Author's Note: CHAPTER 5?! :O And I am deeply sorry I couldn't post chapter 5, in like FOREVER… I usually type a rough draft, then I would put the final draft, and plot difficulties! Can't just have a bad plot! Anyway, hope you enjoy the chapter, and don't forget to suggest what you want to change, add, and review! Read on!

Chapter 5: The Worst Mall Day

Hazel

6 days later…

Hazel had realized when Sawyer was biking his way to the aquarium, he only had today, till he could go to school. I sometimes wish I could go to school too.

Hazel carries a cooler full of fish to the river otter's tank, and sits down. She spots Sawyer talking to some volunteers, she may or may not have talked to before, but that didn't bother her. Earlier this morning, Hazel had seen her grandfather helping to move things out of the houseboat. When Hazel was lost in her thoughts, Sawyer had walked up next to her. "Hazel?" Sawyer says calmly, snapping Hazel out of her thoughts. Then Hazel tried to act casual instead of embarrassed, and said," Yeah?" Sawyer smiles and says, "Can I, um, help you?" Hazel nods, with a grin plastered on her face, and decides she wants Sawyer a nice and peaceful last day at the aquarium.

Thirty minutes passed, and now Sawyer and Hazel were ready to feed the sea turtles with buckets of veggies. Hazel sits on a flat rock, grabs a piece of lettuce, and throws it into the water. A lightly green shelled turtle spots the piece of lettuce that Hazel threw, and eats it happily. It was silent for a while, except for the sounds of water, and chomping. Hazel breaks the silence by telling Sawyer, "Do you like every day just helping out here, you never get tired of it?" Sawyer nods and says, "Yeah, never ever." Hazel smiles to herself, and decides to get some more vegetables. When she does, her leg stumbles, and she was about to fall into the water, till Sawyer catches her. "Oh, uh, thanks." Hazel mutters, while Sawyer lifts her back up. Sawyer smiles and says, "Well, it's not going to be every day you slip on a rock in a sea turtle tank, while feeding them vegetables." Hazel pushes Sawyer into the water, just for fun. Sawyer yells, "Hey! I was trying to be nice!" Hazel laughs, till a really, really loud screech interrupts her. Sawyer looks where it was coming from, and it turns out that Kyle accidently scratched his fingernails on the chalkboard. Or maybe he did it on purpose. Anyway, Sawyer gets out of the water, and dries himself off. Sawyer sits next to Hazel on the flat rock, and Hazel feels her fingernails that she painted a faint pink this morning, brushing Sawyer's fingernails. A green eyed turtle named Gus, eyes the two teenagers, and goes back to swimming with his turtle friends. When Hazel turns her head to look at Sawyer, he had done the same. Their faces were only inches apart, till- Kyle walks by to check on them. Hazel turns to face the turtles, and now blushes a bright pink. Oops. Kyle smirks at Sawyer, and Sawyer gives him a glare. "How the turtles doing?" Kyle asks, like he didn't see them almost kiss. "They are great, Kyle!" Hazel says excitedly. "Okay, then. See ya!" Kyle yells, while walking in the direction of the dolphin tank. Hazel whispers to herself, "Wonder why he's so cheerful."

Later that day, Sawyer dries off with a towel on a bench outside of Hazel father's office or Clay. Hazel however is on a bench tying her shoes in running gear, a bench away from Sawyer. Sawyer asks Hazel curiously, "What are you doing?" Hazel says while tying her shoes, "Somewhere." Sawyer noticed Hazel sounded, well mad, at him. He watched Hazel as she ran off the way to the Clearwater Hospital.

Hazel

Hazel takes a sip from her hot chocolate, and see Lorraine sit down gently, as how nice she is. "So what's up, Hazel? Anything wrong?" Lorraine asks nicely. "Just, well…I like Sawyer, and I don't think he can go out with me or something." Hazel says miserably. Lorraine nods her head and thinks, how oblivious is my son? Lorraine says finally, "Do you know why?" Inside, Hazel was not sure if she could tell Sawyer's mom (Lorraine), but she did anyway. "Susie, a volunteer at the aquarium, spread a rumor that she was going out with Sawyer next Saturday." Lorraine tries to cheer Hazel up with maybe good news, " Well, maybe you can try steal Sawyer before he goes out with her?" Hazel looks at her hot chocolate cup and says, "Yeah. I guess."

Sawyer

Back at the aquarium, a lot happened. Now he was going shopping with Susie?! Okay, he panicked, he didn't want to let her down harshly. But before all that this is what happened:

Susie approached Sawyer, and sat down on the bench next to him. "Hey Sawyer." Susie says as calmly as she can. To Sawyer, her sweet voice had surprised him. "Hey." He replies to Susie half-heartily. "Would, you go out with me, Sawyer?" Susie says, with the excitement growing in her voice. "Um…I wa-"Sawyer starts, but Susie interrupts him. "Thanks! Let's go shopping for our outfits!"

Everything was a blur from after that, forced into a cab, and being dragged into the mall, into a really formal store. "Is it a formal date?" Sawyer yells into Susie's ear, hoping it would slow her down, but it didn't. "Yeah!" Susie yells. This is going to be his worst mall day.

Author's Note: OH MY GOSH SO MUCH DRAMA! What do you think about this chapter? Feel free to leave reviews or suggestions! SEE YOU IN THE NEXT CHAPTER!

-DolphinTale123