Tim lays in a lounge chair under a beach canopy as he reads. Every now and then, glancing up at Patches and Adam playing on the beach. 

Kirstie, Jenika and Emily had gone shopping and Kevin was spending most of his time with Tori.

Tim glances up when Patches's voice begins to become louder as if they were arguing.

"NAAAA!" Patches says loudly.

Patches crosses his arms across his chest as he begins to stomp his way through the sand toward Tim.

Tim chuckles at the pouting man-child heading his way. He glances at the beach to where Adam was talking to a man walking his dog.

"TI!" Patches says with an angry voice.

"HOLY SH*T!" Tim yells as he sees the man with the dog grab Adam roughly by his shirt collar. He throws his book down as he jumps up from his chair. "Wait a minute Patches."

Tim heads as fast as he can to where the guy was roughly shaking Adam. Patches runs behind him to catch up.

"HEY, WHAT THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING!!??" Tim shouts as he shoves the man away from a crying Adam.

"Listen, Buddy. I don't have a problem with gays but you need to tell your boyfriend to keep his d*mn sexual remarks to himself!" The man says through gritted teeth.

"Wait! What? What the hell are you talking about??!!" Tim growls. "Boyfriend?"

Adam squats down wrapping his arms around Tim's leg, crying in fear.

"This jerk just asked me if I wanted a good f*ck." The man says as he points to Adam.

"TI!!!" Patches shouts.

"WHAT!??" Tim shouts until he realizes it was Little Bits he was talking to. "Sorry, Patches, what?"

"Mmm Co!" Patches says.

"Chloe?" Tim asks then looks down at Adam.

"Mhmm." Patches nods.

"Sorry, sir. I think I know what's going on." Tim says. "This is Adam. He has multiple personalities. One of his personalities is a teenage girl named Chloe. She is pretty flirty."

"Mmm Bit." Patches says with a nod. (b*tch)

"Seriously?" The man asks looking down at the crying man attached to Tim's leg.

"I swear, that's the truth." Tim says as he gently rubs Adam on the head. "This here is Adam. He has a mind of a four-year-old."

"You mean, I was fixing to punch a man with a mind of a child? Holy crap." The man says shaking his head. "I'm so sorry."

"It was a total misunderstanding." Tim says as he helps Adam to stand up. "It's alright, Pumpkin." 

"Is .. Is he .. Is he going to h..h..hit me?" Adam sobs. "I sowy."

"No, he's not gonna hit you." Tim says as he wipes Adam's tears.

"Don't cry. I'm the one who needs to apologize." The man smiles. "By the way, my name is Garth. My wife, Trisha, and I are on vacation down here from Nashville."

"I'm Tim and this, of course, is Adam and that's Patches. Also a spilt-personality. My wife and I along with a couple of friends bought this place. We moved here from New York." Tim says with a smile and shakes Garth's hand.

"That's not a New Yorker accent I hear." Garth chuckles.

"No, it's not. Adam, myself and my wife Jenika are originally from Texas." Tim laughs.

"K ..KIT!!" Patches yells as he begins to wave.

"Hey, Sweetie." Kirstie giggles as she, Jenika and Emily walk out to the beach to join them.

"Garth, this is my beautiful wife, Jenika. And this is our friend and housemate Kirstie and her little demon, Emily." Tim laughs as Emily hits him on his prosthetic and then pouts as she rubs her hand.

"Pleased to meet you." Garth nods. "Well, I guess me and Rocky need to be heading out. And again, I'm sorry if I caused any trouble."

"It's fine." Tim says, shaking his head.

"You alright?" Garth asks Adam.

"I alwight now. Tanks." Adam smiles.

Garth waves as he and his dog continue down the beach.

"What was all that about?" Jenika asks.

"One word. Chloe." Tim answers.

"Oh, no." Kirstie says. "What happened?"

"Garth was walking by with his dog and Chloe came on to him. He didn't appreciate it too much." Tim replies.

"He didn't hit you did he?" Jenika asks Adam, her face becoming red with anger.

"No, he didn't hit me." Adam answers, shaking his head. "I taught he was." (thought)

"I explained and everything is cool now." Tim says, rubbing Adam on the back.

"Mmm Co bit." Patches nods.

"I agwee." Adam chuckles. (agree)

They make their way back over to the canopy. Tim picks up his book and knocks the sand off of it and lays it aside with his glasses.

"So." He says as he sits down and crosses his arms over his chest. With a smirk on his face, he asks. "How was your morning?"

"Apparently, less drama than yours." Jenika laughs.

"Yeah, it was a little un-nerving." Tim chuckles.

"It cared me." Adam nods (scared)

"I would imagine, Sweetie." Jenika smiles as she ties Adam's hair into a ponytail so it wouldn't be so hot.

"Patches, Sweetie. Do you want me to tie your hair back?" Kirstie asks when she notices Patches watching Jenika and Adam.

"Naaa." He answers, shaking his head.

"It would be a lot cooler." Kirstie adds.

"NAAA! K..KIT!!" Patches yells with a frown.

"Okay, Fine." Kirstie says, holding up her hands.

"Hey, Kiddo. What's with the attitude?" Tim asks, reaching over to rub Patches on the back.

"Mmm Co bit." Patches mumbles, bowing his head.

Tim glances quickly at the girls.

"Come mere." Tim says softly as he pats beside him on the lounge chair.

Patches pouts as he sits down next to Tim.

"Did Chloe say something mean to you?" Tim asks, putting his arm around the man-child.

Patches nods as he quickly wipes his eyes.

"Are you able to tell me what she said?" Tim asks.

"Mmm u ..u..ug. S .. Stu." Patches tries but then shakes his head and leans into Tim.

"Oh, Baby." Kirstie says as she stoops down beside the chair. "You are definitely not ugly. You're beautiful. And you're very smart."

"PeeWee, don't worry about what Chloe said. Like you said, she's a b*tch." Tim smiles as he rubs Patches on the back of the head.

Patches giggles as he snuggles next to Tim.

"I .. I hate Coey, Jen." Adam whispers as his eyes fill with tears.

"I know you do, Sweetie." Jenika says softly. "And none of this is your fault. So don't even think that. You have nothing to do with her actions."

"Uh, am I interrupting anything?" Garth says. He was holding three to go cups in his hands. "I come bearing gifts."

"What?" Tim chuckles.

"It's a peace offering." Garth laughs. "Can't go wrong with chocolate milkshakes."

"YAY!!" Emily claps as Garth hands her the smaller cup.

"Milk Thakes?" Adam smiles. (shakes)

"Yep, I hope you like chocolate." Garth says handing Adam a cup.

"I wub chokit." Adam giggles. (chocolate)

"And this one is for you." Garth smiles handing the last cup to Patches.

"You really didn't have to do this." Kirstie smiles, shaking her head.

"I know I didn't but I wanted to." Garth laughs.

"Ti." Patches whispers.

Tim looks around at the puzzled look on Patches's face as he holds up the cup.

"It's a milkshake." Tim smiles. Tim takes the straw and leans it toward the smaller man's lips. "Take a sip. It's really good."

Patches takes the straw into his mouth and takes a small sip.

He shakes his head at the coldness. Then quickly takes another sip.

"I think he likes it." Tim laughs.

"Mmm goo." Patches says with a nod. (good)

"Just don't drink it too fast or you might get a brain freeze." Tim warns.

"BAIN FEEZE!!??" Adam asks with a frightened look.

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