Okay so I don't really know that much about surfing but I just really got into the mood of writing this and I hope that you like it!
It was the day before summer at the Cocoba Hotel Surf and Sun Paradise. This was the best location for surfing in all of Hawaii. Surfers come from all around the country just to work and surf here for the summer.
The waves were legendary, the weather was always beautiful and it was the ultimate place to work for the summer. In fact, the new employees had just arrived!
The Queen Peach Ship was just arriving from the Big Island. "This is going to be so rad! You can already see the double overhead!" A guy named Butch yelled, leaning on the rails of the ship. He had black hair and a dark tan with emerald green eyes. His body was well built everywhere with an abstract lobster tattoo on the back of his left calf.
"Obviously. What did you think you were going to see? A flat horizon? As if! It isn't called surfer's paradise for nothing!" A girl called Buttercup sassily said back to him. Her shoulder length black hair was blowing in the ocean breeze and she could already feel her pale skin beginning to burn and her light green eyes being blinded by the sun. Grunting in irritation she suddenly decided to hide in the shade.
A girl with long red hair was quickly trying to absorb everything she could from the "Gifts of Surfing" book that she just bought before boarding the ship. Her pink eyes were quickly skimming through pages, now realizing that she probably should've bought this book a while ago, and brought higher SPF sunscreen.
"I take it you don't surf?" Said a boy with sandy blonde hair and a golden tan as he stood next to her.
"Not really, I was hoping that I would be able to learn this summer. My name is Blossom, what about you?" She replied to him.
"Well it would come in handy in a place like this. My name is Boomer by the way." Boomer responded to her.
"I'm just assuming that you like surfing? I mean the giant wave tattoo on your chest wasn't a big enough to emphasize that." She said to him with a small laugh.
"You have to show your passion! I mean I have my wave, that guy has a lobster and then you have big red there with a big sun on his back." Boomer said, acknowledging Butch and a boy with shaggy dark red hair and a sun kissed tan.
This boy's name was Brick. He had blood red eyes, a build body and of course a giant sun tattoo on his back right shoulder. He was leaning over the railing as well, looking at the beautiful island that he would be calling his home for the summer. The beaches looked beautiful and he assumed that they would be staying at the luxurious Cocoba Hotel. His assumption was wrong.
"Alright everyone, my name is Ricky and I'm the supervisor of you newbies for the whole summer. I am also in charge of deciding who gets the positions, ALL of the positions. That is of course including the positions for the surfing instructors." Ricky said to the group of new employees, his gelled brown hair not even slightly moving in the warm breeze.
"How many positions are there for surfing instructors?" Asked a girl with short brown hair and eager eyes.
"Six. Oh and don't think you will be the only instructors of course; we have four veteran instructors also. So the clients between surfing and wakeboarding will be split 60/40 with you newbies getting the 40%." Ricky said with a smile, not a nice smile thought, rather cynical actually.
"How will the positions be decided?" Asked Boomer anxiously.
"There will be judging, you all will apply for the position, unless you really can't surf that well. Then you will be put into one of the other jobs." Ricky explained, enunciating the work 'other' like it wasn't that good of a thing.
"Are you the only judge?" Buttercup asked in a slightly alarmed voice.
"Sadly enough, no. It will be me and two of the veteran surfing instructors who should be here any moment now." Ricky said, his voice sounding more irritated by the second.
"We're here Ricky! When are we starting?" Asked a girl with long light blonde hair, a glowing tan and eyes that were as blue as the sky. She was standing next to another girl with elbow length, light brown hair and green eyes.
"Well now that you're both finally here, now I suppose. Oh dammit, I forgot I needed to get the evaluation papers from my office. I'll just meet you down by the beach I guess. Give them the run down on the position and weed out the non-surfers." Ricky instructed the blonde girl.
"Okay guys so we are going down to the main beach for the hotel which is Sugarsand Beach and is a total tourist farm. This is where you will take the more beginner clients if you become an instructor. A mile or so down is Starry beach which is a bit more secluded and on the opposite waterfront with better waves. Now I'm really sorry to say that since there's forty of you and only six spots, a lot of you will get the other jobs which in all honesty kind of suck. Oh and my name is Bubbles by the way!" Bubbles explained to the newbies.
"What is the best way to become an instructor?" Asked Butch, eyeing the blonde surfer rather obviously.
"Be as technical and clean as you can, but also throw in some freestyle to show that you can handle the more experienced clients." Bubbles explained. "Oh I almost forgot are any of you not surfers? Don't feel bad this will just save the embarrassment of you attempting to surf." Bubbles asked the group.
Blossom was the only one to hesitantly raise her hand. There were of course a few chuckles and some rather rude comments.
"Okay since she's the only one who can actually admit this, I only have three questions for you: What's your name? How well can you swim and do you know CPR?" Bubbles asked Blossom.
"My name is Blossom, I'm captain of the swim team at my school and I'm CPR certified." Blossom said promptly to the surfer girl.
"Perfect! In that case you get beach lifeguard duty on Starry Beach. Which by the way guys, beach lifeguard is the second best job, especially on Starry Beach. So this non-surfer that you guys were making fun of will have a better job than most of you this summer!" Bubbles said to the group with a smile of satisfaction spread across her face. "Any others willing to fess up that they can't surf?"
A few more hands rose instantly this time.
"Too late, you'll just sit out for this then and will be assigned with the others later." Bubbles said, smile still in place.
"Alright, I'm back! Now lets get this judging started!" Ricky yelled.
The competition started and in all honesty. Everyone was tearing up the waves. Everyone pretty much thought that they had in the bag, which of course was also not true.
"Now guys, everyone's assigned position for the summer will be given and the staff bonfire by The Candle tonight! For now though, I will show you where you will be staying for this summer!" Bubbles said after everyone had given their best effort.
"Are we going to see the hotel?" Asked a girl excitedly.
"Well you kind of have to if you'll be working there, but that's not where you'll be staying. Everyone get on the Whale Shark bus!" Bubbles yelled to the group.
The island was absolutely beautiful as they passed through the Red Iron Bridge and into the downtown area.
"Where we're staying must be absolutely gorgeous! I mean look at this island! Everything is beautiful!" said a girl in the front of the bus with a giggle.
"I bet it's some super cushy cabana on the water! Super secluded of course!" A boy joined in with excitement.
"No way dude! I bet we get one of those lone little islands to ourselves! Like a newbie paradise!" Another boy jumped in.
"Sadly enough, not exactly. They're not awful, but your guesses were kind of just way off. We're here!" Bubbles said the last sentence in a singsong voice that sounded a bit sadistic at the moment.
The bus came to a halt at a bunch of cabins that were slightly past town on the hill going up to The Candle. They were small, colorful cabins that really didn't look that luxurious.
"These are known as the Hillside Cabins, where all of the newbies stay. Four to a cabin, which if you can do the math is five girl cabins and five guy cabins. There's also a larger dining cabin and a lounge cabin up the hill a ways. Any questions?" Bubbles asked the employees.
"Yeah um where do you guys stay?" Boomer asked her.
Bubbles and the other girl laughed. "Definitely not here. You guys will never find out, at least not until next year if you come back." Bubbles responded.
"Do you stay in the hotel?" Asked a girl with curly blonde hair.
"No, Ricky does. But the cool members of the staff have a much better location. Moving on, other questions?" Bubbles said trying to push the newbies away from asking the exclusive questions.
"Where are the secret surfing spots for the staff?" Brick asked curiously.
"Well, the thing is that they're called secret spots for a reason. So you'll have to earn the whereabouts of these spots from veterans." Bubbles explained to him.
"How do we do that?" Butch asked in a tired voice.
"Oh trust me, you'll find out. There is however one spot that is just for staff newbies. So if anyone wants to go surfing right after you pick your cabins, you can follow me!" Bubbles said happily.
Everyone got adjusted into his or her cabins.
Girl Cabin #1
-Buttercup
-Camille
-Lauren
-Maria
Guy Cabin #1
-Brick
-Luke
-Boomer
-Davis
Girl Cabin #2
-Jenna
-Emily
-Rebecca
-Blossom
Guy Cabin #2
-Joe
-Butch
-Kyle
-Andy
Girl Cabin #3
-Polly
-Hanna
-Rachel
-Michelle
Guy Cabin #3
-Jake
-Michael
-Alex
-Matt
Girl Cabin #4
-Heidi
-Emma
-Jamie
-Briar
Guy Cabin #4
-Jeremy
-Mitch
-Patrick
-Stephen
Girl Cabin #5
-Robin
-Claire
-Kirsten
-Leah
Guy Cabin #5
-Brad
-Owen
-Jeff
-Tristan
"Now that everyone is fully acquainted with each other, let's get going to the newbie spot!" Bubbles yelled before she started heading her way up the hill.
Boomer came running up next to her, "Hi! I'm Boomer, I know you can't really say this but I was just wondering if you could let me know if I got the instructor position?" Boomer questioned her.
"As much as you look like a typical surfer boy, I wouldn't let that get to your head. As for your score, I can't tell you." Bubbles said playfully and then stopped at the edge of the cliff.
"Is this some sort of sick joke? There's no surf here!" Buttercup shouted angrily. Which that's what it looked like, the edge of a very steep cliff that was just before the peak of The Candle.
"For tourists, of course there's no surfing here! As for you guys, there definitely is." She said, pulling up some bushes to reveal some well built makeshift steps that led down the cliff. Bubbles started walking down the stairs, and her surfer friend named Jen covered up the stairway when everyone was heading down.
When the finally reached the bottom, there was a rather small beach with a lot of large rocks around it. There was a huge hole right in the middle of the cliff that was holding up The Candle.
"This is called The Pirate's Eye. It may look a little rough, but it gets killer shredding waves and it's as secluded as it gets for you new guys!" Bubbles said to the group.
"Not bad at all blondie!" Brick said to here as he starting running into the water with his board.
The new employees surfed to the best of their hearts desire until it was finally time to head up to the Candle for the employment ceremony.
Bubbles and Jen went over to sit with the other veterans and the newbies went to the other side of the fire.
"Ladies, gentleman, newbies, it is time for the employee announcements to start! Let's start with the every exclusive surf instructor position; the takers of these spots are Brick, Hanna, Jake, Lauren, Boomer and Jamie. That sucks for everyone else. Congratulations. Moving on, since Bubbles so nicely gave a pretty good position away for lifeguard on Starry Beach to Blossom, there are only three other beach lifeguard spots and they go to Mitch, Claire, and Tristan. The positions for the pool lifeguards go to Heidi and Matt. Now for the funniest position to watch, child supervision, which is for Emily and Jeff. Those groans won't change your position! For the bellhops and maids we have Rachel, Brad, Leah, Michael, Maria, Joe, Camille, Andy, Robin and Jeremy. For the position at the front desk we have Kristen! Moving onto the smoothie shack we have Butch, Kyle, and Jenna. Now for the spots in rental equipment we will be putting Owen and Rebecca. Giving the island tours will be Briar and in the gift shop will be Polly! The golf caddie positions are for Patrick, Davis and Michelle. Last but not least, our wait and kitchen staff will consist of Emma, Luke, Alex, Stephen and Buttercup. Your uniforms are waiting right here so pick them up and get some rest! I will see you all 7:00 sharp tomorrow morning!" Ricky said before leaving the bonfire celebration.
The new surfing instructors could not be more ecstatic! They were cheering and hugging and just all around bragging.
"Don't get too excited newbies! Welcome to surfer's paradise, but tomorrow will be the start of hell week! You better sleep up tonight!" Bubbles shouted as the rest of the veterans cheered and laughed behind her.
Sorry about all of the large amount of details but I hope you like and look forward to the next chapter!