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Max POV
After a 3 hour drive we stopped for dinner at Applebee's. I ate my burger in record time. I was anxious to get to the Beach House. My parents, however, decided to eat at a normal pace and insisted on talking.
"So, Max are you glad school is over?" My dad asked. "Yup." I said simply.
"Is everything okay Max? You look kinda jumpy." Said my mom. I nodded and grinned. "I'm just really excited, you know I love the Beach House." They both laughed and then my dad said "Alright, alright, just let me pay and then we'll go."
Five minutes later we were on the road again. To pass the time I watched Harry Potter and the Blind Side on my iPod. Then just as the credits for the Blind Side popped up my dad announced "Were here!" I checked the clock 10:30pm. Perfect. I jumped out of the car and looked up at the big familiar house. It was about half the size of our enormous mansion back home but it was still the size of a really nice house. I grinned as i looked up at it. The house was light blue, with a wrap around porch, and white shutters on all the windows. To the left of our house was the only other property for a half a mile. Either way if you walked for half a mile you would come to a bunch more houses and some places to eat, but my parents picked this one because they liked privacy. It's a good thing we got along okay with our neighbors.
So, our neighbors are the Walkers. Anne and John Walker rent the house every year for the whole summer. They have one kid, a boy, my age, named Fang. Were both 16. I'm not really great friends with him. Fang is kind of really geeky and quiet: glasses, braces, greasy hair, plaid shirts. Sure, we'll talk a little bit when our parents hang out, but I guess you could say, he's not my type.
The Walker's should be arriving tomorrow morning and then we'd have dinner with them to kick off the summer as always. My parents, Jeb and Valencia, are good friends with Anne and John. Which leaves me to entertain Fang.
I fell into bed that night exhausted after I unpacked everything. The next morning I woke up to car doors slamming and people talking. I rolled out of bed and looked out the window to see the Walker's talking to my parents. I didn't see Fang anywhere, so I guess he was already in the house. I sighed and laid back down, I'd see them all at dinner, but now it was way to early for me to wake up. I fell back asleep until noon. What! I was tired! I then finally went downstairs to see a note from my mom: Max, we went to go buy food. Please be ready for dinner by 4:45 so we can meet the Walker's at 5. We'll be back later. Love, Mom. Next to it was a single granola bar that my mom probably had in her purse. Well, it was food, and I was hungry so I scarfed it down. Then, I changed into my bathing suit, grabbed my towel and walked out my front door onto the beach. The waves were calm today, not good enough for surfing, but nice for swimming.
I set down my towel and waded slowly into the surf. Then I dove in just as a wave crashed down. The water was a little cold, but that was expected, but it was also very clear so I could see a lot the things on the bottom. I loved being in the water, it made me feel strong and powerful.
I came up for air and then dived down again. I floated around for maybe an hour then I walked back to my towel and laid down, letting the sun dry me. I don't know how long I laid there but I soon heard a voice coming from my left. I looked up to see possibly one of the hottest guys I'd ever laid eyes on. He was walking along the shore in a black bathing suit and a black T-shirt. His hair was long, dark, and sexy. Even from here you could tell he had muscles under his T-shirt. He seemed to be talking on his phone as he slowly walked closer.
"yes, Lissa, I told you you could come and visit for a week...No of course not...calm down, I love you...yeah of course I would never cheat on you! Why would you even ask that?...Yeah, whatever, miss you too, bye."
He hung up. He shook his head, threw his phone into the sand, and then pulled his shirt off. Wow, he was hot. Then he dived right into the surf. He must be from the other side of the beach because I didn't recognize him, I wonder what he's doing here.
The boy came out of the water after a little while and threw his shirt over his shoulder and started walking away. He left his phone there! "Wait!" I called standing up and running over to his phone. They boy turned around and smiled at me as I held his phone out for him. He jogged back over and took it from me. "Thanks, my girlfriend Lissa wouldn't be to happy if I didn't answer her many calls." I laughed. He looked down at his phone and checked the time. "Ooh, sorry I have to go get ready for dinner, my parents we'll be mad if I don't get home now. I'll see you around." He said. "Bye." I said. I looked down at my own phone as he jogged away. 3:55. Oh geez, Were supposed to eat dinner with Fang's family a 5! I need to get ready. I looked up again to see that the boy was already gone. Oh my god, he was out of sight fast! I shook it off and went to grab my towel.
I jogged back to my house. I was starving, my parents were back, I had 40 minutes to get ready, and I couldn't get that boy out of my head.
"Max! I was just going to come get you! You've been out on the beach for hours. Hurry and get ready for dinner, were meeting the Walkers in an hour at Jackie's." My said in a rush as I ran inside. I smiled. Jackie's Seaside Restaurant was one of my favorites. It was kind of formal but the food was amazing.
I showered in a record 5 minutes, dried my hair, and then straightened which both took forever! Then i changed into a black dress that my mom had bought me not to long ago. Luckily I got to wear flats instead of heels though. I finished getting ready just as my mom called up the stairs to tell me we had to leave then. "Oh Max, you look pretty." My mom said as I came down. "Thanks, mom." Then we were on our way to meet the Walkers.
So I guess I should tell you something about myself. I never used to be so "easy on the eyes" as they say. Before this school year I was a little overweight, wore glasses, had braces, basically I was lame. I didn't like myself then, I had major self confidence issues. But, i decided to do something about it. I got my braces off, cleared up my skin, and got contacts. Then I practically threw myself into working out. I ran everyday and joined kickboxing which taught me how to fight and made me lose weight. Then about ¾ of the way through school I finally felt like someone people could respect, because I could respect myself, when I took care of my body. I gained confidence and that change made me the sarcastic bad-ass Max I am today. I never want to go back to the self conscious girl I was before. Whatever, I'm me now and I won't change, yet will all the changes I made I still don't feel whole I feel like some part of me is missing.
Before I knew it we had pulled up to Jackie's. I stepped out and smiled at the familiar place. When we walked in a boy about my age greeted us. "Good evening, my name is Dylan, do you have a reservation?" Dylan was cute in a surfer boy kind of way i guess, but I'm not a big fan of blonde guys. But, apparently Dylan was a fan of me because throughout his short conversation with my dad he kept glancing over at me. "Yes, the Walkers, their right this way." he said. Then he led us to the back of the restaurant. I gasped when we got to our table where I saw Fang's parents, then i looked over and saw..."Fang!" The boy looked up. "Max?" The insanely hot guy I'd met at the beach was Fang? I guess he hadn't recognized me either. Um, wow, well he certainly changed.
Author's Note: Thank you guys for all the reviews and favorites on my first chapter. If theres something you guys want to see happen in this story message me or leave me a review and i'll try to put it in the story, maybe like different things they can do on the beach or cool places they could hang out..idk anything!
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