<strong>Sean, still running on the beach with Beth</strong><br/><br/>Just like that, as quickly as she had come on to him, the blond had coquettishly slipped out of his embrace.  Sean blinked, but then laughed when Beth pointed out that rolling around on top of a bunch of sharp, jagged rocks would probably end up leaving them with scrapes and cuts in places less than desirable.  He could only imagine what Mike and Katy would say if the two were to come back with lacerations.  While it would certainly make for an interesting story, it probably wouldn't be a good start to their second day.<br/><br/>He helped Beth climb down from the cliff.  It appeared that there was no other way around it, at least nothing that they could get to easily, and so there didn't seem to be any alternative but to go back the way they had come.<br/><br/>"Well, half a mile is better than nothing," said Sean, breaking back into a jog.  And it wasn't like they were running on grass or smooth black top, either; their feet sank into the sand with every step, adding an element of difficulty to the run.  "C'mon, first one back to the house gets to do Jello shots off of the loser."  He increased his pace a bit, glancing back to see if Beth would do the same.<br/><br/>As he ran, he thought about the experiment.  He really, really liked Beth.   She and he seemed to have instant chemistry.  In any other circumstances, he would easily have dated her; as it was, within the confines of the experiment, he wondered how it would play out with Mike and Katy, how it would affect the interactions with the others.  He supposed he would just have to wait and see.<br/><br/>