Finding Me

Surfs Up

I sit on the surf board, next to Kai, letting the water sway us, from side to side. We watch Kalani get ready to ride a wave, her arms are dragging in the water, as she bites her lip in concentration. She goes under the wave, ready to catch the one coming up. Before I realize what's happening, she's up, and surfing.
"Go Kalani" Kai, and I scream. She raised a peace sign to us, with a huge smile on her face.
"She's great" I tell Kai, I look over, and he's smiling proudly.
"Yeah" he says, now looking back at me. His eyes roam over me, making me blush.
"You ready?" he asks, and for some reason I blush harder
"What?" I ask confused, he smiles, making me slightly dizzy
"To surf" he says, a chuckle in his voice, I clear my throat embarrassed.
"As I'll ever be" I respond, laying down on my board, getting ready to paddle out. Kai starts paddling, and I follow him. I watch as his muscles contract even through his wet suit, I can tell he's fit.
"Okay, now just see if you can stand up when this wave hits" Kai tells me, I nod in response. I wait till the wave is rolling in, when I try to stand, my body shakes, and I collapse, the current pulling me under. I bob out of the water, grabbing hold of my surfboard.
"You okay?" Kai asks, paddling closer, he extends his hand to help me on my board.
"Yeah I'm fine, lets try again" I say, determined to stand up on the board today.
"I'm gonna try with the upcoming wave" I tell him, my eyes following the wave. I swim up, and steady myself, ready to stand, but end up getting taken away by the wave itself. I keep falling on every wave, and it's a lot of wipeouts, Kai tells me we can take a break, but I really want to prove to myself, and Kai that I can do this.
"One more" I tell him, my eyes watching the wave, tracing it. I paddle out, and start to stand, I finally get my feet steady which is already a good sign, I straighten out, and I stand But then my legs wobble, and I fall, the impact of the fall leaves me breathless, Kai, actually drags me onto his board.
"You did it, but are you okay?" he asks, moving the wet hair from my face. His eyes roam my face, checking for any injuries, he looks so worried.
"I did it" I yell thrusting my arms in the air, he laughs, and does the same thing. We paddle back to shore, and I notice that a few people have gathered, and Kalani is laughing at something Haku said.
"Yo, Kai" Leo calls, a beer in his hand
"Hey" Kai says, after he puts both our boards against a rock.
"So, Violet, how are you liking surfing?" Leo ask me, his eyes drift down my body, making me slightly uncomfortable.
"Its fun" I respond, not really knowing why he's talking to me
"Well if you need a real teacher, I'm always available" Leo says, smirking
"Thanks, but I think ill stick with Kai " I say, grabbing my towel from my backpack, Kai laughs. Leo ends up sticking with us, it almost seems like he's flirting with me.
"Hey, Leo likes you" Kalani says as I sit on a log by myself, while Kai, and Leo are out buying some drinks, and food.
"He has been flirting, but it's a weird awkward flirting that I don't really get" I tell her, she snorts loudly, making me laugh, and sits next to me.
"Well he's cute" Kalani says winking at me
"He's okay, I'm just not really interested" I tell her, she nods.
"Were back with the booze, and food" Leo says, making us turn towards them as they walk towards us. Kai's hands are full, as Leo chugs his beer.
"Hey I got you those ciders you like" Kai tells Kalani, handing her a six pack of ciders
"Vi you need to try these they're so good" Kalani says, passing me one of the drinks. I take a sip, and instantly spit it out, it was disgusting.
"What the hell is this?" I ask handing her my drink
"See I'm not the only one who hates them" Kai says, sitting next to me.
"How can you drink these!?" I ask, the lingering taste of stale cider beer still in my mouth.
"Here, have this" Kai says handing me a Stella Artois
"I love these" I say, as I open my drink.
"at least you have taste" he says making me laugh
"Shut it these ciders are great" Kalani says, taking a sip of her drink. Suddenly Leo comes, and nudges himself between Kai, and I.
"What did I miss?" He asks smiling at me, I guess he is cute, but I can't get Kia out of my head.
"Nothing much, just talking about ciders" I say, Kalani hands him one.
"Man I love these" he says, chugging his drink, Kai, and I burst out laughing. He looks between us confused. Leo ends up talking for what seem like forever about his upcoming surfing competition, I actually think I might fall asleep.
"So?" he asks, I look at him confused.
"Sorry?" I say, not knowing how to answer.
"Do you want to come" he repeats, and realization hits me, he's asking if I want to go to his competition.
"She's already coming, I invite her" Kia interrupts, winking at me. Butterflies swarm through my body.
"Oh, so then I will see you there" Leo says, his smile growing into a smirk.
"I guess so" I says, looking over at Kai, who takes a sip of his beer, while he stares off ahead. I stand, wanting to go for a swim.
"Where are you going?" Leo asks, his eyes glued to my ass, Kai smacks his on the head, making Leo look away quickly.
"For a swim" I say, my eyes on Kai, who stands with me.
"I think I'll join" he says, I nod in response.
"I'm sorry about inviting you to that competition, it just looked like you needed an out" he says, as we walk.
"No it's fine, I really needed an out so you helped" I tell him, taking my hair out of my ponytail.
"Well then I'm glad" he says. We stop before the water, letting the soft sand surround our feet.
"Race you" he says, a childish grin on his face
"You're on" I tell him raising my eyebrow, he chuckles, and it ungulates through me.
"On three" he says, his eyes now on the water.
"1" he says
"2" I continue
"3" we both yell running into the water.