Cassidy grinned back at Bryan and again messed up his hair playfully. Just for fun.

Carr looked at Shane thoughtfully and said, "Well, we've never spent an entire quiet evening alone at home while listening to the waves crash gently just outside our door while enjoying a wonderful meal and having a glass of wine." In the next breath, she'd wrapped her arms around his neck and said, "Oh, wait. We do that all the time. Don't you love Hawaii?" she asked him.

She kissed him lovingly on the lips for a few seconds before withdrawing and wrapped one of his hands around her waist. She laughed playfully and said, "There's a hukilau tonight, up the beach. They'll probably be starting it in a few hours." Every year, a few days before Christmas, the locals threw a huge party because, when Christmas came around, the beach was flooded with rich vacationers who only wanted to see native Hawaiian in grass skirts.

"What's more romantic than a bonfire on a beach?" She grinned at him.

OOC: Travelling, lovelies.

"Hawaii is the best place every," grinned Shane. He pulled Carr close to to him and then felt her lips against his. It was a feeling he would never get tired of. Even after five years of Carr, he still felt that tiny spark go down his spine every time they kissed. He sometimes couldn't believe how lucky he had gotten. It seemed like a dream at times; so surreal.

"Bonfire on the beach? Count me in!" grinned Shane. "Hey, and maybe I'll even dance a little in those grass skirts." He winked at her. Though, he was completely serious. If Carr wanted him to dance for her in nothing but a grass skirt and coconuts, he would do it. He liked entertaining people.

Ray grinned at Joel's interesting choice. "American food," She grinned, imagining their trip to the States and all of the fattening food they would consume. "Hm... I'll have the steak dinner." She hoped that they would think that her appetite was growing because Joel had influenced her dieting habits; not for the fact that she was expecting. She ordered as the waiter came and soon had the sumptuous food steaming in front of her. "Mm..." She sighed as she took the first bite.

Joel looked at her and chuckled, eating his food. He looked at Rachel. "Is that good, babe?" he grinned at her, winking and began to eat again.

Alexis grinned and began to eat. She sipped on her water silently, wishing she could be able to talk somehow.

Cassidy ordered her food as well and glanced at Bryan with a smile to see if he had finally been able to make up his mind on what to get.

When Aiden's food came, hr grinned and quickly started eating.

Carr grinned at Shane and danced around him excitedly, her eyes wide. "Would you really?" she asked him, her voice going up an octave. "With a coconut bra?" she asked.

She jumped up and down, bounced around him in a circle as she did so, trying hard not to squee, but knowing that she wasn't far from it. To keep from make a high-pitched squealing noise, she opted for a low-pitched hum as she dance around him.

"Come on, come on, come on, come on," she said, grabbing a hand and pulling him along the beach. It would probably take an hour to walk to the other side of the island, and then the people would start showing up.

"Yes, very," Rachel grinned right back, her mouth almost bursting as she tried to swallow. "Hows your water, Alexis?" She joked, comparing the water to her full dinner.

Shane laughed at Carr's reaction. "Yes, with a coconut bra," he said. "It'd be great. I mean, I don't know about you, but personally I think I would look absolutely marvellous with the grass skirt and bra. Don't you? I can just see myself with them on now. Ah, yes, I'll be the best looking guy there."

Carr had now begun pulling Shane along the beach. "Eager, now are we?" he grinned. He loved it when some of his trivial and ridiculous ideas got her so excited. After all, Shane liked being the fun sort of guy who knew how to have a good time and make people laugh.

"What about you?" he asked walking with her strides. "Are you going to put on a nice little grass skirt while we're there? Or am I going to be the only one?"

The waiters had placed Bryan's meals in front of him and his eyes widenened while he licked his lips. "Finally," he said as if he had been waiting for hours for his meal. He began to try some of the pasta. He then moved onto the chicken. "Excellent," he said. "Absolutely exquisite. Now we just need to put them together."

Cassidy laughed at Bryan again, she was used to this kind of thing but still. Shaking her head slightly, she started eating her own pasta.

Bryan looked over at Cassidy as he heard her laugh. "I'm amusing, eh? Glad you find me so funny, love." He shook his head at her with a grin and continued to eat his pasta and chicken.

After consuming the rest of her huge meal, Rachel still wasn't satisfied. "A chocolate sundae, please," She asked the waiter when she had successfully waved him over. She gazed down towards her stomach, feeling like it had become a bottomless pit.

OOC: Running out of materials. Get the friends to Hawaii soon.

"Oh, baby," Carr said, grinning, "I think you'd look smashing in a coconut bra. Just as good as any of the locals. Even better," she said, every muscle in her body working to prancing around as she led him away.

"I can't even tell you how much I am now looking forward to the hukilau. I mean, just the mention of grass skirts and coconut bras and I'm knee deep in the Hawaiian spirit," she said, chuckling. Her chuckle became a laugh as she added, "I could be persuaded into a grass skirt."

She settled down enough to swing him into a warm embrace, effectively bringing both of them to a standstill on the beach. She placed the side of her face against his chest and breathed him in, relaxing against him. "I love you," she said, still pressed against him.

She stood on her tiptoes and placed her lips lightly against his.

Alexis laughed and rolled her eyes at Rachel, beginning to eat her chicken and fries. She looked at her with wide eyes as she ate that much food. Woah. She was rather surprised. Joel was busy eating his food and didn't notice anything. She raised her eyebrows and shrugged, beginning to sip on her drink and looking around. They were almost done. "When do you want to head out, guys?"

Shane had his arms around Carr as she stopped to place her cheek against his chest. He held her close. "I love you too," he whispered and then her lips quickly covered his. He returned the kiss slowly and firmly.

Back in London, everyone had finished up with their meals. It was well into the night. "Well," said Bryan turning to his friends. Alexis had just suggested they should probably head out. "Let's go ahead and get back home," he said. "We'll want to wake up early so we can meet Shane and Carr tomorrow. We'll have to compensate for the time change, after all." He looked at his watch. "Come on."

So, without further ado, they all went back to their apartments to tuck themselves into bed until morning when they would head to meet their friends after years of having not seen them.

Morning soon arrived and Bryan, for once, rose early. It was near seven in the morning and he knew it would be night time where Shane and Carr were in the states. "Hey, Cass," he yawned shaking his girlfriend awake. "We should get ready to meet the others." And with that he climbed out of bed and began to get ready.

And so, back in Hawaii it was already night. Probably around eight or so and the festival Shane and Carr were at was well on its way. Shane, as he had promised Carr, was sporting a grass skirt with coconuts to match. One of the female natives in similar attire was now trying to teach him how to hula. The sight, was comical, to say the least.

ooc: I know it's a but rushed & I hope no one minds that I went ahead.

Alexis yawned and woke up after a good nights' sleep. She looked at her boyfriend, shaking him lightly and kissing him. "Aiden. Wake up, we need to leave," she said. She had already packed their stuff last night so they didn't need anything.

Joel woke up with a start and smiled down at Rachel, waking her up. "Oh, Rachel. Good morning, dear. Are you ready to go to Hawaii?" he asked her.

"As ready as I'll ever be," Rachel woke and smiled at his handsome face. She shuffled over to her still unpacked suitcase; they all had stayed up so late the night before that she had crashed before packing. WIth the flick of her wand, bathing suits, clothes, grooming products, and an assortment of other things flew into her suitcase. "When are we leaving?" She asked Joel while getting herself ready.

Cassidy opened her eyes and smiled at Bryan, "okay." She said as she climbed out of bed. "I'll be back soon." She said with a grin and walked into the shower. After showering, getting dressed, and doing her hair and make-up she came back to Bryan.

Aiden woke up immediately, even though he was really lazy and liked sleeping as much as possible, he was used to having to get up for work. He climbed out of bed and started to get ready.

"Really soon," Joel said, helping her pack while packing himself. He yawned. "I would get a easy to-go breakfast so we can hurry up and leave," he said.

Alexis looked at Aiden and frowned. "Good morning to you, too," she said harshly. She got up. "I already packed last night," she added, turning her back toward him.

OOC: Rosie and I were thinking that you guys show up at our apartment, but we're not home (obviously), so you ask some locals and they tell you about the hukilau (huge party).

Carr was standing next to Shane on the beach... or at least she had been standing next to him. At present, she was on the ground, rolling around and holding her stomach which felt like someone was sticking pins in it. She was laughing so hard she wasn't even making noise anymore; nothing but dead air was being released from her mouth as Shane tried to learn to hula.

Gasping for breath, Carr managed to grab onto a nearby log that was meant to seat four or five people around the bonfire and pull herself to her feet.

"Omigod. Omigod," she gasped, trying to right herself. "You trying to hula is like me trying to surf," she said.

She was dressed similarly, however, in a gras skirt, though she was wearing her coconut bra over a tank top and her gras skirt was now full of sand from rolling around on the beach.

"I don't... think I've ever... laughed so hard... in my... life!" she screeched between deep breaths, her face a stunning purple. "Have I mentioned lately that I love you?" she asked.

"Sorry, I'm just kind of tired I guess." Aiden said and he came over to Alexis and kissed Alexis lightly. "Morning, and thanks."

ooc: Okay. That sounds good. We'll do that. We just need at least another person to help do that.

Alexis smiled half-heartedly and nodded. "Yeah, no problem," she said, going to brush her hair in the mirror. She turned to look at him, still frowning. "I guess we're ready," she sighed, pulling her long hair (that had grown in the past five years and was down to almost her waist) to her back. "I'm sorry I snapped...." she sighed.

"It's fine, don't worry about it." Aiden said smiling over at Alexis, he wondered if there was something on her mind but decided he wouldn't say anything yet. "Do you want to go get some breakfast?"

Alexis smiled and nodded. "Yeah," she took his hand and went to the kitchen to fix a quick breakfast. She was done and she handed him a plate of eggs and toast. She smiled at him and ate her food, looking at him just thinking about things.

Bryan was already waiting for Cassidy after he had gotten ready. He had already packed all their things and they were ready to go. "Ready?" he asked Cassidy once she had finished getting ready. "We should go ahead and fetch the others. See if they're ready to get going and head out."

Shane had rolled his eyes as Carr rolled about in the sand laughing at him. He knew he looked ridiculous but he didn't care. He had learned to stop caring long ago. Besides, Carr appreciated him for this sort of thing. He knew she did.

"Actually you have mentioned it but I don't mind hearing it more than once," he told her with a wink as he trying to move his hips around like the female native was demonstrating.

It wasn't going too bad. It was probably more the fact that Shane was dancing in a skirt and bra that made this funnier than if he had been dancing in normal clothes. "Oh, by the way, I love you too," he told Carr with a light chuckle. So, if you had to rate this moment compared with that karaoke stunt I did for you five years ago, which would you say was funnier?"