The girls headed back outside, ready to do their missions. Rian spotted Harry, Nicky, and Seb relaxing over on the daybeds. Rian nodded to Iona, Yasmin, and Viv. Iona quickly grabbed a spot beside Harry. At the same time, Yasmin and Viv took up their positions near Nicky and Seb.

“What are you girls up to?” Nicky asked.

“Just figured we hang out for a while.” She said, getting comfortable on the daybed.

Rian looked over at Yasmin, who smiled mysteriously at Nicky. “Hey, Nicky, quick quiz, what was the name of the band I was in?”

He looked over at Yasmin skeptically. “We can’t all be as clever as you, Nicky,” Rina added. She shot Yasmin a grin, knowing that Nicky could never pass up a chance to share his knowledge.

“Flatterer,” Nicky said, shooting a wry smile at Rian. “Enchanted Husband is the answer.”

“Correct.” Yasmin smiled. “Your prize is a hug.” She reached over and gave Nicky a quick hug. Rian raised her eyebrows at Iona.

Iona reached for her suncream, looking at Harry. “Harry, will you be a babe and get my back? I can’t ever get the coverage right.”

Harry looked over at Viv, who smiled, but then he looked over to Rian for guidance. ” It’s just suncream, hon, no big deal.”

“You’re right,” He took the bottle and squeezed some suncream into his hand. Iona laid stomach down on the daybed. Rian winked at Viv.

“Hey, Seb? ” Viv asked.

“Yea, Viv?” Seb answered. Rian wanted to watch this one to see how Seb would react. Not to the idea of eyeliner, but the concept of Viv. She knew he had a bit of a crush.

“Has anyone ever told you that you have pretty eyes?” Viv asked sweetly.

“Um… Really?” Seb asked.

“Rian and I were talking about it before we both agreed. You’ve got the nicest eyes. In fact, we think you should do a lot more to draw attention to them. You’d look so hot with a bit of eyeliner.” Viv explained.

Seb looked over at Rian dubiously.

“Oh, I agree,” Rian said, smiling at Seb. “A bit of eyeliner would complete that whole glass half empty thing you got going on. I think you’d look great.”

“I’ve never put eyeliner on, but I admit I wanted to try before,” Seb said.

“Then try it. I’ll put it on for you.”Viv said, her voice like honey.

Seb nodded, “Okay. Let’s go.”

Camilo, Ciaran, and Tai sat on the beanbags chatting about empanadas. Rian nodded to Miki. She walked over and pretended to trip. “Oops,” Camilo held his hands out and caught her, pulling her into his lap. “Thanks for the catch, Camilo.” Miki smiled up at him. “You’re pretty comfy. I could stay here and probably fall asleep.”

“But, my legs would go numb.” Camilo worried. Miki stayed until Rian gave her a nod.

“Sorry about being so clumsy.” Miki grinned.

Rian gave AJ an up nod. AJ smiled. “Hey, Tai, you wanna wrestle.”

Tai’s eyes lit up.”Sure.” AJ tackled him. ” Hey, I wasn’t ready.” He recovered fast.

AJ looked up at him, “but you’re bigger than me! I need some kind of advantage. Can I have someone else on my team?”

“Yeah, that seems fair,” Tai nodded.

“Ciaran! You’re with me!” AJ called.

“Sounds fun!” Ciaran said with a smile.

Tai pouted for a moment. “I thought you meant one of the girls.” He looked over at Rian, who huffed in amusement. AJ and Ciaran had already started attempting to put Tai on his back. He gave up the argument and started fighting back with a huge grin. After a few moments of good-natured wrestling, AJ wiggled out, leaving Ciaran and Tai rolling around on the grass. She smirked and gave Rian a thumbs up.

It’s a good show Ciaran and Tai are pretty well matched. The islanders get into it, cheering for both boys. Rian turned from the wrestling match to see Elladine talking to Bill. Nicky kept glancing back and forth between the match and Elladine. Elladine needed a distraction.”Nicky, can we talk for a moment?”

“Sure.” They walked away from the others.

“I was curious. What is your take on the new islanders?” Rian asked. She could see Elladine and Bill over Nicky’s shoulder. Elladine gave a quick thumbs-up as she started talking to Bill.

“I think Tai and Ciaran are fine, lads,” Nicky said, giving her a curious look. “Yasmin is a bit harder to pin down. She’s a bit of an enigma.”

Bill looked at Elladine with a confused. Rian was hard-pressed not to laugh as he shrugs and leans down.”What’s funny?”

“I was just thinking about the wrestling match,” Rian said, her eyes flitting over to the others.

“That was funny. The boys put on a good show.” Nicky grinned.

“It was pretty impressive.” Rian looked over at Elladine. She gave Rian a quick wave. “Let’s go see what the others are doing.”

AJ and the boys were by the pool. “Rian is gonna take the picture. ” AJ said, giving Rian a pleading look.

“Get in line too, Nicky. It won’t work if you’re not there.” Rian gave him a nudge.

“What about my eyeliner,” Seb asked.

“It looks great, and it’s waterproof, no worries,” Rian said. She pulled out her phone. All the boys lined up with AJ.

“On a count of three,” AJ announced, “One, two, three, ” The boys and AJ all jumped into the pool as Rian caught the moment.

A few minutes later, a phone beeped. “I think that’s mine,” Nicky said, pulling himself out of the pool. He looks at the screen and gasps. “I knew it!”

“What?” Camilo asked

“Listen,” Nicky said as he started to read. “Boys, it’s time you know the truth. Earlier today, we assigned the girls several secret challenges involving you. Because they completed all the challenges successfully, the whole Villa will get a special reward tomorrow.”

“Is this why you’ve all been acting a little weird today?” Harry asked.

“Yes, I didn’t really want Bill to motorboat me,” Elladine said.

Iona smirked, “Says the one who volunteered for that task.” Rian chuckled.

“Wait was, Rian’s challenge?” Bill asked.

“She was the mastermind,” Yasmin explained. “She gave us the sign when to go and jumped in if we got stuck.”

“So, that was why we had a chat?” Nicky asked.

Rian nodded.

“I totally knew you were up to something,” Nicky said.

“That’s not true,” Rian teased, “If you did, you would have said something.”

“I didn’t want to spoil your fun,” Nicky pouted.

“Sure, babe,” Elladine laughed.

“It’s academic anyway because we totally got away with it using our feminine wiles,” Yasmin said.

“It was teamwork. We all worked together to make it happen.” Rian said, looking at the girls.

“Exactly,” AJ grinned, throwing her arm around Iona, who couldn’t help but to smile back.

Nicky’s phone beeped again. “Another text.” He scanned it, and his face fell. “Islanders, It’s time for another recoupling. Our newest Islanders are up first. Please get dressed and gather at the fire-pit.”