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*Chapter 8 *

The sunlight streamed through the cabin window the next morning as Glory opened her eyes. She smiled as the memories of the night before came running through her head. She turned over to look at Orlando who had one hand behind his head and was grinning at her.

“What are you smiling at”? Orlando asked.

“Lots of things” She answered looking at him next to her.

Orlando pulled Glory close to him. “Oh like what”?

“Like you and me and how good we are together and the wedding and last night” She told him.

“I liked last night a lot” He told her grinning.

“It was pretty amazing.” She agreed. “I have never been so happy”.

“Good that was my intention” Orlando told her. “Last night I promised you that I would love you and take care of you for the rest of my life and I meant it”.

“I know that you did and you have made me happy” Glory assured him. “Happier than I have been in a long time and even more so than I thought I would ever be”.

Orlando kissed her passionately. “I have an idea”.

“And what’s that”? Glory asked.

“How about a repeat of last night” he replied raising his eyebrows suggestively.

“Not yet I want to get a shower first” Glory told him.

Glory got up and walked to the bathroom. She looked back at Orlando who looked with anguish at her attempt to torture him.

“Uh Orlando this would be the part where you suggest that you join me and follow me into the shower”. She told him with a laugh.

“I knew that” He said getting out of bed and coming up next to her kissing her neck.

Glory licked her lips at his nakedness and allowed him to follow her into the bathroom as she started the shower.

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Winona woke up the next morning and looked over at the clock on the nightstand. The clock read eight o clocks.

“I hope that Glory is enjoying her honeymoon” she thought to herself.

Her mind than started wondering about that upcoming day and remembered all her plans.

Just thinking about her busy day with AJ, Nick and Dom made her feel happy yet confused all at the same time.

“Three dates” She thought.

She loved the attention and the fact that it made her feel good to have three guys like her. That was something that had never happened before. She remembered College and high school. She had a total of two boyfriends, and a million crushes that getting set up with always turned into a disaster.

“What am I going to wear“? She wondered allowed.

Winona got out of bed and looked out the window at the ocean. It was a beautiful morning. She decided to go sit out by the ocean for a half hour before getting ready. She walked out of her room careful not to disturb Cadence. When she came out on to the beach she saw her friend already sitting in the sand.

“Hey what are you doing out here”? She asked.

“Not much thought I would come out and get some fresh air” Cadence replied with a smile.

Winona knew that there was more to it than that but decided that she would wait till she felt like talking about it. The next couple of minutes were spent in silence.

Finally Cadence said. “You think Glory is enjoying herself”?

“Oh yes I am sure she is” Winona replied.

“I am so happy for her” Cadence said.

“Me too she really deserves this” Winona agreed.

“You know watching her get married and seeing her light up last night made me think of Todd and me” Cadence said. “I want to have the fairytale wedding some day”.

“You will” Winona assured her. “You and Todd will make it I know you will”. “He loves you”.

“I know that he does”. She replied with a smile.

“You know what surprised me though”? Winona asked.

“What”? Cadence asked.

“That Glory actually invited us and had all those guests” Winona said.

“Your right that is weird” Cadence replied.

Every time the three girls had talks about getting married and their weddings Glory had always told them that she just wanted to elope and not have any guests there. It was better that way she has always said.

“I wonder what changed her mind”. Cadence said.

“I don’t know but I am going to make a point to ask her” Winona told her.

“So are you excited about your three dates“? Cadence asked her.

“Yeah I am but I am but everything is just so complicated” Winona sighed. “ Between worrying about which guy I want and trying to decide whether they truly like me or not and keeping Nick and Dom a secret from Glory and feeling really guilty about it is just too much at once”. “I can understand that” Cadence told her. “And I truly think all three guys are interested in you”.

“Maybe Dom and Nick but AJ IM not so sure about” Winona told her.

“Why”? Cadence asked. “He seemed interested to me”.

“I know that Glory had something to do with that set up” Winona said. “AJ might just being asking me out because Glory told him too”.

“I agree with the idea that Glory had something to do with the set up but I think that AJ really does like you” Cadence said.

“Well I need to go get ready for my lunch with Dom” Winona said getting up and wiping her pajama pants off. “Help me pick out an outfit”? She asked.

Cadence smiled. “Sure”.

Both girls walked back inside to Winona’s room and picked out three different outfits. Winona took a quick shower while Cadence got out her make up and hair stuff. At five minutes till Winona looked herself in the mirror.

“You look awesome” Cadence said.

Winona was wearing a blue dress top and black dress pants and had her hair half up curled at the ends.

“You should get going”. Cadence told her.

Winona turned to her. “Will you be ok alone”? “I feel bad leaving you”.

“Don’t” She replied, “I want you to have a great time besides I want details after all three of your dates” She warned.

“Yeah I know it looks like we will be up all night” Winona laughed.

“Don’t worry about me I am going to take this time and get a great tan”.

Winona grabbed her purse and said goodbye to Cadence. She walked to the main gate where Dom was waiting.

“Hey you look great” He greeted.

“Thanks you don’t look so bad yourself” She replied eyeing his hot body.

Dom handed her a bouquet of white roses. “These are for you”.

“Thanks that’s sweet of you” She told him. “So where are we going for lunch”?

Dom grinned. “It’s a surprise”.

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Orlando and Glory were now backing in bed with Glory lying on his chest.

“Man I love getting married” Orlando said.

“Gee I can’t imagine why”. Glory said with a smirk.

“Hey don’t pretend that you aren’t enjoying yourself too” He said.

Glory gave him a skeptical look. “I guess”.

“You guess”? Orlando asked. “I guess we should just end this honeymoon now”.

“I was just teasing you” Glory said.

“I knew that you were because I was teasing back” He told her.

“So what do you want to do now”? Glory asked.

“I have a few suggestions” He told her proudly.

“Again”? She asked. “Let’s do something else”.

“Like what”? He asked.

“Well we are on a private island why not going out and sit out on the beach”. She suggested.

“Ok but just one problem” Orlando said.

“And what’s that”? She asked looking at him.

“We don’t have our suits or any clothes besides what we wore here last night” he told her.

“Your right that is a problem” She answered smugly. “Guess we are going to have to go without”.

“I really like that idea” Orlando grinned.

“Thought you might” She answered getting out of bed. “I’ll race you out there and whoever wins gets to take control with what happens next” Glory challenged.

Orlando hopped out of bed. “You’re on”.

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Dom and Winona arrived at a small restaurant on the outskirts of the island that they were staying at.

“This place is nice” Winona commented as they walked in arm and arm.

“Yeah it is whenever I am here in Hawaii I like to come here a lot” he told her.

Dom walked over to the funny looking guy wearing the hula skirt and said something in the native language. The guy said something back and walked away.

“Ok what did you say to him I didn’t catch any of that” Winona whispered on his ear.

Dom laughed. “I told him that I wanted the best table in the house”.

“Oh” Winona shook her head.

The guy came back and motioned for the two to follow him. He showed them to a very cozy looking booth that had a couple candles lit and the view was looking over the crashing waves.

“This is a great view”. Winona commented as she sat down.

“That’s why I like to sit here when I come” He replied taking a seat across from her.

“So I guess being a famous celebrity has its perks” She teased.

“I guess you could say that” He shrugged. “Now finally we get some alone time”.

Winona smiled. “So why did you ask me out”?

“Because I thought that you were pretty and you seem like you have a great personality”. He answered.

“Thank you but you don’t know me all that well”. She pointed out.

“I know more about you than you may think” he told her.

“Oh and how is that”? Winona asked.

“From Glory” He replied.

“Uh oh what did that girl tell you” Winona asked laughing.

“She told me a little about you like you are in med school and that you’re a big Backstreet Boy fan like her”.

“ I see the basics”. She answered.

“ Yeah well I am interested and she wouldn’t give me much or else that would be like her encouraging me to go for it”. he said

“ You act like you don’t have a girlfriend”. Winona said.

“ Well I won’t when I get home” He replied.

Winona laughed and shook her head.

“Today is a chance for me to get to know the real you and hopefully it will be the first of many lunches to do that”. He told her. “ Is that cool with you”?

Winona smiled. “ I’d like that a lot”.

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Cadence walked out to the beach a little while after Winona left and set her beach bag down. She looked around and spotted a lawn chair next to the patio doors. She walked over and drug it back to the spot she had left her bag and spread the BSB towel on the lawn chair. She looked around to make sure no one was watching and stripped down her clothes revealing a bikini.

“ I look nasty” She thought.

She dug into he bag and pulled out her sunglasses, magazine and portable CD player. Cadence sat down and slipped her CD player on.

“ Everybody yeah rock your body yeah everybody rock your body right Backstreet’s back all right” She sang.

Suddenly a pair of hands grabbed her shoulders and Cadence jumped out of the chair screaming. She turned around to see her captor.

“ Damn it that’s not funny” She yelled.

“ What no hey baby I am so glad you here”? Todd asked with a laugh.

“ Jeez you scared me” She told him crossing her arms.

“ I am sorry baby I just couldn’t help myself” Todd told her. He stuck out his lip. “ Forgive me”?

Cadence tried to keep a straight stern face but the pout on his face was too much. A smile broke on her face and she walked over to him.

“ Ok forgiven”.

“ Thanks sweetie” He said grabbing her in a bear hug.

“ What are you doing here I thought you had to work”? Cadence asked.

“ I missed you like crazy and since I am moving in with you in LA I just quit on the spot” He answered.

“ Awe your so sweet” Cadence gushed.

“ I am trying to be” He told her seriously looking in her eyes.

“ I know you are” She told him. “ You have no idea how glad I am that you’re here or how much I missed you”.

“ Oh trust me I do”. He told her.

“ When did you get here”? Cadence asked as she walked over to the house and brought over another lawn chair for Todd to sit in.

“ Just got here” He responded as he sat down. “ The cab just dropped me off and I left my stuff at the door after some weird woman attacked me”.

“ Oh that’s Glory’s aunt” Cadence told him.

“ I can see the family resemblance” Todd joked.

Cadence lightly smacked him in the shoulder.

“ This place is great” He told her as he starred at he ocean than turned his gaze back to Cadence.

“ Yeah it is” She agreed.

“ So I am assuming that Glory is on her honeymoon” Todd said.

“ Yep and Winona is out” She told him.

“ So that means we have privacy” Todd grinned.

Cadence laughed. “Yeah, so”?

Todd stood up. “ Go and get changed”. He told her.

Cadence gave him a confused look. “ Why”?

“ Because I have a fun filled day planned for the two of us” He responded. “ Now I am going to go and get a shower and dress and you do the same and we will meet here in an hour”. “ Ok” She answered getting up and packing all her stuff up. “ What do you want me to wear”?

“ Something really nice” He answered her.

Cadence smiled in excitement wondering what he had in mind.

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Winona ran inside after Dom had dropped her off after having a an awesome lunch and changed into her bathing suit for her date with Nick. Nick was going to teach her how to surf. After she changed and put her hair in a bun. She met Nick at the gate.

“ Hey Nick” She greeted.

“ Hey yourself” He replied.

“ Looking good Carter” She commented looking him up and down.

“ You are looking damn good yourself” Nick answered. “ Its just too bad that you have to put on a wetsuit to surf”.

“ I am looking forward to seeing you in a wetsuit cause its tight clothes and that’s something you rarely see”. She told him.

“ What is that supposed to mean”? Nick asked her as they walked down to the beach.

“ Well you never wear tight clothes or ever show your chest like at concerts or photo shoots” Winona explained.

“ That’s not true”. Nick protested.

“ Yes it is “ She replied. “ In videos like Everybody and Quit Playing Games With My Heart all the guys but you have their shirts unbuttoned exposing their chests.

“ I still disagree with you” He argued.

Winona rolled her eyes. “ Whatever you say Nick”.

Nick went to change into his wetsuit while Winona grabbed Glory’s wetsuit and one of the twenty surf boards she owned.

“ You ready” ?Nick asked once they were both ready.

“ Yep” Winona replied.

“ Great let’s start”.

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“ Oh wow” Cadence gasped at the sight.

“ You like it”? Todd asked her.

“ Yeah I love it” She exclaimed.

Todd had seen a cliff overlooking a beach on the way to the house so he had decided to bring Cadence up there.

“ You can see for miles up here” she commented.

Todd grabbed her hand,. “ Come here I have a surprise for you”.

“ Oh Todd what is it”? She asked excitedly.

“ You shall see but first put this blind fold on” he told her.

Cadence did as he asked and slipped it on. “ Ok now what”?

Todd grabbed her hand and led her to what felt like a few feet.

“ Ok you can take it off now”. He said.

She took off the blindfold and started to cry.

“ What you don’t like it”? He asked in a panic. “ We can leave if you want”.

“ No its not that at all” She answered wiping away the tears. “ I am just so happy”.

Todd had set up a blanket with a basket and a couple of candles burning bright in the middle.

“ When did you do this”? Cadence asked.

“ While you were getting ready I got all this stuff together and set it up when you were looking at the view” He said.

Cadence grinned “You are amazing”.

Todd smiled and took her hand. “ Your worth it. So shall we sit down”?

“ Sure” She answered.

They sat down and Todd turned the CD player where a familiar tune started playing.

“ You sure you can put up with this music” Cadence teased.

“ I am doing it for you” he said. “ Now are you hungry”?

“ A little” She replied.

“ Well my dear we have bread and cheese, with some strawberries and whipped cream” he told he as he took it out of the basket.

“ Looks really good” She commented.

“ Oh and I can’t forget the most important part” He said getting up and walking over to the car that Glory’s aunt let him borrow.

Cadence wondered what that boy was up to now but quickly found out when he came back. He pulled a bouquet of red roses.

“ For you my dear” he said sweetly.

“ Awe Todd” She whispered starting to cry.

“ Oh no I made you cry again” He said with a smile.

“ No its happy tears you have made me so happy” She said.

Todd sat back down next to her and pulled her close to him.

“ You deserve all this and so much more” He told her. “ I love you”.

“ I love you too” She answered as she leaned in for a long sweet kiss.

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“ Thanks for teaching me to surf Nick” Winona said as they walked back to the front of the place.

“ No problem I really had a great time with you” He said.

“ I had a blast with you too” She smiled.

Nick leaned down and placed a kiss on her lips. Winona kissed him back and when they moved apart Nick whispered so close that she could feel his warm breath on her face. “ Can I see you again”?

Winona nodded and waved goodbye as she walked into the house and up to her room for a quick shower and another change of clothes. She hadn’t changed her clothes that many in a day since she was four. An hour later she was ready to go wearing a light blue one strap top with a black skirt and her hair curled at the ends. She walked downstairs and out the door just as AJ pulled up.

“ Damn girl you are looking fine” He said.

“ You looking good to AJ” Winona replied.

AJ walked over to her and handed her a single red rose. “ For you”.

“ Awe thanks that’s so sweet” She replied.

AJ took her hand. “ Ready to go”.

“ Yep lead the way” She answered with a grin.

AJ drove her to a restaurant that served a very elegant dinners.

“ Wow AJ this is so extravagant” She exclaimed when they got there.

“ Yes but you haven’t seen the best part about this place” He told her.

He led her inside and greeted the host.

“ Reservations for Mclean” He said.

“ Aw yes Mr. Mclean we have the table you
requested all ready to go”. The host said with a smile.

“ Great thank you” He answered.

The host led them to the table in the far corner that was by a fireplace and a huge window.

Winona sat down and gasped at the window. “ Its so pretty”.

The window was facing a garden that had couples hand in hand walking on the different paths.

“ This is why I brought you here” AJ replied.

Winona smiled at how sweet he was being to her but than a thought entered her mind. “ Did Glory give you money to take me here”.

AJ’S head whipped around to face her. “ No not at all. What makes you think that”?

“ Because I know that she had something to do with asking me to dinner” Winona said.

“ Glory for the past two months has been saying that she had friend that would be perfect for me and that this friend was a fan of mine” AJ started.

“ I knew it” Winona replied.

“ No just let me finish”. AJ replied. “ When Glory invited me to the wedding she said that this friend would be there and that I should get to know you and I thought ok but when I saw you and Glory told me a little bit about you I really wanted to get to know you better”.

“ Wow so the dinner had nothing to do with Glory”? she asked making sure she understood.

“ Nothing all my idea”. AJ assured her.

Winona smiled. AJ was charming and everything she was looking for in a guy but the problem was, so where the other two.