It was the beginning of Summer Break and Peyton was sitting on the beach in Montuck, thinking about where she was going to be put for another year of torture.
She'd always been attracted to the ocean, and she felt it helped her think. It didn't help she went to boarding schools across the US that didn't have an ocean nearby.
"Hello?" A voice called out, it was rather deep. She turned around to meet a boy, with cropped blonde hair and icy blue eyes. "I'm Jason." The boy smiled. Peyton returned the favor, and shook Jason's hand. His grip was firm, and he seemed to radiate leadership.
"I'm Peyton." She responded. 'Most girls probably thought he was hot, and wanted to date him, that's why he seemed so closed off.' Peyton thought.
"Can I sit?" He asked. She was sitting on a rock, inside of this small cove she had found earlier in the week. Peyton nodded and moved over, making room for the blonde boy. Jason sat down and they sat in silence, listening to the sound of seagulls and waves crashing.
She glanced over at the boy, who was staring off into the distance. "So, I couldn't help but overhear some frustrated yelling earlier." He mentioned casually.
Peyton looked down at the water, rising up against the rock, then lowering. "I don't know where I'm going to school." She admitted. Jason raised an eyebrow and gestured for her to continue.
"I got kicked out of my last boarding school, and the one before that and the six before that." Peyton admitted. Jason looked shocked.
"What'd you do?" He asked. Peyton looked up at the clear blue sky and sighed dramatically. Jason snickered a bit.
"I don't do anything. The world just hates me." She complained. Jason nodded as if he knew exactly how that felt.
"Where'd you get the scar?" Peyton asked, pointing to the small indent above Jason's top lip in the right corner.
"I tried to eat a stapler when I was two." He admitted, blushing bright red. Peyton laughed so hard, she fell off the rock.
"I'm gonna go swimming, join me?" Jason nodded and jumped off the rock. Peyton took off her shirt and shimmied off her shorts. She sprinted into the water and stood there, waiting for Jason.
"Come on! I wanna show you something." She yelled. The two swam over until they reached the other side of the rock mountain. There was a small hole, and Peyton swam right up to it.
"Follow me." She demanded, climbing into the small hole. It was a small-ish cavern with a door on the side.
Peyton walked over and knocked on it. The door opened to a man, with long black hair, sea green eyes and a beard.
"Peyton! You've grown since last summer." The man exclaimed. Jason stood there awkwardly as the two did their catching up.
"Who's this young man?" The man asked, gesturing to Jason who had taken a sudden interest in the floor.
"I'm Jason Grace."
"I'm Poseidon Ceman, nice to meet you Jason."
"POSEIDON!" A voice shrilled from inside. "Get in here!"
Poseidon said his goodbyes as he tended to the owner of that voice. Peyton climbed out of the hole and swam back to the beach and grabbed her clothes.
"See you tomorrow Jason Grace?" She asked. Jason nodded. "I'm Cabin 1 if you need me."
"Meet at the rock at 1:00!" She called out as she walked into her cabin. When Peyton shut the door, her mom was grinning at her. She shrugged and walked to the bathroom to have a shower.
Once she was done her shower, she sat on the small plaid couch they had in front of a TV that only played movies, since they didn't get good service out here.
Sally, Peyton's Mom, walked over with two paper plates with Pizza on them. She placed one paper plate on the side table and another in Peyton's hands before walking back to get their coke, blue coke to be exact.
"So, who was the blonde boy?" Sally asked, taking a sip of coca cola. Peyton shrugged at took a bite of her pizza.
"His name's Jason. He's nice and quite cute." Sally perked up. "Although, he isn't my type."
"Sorry hon. You'll meet someone else." She assured before getting up to put a movie in the DVD player.
"What movie?" Sally asked. Peyton shrugged.
"Cinderella? We haven't watched that in a while." Sally nodded in approval as she placed the disk in and pressed play.
Half-way through the movie, where the mice were making her dress, there was a knock on the door. Peyton got up and walked to the door.
"Hey Jason."
"Oh thank gods it's you. I knocked on the door of three other cabins." He sighed. Peyton snorted.
"I just came to give you this, you dropped it earlier." He said handing Peyton her sharktooth necklace. She put it on, like a choker, and smiled reassuringly.
"Why don't you come in? We're watching Cinderella and eating pizza."
Jason chuckled softly as Peyton let him in. "That's my mom Sally Jackson."
Sally stood up as she rushed over to greet the boy. "Come in! Please sit." She ushered. Jason sat down on the couch.
"Do you want some pizza?" Peyton asked. Jason nodded politely as she got two slices and put them on a paper plate.
Once the movie was over, Jason and Peyton went outside, they went to sit down on the rock.
"Wait, I want you to meet my sister." Jason smiled. Peyton shrugged, she was never good at first impressions but if his sister was anything like Jason, she'd be good.
The two walked over to the last cabin, 16. Jason opened the door and a girl, who looked 20-ish.
"This is my sister Thalia." Jason introduced, pulling her in by hand. Thalia looked over from her position on the couch and stood up.
"Did he finally get a girlfriend?" She asked. Thalia had spiky black hair and electric blue eyes. Both Jason and Peyton blushed crimson red.
"No. I'm Peyton Jackson, his friend." She greeted, putting emphasis on friend.
"Thals, come on outside!" Jason whined. Thalia chuckled and walked out with Peyton and Jason.
The three sat on the beach talking for hours until Peyton had to go back.
"I'll see you guys tomorrow, nice meeting you." She waved. Thalia hugged her and they exchanged numbers.
A week before school started, Peyton's family was heading home. Jason was devastated. He was standing there holding back tears. Jason'd never admit it, but he'd developed a small crush on the green-eyed girl.
She was going to say goodbye but he surged forwards and kissed her.
"Call me." He whispered as he kissed her again, with more passion. She put something in his hand.
"I will." Peyton assured as she gave him her number. She walked over and got into the passenger seat of her mom's van and they drove off.
"I'll see you later, Kelp Head." He whispered to himself as he opened up his hand, greeting her shark-tooth necklace.
He'd remembered why she wore that everyday.
"It was my dad's. It's the most important thing to me."
He smiled as he tied it around his neck and walked along the beach to the rock where he first met her. He'd meet her again.