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off to our room a few minutes later when Owen needed his diaper changed.
    Mom and I exchanged a look across the table, and for about the millionth time I wondered if life would be easier or harder without me at home. But of course I couldn’t just hang around the house forever because Abbie had a baby, right?
    After dessert, as I carried my plate into the kitchen, Grammy practically shoved me away from the sink. “No, you go relax with our guests. You shouldn’t have to work your first night here.”
    “We gotta get going, Mrs. Ka’aihue,” Justin said with a glance at his watch. “There’s this thing at the church—”
    Grammy hustled over. “You’re leaving already?”
    “Yeah. We’ve got a men’s group thing.”
    Lucky for me. Otherwise Grammy would be pushing me out the door. After a lifetime of Mom’s hands-off parenting, could I handle being smothered by Grammy for the next two months? Or possibly longer?
    “Nice to meet you all,” Chase said. He glanced around. “Tell Abbie we said bye.”
    “Yeah, I will.”
    Chase strode to the door, seeming grateful to escape, but Justin lingered near me. “Nice meeting you.”
    “You too.” I smiled, hoping it came across as friendly rather than flirtatious. The last thing I wanted was for Justin to think I’d somehow been involved in or encouraged this crazy setup of Grammy’s. “Guess I’ll be seeing you around a lot this summer.”
    He nodded. “We’ll go surfing.”
    “Sounds good.”
    With that, he said one more thank you to Grammy and walked out the door.
    “Isn’t he nice?” Grammy said as I returned to the kitchen. She no longer seemed worried about me working on my first night.
    I hesitated. “They both seem nice.” I really, really hoped she’d drop the whole thing.
    She did. For five minutes.
    “Oh no!” Grammy dangled a key ring. “Skylar, it looks like Justin’s left his car keys. Be a dear and run these over to him, would you?”
    I bit back a groan. “Sure.” I glanced at Abbie and rolled my eyes.
    “Yeah, you’ve got such problems,” she said.
    Grammy looked awfully pleased with herself as I took the keys from her hands.
    “Ten bucks says she lifted these off him,” I murmured to Mom as I walked by.
    Mom smiled. “No bet.”
    I crossed the poorly paved road to the little yellow house. Only the screen door was shut, which left me in the awkward position of either ringing the doorbell or calling inside to them. While weighing my options, Justin approached the door, presumably on his way to his church function.
    “Hi,” I said, feeling a little embarrassed to be standing there. I held out Justin’s keys. “You left these.”
    “Did I?” Justin patted his pants pockets, as if his keys would be there. “Weird.”
    With my errand complete, I should’ve turned and walked back to Grammy and Papa’s house. For some reason, I felt compelled to say, “Sorry about my grandma tonight. About the obvious setup.”
    Justin grinned. “No big deal.”
    “She totally sprung it on me. I swear.”
    “It’s fine. When she invited us over, I thought it might be something like that.” Justin twirled his keys around his finger. “We really should go surfing, though. Not just because of your grandma.”
    “Yeah, sure,” I said as I backed down the walkway. “I’ll be around.”
    I felt him watch me walk away and tingled a little with excitement. Not about Justin necessarily, but the possibility that this could happen. That I really might get over Connor Ross.

5
    After my week of sun and surf, I had no intentions of leaving Hawaii. Ever.
    The breeze kicked up and I closed my eyes, savoring the warm wind on my face. If only my parents had chosen to raise us here. What a different person I’d be—laid back and stress free. And I’d know how to surf instead of looking like a bumbling moron on the board.
    “There’s my favorite mainlander.”
    I smiled and opened my eyes—Justin. “You’re calling me a mainlander, Mister