Chapter 3:
"Uh...why is she here, Star?" Jessica asked briskly, pointing in a disgusted, careless way toward the direction Rose and Scott had just departed.
Star looked up from where she had been staring at Alex's sandals.
"Who? Oh you mean Rose? She's surfing." Star shrugged carelessly and smiled at Alex, who obviously bothered Jessica, an awful lot.
Jessica grabbed Alex's hand and intertwined it with hers in a pushy manner, otherwise showing Star "don't try it".
"Well like, we can't be seen around her now can we? Our reps depend on it, okay, I mean just like LOOK at her. We're seen hanging out with THAT trash and it's bye, bye Homecoming queen!" Alex grinned.
"Well, ready to go, girls?" He held out his arm to Star, as though signaling, "I want everyone to think I'm with you". Star blushed and slipped her arm through his as they walked through the docks. Tourists and children eating hotdogs bustled around them, some girls giving Jessica and Star envious looks, some guys giving Alex glares. Some older men, selling ice cream, surfboards, etc., gave Alex thumbs up as he passed.
"So, um...Alex, I didn't know you had a brother." Star volunteered, hoping Alex would talk to her. No such luck.
"Well like, they were separated at birth or something. Isn't that COOL?!" Jessica answered for him as they walked onto the scalding sands.
"Oh...ya, cool..." Star mumbled as they walked to the surf competition box.
"Yah, I wanna enter the eleven o'clock competition..."
"That'll be six bucks, sweetie." The thirty five year old man inside the box smiled flirtatiously at her. Pushing the six dollars cautiously into the box, the man took his time preying it from her fingers, all the while giving her looks of flirtatious interest. "Now what's your name?"
Star tried to pull her hand away from his grasp. "Star Chamberling..."
The man wrote it down with his left hand, still clutching hers in his right.
"How about a number, Star? You know a girl like you could use an experienced guy like me..."
"Hey!" Alex growled in interruption, grabbing Star's arm and pulling it out of the box. "Man, how OLD are you?! Gross!" The man scowled at Alex as he placed Star's money in an envelope.
"I'm in the eleven o'clock too." Alex put in casually, placing his money onto the box and writing his name down on the sheet. "Common, girls, I gotta competition to win."
The old man winked at Star as they left.
"Like, that was just plain CREEPY!" Jessica volunteered as they once again set out towards the crystal clear blue water. "I mean like...EIW! Good think you set him strait Alex!"
Alex grinned down at Star.
"It was the least I could do for second place."
They all laughed at his joke. As they approached the spot where Scott had said he would be, they saw Scott bending over a distressed looking Rose.
"Rose?" Star whispered. There was a towel around her back, signaling that something was the matter. "ROSE!" She jogged over, (with difficulty, seeing as they WERE on sand) towards the spot they were situated.
"Rose, are you okay?" Star asked, bending down to speak to her sister.
"Yes...I'm fine." Rose answered slowly. "I just fell off my board. The waves are hard today, Star, I'm not really sure you should be surfing..."Star stood up once again, offended.
"Common Rose you KNOW I can handle these waves. It's like a walk in the park!"
Rose too, stood up, letting the towel fall to the ground.
"I DON"T think you should be going out on these waves, Star. I'm older, you should listen to me!"
Star grabbed her surfboard and faced her sister angrily. "You can't boss me around, I'll surf if I wanna surf, OKAY?!"
"Uh...why is she here, Star?" Jessica asked briskly, pointing in a disgusted, careless way toward the direction Rose and Scott had just departed.
Star looked up from where she had been staring at Alex's sandals.
"Who? Oh you mean Rose? She's surfing." Star shrugged carelessly and smiled at Alex, who obviously bothered Jessica, an awful lot.
Jessica grabbed Alex's hand and intertwined it with hers in a pushy manner, otherwise showing Star "don't try it".
"Well like, we can't be seen around her now can we? Our reps depend on it, okay, I mean just like LOOK at her. We're seen hanging out with THAT trash and it's bye, bye Homecoming queen!" Alex grinned.
"Well, ready to go, girls?" He held out his arm to Star, as though signaling, "I want everyone to think I'm with you". Star blushed and slipped her arm through his as they walked through the docks. Tourists and children eating hotdogs bustled around them, some girls giving Jessica and Star envious looks, some guys giving Alex glares. Some older men, selling ice cream, surfboards, etc., gave Alex thumbs up as he passed.
"So, um...Alex, I didn't know you had a brother." Star volunteered, hoping Alex would talk to her. No such luck.
"Well like, they were separated at birth or something. Isn't that COOL?!" Jessica answered for him as they walked onto the scalding sands.
"Oh...ya, cool..." Star mumbled as they walked to the surf competition box.
"Yah, I wanna enter the eleven o'clock competition..."
"That'll be six bucks, sweetie." The thirty five year old man inside the box smiled flirtatiously at her. Pushing the six dollars cautiously into the box, the man took his time preying it from her fingers, all the while giving her looks of flirtatious interest. "Now what's your name?"
Star tried to pull her hand away from his grasp. "Star Chamberling..."
The man wrote it down with his left hand, still clutching hers in his right.
"How about a number, Star? You know a girl like you could use an experienced guy like me..."
"Hey!" Alex growled in interruption, grabbing Star's arm and pulling it out of the box. "Man, how OLD are you?! Gross!" The man scowled at Alex as he placed Star's money in an envelope.
"I'm in the eleven o'clock too." Alex put in casually, placing his money onto the box and writing his name down on the sheet. "Common, girls, I gotta competition to win."
The old man winked at Star as they left.
"Like, that was just plain CREEPY!" Jessica volunteered as they once again set out towards the crystal clear blue water. "I mean like...EIW! Good think you set him strait Alex!"
Alex grinned down at Star.
"It was the least I could do for second place."
They all laughed at his joke. As they approached the spot where Scott had said he would be, they saw Scott bending over a distressed looking Rose.
"Rose?" Star whispered. There was a towel around her back, signaling that something was the matter. "ROSE!" She jogged over, (with difficulty, seeing as they WERE on sand) towards the spot they were situated.
"Rose, are you okay?" Star asked, bending down to speak to her sister.
"Yes...I'm fine." Rose answered slowly. "I just fell off my board. The waves are hard today, Star, I'm not really sure you should be surfing..."Star stood up once again, offended.
"Common Rose you KNOW I can handle these waves. It's like a walk in the park!"
Rose too, stood up, letting the towel fall to the ground.
"I DON"T think you should be going out on these waves, Star. I'm older, you should listen to me!"
Star grabbed her surfboard and faced her sister angrily. "You can't boss me around, I'll surf if I wanna surf, OKAY?!"