Kat and Aisha were packing snacks to bring to the beach the next morning when Tanya got out of the shower.

"There she is!" Katherine said with a bright smile. "I didn't see you after the party last night. What time did you get in?"

Tanya bent down to help them. "It was late. Hope I didn't wake you guys."

"Where were you?"

"I.. uh… went to get frozen yogurt."

"With Adam," Aisha added with a wink.

Tanya gazed at her quizzically.

"Rocky texted me," she explained.

Tanya shook her head, not totally comprehending. "Rocky… wha-?"

"Ah, how was it?" Kat asked, wiggling her eyebrows mischievously.

She picked up a cooler, shoving some ice and soda cans in it. "It was nice. Just like old times," she said.

"Well, not just like old times," Kat teased.

"Alright, alright," Tanya said. "You had your fun."

Kat held up her hands in surrender.

"Serious question, guys," Aisha piped in.

Both girls turned to her.

"Should we bring this, or not?" She asked, holding up an oversized beach ball.

"We should definitely bring that," the girls said together.

An hour later and Tanya was pulling on a pair of cutoff shorts over her yellow bikini before hopping into the back of Kat's jeep. She was lost in thought, absentmindedly studying Aisha's yellow one piece and Katherine's pink cutout ensemble and wondering whether or not it was odd that they all still dressed in their colors even though it'd been several years since they officially wore those colors, when Kat was turning off the ignition and pulling their bags out of the back.

They eagerly walked across the sand to their friends and Tanya was genuinely happy to see that most of the people from the Youth Center the night before had attended the barbecue. She saw that Skull and Stephanie were sprawled across a towel , feeding each other fruit a few yards away.

Many of her friends from the old days were tossing Frisbees by the edge of the water, while others were farther out, surfing some waves.

Rocky and Adam were at the barbecue as promised and she smiled widely as she took in the smell of hamburgers and hot dogs mixed with the salty scent of the water and sand.

Adam lowered his sunglasses as they approached, greeting them with a warm smile and it might have been her imagination, but she thought she saw his eyes glance down and then back up as he regarded her. Then Aisha nudged her and whispered "Ya still got it, girl," in her ear and she knew it wasn't her imagination.

"Hello, Ladies," Rocky said, handing them plates.

"Can I help you with anything?" Tanya asked.

Adam shook his head. "Nope. We're done." He placed a hot dog on her plate. "Two rows of mustard, one ketchup in the middle, right?"

Tanya smiled. "Right," she murmured.

Just then, Tommy ran over and tossed the oversized beach ball into their group. It hit Katherine on the top of her head and she retaliated, wailing the ball at full speed back at him.

Aisha suggested they start up a game of volleyball and Rocky ran to help her split up the teams.

"Wanna go for a quick swim?" Adam asked.

"Yeah," she agreed, pulling off her shorts and hurrying to keep up with him as he headed towards where Trini and Jason were surfing.

She yelped at the coldness of the water as they jumped right into the ocean, but it didn't take long for her to get used to it.

Adam ducked under the water for a couple of seconds and came right back up, shaking his wet hair out of his eyes.

Tanya laughed. "Here, let me," she said, reaching out and brushing her fingers lightly against his temple as she pushed his hair back. "You're growing it out again," she noticed.

"Yeah, maybe," he said, his eyes trained on hers. "Why, you don't like it?"

"No, no, " she hurriedly replied. "It's nice on you."

He blushed slightly, averting his eyes from her gaze. "Your hair got long," he commented.

She rolled her eyes. "It's a pain sometimes."

"I like it," he said softly.

After awhile she noticed Jason and Trini paddling over to them. "This is just like old times," Jason told his friend. "The two of them off doing their own thing."

Tanya stuck her tongue out at him.

"That's just like old times too," Jason said with a laugh.

Adam splashed him in retaliation and soon the four of them were all splashing and squealing until Rocky and Tommy were calling to them from the beach.

Tanya and Trini put themselves in between the boys until they agreed to a truce and they all emerged from the water together.

Once on the beach Adam wrapped Tanya up in a big towel before grabbing one for himself.

By the time they joined the others on the picnic blanket Kat was toasting marshmallows on the grill to make s'mores.

Tanya closed her eyes as she popped one in her mouth and savored it.

"What's better, these or the frozen yogurt?" Adam asked, bemused.

"These," she mumbled with her mouth full, holding one up to his face to prove it.

He ate it out of her hand, his lips brushing lightly against her fingertips and she looked up at his face to see if that had been on purpose when Skull and his soon to be bride got up to leave for the night.

After that everyone else slowly started to make their way towards the parking lot and Adam and Tanya rushed to help Katherine load everything back in her jeep.

They saw Bulk as he was getting his keys out of his pocket and called him over.

"See you guys at the wedding tomorrow," He told them. He paused, then turned back around. "You know, it's funny. After Tommy and Kimberly broke up I always figured it would be you two first."

Tanya smiled good naturedly and Adam placed a hand awkwardly at the back of his neck.

"Oh, sorry, you mean you two aren't….anymore?" He asked. "Sorry, it's hard to keep track of who's with who these days."

Tanya laughed. "We actually haven't seen each other in awhile," she answered honestly.

"Any of us," Adam added.

Bulk seemed confused by the confession.

"I guess we all just drifted apart," Tanya said softly. "It happens."

"Yeah, I guess so," Bulk said. "Although I can't imagine why."

"Me neither," Tanya said thoughtfully, giving him a brief hug goodbye.

Adam turned his face to her after Bulk had gone. "You gonna get home okay?"

"Yeah. I'm going back to Kat's with her and Aisha. We're doing this, I don't know, slumber party kind of thing."

"Just like old times?" Adam asked.

Tanya grinned. "That seems to be the theme of this whole week."

"Alright." He bent down and kissed her cheek softly. "Guess I'll see you at the wedding tomorrow then."

"Yeah," she whispered, her voice suddenly hoarse. "Do you want me to pick you up?"

"That'd be great," he said.

Katherine was honking the horn impatiently and she jumped in the back seat, looking out the window to see Adam getting into Rocky's car.

When they got back to Katherine's parents' house, the three girls spread blankets and sleeping bags on the floor of the living room. They talked and giggled well into the night and Tanya learned all about the tall, dark, and handsome guy in Southern California that Aisha was seeing.

And Tanya was having such a great time with her girlfriends that when she recalled the conversation she'd had with Bulk earlier that evening she couldn't remember why any of them had drifted apart either.