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Cale 
The calm, tranquil beach was once again disturbed by a loud CRACK! and four figures appeared on the sand. Cale Newell sighed and dropped the hands of the people on either side of him--his girlfriend, Anna Greingoth, and his stepsister Ezra Greenboat. Any other day the arrival on the beach would have made the seventeen year old Prefect ecstatic, but today his nerves were being pushed to the breaking point and he was not in a good mood at all.
First off, he hated his mother. Just because he was the oldest didn't mean he was a flipping babysitter. But still, that was the role she had assigned him, forcing him to bring Lucy, the daughter of the Newell's latest house guest, Paul, along for the fun. She hadn't stopped there--in an effort to make her stepdaughter bond with him, she had forced Ezra to go with as well. Ezra only agreed after Beth had promised she could get a decent tan and wouldn't have to deal with any of Cale's friends, but that was sure to end before it even began. Ezra always caused him trouble. ALWAYS.
And, of course, she was the cause of his pounding headache right now. Ezra, Anna, and Lucy had not stopped arguing all morning. First it had been Ezra and Lucy arguing over Lucy's skin tone (Ezra insisted she was too pale for her own good) and then Anna had arrived, and as they were getting ready to do the side-along apparation, she joined in on the fighting too, and it had been going ever since.
"Will you both SHUT IT?" Cale yelled, turning on the spot to stare down his stepsister and Lucy, who were the only ones fighting now. Anna had peacefully stepped down for now at least and Lucy and Ezra were shouting at each other over something stupid.
Suddenly, Anna found herself standing right in the midst of one of the most gorgeous places she'd ever seen. Her jaw dropped and her eyes widened in awe, and she nearly didn't realize her boyfriend had dropped her hand back by her side. Anna briefly glanced down at her hand and then looked right back up at her surroundings. The place was unlike any she'd ever seen before. It was...
perfection. It was actually enough to melt the bad mood she'd been in, although, she probably couldn't say the same for her boyfriend. He'd been right smack in the middle of three feuding females for quite a while now, and she imagined he was about ready to send them all packing. Maybe not, though. Maybe when Ezra ran off to tan and Lucy went off to...do something or another, she and Cale could take a walk out on the beach, and they could enjoy some peace and quiet away from all the feuding.
Anna jumped and was taken out of her little daydreaming state at the sound of Cale's loud yell of protest. He'd finally snapped and had enough, and Anna didn't blame him. "Sorry, babe," Anna said, reaching over and smoothing down a stray curl. She knew he wasn't necessarily directing his yell at her, as she'd quietened down, but she knew she was partly to blame all the same.
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Ezra just stomped her foot in annoyance as the little brat accused her of, in turn, accusing her of theft. "It's true! I had it when we left the house, and now it's gone! Of course you took it!" she said once again. Suddenly, she turned to Anna and put her hands on her hips. "Unless it was you who stole it," she said accusingly towards her. She would totally believe it if Anna had taken her tanning oil--the girl was so annoyingly perfect and uptight, she HAD to have some flaw to her somewhere. Perhaps it was stealing.
Anna rolled her eyes and shot Cale's annoying stepsister a sarcastic glare. "Oh, yeah, Ezra," Anna mumbled. "You caught me. Out of all the fantastic things this island has to offer me, your stupid tanning oil tops the list." Anna rolled her eyes once again, annoyed that Ezra would even think of such. "You know, Ezra. I hear the sun fifty miles down the beach is a lot brighter and gives you a better tan. Why don't you run down there and check it out...
and stay for the remainder of the trip," she said, whispering the last few words. She shot the girl a smirk and then turned back to Cale.
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Cale just groaned and rolled his eyes, turning and making his way to the house. No matter what he did, Ezra would never, ever listen to him. Maybe he'd get lucky and she'd get stung by a sting ray, or bitten by a shark or something and that would finally knock her off her high horse. "Whatever, just stop shouting before I silence both of you!" he muttered, tapping the wand in the pocket of his cargo shorts threateningly as he got up to the house. That was the great part about being of age--he could carry out his threats anytime he liked now with one flick of his wand.
He glanced around and saw that a number of people had already arrived: Savannah, his fellow prefect for Hufflepuff house and her best friend, Alexis, his Quidditch Captain who loved poking fun at him and Anna during practice. Curt Diggory was also there, that Hufflepuff who had helped him track down robots at Coopers over a year ago, as well as a number of other people who were either too young for him to recognize from school, or older people that he assumed were grandparents of his classmates.
"Hey everyone," he said with a smile, giving a little wave to the forming groups of people as he made his way over. He knew that it was going to be a get-together, but this was like a full on little party they had going on here!
Anna turned on her heels and followed Cale into the house. She was more than just a little glad to leave Ezra and Lucy behind---for the moment. "Wait up, Cale!" Anna called out, jogging a little to catch up with her boyfriend. "This place is gorgeous...isn't it?" she asked, grabbing his hand as she walked with him into the house. "I can't wait to explore the beach later on!" Anna stopped talking and broke out into a huge smile when she saw all her Hogwarts friends who'd already arrived. "Hey, everyone!" she greeted. "This place is awesome! I'm so excited to be here!"