When You Have One Shot

The Beach

'Jeff?' Rachael poked her head into his room, and received a pillow being thrown at her in response. 'Hey! Don't be rude!'

She ran up and jumped on the bed, landing right next to Jeff. She repeatedly tapped her fists onto his back until he finally begged her to stop.

'Ugh... Why are you so excited?' He groaned as he sat up, knocking Rachael off the bed.

'No reason...' Her eyes flickered, and she smiled as she ran out the door.

Jeff dragged himself out of bed and started getting ready, then remembered why Rach was so excited. We're going to the beach today... He quickly snatched up a few things and shoved them into a bag, racing out the door to where the guys were waiting. They packed into the van, and realised the girls were nowhere in sight.

By the time they reached the beach, the girls had already taken up half of the sand. It was almost completely empty, unless you counted the large tents and other various things the girls had set up. Lauren, Jaime, and Julia were already in their bikinis, but Rach had just dragged Denise and Mere off to change as well.

Meredith had pulled a short sundress over her bikini, an action soon followed by Julia. 'I hate the sun. What's your excuse?' Julia asked, tossing her the sunscreen.

Meredith shot her a look. 'Bri's acting weird and being over-protective, so I jumped ahead.'

Julia nodded. 'Sounds about right.' She turned back to the mini grill they had brought and turned a few burgers.

Meredith slipped away and handed a bottle of water to Jaime. Denise stepped up behind them, putting her arms over their shoulders.

'Your boyfriends are here...' She sang.

'Maybe you should have told Lo before us. Where is she, anyway?' Jaime joked, but the three of them already knew where she was. They heard a high-pitched squeal followed by a giggle, and then another squeal.

Jaime peeked around the tent and saw Lauren being twirled by Joe, her arms clutched tightly around his neck. She was grinning as he set her down, and quickly stood on her tip-toes to whisper into his ear. Walker swung her onto his back, and they took off towards the ocean.

Rachael shrieked as they chased her, and all three finally ended up soaking wet and laughing in the waves. Jaime turned back to the guys as they unloaded the van- JoMo, Dylan, Jeff, Brosenthal, Brolden, Jim, and Darren were dragging a few things out and asking Julia where to set them up.

Jaime felt someone sneaking up behind her, and sure enough, a pair of arms quickly wrapped around her waist. She was about to cry out or whack whoever it was, when she felt Joey lean in over her shoulder. She turned her head a little to make sure it actually was Joey, grinning as he rested his head against hers.

'Wanna go for a swim?' He asked.

'Maybe later.' Jaime teased as she tried to slip away. Joey pulled her back, and Jaime cuddled back into him.

'I don't like that answer...' With that, he grabbed Jaime's hand and dragged her into the ocean.

'Ugh, couples.' Denise groaned, dropping into a beach chair.

Dylan sat down next to her and smiled. 'I'm sensing a little tension towards the girls, Deeds. You wanna maybe make a deal?'

She raised an eyebrow, and her attention was drawn to Meredith hanging over Brian's shoulder, Lauren being thrown through the air by Joe and landing in the ocean, Jaime on Joey's shoulders, and Rachael splashing about, with Jeff sitting on a chair laughing at her childish antics.