THE TOURNAMENT had begun, as Via sat on the bench watching the game. She loved watching Belly play volleyball, it was one of her favourite things- to see Belly doing something she enjoys. She just wished she was playing with her.

She sat next to Jeremiah, as they both cheered Team Belly on, as they won multiple matches. Throughout this time, Via couldn't keep her eyes off of the girl, she was mesmerised.

Suddenly, Taylor fell to the ground as she whacked the ball, as the game stopped. She rolled in the sand, holding her ankle, before Belly helped her to stand. She looked back at Via,

"Ollie!" She called, "Can you sub, please?"

"Yeah, are you okay?" Via jogged over to her, taking off her own t-shirt, leaving her in her black sports bra before putting on Taylor's t-shirt.

Taylor winked at her, "You've got this."

"Taylor, what-" Via stressed.

"Don't sweat it. He's in her rearview." Taylor reassured, glancing at Jeremiah who was sat on the benches.

Via questioned, "Really?"

"Yeah, I'm team Velly. I've got your back, okay?" Taylor smiled, before dramatically limping towards Jeremiah.

Playing with Belly was very fun, although Via was distracted by her and her competitiveness. Belly wanted to win and Via wanted to impress Belly- they were both playing for something. However, they were struggling to win against two other girls, who clearly had more experience.

Belly instructed, "Okay, don't look at me. Watch the ball."

"Okay, you got it." Via nodded, before the ball came flying over the net towards the sand.

Belly stressed, "Ollie, focus!"

Somehow, the two girls had made it to the Semi-Finals, playing against Steven and Shayla, who were also very competitive. The whole match was basically Shayla and Via helping the siblings to beat eachother, putting to rest their sibling rivalry.

"We won!" Belly screamed in happiness, hugging Via so tightly she couldn't breathe, "We did it!"

Via cheered, "Yeah!"

Susannah announced through the microphone, "And the winner's are Isabel Conklin and Olivia Fisher!"

***

The three girls walked out of the pitches, Belly carrying the blue trophy with pride but Via couldn't help but notice she seemed a little upset- she decided not to say anything, but she did see Conrad and her talking after the match. She hoped he hadn't had anything to do with Belly being upset.

Belly questioned, "How's your ankle?"

"It's better." Taylor replied, before discreetly smirking at Via. She continued, "You played so good, Ollie, considering you don't play sports anymore." She paused, looking at Belly, "Don't you think?"

"Yeah, uh, you're really good." Belly teased, "You need to work on your focus, though-"

Nicole interrupted, "Hey, Belly."

She smiled, "Hey, Nicole. You remember my friend Taylor?"

"Yeah, hi." Nicole smiled, before explaining, "So, my dad's boat just came up from Anguilla. So what do you guys think about a pizza and rosé in a few hours?" She paused, "Just something fun to end the day."

Via smiled, "Sounds cool."

"Will Kayla be there?" Taylor questioned.

"You mean Shayla." Nicole chuckled nervously, "And no, she has plans with Liam and all those people."

Taylor nodded, "Okay, then yeah we'll be there."

***

The party on Nicole's boat had been going on for a few hours, as the group of girls decided to play put a finger down. The game was incredibly straight girl based, so Via faked most of her answers, which Taylor caught up on very quickly. Because of this, Taylor decided to dare the group to go skinny dipping- which only a few of them agreed too.

"Hey, watch out for jellyfish, I don't wanna have to pee on any of you guys." Gigi exclaimed, as she took off her shirt, before noticing somebody's phone vibrating on the deck, "Hey, Nicole, Conrad's texting you."

Nicole left Taylor, Via, and Belly in the water as she swam towards the deck. Olivia was having fun but, of course, they were all naked. Via knew what Taylor was doing when she chose skinny dipping to be the dare, of course she would pick skinny dipping.

Belly smiled, "This is actually nice."

"I have to admit, I like your friends." Taylor replied.

"I knew you would." Belly chuckled, as she turned to Via, with a smirk, "Also, you did not put a finger down for have you ever kissed a boy."

"I did." Via chuckled, "What?"

"Wait, hold on." Taylor squinted her eyes in confusion, "You- You came out? When?"

Via smiled, "Like, a few days ago."

"Girl!" Taylor hugged her, "I'm so proud of you."

Via's eyes widened, "We are hugging naked, right now."

"Wait, you knew?" Belly questioned, "How?"

Taylor glanced at Via, before looking at Belly, "I guess I just knew-"

Unexpectedly, a car engine's revved as the lights turned on. The three in the water watched Nicole and Gigi drive away, as they swam to the deck in confusion.

"What the fuck?" Via questioned.

Taylor gasped, "I knew they were bitches!" She pulled herself out of the water slightly, peering up at the deck, "They took everything. Except for your phone, which has a really incriminating text from Conrad."

"Wait, what does it say?" Belly questioned, as she swam towards Taylor.

She read the message out, "My mom did ask me to ask you to the ball, but that's not why I did it. I did it because I wanted to."

Belly grinned, "Oh my god."

Via rolled her eyes, "Belly, concentrate. We are literally naked and have no way home. And I'm not walking home naked."

"What about that?" Taylor questioned, pointing to a massive blanket that the girl's brought down with them.

The three girls walked in the dark, sharing one massive blanket that they wrapped around all three of them. Via used her spare hand to phone her Conrad.

Belly questioned, "What are you doing?"

Via deadpanned, "Phoning for help."

"Thank God!" Taylor exhaled dramatically, "I cannot walk another two miles."

"No, don't phone him." Belly panicked, "It's too much drama!"

"Drama?" Via repeated, "The drama is us walking home naked."

Belly added, "Please stop saying naked."

Conrad finally answered, music blasting in the background from the party, "Hello?"

"Conrad, you need to pick us up." Via stressed, "I'm freezing to death out here."

"Out where?" Conrad questioned, "What happened? Where are you?"

"Near Hopper's Cove." Via added, "And tell Nicole to give us back our fucking clothes."

"What-"

After a while of waiting at the side of a quiet street, two cars drove down the road, both Jeremiah and Conrad rushing towards the group.

Jere asked, "Oh my God, are you okay?"

Conrad and Jeremiah held both ends of the blanket, staring into the distance awkwardly, as the three girl's got changed into the bag of clothes Conrad had passed them. Via kept her eyes on the floor, as she got changed next to Belly- she caught Taylor smirking to herself.

a/n:
happy halloween!
(im grieving over the marauders rn)