The Unattainable

The sounds of the waves seemed to calm Ripper as he grew closer to the Office. After a long day of work, he managed to get away early and he decided to go to the Office. Unfortunately, Lance couldn't get off work as easily, for some unknown reason, which left him by himself. As he could see the ocean beyond the tree line, he heard a yelp that came from the beach and rushed ahead to see what it was. He came on the beach to see a surfboard floating on the water, and he saw Emma swimming towards it. She pulled herself back on and went to go try again. Ripper decided to stay back and watch her for a while to see what she was doing.

She rode back out into the water and waited for a wave. When one came, she stood up on her board and rode the wave better then Ripper had seen her last time. He had to admit that she was getting better at surfing each day and her stance was getting better, as well as her posture. Emma then moved closer to the front end of the board and seemed to want to lean her shoulders and head back. She suddenly lost her balance, which caused the board to slip out from under her, the wave engulfing her. He looked closer to see if she was alright, which she was, for she came up. She looked disappointed as she swam to her board and began to come back in. It was then that she noticed Ripper leaning against his surf board watching her. She waved to him and yelled,

"Ripper! What are you doing?" Ripper broke out of his trance and waved back to her, obviously embarrassed. He walked towards her and asked,

"The better question is what were you doing just now?"

"Oh that. I was trying to do his one move Fin's been teaching me. It's called 'Le Freak' and she was supposed to help me, but she couldn't get off work early."

"Bummer," was all Ripper could say to her. He looked at her to see that she really was bummed about it. He felt like he needed to help cheer her up in a way. Then, he got an idea.

"Listen, if you want, I can teach you a new move." Emma looked up with the biggest smile Ripper had ever seen.

"I would love that Ripper!" Thank you!" She grabbed him by his shoulders and hugged him. Ripper tensed up, surprised about what just happened. Emma let go after a second, grabbed her board, and raced to the water. Ripper was still taken aback, but he too grabbed his board and headed after her, with the waves crashing against his feet and a huge smile on his face.

'~*~'

The sun was beginning to set as Emma and Ripper walked back together, laughing and talking the whole way home.

"And did you see that back flip I did?" It was perfect!" Emma exclaimed.

"Yea, and the way you hit that one wave, was totally awesome." Ripper replied as they could see the house ahead of them. He saw that no one was on the porch, so he figured that they were inside. As they stepped onto the porch, Emma headed up the stairs to her room, with himself heading to the kitchen. Half way up the stairs, Emma looked down to him and said,

"Thanks again for today Ripper, I really needed that." Ripper turned to her and smiled.

"No problem. Maybe we could... I don't know, do that again sometime?" Emma smiled him and agreed, before heading back up the rest of the stairs to her room. Ripper watched her until he heard her door click shut, and then proceeded into the house. Broseph and Lo were sitting on one of the couches, watching Fin and Reef having a card game of sorts.

"Ha! Gold fish, I win!"

"Reef, we're playing Crazy Eights. And I think I just won."

"Aw man! No fair, I say you were cheating."

"How can you cheat in a game of Crazy Eights?" Lo asked from the couch. Reef just shrugged and demanded to play another game. Ripper ignored their bickering and headed to the fridge to see if there was anything edible. Unsatisfied with the selection, he remembered that Lance had gotten several bags of food from town. He raced past his roommates and headed up to his room. He opened the door to find Lance was on his bed listening to music.

"Oy, where were you?" Ripper asked him.

"Sorry, some old dude wanted surf lessons at the last minute and Bummer just so happened to be around."

"Really, well thanks," Ripper told him as he reached for two bags of groceries out of their mini fridge Lance also bought.

"For what?" Lance asked suspiciously.

"Nothing, mate, it's nothing."Ripper smirked as he closed the door quietly and headed back downstairs to hopefully eat something before he retired back to his bed.

First Chapter! I'm amazed that there is no Ripper and Emma stories...oh well, I'll be the first!

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