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Chapter 4-New Friends
"Malaya get up come on" I groan as I look over at my dad standing in the doorway.
"What time is it?" I ask as he looks at his watch.
"6:00 so come on so we can see what kinda of waves you can catch" he says walking away. I sigh and get up I look over at Kim and she's still sleeping. I walk over to my bag and get out my bathing suit, board shorts and my rash guard. I look down at Keil still sleeping. I walk to the bathroom across the hall and change and get my shoes on and walk downstairs to meet my dad in the kitchen.
"Alright get some water and grab something quick" I nod and get bottle of water out of the refrigerator. I put them in my bag.
"I don't have my surfboards" I say as I grab and apple and follow my dad out the house.
"I a rental yesterday" he says and I notice the board on top of the car. We get in the car and he drives to the beach. I finish my apple as my dad stops at the beach it still dark outside I look at the clock on the dashboard it reads 6:20. We get out and I grab the surfboard walking up to the water. We stop and I put my bag down and take off my shoes.
"Ok Laya go and let's see what we need to work on" I nod and grab the board and jog to the water. I run in and shiver at the coldness of the early morning waters. I paddle out to get some good wave once I'm out there I sit on my board and wait for the wave to reach me. Once it gets close I paddle myself a little and stand up on my board. I turn and move with my board I can hear my dad yelling at me about something but I wasn't listening. I can't stand straight and I fall off the board and the wave's crash over me. I break the surface and grab my board and paddle back to shore. Only to be met by my dad's unhappy face.
"What was that Malaya?" he asks and I sigh and toss the board down.
"The board was slippery and I lost my balance"
"Why didn't you wax if before you got into the water Laya?" I shrug.
"I thought you already waxed it" my dad reaches into his bag and tosses it at me.
"What was that Malaya?" he asks and I sigh and toss the board down.
"The board was slippery and I lost my balance"
"Why didn't you wax if before you got into the water Laya?" I shrug.
"I thought you already waxed it" my dad reaches into his bag and tosses it at me.
"Come on Malaya you aren't a beginner surfer you already know what you need to do before you hit the water" he scolds. I huff and wax my board. Once I get the wax on my board I pick it up and walk back to the water. I paddle out like before and wait for the waves once it hits. I stand up and ride the wave it was a pretty big.
"Cutback Malaya!" I hear my dad yell and I do what he says and I turn breaking part of the wave I don't feel confident as I attempted the stunt. I get to the shallow water and my dad stood in the sand.
"Do you think you could've done better?" he questions.
"Yeah I do" I say as I head out to the water. I did every stunt my dad told me to make and I corrected the mistakes he told me about. But still my dad wasn't happy with how I was surfing today.
"What was that Malaya?" he asks as I get back to shore to get some water.
"I'm sorry dad I'm just tired"
"You're tired?"
"Yeah I mean come on dad we've been out here all morning" I say looking at my watch it was 9:15 now. "I know I'm a little off my game but that's just because I haven't been in the water in almost a week"
"Laya" do you want to go to finals?" he asks.
"Yes I want to go to the finals that's what I've been working all summer for finals"
"Yeah and you don't think the other kids are working hard for finals, I'm sure they're waking up earlier and putting in time" he says and I stop and look at him. "You have to be ready and prepared because you shouldn't be making the little mistakes that you're doing out there" I sigh I know he's right. He starts to walk away.
"Where are you going?" I ask and he turns and looks back at me.
"You said you're tired so we're leaving" I sigh I know what he was doing and it's working.
"No you go ahead I'll stay back in practice some more" he smiles and nods his head.
"Good choice Laya call if you need anything"
"Sure dad" I say as he walks to the car. I get up and hit the water again making sure I catch all the mistakes my dad had pointed out before. After about 20 minutes I notice other people coming to the beach now so I decide to take a break. I sat in the sand drinking some water trying to catch my breath.
"I didn't know you surfed?" A deep voice says behind me. I turn and look up to see Paul and Seth.
"Hey guys" I say as I nod at Paul's question. "Yeah I can surf" Paul sits next to me.
"Where's Keilani?" Seth asks looking around.
"She's back at Kim's house but I'm sure she'll be here soon to get me" he looks a little sad and I smile a bit. Seth has a crush on my little sister which is great because she needs a distraction from the whole Jonathan thing and Seth is a sweet guy. I just hope he can handle Keil attitude she's a handful.
"So what are you guys doing here?" I ask as Seth sits down.
"We were on pat-" Seth starts and Paul cuts him off.
"We were going to Sam and we saw you surfing and decided to say hey" I nod.
"Oh that's cool"
"Hey sis, how was the water?" We all turn around and see Keil walking up.
"Hey it's great you should've been there" she shakes her head.
"Nope once dad came back I knew he was making you work overtime" I nod.
"Hey Paul, Seth what are you guys doing here?"
"We were heading to Sam's and saw Malaya and decided to stop by" Seth says and she nods.
"Well we got a little time to kill mom says the moving trucks with our stuff isn't coming till later. So I told Kim I'd come get you and meet her and Jared at Sam and Emily's" I nod because I'm starving and I'm sure Emily cooked something great.
"I'm down" I say getting up and grabbing my bag. Seth and Keilani start to walk up the beach to Emily and Sam's house.
"Do you need some help?" Paul asks as I pick up my surfboard. I shake my head.
"No thanks I got it" I says we start to walk up the beach.
"You sure?" he asks and I look at him and smile.
"Yeah I'm sure I got it but thanks" he nods and we walk in silence for a bit. I look ahead of us and Seth is talking to Keilani about something and she seems interested in whatever they are talking about she even laughs her genuine laugh.
"I think Seth has a crush on my sister" I say with a smile glancing at Paul. He laughs a bit and looks at them and shakes his head.
"You have no idea" he looks over at me. "So do you like La Push so far?"
"Yeah it's cool, I'll be a little nervous to start school in such a small town where everybody already knows each other" he nods.
"Don't worry you'll fit in around here"
"I hope so but it's a good thing I got Kim and you guys have been really nice to me and my sisters…well with one exception" he looks over at me.
"Don't worry about Jacob he just-"
"An asshole yeah I know" I say cutting him off. He laughs and I laugh with him.
"Yeah, he can an asshole but don't worry about it, you guys will…work it out" I shake my head.
"Nope he's made it perfectly clear that he wants nothing to do with me" Paul stops and looks at me.
"Did he say that to you?" I shrug.
"It was something like that but its fine"
"No, it's not!" Paul snaps at me and he starts to shake like he's having a seizure. I put my board down and touch his arm.
"Paul are you okay?" he closes his eyes and takes a deep breath and the shaking stops.
"Yeah sorry I'm fine" he says as he opens his eyes and looks at me.
"Are you sure?" I ask and he nods. He picks up my board I try to stop him, but he just gives me a look that says he had it. So, I didn't argue as we continued walking to Sam and Emily's. We finally near the house and Seth and Keil where already walking inside. I feel comfortable around Paul and I didn't really notice him much yesterday, but he was a very handsome guy.
"Have you ever been surfing Paul?" I ask and he shakes his head.
"No I've never been surfing" I look over at him.
"Well that's going change" he looks at me with a smirk.
"Why is that?"
"Because I'm going to teach you" he laughs
"What no I don't surf, I cliff dive and swim but surfing no"
"Well you should try new things Paul" we get to Emily and Sam's porch and he puts my surfboard down and looks at me and nods.
"Fine I'll try it" I smile and hug him and he hugs me back. It feels kinda nice being in his arms.
"Great you'll have fun trust me it's easy" I say as I let go and walk to the door. "Well kinda of" He just smiles at me a shakes his head.
"Hey Paul" I says and he stops and looks at me.
"Yeah?"
"Thanks for being a good friend" he smiles.
"No problem Malaya, Now let's eat I'm starving" He opens the door and we walk in. Everybody was already there. The girls where in the kitchen and the guys were in the living room. They all turn and look at us as we walk in.
Sorry to leave it like that but I hope you guys enjoyed the chapter.
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