The eight of them sat in the seclusion of the beach in the opposite direction of the one they were at a mere hour before. This is was the very beach, and the very spot where they had unfortunately ended up just a semester before, at Logan's fault. They had long left the PCA Beach Bash just after the year's grades had been given out. They wanted to spend some time just with themselves before they all had to go home for the summer. Chase had his arm around Zoey's shoulders, her head on his chest, and Logan had his arm snaked around Dana's waist.
Zoey sighed in anticipation. "Can't we open them already?"
Dana shook her head. "No! We're waiting for the sun to start to set. Chill Zo," she replied.
Zoey pouted but quietly set her envelope on the sand in front of her. It won't be that long, she assured herself and began to start to count the seconds.
"I'm going to miss you guys so bad!" Nicole wailed and began to cry on Quinn's shoulder. Everyone gave her a quizzical look, but decided the best thing to do was just comfort her. "I don't want to go back to stupid Kansas!" she wailed once more, between breaths.
"There, there," Quinn said, patting her bad awkwardly. "It's only two and a half months."
"I know," Nicole said, wiping up her tears. "And Zoey, Dana, you're still coming with me to New York for the Fourth of July, right?"
"Of course, Nicole!" Dana said exasperated. Anything to shut her up, she thought. "Right Zoey?" she elbowed her friend in the gut. Zoey wasn't paying attention; she was too busy staring at her envelope.
Zoey woke up from her trance-like state, startled. "Yeah, Nicole!" she said, realizing the situation. "Don't cry."
Logan jumped in. "And you guys are still coming for the two weeks before school starts? My father's house in Jamaica wouldn't be the same without you guys."
"Yeah man," Michael responded. "I want to go so badly."
"Looking forward to it," Chase added.
"Look Zoey!" Dustin shouted. "The sun!"
She quickly turned to see the sun begin to set. "Oh!" she squealed, taking her head off of Chase's torso. "It's time!"
Everyone, some more reluctant than others, picked up their report card, packaged in a tiny envelope, and opened it up. "Oh," Quinn said bored. "Same as last time."
"What?" Michael asked.
"A's in everything," she replied.
"Even gym?" Nicole asked surprised.
"I won the Science Fair. It gets you out of gym if you do that," Quinn modestly said.
Nicole's mouth formed a large 'o'. "Can I be your partner next year?"
Quinn laughed. "Of course."
"How about you Logan?" Dana asked him.
"Uhh, let's see," he skimmed the paper. "B- in English, C+ in Math and Science, and B+ in Literature, History, and Health. Oh , plus A+ in Gym and Media."
"Same," she said, "Except I got A's in English, Math, Science, Health, and Literature."
"Oh that makes me feel so much better," he said sarcastically, and they kissed.
"And you Nicole?" Dustin asked her.
"Oh, Just As and A- in everything. I'm so glad we did Disc Golf, or else I would have failed gym," she told him.
"Oh," he replied. "I got an A in everything except Literature. That's a B."
"That's still great D-man," Michael pitched in. "I got B's in everything except Gym and History. Those are A's."
"So," Chase said, daring to ask the person that really mattered. "Do you like what you see Zoey?"
There was a pause while everyone looked at her. "You first Chase," she murmured.
"Uhh, okay," Chase said unsure, "A + in my English–slash–Creative Writing class, in Literature, in Math, B+ in Science, History, Health, and Gym, And finally an A- in Media."
Zoey pursed her lips. "Straight A+."
Dana tackled Zoey as everyone else breathed a sigh of relief. "You're staying!" Dana said quietly so only Zoey heard.
"Yep," said Zoey and the two girls laughed, lying in the sand. Today had been great, and they looked forward to the next year, determined to make it even better. They were all just looking forward to the future.
(A/N):Okay, that's a rap people! I'm so glad all of you read my story! Now, I want all of you to go see my other one, called If you can't take the heat...,which is aDrama/Romance.If you know which couples I tend to favor, then you'll know who I plan to pair up in the end. It's about...well, why don't you just look. Oh and please review this and that story. Because I so want more review on Heat, and I haven't been getting a lot. So please, everytime you read something you like, review it, okay? Okay.