It was now the evening and Seth was in the main lobby of the hotel. He was scanning the area to search for Lo. When he saw her entering the lobby in her uniform, his eyes lit up and he ran towards her. "Lo!"

Lo smiled when she saw him. "Hey Seth, what's up?"

"Lo, I know you're off to work and all but I have a quick question." Seth told her. "You have like 2 minutes to spare?" He wondered.

"If you're going to ask me on another date, then it's a yes." Lo told him, grinning.

Seth blinked and then grinned. "I wasn't going to ask that, but-" His eyes widened. "I mean, I was but not like right now, I was going to text you soon and ask you and you know if you still-" He said while flustered.

Lo giggled. "I understand what you mean. Yes, I would love to go out on another date."

Seth raised his arms in the air, excited. "Yes!"

Now Lo laughed. "Now what were you going to ask me?"

"Well you know the couples surfing competition that the hotel is hosting?" Seth told her.

"The one in a couple of days?" Lo asked.

"Yeah, well I was wondering if you wanted to participate in it with me."

"I'm so sorry Seth, but I can't."

Seth frowned. "And why is that?"

"I'm going on a family trip and I'll be gone for a couple of days." Lo responded.

His expression didn't change. "Oh." Was all he could say.

"I'm sorry, Seth. And to refer to what you said before, I'm not really going to work. Yes, I have my uniform on but it's just to tell Kelly that I'll be leaving."

"When are you leaving?" Seth asked.

"Like right after I tell Kelly."

"Oh." Seth went silent. "When will you be back?" He asked.

"On the day of the competition." Lo smiled. "I'll be there to watch you compete."

"But it's the couples one! I can't enter by myself."

"Well no, but just ask someone else."

"Are you okay with me asking someone else?" Seth asked.

"Sure." Lo smiled. "This competition is really important to you." She walked closer to him and kissed him on the cheek. "I wish you luck and I know you can win it."

Seth blushed. "Thank you, Lo."

Lo smiled and left the lobby.

Xxx

Seth was now in the DR grabbing a bite to eat. He was worried because he didn't have much time left. The competition was in a couple of days and he had to find a partner right away and start practising. Since he has to get first place, he wants to practice as much as possible! He was looking all around the hotel for Nina. He wanted to ask her if she wanted to compete with him. He saw Nina and Baumer inside the lobby walking towards the entrance of the hotel. When he saw that Baumer wasn't in his work uniform, he sprinted over to them.

"GUYS!" Seth shouted, to get their attention. It was on impulse, they were half-way through the lobby. It wasn't like he was going to miss them.

They both turned around.

Baumer sighed. "What is it?"

"Hey Seth!" Nina smiled. "What is it?"

Seth panted. He had never sprinted so hard in such a short distance in a long time. "Oh my god, Andrew. You're so happy to see me."

Baumer clasped his hands together. "Nice to see you!" He slapped Seth on the back.

Seth flinched, looked at Baumer and grunted.

"What's up, Seth?" Nina asked.

"I have a question to ask you but are you in a hurry?"

"Yes." Baumer put his arm around her shoulders. "We have a dinner reservation at 7:00pm in town."

Seth's gaze shifted towards the clock in the lobby.

6:53pm

Well, damnit.

"Okay look, I have a fast yes or no question and it'll take like…2 minutes okay?"

"Okay."

"Okay so, Nina. Will you be my partner in the couples surfing competition?" Seth asked, looking at her.

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"Dude."

Seth held his hands up. "Strictly surfing." He looked at Baumer. "I asked Lo but she couldn't. Nina is my only hope."

Baumer raised a brow. "'Only hope'?" He noticed Nina hadn't said anything in a while. He squeezed her shoulder. "Nina?"

Nina bit her lip. "I don't know, Seth." She answered softly.

Seth frowned. "What? Why?"

"Well…remember the last time I surfed with you?" Nina looked up at Baumer, still talking to Seth. "I don't want that to happen again." She wrapped her arm around Baumer's waist and rested her head on his chest.

Baumer blushed at the sudden gesture.

Seth smiled. "I understand." When he was surfing with her, he almost broke them up. He didn't want to risk that happening again.

"I'm sorry, Seth."

"No."

Nina blinked and looked up at Baumer. "What?"

"You should surf in the competition." Baumer smiled at her. "Seth has to win, right? Or else, Mr. Evans will shut down the hotel."

"Are you sure, Andrew?" Nina asked him. "I mean, I don't want the same thing to happen again."

"It won't be." Baumer said. "I was jealous of Seth spending all that time with you and now he's with Lo, so it will be okay."

Seth nodded. "Strictly surfing." He repeated.

"I guess…" Nina looked at Baumer. "Are you sure?"

"Yes." Baumer replied.

"Okay. If Andrew is okay with it then, I'll do it."

"Yes!" Seth raised his arms in the air. "We're going to win this, partner!" He grinned at Nina, holding out his fist.

Nina looked at it. "Huh?" It took her a while. "Oh oh, fist bump." She bumped fists with him, smiling.

Baumer chuckled and glanced at the clock. 6:58pm "Nina, we have to go."

"Hold on, Andrew." Nina told him. "Seth, before we go, I have one condition for us training."

Seth looked at her. "What is it?"

"I get to spend 2 hours with Andrew each day until the competition." Nina told him. "I know how important this is to you but I do want to spend time with him."

Seth smiled. "Of course."

Baumer smiled lovingly and kissed Nina's forehead. "I'll be looking forward to each day."

Nina smiled happily.

Seth smiled at the sight. "Oh shit you guys, its 6:59. Better get going."

Nina let out a gasp and looked at Baumer. "Andrew, we got to go!" She grabbed his hand and pulled him lightly towards the door.

Baumer chuckled. "Coming, coming." He followed her out the door.

Nina waved at Seth. "Bye Seth! Have a good evening!"

Baumer waved at Seth with a smile.

"Have fun!" Seth waved back and walked towards his room. This was an order in and movie night kind of night. Thankfully Nina said yes. He completely understood that they should spend time together and why she wanted to. He was not opposed to that. It wasn't right for him to say no. He wasn't going to anyways. He was going to relax tonight and prepare himself for tomorrow.

It was going to be a long day of surfing.