Chapter 11
WOOOO! Got the plot all figured out for this fic! You all are going to love/hate it I think. Anyway important chapter here. Please read the whole thing I hope the last one didn't bore you I didn't get many reviews for chapter 10, was it not what you were expecting? *sigh* I'm not discouraged tho. I love this story so I'm gonna finish it. I don't care how many reviews I get anymore. Anyway enjoy!
APOV
Everything was going fantastic. Odd and I had been out having fun every day here at the beach house. He woke me up the night after we watched 'Transformers' at 5 A.M to go on the beach at low tide. His sisters went with us (except Pauline) and we found all sorts of cool things I'd never seen before, like sand dollars and starfish still attached to rocks with flashlights. Odd found a pretty shard of sea glass and gave it to me. Then later on that day we went to antique shops near the beach and had lunch (except Pauline). The day after that we drove down to a beach with black sand (except Pauline). The next day we lounged on the balcony sunning and played games with his sisters (except Pauline) and took Elizabeth to the movies to see 'Frozen'.
I didn't understand why Pauline wouldn't give me a chance. She ignored me despite rude comments every now and then and refused to go anywhere with me going. However that all changed the next day when we all went to the beach. This time Adelle made her go. She glared at me every time we made eye contact and I was beginning to think she'd always hate me.
She wore a black one-piece bathing suit and sat on the steps leading down to the beach with a scowl and dark sunglasses. She had brought her iPod and stuck her ear buds in immediately
I fluffed out my towel, intending to sun since Odd wanted to go surfing. It was a warm enough day to swim in the water. He kissed me before running with his board out to the rolling waves.
Louise didn't feel good she went back to the house, Adelle and Marie had walked further down the beach looking for shells and photographs. Elizabeth was swimming in shallow water a ways down from where Odd was. Really it was just Odd, Elizabeth, Pauline and I.
I was on my back relaxing, wondering why Pauline hated me so much, when I heard a shriek that made me sit up instantly. My eyes widened.
Elizabeth was no longer in shallow water. The current and waves had pulled her farther out to deeper water, her head now barely bobbing above the surface. "Help!" she shrieked before going under. Then she surfaced again, "I can't swim! Pauli-" she went under again.
I was up and running now, "Hold on!" I looked back. Pauline had her ear buds in. She still sat there not even paying attention. I looked for Odd as I ran. He was too far away to help. I was in the water now. I ran then swam as fast as I could toward Elizabeth fighting the waves. I scratched my leg on something, maybe a rock. She went under again and I couldn't see her. I dived finally reaching her. I pushed her to the surface. I surfaced too gasping for breath, "Elizabeth!"
She coughed and clung to my side. I tried to work my way back to the shallow water, but without using the arm that was holding her was difficult. "Ae-" cough, "Aelita," she managed to mutter through the fit of coughing. I glanced behind us and a wave was coming.
"Hold your breath!" I told her before we were swamped. On the up-side we were pushed back to shallow water. Now I could stand with my feet sinking into the sand. My head and shoulders were now above the surface and I made sure she was above the water. She coughed some more.
"Are you alright?" I asked her, probably a dumb question. Of course she wasn't she almost drowned! She still coughed too much to answer but nodded at me. Now I looked back toward the beach and Pauline had noticed what was happening and ran toward us. "Elizabeth!" she threw her iPod and sunglasses on the sand.
I now had gotten us back to the beach almost and I walked onto the shore carrying her. I glanced down the beach. Odd had noticed now too and had dropped his surf board on the beach running towards us. He yelled something I didn't understand.
I stumbled out of the water, Elizabeth still coughing but not as bad. She still clung to me. Finally I fell to my knees after tripping onto the sand. "You're ok," I rubbed her back and patted it hoping to help the coughing.
"Elizabeth!" Pauline had reached us now and attempted to take her out of my arms. "Oh my god, oh my god, Elizabeth, are you ok? I'm so sorry, oh god," she was crying, Pauline was crying!
"No!" she yelled and clung to me. I didn't know what to do.
"It's ok," I sat her on the sand, "You're fine now, see?" She still didn't let me go. I glanced at Pauline. For the first time she didn't glare at me.
"Elizabeth!" Odd had reached us now. She finally let go of me when he tried to unwrap her arms from around my neck in exchange for his. She coughed some more and he clapped her back.
Odd looked at me with eyes full of gratitude, and then glared at Pauline, "You were supposed to be watching her!"
"I'm-I'm sorry," she cried some more, "I didn't hear her, I had headphones in!"
"Sorry? You're sorry?! Our sister almost drowned! What if Aelita hadn't been here? What is wrong with you?!" His face was red, I'd never seen Odd this mad before. I probably should've walked away or something but I just sat there awkwardly. Adrenaline was still pumping through me. I saved a life! But I also made Pauline look bad in the process.
Pauline just put her head in her hands and shook her head, "I didn't know! Stop yelling at me, Odd! Don't you think I feel bad enough?"
"I hope you feel bad! I hope this haunts you for the rest of your life!"
This time she didn't say anything. She just reached out and stroked Elizabeth's wet hair. Odd glared at her more, but didn't say anything else to her.
"You ok, Liz?" he asked unwrapping her arms from his neck.
She stared up at him then looked at me. She'd finally stopped coughing and stared at me smiling weakly, "I'm fine…thanks to Aelita."
Odd smiled at me. Our eyes met and I blushed at his intense look and looked away. I smiled too.
"I'm just glad you're ok," I told her ruffling her hair. She giggled then coughed again.
"Ok, let's go find Adelle and take you back to the house huh?" He knelt down and she climbed on his back. He stood up, "Coming Aelita?"
I nodded and turned to look at Pauline but she was already halfway back to the steps. Her head was down.
As we walked down the beach Elizabeth played with Odd's wet hair. He didn't mind and I smiled. 'Big brother Odd' was sweet and adorable. It didn't take us long to find Adelle and Marie. They were horrified then angry when Odd told them what happened, and then they hugged me and thanked me over and over for saving her. I blushed and said there was no need. They took Elizabeth back to the house leaving Odd and I on the beach.
He immediately pulled me into a hug and I blushed a lot. He was shirtless and we were both still a bit wet form the ocean. I loved the feeling of his skin against mine.
"Thank you," he said tenderly squeezing me, "You saved her."
"You don't have to thank me," I protested but hugged him back. Although I kind of liked being thought of as a hero instead of always being the one who needed saving. I felt proud of myself for once.
"Yes I do," he kissed my forehead softly. My eyes closed automatically and my cheeks burned.
He stepped back smiling crookedly at me, "You want me to teach you how to surf?"
"I don't think I can," I glanced at the waves.
"Sure you can. It's just like riding an overboard," he took my hand, "Come on, princess."
Actually I was pretty good at surfing after Odd taught me what to do. Soon I didn't need any help and I was laughing while riding the waves. I only wiped out once.
"This is so fun!" I yelled to him laughing before I lost my balance. I surfaced still cracking up and grabbed my board.
Odd paddled over to me on his own board, "You ok?"
I nodded still laughing and he grinned then laughed with me. I told him I needed a break and we took our boards back to the shore.
Back on the beach he took my hand and I smiled at him. He smiled back, "You want to go for a swim?"
I blushed and nodded, "Sure."
We went back into the water. We splashed each other and ran through the waves before actually swimming. I floated on my back for a while staring up at the sky, before Odd gently took my arm, "You're drifting," he grinned and tugged me back to shallower water.
When we could stand up again I blushed and kissed him. Kissing in the water seemed intense but in a good way. I put my hands on his shoulders and his were on my waist. It felt nice against my bare skin.
After we pulled back we were swamped by a big wave. I surfaced laughing but Odd surfaced all red faced and looked all around him.
"What's wrong?" I started to swim over.
His eyes widened and he swam backwards away from me, "No don't come over here…I uh…kind of lost something," he looked around some more.
"What do you mean?" I was confused and then I knew. His swim trunks. I giggled, "Oh"
He made a face, "It's not funny."
"It's pretty funny," I laughed but looked for his swim trunks too. Then I spotted them and laughed some more, "Oh look," I pointed, "There they are," they were drifting out to sea already too far out to retrieve.
He groaned, "Seriously?" then looked at me, "Can you run back to the house, go into my room and in my suitcase there is another pair of swim trunks, can you get them?"
I was already headed back to shore laughing still, "Yes, I'll get them. Don't go anywhere," I grinned and he made a face.
"Very funny!"
A few moments later I was back in the house. I had gone upstairs retrieved Odd's swim trunks and almost gotten out the door when I was stopped by Pauline. I was too shocked to do anything but stand there. I half expected there would be some mean girl take down scene that I'd seen on a few movies, and Odd wasn't here to help me. Her face was blank, emotionless, staring at me. I braced myself for a punch or something.
Instead she said, "Thank you, Aelita."
I blinked, "What?"
"Thank you," she looked at the ground, "For saving my sister when…I didn't."
I didn't know what say. I hated awkward situations like these. Finally I smiled and rubbed my arm, "You don't have to thank me."
"No I really do," she looked into my eyes, "I've been…so rude to you the whole time so far and I'm sorry for that."
I thought of Odd stuck in the ocean naked. He was probably wondering what's taking so long. Finally I said, "It's okay," and started to go around her but she stopped me.
"I was…jealous," she looked at the ground.
I stared at her, "Of what?"
She sighed, "You fit into my family better than I ever have. They all prefer you to me. You're pretty, charming, and I'm weird."
I shook my head, "Just because they like me doesn't mean you'll be replaced. You are related by blood and I'm just a friend. They love you."
She shook her head but she smiled, "Anyway, I'll stop being such a pain. Seeing how you saved Elizabeth proved I was wrong about you. I just ask one thing; don't hurt Odd. Even though I can't stand him sometimes, he's still my brother and I care about him."
I smiled, "You don't have to worry about that. I could never hurt him," I said knowing it was true. I loved him.
"Good 'cause he loves you. I've seen it on his face. It's the real thing," she grinned.
I blushed and glanced down at the swim trunks, "Thanks for telling me all this, Pauline. I've gotta go back to the beach now, Odd lost his swim trunks," I giggled.
Pauline actually laughed! Then she told me to go on and I was out the door. I stumbled down the stairs then I ran down the beach well as fast as you can run with sand. I spotted him and headed back into the water.
I swam toward him, "Got them!" I held them up.
He smiled, "About time. What took so long? Toss them here," he held up his hands and I threw them to him.
"Pauline wanted to talk to me."
"About what? Was she mean to you?" he asked frowning as he bent down in the water to put on the shorts.
I shook my head, "No not at all! She was super nice."
He raised an eyebrow, "Pauline? Nice? Whatever she said you can tell me, you don't have to cover for her."
I chuckled, "Really she was nice," I told him what she said and how she apologized to me. I left out the part her asking me not to hurt him. He was shocked.
"So she has a nice side after all. That's good to know, but I'm still mad she almost let Liz drown," he scowled.
"Please don't give her a hard time about it. I'm sure she feels bad enough about it herself and Elizabeth didn't drown," I smiled.
His face softened, "Well…ok," he grinned, "But can we get out of the water now? I'm kind of sick of it."
I nodded and we went to shore. He took my hand and I giggled, "You're so pruny!"
"That's what happens when you're stuck in the ocean." We walked back to the house. He kept smiling and gazing at me, making me blush.
Finally I asked, "What are you staring at?"
"Just the most beautiful girl in the world," he said and I blushed more, "Also remember that concert I was telling you about? It's tonight," he grinned, "You're going to love it, princess. We're going to see some of the best D.J's in the world."
"Really?" I was already super excited. I'd never been to a concert before.
"Yep," we stopped walking since we had reached the back door of the house.
I smiled, leaned toward him and kissed him. My heart fluttered as he kissed me back. Then I pulled back and hugged him. He kissed my forehead before we went into the house.
Elizabeth was lying on the couch all covered up asleep. Adelle was on the loveseat in the living room reading. When she saw us she got up and walked towards us shaking her head.
"She's been really cold, sneezy, and her nose keeps running. It's probably just a cold but with how frail she is I think we should head home tomorrow so Mom can take her to the doctor just to make sure she's ok," she said to Odd quietly and smiled at me, "All of us are in debt to you, Aelita. Thank you for saving her."
"You don't have to thank me. I'm just glad she's ok," I smiled, "She's a sweetheart."
She smiled and nodded, "We'll probably leave early tomorrow morning then. I'll drive you guys to your concert in an hour since it starts at 7:30."
"Thanks," Odd grinned then went and put an extra blanket on Elizabeth. He was so sweet.
After we both showered and got ready Adelle drove us into a nearby city to a huge building. It was crowded and had huge buses parked everywhere. Odd and I jumped out and walked so Adelle wouldn't have to pay for parking. We stood in line to get in and Odd held my hand and our tickets.
"You excited?" he playfully nudged me.
"Yes!" I gazed up at the huge building.
"I'll buy us some T-shirts before we go in."
I shook my head, "I don't want you spending all your money on me."
"You can't stop me," he grinned, "Don't worry about it."
We got inside the building and he bought us both T-shirts that had names of some artists on them that I'd heard of, like Avicii, Swedish House Mafia, and David Guetta. I was even more excited now.
We finally got inside the arena which looked even more amazing. There was a huge stage and our seats were pretty close but also up so we could see over people. There were a lot of people.
When the concert started it was nothing short of amazing. Every second of it. The music was incredible. Everyone sang along and danced including Odd and I. You couldn't not dance to this music. It flowed through you like it was from the heavens. I felt so free, so happy. This was definitely one of the mist amazing nights of my life. (A/n: go on youtube and look up "Don't you worry child" by the Swedish House Mafia if you want a visual of this concert its epic O.o)
Afterwards when we went back to the beach house Odd and I still had the music stuck in our heads and we were stupidly happy.
"Thanks for this Odd, it was the most fun I've ever had," I kissed him. He held me tight and kissed me back giving me goose bumps.
"Me too, Aelita. It was amazing," he said his cheeks rosy.
"I love you," I said since I thought it so much, but I didn't want to say it every 5 minutes, didn't want to risk annoying him.
"I love you too," he smiled sweetly and then we said goodnight and went to bed.
I fell asleep with a smile on my face.
I hope you guys liked it, if you're getting bored with it keep reading I promise it'll get better once they get back to Kadic trust me :) I'm so excited about this new plot and I'd appreciate reviews ^.^
