The girls changed into their swimsuits. The villa conveniently provided tons of sunscreen and aloe vera. Erin and Sarah soon smelled of delicious coconut and banana honey sunscreen.”You smell good enough to eat,” Sarah said as she helped apply sunscreen to Erin’s back.”I think that’s the point,” Erin said, cracking up. She raised her arm to inspect it under the lights. “Would you look at that? The sunscreen has glitter in it. We’re sparkly!”Sarah twirled her arms around the bathroom lights. She loved to wear sparkles. “Oh, look at these!” Sarah dug through the enormous gift basket perched beside an elegant bathtub. “Temporary tattoos!””Let me see!” Erin said. She grabbed a handful of the tattoos and began to sort through them. “Should I put one on my face?”Sarah giggled. “Depends what it is. How about this?” She displayed a tattoo with the word ‘Cheeky.’ “SO CUTE!” Erin said. She put the tattoo under the tap and placed it onto her cheek. “I hope it holds after all that sunscreen.” She pulled the tattoo paper away. “IT’S PERFECT!” Sarah said, clapping her hands. She sorted through the tattoos and held up another one with a tiny heart and wings. “I love this!””Let’s put it on your shoulder. That’s a sexy spot,” Erin said. She dipped the tattoo under the tap and pressed it onto Sarah’s shoulder. Erin slowly peeled away the paper.Sarah turned around to study her reflection. “YAY! It’s SO adorbs! Okay, I want to put on more of these.” She added star tattoos to the underside of both of her wrists. She even added two tiny glittery heart tattoos to the corner of each of her eyes. “You totally don’t look like a virgin anymore with those tattoos on your face, Chica,” Erin said, giggling. “You’re going to have boys all over you.” Sarah slapped her hand on the bathroom counter, choking on laughter. “Oh my gosh, STOP!” “Okay, we better go. Trevor is going to yell at us for being slow again,” Erin said. She handed Sarah her large sun hat.The girls headed back up the stairs to the lounge. “Where are the boys?” Sarah asked looking around. “I see them outside,” Erin said. They headed out into the blindingly bright sunshine. An infinity pool appeared to spill out into the endless ocean. The girls made their way past the pool, following the boardwalk out to a motor boat. “FINALLY!” Trevor called. Erin and Sarah exchanged knowing glances. Trevor wore thick white zinc on his nose and face. The other boys wore only sunscreen. “What happened, Trevor? Didn’t you get the memo? That white zinc makes you look like an idiot,” Erin said. She tried to smear his zinc, but he swatted her hand away. “I need it,” he whined. “I burn like a piece of toast in the sun.” Erin frowned at Sarah. “Do you see what I have to put up with?”Trevor grabbed Erin and smeared a glob of zinc onto her face. “EWW!” Erin said, shoving him away. “I don’t like zinc. It’s sticky and icky.” “Actually, you look pretty cool with that bright white streak across your face, Erin,” Sarah said, cracking up. Dan was struggling to pull on one of his flippers. “Chad, help me out, man!”Chad bent down and pushed the flipper securely onto Dan’s foot. “You’re welcome, Cinder-FElly,” he said laughing. “Very funny,” Dan said. He attempted to kick Chad with his flipper foot, but Chad darted out of the way. Sarah noticed Bent was silently studying her swimsuit from behind the wheel of the boat. She’d worn one of her favorite bikinis. It was a shiny silver suit that looked made of shiny scales. Fortunately, she’d remembered to get a wax before the trip, as the suit was a super high cut. “Sarah Sweet, you don’t need flippers with a suit like that,” Trevor joked. “The mermen of the sea are going to mistake you for a mermaid.” “I’m sure Sarah can fight them off. She does play field hockey, you know,” Erin said. Sarah smiled. “Who said I’d want to fight the mermen?” Erin slapped her back, laughing. Chad touched the heart tattoo on Sarah’s cheek. “Whoa. When did you get that? It’s super hot.” Erin pulled off her sunglasses. “Look at mine! It says ‘Cheeky’ since it’s on my cheek!”Trevor squinted at Erin in the sunlight. “You should have put it on your bum, woman!” Chad and Dan roared with laughter. Bent was unusually quiet. He started the boat and they sped off across the water. “Let’s get some music going!” Erin said. She thumbed through her phone until she found a track. Music immediately blasted loudly around them. “Where are we headed?” Dan called to Bent. “There’s a cool snorkel spot out here,” Bent said. When they reached the designated destination, they saw several other boats were already anchored. Several groups of tourists were snorkeling, their flippers kicking the surface of the water.As soon as Bent killed the engine, Dan and Chad jumped into the water. “Whoa! You guys need to come check out what’s down here!” Dan called. He stuck his head back under the water.Chad inserted the mouthpiece of his snorkel into his mouth. “Later, friends!” He floated away, treading water. Trevor took Erin’s hand. “Cannonball!” Together they leaped out into the water. Sarah suddenly realized she was alone in the boat with Bent. It was obvious now he was openly staring at her body through his dark sunglasses. Sarah couldn’t help smiling at him. He was quite precious, lounging shirtless in a pair of bright red swim trunks. “You have to be a lifeguard to wear swim trunks that red,” she teased. He really was impossible to ignore. His gorgeous face was simply too mesmerizing. “I am lifeguard certified,” he said smoothly.Sarah scowled. “Would you just QUIT being so perfect! Are you BAD at anything?”Bent crossed his muscular arms. “Except for dealing with your mood swings, I’d say nope.” “My mood swings?” Sarah said. “You’re the one who is nice one day and then mean the next.” Bent shot up out of his chair. He was mere inches from her face in a matter of seconds. “I don’t think I am the one at fault here,” he whispered. He took her hand in his and kissed it. Little shivers raced up and down her arm. “By the way, nice tats,” he said, examining the stars on her wrists. He lowered his sunglasses so she could see his twinkling eyes. “You want a permanent one?” He pretended to bite her hand. Sarah burst out laughing and whipped her hand away. “I think my hand has had enough of your mouth, thank you very much.” “We’ll see about that…” he said mysteriously. He winked at her as he pulled off his sunglasses and tugged on goggles. He fastened the snorkel to the goggles and put the end piece into his mouth. He gave her a thumbs up and flipped backwards off the side of the boat. “IT’S SO COLD!” Bent yelled. He swam over and dunked Trevor, kicking around in the water near him.”Yo, Prince. The water is NOT cold,” Chad hollered, floating on his back. Bent tried to splash water at Chad. “Don’t tell Sarah that!” he said, laughing. Sarah removed her sun hat. She put on the pink goggles and snorkel that lay on one of the boat seats. Once her flippers were on, she carefully lowered herself into the aqua blue water. Dipping her head beneath the surface, her eyes took in the underwater surroundings. This is unbelievable, she thought gazing around as little bubbles swirled around her.