It took a week for Nina to be allowed to leave the hospital. Her body wasn't sore anymore and it didn't hurt her to do daily things. The nurse told her that she should take it easy and not go surfing because it can cause strain on her body and it could come back. Nina agreed with her and was not going to surf for however long it took for her to fully recover. Baumer took the week off and had stayed with Nina while Johnny covered for him.

Everyone was excited to see Nina and welcomed her return.

"Nina! You're back!" Reef put his arms around her and twirled her around.

"Reef!" Baumer hissed. What was he doing?

Nina laughed. "Nice to see you too, Reef." She smiled after he stopped twirling her and put her down.

"Did you hear? Jared Hough is coming to surfer's paradise today to find a surfer to be in his movie!" Reef told her, grinning. "He's holding auditions in a few hours."

"Really?!" Nina's eyes lit up. A movie? That would be amazing!

"Yeah! You're thinking of auditioning?" Reef asked.

"No." Came a fast reply.

Baumer sighed of relief.

"What? Why?" Reef asked.

"I made a promise that I wouldn't surf until I fully recovered." Nina took Baumer's hand in hers, still looking at Reef. "And if that takes a month, then so be it."

"I understand." Reef nodded. "Well I have to get back to work so…"

"You ditched work?" Baumer asked through gritted teeth.

Reef's eyes widened after seeing Baumer's expression. He immediately ran to the beach.

Baumer sighed then looked over at Nina, smiling.

"I'll keep my promise."

Baumer kissed her. "I know you will."

Xxx

While Baumer worked, Nina relaxed on the beach. She locked away her surfboard in the surf hut and wasn't going to use it until she recovered. She wasn't going to go against her father's or Baumer's word and she was going to take it easy. She wore a purple bikini and had snatched a perfect spot under a big beach parasol. Being under the shade allowed her to have a better view of the water and she watched the surfers practising for when that director came.

"Hey there beautiful."

Nina's attention drifted over to the guy that started talking to her.

"I haven't seen you at surfer's paradise. If I have, I wouldn't have forgotten your pretty face." The guy grinned. His tousled shoulder length black hair was pulled back by his sunglasses resting on his head. His brown eyes stared into hers.

Is this guy flirting with me? Nina wondered. Probably. She wasn't going to lead him on because she had Andrew but as she scanned his features, she realized he looked familiar. "Simon?" She wondered in disbelief.

When Simon realized who she was, he almost fell backwards. "YOU." He spat.

"Well hello to you too."

"Don't play nice with me!" Simon growled. "I can't believe I didn't recognize you, god damnit."

"All I did was cut my hair."

"And I was supposed to care enough to try and remember?"

Nina sighed. "Why are you here?" She just wanted to relax. Why was he here bothering her?

"To compete for the role in the surfing movie, duh." Simon responded, rolling his eyes. "I trained all week after I heard he was coming. The news traveled fast and I'm looking forward to beating you." He told her. "What happened last year was total bullshit and this competition will prove that I am a better surfer than you." He smirked.

"Oh…well, lucky for you, I'm not competing for that role." Nina informed him. She expected to see him happy after hearing this but his smirk turned into a frown.

"Excuse me?"

"You heard me."

Simon held his hands up. "No. No, no, no. You are competing. How am I supposed to beat you if you're not competing?"

"I'm not competing." She repeated. "Talk all you want but I'm not moving from this spot."

"Well then." Simon lifted her up and threw her over his shoulders.

"What are you doing?! Put me down!" Nina started smacking his back and kicking her legs. But that wasn't bothering him.

"Stop moving! I might drop you." He barked, annoyed.

"That's the point!" She retorted.

Simon scoffed and rolled his eyes.

"Put me down!"

"I believe she asked you to put her down."

Simon looked over at the person who spoke.

"Daddy!" Nina sighed of relief.

"Who are you?" Simon studied Giorgio.

"I'm her father and if she told you to put her down, you will do so."

"I know you're her father, she called you daddy."

"I'm the co-owner of this hotel." Giorgio told him. "Now put her down." He demanded.

Simon took a deep breath and dropped Nina.

Nina landed on her feet and went over to her father.

Suddenly, the beach went quiet and Nina noticed that everyone on the beach was staring at a man in a suit. He was bald and had a goatee.

"It's Jared Hough!" Simon explained.

This man was the director? Nina wondered. But why does he look so familiar?

Jared looked over in the direction where his name was called. He saw Giorgio Botticelli and his daughter Nina.

Oh.

He knew exactly who he wanted for his surfing movie.

Jared walked over to Nina and smiled at her.

Then Jared spoke the very words to Nina that Simon hadn't wanted him to tell her.

"I want you to be in the lead in my surfing movie."

A.N: And that's it! Thank you so much for reading the story, reviewing, etc. I'm going to end it here and will be writing the continuation to this story! I do want to work on the bleach one as well.

I'm looking forward to updating and I will see you soon!

Tsukasa