Chapter 10: Beach Day!!

Geoff had planned to take me to a 'special' place. He said it was a very far hike and that I should pack enough food for an entire day, he was coming to get me tomorrow, in the early morning and we would head out then.

He left after telling me what I would need, and was thus left with nothing to do on a beautiful, sunny day. Hell, if he's not coming to the beach with me, I'll go by myself. And so I went upstairs, changed into a pair of plain black swim trunks and grabbed a change of sweats for when I start getting cold, and grabbed my bag that had all of my beach things. Towels, sunscreen and even a mini-parasol.

I tossed my stuff into the backseat of my car, and drove out to La Push, heading straight for First Beach. The car ride was great, the sun beaming in through the windows as I listened to The Kooks from my iPod playing through my car speakers. The more upbeat songs helped lift my mood, and by the time I made it to the beach I was smiling like crazy. I pulled a towel out of my bag and my copies of my His Dark Materials Trilogy, I loved these books. The story of Lyra and Will's love, a love that transcended worlds, was great.

And also the fact that the main characters father is out to kill God adds a good deal of action to the story to keep you hooked.

With my things in hand I headed over the not-so-sandy beach and set my towel down so I wouldn't get all sandy. It was relaxing seeing that I wasn't the only person taking advantage of this wonderful sunshiny weather. There were guys playing football and volleyball, and girls reading books and sunbathing, much like what I was soon going to do. I took my shirt off to let the sun warm me up then sat down on my towel and picked up the first book in the trilogy The Golden Compass, I wouldn't be surprised if by the end of my beach session I was finished with the first book and got half-way through the second. It wasn't really long, but I could also read really fast and still understand what it was that I just read.

I had started my read, and had gotten to the part where Lyra is kidnapped by Gobblers and then saved by the Gyptians, when a group of Quileute guys had noticeably started making their way down the beach. I know this, because everyone had stopped what they were doing and looked at the gorgeous men who had made there way to the water. And of course when a beach goes quiet you look around, and when I did, I caught sight of a certain Quileute who was just jaw-droppingly hot. He had yet to see that I was oh-so-obviously gaping at him, and oh-so-obviously undressing his scantily clothed body in my mind.

Oh wow! It's Seth! Never would have thought he looked so hot from across a beach...or that I'd ever see him again. And as if he knew exactly who it was that was staring at him, he turned and looked directly at me, smirked and winked. The mother fucker winked, then turned back to his friends and continued into the water.

I never wanted to beat someone over the head with my books more than I did at that moment, how dare he acknowledge me and then not at least say 'hi'. And he turned before I could even wave a hello at him!! He was going to get a serious bitching if I ever came face to face with him again. I mean, what kind of guy saves your life, then completely drops all intents of making sure you're still okay? I mean, I showed him where I live!!

Ugh...why is it infuriating me that he didn't talk to me? Do I want him to talk to me? Yes. Damn internal conversations.

Screw it, I'm going in the water to cool off. I put my book down by the others and walked slowly to the water. I knew it would be freezing as hell, so the shock of the water didn't bother me as much as it probably should have. Though it was cold enough to make me shiver uncontrollably before I was even waist-deep. By now, I thought it'd probably be easier to just throw myself in, and so I did.

A wave was coming in, and I figured that would make it easier to just get soaked. As it come up to me, I threw myself at it, jettisoning myself forward before being flung backward by the wave. Before I had a chance to resurface the wave pulled me back under. Damn water.

The cold was nothing now, instead my head hurt, I think I hit a rock. I was pointlessly flailing now, trying to right myself so I could get up and breathe. I guess it's been too long since I've actually needed to hold my breath because I accidentally breathed through my nose. That definitely wasn't helping, I starting coughing underwater, which led to me gasping for air...underwater. I started to feel my throat fill with water, and the taste was horrid. Not being able to breathe and tasting nasty saltwater was turning this day very, very suckish.

My eyesight started getting extremely hazy, not that it was any good to begin with. I started losing feeling in my extremities and my mind was hazing over. I was pretty sure I was going to go unconscious soon. The waves were still pulling me around, and I slammed into something hard, I was hoping it was a rock. I grabbed onto it with no intention of letting go, if it could keep me still I'd joyfully keep a hold on it.

I started to feel like someone was dragging me, my eyes blinking slowly. I was now facing out towards the water, chest towards the sky. All I could see was the strong, dark arm across my chest, while I could hear another one splashing in the water, no doubt in an attempt to get us to shore. It just barely registered with me that I was coughing up water and that my throat was now aching with a burn. Whomever had a hold on me was now picking me up, cradling me to their body, I didn't have the strength to protest or lift my head so I just let them.

The person was warm and I was enjoying it until they pulled away from to set me down on a towel. Someone else had begun to wrap me in blankets and towels but my previous source of warmth was absent. My face pulled into a deep frown and someone laughed at me, which just made me frown even more. But my unhappiness was short lived as the person sat next to me but wouldn't pull me into their arms again. I tried to get closer but they kept me at a distance, "You can't get too warm too fast, if you do you can die, and I heard dying from cardiac arrest sucks."

Damn this person, I can't even bring myself to talk I feel so tired. I'm pretty sure I tried to sleep but they wouldn't let me, I was constantly being moved around, though the moves were small, they were frequent and thus annoyingly preventing me from resting properly. Another someone must have sensed my annoyance at not being allowed rest and they laughed as they spoke, "You can't get any rest just yet, wait a few minutes so we know you're going to stay alive first."

Sighing in defeat and drowsiness, I lifted my head to see who had most likely saved me. It was Seth, and a few other people. "Hey Seth," my throat burned and I winced as I spoke.

"Hey yourself, now keep quiet while someone gets you some water," someone handed an open water bottle to Seth and he held it up to my lips for me to drink, my arms were now locked away in the tons of materials that I was wrapped up in.

"Here, drink, it will help with your throat," I took small sips, it still burned my throat.

"Thanks," my voice was still a little raspy, but the burn had started to fade.

"Anytime. What were you doing by the way? I noticed you just kind of flung yourself at the water."

I kind of felt like an idiot, though truthfully my plan to get adjusted to the water worked, "I was trying to get myself used to the temperature of the water, so I flung myself in. I was thinking that if I got in quick, the temperature would shock me a bit, but as always with people, I would adjust." I stopped to relax my throat a bit, " A wave pushed me under and I think I hit my head. That's about when I started getting a little hazy, I kind of spaced out."

He nodded, then pulled us up, "C'mon, we need to get you warm."

"But I was warm..." I said it to myself, hoping he wouldn't hear me. He did though. And he laughed.