As the 5 Clevelanders (amd Ami the Pittsburghian) got off the plane in Charleston, the airport was jam-packed with people. "It's like a nuthouse in here!" Kathy exclaimed. "I wonder what's going on." Ami said to Mary, who could barely hear her. "Probably Leonardo Dicaprio felt like escorting us to our house on the beach." Mary said knowingly. They both laughed and continued to push through the crowd. When the got out of the airport, Melissa was "gasping" for air. "I-(pant)-thought-(pant)-we'd-(pant)-never get out of there" she said, and held on to Beth for artificial support. Beth laughed and pushed her away. "There's no way I am carrying both you and my suitcases." she said. Melissa made a face and dragged her suitcases to the van they rented. "Myrtle Beach, here we come!" Mary yelled, as they got into the van. *** "Come on guys! The day is young and we have to go surfing!" Beth cried, running down the beach. The 3 girls followed, heading towards a small stand that rented out surfboards. "Are you guys going to take lessons?" Beth asked. " You're the only one that took them in Florida, so I guess we sorta have to. Are you going to?" Mary asked. "Nope. I can't wait to hit the waves." Beth replied. She gave them a smile and walked toward the waves. *********** *********** Three boys sat underneath a huge umbrella, with baseball caps on and white sunblock on their noses. "Hey, look at that girl handle those waves!" Ike commented. Zac, who had a huge straw hat on, agreed with him. "Yeah, she's pretty good. But whose that other girl running towards her?" he wondered. "Or the blonde next to her." Taylor said. "Look! They are coming this way!" Ike said. *********** *********** "Melissa, Ami, hi!" Beth yelled as she saw her best friend and her cousin running towards her. "Where's Mary?" she continued. "She swallowed too much of the water during lessons. I think she feels a bit squeamish." Melissa replied. They all laughed. "Poor Mary". Beth shook her head sadly. The 3 girls walked further in the beach and sat down on Beth's surfboard. "Mary said we have to meet her back at the house at one-thirty." Ami explained. Beth noticed that no one had a watch. "Maybe I should ask someone the time." She thought out loud. *********** *********** Ike saw the 3 girls run onto the hot sand and sit on one of the girls' surfboards. "Mary said we have to meet her back at the house at one-thirty." One said. The girl that was surfing stood up and scanned the beach. "Maybe I should ask someone the time." she said. Ike noticed Taylor had a watch. "Excuse me." he said, glancing up at the girl. *********** *********** "Exuse me." Beth heard someone say. She looked down and saw a boy with white sunblock on his nose looking up at her. "My brother has a watch." he continued. The 3 girls walked over to the boys. One of the boys looked at his watch. "It's one-fifteen." he said matter-of-factly. "Thanks so much." Beth said gratefully. "Beth, I just heard someone say that they saw Taylor Hanson today!" Ami exclaimed. "Seriously?" Beth asked. "I swear!" she replied. The younger boy looked at Melissa and Beth. "Do you guys like Taylor Hanson?" he asked. "Ami does, but Melissa like Zac and I like Ike. It's not that we don't think Taylor is cute, he is, but we just prefer them." Beth explained. "Oh really?" The older one said. Beth looked down, blushing. "I guess so." "Well, i bet he'd like to get to know you." the older one continued. Beth raised as eyebrow. "How do you know?" she asked. He took off his sunglasses and hat, and rubbed off the sunblock. ***AUTHOR'S NOTE- okay, I know I probably would've recognized him anyway, but It's just to enhance the story***