Surfived || Newtmas AU

Chapter 4 - 'Catching Waves'

(A/N : guess who got their second covid vax because we listen to what Dylan has to say? Yuhh me, i'm a bit sick now but it's not that bad. Also i apologize for the amount of pov switches)

Thomas' POV

I suddenly got a call while at dinner with my mom from Teresa.
"Can i be exused? One second i promise." I was polite, i was in a wealthy family so i needed to be polite anyway.
"Ofcourse, be quick Thomas" my mom said.

"Hey T, what's up?" I answered while walking in the hallway.
"Hey, so you know the guy that got attacked by a shark right? I told you about him."
"Yeah i remember, what's with him?"
"So, we met today and we started talking, and i may have mentioned you and he might wanna meet you now..." there goes anti-social me.
"I-" but she cut me off
"Before you say 'no I don't like people' i promise you'll like him, his name is Newt if you don't remember and he's really nice, please give him a chance he really wants to meet you" she really tried to convince me.
"I don't know Teresa..."
"Please Tom, if you don't want it you'll get... McDonalds?" She offered.
I finally gave in.
"Fine... when?"
"Next Friday on the beach at 7pm." She said quickly
"Okay, i gotta go now bye T"
"Bye Tom"
I hung up an quickly went back.
"Sorry" i said and went to eat again.

Newt' POV

"Are you sure you want your own again Newt?" Teresa asked standing in front of a shop that had surfboards.
Surfshop? I don't even know
"Yeah.. i want a basic one though" i was looking through some blue ones.
"What about that one?" Teresa pointed at a blue and sand yellow surfboard.
I inspected all of the board.
"I like this one" i simply said.

I walked towards a worker and asked if i could get it.
Eventually i went home with it in Teresa her van.
"Thanks for helping, see you friday! I'm so exited!"
"Don't be too exited, remember what i told you? He has a hard time meeting new people" she reminded.
"You keep telling me every hour so yes i know" i rolled my eyes at her.
"I just don't want you to be disappointed" she simply said.
"I get it, you keep my board on your van?" I asked, because we were almost at my house.
"Yeah sure" she smiled.

"Thank you Teresa!" I smiled bright at her and stepped out of the car when we got at my house.
"No problem blondie" she joked and waved, then she drove away.

Friday, July 16th

Thomas' POV

I saw Teresa on the beach already, i drove there myself and i was a bit late.
I took some deep breaths while walking towards her and the blonde guy, Newt i think.
"Hey Tom!" She said and hugged me, she was the most comforting person i had, I wasn't as exited as Newt was.
"Hey! I'm Newt, you probably knew. I'm so exited and I don't even know why" he talked fast, with a British accent.

I looked at him from head to toe, he had shorts on so, i saw his scar and it looked insane.
I just took a quick took because I didn't wanna make him uncomfortable.
From what i saw it was just the bite, but a big one.
I remember that it was on the news more than a year ago.
They eventually caught the shark who was responsible for 3 other attacks besides Newt.
They closed the beaches for a month and when they caught the shark they opened everything again.

I knew it was like a shark in jaws, a great white shark.
It was a brutal shark, he killed 1 of the 3 victims and put 1 in a coma, Newt.
The other one that survived was someone on holiday, they never went back again.
I still have a bad feeling if i go in the open water.

"Thomas? Hello?" Teresa waved me out of my thoughts.
"What? Sorry. Hey Newt i'm Thomas... i think you knew that too, i'm not really good at these kind of things sorry..." i sighed playing with my fingers out of anxiety.

Suddenly i heard a phone ring, not mine, not Newt's but Teresa her phone.
"Hello?" She picked up.
"Yeah of course Keisha" I couldn't hear the conversation but it was short.

"Guys i really have to go, my neighbor had an emergency and she asked if i could babysit for a few hours" she g not making a point of it.
"Oh.. yeah no problem" i knew what her neighbor had, she had a husband with cancer and 2 little kids, a 10 year old girl and a 3 year old boy.
"Okay, bye Teresa..." Newt didn't know, was all i could think.

It was akwardly silent for a bit.
"So... what do you do now?" I asked breaking the silence, he seemed like an easy flattered boy so I wasn't that scared.
"I surf again, only when Teresa is here though. And i have to go to school again after the summer, senior year... i was supposed to do a gap year before college. I hope i can catch up." He talks loads, i love that.
"You'll get it, you seem very smart" i kept talking polite, as i was raised but he didn't like that.
"Why in the bloody hell are you being so polite? I'm the British one, i'm the one that's supposed to be polite aren't i?" He spat out with a laugh.
It was amazingly hot actually, him swearing?

We talked for hours 'till sunset.

"Look at it! Isn't it utterly beautiful?" The blonde boy who i 'bonded' with for the past 2 hours.
The accent, i could think about it for hours to be honest.
"It really fucking is" i laughed out.
"That's what i'm bloody talking about! Nothing With that polite and utter bullshit Tommy!" He laughed loudly.
And then we both laughed 'till our body hurt.

We felt like we knew each other for years, it's some connection.
It's a right thing at the right time kind of stuff.