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his eyebrows at
her, and Kayla shrugged in return.
    “Oh,
nothing. Had a good morning, hoping to have an even better afternoon,” she
said, smiling wickedly.
    “About
that. I haven't worked out how much of a rebel you are yet. What sort of
feelings do you have about breaking the law?”
    Now it
was Kayla's turn to raise her eyebrows.
    “Ah,
well, maybe if I knew what I was getting myself into? Murder is strictly off
the table.”
    “Just a
bit of light trespassing,” Jay answered. “You see, we have two options for this
afternoon. We can hike up Diamond Head crater the way everyone does. It's hot,
and it's crowded, but it's adequate, I guess. For those who want to play it
safe.” He raised an eyebrow at her quizzically, and she gave a cool stare in
return.
    “For
those who don't?”
    “For
those who don't, you can hike up a trail that only some locals know about. Then
you avoid the rangers, stay past closing time, and get an even better view of
the city at night.”
    Kayla
thought quickly. She didn't really have a rebellious bone in her body. As for a
brush with the law, she'd never had so much as a parking ticket. But where had
that got her, so far? Surely even if they were caught, they wouldn't be too
hard on a tourist?
    “To be
clear, if we get busted, I'm blaming you. I'm going to play the innocent
tourist who had no idea of the rules, and was talked into something silly by
the local rebel,” she said sternly.
    “That
sounds close enough to the truth,” Jay grinned. He started up the car and
pulled into the Honolulu traffic.
    It was
slow going until they were right under the shadow of Diamond Head, then the
traffic finally eased. Jay drove straight past the official entrance, and
looped around some back roads. Eventually, he pulled over in a quiet spot, next
to a chain link fence.
    “Ready
for some rule breaking, apprentice rebel?” He asked.
    Kayla
smiled at him and nodded, but inside felt a squirm of nervousness. She wasn't
sure how serious this could be. The big orange signs bolted to the fence,
warning “No Trespassers”, weren't helping things.
    Jay
bent down and motioned for her to put a foot in his hand. He boosted her to the
top of the fence, and she gracelessly scrambled over, before dropping down on
the other side, stumbling slightly as her feet hit the ground. As soon as she
was over, he agilely pulled himself over as well, dropping lightly to his feet.
She tried not to look impressed, hoping he wasn’t paying attention during her
own attempt.
    “Right,
come on then,” he smiled at her. “It's going to be hot, so tell me if you need
to stop for a breather. Don't grab any of the plants to try and help pull
yourself up. It's so dry up here they'll just snap straight off, and you could
go for a tumble.”
    They
started up the faintly marked trail. Clearly they weren't the only ones who'd
been this way, but it looked like it had been a while between hikers. The path
began to tilt sharply upwards, and Kayla focused on steadying her breathing.
The sun beat down from overhead, and she was glad of the small protection from
her wide-brimmed hat. The side of the old volcanic cone was littered with the
remnants of old war fortifications, the surrounding scrubby vegetation crispy
from day after day of exposed, baking heat.
    “What's
that?” What looked like an old abandoned swimming pool, covered in graffiti,
had come into view as they rounded the curve of the cone. Kayla was half
curious, and half in need of a break from the steep climb.
    Jay
seemed to sense her hidden motive, and paused, handing her a water bottle.
    “I'm
not actually sure. Could be an old bunker, there's heaps of them around here.
Or, someone once told me it was the onetime foundations of a light house.” He
shrugged. “Looks cool though, doesn't it? What I do know for sure, is local
kids use it to practice graffiti.”
    “Huh. I
guess I never really thought about the need to practice that. All the stuff
I've seen looks pretty