Chapter Two - June 04, 2003 - Orlando, Florida

*Taylor*

"Tay, wake up!"

"Go awaaay," I groaned, pulling the blanket over my head as Zac shook me.

"Uh uh," he replied, "We promised Ike we'd get up early to go surfing with him. Besides, the waves out there are awesome!"

"Ugh, fine," I gave in, "I'm awake."

"Good, now get UP!" Zac grinned at me, "We gotta go catch some narly waves dude!"

I snickered and rubbed the sleep out of my eyes, sitting up slowly. "You guys can go get a head start. I'll catch up in about ten minutes," I told him. Zac nodded.

"Alright," Zac replied, "But hurry up!"

I nodded, watching as he bounded out of the room before I got up and went into the bathroom to brush my teeth and hopefully wakeup some. I then went back into our bedroom and pulled out my wetsuit, pulling it on quickly before grabbing a towel and heading downstairs.

"You're up early," I smiled at Tyler as he sat on the sofa, still in his pyjamas, eating Fruit Loops and watching Spongebob on Nickelodeon.

He looked at me and nodded. "I crashed early," he replied, "Besides, I can't miss Spongebob!"

"Then you and Zac could be good friends," I laughed, sticking two Poptarts into the toaster, before pouring myself a glass of orange juice, "He loves Spongebob."

"Awesome," Tyler smiled, "Going surfing?"

"How'd you guess?" I laughed.

"Well, aside from your wetsuit, I don't know," he grinned, "Have fun though. I hear from Zac that the waves are amazing."

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*Sekana*

"Kyrii, c'mon, wake up!" I said, shaking Kyrii gently, "You wanted to get up early and go shopping, remember?"

"Yeah," she whispered, rubbing her eyes, "I know. I'm up."

"Good," I smiled, "I need some new clothes for this tour."

"Same," Kyrii nodded, standing up and brushing her hair out of her face. I nodded and grabbed my stuffed tiger bag, making sure I had my wallet and car keys, before slipping it onto my back before going downstairs to grab breakfast before we left.

"Hey Ty," I smiled at him, "Why are you up early?"

"I crashed too early last night," he replied, glancing at me, "You just missed Taylor and them. They went out surfing."

I nodded, opening the fridge and looking for something to have for breakfast. "Where's Alex?" I asked, "Still asleep?"

"Yeah," Ty replied, "He was up late working on some song with Isaac."

"There's Sleeping Beauty!" I teased as Kyrii came downstairs, wearing jeans, a black tanktop and her navy blue New York Yankees baseball cap. "Funny," she smirked as he pulled her yellow wind-breaker on, "What's for breakfast?"

"Nothing," I shrugged, "We have no food... at least until someone goes food shopping..." I trailed off, looking directly at Tyler.

"What're you looking at ME for?" Ty laughed, "Fine, once Alex wakes up, we'll go get you starving people some food."

"Thanks Ty," Kyrii smiled at him, then turned to me, "We can skip breakfast this once. We'll just pick up McDonald's for everyone before we leave the mall."

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*Zac*

"Nice one Tay!" I grinned, slapping a high five with him as he rode the wave all the way back to the shore, without wiping out.

"Thanks," he grinned, laying his board down before plopping down beside it on the sand, "Look at Ike go! That wave's huge!"

I followed his gaze and spotted Ike riding a really huge wave. I'd never tried one that big before, but he seemed to be doing okay. As he got closer to the shore, he lost his balance and fell off.

"Ouch," Tay grimaced, "Let's go se if he's alright."

I nodded and followed Tay into the water, looking for any signs of Ike. "I'm alive!" he called out from a little ways back in the water, waving his arms so we could spot him, before he paddled his way back over to us on his board, "Did you see that?! I almost had it!"

"Yeah we saw," I laughed, "And we also saw that major wipeout session.."

"Just rub it in Zac," Ike laughed, "Just rub it in."

"Okay," I smirked, "That was like, the BIGGEST wipeout EVER!!!"

"Alright already!" Isaac laughed, "I get the point."

"Okay," I grinned as Tay laughed at the look on Ike's face.

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*Tyler*

"And we're off to get some food before we starve," Alex sighed, "Why is there no food anyways?"

"Maybe you ate it all in your sleep?" I suggested.

"Are you calling me fat?" Alex laughed.

"No, I never said that," I grinned, "Here, gimme a big smile!"

I snapped his picture, laughing as he gave me a weird kinda smirk and a thumbs up. "What a dork," I laughed, "We'll HAVE to use this picture on our website for sure."

"Thanks," Alex grinned, adjusting his bandanna slightly, "We're going to Shop Rite?"

"Uh huh," I nodded, climbing into the car, "How much food should we get? A lot? Whatever doesn't get eaten can always be taken onto the bus with us."

"True," Alex nodded, climbing into the passenger side, "We're sharing a bus with the Hanson's right?"

"Yeah," I nodded, "That's what I heard."

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*Kyrii*

"I need some pyjamas," I told Sekana, "Mine are getting really old and beat."

"Me too," she nodded, "We only have... three bags each of clothes... we need more!"

"Totally!" I laughed, "Let's hit Kohl's. They usually have cool pyjamas there."

"Sounds good," Sekana agreed, "We should get some Wnter stuff too... if we're touring overseas too, it's gonna be cold, especially in places like England. It's Winter for them."

"Good point," I nodded, "Now the challenge is gonna be to carry all these bags around the rest of the mall."

"Oh well," Sekana smiled, "We'll manage. Wait! We also gotta get McDonald's for everyone."

"We could drop this stuff off at the car, then come back to get the food," I suggested.

"Good thinking!" Sekana laughed, "My mind is like, only focussed on shopping at the moment."

"Oh! They got Scooby Doo pyjamas!" I exclaimed, running over to the display, "Oh man, I'm so getting these."

"Aww.. they're cute," Sekana nodded, "Look... he's eating pizza on them."

"Then I'm definetely getting them," I laughed, "Pizza is my life."

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