"cmon meilani it's not that hard to decide" kiara echoes through the house. "i have so many bikinis kie, it's not that easy!" meilani calls back. "fine but don't blame me when the boys start having a go at us for being late yet again." this was daily occurrence for meilani and kiara. meilani was very specific about her outfits and kiara looked naturally good no matter what so all she had to do was throw anything on.

"oh look who's finally decided to join us" jj rolls his eyes as both girls approach. "we would've been on time if it wasn't for mei-" kiara starts but is cut off by john b "let me guess, mei had to pick out the perfect bikini for the occasion." "hey! it's not easy to look THIS good" meilani says while doing a twirl for the group. "it's easy for kiara" pope says quietly. meilani thumps him on the arm. the girls take their seats, kiara next to pope and meilani sitting perfectly on jjs lap while he played with her hair. this was normal for them, yknow the flirting but constantly denying it to save their friendship.

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after a short while, the group arrive at tannyhill. at the dock, sarah is sitting there waiting.

"m'lady" john b smiles while taking sarah's hand and helping her onto the boat. jj and meilani make fun of them both.

just as the group are about to leave, rafe cameron calls out. "meilani!!". she looks behind her to see him standing there with her bag. her face flushes red. she gets up off the boat and walks to him. they start walking away so the group can't hear.

"rafe fucking cameron" jj mutters under his breath. "you know anything about this sarah?" kiara asks. sarah shakes her head as the rest of the group watch the pair, who seem to be in a bit of an argument now.

after a couple of minutes, meilani gets frustrated and grabs her bag. she turns on her heels and walks back towards the boat. "meilani please!" rafe calls out. the girl ignores him and gets back on the boat into her original position on jjs lap. the group just stare at her in confusion. "what're you waiting for john b, go." she says. without hesitation, john begins driving away.

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after a day of swimming in the marsh, the group return to john b's house. "i'm gonna turn in for the night, see you guys tomorrow" meilani gets up. the group say goodnight to her and she starts to walk away. "hey meilani, wait!" jj calls out. she stops and waits for him to catch up. they begin walking again. "so you have been really quiet since what happened with rafe earlier, why'd he have your bag?" jj asks. "it doesn't matter" meilani responds quietly. "are you macking on him?" he continues. "no" the girl responds bluntly.

they reach her house and low and behold no ones home. meilanis mom died when she was younger and ever since then her dad has been working extra at his job at the sheriffs station. "goodnight jj" meilani says as she walks away. "mei, wait." the girl turns around on her porch to face the blonde, "what?" he goes to say something but stops himself. "goodnight gorgeous". meilani scoffs at his remark and laughs. without another word, she goes inside.