The beach.

The car pulled into a sandy side beach where there were people everywhere. There was dancing to music being played by a DJ on stage, prop-up stalls and tables where they could eat food, volleyball nets for play, and tikki torches all lit around the side of the beach that led into a majestic ocean.

"Is this my party?!" I asked excitedly.

"It sure is. All that stuff you ordered for the other party at the mansion, I redirected it here so we could set it up in secret for your surprise party." Sage gave me a pat on the shoulder before we exited the car.

I had to admit that the view was astounding! Not saying that I couldn't have thrown a better party myself, I am Rorke Blazeman, but Sage really outdid herself for this event. I was so happy that my friends pulled this together for me that I almost forgot about my nude escapade earlier...almost. Now that I was in a place where everyone else was pretty much as scantily clad as me, I had no need to feel embarrassed anymore. I was so psyched, I was ready to charge down that beach to show off my awesome new swimsuit and make everybody's lives so much better just by being alive.

"Okay," Sage pointed at me. "are you certain you want to go in like that? I mean it was fun teasing you in the car and everything but are you really going to out in public in that suit?"

"What the hell are you talking about?" I gave her a muscle pose that tightened my sculpted abs along with a taunting grin. "This suit is almost as cool as I am."

Ingrid bounced over to me in delight. "Oh thank you Rorke! I knew you would appreciate fine art. This is truly one of my master pieces."

Scarlet rolled her eyes. "You two just have the weirdest tastes." Santiago placed an arm around her in concession. Both Ingrid and I frowned at them.

"No respect for excellence, am I right Ingrid?" I shook my head as I placed my hands on my hips.

She nodded in agreement. "It's the curse of being an artist too far ahead of my time. There just aren't that many visionaries like us out there Rorke."

"On that note, don't you guys have swimsuits as well?" I looked at them.