A short little story I did just for fun. Hope you like it!
Day at the Beach
"Wow..."
Aelita stared wide eyed at the wide expanse of dark blue in front
of her, one hand keeping her white hat on her head from the sea
breeze.
"I take it you impressed?" Odd smirked, poking
her in the ribs.
Aelita nodded, speechless.
Jeremie took her
hand in his and started walking down to the stairs towards the sand.
Yumi and Ulrich were already setting up the beach blankets and
umbrella while Elizabeth and Odd were putting all the bags
together.
The gang had decided to take Aelita to the beach for the
day.
Everyone already had their swimsuits on underneath their
clothes and had brought with them a packed lunch (plus a second one
since Odd was with them).
"At least the beach isn't too busy
today" Odd said.
Besides them there was a couple with their
two kids, one guy sunbathing and two girls jogging along the surf who
Odd were following quite intently.
"Odd!" Elizabeth
shouted, slapping him on the back of his head.
"What?"
he asked innocently as the girls ran by.
Elizabeth glared at him
while the rest of the gang laughed.
"It's so soft" Aelita
said, picking up a handful of sand and letting it run through her
fingers. "Yeah, but it can get into all the wrong places"
Odd grinned.
"Can we go far into the water?" Aelita
asked.
Jeremie laughed. "No, not too far. Come on, let me
show you" he said, pulling her up. Laughing they ran towards the
water. Jeremie ran in, splashing as he waded in.
Aelita hesitated.
"Don't worry Aelita, it's ok" Jeremie said, coming back a
little.
Aelita waded in slowly until she reached Jeremie. Together
they swam out a little a bit, and soon they were splashing and
laughing.
"Hey, what are we waiting here for?" Odd said,
"Let's go!"
Together he, Ulrich, Yumi and Elizabeth ran
down and dived in.
"Hey!" Elizabeth giggled when Odd
splashed her a bit.
She grabbed a handful of seaweed drifting by
and chucked it at him.
Laughing Odd lunged to the left. And cried
out in pain.
"Odd? Odd, what's wrong?" Elizabeth asked
concerned as Odd thrashed around.
"Ulrich quick, somethings
wrong!" she shouted, swimming towards Odd.
Together they
pulled him back to the beach and walked him to their spot.
Elizabeth
gasped as large red lines started to appear on his legs and
chest.
"Jellyfish!"
Ulrich grabbed a bottle of
vinegar from a pocket in his bag and poured it over Odd's welts. Odd
groaned as the cold liquid touched the burning lines.
"There,
that'll help. How do you feel Odd?" Ulrich asked.
"Better
thanks. Still hurts though" Odd said, looking slightly pale.
"Oh
poor Odd" Elizabeth said, kneeling next to him. "I think
you should stay here and try to get some rest. I go and get you some
ice cream from one of the shops on the boardwalk, Ok?"
"Ok"
Odd said in a weak voice, winking to Ulrich.
Soon she came back
with his treat, and shortly after that he fell asleep.
"Man,
that was just what I needed" he said, stretching out.
He
started to sit up when a pain in both his feet made him stop.
"Oh
no" he groaned, looking down and seeing both his feet burned
bright red from the sun, the shadow from the umbrella stopping just
above the ankles.
Jeremie and Yumi walked up, stopped and started
laughing.
"Ha ha, very funny" Odd said.
"Sorry
Odd. Here" Yumi said, crouching down by her bag and pulling out
a small tube of cream, "This should help"
"Thanks"
Odd said, rubbing on the sunburn ointment.
With nothing else to do
he soon fell asleep again, dreaming about a mountain being put down
on him, the weight growing and growing and growing...
"Ahh!"
he woke up.
"Ahh!" he shouted, looking down.
Someone
had buried him from the neck down in sand.
Someone giggled. He
looked to the left and saw the two little kids with spades running
away. "Why you little-!" he growled.
It's was a while
before the gang came back from the sea, and a while more before they
could stop laughing to dig him out.
"Don't worry Odd, it's
time to go home" Jeremie said.
"About time" Odd
said, gingerly walking up the stairs while being supported by Ulrich
and Jeremie.
They walked up to the bus stop and boarded the
bus.
"Ah, home sweet home" Odd sighed as the city came
into sight.
The bus stopped and they made their way down to the
exit.
"Odd, look out!" Elizabeth said, seeing Odd's
pants getting caught on a sharp bit on the stairs.
"Aargh!"
Odd cried out as he lost his balance.
"What happened to
you?" Sissi asked during Science class.
"You don't wanna
know" Odd groaned, a large plaster stuck over his nose.
