Long Island Sound

Alice shrugged "Okay I guess"

Tyler smiled and took her hand before leading her to the mess hall

Shawn and Ty walked along the beach talking.

~Xavier
I walk up out of the ocean, holding the ring between my fingers.

"Hey, I think you dropped this," I say, smiling as I walk up towards her.

~Lilith~
I look at him briefly, then returning my gaze to the sky. I don't respond.

~Xavier
"I know you're mad at me, and I don't blame you. And if you want to stay mad at me until I rot in the Fields of Punishment, then I'll let you do that. But you should at least hear me out this one last time. If our relationship meant nothing to you, then tune it out. If you have even one little bit of hope, or think that our time together meant something, then just please, hear me out," I say, taking a breath.

"I know now what you're mad about, and I'm really sorry for not realizing it earlier. I know you saw Regina try to kiss me, but that didn't happen. I stopped her, but while I was trying to stop her she got the better of me and pushed her into her cabin. After that, there was nothing. I shouted at her, she let me go and laughed, and I left. Is it really so hard to believe that she would do something like that, just for fun? Well, if you can't take my word for it, at least do yourself the favor of confronting her, face to face. I think that under her front, she's not nearly as mean as she seems. If you can scare her, she'll tell you the truth - and if that's exactly what I just told you, then you'll know it's true. Anyways, I don't know if you listened to me or not, and I'll understand if you never want to see me again. But I'm sorry if I hurt you. I would rather have never met you at all, then to have to bear to see that I was the one who hurt you. I'm sorry, Lilith..." I say, faltering for words.

"I guess I'll hold onto this for now. I know it's a lot to think about, so I'll give you as much time and space as you need. I just hope you can find it in your heart to forgive me, or at the very least look for the truth. Whatever you choose to do, just remember I'll never forget you for as long as I live."

With that, I walk off the beach and head to my cabin, this time going the long way around to avoid Regina's cabin. Falling for that trick was not a mistake I would ever be making again.

Tara walked onto the beach, decked out in Fourth of July stuff. She took a deep sniff. "I can almost smell the fireworks I won't be getting kissed under," she said to Chris, who snickered.

{ Trinity }
My shoulder was now wrapped around in gauze, and I'm not really in the mood to care for the Fourth of July, "I feel you," I mutter.

Sarah sat on the sand as tears fell from her eyes

Tara patted Trinity's uninjured shoulder. "We can hang out. It'll be fun."

Logan set out a blanket in the sand for him and Brae to sit on. He may have been early but he didn't care. He had his guitar with him.

Sarah turned and saw people coming for the fireworks

Jasper put a blanket down down on the beach and sat down.
Andrew set up a place on the beach and sat down with Alice.
Chase found a nice place on the beach and sat down with Ty.

Mallory walked along the beach and sat next to Andrew, "Hey." She said kissing his cheek, "Hi Alice."

Madison sat beside Chase and kissed him

Zoe and Macy sat down by Jasper

Chelle flew from wherever-the-heck she'd been and solidified next to Tara. "Sup."

"Hey," Tara greeted, seemingly unaware of the glares Chris and Chelle were exchanging. "Trinity, have you met Chelle...?"

Andrew put an arm around Mallory and Alice waved.
Chase smiled and kissed her cheek.
Jasper waved.

Logan saw everyone setting up. He quietly strummed his guitar and sang Waiting on the World to Change by John Mayer.

Justin set up a blanket for Emma and himself. He waited.

Mallory smiled and curled up into Andrew

Madison smiled and leaned her head against Chase's arm

Zoe smiled and kissed Jasper softly

Emma walked over to Justin "Hey."

"Hey Em." He said, with a smile. "Sit down." He said, patting a spot next to him on the blanket.

Sarah saw Emma and Justin and quickly left

Emma sat down and waved when she saw Alice with Andrew.
Chase smiled and watched the water waiting.
Jasper smiled and kissed her back.

Brae made her way down to the beach, wearing her Free Hugs sweater and a pair of jeans with converse.