After only about 2 minutes, they could see the blues and greens and white of the ocean and the waves, crashing against the rocks violently while other times it was gentle and calm.
"Here we are"
Harley says as she stretches out her arms, taking a deep breath, feeling the morning breeze against her skin, ruffling through her long chestnut hair.
Penelope took in a deep breath, savoring the ocean breeze with a smile. She kicked off her shoes and ran to put her feet in the ocean. Jumping back upon first contact, she slowly put her feet in again adjusting to the temperature. "It's so beautiful." She said almost to herself.
"Yeah….its quite gorgeous"
She says smiling to herself as she took another deep breath.
Elijah looked out the window of the shop to see two figures out near the ocean.
"Hey…..that your girlfriend?"
His friend says with a smile as the other one elbowed him.
"Which one?"
He says with a laugh as Eli picks up a cactus, pushing it on his friends arm.
"OW, WHAT THE- oh…..HEY what was that for!!!!???"
He says holding his arm, pulling little thorns out of his arm.
Penelope had a huge smile as she let the water crash onto her feet. She couldn't think of a better way to spend her morning. It was a good way to clear her mind.
Sitting down on a rock as water crashed over it every now and then, knowing she would get wet, she took off her pants, and unbuttoned her shirt, setting it on a higher rock. Revealing a yellow and white flowered bathing suit, the straps were tied with bows as so was the bottom, on the side of her hip. Frills at the top that would move slightly as the wind blew.
"Good thing I came prepared"
She says with a smile as a wave crashed over the rock she was on. (It was small lol)
Elijah decided not to interrupt the girls time, so he sat back down at his chair picking up the rose that he left on the desk once again.
"Well, if Harleys free….i wouldn't mind takin her off of your hands"
One said with a wink as Elijah laughed.
"What? You think she's too out of my league?"
He says looking at the window at her, then back at Elijah.
"She's gay dude"
Eli has trying not to laugh even more.
"WHAT!!!??? NO WAY!"
He says wide-eyed.
"Yeah….shes talked about liking girls every now and then and so ink inda picked that up, and when I finally asked her if she did like girls she was like " yeah what of it""
Elijah says mimicking Harley, putting his hands of his hips and flipping his hair.
"Aw man…"
He says sitting down on an extra wooden chair.
Penelope nodded and smiled. She wasn't the biggest fan of getting all the way in the water, but she did enjoy it a bit. After a bit though, she stepped back onto the dry sand, burying her feet in it. She wished Eli was there, she was eager to see him in the flower shop actually.
Looking over at her, she tries to read her expression, which she was actually quite good at, unlike Eli who SUCKED.
"Hey, you wanna go visit Eli? He's not far at all"
She says pointing to the flower shop in the distance, it looked small from here, which it was, but that made it seem farther than it actually was.
Penelope looked where Harley pointed. "Only if you don't mind… it's really cute from here and small… like me." She said with a giggle while shifting her gaze to Harley.
"You got that right"
She mumbles to herself as she grabs her clothes, jumping off of the rocks and stepping over to Penelope.
"Well then….lets go"
She says with a smile as she rung out the ends of her hair. Only the ends got wet.
"Okay! Can we just follow the coast to get there?" Penelope asked as she grabbed her shoes. She tucked some of her hair behind her ears since it was going in her face.
"Yeah"
She says pulling her hair over her shoulder, trying to air it out.
Penelope smiled and nodded a little. She started slowly making her way down the coast, after a bit getting lost in her own world.
Arriving a the flower shop, every now and then Harley looked over to Penelope who was too frikin adorable for her to handle.
"Here we are!"
She says looking at the flower shop with her hands on her hips, still managing to keep a hold of her clothes.
Penelope came from behind Harley right next to her. "Hello, Eli!" She said with a smile, then she noticed his friends gathered around him by the counter.
"Oh! Hello!"
He says as his posture straightens and his friends playfully roughly his hair as he tried to walk over to the girls.
"Hey, Dude!"
His friend says to Harley as Eli talks to Penelope.
"Call me dude one more time and you lose your pride"
She glares at him, though followed with a smirk, then laughing a bit punching his arm.
"Hey man, I was joking. Don't take it so seriously"
She says with a laugh.
"Oh! Haha, um okay"
He says trying to laugh it off. He thought he was about to die just then.
"What're you guys doing here?"
Eli asks Penelope with a smile.
Penelope smiled seeing Eli coming over to them. "We decided to go to the beach then we… maybe it was mostly me…" She said with a shy little smile while looking up at him. "Wanted to come visit you."
He felt like his heart was just electrocuted as he looked down at her. Having to look away with a stupid grin, then looking back at her, he let out a nervous laugh.
"Oh! Well i was hoping you guys would come over here! I saw you out by the water. I mean! Not that i was watching you or anything because that would be creepy!"
He rambled on about how creepy he sounded, then stopping suddenly and looking down to her again.
"Sorry….i swear I'm not a creep."
Penelope giggled at his little ramble. To be completely honest, she loved when he did that, she almost found it cute. "It's okay, I don't think your a creep at all though." She said, still with a smile on her face. "So, this is such a pretty shop… where do all these flowers come from. They all look so, tropical and beautiful." She looked around at the flowers, each one more beautiful than the previous.
"Actually, some of these a grow myself, but allot of them are imported here from other places."
He says turning around and looking at all of the flowers, reaching for a simple daisy, yet one of his favorites, and handing it to her with a smile. He would've put it in her hair, but he didn't want to touch her without permission and asking permission to touch someone was kind of weird.
Penelope smiled. "Would you mind um, putting it in my hair?" She had found a recent liking to having flowers in her hair, and it made it all the better if someone, Eli in particular, put the flowers in.
"What?! I mean! Yes! Of course!"
Elijah kind of panicked as he took the flower, then calming himself down, he moved some hair out if her face with a slight smile as he put the flower in her hair.
"Perfect"
He says with a smile as he looked at the flower, then to his face. He couldn't get over the fact that she was so beautiful, with or without a flower
Penelope blushed slightly at his touch and his words. "Thank you, Eli." She smiled while still looking up at him. "So, how long do you have to stay at work?
"only about three more hours then my mom takes over. She works day shifts and i do nights and mornings"
He says with a smile thinking about his mother. She loved working here at the flower shop, she didnt like to do anything else.
"Oh, that's amazing! I'm going to have to come here sometime when your mom is working!" Penelope said with a big smile. She used to have a very good relationship with her mom before everything happened, so she was excited to meet Eli's sometime.
"Oh, you would love her! She's super sweet like you. You guys would get along perfectly"
He says casually with a little smile.
"So what're your plans for today?"
He asks her glancing at Harley getting hit on, holding in a laugh as he looks back at Penelope.