Chapter 2: Zeke
There he was, riding inside the barrel of an 8 footer. He smiled and waved to Sky as he gracefully glided over the glistening water. She was day dreaming when he got back to shore and a person talking to her snapped her out of it. "It's your turn." said the voice. When there was no reply, he repeated himself. "Oh, right. Sorry." said Sky, as she felt her cheeks turn red. Zeke chuckled to himself as Sky ran with her board out to the ocean, occasionally tripping over the odd stick. As she dreamt about Zeke, she quickly realised that a big wave was coming towards her. She clumsily started paddling again and made her way out to where the wave was about to break. She jumped up and rode the barrel all the way through. "Perfect..." muttered Zeke. When she emerged from the other side of the wave, she too smiled and waved to Zeke, but, there was no Zeke. He was gone. Vanished from her life forever. She never even got to say goodbye.
Sky sat up in bed drenched in sweat. Even though Zeke got killed over a year ago, she never fully recovered. Zeke was killed in a car accident when he was replying to a text that Sky sent to him. They had just had an argument and Sky was apologizing for the way she had acted. She never heard back from him. As she was trying to stop the replaying of the dream that had happened every night since the accident, the phone rang.
"Oh great." muttered Sky as she hesitantly picked up the phone. "Hello? Sky speaking." said Sky in a rehearsed voice.
"Hey Sky. It's Sammy."
"Oh hey! What's up?" Noticing her breathlessness, Sammy replied:
"Nothing much. The usual. Have you had the dream?" They never talked about it much anymore. They were both too traumatised, and they both had different variations of the dream but it still occurred every night.
"Yep. The same one for the past year. So why did you really call?"
"I was just calling to ask if you were able to come over for a sleepover. Your punishment is over, isn't it? I need to tell you something." replied Sammy.
"Oh, yeah, it's over. What time?"
"Um, let's say 4. Make sure you bring your bikinis. We'll try to go swimming tomorrow."
"Ok cool. What's this 'all-important-news'?" said Sky curiously.
"It's... It's nothing. I'll tell you later." stumbled Sammy. She never was very good at keeping secrets.
"No! Tell me n..."
Sammy laughed as she cut off her friend by hanging up the phone. Sammy glanced around the room. Damn, needs cleaning, she thought to herself. She'll be here in an hour. I better start.