𝙼𝚈 𝚃𝚄𝚃𝙾𝚁 [ᴄᴏᴍᴘʟᴇᴛᴇᴅ]

𝙲𝙷𝙰𝙿𝚃𝙴𝚁 𝟷𝟿

"Hi!" I smile over at Kayla and Evelyn as they lay down on beach towels. The sound of the waves crashing against the rocks surrounds us all as well as the wind.

Evelyn looks up at me first, her eyes widening before quickly going back to normal as she tries to hide the look.

"Hi. Who's that?" She asks the question as if he's not standing right beside me.

"Ben." The name makes Kayla flip over and stare up at us. She smiles as she looks down at our connected hands.

She pulls herself up, wiping the sand off her legs before holding her hand out.

"Nice to finally meet you." She smirks. He takes her hand awkwardly which makes me wonder why I really didn't think about the way Kayla was going to act. And unfortunately, she chose to be the mum version of herself.

Which is the worst.

"Kayla, by the way...if you didn't already know." She takes her seat again after the very awkward first interaction.

I let go of his hand and drop my bag to the floor, pulling out two beach towels. I stole one from the dorm seeing as the girls couldn't make it. I thought bringing Ben along would make Kayla happy. She doesn't have a good opinion on him, but I'm guessing that changed when she saw us together.

I chuck a towel at Ben and lay mine out beside Evelyn. He spreads his directly next to mine to where they are touching and we all lay down in silence for a while. During the time, Ben finds my hand and pulls me closer towards him. He goes to lay his hand around my lower back but I flick it off.

"You're gonna make me have a tan line." I mutter. I see his chest rise and fall a couple times as he laughs.

Ben and I have become closer during the couple days since the walk. We ended up going on a walk every morning around 5AM. Sometimes it would be at six because one of us woke up late, but other than that, it's been good.

I've grown to enjoy his company more than I would've expected and

If I told myself on the night of the movie day that this would be happening, I'm pretty sure I wouldn't believe it...

Ben sticks to just holding my hand again and I think I fall asleep for some time.

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"Wake up." Someone shakes my shoulder.

I open my eyes and look around. Ben's still beside me, just sitting up. I turn my head to Evelyn behind me, holding onto my upper arm. She doesn't let go or stop shaking me until I speak.

"I'm up!..." I bat her hand away. "I'm up." I sigh and push my body till I'm sitting and allow my eyes to adjust to the sunlight.

"We are going in." Kayla points at the sea, smiling down at us. Her eyes skip between me and Ben.

"Are you coming?" I look at him. He gives me a nod and I stand up, wiping the sand off my body. He does the same.

All me Evelyn and Kayla begin to run off, getting a head start from Ben. I laugh as we all chase down the short distance of the beach.

I'm just about to jump in when someone comes up behind me, picking me up from the waist. I can't reach the ground, nor can I wiggle out of the grip. I try, but fail. All I can do is watch as we charge into the water. I have just enough time to hold my breath before I'm chucked into the salty water.

When I come up from the ocean, I'm faced with a laughing Ben and Kayla. I scowl at him, staying shoulder deep in the ocean.

I look around and spot Evelyn further out in the row of waves.