They jogged side by side down to the beach where there were already a few locals out in the lineup, Claire and Mariel included.
They watched as Claire took off on a wave. She powered her way down the line and then cut up and down the wave.
Mariel went next and she is a little over ambitious. She cut back hard and flew up to the lip. She was able to catch a lot of air, but landing it seemed to be the problem. Her board shot up into the sky.
She came up a few seconds later and paddled to retrieve her board.
Claire scanned the shore and noticed Bradin and Lucas standing on the beach and she waved to them.
The guys quickly jumped on their boards and paddled out to the girls.
"Hi" Claire smiled happily.
"Hey" Bradin replied.
"You ready to show me what you got?" Claire asked.
"You bet" Bradin replied as he took off on the next wave that went through.
He made a smooth bottom turn and then turned and made a snapping cut back. He could hear Claire cheering him on and it was the best feeling in the world.
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"Do you wanna head in?" Bradin suggested to Claire.
"Okay" she replied.
They both rode one more wave in to the shore.
"You know you're not bad for a guy" Claire teased as she and Bradin walked side by side up the beach.
"You think so hey" Bradin replied.
"Is that supposed to be a complement?" he questioned.
Claire smiled at him and then changed the subject.
"Do you wanna go for a run with me?" she asked.
"Right now?" Bradin questioned.
"Yea" she replied.
"Okay"
They put their boards in the sand and started to run down the beach.
"How far do you want to go?" Bradin asked.
"That depends...How far can you handle?" Claire questioned.
"Far" Bradin replied.
"I guess we'll just have to see" Claire said as she picked up the pace of their run.
Every 50 feet or so Bradin would look over at Claire. She didn't seem to be getting tired at all. Bradin on the other hand was quickly tiring, but he was determined not to stop before she did.
They ran for another 7 miles along the beach as they continued to push each other.
Bradin was starting to get a cramp in his side and his breathing was very wheezy and labored.
He stopped finally and bent over with his hands on his knees.
"I...gotta...breathe" he said between gasping.
Claire had stopped beside him and she had her hand on her chest, trying to regulate her breathing.
They both collapsed in the sand side by side.
"If you hadn't stopped I definitely would have" Claire said once she had caught her breathe.
Bradin moaned as his chest still heaved up and down. Claire rolled over to look at him.
"Do you wanna go and get something to drink?" she suggested.
"Please" he replied.
They slowly walked up off the beach to the nearest corner store.
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"How's your drink?" Bradin asked as he and Claire were sitting at a small table outside the door.
"You can taste it if you like" Claire replied.
Bradin was reaching for her drink when she stopped him.
"I was thinking you would taste it in a different way" she said as she leaned in and kissed him.
She pulled away after a minute and smiled at him.
"What do you think?" she asked.
"I'm not sure. I think I need to try it again" he replied with a smirk as he pulled her back in to meet his lips.
Claire couldn't help but giggle at his cornyness.
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"Hey Mar pass me another marshmallow, please" Claire asked from where she was sitting by the fire with Bradin.
"Think fast" Mariel replied as she threw a marshmallow at her friend.
It was lucky for Claire that Bradin could catch.
"Hey I'm not a baseball player" was Claire's excuse when they made fun of her.
"When did Lucas say he would be back?" Mariel asked.
"I donno" Bradin replied.
"Fear not!" Lucas exclaimed "I am here and I have found beer" he said as he walked on to the campsite.
"Where'd you get it?" Mariel asked.
"Bought it off some guy" Lucas replied.
He opened the case and handed Mariel a can.
"Thank-you muchly" Mariel replied.
"No prob." he replied.
"Brae?" Lucas questioned as he held out a beer.
"Thanks" Bradin said as he accepted it.
"Claire?"
"No thanks, I don't drink" she replied.
"Seriously?" Lucas questioned.
"Yea" she replied sheepishly.
"I won't drink tonight either then" Bradin said as he handed the beer back.
"No, you don't have to do that" Claire said.
"I want to" Bradin replied "And plus, if you're sober you'll be able to remember all the stupid things I do and hold them against me" he added.
"True" Claire laughed.
"Suit yourselves, more for us" Lucas said to Mariel.
"Totally" Mariel agreed.
"So you've never been drunk?" Bradin questioned.
"No" Claire replied "It never really appealed to me" she said.
"I think that's cool," he said.
"Really?" she questioned.
"Yea, I respect that" he replied.
"Thanks" she smiled.
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"See now, since we're not drunk we get to watch them make idiots out of themselves" Claire said quietly to Bradin as they watched Mariel and Lucas falling all over the place.
"I must admit, this is pretty funny" Bradin replied.
"Hey Bradin" Lucas said as he came over to them "Do you have a condom?" he asked.
Bradin pulled a condom out of his pocket and handed it to his friend.
"Thanks dude" Lucas replied as he went back over to Mariel.
"We'll see you two in the morning," Mariel said as she and Lucas stumbled into his tent.
Bradin and Claire were silent for a few minutes.
"You carry condoms around with you?" Claire asked finally.
"Is that a bad thing?" he replied.
"No" she said.
"It's just to be prepared" he explained.
"You don't have to explain yourself to me" she replied.
"I wasn't thinking that we were going to have sex," he said.
"I know" she replied.
"Mariel's not a virgin is she?" Bradin asked.
Claire laughed.
"I love my friend to death, but she's been around the block...more than once" she said.
"I see" Bradin smiled.
Claire's face suddenly became serious.
"Are you a virgin?" she asked.
"No" he replied.
"I am," she said.
"That's good," Bradin said.
"Yea right, as if you really think that" Claire replied "You're probably gonna stop hanging out with me now because you realized that you're not gonna get any" she said.
"I'm not that kind of guy," he said.
"I hope not" she replied "Cause I'm really starting to like you" she added.
Bradin bit his lip and smiled at her.
"I think I feel the same way," he said.
Bradin wrapped his arm around Claire and she snuggled into his side.
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PLEASE REVIEW!
Do you think that Claire should change her mind about sex and do it with Bradin before he goes home?
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