty cool stuff for her. He's a good guy."

I smiled again. "Dean, you are one cool guy, I gotta say. I'm really glad I got to meet you."

"Me too," he smiled tenderly, gently bumping against me.

I returned the bump and we laughed again. I really was going to miss this. Surprise, surprise. With no sarcasm.

Justin's POV

I stared out at the waves, thinking about Cleo.

Word on the street was Zane was having a welcome back party for Rikki, and I was planning on asking Cleo to be my date.

But first things first, I had to find out if she had a boyfriend. I was planning on going to Alex for that, and if she didn't know, I was going to go to Emma.

"Hey, Alex?" I said, walking into the living the room where she was preoccupying the couch.

"What?" she smiled.

"You seem to be in a good mood," I couldn't help but notice. "What happened?"

"Oh, nothing," she said dreamily. "What did you need?"

"Does Cleo have a boyfriend?"

"How should I know?"

"Because you hang out with her! And isn't that what girls talk about? Boyfriends?"

"That's not all we ever talk about. In fact, I've never talked to her about her dating life. I've mostly been hanging with Zane." She finished with a big smile.

"So is that what happened? Something between you and Zane? Isn't he dating Rikki?"

"Rikki isn't here anymore! Plus, I mean, they're nothing alike, they wouldn't have lasted much longer anyway."

"Rikki's coming back, Alex. In three weeks. Don't do anything stupid." And with that I walked out.

Okay, time to go find Emma.

"Hey, Ash, have you seen Emma?" I asked as I walked into juice net.

"No," he said. "She hasn't come in here today."

I walked out and squinted, looking around. The afternoon sun was beating down hard.

I fanned myself with my hand and kept walking.

I guess I'd try the Marine Park? Cleo worked there.

I made my way there, sweating buckets as I went. Boy it was hot! Why on earth did I wear jeans today?

She wasn't at the Marine Park. Neither was Cleo.

So I set off to the beach, huffing and puffing.

When I got there I saw Cleo walking along the water's edge.

Just as I was about to call out to her she dove into the water.

I ran down and looked as her head popped out of the water a good ways in, and she kept swimming further out. Where was she going? I grabbed a vacant raft that had some oars in it. Don't worry; I was going to bring it back!

I paddled out, but didn't call her name. I followed her all the way to an old volcano. What was she doing?

She had disappeared now.

I sat there for a minute, looking around. Then, upon looking down I almost tipped my raft at what I saw. That was the biggest fish EVER! No doubt. What kind even was that?

That's when I saw…hair? No, it's got to be seaweed or something.

Unless… WAS THAT CLEO?