Chapter 2
Me and Jack headed off to different sides of the school, he headed off to Milton and Kim's english class and i ran round to Jerry and Eddie's math class. I knocked on the door and opened it, Mr Chamberlay looked at me with a curious look,
"SIr, the janitor wants Eddie and Jerry, something about setting up the hall?" I said looking at the boys
"Okay Scarlet, go on guys, "
Jerry and Eddie got up and followed me outside the class,
"We're skiving boys, to the beach! But first, parking lot. Jack's gonna meet us there with Kim and Milton,"
"Shouldn't you be with Smooths crew? Instead of going to the beach with us? Us nerds?" Jerry said,
"Smooth kicked me out, and dumped me for a matter of fact, Jacks making me go socialise with people other than him, so guess what! You're stuck with me." I said, smirking at them,
We walked to the parking lot in silence and when we got there Milton was sitting on the bumper of Jerry's jar, Jack and Kim were arguing,
"Why do we have to bring that witch Jack? She's mean, spiteful and no one wants her! And why did you ask her to join Wasabi? A dancer can't be a good martial artist! Jerry isn't all too good at matiral arts, he's better dancer, and thats a reason why he isn't a black belt yet!" She yelled at him,
"Kim, i don't get what your deal is, she's mean cause your mean to her, spiteful cause a lot of people hate her and i want her okay? I asked her to join Wasabi cause she has no where else to go!"
"I don't care! I hate her, she hates me! We both know that, why did you have to invite me after you invited her?"
"Ahem, " I said, clearing my throat, " Hi Kim! How are you?" I said with a evil glare in my eye,
"Right guys, lets get in the car yeah?" Jack said, jumping into Jerry's back seat, bang in the middle.
"Jerry drives, Eddie in front, I'm in middle, Scar to my left, Kim to my right. Milton can go in the boot.."
"Hey!" Milton protested,"
"Only kidding, three can fit in the front yeah Jerry? So Milton in there. And i guess thats us all set then!" Jack said happily, rubbing his hands together,
"First we have to stop off at everyones house remember," Kim said, "We need beach stuff?"
We drove around the neighbour hood, stopping at each persons house. Then coming out with a bit of food for every one of us, a towel from themselves, in their beach clothes. Eddie also brought a inflatable ball along with him.
We got to my house, it was the shabbiest on the block, a small two story house. I saw Kim wrinkle up her nose, and Jack started talking about where his new house is as i ran inside.
My mum was at work, so it was easy as pie to walk in. I checked the fridge for food to bring with us but only saw a watermelon,
'It will have to do' i thought to myself before marching up the stairs, i got into my room and changed into a bright red bikini with ruffles. I looked at my self in the mirror, unimpressed with what i saw, i breathed in deeply, making my rib cage stick out,
"Curvy's the new style you know, " said a far too familiar voice,
"JACK!" I yelled blushing, " what are you doing here?"
"Came to help you, i got a towel, you bring the watermelon? or swapsies?"
I rolled my eyes at him and walked down the stairs and grabbed the watermelon which i had left on the counter, Jack followed suit and we were out the door, i turned to lock it and dropped the watermelon, i flinched as it was about to shatter against the gravel path, but i didn't hear any smash, i slowly opened my eyes and saw Jack lying on the ground holding the watermelon,
"Nice catch," I said, locking the door, having to give it a slight budge with the side of my body. The door was years old, and you needed to force it so it'd be locked, i picked the watermelon up and extended my hand out for Jack, who gladly took it, wiping away the gravel from his trunks,
"Lets get this party to the beach!" Jack said running to the car. He was so childish at times, but at other times, he was very sensible and mature. But i think the beach brings out the kid in all of us, i smiled and walked to Jerry's car, the gravel getting inside my flip flops but i didn't care, i felt like i was floating on air, i pulled open the car door and slipped into my seat,
"TO THE BEACH!" Jerry yelled,
"TO THE BEACH!" We repeated,
Half an hour later we were at the sandy beach. We ran to a spot near the water and put our towels down, before all dashing into the ocean. Splashing around like kids.
We raced, which turns out Kim is a really good swimmer, I fail at swimming and cheated, by running instead of swimming. I'm good at loopholes, then we did piggy back races, I was on Jacks back, Kim on Jerry's and Milton was on Eddie's, somehow Eddie and Milton won that, but me and Jack shoved milton and he dragged Eddie down with him, and they both went splashing into the water,
"BLERGH!" Yelled Eddie as a bunch of salt water went into his mouth,
"How about some land sports my mateys?" Jerry suggested,
we swam into shore and decided to race.
"Boys race? Then girls? Then both? " Eddie asked
"Yeah, boys race first!" Kim exclaimed,
The boys lined up at one side of the beach, and me and Kim stood around about 50 meters away
"READY, STEADY, GO!" I screeched at them, Milton automatically fell, as he refused to stand on the sand without his flip-flops, Eddie fell behind as he wasn't the most athletic runner. Jack and Jerry were neck and neck for the majority of the race, until Jack began to overpower, he raced forward and slapped my hand,
"And Jack wins!" I yelled, holding his hand in the air for victory,
"Girls race now!" Milton said,
Me and Kim walked towards the starting line,
"By the way," i whispered to her, "When your running in a bikini, well your boobs jiggle. A lot. And it hurts, a lot. Just to let you know, run with your arms sort of supporting them, it really helps."
"Why are you helping me?" She said with a curious look," we're enemies, and competing against each other, is this sabotage?"
"Two girls at the beach today, best we keep together aye?" I winked at her before getting into my starting position.
I had always been a naturally good runner, heck, teachers asked me to join their running club. I never needed to try all too hard, running just came to me. I loved it, i followed a quote when i ran, ""I always loved running – it was something you could do by yourself and under your own power. You could go in any direction, fast or slow as you wanted, fighting the wind if you felt like it, seeking out new sights just on the strength of your feet and the courage of your lungs." - Jesse Owens,
"Ready, Steady," Jack said, and i clenched my fists getting ready to dart, my heart was beating furiously and my eyes were locked on Eddies hand, which i had to slap to when i finished.
"GO!"
I shot off, Kim was surprisingly quick, but not quick enough. I pushed on further, the wind blowing my wet hair around, it went in my eyes occasionally but i never slowed down to fix it. I was about 10 meters in front of Kim now, and my heart beat was the speed of a cheetah, and my speed was also. I hadn't ran properly in a race in years, and i missed it so much. The finish line was so close, and as i raced forward and slapped Eddies hand to announce my victory i heard a scream. I quickly spun around, and saw Kim lying face down on the floor,
"There was something on the ground, i tripped," She blurted out, shaking and slowly getting up.
"Are you okay? Can you walk?" Milton asked,
"I"m.. i'm fine, that was a good race Scarlet, you should join the track team. Your really fast." She said with a smile,
i think that race was the start of our friendship.
We missed out the boys and girls race and decided to sit down to eat the food we brought, Kim also brought a picnic blanket and we all sat down on that, Kim sat beside me, munching away at a bit of melon,
"Thanks by the way, for the tip about using your arms to support your chest, it helped. Not that i have much of a chest to support!" She said, frowning down at her own rack,
"I was a early bloomer," i told her, " Whenever i ran my boobs would thunk. And i had to wear push up bras at school for P.E, cause sports bras give you no coverage."
She giggled to me, and Jack then went and said,
"Oh look at the enemies sitting there and sharing their wisdom together, as long as your not talking about me and giggling. I'm all up for it!