School got cancelled for some reason. Don't know why. Only reason I know why there's no school is because I woke up at 8:40 and no one cared.
I got up and looked outside. Yep. It was really sunny out. I could hear the air conditioner on downstairs.
I ran down the stairs into the kitchen. Mace was there lying on the living room floor in her swimsuit. She's trying to get a tan through the glass? Grant was no where in sight.
"Mace, where's Grant?" I asked her. I didn't even bother about school. If they didn't have too no one talked about it. Although it would be nice to know.
"Downstairs," she replied. I ran down the hall and down the stairs to the garage.
I ran in and saw Grant and dad messing around with the boat.
"Are we going somewhere?" I asked. Dad looked up.
"We're going tubing like we used to!" dad said excitedly. I smiled. 10 feet of air. That was a nice feeling. "This time the Goodes are coming with us!"
That smile just turned upside down.
I ran upstairs screaming.
Leaving them in wonder.
"What's wrong?" Mace asked sitting up at my screaming.
"We are going tubing with the Goode family," I barely muttered out.
"Oh my gosh. That's a crisis!" at least Mace understood. "Don't worry. I have the perfect swimming suit for you." No she did not. She went running upstairs. I ran outside, trying to hide from Mace. I looked over at Zach's house. No way she'd go looking over there. I hopped the fence.
A certain someone just had to come out of the door.
"Hey, you just couldn't get enough of me?" he asked. I rolled my eyes.
"I need to hide. Can I go in your house? Yeah? Thanks." With that I went running into the house.
"Hi Cammie!" his mom called I waved. I ran up the stairs. They sure didn't mind.
"Wait, Gallagher Girl. Where are you going?" I heard Zach call to me from behind. I had no intention of waiting for him. I ran in his room. Okay, awkward but whatever. I was planning on jumping balconies. Just as I got to the end Zach's dad came in and yelled at me.
Busted.
So first I was yelled at for going in Zach's room, although he was right behind. But then that set off alarms about us… uh... Then he saw me about to jump off the balcony. So I got yelled at for that. So then he made me go home. Too Mace. She dragged me up the stairs into her room. I tried on like 50 swimsuits. Why did she even have that many?! And then she found this orange bret with yellow polka dots. So then she wanted me to wear it so she put it in my hair to hold my bangs back. Then she decided that the white swimming suit I was wearing didn't match the hair clip. So she then went into her closet to pick out orange or yellow swimming suits. I'll tell you, yellow does NOT look good on me. So we had to go with orange. So she made me try on like 5 orange ones until finally she liked one. It was this white one with an orange outlining and light orange stripes going sideways. There were little white beads on all the orange ties.
"Perfect!" she squealed. Yeah, perfect for him.
~*~*~*~
We went up to the lake in separate cars, keeping the fighting between the two boys at a minimum. I had no idea what we were going to do on the boat. Well I guess the parents will be sitting in back taking pictures of us flying in the air. So that left the four of us up front.
Dad made everyone get on the boat so we wouldn't have to have everyone jumping on the boat once it was in water. Grant drove the boat of the trailer and I had to tie it up to the dock so dad could get on. He parked the car and hopped on the boat. The water was really crowded at the dock. It was really nice out. Once everyone cleared out those we went through channels to this one body of water. No one was on it. I could see why.
There were some major white caps out there. Not the best kind of water you want to be on. But dad loves it because it just makes the tube go flying.
"Who's out first?" dad asked tying the tube to the back.
"The boys," Mace said. She only goes if there's some major air. Otherwise it's not worth it.
They put on their life jackets and Grant reluctantly went on with Zach. I waved bye to Zach. I'm sure Grant didn't tell him to hold on tight. I would get to see a certain Zachary Goode go flying. They laid on their stomachs and dad didn't even let them get ready. He poured on speed from the get go, and the tube was sort of bouncing on the water. Mace and I were watching from the front. Suddenly our end dipped major and we went back up. If we flew on the boat... Uh-oh. I looked back. The tube literally flew 5 feet in the air, even in the boat's cove. I saw Grant fly and his feet were probably going to crash on his head. Now Zach, I don't even know where he went. Dad slowed down laughing and went around to pick Zach up. He was a ways back there. I motioned for him to wave his hands. He followed instructions well enough.
We finally came near him and Grant picked him up by the life vest and pulled him on. Grant motioned for another round. Dad immediately stepped on the gas and Mace and I started bouncing up front. I watched them back there. They were on the tube, they were flying off the tube, they were slamming into the tube, they bounced of the tube, they went flying on the tube, and they slammed back into the tube. This went on for a while, but then a speed boat went racing past. Major speed waves + major white caps + maniac dad.
This was going to be fun.
Mace and I stared back. Suddenly we went flying on the boat. I was watching Grant's expression. He was smiling huge, but then it changed to fear. The tube hit the wave and it went flying. I saw Grant lose grip along with Zach. They went sailing. I saw them and I think my jaw dropped. That would leave a mark.
We went back to round them up. Instead of coming on the tube they hopped on the boat. I don't think they were going to go on for a while.
"Cam's turn," dad said with a smile. I took off my sundress then. I saw Zach's eyes. Don't even want to say anything. Mace and I hopped on the tube, sliding into the water a little to get used to it. Then I saw Mace's eyes light up. She loves waves. I saw 2 speed boats go zipping by each other. Before I could say anything dad started moving. Suddenly I saw the boat go under and I knew wave number one was coming up. I was right.
The wave was huge. We hit it and went high into the sky, when we hit down again we were right in line for another wave which made us go flying again.
I bet we looked like acrobats holding on having our bodies bend this way and that. But I must admit, we were doing better than the boys did. Dad was hitting any possible big wave he could, but he wasn't shaking us off that easily.
Finally he stopped after a half an hour saying to switch off. I knew Grant wanted to go on, and Mace wasn't getting off. Which meant that I would get to go on with Zach. Shit. I'm with the newbie.
I traded with Grant and went up to the front. I might as well teach him some things so we don't go flying too much.
"Okay, you know about evening out the weight?" I asked him. He looked totally lost.
"Okay, you want to balance the tube so we don't go flipping sideways-" suddenly we dipped and I saw the two fly. Grant's not the greatest at balancing the weight… and the tube went flipping sideways, throwing them both off. "Er… so we don't do that." I said pointing.
Mace was done. She crawled onto the tube and pulled the rope in so she wouldn't have to swim. That's Mace for you.
"I'm done with that idiot. You two can go on," she huffed. She grabbed her towel and sat on the floor. I got up which signaled Zach to get up. We got onto the tube.
"Try to keep balance," I said sitting on the tube this time. It's easier to keep balance sitting.
But then dad decided to take off before Zach could fully sit and he went flying off backwards. I couldn't help it, I laughed like no tomorrow. Dad went around so that we could pick him back up. He grabbed the handles soaking wet like a wet puppy. It just made me laugh harder. Then I felt myself being pushed in. That bastard! He pushed me in! I got out of the water, just as wet as him but no hair in my eyes.
"Way to go, genius. Now how are we going to get on," I yelled at him across the tube.
"I'll hold on so you just jump on," he told me. I rolled my eyes and got on. Then I helped him up. Dad let us get situated because he didn't want to waste time of us pushing each other into the water and what not.
Then he picked up speed and we were like a skipping stone, skidding over the water. Then I saw the boat dip.
"Hold on!" I called. I looked down to see his knuckles white. Well not that tight but whatever. Then we went flying. His side dipped so I leaned on my side. We landed even.
"That's how you do it," I said with a grin. He grinned back.
"Hold on tight, Gallagher Girl," he said. What? Was he mocking me?
We went on a big wave - like we were way above water. His side dipped so I leaned towards my side. But for some reason we kept going his way.
Shit he was doing this on purpose!
I leaned his way to get the turn through quicker and we barely landed even.
"What the hell was that?" I demanded. Did he want to fall in the water? The boat slowed down.
"What was that!" I heard my dad call. I looked up. My mom was recording everything.
"That's what we call a 360," I told him. Might as well make them think we were trying to do it.
"Nice!" he called back. Then he picked up speed right when we weren't expecting it. Luckily I was holding on.
Half of Zach went flying.
I looked over to see the bottom half of Zach. His feet were locked on the handles and he was pulling himself up. I laughed. He got a hold of the handles and got in the right position. We hit a wave.
"Nice abs," I joked. I mean, not every boy can pull himself up by his stomach while moving at 40 miles per hour. I mean out here that would be about 80!
He was about to say something but then shut up.
Probably for the better.
~*~*~*~*~
We finished up tubing (for the time being) and we went through another channel to a more secluded area. There wasn't as much wind so it was way calmer. I sat on the very tip of the boat. I loved to feel the wind whip past me and my towel. I just did. Mace sat next to me talking about some swimsuit competition with Grant. Of course he would know about it. Then he averted Mace's attention to Zach's swim trunks. It was white with blue Hawaiian flowers all over the sides. She started talking about it with Zach.
Grant came over by me up to the very front.
"Hey," he said.
"Hey yourself," I said right back.
"I have a question. Uh… it's a little awkward… um." Grant was stuttering. Grant. It was like Jonas all over again.
"Spit it out," I told him. I don't think I was liking where this was going.
"I uh… I…." he couldn't finish it.
I wasn't sure I wanted him to finish it.
"I like Bex," he whispered. My eyes widened involuntarily.
"Like Bex as in Bex? Like Bex Baxter, Bex?"
"Yes, as in your friend Bex!" he said blushing.
Wait whoa. My brother just blushed?!
Or rather he's talking about liking someone?!
And that someone is my best friend?!
"Okay…" I said, honestly shocked. I mean it's not every day your brother comes up to you and says he likes your best friend when he's like the most over protective person in the world!
"Sooooo," he said trailing off.
"I think that's my line," I said. I'm not sure I was going to recover from this one. And it was still only like 1! We still had hours to go. At least we were going in for lunch. We were deciding right now.
"HEY KIDDO! LAST ROUND AND WE'RE GOING TO MAXWELL'S TO GET SOME FOOD!"
"Maxwell's! That place on the lake! We'll go there for lunch!" dad concluded. I was busy staring at where the voice called from. There was this person wakeboarding. It looked like so much fun. He hit all these waves and did fancy tricks and stuff. Then they went whipping by us. I saw a mom, a dad, what looked like a little sister, and the person wakeboarding who looked like Kyle.
Wait that was KYLE!
"KYLE!" I yelled waving. He did a little spin thing to look back. He saw me and waved.
"You know the boy?" dad asked me. I nodded.
The boat came up next to us. Kyle was reeling himself in. It was kind of awkward, no one talked. But then Kyle got on.
"Cammie? Cammie! What are you doing here?" he asked.
"Tubing obviously," I smiled, pointing to the back.
"Cool, well my family's going to go eat, so maybe we'll see you on the water," he said smiling. He waved off and they left for Maxwell.
We sat in silence for a few minutes.
"Should we tell them we're going too?" dad spoke up.
~*~*~*~
Sadly the only dock open was right next to Kyle's boat. Same place, same dock, what's next? I slipped on some shorts and walked out. I waited for Mace; she came out right after me.
"Ugh, I can not walk!" she muttered, having trouble walking in a straight line. More or less she was trying to strut, but it wasn't working very well. She gave up and we ran in to the few restaurants.
Maxwell was a bay that boats could dock up to and grab a bite to eat. They had like four restaurants - Mexican, burger place, Greek, and some other burger joint. I ran for the first burger place. I felt like a hamburger and I wanted it now! I ran in giggling with Mace, trying to lose the boys. They'd probably end up going to the other one, Grant knowing I liked that one better.
"Cammie?" I looked to see Kyle and his family in line.
"Oh hey!" I said laughing.
"Grabbing a bite to eat," Mace said with a smile. His parents did a double take with Mace.
When she wants to be, she can be the most beautiful person on this planet.
Then mom and dad then came in with Mrs. Goode.
"Chris Morgan," dad said introducing his self. He stuck out his hand. What is with hand shaking?!
"Andy Heag," his dad said smiling. His dad was tall, 6' 3'' maybe? He had fair skin and blond hair. He had blue eyes and blond hair.
"Emi Heag," his mom said. She looked Asian. She had black hair (no wonder where he got his black hair from) down to her shoulders and pretty brown eyes. She was smaller than his dad, but still plenty tall. 5' 9'' maybe? She was pretty.
"This is Crystal," she said pointing to the girl. The little girl had long blond hair with green eyes (where'd she get that from?) and she was very petite.
"I'm Rachel Morgan," mom said smiling.
"My name is Natalie Goode," Mrs. Goode said smiling.
"Okay, enough with introductions. Can we eat?" Macey whined. She got away with it. Whereas I never would.
We ordered and got our food. I walked outside which brought Mace and Kyle. We went to one of the picnic tables. It was round so I wouldn't have to transfer sides when Grant came. I took a larger bite out of my burger. I was hungry. It was like I just noticed. Ha ha ha.
"So you actually eat," Kyle said.
"Doesn't everyone?" I asked.
"I don't think I've ever seen you actually eat something. Like at school you're always sleeping," he explained. Well I guess I've never eaten in front of him.
"Hey guys! Thanks for ditching us!" Grant exclaimed as he pushed me over into Kyle. He sat down. Zach sat between Grant and Mace.
"I was hungry," I said, brushing it off.
"Yeah, leave us a sign where you go or something," Zach smiled.
"Ha ha ha. We'll just bring a neon flashing sign from now on," Mace said sarcastically.
Wait. Something wasn't right. Why wasn't Grant trying to kill Zach?
WHY WAS HE SITTING NEXT TO HIM?!
"I'm going to get my soda. I forgot it," I said dismissing myself. Somehow I knew disaster was going to strike.
I ran inside to get my cup from mom. I went to the machine and filled it up with sprite. I was watching them out the window. Mace looked bored and Grant was yelling at Zach. Kyle looked like he was about to sleep.
I decided I didn't want to disturb their.. Uh… talk.
I went over by the parents and sat down next to Crystal.
"Hi, I'm Cammie," I said.
"I know all about you," she replied.
"Oh really."
"Kyle thinks you're amazing at basketball and could maybe get beaten by you. The only reason he's starting up again," she said as she spun her straw through her drink.
"So he stopped?" I asked.
"Yep. He hasn't played for… hmmm…. Oh about 3 years," she said.
"Why?" I asked. I mean didn't he have a scholarship for basketball?
"No idea. He doesn't tell me everything," she said. Huh. That was weird anyway.
We finished up eating and went out onto the water. I was staring at his wakeboard the whole time.
I saw Kyle laugh.
"Do you want to try wake boarding?" he asked me. I looked at my dad. He nodded. I got out and ran over to their side.
"Do you want to meet back here later?" dad asked.
"Sure. I'll have Cammie give you a call," Mr. Heag said. With that we parted ways. I knew Mace would kill me later for leaving her with boys, but whatever. This was going to be way cooler. We drove over to a clearing, the water was calm. For first time people I guess.
"Alright, slip these boots on," he told me holding onto me so that I wouldn't fall in. I slipped my feet in.
"Okay, hold onto this rope. It's like tubing at a point. You want to keep balance. Only you want to keep your front end up a little higher. So don't land level, but your front up a little. That's only if you hit a wave." He went on to explain to me how to do everything and I was set.
I swam into the water and waited for the boat to start.
I heard the motor start and I felt a tug at the end of the rope. I held on tightly and suddenly I was making my way out of the water. Next thing I knew I was gliding over the water. I saw Kyle clap for me. I smiled. This was so much fun. We went wake boarding for the rest of the day. I went of some waves. I landed… but I mostly fell. Finally after a while. I just called it quits and let Crystal do it. She's amazing. Let me tell you.
Girl has some moves.
We talked about me moving here and where I lived. I told them I lived right on Abercrombie drive and they laughed. I guess they only lived a few more houses down (well 10 but whatever).
I called my dad. I guess they were already getting ready to go. I told him the Heag's could take me home but he refused. I told him they only lived some houses down and finally he gave in. I smiled and told him I loved him then shut the phone. After a while it became too dark to go wake boarding and they stopped. Instead we got out of the water and went to a restaurant down the road to eat dinner.
It tasted amazing. It was some sea food place and the crab I had tasted DELICIOUS. After like, 10, we started heading home. I fell asleep in the car.
The next time I woke up I was in my room. I looked at the clock. 12:34. I looked out the drapes and it was dark. I made a wish and fell back asleep.
