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.⋆｡⋆🩸˚｡⋆｡˚🌗˚｡⋆. ◟ ✦ It's cool Bell, we're gonna be great friends! ❞
SEAGULLS SCREECHED in the distance, their cries carried by the salty breeze as the group huddled around Mike and Tyler's vans, trying to warm themselves against the biting cold. Luna pulled her scarf tighter, her breath forming small clouds in the frigid air. "I swear, I should have brought my Spider-Man blanket," she muttered, shivering. "Why couldn't we have gone bowling instead?"
"It was a tie. Tyler beat me at rock, paper, scissors," Bella replied, sharing her blanket with Luna, who gratefully accepted the warmth. As their friends complained about the cold, Luna tried to focus on anything but the chill creeping into her bones.
"So, I keep thinking Eric's gonna ask me to prom," Angela said suddenly, breaking the silence with a sigh of frustration, "but then he just doesn't."
Luna glanced at her, seeing the uncertainty in her friend's eyes. She knew that look all too well. She could tell she liked him, but men always disappoint you. "Maybe you should ask him," Bella suggested.
"Yeah," Luna agreed, squeezing Angela's shoulder gently. "You're a strong, independent woman."
Angela looked doubtful. "I am?"
"Yes," both girls answered in unison, making Angela smile despite herself. Before the moment could settle, Jessica ran up, asking Angela to help zip her wetsuit, her hands fumbling in the cold.
Luna's attention shifted as three boys with long hair approached. She didn't recognize them, so she kept quiet. One of them smiled at Bella, calling her name.
"Hi, Jacob," Bella greeted him warmly. "Guys, this is Jacob."
Luna greeted him with a playful grin from her upside-down position, where she lay sprawled out inside the truck. "Yo," she said, flipping herself up and extending a hand. "Luna, Bella's best friend for all intents and purposes."
"Luna, Chill." Bella shakes her head, but Luna doesn't care as long as she agrees.
Jacob shook her hand, laughing. "Nice to meet you, Luna."
"It's cool, Bell," Luna teased, throwing her hands up in mock surrender. But, in reality, she truly hoped so. "We're gonna be great friends."
Jacob chuckled, "Yeah, you're on my rez, remember?"
Luna arched an eyebrow, matching his tone with a smirk. "Good point."
"Are you surfing?" Jacob asked them, looking at some of the others already surfing.
