"What happened," Christina asks me when I am in the bathroom trying to clean my face.

I have a bruise already forming on my face from Edgar.

"Nothing," I mutter.

"This doesn't look like nothing," she says coming closer an examining my face.

"I'm fine," I lie. Inside I am screaming. Why would Eric come here, and play with my emotions. Why would I allow myself to fall for his charm.

"What happened," she asks again, more careful this time. She is looking straight into my eyes now.

"Eric has someone at home," I say and choke back the tears.

"What," she practically screeches, "who said that?"

"Edgar," I say.

"The one who just attacked you? Are you kidding me?"

"Chris, he had no reason to lie to me," I say and turn to leave the bathroom.

"Maybe you should give Eric the benefit of the doubt, and ask him when he gets back."

"I just need to focus on training right now."

With that I walked out of the bathroom and into the bar, Tori gave me a worried look but I shook my head indicating I didn't want to talk about it at the moment.

I just went back to bar tending and focusing on my customers of the night, I just had to focus on surfing, that's all I had to do.

...

"Come on, Tris," Tori cheered as I paddled to catch the swell coming for me.

I felt myself picking up speed and stood up quickly for the drop in, following with a kickback, followed by two snaps off the top.

I could hear the girls cheering for me, I felt adrenaline fill my body to the max.

I was going to win Turtle Bay and move onto regionals.

All the sponsors would be there, I would be so happy with any of them, but the one I was looking for was Rip Curl.

I paddled quickly to catch the next wave, I stood up quickly and snapped once, twice, three times and rode out the wave.

"Girl," Chrstina cheered," you're killing it today!"

I smiled and noticed the small audience forming on the beach, it was Four, Zeke and their groupies.

"What's he doing here," Tori asked between us.

I shrugged my shoulders and began to paddle back out, followed by Tori and Chris.

"Kill it, Tris," Tori yelled as the next swell came barreling for me, I stood up but lost my footing as my board went over the falls. And I was swept under the curl.

Shit. Just stay calm, let it pass. I thought to myself as I was rolled over and over under e crushing water.

I was finally able to kick to the surface and take a deep breath, I looked around frantically, my board had Come loose from the leash.

"Tris!" Christina yelled and started paddling to me.

Before she could get to me I was hit by another wave. I started to panick when I couldn't break free from the barrel plunging me deeper into the water.

"Come on Beatrice," my mom called to me from her board.

"Mama, I'm scared," I called back from the beach.

"Mermaids dot get scared honey, come on!"

I tentitively stepped into the water and laid on my board to paddle towards my mom.

"You're doing great baby, come on," she calls with a beautiful smile on her face, "you're going to be one of the best surfers in all of Hawaii."

"You think so mama," I ask paddling to keep up.

"I know so."

"Tris," I can hear a voice, it sounds far away.

"She's waking up," another voice is talking now. I think it's Zeke.

My eyes feel heavy as I open my lids to look up into four very worried faces.

"Oh my God, Tris," Tori breathed a sigh of relief.

"Are you ok," Four asks me.

"Yeah," I croak out and sit up, "I'm fine.

"Shit, you scared us," Christina sighed.

"I couldn't get back up to the surface."

"That's why you ride the waves, not swim under them," Zeke teases me.

"Are you sure you're ok," Tori asks.

"I'm good, I want to go back out," I say standing up.

The four of them share a worried look.

Four speaks up first, "take a break for the day, Tris."

"Turtle Bay is in a week-"

"He's right, let's get you rested up for the day," Christina agrees.

I sigh heavily and nod my head slowly, "fine."

We had to work at five anyway.

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Hello my amazing readers!

I didn't know what I was doing when I first started this story, I think the fact that it's winter and I am dying for the summer heat inspired this!

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