"You're Kaitlin Burke, right?" a girl asks. She's wearing oversized Dior sunglasses and a teeny brown Versace bikini. Her long blond hair is pulled into pigtails. She's holding a tiny, yappy Pomeranian -- which is growling at me. I didn't even know they allowed dogs at the resort.

I suddenly realize I know this girl. She's Ava Hayden. There's not a party in Los Angeles that she's not on the invite list for. Ava had her own reality show on VH1 for two seasons, but her real claim to fame is having an endless stream of money, thanks to her parents' popular, upscale steak restaurant chain, and her uncanny ability to live her entire life in the presence of the paparazzi.

"Ava, right?" I say. "This is my brother, Matty, and my personal security, Rodney." Rodney (who hates the word bodyguard, which is why I avoid it) just grunts. Matty is speechless so I keep talking. "How are you?" I ask.

"Hot," she whines. "This island is way too humid. I'm hoping parasailing will cool me off. I'm not sure Calou is going to like the boat though," Ava adds, gesturing with her small, wound-up pup.

A girl walks up next to her. "Maybe we should throw him overboard." Seeing the look of horror on my face, she laughs. "I'm just kidding," she says. "I love this annoying little guy." She rubs his head and he tries to bite her. "Calou goes with Ava everywhere. Even if we have to sneak him on and off the resort every day."

The girl is Ava's sidekick, Lauren Cobbs. She's an heiress too -- her parents own a major electronics company -- and she's had her own show on E! She's also been in a few slasher films, usually playing the part of the girl who dies an awesome death two minutes into the movie.

Ava rolls her eyes. "Of course I take Calou on vacay. He deserves one just as much as I do, don't you, sweet pea?" The dog yaps in agreement.

"Well, if something happens to you during parasailing, you better not leave your fortune to some dog," Lauren says as she twirls her long, brown curly hair around a red manicured finger. "I want your four-carat diamond hoops." Lauren's wearing an itty-bitty bikini in navy blue with a sheer, long-sleeved cover-up covering, well, nothing.

I laugh. "I wouldn't count on getting those earrings," I tell Lauren. "I just finished parasailing and I survived. I was petrified, but once I got over it, it was exhilarating." The two of them just stare at me and nod.

"I'm sorry," Lauren says finally. "It's just, we love you. Seriously, we're big fans. Family Affair is like the best show ever!"

"I can't believe it's going off the air. Fifteen years!" Ava complains. "My mom cried for an hour when we heard about it on Celebrity Insider."

"Yeah, I was pretty broken up too," I admit. I haven't thought about FA much while I've been on break, but hearing Lauren and Ava talk about the show's soon-to-be demise brings the emotions flooding back. "I've grown up on that show. I'm really going to miss it."