More beach time. Enjoy.
Beach Day Part II
"There goes a pretty big one," Max said, pointing out a twenty foot wave, too far for any of them to catch. The others watched as one person tried to ride it and ended up falling off, the wave crashing over the surfer's head. "Ouch. That had to hurt."
"I'll bet," Jen said. "Hey here comes one now. Whose turn is it now?"
"I think it's mine," Lan said, already swimming towards the wave.
"Careful, bro," Megaman said.
"Yeah, yeah, whatever," Lan called back, waving his hand at them. He started to swim away from the wave and as it got closer, he got ready to stand. When the wave was on him, he stood up, doing his best to balance and succeeded in standing up all the way. He began to ride the wave to shore, not bothering to be fancy, especially after his first wipe out. He reached the shore safely, but he didn't get off the board quick enough. The nose hit the sand and Lan went flying forward, skidding along on his face for about two feet, finally coming to a rest. He yanked his head out of the sand and spit up all of the sand that had made its way into his mouth. "I'm good," he called out to the others, giving them a thumbs up.
"Ok then. That was……interesting."
***
"Look at those two go," a man said. There was a small crowd gathered around a table, which was set out for an ice cream eating contest. Currently, Dex and Bud were in a tie for first place, both on their fourteenth bowl and neither looking like they were going to stop anytime soon. Bud was currently scarfing down a chocolate sundae, Dex a banana sundae with nuts.
"How long have they been at it now," a girl asked.
"An hour now. And it doesn't look like they're gonna be done anytime soon," the time keeper said.
***
"You're doing pretty well for a beginner," J said to Solo, who was currently attempting an aerial backflip with a 180 turn at the top of the arc.
"Thanks," Solo answered, landing the gravboard perfectly. "These things are pretty similar to skateboards. Except they float."
"Huh. Never looked at it that way," J said.
"Yeah. How bout we move onto the ocean with these?"
"You sure you can handle it?"
"Yeah. Pretty sure."
***
"How bout this one, Sam," Lyra asked, holding up a large conch shell.
"That's the best we've found yet, Rya," Omega-xis answered. "You found anything yet, Gin?"
"Nothing worth mentioning," Gemini answered.
"I've got a blue angel wing over here," PD said, holding up the shell.
"Nice, Don," Ophiuchus said. "How's it going for you, Zack?"
"OW," was the reply. "I think I stepped on a shell," Zack said. He sat on the beach and looked at his foot. "It isn't bleeding." He took out the object he had stepped on and held it up in the light to get a better look at it. "Never mind. It's a shark tooth."
"Keep it. You may be able to find someone who can string it up on a chain for you," Ophiuchus said.
"Yeah. I'll do that," Zack said, putting the tooth into his pocket.
***
"Zero, spike it," X called, setting the volleyball for the perfect shot. Zero ran up to the net and jumped, spiking the ball with as much force as he could muster, shooting the ball to the other side of the net.
"Sweet shot, Zero," Axl-R said, pumping his fists in the air. "That's 4 to 3, our favor. This is match point."
"That's what you think," Iceman said. He gestured Glyde, Sean, and Tory to make a huddle and laid out a plan. When he finished, he said, "Everyone ready." His team nodded.
"Come on guys," Axl-N said. "Hurry it up."
"Yeah, yeah. We're ready."
X threw the ball up and gave a grunt as he served the volleyball. Glyde went up to knock it back over the net, slapping it straight at Axl-R. "Lloyd, get the ball," X said.
"Got it," Axl-R said, running up to hit the ball back over. Tory ran and jumped, passing it to Sean, who slapped it to the far left back corner on the other side of the net. Everyone on X's team dived at it, but missed. "Damn it. Now it's match point and a tie."
"4 to 4 now," Iceman said, a smirk on his face. "Give us the ball. It's our serve."
"Here," Axl-N said, tossing the ball over the net. Sean caught it and got ready to serve. He served the ball and the volleyball flew back and forth over the net.
"Alright guys, just like I told you," Iceman said.
"Right," Glyde, Sean, and Tory all said. Glyde ran to hit the volleyball up high, while Iceman went to the far end of the court and Tory knelt on one knee, lacing his fingers together. As the ball came back down, Sean ran at it and set it high. As soon as it was set, Iceman ran towards Tory, jumping into the air when he was three feet from him. His foot landed in Tory's hands and pushed off with his foot, while Tory pushed up with his hands. Iceman went flying, heading up towards the ball as it reached the top of its arc. He slammed the ball down towards the ground with his right fist. Axl-R went for the ball, but couldn't hit it in time. Instead, the ball slammed into his face, leaving the logo of the volleyball brand on his face in red letters. He fell to the ground, hitting the ground at the same time the volleyball did.
"Game, set, match" Iceman said, feeling very smug and smirking.
"Good game, everyone," Alia said. Palette, who had been standing beside her, was running over to Axl-R to check on him. "But did you have to leave a mark on Lloyd's face?"
"That probably hadn't been part of the plan, but it is pretty funny in slow motion," Chaud said, holding a video camera, watching the scene over and over in slow motion. "What do you think, Tom?"
"Yes sir," Protoman said, who at the moment was trying to suppress the urge to laugh.
***
"Hey guys," Jen said. "Look over there." She pointed towards the shore at two figures walking towards the water. "Is that J and Solo?"
"I think so," Sonia said. "It looks like Solo's been practicing on that gravboard in his hand."
"Hey guys," J yelled to them, waving. He began to run towards the water's edge, calling behind him, "Come on Solo."
"Fine," Solo grumbled, breaking into a run as well. When they were in within three feet of the water's edge, they threw the gravboards just in front of them and jumped onto them. Solo was a bit more theatrical, jumping into the air and spinning just before throwing the gravboard and landing on it, all in one motion.
"Show off," J said, coming up to the others on his gravboard. "I tell ya, this guy is full of it. And he can back it up."
"Let me guess," Max said. "He's a natural at it?"
"Yeah."
"And you're jealous?"
"Nope."
"Ok. Sure you aren't."
"Yeah, whatever. Hey, here comes Layer and the other girls," J said, pointing to the right. They all turned to see it was true, as Maylu, Roll, Layer, and Z came swimming up to them.
"Heguys," Maylu said. "How was the surf?"
"Pretty good. But you missed Lan's shore run," Megaman said.
"And apparently, Solo's a natural with the gravboard," Jen said.
"Really," Z asked, surprised. "Not many people are natural at the gravboard. If he's good enough, maybe he should enter a contest or something."
"No thanks. I'm not all that desperate for money," Solo said.
"Oh, shit. Look at the time. Sunset's in about twenty minutes," j said. "We need to round everyone up and get ready to leave."
"Actually, it looks like everyone's already making their way back," Max said, pointing towards shore. Everyone else was meeting up at the shore, Axl-R with a volleyball brand logo on his face, Dex and Bud both with first place ribbons in their hands, and everyone else with various items. "I guess you and Solo better go return the gravboards."
"Wrong. J's returning his. This one is mine now," Solo said, turning his was towards shore. "Hurry up." And with that he headed back to the shore.
"Can he do that," Max asked J.
"Yeah. Actually, I bought this one as well. I plan on taking it apart at home," J said.
"Why?"
"I wanna see if I can make some more."
"Of course you do. Hey here come Will and Kass." Will and Kass were just coming up to the rest of the group on shore, but something was different about them. When everyone focused on what was different, the answer became obvious. Their hands were laced together. "Ok, did we miss something while they were on that walk?"
"Apparently so," MD said, appearing out of nowhere and startling Max, who fell off his board into the water.
"Please don't do that," Max said.
"Sorry. So, it everyone ready to go home?"
"I guess so," J said. "Come on. We'll watch the sunset and head back."
Beach time is over. So sad for them. Anyways, please review.