It was a sunny day on the beach of Canterlot with few people out on the sandy shores and enjoying the cool waters. At the parking lot, Star jumped out of the van before she ran up to a nearby rail and leaned against it looking out at the sea. She smiled brightly as she took in a deep breath and let out a relaxing sigh.
“This is so awesome!” Star chimed. “I’m so happy we all came out here for the weekend!”
Eve, Iris, Camilla, Sunday, Seryn and Jade came out of the van and walked over to Star as they looked out at the beach as well.
“Wow! It’s so beautiful out here!” Eve commented.
“Indeed, it is!” Jade said. “Just look at it all! The ocean, the clean beach and the clear blue skies. Shame there isn’t that much boys though.”
“I-I’m j-just g-g-glad t-that t-there’s s-so f-few out h-here,” Iris said.
“Yeah, I think just having most of the beach to ourselves is nice,” Seryn said. “Good thing we’re borrowing our granddad’s old cabin. Can’t believe how big it is.”
“I think our parents used it once before,” A girl came up by the others. She had pinkish red hair and her skin tone was yellowish. She had on a yellow sundress and with a pink string wrapped around her waist.
“Yeah, Rhoda! My dad told me about it,” Sunday said. “He and our parents hanged out here once every time summer came up. He told me that he use to bring me and Blaze up here whenever we all came together.”
“Why yes, that is true! All of our families coming together for almost a week long vacation with one another,” Jade said. “A shame that hasn’t happened much as of late.”
“Well, the important thing now is that we get to do it!” Star said. “We should do this every summer!”
The girls started to agree with Star about her idea. Jade looked back over to the van and spoke up.
“Oh boys! How are you all doing getting our bags out the back?” Jade asked.
Blaze, Nova, Altair and a younger boy were all holding several bags and suitcases. Mostly they were Jade’s. Baze’s eye twitched as pain ran through his body. He tried to hold up as much bags as he could.
“Damnit!.... Who’s idea was it to carry all these bags!?” he asked.
“Ask…. Lover boy!” Altair said trying to keep himself from falling over.
“I-It’s not my fault!” Nova pleaded. “I just thought it would be nice of us to do for the girls!”
“We all know why you did it,” the young boy said. His hair was lavender colored and the color of his skin tone was peachy white. He had on a simple red shirt and short blue jeans.
“Shut up, Aster!” Nova said.
“Let’s just get there things into the cabin already!” Blaze said.
The guys quickly went inside of the cabin before they sit down all of the bags. The girls soon came inside of the house and sat around the living room. Jade was going over the rules of the cabin so everyone would know where to sleep.
“Alright, everyone will have a sleeping partner so we can avoid any misfortunes,” she said.
“I call dibs sleeping with Blaze!” Star said.
Blaze blushed and looked at Star. “Really? We’re starting that now?” he asked.
“What? You just look so comfy to sleep with,” Star giggled.
Blaze rolled his eyes.
“Afraid not, Star. As much I would like the idea of sharing a bed with a man, I believe we should keep things civil and not turn this trip into a something so perverse,” Jade said. “Plus we cannot just let Blaze’s lustful desires get out of contro-”
“Would you stop that!” Blaze shouted.
Jade giggles before she was telling everyone who would share a room. “Iris and Camilla will share a room together for obvious reasons. As well as me and Seryn will. Sunday and Rhoda, Star and Eve. The boys will have their own rooms since they’re so sensitive about sharing a bed with other men.”
“It’s not like we feel uncomfortable about it just…. Yeah, it just plain makes us uncomfortable,” Nova said.
“I rather crash on the couch and share a bed with another guy,” Altair said. “I even rather risk mother’s wrath and share a bed with one of you girls.”
Sunday’s mind went blank for a moment before smiling brightly. Just as she was about to say something, Seryn covered her mouth and kept her close to make sure she wouldn’t do anything.
“Sorry, Sunday but not today,” Seryn whispered.
Sunday tried to struggle out of Seryn’s hold but failed to do so. Everyone in the group went to their assigned rooms and began to change into their swimsuits.
After a few moments, Aster jumped out of his room with a wide smile. “Last one at the beach has to pay for lunch!” he shouted before he runs off outside.
Blaze stepped out of his room in his orange trunks. “Oh please, like we’re all gonna- WHAA!”
“Out of the way!” Star pushed Blaze out of the way before she ran past him.
Blaze fell on the ground before he sat up and shook his head. Just as he was about to get up, everyone else where in their swimsuits and ran over Blaze rushing outside. He let out yelps and grunts as they kept on stepping on until everyone left the cabin. His leg twitched while he groans in pain.
Iris and Eve walked by Blaze and looked down at him. Iris knelt down and poked his cheek.
“A-Are y-you o-okay?” Iris asked.
Blaze let out a simple groan.
“I think he’s okay,” Eve said. “Let’s go before we have to pay for dinner.”
“R-Right…. S-Sorry, Blaze.” Iris stood back up before she and Eve walked away.
Blaze sat back up slowly with an irritated expression. “..... I’m surrounded by jerks,” he commented.
Everyone were setting up their towels and beach umbrellas on the soft sands. Nova was putting up the volleyball net along with Aster wanting to help out. Star pulled out a small grill from the van and began cleaning it out. Some of the others were looking out at the sea as they were taking in the view.
“Ahhh, it looks so peaceful out here,” Rhoda said. “We have this whole place to ourselves for the weekend. And we don’t have any homework to ruin it.”
“Yeah, this is going to be an awesome weekend!” Camilla chimed. “I don’t know what you guys are going to do but I’m getting in the water!”
“Hey! Don’t forget me!” Sunday said before she swam after Camilla.
Camilla and Sunday went into the water and swam around. They kept going until they reached where the waves were flow high and they rode them.
“Yeah, this is awesome!” Camilla shouted.
“Yeah! I can do this all- AAAAAHH!” Sunday screamed before they all came crashing down. The group were soon washed up on the shore as their bodies were filled with pain. Camilla and Sunday both groaned.
Jade stood over them and shook her head. “Surely you two would have realized that it was better to ride the waves if you had boards or something?” she asked.
“Shut…. Up,” Camilla replied.
“I’m just asking,” Jade commented.
Eve sat down under one of the umbrellas and watched the others walking around the beach. Jade looked over to see her and went over to her before sitting down next to her.
“Darling, are you enjoying yourself?” Jade asked. “You don’t seem to be wanting to join in with the others.”
“It’s fine, I’m a little sleepy is all,” Eve replied. “Star and I stood up last night because she was excited about this. Heh, she pretty much were trying out some video games. I have never played them before.”
“Well seeing as you are a princess from another world, I would imagine you wouldn’t,” Jade said.
Eve’s eyes widen and she looked at Jade with shock. “H-How did you know what?” Eve asked nervously.
“Dear, my folks are friends with Star’s family and they have been there ever since your mother came to our world,” Jade said. “It didn’t take long for me to figure out that you’re the daughter of the princess and that you would be attending our school in a unofficial foreign exchange.”
“.........”
“Also Nova told me everything after I asked,” Jade added.
“Ah, that explains it,” Eve said.
“Hmhm, he's very open when I talk too him,” Jade said. She looks over to where Nova is. He was inflating the beach ball and she smirked. “I do have to admit, he is handsome to look at and he is fun to talk to.”
“Oh? You think you might be crushing on him?” Eve asked.
“I wouldn't say crush but I'm not ruling out anything just yet,” Jade replied. “I'm just simply stating what I'm thinking. Speaking of crushes though…”
Jade and looked behind and pointed. Eve looked over her shoulder and saw Iris walking along with Blaze. She had a smile on her while Blaze tried to avoid looking at her directly because of his burning cheeks. His cheeks burnt because of Iris’s one-piece swimsuit and how it was a bit revealing. Eve chuckled and looked back at Jade.
“I think Blaze likes that outfit on her. Even if he doesn't want to admit it,” Eve said.
“Even the more reason to get him to speak his true feelings for her!” Jade said. “Oh, I can just see the two going on dates and looking adorable together at school!”
“Are we really doing this? Trying to pair them together?” Eve asked.
“What would be the harm of it?” Jade retorted. “It just seems clear that Blaze likes Iris a lot and Iris seems very fond of him.”
“I feel if we took ‘a lot’ and ‘very’ out of that sentence, this would be a different conversation,” Eve commented.
“You'll see, I promise!” Jade said. “Now I'm gonna head over and see if there's a spot we could leave those two so they could have some privacy.”
“..... Um-”
“To talk, I swear!” Jade added.
“Alright, if it’s just for talking. I did see a small area of rocks over there,” Eve suggested. “The rocks are high enough for cover and it could be perfect for them.”
“Good! This is coming together rather marvelously!” Jade said. “Now how do we get them over there?”
“Mmmhh…. Maybe, I could get them over there and sneak away leaving the two alone there,” Eve suggested.
“Yes! That would work spectacularly!” Jade chimed. “Let’s put our plan into action now!”
“Can’t we…. Just wait until we have some fun first?” Eve asked. “We just got here and we have all weekend to hook them up.”
“Oh, well that is a good point,” Jade said. “Very well, today we’ll have simple relaxing fun but tomorrow we have some pairing to do!”
“Riiiiiight, pairing stuff,” Eve said. ‘It’s the only way for me to actually relax and not get involve in this crazy stuff so soon. I would say something about this but…. Well if she’s anything like other Jade, her mind is made up.’
Just as everything was now set up and Star looked around for a moment. She then raised a brow. “Hey, did any of you guys remember when the triplets are suppose to get here?” she asked.
On cue, a car drove up by the house and Kringle, Jangle and Jingle walked out of the car. They each carried their own bags while Jingle was hopping around with excitement.
“Woohoo! We’re here!” Jingle shouted. “Hey everyone! Looks like we came just in time for some awesome fun!”
Kringle looked around and he was checking out each of the girls. He smiled brightly and let’s out a content sigh. “I love the beach,” he commented.
Jangle stayed quiet as he had on sunglasses and a white shirt unlike his brothers who are only in their swimming trunks.
Star smiled brightly before she waved at them. “Hey guys! Bout time you three got here!” she said. “Now we can really kick off this weekend!”
Jingle left his bags in front of the house before he was running up towards the beach. He jumps into the water and starts splashing Sunday and Camilla.
“Hehehe, hey!!” Sunday yelped.
“Oh, you’re gonna get it!” Camilla runs into the water and splashes Jingle back. Sunday giggled before she went and joined in on the fun.
Nova went over to Jangle. “Hey man, how have you been doing?” he asked.
“I’m doing okay,” Jangle replied.
“Anything new happening?” Nova asked.
“Not really,” Jangle answered.
“.... Anything you want to talk about?” Nova asked.
“No, I got nothing,” Jangle said.
Nova blinked. ‘I forgot he doesn’t talk much,’ he thought.
Kringle was walking by before he saw Jade and Eve. He smirked before he sat down between the two. “Well hello, ladies. How are you two doing today?” he asked.
“Oh, we’re just doing alright, Kringle,” Jade said. “We’re just relaxing and laying out on the sun.”
“Pretty much,” Eve said.
“You girls put on any sunblock? I can be more than happy to help with your backs!” Kringle said as he held up a bottle.
Eve rolled her eyes. “Sorry, you’re kinda late for it,” she said. “Plus it would be weird.”
“Now why would it be so weird? It’s not like we’re related or anything,” Kringle said.
Eve stayed quiet before she looked over at Jade for a moment. Jade tried to hold back her laugh and Eve let out a sigh. She looks at Kringle. “Yeaaaaah, let’s just say we’ve already put on our sunblocks and leave it at that,” she said.
“Um…. Okay?” Kringle said feeling confused. He then looks at Jade. “I would be more than willing to share my famous back massage with you girls. Trust me, it will be magical~”
Jade pondered on it for a moment before she smirked. “I wouldn’t mind that one bit-”
Just before Jade could finish, Kringle was hit in the side of his head by a volley ball. Kringle winced in pain before he looked over and shot a glance. He saw Nova as he stood over by the net and shrugged.
“Whoops! My bad! My hand totally slip and accidentally went over to you,” Nova said. “Hey while we’re at it, why don’t we all do a three-on-three matches? It looks like we have more than enough for everyone to have teams of three!”
“No thanks, I think we all-” Kringle was about to say until he was cut off by Eve.
“Hey yeah! That sounds like a fun idea!” she said.
“Sweet! So how should we do it?” Star asked. “We pick straws?”
“How about we try picking our teammates. You know, so everyone can get a fair team,” Nova said.
Both Star’s and Jade’s eyes widen as an idea popped in their heads. They smirked as Star looked at Eve and Jade looked at Iris. ‘Perfect!’ the two thought.
Star grabbed Eve and pushed her towards Blaze. “I volunteer Eve to be Blaze’s teammate!” she said.
“W-What?” Eve asked confused by Star’s suggestion.
“W-Wait, why would you-” Blaze was about to say until Iris was pushed against him.
“I think Iris would make a good teammate too! After all, you two know each other very well!” Jade said.
“H-Huh? W-Wouldn’t m-my s-sister be-”
“Yeah, Iris! You should pair off with Blaze!” Star said and gets to Iris and whispers. “You can work on the inside and see if you could get Eve and Blaze together!”
“B-But S-Star, h-how c-can I i-if t-there’s a b-ball-”
“Just go with it and do your best!” Star said and gave her a thumbs up.
“I don’t know, maybe someone else can pair off with Bla-” Eve was about to say until was cut off.
“Oh don’t be ridiculous! You’ll be perfect as a teammate for Blaze!” Jade said. She walks over to Eve and whispered. “This could be a gold opportunity to get Blaze and Iris closer! You do what you can and he’ll never suspect you for trying!”
“B-But wouldn’t it make sense for you to do it?” Eve asked. “And didn’t we just agree-”
“Oh, no, no, no, Blaze see it coming easily if I tried. He and I have a good understanding of each other,” Jade said. “And I’m keeping my promise to you. I’m merely making a suggestion for you while having this big perk in being teamed up with him and Iris.”
“.... You two understand each other?” Eve asked.
“More like, he thinks I think of him as a barbaric man with the desires of the buttocks while I understand him having the desire for my rear,” Jade replied. “After all, it is that desireable.”
“..... I’ll just…. Yeah, I’ll stay on the team,” Eve said. “Just never mention this again.”
“Deal!”
“Alright, everyone else pair up so we can get started!” Star said.
Soon enough the teams were coming together and getting ready for the game. Nova was paired off with Jade and Rhoda. Star went and teamed up with Jingle and Camilla. Jangle, Aster and Seryn formed together and finally, Sunday, Kringle and Altair made a team which Sunday was very delighted to be a part of.
“Alright, who wants to go first?” Nova asked.
“Oh! My team can go first!” Star replied.
“Your team? Pffft, yeah right. This is clearly my team,” Camilla said.
“No way! I formed it together!” Star argued.
“Girls, can’t we just say it’s our team?” Jingle suggested.
“.... No!” the two girls shouted.
Jingle shrugged. “I tried,” he commented.
Nova sighed as he let the two girls duke it out and looks to the rest. “Okay, who’s gonna go first?” he asked. “Because I think they’ll be busy for a bit.”
“Our team can go first!” Jade said. “And we can go up against my brother’s team!”
“I’m cool with that,” Altair said.
Sunday looked at Altair with a goofy smile as she was checking his upper torso. She let out a dreamy sigh. “Oh you’re the exact opposite~” she said.
Altair raised a brow and looked at Sunday. “What was that?” he asked.
Sunday’s eyes widen and she stiffened. “I-I mean, it’s the exact opposite! You know because it’s just a hot day and all that? Hehehehe….”
“..... Okay?”
“Let’s go take our sides!” Jade said before she went over to one side with her team,
Altair shrugged before he went over to the other side with his team. Jade took her team and Nova had the ball.
“Alright, first serve!” Nova said. He raised the ball up before hitting it over the net.
The ball headed towards Sunday. “I got it!” She ran towards it and hits the ball back over the net.
Rhoda looked up to see the ball heading towards her. Her eyes widen and she shivered for a moment before she ducked down. The ball went over her and it landed on the sand.
“Woo! Point for us!” Sunday chimed.
“Nice one, Sunday!” Kringle said.
“That was a really good serve there,” Altair complimented.
Sunday blushed from Altair’s comment.
“Rhoda, you practically had the ball!” Nova said. “What happened?”
“I-I’m sorry, I have a few little fears that most people wouldn’t have but yet I do anyway. Probably got it from my mother’s side,” Rhoda explained. “And one of them is…. Well, a ball coming towards me like a flying meteor.”
“.... You’re afraid of balls?” Nova asked.
“Well…. Yeah, somewhat,” Rhoda replied.
“Dear, forgive me for this, but how do you plan on having a boyfriend when you have a fear like that?” Jade asked.
Everyone looked at Jade at once while Rhoda blushed violently.
“What? Lots of men like sports involving balls,” Jade explained. “I’m just saying that her choices would shorten because of that fear.”
“Um….. Let’s just move on from this,” Nova said. “It’s the other team’s serve.*
“Wait, did we ever settle what the scoring would be?” Altair asked.
“Oh right, how about a three out of five rounds to win the game?” Nova suggested. “That way, we can switch teams out so it wouldn’t make people wait.”
Everyone agreed with Nova’s suggestion and the game continued on. Sunday had the ball and she hits it over the net. Jade quickly intercepted it and hits the ball back. The ball was about to hit the ground before Kringle quickly slide and hits it over the net.
“Wow! Nice one, Kringle!” Sunday said. “That must have been easy for you to slide!”
Kringle stood up and he turned to Sunday with a painful expression while his stomach was a tint of red. “No…. it wasn’t…. Oooowww.”
Sunday and Alair kringe at the sight of Kringle’s red belly.
The ball was heading towards Jade before she hits it with her arms. “Nova, jump for it!” she shouted.
Nova jumped towards the ball before he slammed it over the net. It hits the ground between Altair and Sunday.
“Oh shoot!” Sunday said.
“Damn, we have to watch out for him,” Altair said. “Looks like it's a tie so far. Let’s step this up, team!”
“Let’s kick some butts!” Sunday said.
The two teams went on against one another trying to better the other and score points. Time had went on the teams were tied with four points each. Altair’s team were exhausted from the game except for him while Nova’s team too were exhausted but Rhoda.
“Rhoda dear, you really need to help us out here!” Jade said. “We need all the help we can get! Nova’s good but there’s only so much he could do.”
“A-Alright, I’ll try my best to get the ball,” Rhoda said.
“Serves up!” Sunday hits the ball over the net and it went towards Rhoda. She gulped before he held her hands together as she was about to hit it. Only for the ball to hit her on top of head and it went back over the net.
“OW!” Rhoda cried.
“Way to use your head, Rhoda!” Nova complimented.
“This is why I don’t like balls!” Rhoda said.
Altair quickly intercepted the ball and hits it back. Jade got into position and she hits the ball over to Nova. He went up and slammed at the ball towards the ground but Sunday quickly got over to the net and hits it up high.
“Kringle! It’s all you!” Sunday said.
Kringle nods before he ran up and jumps high as he could. He hits the ball over the net and it heads towards the edge of the border. Nova and Jade both tried to intercept the ball. However the two were too focused on the ball and ended up crashing into each other. The ball hits the inner part of the border.
“Oh yeah! We scored!” Kringle chimed. “We won! We won! Woah!”
“Nice shot, man!” Altair said before he held up his hand.
Kringle smiled and high-fived Altair. He looked over to Sunday and smiled at her. “Nice serve there, little Sunday!” he complimented.
“Thanks! You were really awesome!” Sunday said before she gave Kringle a hug.
Kringle blushed before he hugged Sunday back and smirked. ‘Awesome! I’m getting a hug from the cutest girl ever!’ he thought. ‘.... Wow, she feels so soft and…. Man, her chest is bigger than I thought.’
“Um, Kringle?” Sunday asked. “You can let go of me.”
Kringle’s eyes widen and he let’s go of Sunday as he coughed in his hand. “Sorry about that, I was too focused by the vast of our victory,” he lied.
Sunday giggled. “Yeah, it’s awesome!” she said.
Nova let out a groan as he had his eyes closed. He opened his eyes and tried to look around. ‘Huh? Where am I and why is so soft?” he thought. ‘Am I lying in the sand or….. Oh god.’
Nova’s cheeks blushed red and he sprung up to see he was on top of Jade. He head was between her chest and felt his body tensed up as she was looking at him with a blank expression. He sweated profoundly and he didn’t know what to do.
Jade looked up at him and blinked a few times “Um... hello Nova,” she said.
“Eh..... Hi, Jade,” Nova said.
“How are you?”
“Doing good.... How about you?”
“Hmm... I'm pretty content,” Jade replied. “Although... I doubt I'm as content as you at the moment since you're pressed up against me.”
Nova blushed madly and quickly gets off of Jade. “I-I-I'm sorry!”
“It's perfectly fine! Accidents happen, hmm?” Jade gets up and brushes the sand off her skin and out of her hair
“S-Still I'm really sorry about that! I should have been paying attention!” Nova said.
“No, no, I'm equally to blame for our collision as well. It's perfectly fine! Is the sand out of my hair?”
Nova looks and sees some sand in her hair. “No but I can get that.” He gently pats away the sand out of her hair.
“Thank you!” Jade said and smiles at Nova.
Nova rubbed the back of his head and smiles back. “Heh, you're welcome.”
Jade and Nova gazed at one another as they blushed and smiled. However their moment was short lived as Star bumped Nova out of the way.
“Alright! It’s my team’s turn!” Star said.
“My team!” Camilla said.
“Damnit, it’s my team! I came up with a cool name!” Star shot back. “The Shooting Starlights!”
“I got a better name!” Camilla said. “The Camillians!”
“Oh wow, that is soooo original,” Star mocked.
“Oh like Shooting Starlights isn’t any different!” Camilla pointed out.
“For God’s sake, would you two just shut up and play the game already!?” Nova shouted. “And who’s going to be up against them?”
“W-We w-would like t-t-to g-go,” Iris said. “R-Right E-Eve and B-Blaze?”
“I’m good to go,” Eve said.
“I’m up for it,” Blaze said. He looks over to Iris. “Are you alright with going up against your own sister?”
“N-No, w-we c-can t-t-take o-on each o-other,” Iris replied. “P-Plus i-it’s p-payback.”
“Payback?” Blaze asked.
“I keep telling you, Iris! I was just borrowing that hoodie for the day!” Camilla said.
“Y-You h-have y-your own h-hoodies!” Iris shouted. “T-They’re p-part of m-my c-collection!”
“You have like a hundred of them! Get over it!”
Everyone in the group had blank expressions. Blaze and Eve looked at each other and only shrugged.
“Man, things are tensing up here,” Star said. “Dibs on my team going first!”
“Heh, you guys can go first then,” Eve said.
Both teams went on each side and got into position. Star had the ball before she hits it over the net heading towards Eve. Eve held out her arms before she bounced the ball up.
“Blaze, heads up!” Eve shouted.
Blaze gets under the ball and hits it high up. Iris quickly jumped up and she slams the ball down before it hits the ground. The moment it hits the ground, sand blow all around the area causing Star, Camilla and Kringle to cover their eyes.
“Aaah! What the hell!?” Star cursed.
When the dust cleared away, everyone looked to see there was a large hole in the sand. All their jaws dropped before they looked over to Iris.
Iris blushed as she felt embarrassed from all the stares. “W-What?” she asked.
“H-How…. How are you that strong!?” Eve asked. “Is that even physically possible!?”
“Better question, how is the ball still in once piece?” Kringle held up the ball as he looked at it confused.
“That’s what you’re concerned about!?” Star asked.
“Well, it is a good question,” Kringle replied.
“Oh that’s nothing, watch this!” Camilla took the ball from Kringle and throws it up in the air. She jumps up just as high and slams down on it. The ball heads towards Blaze and just as he was about to bounce it back, it hits him hard in the stomach. It caused him to skid across the sand leaving a long trail. “Boo yeah!”
Blaze’s body twitched with pain as he let out a long groan.
“Blaze!” Eve said as she covered her mouth. She glares over to Camilla. “Was that necessary!?”
“Don’t worry, he’s fiiiiiine,” Camilla said.
Iris went over to Blaze, knelt down and pokes at his face. Blaze let out a groan and twitched a bit. She let out a sigh of relief before she looked over to the others. “H-He’s o-okay,” she said.
“Oh thank goddess,” Eve said. “How about our team sits this out until Blaze gets back on his feet?”
“Oh come on! He can walk it off!” Camilla said. “ Blaze, you can stop pretending now and get up!”
Blaze didn’t move as he stayed laying on the sand. Iris looked at Camilla with a raised brow.
“.... I’m sorry,” Camilla said before she looked down.
“Can someone help pick Blaze up?” Eve asked.
“I can do it,” Jangle said before he walked over. He picks Blaze with ease over his shoulder and carries him away back towards the house.
Eve blinked. “Wow, how many people that are ridiculously strong?” she asked. “In fact, how are some of you-”
“W-Workout,” Iris answered.
“Yeah, we go to a gym everyday after school and weekend mornings,” Iris explained.
“Our brother is just strong like mom!” Jingle said. “It’s genetic!”
“Riiiiiight,” Nova said. “Alright since that was a bust, who’ll go next?”
Blaze laid on the bed as he recovers. His eyes slowly opened grunting from the pain of his stomach. He held his stomach slowly sitting up and looked around the room. He could see he was in one of the guests rooms and remembered what had happened to him.
“Damn…. She sure has a powerful throw,” Blaze said. “How long have been on this bed?”
Blaze noticed that the door creaked open and Iris peaked inside. She let out a sigh of relief before she walked inside. She held up a small tray with a meal on it.
“H-Hey, B-Blaze. I-I b-brought y-y-you s-some f-food,” Iris said.
“Oh uh, thanks, Iris,” Blaze said. “Wait, did you guys already ate?”
“Y-Yeah, y-you w-were out f-for t-three h-hours,” Iris said.
“Three hours!? I was out for that long!?” Blaze asked.
Iris nod.
Blaze let out a sigh before he fell back on the bed.
Iris went over to Blaze and she laid the tray on a nightstand. She sat down on the bed and she looked down.
“I-I f-feel t-this i-is m-my fault,” Iris said. “I-I s-should have m-made m-me and C-Cammy s-stay out.”
Blaze looked up to Iris. “What? No, you shouldn’t do that,” he said. “I mean, you seemed liked you want to-”
“I-I d-didn’t r-really w-wanted t-to d-do t-that,” Iris said.
“Huh?”
“I-I g-get n-nervous when I-I p-play t-team s-sports,” Iris said. “T-The only r-reason I-I w-wanted t-to p-play w-was b-because y-you and E-Eve w-were m-my t-teammates. I-I c-care a-about y-you t-two.”
Blaze looked at Iris with a blank expression. He couldn’t explain why but he felt wonderful hearing Iris say so and felt his cheeks burn a little. “Wow…. I didn’t know that made you so uncomfortable. Thanks, Iris,” he said. “But next time let us know if something makes you uncomfortable. You’re…. A really nice friend and I just want to make sure you have fun here.”
Iris smiled and she blushed. “I-I h-have f-fun w-when I-I’m w-with y-you, Blaze,” she said.
“Heh…. I’m happy to hear that,” Blaze said and smiled back at her.
“H-Hey, l-later y-you w-wanna g-go a-and swim a-around i-in t-the ocean?” Iris asked. “E-Eve a-and I-I t-though i-it would b-be f-fun t-to s-swim a-at night.”
“Isn’t that a bit dangerous?” Blaze asked.
“I-It c-can’t b-be t-that b-bad.”
The very next morning, Blaze let out a groan. He sat up and looked around to see that he was on a beach. He saw tropical trees behind him and there was nowhere the lodge could be seen. His eyes widen with the sudden realization of what had happened. He looked around frantically until he saw Iris and Eve on each side of him. The two were still out cold from the late night swimming.
Blaze stood up and he looked out towards the ocean. He tried to see if there any sign of land but to his misfortune he had not seen any. His eye twitched and he fell on his knee.
“.... SON OF A B-!”