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I've never really understood the allure of surfing. You're tying yourself to a long board and trying your best to skim across a wave that is trying it's hardest to swallow you whole. I mean the whole thing is ridiculous; I would much rather be sitting on the beach watching all of the crazy guys do this but noooo I have to learn how to surf. Ok, deep breathe. Quil knows what he's doing. You're going to be just fine. No worries. I'm thinking my pep talk isn't working too well for me since I'm still kind of freaking out. Quil snapping his fingers in my face pulls me out of my thoughts.

"You ok, LK?"

"Umm yeah, I'm fine. I think. I'm just really nervous about going into the water. I mean, I'm not afraid of water but just this water. Not that there is anything wrong with this water it's just not the water that I'm used to. I'm sure … I'm rambling now aren't I?"

"Yes, you are but it's ok. It's kind of cute."

I blush and look away, "Haha. Thanks."

I can so do this. If I can water ski, then I can do this. No problem. It can't be that much different, right?

I take a deep breath, "Ok Quil. Let's do this." As I start walking towards the water, Quil stops me.

"Before you can get in the water, you'll want to put on your wetsuit and walk yourself through the motions a few times."

"Ok, good point."

So, I feel a bit ridiculous lying on a surfboard on the sand and fake paddling and jumping onto the board. Luckily, there isn't anyone around to laugh at me; especially Jacob.

"Hey guys!" I hear someone yell. Not just someone, Jacob. 'Ugh! I thought that too soon. I'm going to look like a total dork to him.'

"Sup J? What are you doing here?" Quil greeted him.

"Well, Lily K told me earlier that you were going to be teaching her how to surf and I thought I would make sure she was still breathing."

"Well, isn't that nice." Quil said sarcastically. He almost seemed mad that Jacob had shown up.

"Quil's doing a great job teaching me so far."

"Yeah, I can see that by the massive swells that you are dominating on." Jacob laughed back.

"Jake, you know as well as I do that you have to learn the fundamentals first. She's not too far off from getting in the water."

"Guys, why don't we just try out the water and see how it goes?"

"LK, Quil is right, we need to make sure that you have the basics first."

"No seriously, I'm fine. It's not like I'm going to go way far out there for the big waves. I'll just try it for a little and if it doesn't go well, we can come out and do this some more."

"Ok. I think that's a good compromise. Jake, are you going to stay on the beach and look pretty or are you actually going to do something?"

"Awe Quil, you think I'm pretty? That's so sweet. Nah, I think I'll join you in the water; we don't want anything happening to sweet LK."

As Quil and Jacob go back and forth trying to be the "bigger man" I can't help but feeling like a commodity not a person. Like the prize of the day wasn't going to be me actually standing on a surfboard but me. I really don't like this feeling; it makes me very uncomfortable. I'm sure there are some girls out there who would love having two guys, seemingly, fight over you but I am not that girl.

"Both of you, STOP IT! This isn't fun for me sitting here and listening to y'all fight. If this is all that is going to happen today, I'll call Mike and have him pick me up but I am not going to be the reason that you can't be civil to each other today."

Both of the boys went silent but you could still see the steam come out from their ears.

"Sorry LK," Jacob said. "I should have thought about how what we were doing would make you feel."

Quil still stayed silent. Almost like he accepted defeat.

"Quil are you ok?"

"Yeah, LK, I'm fine. Embarrassed, yes, but otherwise fine."

"There is no reason to be embarrassed but I just wish you would leave me out of your squabbles. Why don't we get back to the real reason we are here, to laugh at me as I fall off the board?"

"I don't know what you are talking about, Miss Lily Katherine, cause you are going to rock it out there!" Jacob laughed.

As we got to the water line, I paused. The nervous 'You shouldn't be doing this' feeling came back into my stomach but I went ahead and took my first step into the water. Talk about freezing cold water; I was sure that icebergs were close by.

We paddled a little ways out and they both started to walk me through what I needed to do, what I should feel for and what I shouldn't do. This should be easy right? I'm not so sure about that.

Wave one, fall. Wave two, fall again. Wave ten, still falling.

"Ok, if I can't get up and stay up on this one, I say we call it a day. Plus, I need to get home to be ready tonight."

"Tonight? What's going on tonight?" Jacob asked.

"Oh, I'm going to dinner and a movie with Jessica, Mike, Angela and Eric."

"That sounds like fun." His voice faded off almost like he was asking for an invitation but I didn't want another argument between the two so I ignored it.

"Yeah, it should be a good time. But let's get back to this."

"Ok, remember, keep your weight forward."

I block out everything else around me. The guys are behind me, encouraging me but I don't hear it. I feel the wave come up behind me and just as it's about to peak, I make my move on top of the board. I'm expecting this to end quickly but I'm actually still going. I look down at the board, and I'm actually surfing. Suddenly, that ends with another wave coming down on top of me. I feel myself fall off and hit the water. I get turned around a few times and then my head hits something hard and everything goes black.