"Tris, wake the hell up!" Christina yelled in my ear

"I'm coming," I mumbled into my pillow.

We had only gotten a good three hours of sleep, but I couldn't let that stop me from going out and hitting some waves. Turtle Bay was approaching fast, I had to focus.

"Let's go," Tori yelled out as I struggled to get a new bikini top on.

"I'm coming!"

We never had to go far to get some waves, with our house being only five hundred yards from the ocean.

"Jesus, takes you long enough." Christina jokes at me.

"Let's go," I mock them, they both shake their heads and we make our way out the back door and head down the beach, grabbing our boards on the way.

"Waves are looking good today," Uriah yells from his spot on the sand.

uriah has a thing about sleeping down on the beach in the summertime, says it's something about not wanting to be around his brother Zeke all the time. I don't blame him, he's just as bad as Four if not worse.

"They look great," I say and strap the leash to my ankle.

"Good luck out there," he grins up at me and I run for the waves.

The water rushes over me, quickly making me feel like electricity is running through my veins.

I paddle out far E dough for a small set of waves to warm up on. here we go.

...

"Let's go grab some breakfast," Christina whines as we lay on the sand with Uriah and now Will.

"At the cafe we work at, really?" I ask with a quirked brow.

"Well, it's the only place to eat," Will says.

"Fine," I huff, "Let's go."

We don't bother getting in the car, it's quicker just to walk down the beach and skip all the traffic.

"Tris," I hear Four yell as we pass by his house.

"Ignore him," Christina says and we keep walking.

"Tris!" He yells again, closer this time, I feel his hand on my arm, "will you please stop for a second?"

"What," I sigh and turn around, my friends stop a few feet away.

"I'm sorry for the way I acted last night, just seeing you with a random guy made me a little pissed off. I don't want you to get hurt."

"You mean to say you want me all for yourself right?"

"Tris," he pleads.

"No, I don't want to hear it."

"Look, I'm sorry ok?"

"I'm not the one you should be apologizing to."

With that I left a dumb struck Four and continued down the beach wi my friends. Breakfast was sounding a lot better now.

...

"Hey girls," Nina, today's waitress greeted us warmly, "can't stay away huh?"

"I guess not," I say smiling at her.

"Usual?"

"Please," I say, Christina and Tori nod in agreement.

"Comin right up ladies," Nita smiles before walking into the kitchen.

I hear the bell to the cafe ring and turn around to see Eric, I turn back forward with a mad blush covering my cheeks.

"Hey ladies," I recognize Peters voice. Ugh.

"Back for round two," I ask him when he sits at the counter next to me.

"Oh shit, it's my beautiful Tris." He sneers.

"Seriously," I ask unimpressed, "don't make me follow through with my promise."

"What promise is that," Eric pipes up, scooting Peter over to sit next to me.

"She was going to cut his balls off and tack em to his forehead," Max said laughing.

Eric looked at me with an amused expression.

I smiled up at him and chuckled.

"Got my point across though," I say.

"Here you go girls," Nita sets all the plates of food in front of us.

"Holy shit, how are you not fat?" Peter comments.

Each of us has a stack of three pancakes, a pile of hash browns and bacons strips with three scrambled eggs and a glass of orange juice.

"You eat all that," Eric asked amused.

"I know, I'm fat," I say with a mouth full of pancake.

"When are you guys leaving for your ship practices," Tori asks no one in particular as she digs into her own plate.

"We leave in the morning, we will be gone for a week," Max answers her. I look to Eric and offer him a bite of my pancakes which he gladly accepts.

"Can I get you gentleman anything," Nita asks, keeping her eyes on Peter, eyeing him up and down.

"What's good," Eric asks me.

"Everything," I say taking a bite of my bacon.

"I'll have what she's having," Eric said to Nita gesturing to my plate.

Peter and Max ordered a smaller meal as the rest of us scarfed the rest of ours.

"Beatrice," I hear my dads voice from the office down the hall.

"Andrew," I say rolling my eyes.

"A word?"

"Great," I hear Christina mumble under her breath.

"I'll be back," I say to everyone, mostly Eric.

I walk into my dads office and cross my arms.

"Who are your friends," he asks me sternly.

"Really? You called me in here to ask about my friends?"

"You need to be careful, I don't want you to end up...pregnant or something."

"Are you serious?"

"Yes, very actually."

"You should know, I am not a fucking whore. I'm not like Caleb, he is the one you should be giving this speech to, oh wait, he already got two different girls knocked up within two months."

"Beatrice." My father warns.

"What?"

"Nevermind," he picks up a book and waves me out of his office.

I shake my head and walk back out.

"What was that about," Christina asks.

"Just the usual morni chit chat with my dad."

"That's your dad?" Eric asks looking up from his plate of food he had just received.

"Sadly, yes."

Eric must have noticed my irritation because he dropped the subject, the boys began talking about Rimpac and everything they do. It was actually kind of interesting to hear about the different jobs and maneuvers they performed.

Turns out, Eric was the one who fights the ship...which I find extremely sexy.

Max was the captain and Peter was a grunt for now.

"So when is your next competition," Eric asks me.

"Next week..."

"I'd love to watch you," Eric replies smiling down at me.

I feel my cheeks heat up and I avert my eyes.

"Heres your check girls," Nita says slipping it towards me.

Eric quickly grabs it from me and takes out his wallet and hands his card to Nita.

"On me," he winks at Nita then to me.

"You don't have to-"

"I want to."

"Thanks, Eric," Christina pipes up, Tori follows with a thank you and I am left starIng at him.

"Thank you," I say quietly looking into his eyes.

Nita hands Erics card back and he tips her with a twenty.

"Let's get out of here," he says directly to me.

I look to my friends, they both nod and plead with their eyes for me to go.

"Ok," I smile and follow Eric out of the cafe.

"Shes totally got him," I hear Christina before the door closes behind us.

What are you doing Tris?