"Death ends a life, not a relationship."
― Mitch Albom, Tuesdays with Morrie
Chapter 2-
Getting back into the water they started wading out into the sea until they were just past the point of the waves breaking.
"Alright, I want you to catch a wave so I can see what you're doing wrong, ok?" Ruby told her.
"Ok, but what if something goes wrong?" Neo asked, unsure as she couldn't feel the ground.
"I'll be next to you the whole time so just relax." Ruby said with a reassuring smile.
"Alright then." Neo said as she chose a wave and started to paddle for it, picking up speed.
However once this started Neo started to nosedive into the water and she quickly fell off and into the water as her board was thrown up behind. This time instead of getting stuck under the wave Neo was able to pull herself above the water.
Ruby who was riding the wave next to her jumped into the water next to her and when the girl had gotten up she spoke to her.
"Alright, when getting onto the board for the wave shift your weight down a bit so your feet just dangle slightly on the edge." Ruby supplied to the girl.
"Ok then." Neo said, climbing onto her board and moving until she had her feet just on the edge of her board while Ruby bobbed up and down in the water next to her.
"Here comes a wave, and paddle!" Ruby said quickly as she watched Neo paddle hard as the wave picked up energy as Neo started to get pushed forward.
This time instead of nosediving into the sea she was able to stay on the wave and she started to push herself up and she was able to get onto her knees without much issue until the wave started to lose energy and she fell into the water.
Neo stood up with a smile and turned to see Ruby clapping her further in the sea as she sat on her board.
It took Neo almost five minutes to finally get back to where Ruby was and both girls had a smile on their face.
"Enjoy it?" Ruby asked.
"I loved it, it seemed my weight was just off." Neo said excitedly.
"Seems so, how about we keep working on catching the waves and staying on the board for the moment?" Ruby suggested.
"Sure." Neo said as she started looking for the next wave to catch.
The next two hours were spent by Neo getting the technique of catching waves and being able to get onto her knees, and even got to one knee and one foot.
Near the end of the session Yang had come over to join them again and while Neo caught a wave the two were speaking to each other.
"How's it going?" Yang asked as she gently paddled to keep herself stable on her board.
"It's going great, she's getting the hang of it easily now." Ruby told her.
"That's good then, how about the other part? How's that going?" Yang asked, winking at Ruby.
"What other thing?" Ruby asked, confused.
"Oh I'm sure you know, you mentioned that you found the girl was cute so how's that going?" Yang said.
Blushing Ruby looked away, "I'm just helping her with her surfing and taking her out for lunch later, that's all." Ruby told her.
"Hmm sure, why not bring her to the event tonight?" Yang suggested.
"I don't know, I'm not sure how old she is so I don't know if she can come." Ruby said, thinking on the idea.
"Well then ask her stupid." Yang stated.
"Ask who what?" Neo asked as she joined the two women.
"Ignore her, Yang is Blake at the car?" Ruby asked.
"Yep, she's not feeling well so she's deciding to sit in the car and read. There's spare clothes for you in there if you want." Yang stated.
"Thanks Yang, I'll be back a little later." Ruby said as Yang started to go.
"Remember tonight." Yang shouted at her as she continued to paddle away.
Shaking her head with a small smile Ruby turned to Neo, "Seems Chris is calling us over, so we better head in. One last wave?" Ruby asked to a nodding Neo.
"Good, come on then." Ruby said with a smile as she soon laid down on her board and started to paddle out to catch a wave.
As the wave touched her feet Ruby stood up as she started move along the wave as she let it carry her to the beach.
Neo followed behind her on another wave but was on her knees instead of standing, reaching the beach Neo stood up and picked up her board following Ruby over to the surf school group.
Taking a hold of one of the other person's board the two of them carried it up the beach easily while Ruby was talking with Chris, the instructor.
As they neared the small ramp as they walked through the little stream of cold water, Ruby had moved back to speak to Neo .
"I'm going to get changed in the car pack, once you've changed come up and meet me, it'll be easy to find me so don't worry." Ruby said with a smile.
"Sure, it shouldn't take me long." Neo informed her.
"Good, I'll see you in a bit." Ruby said as she started to jog up the ramp and up towards the large car pack.
As soon as the group reached the shop Neo handed over her board and started to peel off the wetsuit and hand it over to one of the employees.
"You've got the afternoon session as well right?" Chris asked.
"Yeah I do, do I just come back here?" Neo asked.
"Yeah you do, but I'm assuming Ruby's going to help you out isn't she?" The man asked.
"She offered to, yes." Neo said.
"Ok then, are you going to accept her offer?"
"I'm not sure, I mean I'm meant to be doing it with you and not with her." Neo said.
"Don't worry about that, Ruby used to help out around here when she was in town so it's ok, but how about I refund half the money for the morning session and when you come back from lunch we'll let you rent the wetsuit and board again, sound fair?" Chris suggested.
"Really?" Neo asked, surprised at what he was doing.
"Really, I can see that you get on well with her. Plus it might do her some good as well." Chris stated.
"What do you mean?" Neo asked, confused.
"I'm guessing you don't follow pro surfing do you?" He asked, which Neo confirmed with a shake of her head.
"Well Ruby's a local around here and was a rising star on the circuit. First in the youth competitions and then later on the adult ones, she won quite a few of them around the world until about a year ago. For some reason right in the middle of a competition in Hawaii she quit and came back here, no one knows why except for her family and friends but she just stopped right in the middle of her career." Chris told her.
"What does she do now?" Neo asked.
"Surfs out there, and some freelance work for a magazine alongside working for the lifeguard on the beach part time as well, but this is the first time I've seen her out there with her friends for a while, let alone actually help someone with their surfing in quite a long time." Chris said offhandedly.
"Really? How come?" Neo asked, curious about the woman who was helping her.
"No idea, only really she does and her friends I couldn't really say. Anyway you wouldn't want to keep her waiting." Chris said smiling at the woman who had gotten out of her wetsuit and dressed in her shorts and t-shirt, alongside wearing open sandals.
Neo thanked the man as she walked out of the shop walking up to the car pack. It wasn't very busy as it was the start of the week and most people were either working or in school.
Neo spotted Ruby standing next to a nice land rover with surf board sitting on the top, Neo also saw Ruby talking to a slightly shorter girl with black hair and amber coloured eyes.
The two were talking with each other and laughing as Ruby stood there in a red bikini with her wetsuit on the car's hood, drying out.
Neo walked over to the two women and the woman Ruby was talking to noticed her first and said, "You must be Neo, my name's Blake it's nice to meet you." The woman said nasally as she held out her hand to the other girl.
"Hello Blake, it's nice to meet you too. Are you alright?" Neo asked.
"It's just a cold don't worry about it, thanks for asking though." Blake told her.
By this point Ruby turned around with a smile, giving Neo a full view of Ruby's body. She noticed the soft but clear muscles of her stomachs and arms and while her chest wasn't big it was still slightly above average.
Neo noticed a large rose tattoo sitting on her shoulder, slightly covered by the strap to her bikini top but what caught Neo's attention the most was the large tattoo running all the way down her right arm.
She saw that it was a rose stem full of thorns wrapping around her entire arm and ending just before her hand itself exploding out into another smaller rose on the underside of her wrist hiding the veins slightly with the dark red colour.
Neo seemed to stare at Ruby's body to the point that Blake noticed and had a smirk on her face as it she saw Ruby doing the same to the other girl.
Coughing lightly Blake turned to Ruby and said, "There's some spare clothes in the boot in the big red bag, take whatever you want." Blake told the other woman who nodded with a slight blush on her face.
Ruby had seen Neo in her wetsuit but it didn't compare to the casual clothes she was wearing now, even if Ruby liked seeing Neo in a wetsuit.
While the shorts gave away some of Neo's legs they still covered most of them, the shirt Neo wore while baggy still revealed Neo's toned arms and slightly larger than average chest but revealed nothing else.
Ruby who was at least a head taller than the other girl enjoyed the size difference, but she was quick to push these thoughts out of her mind while she pulled on small shorts that barely reached the middle of her thighs while she pulled on a large black jumper that reached her mid-thigh.
Once dressed Ruby slipped on some shoes before coming back to Blake and Neo, "Well we'll leave you to enjoy your book Blake, I'm sure Yang will be up soon anyway." Ruby informed the other woman before taking Neo's hand and leading them away.
"Uh bye Blake, nice talking to you and hope you feel better soon." Neo said quickly as she was pulled away.
Blake smiled a knowing smile at the two as she climbed back into the car and carried on reading her book.
"What's with Blake and Yang?" Neo asked, curious.
"Ah the two of them are dating, have been for quite a few years." Ruby said as she made her way through the large car pack, walking towards the town.
"Dating? Really?" Neo asked, surprised.
Ruby stopped for a moment before turning back to Neo, "Ah sorry, again I tend to just say things even if the two of them are in the open about it." Ruby said sheepishly.
"Ah it's alright, I'm just a little surprised is all" Neo said, squeezing Ruby's hand to make sure she knew she was ok with it.
"Thanks, anyway let's go get lunch." Ruby said with a smile as she started to lead Neo into the small town.
"Where are we going?" Neo asked as they were walking past another car pack and golf course.
"A small shop, does pastries, ice cream, fudge and these great baguettes during the summer season." Ruby said with a wide smile on her face.
As they entered the quiet shop Ruby raised her hand in hello as they walked up to the counter. "Hey Tom, been busy today?" Ruby asked.
"Hey Ruby, not yet but expecting it to pick up later on today." Tom said cheerfully.
"That's good then, can we get two baguettes please?" Ruby asked.
"Sure, the usual for you? What about your friend?" Tom asked as he moved over to the sandwich counter.
"Please, and this is Neo. What would you like?" Ruby asked turning to the other girl.
Neo was silent as she looked over the menu and decided to keep it simple, "Um could I just have a BLT please?" She asked politely.
"Of course Neo." Tom said as he made the two baguettes while the two women got themselves drinks, both choosing water.
Once they had got their food and a small argument over who was paying, which Ruby won in the end as she payed Tom before the two girls went outside to eat.
While they were eating Ruby asked, "So where are you from?" She asked between bites.
"I'm from America, LA." Neo stated, mentioned where she lived with her parents.
"Ah cool, I've been to America it's a nice place but nothing can beat home. I never asked, how old are you?" Ruby asked the girl.
"Eighteen, you?" Neo asked as she finished off her food.
"Twenty, even if I don't look like it." Ruby said with a smile as she finished and started to drink her water.
"So have you lived here all your life?" Neo asked, wanting to learn more about the other woman.
"Most of it, spent quite a bit of time moving around when I was sixteen but came back a year ago just to be home again." Ruby said, her voice showing a hint of sadness before being wiped away.
But Neo didn't miss the flash of sadness in her eyes as she said about coming home again, "Are you alright?" Neo asked unconsciously.
"I'm fine." Ruby said quickly as a natural reaction to whenever someone asked that.
Neo saw this but decided to let it go for now and maybe bring it up later on, "So what do we do now?" Neo asked.
"We still have a bit of time if you want to wander around the town." Ruby suggested.
"Sure." Neo said as the two of them started to go through the town and into some of the shops.
"So where are you staying?" Ruby asked while they were inside one of the shops looking at clothes.
"I can't remember its name but the hotel right over there." Neo said, pointing to the hotel at the end of the road.
"Really? That's quite good then, is it nice?" Ruby asked.
"Yeah it's really nice, my family and I are staying there for the week so we can have easy access to the beach before we travel back next Monday." Neo told her.
"Ah so going to enjoy the beach everyday then?" Ruby asked teasingly.
"That's my plan." Neo said smiling, a slight hint of a blush, "What about you?" Neo asked.
"Ah my main piece of work is something I can do whenever I want, and I've got a week off this week with some friends down for it so we're going to surf as much of it as we can." Ruby informed the other girl.
"Really? That sounds great." Neo said.
"That's the plan. Hey we're having a gathering at the restaurant, Red Barn tonight, would you like to come?" Ruby asked the other woman shyly, toying with the end of her sleeves.
"What is it for?" Neo asked, curious about the occasion.
"Ah well my friends and I are all meeting up as some of them are playing live there tonight, Juniper I don't know if you've heard of them." Ruby asked.
"Sadly I don't, who are they?" Neo asked.
"Friends of mine, they are a band pretty popular among the surfing community they would play music at competitions and I met them here." Ruby said with a small smile, the sadness in her eyes returning for a fraction of a second.
"They sound pretty good, what time is it?" Neo asked, wanting to go and check it out.
"Nine o'clock is when they start playing but we're all meeting about an hour earlier to get some food and stuff if you're able to go." Ruby informed her.
"Ah I'll have to check but it should be alright." Neo said.
Ruby gave the girl a smile, "Alright then, why don't we go back and get ready to head back out?" Ruby suggested.
"Sure." Neo said and the two women started walking back to the beach while separating from each other at the car park as Ruby got changed once more.
A/N
So once more, felt like posting something today as I didn't really have much in the way of one shots sadly. On that note I am looking for some prompts, so you can either leave them in a review or PM me.
I haven't got too much of this actually written, but I do want to get this finished to clean my plate so to speak.
Not too much to really say about this, and although Yang and Blake are together in this story I had the thought to actually change Yang out for Winter but couldn't be bothered.
That's pretty much it, so until next time. ^_^