Bridgette was sitting in the comfort of the living room with the lights on. She couldn't find herself to go to sleep so she decided to go downstairs and sit in the living room...Just sit. She sat on the edge of the sofa with her knees under her chin and rested there until she felt tired enough to go upstairs and sleep.
She closed her eyes for a few seconds and took a deep breath. Opened he eyes up again after she exhaled.
When she did she saw something at the corner of her eye. She looked that way to see what it was. It was a surfboard. It was a baby blue surfboard with golden sideway stripes. She believed she had seen a surfboard like this before.
It was...Oh no. Was she dreaming? Was it really there? It looked like the surfboard that…Oh my god it was. She remembered it all again now.
When she was 16 she won a mini state wide tournament and as a winner she was going to be sent to Jeffrey's Bay, South Africa to compete in the national, that's where they were doing it that year. She had never been so happy, it meant everything to her.
That's when she meant Raphael. She was in a surfers shop to buy herself a new surfboard to compete in finals. She saw the surfboard the same time he did. They both walked up to it and she saw that he was the first to make it up there.
He was shirtless and was wearing a dark blue and baby blue swim suit. It wasn't a surfing swim suit; it was just a normal swim suit. He didn't notice her until she walked a bit closer and said, "Nice board" with a pretty smile. She was wearing a bikini top and shorts.
"Yeah, looks pretty strong too." He said turning his head. At that moment it was love at first sight. She saw the spark in his eyes and he saw it in hers. He smiled back at her with a very warm and loving smile.
"Hi, I'm Raphael from Gold Coast, Australia. I'm American though. My parents love to surf so therefore they wanted to move to one of the best places to surf in the world." He said smiling.
"Wow, that's so cool, I hear it's great out there. I'm Bridgette from Malibu, California, but I surf every part of California." She said.
"Wow, we're both from two different parts of the world, but if you think about it, it would take me the same amount of time to come there as you. It's like here is our meeting place. It's the middle between our homes." He said with a chuckle.
"You know, you're actually right" She said with a smile. "So tell me, why did you come all the way to South Africa when you have great waves at Australia?"
"Because, I won a tournament. This means, I get sent here to compete in the finals." He said. "Why did you come all the way from Cali beautiful California girl?"
"Because…I also won the mini tournament in California and now I'm here to win." She said with a smile.
"Oooh, so this means hot competition." He said with a wide smile.
After he bought the board Bridgette had to buy herself another board. They said good bye but only for a little while. He walked up to her again at the beach and asked her out, of course she said yes.
They had fun times. He was a great surfer, she was a great surfer. It was love, they got along very well. She had the best times of her life.
The time went by so fast. It was time for the competition. They both did great during singles, but when it came to a partner…That's when it happened.
They both did great and were the 2 winners. But both of them had to compete for the trophy. They would have to surf together and the one who got the best score would have won.
"Let the best surfer win." He said with a smile and a wink.
She was so nervous. Around this time were when the sharks came out.
They both surfed wonderfully until Bridgette felt like there was something on the edge of her surfboard. It was a shark! She knew there would be sharks! She was so petrified and Raphael could see that. He surfed near her to see what was going on.
She was so scared she tried to get away the shark kept fallowing her and Raphael saw it too. It was just one shark though. But it was big enough to kill her at once. She thought if she went near the shore it would leave her alone. She tried going to the shore and saw that the shark was right behind her! Still! She kicked the shark with her foot and the shark fled to Raphael. Raphael saw it coming and tried to surf away as well. But it was too late. The shark to a bite of Raphael's flesh and ate him like it was no big deal. Bridgette saw this with her own eyes. It was her fault. She felt so sick as if she was going to faint. Just then, while she wasn't watching a huge wave hit her and washed her up to the shore. She was so bad by the time she made it to there. The life guards performed CPR on her for minutes until she was back to normal again. But she was scarred. Scarred with seeing the one she loved being eaten alive by some animal. And it was all her fault.
After Bridgette escaped her thought she couldn't help but burst into tears. She was still seeing the board, was it her imagination that was doing this to her? Why was she seeing it? She covered her eyes with her hands and cried some more. When she removed her hands it was gone. She couldn't believe it. Was she over obsessing this? She needed to rest; she'd been up too late. She was over Raphael thanks to Geoff but something was just coming back to her, and she didn't know what.