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Visiting us today is the fabulous Lani Wendt Young; author of the book that had me started on a sleeping disorder, "TELESA:THE COVENANT KEEPER". I'm sure we've all read it, and if you haven't, now is your chance to buy and be absorbed into the world of Leila & Daniel (and Jason *winks*) Only $5.99 for the eBook on AMAZON.

Lani's here for an interview that TEAM JASON's been waiting for. YES, an interview with the hot surfer boy/volcanologist himself while he's here checking out the Pipeline competition at Sunset BEACH and of course visiting one of his favorite fans *ahem*

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We’ve been hearing a lot about Daniel and I thought it was time that we shine the spotlight on another very important person in Leila’s life…her (cough) friend Jason who is here in Hawaii visiting Jen’s Blog.

Jason's too shy for a photo so here is his TWIN BROTHER

Hi Jason, thanks for taking time from your busy schedule to join us here on Jen’s blog. I have to tell you that she’s one of your biggest fans!

Thanks Lani – and it’s great to be here with you and Jen. I love Hawaii. It’s got the most amazing volcanoes in the world and the best surfing, so it’s one of my favorite places to visit. Besides, I see that Jen has made us a chocolate cake for refreshments, so I’m sure this interview is going to be a pleasure.

Right, let’s get started so we can try some of that cake. Jason, or should I say, Professor Williams, you’re a volcanologist with a PhD in Geophysics. Aren’t you a little young to be a Professor? Does that mean you were a total geek in high school?

No! *laughs* Ok, maybe a little bit of a geek. But a really cool, super hot kind of geek! Im from a big family, my dad’s a plumber and my mom’s a school teacher. They always taught us that we had to aim high and work our butts off to get scholarships to college since they couldn’t afford to pay for all eight of us to go. It’s not my fault I was born a genius and got into all the Advanced programs in school! I hated being stuck indoors studying when I was at college, so I worked double hard so I could get out of there quicker.

What brings you here to Hawaii?

I’m passing through on my way back to Samoa. I was working with a science team there monitoring geothermal activity when I got really sick with some kind of tropical bug. I had to go back home to the US for medical treatment and it’s taken me weeks to recover. That was some vicious bug.

We’re very happy to see you’ve recovered. Doesn’t he look good Jen? (Jen is unusually quiet today, I think she might be shy…) Jason, I thought all the volcanoes in Samoa were extinct?

They should be. Dormant is probably a better word, but that’s the thing about volcanoes, they’re such unpredictable and tempestuous things. We can study them and make predictions about them, but they can still surprise us. I think that’s what makes this work so exciting. There’s been a lot of unusual geothermal activity in Samoa in just the last few months so that’s what me and my team are studying.

And what do you think of our beautiful country Samoa?

I love it. It’s such a different lifestyle than back in the US. More relaxed and easygoing. Everyone is so friendly – well, almost everyone is friendly…And the beaches! Amazing. I love the outdoors, that’s one of the reasons I chose this field to work in, and Samoa is the most beautiful place I’ve ever been. And the food is the best. When Im there I can study a fascinating volcano and then go surfing or kayaking. Hang out at the V-Bar with friends…

Ah yes, friends. You’re good friends with Leila. How would you describe her for readers who haven’t met her yet?

Leila’s a very special person – she’s beautiful on the inside and the outside and yet, she doesn’t know it. It’s always so off-putting when a girl is up herself, you know? Leila’s the total opposite. We kind of got off on the wrong foot when we first met… ‘somebody’ was wearing these skanky stiletto heels, pretending to be something they weren’t and then ended up chucking somebody else into the swimming pool at Aggie Greys. But, I gave her another chance to be nice and now, we’re very close.

Close huh? How close?

I would give my life for her. That’s how close. I care about her a lot. Leila basically saved my life once when we were on site at the Matavanu Volcano. She has a special interest in our work with volcanoes and we’ve spent a lot of time together. I gave her surfing lessons – but she kinda sucks at it. Shh...don’t tell her I said that! She might zap me – I mean, she might throw me in a swimming pool again. Look, joking aside, let’s be straight up here – I love Leila. And I’m going back to Samoa to make sure that she knows it.

You do realize that you have competition, don’t you? That there’s someone else that thinks he’s got Leila’s heart all wrapped up?

You mean that rugby player from her school? Daniel? The teenager who looks like he belongs in the ring with the Rock? That guy? I trust Leila’s judgement when it comes to her friends and Daniel sounds like a great kid. But the difference between me and him is – I’m a man who knows what he wants and who knows how to get what he wants. Leila’s been through a lot in the past year, with her dad’s death, meeting her Samoan family, adjusting to her gifted heritage…she needs a man who can help her with all that. We already know there’s sparks between us, and where there’s sparks – there’s fire.

We only have time for one more question, and this one is from a reader in NZ, Sefa Lematua, who wants to know, “Jason, are you a boxers or briefs kind of guy?”

I’d like to remain a man-of-mystery kind of guy and say No Comment! But – for an extra piece of that chocolate cake I will say this – yesterday I went surfing and I didn’t lace up my board shorts very well. I went down in a pretty rough wave and got my shorts ripped off. Lets just say there was a very important reason why I couldn’t come out of the water until one of my friends swam out with a spare pair of shorts for me.

Okaaaay! Jen’s just turned up the air-conditioning, it’s getting a little hot in here… I think its time for some cake. Thank you for stopping by to do an interview with us Jason. We’re looking forward to seeing you in March 2012 and we’re both hoping for a happy ending for you! We’re going to open up the phone lines to our readers for their questions. Everyone out there, if you have a question you would like to ask Jason – please ask it now and while he’s enjoying Jens chocolate cake, he will be happy to answer them!

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