Authors Note: Hiyaa, so this is the second part of the beach festival chapters, I hope you like them.
(c) characters, natsume :End Authors Note
Chapter 11
Beach festival: Part 2
--Daggers—
"Jamie… Are you alright?" I asked, concerned. Jamie looked a little pale today, and he didn't even bother to say something mean when I called his name. Jamie's eyes narrowed at Alex, who I then looked up at. The two were staring daggers at each other! I glanced at Gwen, who looked like she was about to scream 'FIGHT!!' "Um, Gwen and I are going to get some punch, and we'll be right back, okay?" I said quickly, and grabbed Gwen. "Hey I wanna see what happens!" she said as I dragged her away to the punch bowls. As soon as I left, I heard Jamie 'Hmph' and Alex walked over to the shore without a word. She stared at me suspiciously. "So, which one are you going out with?!" I blushed. "Neither! I'm friends with both of them," I said truthfully. She rolled her eyes and simply said, "Explain." Luckily, at that moment Mayor Theodore shouted in his oversized megaphone, "Alright, villagers who want to participate get in the water!" I glanced back at Gwen, who gave me a You-Better-Tell-Me-After glare as we ran into the water.
--Ready, Set, GO!--
I glanced at Alex, who was sitting on the sidelines. He smiled at me, and shouted, "Good luck!" I gave a fake smile, still concerned about Jamie. How was I supposed to help him when he and Alex had some sort of rivalry going on?! I looked around me and the only five people competing were Jamie, Gwen, Kurt, Bob, and me. Joe was sitting on the sidelines, cuddling with Katie, Alex was smirking (which was really weird coming from him), and the rest of the villagers were too busy making sand forts, or just watching. Everyone swam to a deep part of the water, and floated, waiting for instructions. Mayor Theodore was on his megaphone again, "Alrighty, folks. So, here are the instructions. There are FOUR floating balls, yellow, red, blue, and green. Whoever touches all four first is the winner!" All the villagers stopped, and watched the five of us. I glanced at Jamie, who looked all serious and focused. I splashed him and he shook off the water, giving me an annoyed glance, "Idiot." I smiled, "Same old Jamie." Just then Mayor Theodore shouted, "Ready… Set… GO!!!"
--Currents—
The floating balls were spread far apart, but the closest was the blue. Kurt, Gwen, and Bob swam towards that one. The red was the farthest, and I decided to get that one out of the way first. I dove under the water, and swam as fast as I could to it. When I got to the surface, I saw Jamie tap the red ball, obviously using the same technique as me, and swam away. "Damn!" I said, and hit the red ball with my fist, I was faster than Jamie. I swam to the yellow one, and got there before him, then floated on a current to the green one. I touched the green orb, with Jamie close behind. I childishly stuck my tongue out at him. He rolled his eyes, and then I felt something pulling me down. "What the-…" Jamie exclaimed as a whirlpool tugged us both under. I tried to get to the surface, but the water was too strong. I gasped for air, but water burned down my throat. Jamie was already swimming to the surface. You see, I was faster, but Jamie was stronger. He was close to the surface when looked at me and rolled his eyes. He swam back towards me and tugged my hand, pulling me to the air. I gasped and coughed when we reached the surface, and we saw that Gwen had won. She was laughing and splashing up and down in the water childishly. I gave her a wide grin, and tried to yell 'congratulations' but I started coughing up sea water. "Thanks…" I said weakly after I choked up all the water, but Jamie was already swimming to shore.
--Power Berry—
All the contestants swam to shore, and Gwen was jumping up and down at the winner's stand-thingy. Everyone was cheering, as she ate the juicy power berry. She looked my way happily and I gave her a thumbs up. Out of the corner of my eye, I saw Jamie walking back, towards his house. I ran after him, but he must of heard me and said, "What do you want!?" He sounded actually harsh, and I shuddered, "Um, thanks," and smiled sheepishly. "Hmph," was all he said, and headed back towards his ranch, mumbling to himself. The only thing I really heard was, "That annoying little… girl!"