Getting Better
I woke up the next morning, ate my cereal, and headed to the beach. I knew dad wouldn't be home till late, so I could do whatever I liked. As soon as I got to the beach I heard my name being called and turned to see Rosalie waving, "Hey Jacob, we need another guy for our volleyball game. you in?" "Sure" I said as I jogged over. As I got closer I saw that she was surrounded by five other hot girls in bikinis and the five guys opposite them were all shirt less and most of them not as muscular as me. I pealed off my shirt and heard some whispers from the girls. The only guy that was more muscular than me was Emmett. I knew him from last year and he's head over heels for Rose, but she was a little more interested in me. Emmett was a nice guy but a little more brawn than brain, and probably wouldn't hurt a fly, which is why he doesn't harbor any hard feelings toward me for sort of stealing his girl.
The boys and I won most of the games, not that we were paying much attention to the game considering the girls were only wearing bikinis and running around a lot, but it was fun anyway. It was getting dark and Emmett announced that there would be a bonfire at his house and we were all invited. We all started toward Emmett's house, but I hung back a little behind the group and Rosalie decided to join me. We walked in silence for a minute then Rose spoke up, "You don't have to go to Emmett's if you don't want to." "No I'll go, I just have to stop at my house and write a note for my dad." "Ok, meet you there." she smiled and ran off after the group. I realized I had forgotten my shirt on the beach so I jogged back and grabbed my shirt, I looked out over the beach and saw a girl in the distance walking in the opposite direction. I ran to the house and wrote a quick note to dad saying I would be back late and where I would be, then headed for Emmett's.
I was walking home after the bonfire at Emmett's with Rosalie, we had a lot of fun but didn't stay long cause I wanted to get home and Rose said she wanted to leave too, so we walked together. We walked in silence most of the time, any conversation was just about the volleyball games or the bonfire. We stopped in front of her house, "What are you doing tomorrow?" I asked "I have to go somewhere with my parents for the day and we wont be back until late, but I wish I could spend the day with you ." she replied then flashed me one of her flirty smiles. "Ok, well I got to go. Night Rose." "Night Jacob." she smiled again then ran into her house. I walked the rest of the way home and into the house. Dad was asleep on his computer again, so I went to bed wondering what I would do tomorrow.
I woke up around 10, grabbed a quick breakfast and headed outside. It was Sunday so the town was pretty quiet because most of the people were at church, including my dad. As soon as I stepped foot on the beach I saw Emmett holding a football, "Hey Jake, go long" he yelled, and the ball came flying at me at full speed. I caught it and threw it back to Emmett, then he threw it to Jasper, who was one of the guys from the volleyball game yesterday. Jasper was tall with long ish blonde hair, he was muscular but didn't look like he was trying to hard it looked like it just sort of happened on its own.
After an hour or so of football Emmett suggested going to the gym, which is one of the only good things in this small town. "I can't, I'm supposed to meet Alice in a little while." said Jasper. Alice was Jasper's girlfriend, she was short and petite with short brown hair and pixie like features. "Well fine then. Jake you in?" Emmett asked. "Yeah, I'm in" I replied. Jasper ran off, and we started walking towards the gym.
It was almost sunset by the time we walked home, Emmett went back to his house but I still wanted to avoid my dad so I went down to the beach. It was a beautiful Sunday afternoon, I sat on the beach watching the sun slowly disappear into the deep, blue ocean. The smell of the salt water and the sound of the waves hitting the sand was lulling me to sleep. I looked up from the sand, in which I was drawing in, to see a girl I had never seen before. Her long strawberry blond hair cascaded down to her lower back and she was wearing a white sun dress that came down to her knees, and I couldn't see her face. I stood up to get a better look and in the split second I looked away she had disappeared. Maybe this vacation wouldn't be as lame as I thought.