my girl // jeremiah fisher

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i woke up the next morning and went to the guest room to wake lani. every year, me and her would
wake up early in the morning and go sunrise surfing on the west side of the beach, get açaí bowls, go out for lunch, and do stuff like that, and go sunset swimming on the east sides of the beach.
it was always so fun because me and kalani would spend every minute of it together. days like these were designated kalani and jere days and that would never change.

"wake up sleeping beauty" i said as i tickled her awake.
"dude what time is it"
"it's time for the annual east and west beach day!" if you couldn't tell, i was pumped.
lani got out of bed. i don't understand how someone can look so beautiful even at the earliest time of day.
"alright let's head to my house. i gotta change and grab my board."

we went outside and i grabbed my board.
"can i please drive?" kalani asked me. she loved driving my car even though she drives a literal range rover. i also loved when she drove my car.
"fine, but don't hit anything!" i threw her keys.

she got us the car and started driving.
"it's so hot when a girl can drive stick"
"so u think i'm hot?" lani teased while wiggling her eyebrows.
"i think that the idea of you of driving stick is hot. but lani you know ur attractive. nobody can deny it. my brother thinks you're hot. dude even my mom thinks ur beautiful."
"i love your mom jere. i'm supposed to meet belly so i can give her tips for the deb ball"
"oh i'm sorry about that. mom just-"
"jere it's fine, i get it"

"alright here we are" lani said as we got out of the car and walked into her house. i opened the door for her and we went upstairs into her room. i loved her room. it was a very light pastel blue and very beachy. she had lots of pictures and candles in it. it felt cozy.

"which one?" kalani asked me while pointing to the various bikinis laid out on her bed.
"it doesn't really matter since i'm wearing a wet suit, but for later."
lani had a pink and orange flower one, a light blue one, and a bright purple one.
"this one" motioning to the pink and orange one.
"okay turn around idiot" even though i have seen lani many times in just a bikini so it barely made a difference, i know she has always been insecure about her body which she had no reason to be, i still turned around.

"okay let's go." lani had her favorite o'neil back bag and her wetsuit in hand. we went back downstairs and went through the back so she could get her board. i always loved her board. it was pink and had a white stripe on it. she bought it a couple years ago when we were together. we saw it and she fell in love with it so she went back the next day to get it. it was still dark out since it was only 5:30. the sunrise was supposed to start at 6:14.
we got into the car and drove to the beach . once we got their we ran into the water with our surfboards in hand. we rode so many amazing waves. 
"lani that ones yours" i told her motioning to the huge wave that was forming yards away from us.
she started paddling up to it and lemme tell you, this wave was huge. perfectly timed, she stood up at the peak of the wave. it was an amazing ride.
"dude that was sick!" she said as she high 5ved me.
we swam back to shore and sat on our towels as we watched the beautiful sunrise ahead of us. it was pink and orange and has smudges of yellow and gold. me and lani always believed that sunrises and sunsets were one of God's most beautiful creations. me her sat in that exact spot for another hour, just talking about everything like we were never going to see each other again.

"alright let's go. i'm hungry" she said while grabbing my hand and pulling me up. we always went to this açaí store that had the best bowls. it was called shore bowls and me and lani loved it. we drove there and went in. there was so many thing on the menu. not all bowls.

lani ordered her typical açaí bowl with strawberries, mango, kiwi, pineapple, banana, gronola, and coconut pieces. i ordered the same thing without the coconut and banana. neither just seem appealing to me. we headed over to the cashier and i stopped lani so i could pay.
"cmon let me pay." i whined to her.
"jere please. if you pay then it's a date"
"then it's a date" i smiled as i swiped my credit card.
we walked back outside and sat on one of the outdoor benches. lani crossed her legs and sat criss cross apple sauce while she ate her bowl.
" this never gets old." she said while pointing to the bowl. she was right it never did.
right after that, the song "iris" by the goo goo dolls came on.
"i love this song lani! come dance with me!" i told her while putting my bowl on the bench and grabbed her hands. i pulled her up and started dancing and singing.

yeah you bleed just to know you're alive
and i don't want the world to see me
cause i don't think that they'd understand
when everythings made to be broken
i just want you to know who i am

i had one hand on her waist and one on her shoulder. she had the same for me and her head rested in my shoulder.

the spent the rest of the day looking at shops, trying on weird and funny clothing items, and just laughing.
" jere look at this hat" she said as she placed a rotisserie chicken hat on her head.

"lani come look at these." i motioned for her to come over so she could see these engraved bracelets with the letters j+l.
"we should get these" i blurted out. i never wore jewelry. lani wore lots, but i would wear these.
"we totally should." she said as she grabbed two of them and went to the cashier.
"no lani let me pay."
" jere please, you payed for the bowls." she argued with me. she always looked cute when she got angry. i quickly got the money out before her and handed it to the cashier.
"i hate you" she said angrily.
"it's okay cause i love you"
we both walked out of the store with new bracelets, and with fits of laughter.

we spent the rest of the day hanging out in the town or on the beach and around 7 we drove to the other side of the beach. the ocean on this side was way calmer and had little to no waves especially at this time. we both stripped into our baithing suits and headed into the ocean.

the sun was just setting and the ocean looked beautiful. lani looked more beautiful though. she was glowing under the mix of the sunset and moon glow. she also just looked happy. she always look the most at home in the ocean. that is one out of the many things that i just adore about her.

hey guys, here is another chapter but in only jeremiah's pov. please let me know if u like jere's or lani's povs better! this is kinda a filler chapter but the book should start going very soon! hope u enjoy this one! don't forget to vote btw!
xo,
bells.