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"I want to go to the beach," Moku whined as I placed a plateful of pancakes in front of him

"The doctor said you needed to take it easy for a few days," I reminded him

"I don’t want to take it easy Besides, in a few days you’re going to be gone again I want to go to the beach with you, Tehed "Look, how about we o sit on the beach for a while"

"But I want to go swi or not--Dad will killhappens to you He’ll be back in an hour If he says you can go in the water, then you can Until then, it’s the sand or nothing"

He sighed, obviously annoyed "Fine It’s better than sitting in this stupid house, anyway"

"See? Things are looking up already" I brushed a kiss over the top of his head "I’e into o"

A few minutes later, Moku and I had cleaned up the kitchen and were on our way down to the beach He was practically dancing with excite ti out with my brother at the beach, and if I was lucky, maybe some of an Brianne Mark My stoht

We had barely crossed the street before I saw the their boards out to catch a hile irlfriends Brianne and Mickey watched fro since I’d seenthem now made me realize just how much I’d missed them

"Look, Te at the water Sure enough, in his bright orange and white Hawaiian board shorts, Mark was hard to ood," I told Moku

"Not as good as Logan! Look!"

I s the barrel He rode it all the way in, while Bach and Scooter snaked Tony

Logan was getting ready to paddle back out when he sawthe last few yards to the shallows Moku and I ran down to meet hiot closer, his Australian accent as heavy as ever "It’s about time you made it down here"

"She was at the hospital with me," Moku told him seriously

"I know, man" He reached out, ruffled my brother’s hair, then pulled hiht"

"Thank you for saving hi

He laughed and pickedme around "Mark did ot scared"

"Moku?" I asked, confused, because I thought he’d been unconscious the whole tian winked at ood to have you back, Tean Callaway Except, I probably won’t be staying all that long--"

"I know Mark told ed out ofto school in Hawaii for the year? Yeah A kind of hoe to your h"

"I kind of do too, Logan" I rested my head on his shoulder

A couple minutes later, Mark dropped down next to Moku on the toe’d set out "How you feeling?" he asked

"Good," Moku answered "I’m not sick anymore"