August couldn’t help the grin on his face when Camilla said she didn’t have a boyfriend. Ugh, he was turning all gooey just like he did in front of her back then, wasn’t he? He was thinking about how any man could possibly have not snatched her up yet, when she asked about his girlfriend, making him hesitate. Luckily she asked if he wanted to walk before he could answer. ”Sure,” he smiled with a bit of relief, offering an arm of his to take if she wanted while they walked. He was nothing if not a gentleman. [b]”Laney and I broke up. My girlfriend that is. She moved out before I left to come here,”[/b[ he blurted out, feeling he could be honest with Camilla. After all, he owed her that. And at this moment, he was glad to be single and here on this beautiful island with his high school crush.

Raina blushed and laughed when Pierce hugged her. Although he was probably the one she was happiest to see, she was also the most nervous to meet him. After all, she’d given up her partying, drinking ways. But if there was one guy she didn’t know how to say no to it was him. She could only hope he didn’t offer her a drink at some point during this reunion.

She almost completely relaxed into the hug by the time he let go of her, smiling at they parted and tucking some of her hair behind her ear as a gentle breeze blew by and he laughed while rubbing the back of his neck. She grinned at his cheesy smile, raising an eyebrow and moving side to side, her high school self almost taking over and beginning to flirt. She hesitated though and then just cleared her throat. Stop acting like a teenager, silly she mentally scolded herself, though a light blush remained on her cheeks.

”I’ve been good. Of course lots of things have happened, but nothing too exciting. For me anyway. Seems like everyone else has made magazine covers since high school,” she said with laugh, though it was a tad forced. She glanced over Pierce’s shoulder to Macey and waved again to her as she waved, before her arms crossed across her dress and she looked to Pierce once more. ”What about you? Anything special since high school?” she asked, eyes searching his.

Pierce smiled, his eyes locking on hers. He had missed this, just being able to talk freely amongst friends. Missed high school and everyone in it. He missed her. Now, it was just working with other employees. In the real world there weren't really friends, we had all grown up.

"I'm doing good. I've driven away from the partying and settled down, I'm a lawyer." Pierce said with a chuckle. He was probably the least likely to ever take to a serious career, but he had always been a sucker for the law. "And a mighty fine one if I say so myself." He adjusted his tie with a smirk and a raise of his eyebrow, running a hand through his thick dark hair.

As his eyes locked on hers, he smiled. Pierce never had the guts to admit it, but he was in love with her smile. Raina and Pierce had been nothing more than close friends, and no matter how much he had wanted that to change back in high school he had been to nervous to even admit he thought she was cute. But it had been several years...yet he still had those feelings. The feelings that his 18 year old self had. They had never completely gone away. Pierce looked at her and just smiled, glad to once again be surrounded by friends.

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August couldn’t help the grin on his face when Camilla said she didn’t have a boyfriend. Ugh, he was turning all gooey just like he did in front of her back then, wasn’t he? He was thinking about how any man could possibly have not snatched her up yet, when she asked about his girlfriend, making him hesitate. Luckily she asked if he wanted to walk before he could answer. he smiled with a bit of relief, offering an arm of his to take if she wanted while they walked. He was nothing if not a gentleman. [b]”Laney and I broke up. My girlfriend that is. She moved out before I left to come here,”[/b[ he blurted out, feeling he could be honest with Camilla. After all, he owed her that. And at this moment, he was glad to be single and here on this beautiful island with his high school crush.

Camilla smiled at him seeing him turn all gooey like he used to do back in highschool! "Awwww! Haha. You still do that? That's so cute!~" she said as she took his arm, since he offered as they walked outside and into the beautiful sands. They were making their way to the beach, which was the closest to the house. "It's so beautiful, August. And I'm sorry about yourself and your girlfriend...well ex." She said looking up at him, and instead her hand went down to his hand as she grabbed it tightly, their fingers locked on one another. This was going to be the best vacation ever! Besides, she was with her highschool crush!! Maybe there would be a second chance between them...hopefull, she really wants to be with August, ever since highschool. Camilla bit her bottom lips softly as she got closer to August, now getting closer to the beach, as she noticed some Jetskis on the beach. She never been on that before, to scared but with August she would definetly do it. "August we should definitely try that sometimes." She said pointing at the Jetski.

Mycha felt a twinge of jealousy towards Raina. That hadn't lasted long. She waved at Raina with a bit of a forced grin before focusing in Macey. "Wait, What?" She asked in surprise. "You saw that article?" Great, hopefully no one else had. "Um, the fighting career has slowed down to almost a halt." She lied. "But it was just a small piece in Fight Magazine." She said, shuffling her feet some. "Should we let these two reminisce while we get you settled?" She said, hoping her anxious need to escape that area wasn't that noticable.

Raina raised an eyebrow and smirked, finding it rather hard to imagine Pierce as a lawyer. And no longer partying. Well, seems they’d both changed quite a lot. She let out a soft chuckle when he complimented himself and adjusted his tie, thinking he’d done very well for himself. Not the famous faces of some of their friends, but certainly well off she was sure. At least he hadn’t lost the ability to make her smile. Whenever one of her boyfriends, if that’s what you wanted to call all those one night stands at parties, sent her into needing a shoulder, she knew she could turn to Pierce. She knew she was dumb for not finding a way to stay in contact with him after high school. Perhaps she could have even ended up with someone decent like him. ”Well, I’m very impressed,” she said sincerely, reaching up and moving his tie just a hair to the right, as he’d off centered it when he’d adjusted it just a second prior. ”I left the party scene in college. And I guess I’ve settled down too. I have to say I think high school me would be disappointed with how boring I’ve become,” she grinned. She then realized everyone seemed to be pairing up. Abraham and Abby, her and Pierce, surely Camilla and August knowing them. Even Macey and Mycha were just talking by themselves. Oh well. She was sure they’d all have dinner or lunch together and all catch up as one group soon. In the meantime… ”I hope you don’t mind but I think I’d like to sit out here and talk to you for a bit. The others seem to have all paired off anyway to talk,” she shrugged, looking around her before finding what she deemed a good spot and sitting down and seeing Mycha smile and wave before looking back to Macey. Raina smiled back sincerely and waved, getting comfortable on the sand and patting the spot next to her for Pierce.

"Fight Magazine! That's what it was!" Macey smiled and picked up the rest of her bags, rocking back and forth on her heels. "I'm glad to hear you're doing alright." She smiled, trying not the bring up Mycha's mothers passing. She was sure it was still a touchy conversation, so she didn't want to cause any sadness. After a few seconds of spacing out, Macey looked at her and smiled. "Sure, I need to get unpacked don't I?"

Mycha was not annoyed by the physical contact of Pierce. She was foolish to believe that because he happened to even remember her that anything in that area had changed. Oh week, she thought shrugging her shoulders slightly. "Yeah, sounds good." She replied to his talking later bit. "OK Macey, let's go get you settled." She started walking towards the mansion, knowing Macey would follow. Odd that they seemed to have connected, they hadn't really been close in school. But she was willing to get over that.
She had a craving for chocolate covered almonds and wondered if there were any in the pantry... Or supplies to make them any way. "Hey, how well do you think the pantry here is stocked?" She asked Macey, trying to make small talk. Damn, it was a lot easier talking to old people. They had cool war stories. And grand baby stories. And poodle stories. She shock her head to try to clear it a little. She had gotten so lame! No wonder Oliver hadn't wanted to stick around.

Macey followed behind Mycha with her bags in hand, slowly making their way up the beach to the mansion. Once inside, she looked around with a grin. "This place is huge!" She set her bags down and walked around, peeking her head in a few rooms here and there. "Oh I'm not sure, are you hungry?" She said replying to Mycha's question. Macey leaned against the kitchen counter with a sweet smile. "Maybe we can all get together and eat dinner or something. Does that sound like fun?" She looked around the kitchen, opening and closing pantry doors. They were stocked full thankfully. Soon, she made her way over to a large bay window and looked out, taking in the view. It was beautiful.

"Not hungry, necessarily." She said with a bit if a giggle as she conducted her own search. She found almonds, now she needed chocolate. "Just a snacky craving is all. And I know! Isn't this place great?! And I agree, hopefully we can get everyone together to do a dinner, or else this has the potential to be the worst reunion ever." Bingo. Chocolate. She didn't have the energy to melt the chocolate to cover the nuts so she would just eat some chocolate and pop a few almonds in here and there. That could work. "I fully enjoy the beach. I've been needing to get out of Philly for a while now."

August blushed even more fiercely when Camilla said he was being cute, coughing slightly as if trying to regain a little dignity. He had grown up quite a bit since high school, so it was just a little embarrassing to still be that affected by her smile. He smiled as she took his arm, enjoying walking with her along the sandy beach and the light breeze that came from the ocean. ”It’s alright,” he shrugged when she mentioned his ex, feeling a bit weird talking about her with Camilla, but any awkwardness left when she took his hand. He squeezed hers lightly in return to show the gesture was not unwelcome at all.

When she pointed at the jetski he smirked a bit, having never been on one in his life if he was honest. But, he wasn’t going to deter Camilla from them trying it. ”Sure, we’ll have to slip into our swim suits later and try them out,” he grinned sincerely, thinking just about anything would be fun with Camilla. Even the mundane.

Pierce smiled when she fixed his tie, his sister had always done the same thing. He wasn't anywhere near a perfectionist, after all he had just learned how to tie a tie. He nodded, accepting the offer to sit down and relax. Pierce couldn't wait to catch up on all the things that at happened over the many years of no contact. "I'll catch up with you guys later. Im going to stay here and talk to Raina for a while." He drapped his arms over the other girls shoulders, one on Macey's and the other on Mycha's. "It's good to see you both again, we'll talk later alright?" He smiled and let go of them, following Raina and taking a seat right next to her on the sand. He leaned back on his hands, staring ahead into the water with a peaceful sigh and a smile. "So what's on your mind?" He said, his eyes locked on Raina's with his ever so famous grin.

Mycha kind of giggled. "You know, it's kind of crazy that we are all here." She said popping up onto the counter. "Everyone seems to have changed so much since highschool, but not even that feels like it was that long ago. But then again ever since my dad passed away everything seems to have sped up a lot." She took another bite of chocolate and almonds. Was she really so desperate for companionship that she was reducing herself to small talk? "So, tell me about yourself Macey. How is life on your side of the fence?"