Yeah, I know crack and fanon week is over, but I'm still going to finish this story in terms of the themes for crack and fanon week as listed on deviant art. If you don't know what they are, you'll either find out on this fan fiction or you can go check it out of deviant art if you haven't already.
Special note – Reef, Broseph, Emma, Fin, and the Kahuna from Stoked will be making cameos in this chapter as Bridgette's friends.
Day 3 – SWAP
Chapter Three – Surfers, Place Your Bets!
It was the first day of summer and Bridgette knew right where she wanted to spend the day: at the beach surfing. She had polished her surfboard, prepared her wetsuit, and made arrangements for Cody to join her and her friends on her favorite beach.
"Isn't this exciting Cody?" she squealed as hey pulled into the beach parking lot.
"You know it!" Cody replied, though he didn't seem as excited as his girlfriend. He nervously looked out into the ocean, where he saw numerous people out catching waves and having the time of their lives. This made him even more nervous because he didn't know how to surf. Being Bridgette's boyfriend, you almost were forced to develop this skill in a heartbeat and the tech geek wasn't sure if he had it in him. He had read all about it on the internet, but reading about it and putting it into practice were two different things.
Bridgette parked the car and exited so quickly that she forgot to put the vehicle in park. She immediately grabbed her surfboard, her beach supplies, and almost ran to the beach, dragging the helpless Cody behind.
As said before, Cody was a little unsure about this day. But when they actually got on the beach and next to the ocean, his fears disappeared for a moment as he admired the beauty of it all. The sun was shining and the water was so clear that you could almost see right to the bottom. He also liked the fact that there were lots of girls in bikinis present, but he tried desperately to ignore them, thinking about how Bridgette would feel if she caught him glancing.
However, Bridgette was so entranced in the scenery around her, that she probably wouldn't have noticed Cody making out with another girl right next to her if he had decided to do so.
"Come on Cody! Let's get our sunscreen on so we can hit the waves!" she smiled.
"No thanks Bridge," Cody replied. "I think I'll work on my tan today. You know, it improves my looks."
"Um, no," Bridgette immediately replied. "I remembered what happened at Playa De Losers first season. You're putting that sunscreen on. Here, let me help you."
Instantly, all protests from Cody ceased and he submitted to Bridgette's orders. He turned around and allowed Bridgette to apply the lotion to his skin. Her cold fingers felt so good rubbing along his back, massaging it as she rubbed the sunscreen along his body. She turned Cody around and applied it to his face as well. Right when she finished, she rubbed her nose against his in a playful manner and asked him to do her next.
Cody's eyes almost bulged form his head when he heard this request. But before he could ask questions, Bridgette was lying face down on her towel and had taken her shirt off to reveal her in her swimming bra. Cody immediately started to think about other things, like his grandfather in a man thong to calm his hormones down as he applied the sunscreen across Bridgette's slender, toned back. After he finished rubbing down her legs, she got up and thanked Cody with a small kiss on the cheek. Instantly, Cody forgot why he was so apprehensive about today in the first place.
"Come on! Let's go to the surf shack and rent you a board!"
And just like that, his worries came flooding back to him.
Bridgette basically dragged Cody again as she raced along the beach to the surf shack. Inside, there were countless surf boards to choose from. All varied in size, shape, and color. Bridgette studied the boards carefully, trying to decide which one would suit Cody best, when a voice called her name.
"Bridgette? Is that you, dudette?!"
Bridgette turned around and smiled when she saw an older man with long, blonde, hair and a blonde matching beard standing there in his usual casual jean shorts and Hawaiian shirt.
"Kahuna!! It's so good to see you!" Bridgette exclaimed as she ran up to her old friend and hugged him. The older man gladly returned the hug.
"About time you got off that reality television show and returned to the waves, man," the Kahuna smiled. He then noticed Cody, looking at them all confused. "Who's your friend?" he asked.
"This is my boyfriend Cody," she introduced. "He's here to hit the waves for the very first time."
"Ah, a grom, eh? Gnarly man!"
"Grom?"
"It's a term for rookie surfers," the Kahuna explained. "But don't worry man. With Bridgette as your instructor, you'll learn in no time."
"Aw, you're too kind," Bridgette smiled at her friend.
"I know," he smiled. "Now, let's find your grom here a board to use for the day."
The Kahuna led Cody through the shop, studying Cody and studying each board he came across.
"Ooh! I like this one!" Cody exclaimed as he eyed a flashy surfboard with a neat design on it.
"Uh, nope! Don't think so, dude," The Kahuna immediately responded, moving him along through the shop.
"Um, maybe I'm being naïve, but does it matter which board I use?" Cody asked.
"Yes it does," the older man explained. "You can't just select a board, man. You don't choose the board…the board chooses you."
Cody wasn't sure what he meant by this, but with him being a professional at this, he decided to trust him.
"Stay put for a minute, if you'd please?" the Kahuna ordered Cody. Cody did as instructed as he walked away. A few minutes passed and he still hadn't returned. Cody wasn't sure what was going on, but he soon found out. The old man returned with an armful of surfboards and without warning, began throwing them one by one at Cody, burying him under a sea of surfboards. Cody plowed his way back to the top, breathing heavily, only to be hit on the head by the old man's last surfboard. But as Cody fell to the ground, the board fell right on top of him, seeming to be attached to him.
"She likes you, man," the Kahuna smiled.
"She has a funny way of showing it," Cody muttered underneath.
"A match made in heaven if you ask me. You've found your board dude!"
Cody paid the Kahuna for the rental (to his surprise, he accepted a payment of three pieces of gum) and he ran outside to meet up with Bridgette. But when he got out there, he noticed her talking to four other surfers. One of them was average built with brown hair and seemed to be a little cocky for his own good. The girl who would occasionally slap him upside the forehead was a little shorter than Bridgette and had short, bleach blonde hair. Another girl, who was a little taller than the blonde girl, chuckled each time the brown-haired individual got slapped on the forehead. She had red hair, wore pink shorts, and seemed to stumble a little each time she tried to shift her position. The last individual there was a little taller than the rest. His skin was tanner than the others and his most notable feature was the large puff of golden hair on top of his head.
"Cody! Over here!" Bridgette waved to her boyfriend. Brushing aside his anxieties, Cody put on his most charming smile, which he considered the most charming in the world, and strutted up to Bridgette and her friends.
"'sup dudes?" Cody greeted them, transforming into the Code-meister.
"Him?! He's your boyfriend?! You're dating a grom?!" the brown-haired boy chuckled, which earned him another slap from the blonde-haired girl.
"Reef! Be nice!" she scolded.
"But Fin, he's a grom! Bridgette's too good for someone like that!"
"If Bridgette thinks he's good enough, then he's good enough!" Fin scoffed. She then turned to Cody and smiled. "Sorry about this one. He's a little brain-dead."
"Am not!" Reef protested.
"We're super stoked to have you here!" the red-head squealed and in excitement, ran up to Cody to greet him. Unfortunately, she didn't see the rock by her feet and stumbled over it, landing right on top of Cody. Immediately, the golden-haired teen and Bridgette raced over to help the two that had fallen. First, they pulled up the red-haired girl and brushed her off. Then, the golden haired boy pulled Cody to his feet.
"Dude…that looks wicked!" he cringed as he noticed a black eye immediately start to form around Cody's eye.
"Oh, crud! I'm so sorry!" the red-haired girl exclaimed.
"Chill Emma, bra," the golden haired boy replied, brushing Cody off. "At least you didn't break this guy's neck, which is more than I can say about that Tyler dude."
"I know," Emma sighed. "Why do I always injure the cute ones?"
"Because you're cursed," Reef laughed, earning another slap from Fin.
"Uh…so does that make me cute?" Cody chuckled, trying to lighten the mood.
"It must," Bridgette giggled, pulling Cody closer to her.
"Whoa, dudes. Save the hormones for later. Those waves aren't gonna last all day, ya know?" the golden haired boy lectured.
"Broseph's right! Let's hit those waves!" Reef shouted. And with a battle cry, he charged for the ocean with his surf board in hand. Fin just slapped her forehead and turned sheepishly to Cody.
"Again, I'm so sorry about him. He's what we call an…uh…"
"…idiot," Bridgette finished. "Now come on Cody, I've got to teach you how to surf!"
Fin, Emma, and Broseph joined Reef in the water to catch the best waves they could. Meanwhile, Bridgette began to teach Cody how to properly surf. She had him lay down on his board on the sand and had him practice standing up in time for a wave.
"…and…UP!" Bridgette instructed. On that word, Cody sprang up.
"Not bad…but your form needs work," Bridgette said and walked over to helped shift his body so that it would be in the right stance. Cody began to seriously debate messing up on purpose just so Bridgette would come over and do it again. But for some reason, he knew she wouldn't fall for it, so he continued to practice until he got it right. It took him a little more time than it should have, but he eventually got it.
"Okay, now you're ready to hit the waves!" Bridgette smiled. "We'll start small and work your way up to the bigger waves, okay?"
"Dude, I don't think he'll even be able to ride a small wave," Reef chuckled as he approached the surfer girl and the tech geek. "I mean, the day's almost over and you haven't even been in the water yet!"
"So?" Bridgette asked, seeming a little irritated by her fiend's attitude towards her boyfriend.
"SO? So you practically wasted the day! If you wanted to do this so badly, I'd be more than happy to give you my job back at the resort. Then, you'd at least get to work with some hotter and cooler guys!"
Bridgette, Emma, and Fin all gasped in horror at Reef's insensibility towards Cody. In the background, everyone could hear Broseph mutter, "Oh, no he didn't."
"What do you know?!" Bridgette demanded, sounding a little offended by Reef's insensitivity.
""Enough to know this kook can't hang ten on a surfboard for more than a minute!" Reef laughed.
By now, Cody was starting to get a little angry as well. Even he could only take so much verbal abuse from another.
"Oh yeah?!" Cody sneered, getting into Reef's face. "I'll bet you anything that I can so last a minute on a surfboard!"
"Bet? Did I hear bet?" Fin asked, now getting in on the argument. "I'll take a piece of that action!"
"Me too, dude!" Broseph laughed, walking up to the group.
"Uh, I don't know guys," Emma replied nervously. "Doesn't that kinda take the fun out of surfing?"
"Oh, believe me, winning this bet will be fun enough," Reef smiled.
"Fine by me!" Cody sneered. "If I can last a minute of the surfboard, then you owe me fifty bucks!"
"Cody! No! You don't have fifty bucks!" Bridgette exclaimed, pulling Cody back.
"No big deal," Reef laughed. "I've got a better wager for this kook."
Cody's look on enthusiasm and confidence immediately disappeared as he waited to hear Reef's offer, as did their other friends.
"Sure, if you win, I'll give you fifty bucks. But if you lose, then you have to do something I've always wanted to make someone do….for the rest of the day, you have to wear your girlfriend's clothing!"
"WHAT?" Bridgette exclaimed, sounding highly uncomfortable with the idea. "Cody, you don't have to do that!"
"Uh…well…" Cody stammered. He didn't want to take a bet that might embarrass his girlfriend, but at the same time, he didn't want to look like a wimp in front of her either.
"What's the matter? Chicken?" Reef taunted. Before anyone could answer, he started making chicken noises to taunt the tech geek. This once again earned him a slap to the back of the head by Fin.
"What?! Broseph and I can make bets, but I can't make bets with the new grom?" Reef demanded.
"That's different, bro. You and I are bros, ya know?" Broseph explained. "Bros do that thing all the time!"
"Well…then call this Cody's initiation into our bro-hood," Reef blurted out. "Cody, not only will I give you fifty bucks if you can last a minute on the surfboard, but I will acknowledge you as a bro! What do you say now?"
Cody thought about it for a minute. He was still stuck on having to wear Bridgette's clothing if he lost. Finally, after a minute's hesitation, he held out his hand and accepted the wager.
"All right then!" Reef smiled. "You've got one hour before the beach closes. So that's how much time you have to catch a wave! Good luck! You'll need it!"
Reef then left his friends to go to the snack bar and get something to eat, leaving everyone else to stare at Cody.
"Cody, I am so sorry," Emma apologized.
"No need," Cody coolly replied. "The Codester can take on anything, anyone, anywhere, any time."
"…well…the "Codester" had better not lose this bet," Bridgette commented, glaring at her boyfriend, "because if he does, then I'm not going to have anything to wear for the rest of the day!"
Cody's look of confidence suddenly disappeared, realizing the predicament he put his girlfriend in. But he remained confident and assured her that he would be able to ride a wave in by the end of the hour. Without another word, Cody grabbed his board and raced for the water, only to trip over a sea shell before he even got in.
"Fifty-nine minutes grom!" Reef laughed as he came back with a chocolate bar in his mouth. Fin just rolled her eyes and smacked him across the back of the head again.
"Seriously, one of these days, I'm going to report you for physical abuse," Reef grumbled as he rubbed his head.
"I think the police would take my side once they met you," Fin smiled as the group watched Cody paddle out to the sea.
Cody sat out there, waiting for what he felt would be the right wave. After only a minute of waiting, he chose one that he thought looked fitting for a beginner and braced himself. Remembering Bridgette's lessons, he popped himself up just as the wave approached him. Unfortunately, as soon as he got up, he fell right off the board and into the wave.
Bridgette gasped and anxiously awaited him to come up. Thankfully, it was a smaller wave and Cody resurfaced in ten seconds. He simply shook it off and climbed on his board again, determined to ride a wave in.
Eventually, Broseph and Bridgette had paddled out there to give him some extra tips and to make sure he didn't get seriously injured. But it ended up with the two of them getting injured a couple of times when the surfboard Cody was on popped out from underneath him and knocked the two off their boards occasionally. The time passed and Cody had fallen off his board in all ways possible and he hadn't even come close to riding a wave in to shore. (A/N – If you want to, you can imagine a small music video montage of this happening like it does in the show with the cast surfing sometimes. Pick an upbeat song and let the imagination begin).
"Yo! Five minutes dude!" Reef called from ashore. "If you're going to pull a ride out of your butt, you might want to stand up on the board!"
"Thank you, Mr. Obvious," Cody grumbled as he pulled himself back on his board for the fiftieth time.
"Yo, dude, let's try something else," Broseph called over to the tech geek as he sat in yoga position on his surfboard. "Get into lotus position and focus solely on riding that perfect wave into shore, dude. Let your mind go totally blank, ya know?"
"Uh…like this?" Cody asked as he sat on his board, trying to maintain his balance.
"Shh…no talking," Broseph instructed. "Again, let your mind go totally blank man. Think about nothing except that wave and how you would love nothing more than to ride it into shore…focus…focus…focus…"
Cody obeyed Broseph's instructions and began his meditation. He went deep into his thoughts and cleared them out of his head as best as he could. Then, once clear, he began to think about riding a wave into shore…how awesome that feeling would be to stay afloat the water; the sea salty air blowing through his hair; the look on his girlfriend's face when she saw her boyfriend taking her up on her hobby and mastering it; the look on Reef's face when he paid him the fifty bucks...yes. He could picture it all clearly now.
Broseph instructed him to open his eyes and to get ready for the next wave. Bridgette noted the look of confidence on his face and knew that he was ready to take on this challenge and was determined to win it.
A wave approached Cody once more. He waited for it….waited…waited…then at the right moment, he sprung up on his board. Broseph and Bridgette were able to get on the wave easily and with no trouble at all. For Cody, it wasn't as easy, but he kept his mind to it. Focusing on nothing else but riding the wave in, he gained his balance on the board and relaxed himself. He looked ashore and saw he was approaching it swiftly and in style alongside Broseph and Bridgette.
"Whoo hoo! He did it!" Emma excitedly scramed. "He's surfing. He's on his board!"
"Yes!" Fin exclaimed pumping her fists into the air.
"I…don't believe it," Reef added, half-shocked, half impressed.
"That…is cool bro!" Broseph called to him from his board.
"Cody! You did it!" Bridgette squealed to her boyfriend.
"I did?" Cody asked. He looked down to make sure he wasn't hallucinating. Sure enough, the board was still under him and he was riding it to shore. "I DID do it!" he exclaimed. "I did it! I did it! I…"
His victory was cut short when he felt a soccer ball strike him in the head. Dazed and confused, he fell off his surfboard and landed in the ocean mere yards away from shore.
"AWESOME!" a little voice shouted.
Bridgette, Broseph, Emma, Fin, and Reef followed the path the soccer ball had traveled to its starting point, where to two little plump boys high-fived each other and laughed at the damage they had caused.
"…Mark and Todd Marvin…" Fin grumbled, glaring at the two trouble-makers.
"Dude! I can't believe they DID that!" Reef growled, sounding offended. "I mean, he totally had it coming in and they do THAT! That's like breaking the eleventh commandment!"
"You didn't have anything to do with that?" Emma questioned the surf instructor.
"Heck no! I may have had a bet with the guy, but I'm not one to sabotage a ride! You know that!"
Emma and Fin looked at Reef suspiciously. When they saw the sincerity in his eyes, they were convinced he was telling the truth.
Later that night, Reef, Emma, Fin, and Broseph were sitting around a campfire they had built on the beach. The stars were shining bright, the moon was full, and most of the guests had gone. They had the entire beach to themselves.
"I wonder what's keeping them," Emma asked as she toasted her hot dog over the fire.
"Dude…they're coming in cross-dressed," Reef answered. "Wouldn't you be a tad embarrassed to show up in the clothing of the opposite gender?"
"Not me," Broseph admitted. "I've always wondered what it was like, ya know?"
"There they are!" Fin announced, pointing across the beach.
Reef, Emma, and Broseph turned to where Fin was pointing and a hilarious sight waited the three of them. There were Cody and Bridgette, dressed in each other's clothing. Cody appeared to be walking funny as Bridgette's pants looked a little too tight around his waist. He was also trying to pull her blue hoodie down far enough to cover his belly button. Bridgette was talking funny too. She was hunched over, trying to keep Cody's pants up as she walked. She also appeared to be sweating heavily as a result of wearing so many layers of shirts.
"How in the world can you girls stand wearing your pants so tightly around your waist?!" Cody asked, taking deep breaths.
"How can you guys keep YOUR pants up?!" Bridgette asked at the same time, trying to find something to use as a belt.
As they approached their friends, the four of them couldn't help but laugh as they saw the two struggling to get comfortable in each other's clothing.
"Hey Cody! Nice belly button!" Fin teased as she and Emma gave some cat calls. Cody desperately tried to cover up his stomach, his face blushing terrible.
"Yo Bridgette. Why you wearing Cody's clothes? That wasn't part of the bet," Broseph acknowledged.
"Well…it was that or come here in my underwear or my cold, dripping wetsuit."
"Aw man, I would have preferred the underwear," Reef groaned, earning yet another smack from Fin.
"Seriously Cody, are you from the North Pole or something?" Bridgette asked, wiping sweat from her forehead. "Why on earth do you wear so many shirts at once?!"
"Style," Cody explained. "My question is how can you stand showing off your belly button all the time? Or how the hack you can breath in these pants?!"
"Simple…my legs are the perfect shape and size for those pants. Yours aren't…does anyone have a belt?! These things are going to fall down by the end of the night, I swear," she grumbled, pulling Cody's pants up on herself once again.
Reef, Fin, Emma, and Broseph were now curled up in the fetal position on the beach sand with laughter. They apologized time and time again, but they couldn't stop their laughing. Cody and Bridgette both just sighed as they watched their friends make fun of them at their expense. Then, they looked at each other for the first time wearing each others clothes. They could see why their friends were laughing so hard. They DID look ridiculous. In a matter of seconds, they joined their friends in on the laughing and the six of them laughed all throughout the remainder of the night.
Finally! The third chapter is done. It was slow and painful but it's done. I hope it was worth the wait. I've got an idea for the next chapter and I think you're all going to really like it…a lot! It's the chapter where I have to put a song into it. All's I have to say is that it's going to be fun. Stay tuned for it!
