When I woke up I could hear noises in the living room. I quickly combed my fingers through my hair and opened my bedroom door. Five faces turned to look at me. Grant, Bex, Jonas, Liz, and Zach.

"What're you guys doing here?" I asked.

They all glanced at one another. Bex was the one that spoke. "Well, since you've been all mopey and boring lately we decided to have a little fun. We're all going to the beach whether you like it or not. But the thing is no one can ride as couples."

I lifted my eyebrows. "Couples? I thought only Zach and I were dating."

Grant laughed and I took in everyone's position. Liz was standing closer to Jonas than usual and Grant's arm was around Bex's waist. My eyes widened. "Wow, I really have been out of it. When did all this happen?"

"Not too long ago." Bex said. "Now, go, get your swim suit on. You're going with Grant, he already has your bag."

"My bag?"

"Liz and I already got all your stuff." She explained. When I didn't move she made a motion with her hands to get going. "Come on, we don't have all day."

When I was finished dressing Grant was the only one left in the living room. I was finishing making a braid as I approached him. Once I was done, the two braids hanging past my shoulders we left.

"Nice dress." He said, giving me a quick glance.

I smiled. "Thank you." I hardly ever received compliments from him so I was going to bask in this one.

Outside the sun was shining bright and I slid on my sunglasses. "So where's your car?"

"Over there." He led me to a black convertible and I gave him a sidelong look. "Being famous has its perks." Was all he said.

I laughed and we got going. We had the top down and the music cranked up high. A few peoples gave us irritated looks but we ignored them. Today was about fun. Today I was going to leave my problems behind.

When we were five minutes from the beach he parked. "Why are we stopping?"

"No cars past this point. From here our mode of transport is," He got out of the car walking over to a bike. "this."

He pedaled the bike while I sat on the rear carrier, our bags hanging from my shoulders as I held onto him around his waist. Thankfully the trip was short, even though the bike fell over a few times.

Once I saw Zach I hopped off the bike when it hadn't even stopped and pranced down the steps to him. My flip flops kicked the sand up my legs. I planted a long kiss on his lips before breaking apart to say hi.

The rest of the day was wonderful. Grant chased Bex in the waves. Liz and Jonas attempted to make a fire until Grant came back with a lighter (that helped them a lot). The boys buried Liz and Bex in the sand while I took photos, then they grabbed me and tried to bury me, but I ran before they could. We swam a bit then sat on the shore, letting the water trickle up to our feet.

When it got dark we all sat around the fire wearing warmer clothes. I'd put on pants under my dress and slipped on a cardigan as well as a colourful scarf. Jonas and Zach had brought their guitars and they both played random notes while Grant made up ridiculous lyrics on the spot.

Zach had started coming up with a new song a few weeks ago, when he'd first met me. I remembered a few lines because they sounded an awful lot like my relationship with Josh. They went something like "You've gone bezerk, Off dating a blue eyed blond haired jerk" Zach reassured me though that no it was not about me as Josh did not have blond hair.

At the moment we were sitting roasting marshmallows (Grant's kept catching fire).

"Hey," Zach bumped me lightly. "You okay?"

I stared at the fire. "You're leaving soon. For your concert tour."

His arm went around me and he pulled me close. "Cammie, that doesn't mean anything."

"Yes it does." I fiddled with the stick, bobbing my marshmallow up and down. "You're going to be gone for three months. I can't wait that long."

"Okay, how about if you don't have to wait." He said.

I looked up at him. "What do you mean?"

"Come with us." His green eyes gazed into mine hopefully.

"Come with you." I repeated slowly.

"Yeah, it'll be fun, and that way we won't have to be apart."

I weighed my options but kept straying to the 'go with him' side. I couldn't handle three months without him, no way. Besides, what did I have to lose? There was nothing holding me back, and anyway, three months wasn't too long. "I'll come."

A couple hours later we headed back, but first we needed to drop by the restaurant because Bex needed to pick something up.

When I walked in another waitress came up to me and handed me and envelope. "This came for you earlier."

I flipped it over. There was no return address. I opened it and almost dropped it. Inside it was money. So much money.

Zach noticed my stupor. "What is it?"

I held it up then my phone started ringing. It was my brother. "Hey, Nick, what's up?"

"Cammie, you may want to sit down before I say this." He said. His voice was strained.

I sat down receiving a weird look from Zach. "Okay, I'm sitting."

"It's mom. She-she died."

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Sorry for any mistakes, was kicked off the comp so I did this as quick as possible

Song: Leave Your Boyfriends Behind by Leona Naess (Inspiration by cougar town)

http:/www. youtube. com/watch?v=QSmOWn1KDnE