Beach Love (Short story)

Chapter 7 You ready?

"Arabella" I Martha's voice in my ears why must I be woken up like this every time

"Sweetie"

I allow my eyes to flutter open and see martha standing there with her arms crossed

"Yes" I mumble into the pillow

"Martha" laughs lightly and sits on my bed

"You can have a day off" she whispers

I spring up
"Really?" I ask with bright eyes

"Yeah you've been working so hard I decided you can have a day off"
"It's your summer too"

"Noah as well" says standing up

"Maybe today will give you a chance to do your bucket list" Martha says winking

And before I can respond she's out the door

I smile to myself and grab my phone
Shooting Noah a text saying

Meet me at the bored walk in ten

I shut off my phone and race to get ready

My phone dings and I see Noah replied to with a thumbs up
Along with a:

Don't be late

I smile
He's a dork and he knows it

I put on a bathing suit underneath my clothes because I have a feeling we'll be doing a lot of things that involve the beach

I grab my bag and then I'm out the the door

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I see Noah standing on the bored walk with black shorts and a grey top that clings very tightly to to his muscles

His hair blows softly in the wind
He should give up culinary school and become a full time model

I approach him with a big smile because today we are doing the bucket list

"You ready?" I ask still smiling

He looks at me with an intense stare
I almost think he's going to crack a smile as well

Instead he clears his throat
And nods

"What do you want do first?" He asks

"Mini golf it's quick and top of the list"

He shakes his head
And mutters an "of course"

Noah and I walk to the outdoor mini golf course
And he pays for us

I tried arguing with him but he's just so stubborn
He's lucky he's handsome and I can't say no to his face

"Noah tell me things about yourself"

"Bells you already know pretty much everything there's not much left to know"

"Yeah like are your parents still together?"

"Yes" he answers well getting a hole in one

"Oh that's nice"

"I like reading" he mumbles as I putt and my ball goes far away from the hole

"Really?!" I say excitedly

"Yes"
"What do you like reading?"

"Cookbooks obviously"

I laugh
And he gets another hole it one

"Oh come on your cheating"
I say laughing

He doesn't respond instead he shoots me a grin that exposes his dimples

Noah is a very grumpy dude
He doesn't show very much emotion and when he does it's usually annoyance

So the fact that I got a grin is a small victory that genuinely makes me grin

"You have dimples" he says touching my face softly

"You do too" I say touching his face that has now fallen back to its original state

I try to move his lips up in a smile so I can see them again but he put his hands on my writs

His eyes meet mine and my breathing gets just a little heavier

He slowly drops our hands down still looking at me

He chokes out a "we should go"

I nod

I won by the way he says with smug expression

I roll my eyes
"Can I keep it?"

"Keep what?"

"The playing card"

"Didn't take you for the sentimental type"

"Maybe it's cause we don't know each other that well"

He rolls his eyes and shakes his head

"What's next?"He asks folding his arms

"Beach volleyball"

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