Sorry! I've been the worst updater ever! And this is a really tiny chapter, but I know what's coming next. Hope it doesn't suck!
"Collins!" shouted Maureen with a giggle, tackling the dark man. It was a few weeks after Collins' near death experience. He was completely recovered and had stolen Mo's magazine. Maureen was officially out of her wheelchair and was dating Joanne secretly. Joanne wouldn't let her tell anyone, because all of the bohemians were rooting for MoJo and she didn't want to get their hopes up. Maureen was coping with this as best as she could, but she was having a tough time not making out with Joanne at every chance she got.
All of the bohos were at the beach. Mark was refereeing a beach volleyball game between a couple of random people who had agreed to let him video-tape them, Joanne had gone back to the car to fetch her sunglasses, Roger was surfing, and the girls (Maureen, Lauren, and Mimi) were tanning. Maureen wasn't allowed to leave because the last time they were at beach, Maureen had terrorized some little kids and gone destroying random sandcastles on her rush to get to the water.
But she was bored, and she had promised to meet up with Joanne later, so she turned to Mimi. Lauren was fast asleep, and Mimi was watching Roger.
"Meems, can I go?"
Mimi didn't look up from her view of Roger's newly tan chest. "Hmmm? Yeah, sure, whatever."
Maureen grinned and got up, walking past the group, brushing sand off of her nicely tanned legs. She looked at her flat stomach, smiling at the even tan and the way the powder blue bikini she wore complemented her skin. After a while, she came across a lifeguard. He was deeply tanned and had surfer blonde hair. He was built, with great abs and muscular arms.
"Hello," the lifeguard smirked. Maureen gave him a blinding smile.
"Hi!"
"I'm Justin."
"I'm Maureen."
"So are you really single?"
"Huh?" Maureen tried to act confused, though an awful feeling settled into her stomach.
"Well, I saw you back there, with those guys. I figured none of those guys could be your boyfriend – the scrawny kid doesn't seem your type, the tall guy seemed like a brother to you, and the surfer guy was trying to impress the Latina girl. And the blonde girl wasn't paying you a bit of attention, if you're bi."
"Uh…" Maureen stalled, trying to think. She didn't want to lie, because then he'd probably make moves on her, but she didn't want to break her promise to Joanne. "I'm single!" she finally threw out, panicking.
"Then it's my lucky day." Justin grinned and leaned in. Before Maureen could stop him, their lips were smashed together in an awkward, semi-painful kiss. She made a soft yelp of protest, but that seemed to take that as encouragement and stuck his tongue into her mouth. She finally pulled away, shaking. Tears began falling. It wasn't her fault, but she felt so unfaithful! She glared at him through her tears and ran away.
Okay, so the next chapter will be coming really quickly! PROMISE!