(Rachael)After a long flight, we finally arrived in Maui. we were now on the RV that was driven by a young man named Jake, who is the typical surfer guy, with blonde hair and blue eyes. Xander had hired him to be our driver for the week that we were here, which was a surprise for all of us. laughter and talking could be heard coming from everyone, but I noticed that Emily had been quiet, so I decided to sit next to her. Cole had fallen asleep, and Xander was keeping an eye on him, which gave me enough time to talk to Emily. "I don't even know what to do anymore. I told my parents about this trip and they didn't want me to come at first, but when they found out that Brady would be there they changed their minds. I honestly wanted to give him a chance, but they kept on prying in my privacy, and it's messing with me." Emily said. I nodded my head in understanding, already seeing how stressful this was for her. "Emily, you're a grown-ass woman. when are you going to stand up for yoursel

(Rachael)Before we knew it, time flew by rather quickly, and now we were all back at work. I was still exhausted because of the partying that I did and because of my birthday. I did enjoy myself very much. I had gotten so many presents that it took a while for me to sort them out. Xander also gave me a pair of diamond earrings that his father bought for me, knowing that my birthday was coming up. I tried to argue my way out of not accepting it, but Xander had to play the guilt card about his father being sick, so I had no other choice but to accept it.I laughed when I remembered karaoke night, Emily was the first one on stage and when it was my turn I decided to sing because you loved me by Celine Dion, to say they were shocked was an understatement. No one knew that I could sing because I kept it to myself, so when they heard my voice, they were surprised. Michael recorded me and shared it on his F******k page. I didn't even know how many views it had gotten so far because I could c

(Xander's pov)I've been so busy with work lately that I had almost forgotten about the date with Rachael. I was in a panic, trying to figure out where I should take her since the date was tomorrow, which is Friday. I know, time was moving quickly, and for some reason, I wasn't even thinking about it until today. I was at home now with Dad and Lucy as I tried to think of somewhere to take Rachael. I didn't want it to be boring, like a cliche type of date. No restaurants, no movies, no theme park kinda stuff. I wanted it to be different. "Not that Dad, we can all take a fishing trip somewhere soon. I want it to be better than that." I replied to my father's suggestion."How about an art gallery? That's a rich enough date." I groaned at what Dad said because that would be so boring. "They are having horseback riding and carriage rides at the park this weekend. It's not expensive, or maybe it depends on the number of hours you would want to spend there. My cousin is working there, so I

(Xander)As I lay there next to Rachael on the bed, I could not stop myself from smiling as I listened to her talk about Cole. "He then got scared and started crying. From that day, I decided that I wouldn't let him watch any more scary movies." I chuckled at what she said. "IT isn't that scary, though. I mean, who's afraid of clowns?" I shook my head but laughed as she slapped me playfully on my arm. "Some people are scared of clowns, mime, etc. For me, I'm kinda scared of mannequins." That had me laughing even harder. "Oh shut up, what are you scared of uh Mr. Tough guy?" I raised my eyebrow at her, not seeing how I'm 'tough' in this situation. weekend at"I'm scared of heights," I replied, and now it was her turn to laugh."Basic fear, come up with something better." She said in a challenging tone. "Before I met you, I was scared of commitments. I would try to avoid any woman who wanted to get into a relationship with me, so I started to sleep around more. I made sure they knew

(Xander)I was now in the kitchen making lunch when Michael walked in. He saw what I was doing and started to grin, I narrowed my eyes at him, wondering what was so funny. "Hey now, don't look at me like that. It's been a while since I've seen you in the kitchen, I forgot that you can cook." Michael said, making me scoff. "Don't you have a house? Or better yet, why don't you come and help me instead of standing there?" I asked as I continued to cut the chicken into tiny pieces."Sure, I'll just wash my hands." After he did that, he started helping me. I was trying my best to ignore him, but as you can tell, Michael is a talker. "So, Uncle Lawrence and I talked earlier, and boy, did he have something spicy to tell me." I shot him a look, hoping that it would be enough to get him to stop talking, but he only continued. "Congrats, by the way, and please don't burden your heart with my actions. I was only flirting with Rachael just to get a rise out of you, and even though you acted li