Hello, here's another chapter!
I hope you like the story so far!
It means the world to me if you do!
This chapter is sort of a filler chapter but I needed to keep it in.
Sorry if you don't like it!
Lela and Mack were trudging side by side along the beach towards Big Momma's.
When suddenly Brady ran up behind them, his feet pounding on the sand as he went.
He grabbed Mack by the waist and spun her around,sweeping her off her feet, literally, while Lela watched them, her bright smile beaming.
"That is so sweet!" she giggled, "Tanner does that sort of thing all the time for me!"
"Hey where is Tanner?" Mack asked, just realizing that she had not seen the tanned surfer on the beach all morning.
"I haven't seen him this morning," Brady agreed.
"He can't have gone to Big Momma's that early… Could he?"Lela asked, her eyebrows furrowing as she tried to think of an explanation to why her boyfriend wasn't on the beach.
"Come on, let's go see," Brady answered, strolling towards Big Momma's with Mack and Lela close behind.
The doors to Big Momma's swung open as Mack, Brady and Lela waltzed in.
A loud snore shook the beach café.
Lela's eyes ran over the many sleeping bodies scattered all over Big Momma's.
The love of her life, Tanner, was sprawled out on the stage a wash cloth in his hand and his mouth hanging slightly open.
Seacat was slumped in a chair, his head resting on the table in front of him.
Giggles was snoozing on the ground using a dry sponge as a pillow.
Sat on the floor with his head thrown back, resting against the serving counter was Rascal.
Lastly Coral was curled up on the pool table with one arm dangling over the side, holding a spray bottle of cleaning fluid.
"Oh…" Mack uttered, after realizing the situation.
Lela crept over to Tanner and gently shook him, whispering his name as she went.
"Tanner…" Lela whispered in a sing-song way, as Tanner opened his eyes.
"Lela?" Tanner mumbled sleepily, stretching as he sat up.
Lela perched on the stage next to him as Tanner lazily leaned back, right onto the drum kit.
The whole structure toppled over, crashing to the ground, waking the rest of the sleeping surfers.
Coral jumped so much she fell off the pool table, landing with a thud on the wooden floor.
Giggles was jolted awake by the noise and let out a small squeal.
Rascal jerked up and banged his head on the serving counter and Seacat was so shocked by the noise he fell off his chair.
Tanner shot his friends an apologetic look.
"Ugghhhh…" Rascal and Coral groaned, as they rubbed their heads.
"What happened to you guys?" Brady asked, holding out a hand to help Giggles to her feet.
"Well…we were cleaning up Big Momma's after everyone had gone and it was really late. I think Seacat was the first to fall asleep and next was Coral and then Rascal and Tanner and I all decided we should go to sleep too as we were exhausted," Giggles explained.
"Oh…" came Mack's reply.
"Come on Coral," Tanner said, standing up and walking over to Coral.
"Why? Where are we going?" Coral mumbled as she sleepily got to her feet.
"We're going to get changed," Tanner answered, taking her hand and dragging her out of the door.
"Oh, you guys can go home and changed when we get back,"Tanner called, popping his head back through the door.
About 10 minutes later, Tanner and Coral walked through the doors.
Tanner was now wearing a dark blue polo shirt and white swim shorts with a dark blue hibiscus flower pattern.
Coral had a dark blue and white striped playsuit on with the 60's equivalent of dark blue ugg boots.
A ring of dark blue flowers sat on Corals pretty golden curls which were pulled into loose bunches.
Mack was the first to notice them and couldn't help but laugh.
"What?" Coral and Tanner said at the same time, in the same voice.
Mack laughed even more.
Coral and Tanner turned their heads to look at each other at exactly the same time.
"You…two…are…" Mack gasped between fits of laughter.
What Mack was trying to say was...
Coral and Tanner were both:
The same height
They had the same hair colour
The same colour eyes
Their sun tan was the exact same tone
They had identical smiles
And neither of them were the sharpest tool in the tool box!
Coral was basically the girl version of Tanner.
Mack's laughter eventually subsided and the morning wore on.
Giggles, Coral, Rascal and Seacat were all talking to each other and sorting through cutlery in the kitchen, just for something to do.
Mack was talking to Brady and Lela was talking to Tanner.
The four surfers that were examining the cutlery had made it pretty clear that they were not having anything to do with Lela and cleared off into the kitchen fairly quickly after she arrived.
They had been in there inspecting spoons for about an hour and a half!
The only thing that was keeping them from going insane with boredom was Coral cracking jokes and making the other three laugh.
Lela was watching Coral as Tanner was mindlessly rambling on about something or other when Lela spoke out.
"Your sister seems nice."
"Huh?" Was Tanner's response, he'd been educating her on the importance of surfboard wax and she was complimenting him on having a nice sister?!
"Your sister seems nice," Lela repeated.
"Yeah she is," Tanner replied, a proud smile growing on his face as Coral began talking to her friends once more.
Giggles had been giggling before and had barely stopped before Coral's next comment set her off giggling again.
Rascal and Seacat had been laughing too but burst into fits of laughter so bad that Rascal nearly fell off the kitchen counter.
"Stop…I….can't…breath!" Seacat gasped in between spurts of laughter.
And to top it off in the midst spouts of giggles and laughter, Giggles managed to snort which just caused the four surfers to laugh even more.
"Hey…Piggles!" Rascal gasped through his laughter, the surfers now all in hysterics.
They were in that moment where you're not in the best of situations, but every little thing seems hilarious.
Soon their sides were hurting and tears of joy were leaking from their eyes.
"What's she like?" Lela asked, curious to find out more about Tanner's twin.
They had both been watching the surfers and Lela wanted to learn more about Tanner's comedic twin sister.
Lela shuffled up closer to Tanner as he began to talk.
"Well, she always make the best out of any situation she's in. Like, she will try to make everyone feel better, no matter what the situation.
She is super easy to talk to as well, it doesn't matter what you have to say because she'll always listen and try to help.
That's another thing, she'll always help whenever she can. Plus she's the sweetest person you'll ever meet," Tanner described. "After you of course," Tanner added, causing Lela's cheeks to glow a dusky pink.
"Wow Tanner, she sounds lovely," Lela replied.
"Oh, and watch this," Tanner said, standing up and walking over to the serving counter. "Coral," Tanner yelled.
She turned to face her brother, a smile permanently on her face as she tried to stop laughing.
"What's up Tanner?" Coral replied as she got up from where she sat.
"Can you make me two strawberry milkshakes please?" Tanner asked his sister politely.
"Sure," Coral replied, disappearing and reappearing about a minute later with two strawberry milkshakes.
"Thanks Coral," Tanner called over his shoulder as he carried the milkshakes back over to Lela.
Lela's clear blue eyes lit up once she saw the pink milkshakes topped with cream and a red straw, finished with a fresh strawberry.
"She also makes the best milkshakes," Tanner smiled as he handed one to his girlfriend.
"Oh my, these are amazing!" Lela exclaimed as she delicately sipped the milkshake.
She lifted her head to see Coral wiping down the serving counter.
Coral titled her head up a little and gave Lela a smile, a cheerful glint in her ocean blue eyes before she turned back to the surfers.
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-cherrygorilla