June 6th
"We need to go, Waves!" Wynonna yelled from her room. "Come on!"
"Wynonna, I can't go out. I don't even have a good body."
Wynonna sprinted down stairs to the kitchen. "The fuck?"
"What?"
"You're perfect just the way you are, baby-girl, now, get up." She said, hoisting her up and hip bumping her. "Grab your suit and let's head out!"
Waverly stutter stepped as her sister ran into her. She smiled and chuckled a little as she grabbed her bag. Wynonna laughed and hooted, as she danced out the front door to Waverly's Ford Bronco. The younger Earp walked over to the car and hopped in, throwing her stuff in the back. She started the car, pressing down the clutch as she switched into Drive, flooring the pedal as they sped off to the river. Wynonna stood up in the car, gripping onto the cage and singing to the blasted radio. Waverly slowed down a little and smiled at her older sister. She brought down her speed as they entered the parking lot. Wynonna leapt out of the car, grabbing her bag and closing the door. Waverly was at her heels as her cocky older sibling strode onto the beach. She looked around, glancing at the groups of friends and couples in the water and on the rocks. The sisters walked to the edge of the rocky shore and joined in with a bunch of people around Wynonna's age. A pale muscled boy with horrific facial hair walked over and picked up the older Earp, carrying her to the dock. She playfully squirmed and giggled before he tossed her into the water, soon following. When they resurfaced, she was basically eating his face. Waverly shook her head, placing a hand to her forehead and laughing. She looked around at the group, nearing them. She saw some older ginger boy talking a girl around Waves' age, getting some sort of pep talk. He stroked his beard and nodded before turning around and jogging to the shore with his other friends. She rapidly looked away as a nervous tick. Catching Waverly's gaze as she glanced up, smiling, but clenching her jaw.
"Hey, Waves, wat-are you doin' outta the… river?" Wynonna asked, wrapping an arm around her neck. "Watcha lookin' at?"
"Oh, that… guy over there."
"David Haught?"
"The ginger?"
"Yeah."
"You know, he has a sister who's, anout, a year younger than you. Why don't you introduce yourself to her. Make friends so you don't seem like a spaz." Wynonna teased, poking her sister's shoulder.
Waverly shrugged and nodded, gripping her bag and nearing the girl with braided red hair. She noticed the nervous behavior of the younger girl and warily tapped on her shoulder. The young redhead tensed up and shot her attention towards the shorter girl.
"Oh, hey. Sorry, didn't mean to scare you." Waverly began, being taken aback by the other's reaction. "I'm Waverly, Earp. Wynonna's lil' sis."
"Sorry," the taller girl apologized quickly, placing her hand on her forehead and smiled sheepishly, reaching out her hand. "I'm Nicole."
"Yeah, you're David's little sister."
"Yeah…"
"Not on good terms."
"No, no. Not at all. I just… I'm not used to these kinds of parties. It's a bit nerve wracking."
"Oh, I understand. Wynonna did the same to me as well. But it's usually a lot of fun."Nicole smiled and looked out at the group of rowdy teens to find her brother. "I feel like I know your brother?"
"Well, he's the senior class president. He's pretty popular and super social, unlike me I'm… just a nerd."
"Yeah, I know what that's like. Wynonna's the same, just not a preppy girl, just a party girl. But I'm like you. Nerds for the win!" Waverly said, holding up her hand to give Nicole a high five.
Nicole smiled and gave her a high five, laughing and scratching the back of her head.
"So, what grade are you going to be? Where do you go?"
"Sophomore, DCHS, you?"
"Junior, BV. So natural rivals." Waverly said, holding up her hands in fuax fistacuffs.
Nicole laughed, moving a stray hair from her face and tucking it behind her ear. Waverly chuckled as well and gazed at the taller student, biting her lip. She looked away blushing and held her hands. She heard Nicole exhale nervously and looked up.
"Wanna get a coke? I know that Jamie brought some non-alcoholic drinks." Nicole asked.
"Sure!"
Nicole smiled and cleared her throat, walking to the cooler full of drinks. There were some college aged kids as well as some of the Seniors from DC,BV, and CR, as well as the pricks from FHS. Nicole carefully pushed through and snatched two Cokes from the cooler, turning around to hand one to Waverly. They left the busy part of the beach. Waverly took Nicole's hand and lead her out to the river, climbing and hopping over semi submerged rocks as they tried to get to the lone boulder.
"Why'd we come here?" Nicole asked curiously.
"It's quieter, less busy. More beautiful." Waverly explained. "I love looking out across the beach."
Nicole looked out as well, cracking open the tab and tossing it. She sipped, feeling the Earp's eyes on her. The young woman continued to regard the scenery and self consciously drank the cola. She smiled and leant back on the rock. Waverly set down the can and watched as a boat sped across the calm waters. She looked at Nicole, then to the group with their siblings.
Waverly exhaled quietly and pulled Nicole in by the back of her neck, catching the redhead's coke as it almost fell. She smirked and placed it on the ledge next to her. Her hand moved to the younger girl's jaw, moving in closer as she felt the other girl shakily place her hands on Waverly's biceps. She twisted around and pushed the BV girl onto her back, straddling her legs. Waverly grabbed Nicole's hips and yanked her closer. She smiled as a soft gasp of surprise escaped the younger woman's lips. The space between them became smaller and smaller as the intensity of their kiss grew. Waverly pushed back against Nicole as the latter started to mess with the tie on her partner's back.
"Waves? Waverly?" A tense voice called back from the beach. "Waverly?!"
Waverly gently pushed her friend off and peaked up from the boulder. "Wynonna? What wrong?"
Wynonna gave her sister a playful, yet exasperated glare from the shore and jumped the rocks to get to her sister. Waverly turned around and looked at the younger student. Nicole seemed dazed, confused, and yet proud. She sat down drinking from her coke as Wynonna neared. Her lipstick was slightly smeared and had mixed a bit with Waverly's. The young Earp stood up, hands clenched at her hips like A superhero. She smiled and climbed over the boulder to see her sister near her. Wynonna huffed as she clambered up the uneven surface.
"Jesus fuck, dude." The older sister gasped, "That's a long way."
"Not really, you must be outta shape!"
"Bitch." She teased, getting to the top. "Why're you out here all alone?"
"Not alone!" Waverly smirked. She climbed over the rock again and pulled up the younger girl. "Nicole, David's little sister. This is Wynonna."
"Oh, hey. And I was thinking that my sister was a weirdo." Wynonna charismatically said, continuing in an undertone. "Well, weirder than before."
"Hey!" Waverly protested.
Nicole waved and walked over to greet the older sister. "Hi Wynonna."
"So formal," Wynonna complemented, "come on guys let's get back to the beach, back to the booze, back to the boys!"
Nicole internally scoffed and grabbed her coke, holding Waverly's shoulder as she walked over the bump. She climbed back down the rock, following the older Earp sister, and drank her soda as they went to the beach. Waverly trailed behind, grabbing Nicole's wrist as she slipped on the second to last rock.
"Fuck!" She quietly exclaimed.
Wynonna glanced behind her and chuckled. "Come on rubber legs!"
Nicole smiled and waited for the older girl to gain her footing again. The eldest of the three was already jogging back to the group, leaving Waves and Nicole in the dust. One of the guys brought his guitar and was playing some cover of The Beach Boys. Waverly looked back at her new friend, glancing at the group before giving the redhead a quick peck.
"I can't lie. That was fun. Hopefully we'll get more time alone." Waverly said, playing with the short hairs on the back of Nicole's neck.
"I agree." Nicole responded, placing a hand on the brunette's arm. She smiled and bit her lip, stroking her hand down to grab the brunette's hand. "Til we meet again." She smirked, leaning over to kiss Waverly quickly.