Welcome to Surfer's Paradise!
Author's Corner!
I just remembered my childhood and was like "I love Stoked hnngh" then fangirled and stuff. Typical me. I hope you enjoy ~ ?
Legend: ' ' are thoughts, " " are characters speaking, *bold* are sounds/noises, italics for emphasis/texts/TV/announcements, "bold" for communication i.e phone calls, and bold italics time skips.
WARNING: May contain OOC, various point-of-view, and possible lemons!
I : Welcome to Paradise, Dudes and Dudettes!
I snuck a glance at the superly pissed off teen next to me as we walked down the hall in silence. 'Oh boy...'
We made it to the doors of the penthouse, moving aside to let him open the doors.
Who is he, you ask?
He's Tyler Ridgemount aka Ty, my best friend. Our parents are close friends and business partners, so I've known the Ridgemounts for a really long time. Long enough to know how scary Mr. Ridgemount can be when he's angry, and trust me. Not pretty.
Who am I?
I'm Valentina Lockhart aka Val, daughter of former surfing models Amadeo and Carella.
Anyway, I think I'm gonna be scared once I walk through those doors. Ty finally opened the door and proceeded into the penthouse, leaving me to trail behind his fast pace.
"Lo!
Lo!
Lo!" he yelled as he stopped, causing me to bump into him in the process. "Ah- sorry," I muttered and continued past him. "Wow..." Toilet paper? Pizza? Empty cans? You have got to be kidding me. I heard Lo groan from the couch as Ty walked past me and to the windows.
Who's Lo?
She's the only daughter of the Ridgemounts, Lauren Ridgemount aka Lo, the spoiled brat who doesn't have any sense of responsibility. Don't get me wrong though. I love her like a sister, but honestly? This has gone too far. And Lo's definitely in for it now.
"It's amazing. We leave for one day and you manage to trash the place," he said as he pushed the button that lifts the blinds. I heard her groan as she pulled a blanket over her head. "Ugh, it's too bright. It was just a little party," she said as I walked towards the windows. Okay, I think my eyes just bulged out of their sockets.
""Little" my groin," I muttered. Ty gave me a look that said "Seriously?"
Hysterical.
I stuck my tongue out at him as we walked over to the couch. "It'll all be cleaned up by the time they get home," she yawned. I rolled my eyes and leaned over Ty, who sat on the arm of the couch, to grab the remote. "I think you should see this," I said, turning on the TV. "What?"
"This luxury hotel was turned upside-down last night at what has been described as an "End of the School Year Party" gone wrong."
"Oh no," she started, clasping her hands over her mouth. "Oh no no no no no no no." Her phone rang. "Hey."
"That party was-" "Can't talk right now," she hung up the phone.
"Is there any chance Daddy won't find out about this?" she asked. I felt one of my brows raise at her question. I crossed my arms and said, "What do you think?" at the same time Ty did. We glanced at each other before smiling. I noticed his arms were crossed, too. Weird. She groaned and sat back down on the couch, taking a slice of pizza and eating it.
After a while, the phone rang from...the pizza box. You're kidding me, right? D also came into the room, luckily, in one piece.
Dmitri Lockhart aka D, my 15 year old brother. Oh, I'm seventeen by the way.
Ty lifted the top to answer, but Lo took it into her arms. "No, please, don't answer it," she pleaded. "You have to face him sometime," he told her, closing the pizza box and answering the call.
"What is going on at my hotel?" Mr. Ridgemount asked. We all flinched back.
"Not good," I muttered.
"Nothing, Daddy. I just had a few friends over, no biggie," Lo said. I raised a brow and crossed my arms, giving her the "Really?" look. D was chuckling but not loud enough for Mr. R to hear.
"Well the news report said that over one hundred teenagers were running wild and disturbing the guests," he said. Is it weird that the phone is shaking? I stood next to Ty, who had his hands on his hips, and looked down at Lo to see what she would say next. D sat on the couch, leaning back with his arms crossed. "No," she clicked her tongue as she stood up. "You know how the camera adds ten pounds? Well, it also adds ten teens for everyone that was like actually there," she said. I continued to give her the "Really?" look as I took a sneak at the TV.
"Is that my pool?!" he yelled.
"Is that my jeep?" I heard Lo mutter.
"That is it! When I get home, we're going to have a serious talk! And you can kiss your summer vacation good-" Wanna know why he was cut off?
The phone literally exploded, that's why.
"Way to go, Lauren," I teased as Ty whistled. "I think your party days are over," he said, putting a foot onto the table and leaning on his leg. "Please. Rosie will help me clean up the condo, and by the time they get home, everything will be perfect," she shrugged it off. As soon as she finished, sirens could be heard from the TV. We turned to it, eyes wide.
"The RCMP was here?" Ty and I asked, looking back at Lo.
"They were? Ohh, he's cute," she smiled, looking at the guy on the TV. I groaned, handing the remote to Ty so he could turn the TV off. He did. Thank you. "Hey, I was watching that," Lo said. D laughed, stopping and muttering "Ow..." after I bonked him on the head.
"Who's gonna clean the rest of the hotel?" Ty asked.
"Replace all the chairs?" I asked.
"Have you seen the hot tub?" we (Ty, D and myself) asked together, though D asked with a bit of humor.
"Um, that's what the rest of the staff is for," she stated. "I'm already on it." I rolled my eyes as Ty let out an bemused laugh. "Right," we said sarcastically. Thank the surf gods D and I have the first few days off. I'd be too sore after cleaning the entire resort. Then it came to me. I looked around for something in particular.
"Something wrong, Val?" Ty asked me. I didn't turn around, but I did reply. "...Have you seen Venus?"
And if you're wondering, Venus if my cat. The cutest Exotic Shorthair ever.
"Don't worry, sis. Venus is in our room. Thank the surf gods no one managed to trash our rooms at least." I let out a relieved sigh. "That's good."
Our parents are letting us stay in the penthouse with the Ridgemounts. I stayed in with Lo, and D stayed with Ty. Our younger sisters, twins mind you, are with our parents. Their names are Kerenza and Mandalyn aka Kaye and Mandy.
How 'bout we check on the Groms?
"This is it compadres," Kahuna said. "Surfer's Paradise."
He pulled the bus to a stop, waking up the sleeping fountain guy. The three walked off the bus, looking at the guy who slept in the fountain yawn and stretch.
"Dude, wake up, you gotta punch in in ten minutes," Kahuna tells him. "You don't wanna get canned on your first day, do 'ya?"
Fountain guy rubs his eyes and groans, "Ugh, what time is it?"
"Almost twelve," hair guy tells him. "Oh man, I slept iiiiiin," fountain guy stretched. He scratched his head of hair before gawking at the two betties that stood before him. He looked at them up and down and said, "Girls that I don't know, whazzup?" He walked up to them and placed his hands on their shoulders.
"Heh, rough night?" the blonde asked.
"No doubt," he replied with a stretch, removing his hands from the girls' shoulders. With that, they walked past him and towards the entrance. "Hey, wait up!"
"Good luck, dudes!" Kahuna called out to them as he closed the bus doors and drove off.
The four walked in, stopping after a few steps. The blonde who was in the front gawked at what she was seeing.
"Oh. My. Gosh."
A pirate ship? Orca themed goods? Orca fountain? Orca logo? Giant fish tank? Well, isn't that nice.
"Wow. I've never seen a board with diamonds in it before," the red head said. Hey, that rhymed.
"Okay, that is so fancy feast," the blonde said as she passed red. "Oh, yeah. Totally fancy feasty," she agreed. Though to be honest, the girl had no idea what she was agreeing on. They caught up to the dudes as a maid passed them by.
"For a fancy hotel, it's not very clean," red commented.
"We haven't gotten to the outside yet," the maid sneered. They looked towards the windows.
"Woah, what a mess!" blondie commented. "Is that a jeep in the pool?" red asked. "Oh, that's from the party last night. It was sooo sick," fountain guy said. "Oh man, I like this place already!" hair guy beamed. "Check you guys in a minute, huh?" the dudes fist bumped before fountain guy left. "I'm gonna go check the surf report," blondie said, leaving red and hair guy.
"Should we be checking in with someone?" red asked. "Yeah, I gotta find out where I can dump my bags so I can hit the beach!"
"We were up all night with that horrible racket!" a guest complained to the front desk guy. "I-I know, sir. I-I'm sorry."
"I demand to speak to a manager," the guest, er, demanded as he placed a fist on the counter. "Right away, sir," front desk guy complied and grabbed a walkie-talkie. He muttered into it, "We have a code red at the front desk, I repeat, code red." He turned back to the family, "It'll just be a minute." The family walked off and the dude and dudette walked towards the front desk.
"Welcome to Surfer's Paradise! We are surfing!" front desk guy greeted.
""We are surfing?"" hair guy repeated with an incredulous tone, brow raised.
"Yeah. We are...surfing. I have to say it."
"We're the new summer staff. I'm Emma," Emma introduced. "Hey, I'm Fin and that's Reef," Fin greeted as she set her stuff down and gestured to the dude of the three. "Oh, what's up? I-I'm Johnny, I work the front desk. Concierge. So, what do you think?"
"Umm, it's a little...different than I thought it would be, actually," Emma says.
"Yeah, it stinks. It's all fake!" Fin adds.
"Ohh, you must've seen last year's brochure. Yeah, last fall corporate decided to make all the hotels "theme" hotels. And voila, every true surfer's worst nightmare," Johnny tells them. Squish sounds could be heard as Johnny put his hands to his head. "Dude, what did I tell you 'bout taking sink showers in the lobby bathroom?" Fountain guy was covered in water as he shook his head to dry his hair. Amazingly, it poofed dry.
Literally.
"Uh...don't?"
"Right! So what are you doing here anyway?" Johnny asked. "I'm the new bellhop man!"
"Jump back. You're working here? What happened to the Surf Shop?" he asked. "Needed a change of scenery. Sick party last night," fountain guy said, jumping onto the couch and soaking it.
"Who threw this shindig, man?" Reef asked. "The owner's daughter, Lo," Johnny rolls his eyes.
"If her dad finds out, it's tickets, dude." Just then, a stiff blonde guy walked into the lobby, talking on the phone.
"Right, yes. Golf carts need repainting? Okay, chairs repaired and the pool needs to be cleaned? Oh, absolutely no problem." He hung up and slumped onto the front desk, yelling into it. "If I had a week!" Johnny "coughed" and said, "Uh, sir? This is Mr. and Mrs. Marvin." He quickly stood back up with his hands behind his back. "What a charming family. I understand the party last night may have been a little loud. Why don't I take twenty percent off your total bill," he offered. "Make it thirty?"
"Done. And just to show you how much we value your patronage, I'm gonna throw in free surfing lessons for the whole family."
"Hey, hear that kids? Who wants to go surfing?" Mr. Marvin asked his kids. "We hate surfing." "We want souvenirs." "You are a lucky man, Mr. Marvin. Please, enjoy the hotel."
"What a bunch of kooks," Fin commented. "What's a kook?" Emma asked her amused. "Like a tourist. Or a wannabe," Fin told her.
"Welcome! Hi! Just checking in, I see. Excellent. I'm Andrew Baumer, day manager of the hotel. If there's anything I can do to make your stay more comfortable, you just let me know. A little sparkling water, perhaps?"
"A cold can of pop would be pretty sweet right about now. Thanks, man!" Reef said. Johnny "coughed" again. "Uh, sir? They're not guests."
"We're the new summer staff," Fin adds. "What's uuup?" fountain guy says from the couch.
"Then why are you standing in the lobby? Why are they standing in the lobby? And you! Get off the couch! We just had those cleaned!" he tells fountain guy. He stuffed the long sub sandwich into...his hair? Okay, sure. "Cool, bro. It's cool," he complied. "We just got here. I'm Emma-" "Yeah yeah yeah, no time for details. Follow me. You, too. Come on, I need every hand I can get," he stomped off. "Yes, sir."
They made their way to the staff room, one of the maids leaning against the wall. "You can leave your bags here. Hey, you! You got time to lean, you got time to clean! Come on!" he yelled, placing the mop in front of her. It's too bad she didn't care enough to move. Johnny walked up to them as Emma gasped. "Maybe we're getting a tour!"
"Sick parties. Awesome surfing. I love this place!" Reef beamed.
Spoke too soon, 'cos that smile just turned into a scowl.
"Okay. Not loving it so much. Anymore."
"Dude, this bites!" fountain guy says. Weird how he still hasn't introduced himself, am I right?
"Pssh, that's resort life for 'ya," Johnny says. "Whaddya mean?" Fin asks. "Well, usually we get the afternoon to surf. Then some kid has a diaper malfunction in the pool. And bam! We're on scrubbing duty," Johnny says.
"Okay, people. Listen up. Do I need to remind you what will happen if Mr. Ridgemount and Mr. Lockhart return and see this? My career? Finished. Which means all of you will be fired. Comprende vous?" Baumer tells them. They all nod quietly. "Okay kids, here's a list of things I need done by this afternoon," he says, ripping the piece of paper from his clipboard and tossing it aside. "Tick tock, tick tock!"
"Do you know how to get ketchup out of carpeting?" the lazy maid asked from a balcony a few floors up. "I hate my life," Baumer groaned.
"So. Where are you guys working anyway? I'm in the Dining Room," Emma says. "DR. Nice. Decent tip potential," Johnny comments.
"You are looking at the head of water sports and surf instruction," Reef says. "What?! That's my job!" Fin bursts. "Uhh, is your name Reef?" "No?"
"Then it's not your job. I got this in the mail last week," he took out his letter. Fin snatched it from him as Reef proceeded to lean on his broom in amusement. "''Kay, there has to be some kind of mistake. They said it was practically guaranteed!" She handed it to Johnny. "Looks legit. They do this all the time, move staff around. You'll get used to it," he tells her. "That is so unfair! So, what am I supposed to do?"
"Well, lemme check," he pulled out his walkie-talkie. "Hey, D. Just checking on employee, uh, posting for Fin McCloud?" "Yeah, hold up. Fin McCloud... Yeah, that's housekeeping."
"A maid?! Oh no, oh no! Okay, I don't even clean my own room," she says. "Wait, maybe it won't be that bad," Emma tells her. "Cheer up. I'll even give 'ya some free surf lessons," Reef adds.
"Do you know who I am?" Fin asks him. "Uh, yeah. You're the new maid."
"I'm the three time junior international champion. I rank number 56 in the world," she tells him as she stops in front of him. "Yeah, in the girls category," he remarks, tossing her the broom. Gasps escaped the other three, fountain guy dropping his broom.
"Oh no he didn't."
"Oh, really. Well, I won't be surfing the girls category at Grom Fest this year. So if you're man enough to enter, I'll be happy to show you just how much butt a girl can kick!"
"Bring it on, betty!"
"Oh, I will! And don't call me "betty", kook!"
"Okay, okay. I think we're done here. Come on, we have new deck chairs to put together," Johnny tells them. "What happened to the old ones?" Emma asks. "They had a huge bonfire on the beach last night and ran outta firewood."
"Those were some tasty weenies!" fountain guy comments. "Darn it! Why couldn't we have arrived yesterday? I love weenies," Reef whined.
"Urrgh! Such a kook!"
"Wow! That was so amazing! He ripped one off." Fin laughed at this, "I think you mean ripped it up." They both laughed. "Yeah, that."
"Hey, you think that girl Fin's into me?" Reef asks Johnny from behind the chair. They peered over the chair to see...a very scary looking Fin. "She's definitely not into you, bro. This is not the look of a girl who is into you."
"Hmm, maybe you're right," Reef says as fountain guy- okay, why hasn't he said his name yet? Anyway, he jumped onto the chair.
Chair broke.
Inward groans.
At the Penthouse Balcony
"See? The chairs are taken care of."
"And the hot tub?" Ty asks.
"Oh, right. Bubbles." Val rolls her eyes as she turns to lean against the railing. "Hi, Andy? We really need to get on those bubbles in the hot tub? Thanks. See? All taken care of."
"If I had a week!" Baumer yelled from...somewhere.
"Do you know how to get a jeep out of a pool?" Lo asks the two. "That's your problem. Val and I are going for a surf before the last of the summer staff get signed it. You know what summer staff are right? Teens who work for their money?" he grinned at his sister before going into the penthouse. Val stifled a laugh and trailed behind him.
"I work! I load the dishwasher, and I totally make my bed," she states. Ty and Val stopped as Lo continued to the couch. "Anyway, Daddy never stays mad at for very long, so it's a no point. You'll help me, right, Rosie? I'll sign you up for a free pedicure at the spaaa." Rosie stopped dusting and crossed her arms at the girl. "Do I look like I need a pedicure?" she took off her shoe.
...
"Oh, alright."
"You're the best, Rosie-" "Yes, yes. I know." Lo turned her head towards her brother and bestie, brow raised. Val rolled her eyes as Ty lifted a hand and said, "Whatever." They continued walking. "You got about...six hours. Good. Luck," Val told her, fiddling with Ty's camera as they continued towards the door.
By the time they got to the beach, Val waved at Ty and started recording as he headed to the water. He strapped himself to the board and ran in, catching the next wave. Let's just say, Val never took her eyes- I mean, the camera off him.
I kept my- the camera's focus on Ty the whole time he was out on the water. Smooth cuts, air time and a perfect wave tunnel? And no kooks to mess it up? I'd have to say that this was a really good session.
Ty got out of the water. Just in time, too. I stopped recording and did a playback before he got to me.
"Ah, hey!" I whined. He shook his wet head of hair and got water on me and the camera. "Knock it off, dork," I laughed. He chuckled and finally took notice of the camera- his camera in my hand. "What're you doing with that?" he stretched, brow raised at me as he dug his board into the sand and leaned forward.
"What? Is it a crime to record a good session?" I asked in the same manner.
He ruffled my hair and said, "Not at all." I grabbed his wrist and took his hand off my head, fixing my hair into place.
"You're always the one recording. Someone's gotta get footage of you," I teased. He grinned at me which I returned with a small smile. I looked back at the footage, but I didn't notice Ty come beside me and lean down to see the footage.
"Those are some good angles, Val."
I jumped a bit, now noticing how close his face was to mine. He looked at me with a face that said "What?" I shook my head and said, "Thanks, I guess. Anyway, I gotta get going. Andy wants me to "train" the new staff."
"Don't you have a few more days off?" he asked. "A little training wouldn't hurt. Besides, I have to meet the new girl eventually. I don't wanna leave her alone with Kelly either," I said, muttering the last part. He chuckled which means he heard my side comment. "Right, well, we good for next time?"
I walked off, but not before turning around and giving him a bright smile.
"Definitely."
Are you stoked?
And that was part one of...day one. Groms are gonna worked next chapter. Val's gonna save Emma's butt from the wicked witch of the west- I mean, Kelly. Weird name for a mean girl.
Anyway, R&R? Tell me what you think? Contribute your ideas! I'll take 'em all ~ Well?
See you next summer!
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