"Oh.. okay." replies Ava, trying to keep from blushing too much. He gives Alex a squeeze and then wriggles a bit against the other teen as he idly digs his toes down in the sand. He's rather like a kid with ADD but admittedly, it's been a long time since he got out with anyone but Josh or Henry. "Well just to be clear, hugs are always free and welcome." he says with complete seriousness.

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"Thank you, Avalon," Alex says softly. "Seriously...thank you."

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Shrugging some, Ava just gives Alex a big toothy grin and says "It's no problem at all. I understand."

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Alex lingers for a moment before ruffling Ava's hair again. "Okay, enough of all that," he says, flashing a grin and starting to splash Ava again.

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Switching gears easily, Ava gives a squeal that ends up with him spitting out water. He then dives into the water, wriggling himself like a fish as he reaches for Alex's foot and tries to tickle.

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Alex proves pretty agile, leaping away when tickled and laughing as he goes. "Gonna have to be faster than that," he laughs, diving under the surface.

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Having to come up for air, Ava wipes the water out of his face and then tracks where Alex goes under the water. It might be noticed that even though he didn't put on any sun screen, he really doesn't need it - he just turns more brown and blond instead of burning.

He grins to himself then dives at Alex, trying to grab the Green Lantern around the middle. he's not too worried about anyone drowning though - not with power rings on each of their fingers.

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Alex isn't worried about burning either. He smirks when caught around the middle and looks back at Ava. Squirming about he wraps it around Avalon, grinning as he brings them to the surface.

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Totally in game mode, Ava sets in on tickling Alex, single minded in his goal. He's going to get Alex laughing if it kills him,

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Alex does indeed start laughing but he's too stubborn just to give in and laugh. Alex starts tickling right back.

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