Chapter 4~ Full of Surprises

Somehow, we all ended up going down to the beach just before the sunset. I don't even really know how the idea came up or how I ended up walking along the shore with the girl who's plan was to slowly and painfully drive me insane. She had taken off her flip flops and was now carrying them as she walked on my left, leaving me between the vast ocean and her. The reds and oranges from the sunset caused the colors in her hair to shine and her eyes seemed to be brighter. She hadn't said a word since we left the group. If I couldn't clearly see her walking next to me, I would think I was alone.

Then she took a deep breath, "They died when I was twelve." She said while looking over the water that was just to my right. I looked over at her, wondering why she decided to tell me this. "Along with my twin brother. They were hit by a drunk driver and all three died within twenty four hours. My brother, Brendan, lived the longest and was the only one I got to see before he died. He looked into my eyes -people always said we had the same eyes- and in that instance I saw the life slip from his blue eyes. I imagined me in his place, wished it was me in his place."

I did something I never thought I would do, I reached over and took her hand. "I had my entire family taken from me in one night. My aunt isn't even my aunt. She was just a friend of the family, but she took me in when no one else would." She looked up into my eyes, hers filled with unspilled tears. "If you haven't noticed, I'm kind of pushy and more than slightly annoying," she laughed. I stopped walking. She turned to face me.

"Yeah, you are." She just rolled her eyes and the smirk that I have seen more than once reappeared.

"That wasn't really the reaction I was expecting after having just told you about my family." She let go of my hand and turned away from me. She wrapped her arms around herself. "I didn't used to be this way, I used to be quiet and reserved. People used to have to force me to talk."

I took a step toward her and put a hand on her shoulder, "What changed?"

I heard her chuckle, "I wanted to push people away from me. So I couldn't get hurt anymore."

"And that's why you came up to me and started harassing me?"

She gave a real laugh this time and faced me. "No. In all honesty, you just looked lonely. I thought you could use some company." Her voice fluctuated at the end and made her statement sound more like a question. "I didn't think I would start feeling this way though."

"Feeling which way?" I asked curiously. She just smiled and started heading toward the water. She really is trying to drive me crazy.

"That's not really important." I just barely heard her say. She was standing ankle deep in the water, watching the sun slip behind the horizon. The wind blew her hair in front of her shoulders and around her face. She looked back at me, only turned her head, a small smile pulled at her plump lips. "I love this time of day; right after the sun goes down. It's still warm, but everything is quiet -sleeping. Peaceful, beautiful," She said, her voice just above a whisper. She turned back to face the ocean once more. In that moment I saw her differently. Not only as an annoying girl that has kept me from my work more then once, but also as a girl that has actual deep thoughts.

She laughed suddenly. I was shaken out of my thoughts by it. "What's so funny?" I had to ask her. She shrugged as her shoulders shook with laughter.

"I was just thinking is all," she said without looking at me. I couldn't help wondering what she was thinking about that was so funny. I took a few steps toward her, my feet now also in the water. She turned around and kicked water at me.

She laughed harder. "That's what you were thinking about wasn't it?" I asked as I wiped my glasses off on a dry part of my shirt. She nodded and did it again, laughing harder still. I felt myself smile.

I spread open my arms, "You look like you could use a hug." She put her hands up in front of herself and back away from me; incidentally she was going further out into the water.

"Really, I'm okay." She said with a tone that said, "Just try and catch me." She splashed more water at me, then she tripped and fell into the water. We hadn't gone far enough for to actually go under, so when I got a clear look at her, she was sitting down with her knees just sticking out of the water. "Don't you dare laugh."

But I did. I put my hand out to help her up. She took it, then smirked and the next thing I knew I was sitting in the water right next to her. "Was that really necessary?" I asked her. She dunked her head under the water.

She came back up, "I believe it was absolutely necessary." I rolled my eyes at her as she smiled and laughed. Suddenly, she stopped laughing and I looked at her. "You're not mad are you?"

Was I mad? I had to ask myself. I honestly wasn't expecting her to pull me in, which now that I think about it, it seems obvious that she would. I shook my head, "Shockingly, no. I'm not mad." I looked into her blue eyes. In the dark, they looked almost black. The next thing I knew we were kissing and making our way to shore.

I know I said I wouldn't post another chapter anytime soon, but I finished my paper! It was a lot easier than I thought it would be. I'm just a procrastinator is all. But here it is :D I hope everyone likes it.

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~Moon Dragon94