- Paige's POV - The Next Day -

"Ah, love birds in their natural habitat." I hear, which wakes me up, and I raise my head up a little bit to peer over Jade's shoulder at my old bedroom door to see Emily Sonnett.

"Go away." I say and put my head back down on the pillow beneath my girlfriend's chin.

"No can do, don't you wanna have fun with me and your siblings today?" She says, and Jade stirs. "Yes, but I would also like to wake up next to my girlfriend without an interruption." I say. "Awwww, Paigey is growing up. Also your girlfriend is hot."

"Sonnett, just get out!" I say, annoyed. "Okay, okay. Bye!" She says quickly and runs out of the room as my girlfriend's homd around me tightens. "Morning." She says and I huff. "Sorry the child woke you up." I say. "Don't apologize, pookie. You're cute when you're annoyed." She says and kisses my nose, making me smile.

"We need to get up, right?" She asks and I nod.

We're spending the day together with Brandon, Danielle and Sonnett, and Oakley.

It's early and we're heading to Cocoa Beach.

Jade and I get up before getting dressed into our outfits for the day.

I dress into swim trunks that are are red and black striped, with a random old Lake Nona High tee, and some socks and slides. Jade puts on her black and white checkered swim trunks with a short sleeve button up that's open, and some slip on Vans.

She puts on a snapback backwards, before reaching back down into her suitcase, pulling out a black one that says 'Texas' on it. She turns around with a smile and walks towards me. "Here ya go." She says softly as she gently puts it on my head backwards, and I smile.

We then make sure we have what we need after checking with everyone.

"Alright kid, have fun, be careful." Mom says. "Who's driving?" Mama asks. "I am." Danielle says. "Safely, please." Mama says and Danielle nods.

We all then head outside to Danielle's Suburban and pile in. Jade and I get the third row seating to ourselves, which is nice.

Once we start getting going on the road after getting gas and all, I begin to introduce everyone.

"Jade, I'd like you to meet my older sister, Danielle, our older brother Brandon, Danielle's fiancee, also my teammate Emily Sonnett, and you already have met Oakley. Everyone, the amazing Jade Tanner, my beautiful and amazing girlfriend." I say.

"Hi." Jade says. "Hey." Everyone says. She then gets to know everyone and everyone gets to know her some more on our close to an hour and a half car ride in which I fell asleep.

I just woke up and got out of the car to stretch.

"Ah, I haven't been here, or to the beach at all in a long time." I say with a smile as I look over the ocean.

"It's nice to have some beach time." Danielle says and I nod.

We grab what we need from the trunk before heading down the beach together to find a good spot. We all get out of our cover ups and all.

"Last one to the water is a loser." Oakley says quickly and we all take off towards the ocean. Danielle and I target Brandon and both shove him, causing him to fall and we laugh as we continue running.

"I got ya." Jade says with a laugh as she picks my up bridal style and books it through the sand. We easily catch up to Sonnett who was fighting against Oakley for the lead.

"Hey, no fair!" Sonnett yells with a laugh as I hold on.

"Ready?" Jade asks. "Yep." I say knowing what she's gonna do as we hit the water.

She turns quickly and falls backwards with me in her arms and we go underwater before resurfacing and laughing our asses off.

"Brandon lost!" Oakley yells. "Hahahaha, he's always been a loser." I laugh. "How's the L-Train these days, bro?" Danielle says making us all laugh. "It's alright." He says with a shrug as we all make a circle a little ways into the water.

"Damn, I missed the ocean." Brandon says. "Didn't you bring Leo and Laura not too long ago?" I ask. "Yeah, but that was the first time in years." He says and I nod.

I notice Oakley just wading and looking out over the water, so I make my way over to her.

"Hey." I say, causing her to look over at me. "Hey." She says before looking back at the horizon.

"What's on your mind, kid?" I ask. "Nothing much." She says. "Nah, come on." I say softly.

"Maya would love today." She says. "Yeah, she would." I say and wrap and arm around her side as we keep each other afloat.

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We're back on the beach now just messing around. Well I'm sitting on a towel in the shade of an umbrella, watching Jade, Sonnett, and Oakley mess around down near the water.

"Careful you three, I have make sure Oakley stays in one piece." I yell to them, and they look up at me before laughing and giving thumbs up.

"You seem really happy." Danielle says, making me look over at her and Brandon. "I am." I say with a smile that was already plastered on my face.

"Good." Brandon says. "I don't think I've seen you this happy in a really long time." Danielle says, and I look down as I move my arms from around my legs to my face, taking off my sunglasses.

"Because I haven't been. It's nice for a change that things are starting to look up for me." I say, and the two nod. "You deserve the happiness, Paige." Brandon says. "After everything you've been through, you do." Danielle says. "I do." I say, agreeing, before turning my attention back to the three.

Jade picked Oakley up by her arms and Sonnett has her legs as they swing her before dropping her into the ocean.

"Oh, baby Mama's calling." Brandon says making me laugh. Danielle and I look at each other before getting up and running towards our partners and jumping on their backs.

"Hold on." Jade says with a laugh and before I know it, we're falling backwards and hit the water.

"Ass." I say with a laugh and slap her arm after I resurface.

"You're beautiful." She says as she helps me get my hair out of my face, then we share a kiss.

"I love you, J." I say, and she smiles automatically as her eyes become brighter.

"I love you, too, PK." She says with a smile as we share another kiss.