A.N: Hey everyone! Sorry for the long wait. This semester has finally died down and coming to an end.

redpill8: Thank you so much for your encouragement! I will keep going and will be sure to add more romance.

This was the second day of training and Nina collapsed on shore. Her surfboard washed up next to her. She was exhausted. They were practicing all morning and she felt like her body couldn't take it anymore. She was taking deep breaths to help bring her pulse back to a normal rate. After all that surfing, the rate had increased. It is normal though so Nina wasn't worried. It was also really sunny and Nina needed to stay dehydrated.

"Nina! Come on, get up. We're going to try that lift again."

Nina noticed the shadow and lifted her head. "Seth, please. We should take a break. We've been training all morning."

"We are going to do this until we get that lift right." Seth turned towards the ocean and began walking to his surfboard.

Nina sighed. I guess one more time would be okay. She got up and dusted the sand off herself, then she remembered that the sand was suck to her body because she was in the water so she rinsed her hand and stood up straight.

Seth stumbled while walking on the sand and fell into the water.

Nina ran over to him. "Seth, are you okay?"

"I'm sorry, Nina. You're right." Seth got up and stood straight. "Let's take a break and continue later."

Nina nodded. "Okay. Sounds good."

"Hey."

Nina and Seth turned to see who was there.

"Andrew!" Nina smiled.

Baumer was on the beach and he was carrying two water bottles. "Just thought you guys needed some." He smiled and handed them one bottle each.

"Thanks man." Seth took the bottle and drank half of it.

Nina did the same.

"So how is the training going?" Baumer asked.

"Good!"

"Yup, we're working on our lifts." Seth told him. "We still need to get this one lift right, but other than that, we're doing well. I see this contest going in our favor."

"That's really positive, Seth." Nina smiled at him.

"We need to stay positive for this." Seth told her.

"You're right."

"Anyways, I'm off." Seth told them with a smile. "I'm going to eat and take a long nap and recharge for when we resume practice later on."

"How later is later on?" Baumer asked.

"Like 5:00. If we start later, it might get dark and we will have wasted time."

"And what about spending time together? Do you remember our agreement?" Nina reminded him.

"No, I haven't. You have time now, so do it now."

"Andrew is busy now."

Seth threw his arms in the air. "That's not my problem!"

Baumer clenched his fist and grit his teeth.

"We didn't have time yesterday to be together because we were training all day. But today, I want to spend time with him. Two hours is not going to make a difference."

"Yes it will!" Seth rose his voice. "You two always go for dinner at 7:00. By the time the 2 hours are done, it'll be 9:00 and it will start getting dark. It's not safe to surf in the dark, do you remember what happened last time?"

"Seth, I know how important this is to you but-"

"The competition is in two days. We have a lot to work on!"

"We can't overexert ourselves! It'll be bad for our bodies! I don't want anything bad to happen to us. If you continue to do this then…"

"Do you not see that I have no choice?" Seth asked her. "My dad will shut down this hotel if I don't win."

"I'm sure he won't. I think he's just scaring you."

"He's serious!" Seth bellowed, chucking the water bottle farther into the sand. "Do you honestly think he was lying? How stupid do you have to be? Do you want this hotel to be closed? Do you not want to see Andrew again or your friends? You love surfing too and this is the only place you can do it, can you? It's easy for you to surf whenever you want now that daddy owns half the business."

Nina frowned and was close to tears. She had never seen Seth like this.

"That's enough."

Nina looked up and saw Baumer seething. His voice was so low yet filled with rage.

"Oh, you want me to stop." Seth smiled slyly. "But I don't think I got my point across yet. I CAN'T LET MY FATHER TAKE WHAT I LOVE AWAY FROM ME!"

It took a lot of strength to muster up the courage to slap one of her friends, but Nina did it anyways.

"Listen here, Seth! I have been training with you all morning and all of yesterday. I had to give up spending time with my boyfriend for your training. I never knew training with you could be as bad as this. I know how important this is to you, but you have to consider other people's needs. We are already fantastic surfers and those lifts were good, but you think they have to be perfect. Perfection doesn't exist. Surfers need a break too." Nina pointed a finger in his face. "I will not be resuming training with you today. I will be taking a break and we will be resuming tomorrow. You will also be taking a break and recharging for when we surf again tomorrow. Is that clear?"

Seth and Baumer were baffled. That was totally unexpected and they didn't see that coming. Not from her.

"Alright." Seth agreed.

And with that, she spun on her heel and walked towards the hotel.

Xxx

After taking a long shower, Seth plopped onto the bed and grabbed the remote. He decided to order in tonight. Plus, that new movie came out and it was streaming on Netflix. There was a showing soon and he wasn't going to miss it. But before he was going to watch it, he had to do one thing. Apologize to Nina. He grabbed his room key and headed out the door.

Xxx

Nina had just left the spa. Ouu, it felt so nice to get a massage. She really needed it. While she was there, she decided to pamper herself a little bit with a facial and mani-pedi. She was absolutely in love with her red painted toe-nails. She was now going to head over to Baumer, who was at the front desk, to meet him.

"Nina!"

Nina looked up to see Seth. He was wearing a pair of pants, flip flops and was shirtless. His hair was wet, as if he just had gotten out of the shower and it was dripping down his chest. "Yeah?"

"I'm sorry, okay? I'm sorry for everything I said to you." Seth told her. "I should not have said that, I was stressed over this whole thing and took it out on you."

"It's okay." Nina assured him.

"Why?"

"Because you apologized."

Seth felt tears roll down his face. He was so stupid. Nina didn't deserve this. He had no right to say that to her. He had said all of that and she forgave him right away. He went in and hugged her. "Thank you."

Xxx

After apologizing to Nina, Seth went over to Baumer. He was going to apologize to him as well.

Nina stayed in the lobby waiting for the two boys to talk, she was going to give them some time alone to talk it out. She took out her book that she brought to the spa and continued reading.

Baumer was at the front desk, he had seen everything. Like why was Seth shirtless and hugging Nina? Oh, Seth was coming this way. What does he want?

Seth took a deep breath. "I'm sorry."

"Thank you for apologizing."

"I should not have went that far and should have stopped after your warning but I was mad and my mind was on something else." Seth explained.

"It's alright." Baumer told him, with a smile.

Seth sighed of relief.

"But make sure-"

Seth looked up at Baumer and his smile had disappeared. He had a stern look on his face.

"-that this does not happen again." Baumer said in a low voice.

Seth held his hands up in defense. "It won't."

"Because I did not like seeing Nina close to tears after what you said." Baumer continued on with this topic even though Seth wanted to move on. Well, he knew the consequences. He expected this as well.

"I promise it won't happen again."

"Good. And I think you should apologize to Nina." Baumer added. "Unless you already did."

"I did." Seth responded. "Did you see me talking with her? I was apologizing."

Baumer raised a brow. "And was it necessary to hug her?"

Seth sighed. "Look, I was happy she forgave me right away."

"Of course she forgave you right away, that's how she is."

Seth nodded. "I know."

Baumer narrowed his eyes. "I hope you're not taking advantage of her."

"What makes you say that?!" Seth fumed. What on earth was this guy talking about?

"Yelling at her and then apologizing. You knew she was going to accept your apology and now everything is suddenly alright? Is this part of your plan to take advantage of her?" Baumer asked, voice low.

Seth furrowed his brow. "What?! NO! Why on earth would you even think to mention that?"

"All you care about is winning this competition. I know how important it is to you but you have to consider other people too."

"I told you, my dad-"

"Yeah yeah, your dad is gonna shut down this hotel, blah blah blah." Baumer imitated his voice. "But that's still no excuse to do that. When you used to surf with Nina way back when, you were happy and full of life." Baumer recalled. "And now, that suddenly your dad has something to do with this, you are all pissed off and mad. I watch you guys surf sometimes and it's not the same."

Seth clenched his fist. "You don't understand."

"I do! You two must have-"

Seth slammed his fist onto the front desk. "YOU DON'T!"

Baumer's eyes were wide in shock. He wasn't prepared for that. Silence filled the air.

Seth took deep breaths to try and calm down.

It was then that Nina decided to show up. "What happened?" She asked, turning to Baumer. She recognized Seth's expression and thought it wasn't the time to talk to him yet.

"Just talking." Baumer responded, eyes on Seth.

"Everything okay?" Nina asked, concerned.

Neither one of them answered her question.

"We're practicing tomorrow at 1pm." Seth finally spoke up and turned around to walk to the elevator to go to his room. "Don't be late."

"Um, okay."

Baumer seethed. "How polite of him."

"What happened?" She asked again.

Baumer put an arm around her and kissed her cheek. "It's between me and Seth."

"I'm sorry that it happened." Nina told him sincerely. "He just was apologizing to me before and he should have done the same to you."

Baumer grinned. "Oh he did, but then it took a wrong turn."

Nina frowned. "I'm sorry to hear that."

Baumer kissed her forehead. "It's alright." He smiled at her. "I'll see you later at 7 for our dinner date?"

Nina snorted. "No."

Baumer looked at her in shock. What?

"Let's hang out right now!" Nina grinned, throwing her arms in the air in excitement. "Those surfing rules don't apply today so let's spend time together all night!" She noticed his expression and her arms slowly went to her side. "Unless you work."

It was Baumer's turn to snort. "I'm the manager, if I want to not work and spend time with my girlfriend, I can."

"Yes!" The arms went up in the air again.

"JOHNNY!" Baumer bellowed across the lobby in direction of the dining room.

"WHAT?!" Johnny was sitting in the DR, eating something. He was on his break and he decided he should eat before coming back to work.

"I'M TAKING THE NIGHT OFF!"

"ALRIGHT."

"…GET OVER HERE!"

"I'M NOT DONE MY SANDWICH!"

.

.

.

"Oh my goodness, how terribly rude of me. Yes, finish your sandwich first and then you can come. I'll wait here."

"WHAT DID YOU SAY?"

"OH MY GOODNESS. HOW TERRIBLY RUDE OF ME. FINISH YOUR SANDWICH AND THEN YOU CAN COME. I'LL BE WAITING HERE."

"ALRIGHT."

Nina was laughing.

Xxx

After a while, Johnny was finished his sandwich. He wasn't rushed and thanked Baumer for that. "Spending time together?"

"Yup!"

"Well, have fun and I'll call you if there is anything."

"Alright."

And Nina and Baumer walked hand in hand out of the hotel.

Xxx

After having dinner in town, Nina and Baumer went back to Nina's room to watch a movie. They were comfortable in her bed with the pillows propped up. A bowl of popcorn was sitting on Nina's lap and she was munching on it.

Baumer had his arm around her. "What do you want to watch?" He asked, flipped through channels to find a movie. "If there is nothing, we can Netflix."

Nina gasped when she saw one of the movie. "Leave it here!" She grinned at him. "This movie is Big Hero 6, it just started. Let's watch it!"

Baumer smiled over how excited she was. "Alright." He put the remote on the nightstand near the bed and snuggled with her.

Xxx

"Why did we have to watch this fucking movie?" Baumer sobbed, wiping his tears as the credits rolled.

"I know." Nina wiped her tears as well.

"I cried like 3 times. That was amazing."

Nina nodded. "I know." She smiled and then yawned.

"Tired?" He asked.

"Yeah." She grabbed the popcorn bowl and went to dump the seeds in the garbage before putting it in the sink. When she went back, she saw Baumer getting his things together. "You can stay if you want." She added, smiling.

"Really?" Baumer asked her.

"Of course!" She grinned then she yawned.

Baumer smiled. "Sounds good."

"I'll be back." Nina went to the bathroom to get ready for bed.

Baumer stripped out of his clothes and left his underwear on. Then he climbed into bed and waited for Nina.

Nina came out of the bathroom, shut the lights and climbed into bed. She snuggled up next to Baumer and smiled happily. "Good night."

Baumer kissed her forehead. "Good night."

And they fell asleep.