Peaceful

"Great she ruined it. I can't post this.", Alexis complains loudly.

"Come on it's not that bad. We still have time before we gotta meet the others at the mall. Let's just do another take.", Sarah tries to calm her down.

"You don't get it. Moms probably finish preparing breakfast soon and we won't have time to do another take," exclaims a frustrated Alexis.

"Hmm... just post it anyway. We should keep up the regular uploads to feed the algorithm. It's better to post something bad than not posting at all. As long as it keeps the algorithm recommending us to people it should be fine. We can still delete it in a couple of days or weeks.", reasons Sarah.

"I know, but while it's up it's still going to be a stain on my profile.", Alexis explains defeated.

Sitting around the kitchen table. Alexis and Sarah are discussing their plans for the mall and tell Joanne that they will probably be back in the late afternoon. They had decided to post the TikTok anyway with Emily in it. Neither of them had spotted Emily's malfunction.

Emily on the other hand had made plans to meet with her best friend Stephanie to go to a lokale lake not far out of town. They recently bought new bikinis that at least Stephanie was eager to show off.

After Emily finishes her breakfast she gets up to her room, changes into her bikini, and puts on a cute flowery yellow sundress that reaches down to her knees. Next, she picks up a towel and some sunscreen from the bathroom and waits for Stephanie to pick her up.

Shortly after, Stephanie arrives in the new Cabrio her parents got her for finishing high school last week, and Emily excitedly jumps in the passenger seat.

"Hey, I see you are excited to show your new bikini.", Stephanie said, referring to the somewhat daring bikini she convinced Emily to buy. It took Stephanie quite a lot of convincing to get Emily to break her usual habit of wearing rather conservative swimsuits.

"Hmpf. Don't remind me. I hope there won't be too many people. I'm not sure I would be comfortable strutting around in that just yet.", says Emily skeptically.

"Oh, don't you worry? You look absolutely stunning in it. All the boys will be gawking at you.", Stephanie says encouragingly.

"That's the problem. I don't want the boys to be gawking at me. I'm not that exciting anyway."

"Haha. You have no clue. You won't even know what's happening to you. But maybe we can find you a nice boyfriend.", says Stephanie with a wink.