Beauty and the Beast

Another trip to the Beach

RAY'S P.O.V.
I woke the next morning in my bed. Paul must have carried me up after the movie was over. When I thought about Paul my heart fluttered and then I remembered that he was to pick us up at 10, I quickly looked over at the clock and saw that it was 9:25. I quickly got out of bed, thinking of all the stuff I had to do before Paul got here; get Michelle up, get her some breakfast, get both of us dressed and get our beach bag ready. But when I walked into Michelle's room I surprised to see her up and playing with her toys.
"Good morning Sunshine. Why didn't you wake me up earlier?" I asked her as I walked over to her and gave her a hug.
"When I went in there you looked so happy and pretty and also last night you looked really tired when you fell asleep.I didn't want to wake you early if you don't have to." She told me as she gave me a big kiss on my cheek.
"Awww thank you Baby I love your kisses. Now how about we get some breakfast then get get dressed before Paul gets here." I told as I stood up.
"But Paully said he going to bring some kol-kol-chies when he came to get us."
"He's bringing some Kolache's, well then we better get dressed before he gets here huh?" I said while walking over to her dresser and pulled out some clothes. After I got her dressed, I told her to stay in her room while I went and got dressed myself (outfits in the picture above). I was putting towels and sunscreen in a bag when I heard a knock at the door. I looked around and made sure I had everything I would need from up here, then I went and got Michelle from her room and we both went down stairs to open the door and saw Paul standing with a bag of food.
"Paully!" Michelle scream as she jumped in his arms.
"Good morning Princess." he said smiling at her then he looked at my shirt and the already huge grin just grew bigger. I looked down confused as to why he would smile at the shirt I was wearing.
"Well come on in. We aren't ready yet. Someone let me sleep in late." I said while smiling at Michelle.
"Well good you need as much sleep as possible. And it's OK I told you 10 because I had planned to bring breakfast over anyways. We aren't meeting up with everyone else til 11, so we have plenty of time. Don't rush.
We walked into the kitchen and I began to put snacks into our bag when Paul came up behind me and took the bag out of my hands. "I said there is no reason to rush. Sit down and eat breakfast, then we can worry about getting the rest ready. Have you taken your iron pill yet?" He asked me as he set the bag on the counter.
"No. Not yet." Before I even finish talking he was already getting me a pill along with 2 glasses and one of Michelle's sippy cups. Then he went over to the fridge and pulled out the orange juice and poured some into each cup. After he put the orange juice back up, he handed me the pill and a glass. "Thank you Paul." Then took my pill and a drink. "But, if you know where I keep everything then you spend too much time over here." After that we quickly ate, then I finished putting drinks and snacks into the bag. Then we walked out to Paul's truck he put Michelle in her car-seat then he said, "I like being over here with you and my princess."
"Don't you have a girlfriend though, isn't she getting mad your not spending anytime with her?" I asked hoping the answer was no but looking at his beautiful face and knew that he had to have a girlfriend, any girl would be stupid not to want to date him.
"I have no girlfriend at the moment, but I do have my eyes on a certain someone." He told me then went to the front porch and got the bag full of Michelle's toys from off the porch, where they were from the last we went to the beach. It felt like my heart broke a little when he said that, knowing I had no chance with him now. I climbed into the truck and tried to act like my heart wasn't breaking. We got to the beach about 5 mins later. I quickly got out and grabbed my bag, when I got to the other side of the truck Paul already had Michelle out and was getting her toy bag out of the truck bed. I grabbed her hand and waited for Paul and then we walked to the spot where everybody else was sitting at. When the guys saw my shirt, half of them busted out laughing and the other half were just grinning. I sat down next to Emily really confused now.
"Is there something wrong with the shirt I'm wearing?" I asked her.
"No there is not." She said glaring at all the guys. "It's really cute, where did you get it from?"
"The mall in Seattle, I don't remember the name of the store though. It's the same place I got Michelle's from." Who was now currently standing right next to me.
"Sissy can I go swimming now?"
"Of course." I said as I took off her clothes and grabbed the sunscreen and put some on her.
"Will you come with me?" She asked me. I looked down at my stomach. How would they all react if they saw my stomach?
"Yeah I will." I told her. Who cares what they think, I want to spend as much time with Michelle as I can and I am not ashamed of my babies. I took off my clothes and I felt everyone staring at me. I didn't look up at any of them as grabbed Michelle's hand and walked to the water with her. We stayed in the shallow water for a little but then I took her in the deeper water. I was so focused on her I forgot we were with the guys until I saw Seth come up to us.
"Can I play with her for a little while." I was hesitant to give her to him. "I promise I would never drop her and it gives you a chance to go relax for a little bit." I reluctantly handed her over, only because she was reaching out for him. I went up to where Emily was and laid down next to her after I covered my stomach with a towel.
Without even looking over at me she said, "Seth finally stole her did he?"
"Yeah." I said chuckling. I looked over the beach and saw everyone but Paul and Sam. "Where did Paul and Sam go?"
"I think they went on a walk to talk. they should be back soon." As she said that I saw them walking over towards me and Emily. They were laughing at something and I noticed Paul stopped when his eyes scanned the beach. When he saw Michelle and Seth playing he looked directly over at me and Emily I saw him relax automatically. I felt a little happy that he was looking for me. Then I felt ridiculous, he like someone else, someone whose life wasn't screwed up. He was probably just worried that I had left Michelle here.

PAUL'S P.O.V.
After Ray and Shelley went to play in the water, I kept trying to think about what was wrong with Ray. When I knocked on the door this morning she was smiling and looked very happy, but by the time we reached the beach she was forcing her smiles, even to Michelle, and wouldn't look anybody in the eyes. As her and Michelle went to play in the water I thought about our conversation earlier and it hit me. She thinks I like someone else! I looked at Sam and motioned for him to follow me.
"When do I get to tell her that she is my imprint?" I asked him when I was sure we were out of everyone's sight. "She thinks I am in love with someone else. I have to let her know she is the only one!"
"Paul, whenever you think she is ready to hear it, tell her. But if you tell her and she is not ready things could go wrong and you could lose her. Maybe start with just trying to letting her know you like her. Then after a while, when she is comfortable with you tell her." Sam told me.
"OK, sounds good. Let's get back." As we were walking back to where Emily was and joking around, I looked out to where Michelle was and stopped laughing. I didn't see Ray anywhere, she didn't leave did she? I looked over at Emily hoping she was over there and was relieved to see her there and looking straight at me, but when she notice I was looking she automatically put her head down. I had to tell her soon. It was killing me seeing her this sad.