“nope. not me. i’m gonna tan and maybe splash around where it’s shallow. i don’t go that far.” Paris said quickly, not taking a breath and her head shooting up.
“join the club sister. you can count on me to keep my butt in the sand thanks.” madylin said chuckling.
“Oh, come on, why don’t you want to surf? It’d be really fun~” Brennan gave her an encouraging smile.
“you know what else would be even more fun?” Paris asked.
“sitting in the sand and shallow water.” Madylin answered.
“exactly” Paris said with a smile.
“Fine~” Brennan sighed, chuckling and shaking his head as the elevator opened the doors and they walked out to the beach. The sun felt amazing on Brennan’s skin, and the salty breeze was a delicacy.
Paris smiled at the salty air and warm sun rays. “i could do this everyday” she said.
“me too” Madylin said her arm still around Jays shoulders as they walked.
Jay smiled, but Brennan saw the surfboard rental and gave Paris an apologetic look, “Would you be mad at me if I went to go ride one wave?” Jay barked out a laugh, but he found himself staring at the tall and shirtless employee working the rental station.
Paris crossed her arms over her chest and raised an eye brow. “No.”
Madylin giggled knowing full well that Paris meant yes but wasn’t going to be that blunt.
“Thanks, I promise I’ll be back really soon,” Brennan pecked her on the cheek, then jogged over to the rental station and went straight to the water once he rented a surfboard.
Then Jay was immediately turning to Madylin, “You have to help me.”
Paris rolled her eyes and turned to Madylin and Jay. “Is there tea to be spilt?” Paris asked, being her usual nosy self.
Madylin shifted uneasily not wanting to ‘de-closet’ Jay and make him uncomfortable, yet not wanting to lie to her best friend.
“I- um-“ Jay scrambled for words for a second, “I want to learn to surf, but I didn’t want to do it with Brennan after -um- all that happened because I was drunk last night,” He lied, “And I don’t want to go up there alone,” Jay nodded towards the surfboard rental, hoping Madylin would get the idea that he needed a wingman- wingwoman to go talk to that hot guy.
It was certainly nicer, to have Madylin know that he liked guys. So she could go help him talk to guys.
Madylin shifted again towards the rental place. she caught sight of a guy in the rental shop, which she then assumed is what Jay wants.
“Alright. but if you’re stealing my best friend then you owe me one.” Paris joked. Paris headed off to pick a spot on the beach, which was fairly clear of people since it was still early on in the morning.
As soon as Paris was out of earshot Jay immediately added, “He’s so hot. You gotta help me find out if he likes guys or not, please.” He looked back to the guy at the rental, watching as he scrubbed down a surfboard, each muscle flexing as he moved- “Gosh he’s really hot.”
Madylin laughed. “drool much? don’t stare so much.” she patted jay on the shoulder and walked off to the surf rental worker to do her thing. she leaned against the wall with her arms crossed and back pressed against the wall. “hey there surfer boy. have any plans tonight? mind if i take you out?” she asked with her most appealing voice.
The surfer guy raised his eyebrows, “Uhh, who are you?” The guy shifted uncomfortably, paused his work on the surfboard. Jay tried to subtly walk up so he could here the conversation better.
“just an interested girl, i mean you probably get that a lot, what girl wouldn’t want a cute guy who knows how to clean a surf board?” she said, smiling at the boy.
“I- um- no girl would want me, trust me,” The surfer said, pursing his lips tightly. If Madylin could just hit on a little bit more… I could be like a knight in shining armor and give him an excuse no to go out with Madylin like they do in the movies… Jay inched a little closer, heart pounding.
"Whys that? Too charming? Too Muscular?" she said lightly brushing his arm, not to much as not to make him uncomfortable.
“Nah, it’s just that me and him got plans tomorrow night,” Jay entered with a charming smile, looking at the hot surfer guy, “Right?”
“Yeah, right! I got plans with him, so, you know, I am, uh, busy,” The surfer shifted closer to Jay, and the latter could help but glance at those chiseled abs.
“hmm. alright. well let me know if you change your mind” she said and winked, more or less at both of the boys. Madylin walked off towards the outside restaurant to grab a drink, and to keep an eye on Jay.
The hot guy smiled, letting out a grateful sigh, “Thank you so much. I hate rejecting people.” He leaned up against the counter, and Jay couldn’t help but notice their proximity, “My name’s Duke.” He held out a hand, which Jay couldn’t help but notice was slightly callused- probably from working so hard.
“I’m Jay,” He introduced himself, hoping the small blush that arose to his face wasn’t noticeable. “And it was no problem.” Jay grinned for emphasis, staring into Duke’s perfect eyes.
“Say, uh, would you want to go out and get some food somewhere tonight?” Duke asked, and Jay noticed how red the guy was turning, “I just- uh- you know, wouldn’t want her to see me out all alone and feel uh, cheated, ya know?” Jay could just barely contain his elation, heart pounding out of his chest. He was forever grateful for Madylin’s help.
“I wouldn’t mind at all!”
Brennan came out of the water after a good wave, eyes scanning around for Paris as he lugged his surfboard onto the sand.
Paris laid out on a towel ear buds in her ears listening to whatever was on the radio getting her tan on.
Madylin ordered a lemonade and smiled as she saw Jay and the boy from the surf place making conversation. she decided to head off towards the beach. on her way down the boardwalk she was looking down at her phone not paying attention and bumped into someone and splashing lemonade on both of them. she looked up to see a handsome hazel eyed boy who was very tan and slightly muscular. “i-i’m so sorry i-i didn’t see you” she said frantically.
“no no i’m sorry i wasn’t paying attention either” he said and smiled down at her. “come on let’s go get cleaned up. I’m Dylan by the way”
(cheers from the background Yay I wanted Madylin to find someone!)
Brennan spotted Paris and walked up, planting his surfboard not too far away from the blanket she was sitting on. He slowly sat beside her, careful not to get in her sun. She’s just so beautiful.…
(mmooooodddd. i felt bad that she didn’t have anyone)
Paris could feel a presence next to her. she opened her eyes and looked over and Brennan sitting beside her. “hey there surfer boy. how were the waves?” she smiled over at him and propped herself up on her elbows.
Dylan grabbed Madylins hand and walked her to the end of the board walk to the showers. he flicked one on and let her step under it. she moved the double dutch braids she had in her hair so they wouldn’t get too wet and let the lemonade come off of her. Dylan steppes under a second one and then turned them both off. “let me get you a new lemonade?” he asked.
“well, if you insist i guess i have no choice. also i’m Madylin. i think i forgot to mention that before.”
“Wonderful, but certainly not as good as you,” Brennan said with a charming smile, grabbing her hand and intertwining their fingers. He scooted a little closer, “How’s the sun?”
(heyo sorry i thought i responded to this forever ago)
Paris smiled up and him,” warm, but not as hot as you are”. she rubbed circles around the back of his hand with her thumb.
Madylin and Dylan headed back up to the restaurant and both order and lemonade and sit down to talk.