"Why would it be a problem?" Katie asked her back.
"Well, after what Chris freaked out about and what you told me, I don't want this to be the special place. If you know what I mean!" Ali, although she has great reflexes, wasn't faster then Katie cause she didn't see the pillow Katie threw her way.
"Oh puh-lease!" Katie obviously didn't have a statement to add to that so Ali threw a pillow at her. It clocked her in the face.
Now what happens when two best friends start throwing pillows at each other? It turns into a huge pillow fight right? Well that would have been fine if Chris and Joey hadn't walked in just as Katie tossed one Ali's way and missed and made contact with Chris's head instead.
"Gee, nice to see you really do love me?" Chris picked up the pillow and instead of throwing it body slammed her and then touched the pillow to her. "How do you like that?"
"I don't like it very much," that voice could only have been that of Katie's adoring beau Lance. He had caught Chris's act and decided to join in himself.
For the next ten minutes it was a vicious fight. Pillows flying left and right, but poor Chris was usually the one getting sacked the most because he kept laughing at the others. "Let's call a mini truce and go get Jc." Everyone nodded and grabbed a pillow and crept out of the room.
"Come on you guys he's in there with Justin. You two girls grab Jc from behind and we'll tackle Justin." They all nodded and charged into the room. Ali grabbed Jc's arms and Katie picked up his leg and they struggled to carry him into the other room. Chris and Lance had already gotten Justin out into the hall and pushed him into Ali's room. They all started throwing pillows and hitting each other until Justin started tickling Ali.
"No wait that's no fair! This is a pillow fight not a tickle Ali until she bursts fight!" Ali tried to wiggle out of his grasp but couldn't.
"But this is oh some much more fun."
"Yea, maybe it might be," Katie caught what Lance had meant and jumped out of his way. He landed on Joey. "No way!" Lance said laughing, "I don't swing that way!"
"Very funny! And you think I do?" Joey said defensively.
"Well hey, I don't see what you do on your spare time..." He was going to continue his explanation but he was interrupted by Ali throwing a pillow at him.
Apparently she had wiggled, finally, out of Justin's hands and was back on the defensive. "Got you! Ha ha," Ali dodged the pillow Lance threw and ran out of the room. She came back with ice hidden behind her back. Justin and Jc had their backs turn, they were smacking Chris and Joey. She took the moment and put each ice cube down their backs. Then she ran to the other side of the bed.
"Argh!!!!!!!" Justin and Jc screamed at the same time. Both dancing around trying to get the ice out. "You are dead!" Jc and Justin ran at her at the same time and picked her up and carried her out of the room.
Lance, Chris and Joey smiled and grabbed Katie as well and followed Justin and Jc. They headed outside towards Ali's pool. It was extremely hot out so it seemed a dip was a good idea. The girls were smiling as well until they found out that they were going in clothes and all. The guys threw Katie and Ali at the same time and they both made huge splashes.
"Oh my god!" Ali screamed as she came up. Katie was trying get the water out of her lungs. "Now who's dead," Ali was out of the pool running towards Jc. She grabbed his wrist and swung him into the pool's deep end head first.
Ali walked away from the edge and pushed Joey and Chris in who were talking and laughing about something. They didn't even realize what had happened and they came up laughing.
Katie had gotten out and was kissing Lance's cheek saying how it was ok and that she thought it was really funny. She waited until Lance was really into the kisses that she pushed him in. Unfortunately Lance had a hold on Katie's waist and she went in with him.
"Hey, no fair!" Katie said splashing Lance.
"There wasn't any rules baby." Lance ducked her head under the water.
"Ali, aren't you coming in?" Joey asked.
"I'm going to change into a suit. Come on Katie you should too." Ali obviously wanted to tell Katie something so Katie came along. As they grabbed their suits from the cabana in the yard Ali brought up what they were discussing before, "so you think they'll come down there with us?"
"Do you think they'll just stay here? They are going to love it. And it will be so deserted. So romantic!"
"Oh god. Come on let's get changed and go back out." They changed in the rooms and went out. Ali and Katie also put on cover ups, but Ali's really didn't cover anything up. "Um, Ali dear isn't a cover up supposed to cover something up?" Katie asked. Katie was wearing a short and pretty dress with flowers on it and Ali was an ankle length dress with fish net material.
"You have a man. I don't so there isn't anyone to stop me." Ali said as she walked towards the pool.
They were both wearing amazingly small bikini's only they couldn't see Katie's due to her dress. As they stepped over the to edge of the water where the guys were in it goofing around they all stopped and stared. "You know I have one like that on two." Katie whined.
"Right and so do I." Chris said laughing.
"TMI! Don't talk again Chris I just got a really bad visual." Jc said as he covered his ears.
"What does TMI mean?" Asked Lance.
"Too much information," Ali explained. Lance smiled. "So what do you guys think?" Ali put her arms over her head and spun around. It was a baby blue bikini that tied behind the neck and the bottoms were small with ties on either side.
"Wow!!!" Joey screamed. "I lost my teddy bear, can I sleep with you?" Joey said winking.
"Oh come on," Ali said giggling.
"Here wait," Katie said as she started taking off her dress. Her bikini was a little less revealing. They were short bottoms that were black and the top was more a sport bra kinda thing that was white and unzipped a little down the front.
" I like Ali's better," Jc said. Justin, Joey and Chris nodded in agreement.
"Gee thanks a whole lot." Katie said.
"Well you have a boyfriend that would kick our butts if we hit on you." Joey said.
"Come on let's have some fun!" With that Ali jumped in and pulled Katie in with her. They spent a good part of the afternoon in the pool and having fun. At around 2:30 Ali went inside to bring out sandwich makings and set up for lunch on the deck. As Ali set down the last plate Joey and Chris ran up to serve them selves. "Come eat guys!" Ali called to the others and then took a seat to relax.
"Aren't you going to eat?" Justin asked.
"I'm not hungry thanks. But Katie and I have to tell ya'll something when you're all done."
Justin nodded and went to the group. "Lance darling, will you come here for a minute?" Katie asked as she saw he had his plate together. Lance moved over to where Katie was sitting. "I think we need to cheer Ali up. I mean she's very good at putting on acts. Believe me I know. What should we do?"
"I think she and Justin have to get back together." Lance said pointing out the obvious.
"Yeah, I'm working on it." As Katie was going to say something more but Ali interrupted them.
"You guys, Katie and I have decided to make this visit count so we're going to take you guys to a very special place of ours." Ali explained. "We're going to be saying good bye to you guys there so bring everything with you and anything else."
"I don't understand?" Jc complained.
"None of us do but just go with it." Justin said smiling.
"Be ready to leave here at 6." Ali said.
"Wha?" Ali just smiled and kissed Jc's confused face and jumped into the water.
Justin sat in awe watching her gracefully do laps back and forth in the pool. His concentration was interrupted by the phone. "I'll get it," Justin jumped up and ran inside to answer. "Hullo?" Justin asked trying to disguise his voice.
"Hello is Miss Ali Thompson there?" The voice asked.
"No, I'm sorry she's unavailable at the moment but I can give her a message."
"We're just calling to confirm the reservation at the Golden Inn in Avalon, New Jersey."
"Oh I see, well yes we are all coming thank you." Justin hung up the phone and went back outside. Of course with a huge smile on his face.
"Who was that?" Katie and Lance asked at the same time. When they did Lance looked at Katie with a loving glow and kissed her mouth tenderly.
"No one it was a wrong number." Justin brushed it off easily.
"Alright, well I think I've had all the swimming for one day I'm going to go take a shower and then pack. Only 3 more hours until we leave ya'll." Ali said and she grabbed her towel and walked inside.
"I'm going to go with her. I need to ask her something." Justin said as he too grabbed a towel and went inside. He walked up the stairs and heard his voice escaping Ali's stereo. He peered into the open door and there was Ali dancing in a towel to ‘It Makes Me Ill'. "Encore, encore!" He yelled.
"Oh my god!!" Ali screamed as she clutched her towel and ran behind her closet door. "What are you doing?!"
"Watching a pretty great show. And I thought we were fun to watch. Maybe you should take my spot in the group." Justin smirked.
"Well I think I'd be better as Chris since I'm a soprano too." Ali said laughing.
"I heard that!!!" Chris said running in. "I was coming in to ask if I could leave some stuff here since I know we'll be back and I heard Justin laughing." Chris was saying as he crept closer towards Ali who clutched her towel even tighter.
"Please Chris I was just kidding. You know I love you." Ali made a mad dash past him but her caught her arm and pulled her close. "Ok, I'm sorry."
"I know I was just kidding." Chris let her go and pulled Justin out of the room so she could change. Justin went back in when her door opened again and sat on her bed.
"Can I ask you something?"
"Sure Justin. What?"
"Sit here and let me feel your hands and face."
"Excuse me?" Ali asked puzzled by Justin's request.
"Well by doing that I believe I can figure out exactly where we're going."
"Oh, ok." Ali sat down and faced Justin and closed her eyes. Justin took her hands into his and in twined his fingers with hers. He could feel her pulse quickened and he smiled. He rubbed his fingers on her palm and then up her forearm. He then brought them to her cheeks and traced the outline of her face. "Did you figure it out yet cause this tickles."
"Alright I think we're going far away. Avalon I think. Yes and I felt gold, the Golden Inn perhaps. Yes, Avalon, New Jersey." Justin said proudly.
"How, wha-" before Ali could ask any more Justin kissed her cheek and left the room. He left a confused and warm Ali on her bed grinning.