𝒢𝑜𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝓊𝓃𝒹𝑒𝓇-𝐵𝒶𝓍𝓉𝑒𝓇 𝑅𝒶𝒹𝒾𝒸

5.

*few days later*

*Anabella Pov:*
I came into mine and Summer's room just in towel wrapped around my body and saw Ari talking with her. "Oh shit, didn't know you were here." I quickly said and pressed the towel closer to my body so it wouldn't fall down. "Don't worry, I was anyway on my way out." Ari said and left the room. "What was all of that about?" "Don't even ask." My cousin replied.

I was laying on the bed, still in my towel, playing some music me and my friends made, and than I heard a knock on a window. I turned my body on the window and saw Baxter. "Baxter?" I moved from my bed and opened the curtains. "Uh... nice fit. Don't change a thing." The boy said while looking at me up and down. I just shook my head and asked. "What are you doing here?" "Figured after the Byron thing with your cousin, you would like to get out of this place." He was now looking in my eyes and I felt like if he could see my soul. "And you want to get me out?" "Kinda." I moved from the bed to the closet to change in some clothes. He tried to peek through the curtains but couldn't see anything. "You know, you can stop trying to catch a peek." I told him, still behind the closets door. "Sorry, I thought this was a peep show." He turned his head away. "In this town? Good luck with that." I stepped out from behind the closets door, now fully dressed in red shirt and black baggy pants. "I preferred the towel."

We cycled to some old house and Bax opened the door. I could see paint and surfboards practically everywhere. "So you're not only a surfer, you are also a shaper." We make our way to a smaller room with a few boards on the sides and one surf in the middle of the room. "I'm learning yeah. But it takes years to get any good at this." We both stood on a different sides of the surf in the middle of the room. "You know, I had an apprenticeship up in Queensland until we had to move. It's just a great place to get away." "So you made this?" I said while pointing at the surf we were standing next to. "Yep. Just about to give her a hot coat." He handed me a mask. "It's pretty." It has a red colour with a few black stripes. "Just gotta add the hardener to the resin. That's what you want." He handed me something that looked like a squeegee but harder. "And then we just... paint it on?" He came back on his previous side. "Yeah, 'we'. Yeah, no. No, no. I've spent weeks shaping this board, sanding it back until it's absolutely perfect. You really think I'm going to let you loose on it, Ev?" He handed me back the squeegee. "Maybe"

He painted the board while I watched him silently and he smiled at me with his eyes so I smiled back. I started helping him and he just nodded as a gesture that I'm doing it right, but still took his hand and helped me.

*outside*
While the surf was drying we went to take some drinks. "So tell me what is Wrens problem with me and Summer? As her brother I think you should know." He stopped and threw his drink into the bin. "She arrived here without no friends, no mates." "Yeah I think I can imagine" he chuckled. "She found Goldilocks and everything was fine. But then you and your cousin came back, she wants to kill your cousin, because of Ari, but I also think she is jealous of you." "Of me?" He leaned a little bit closer. "Ev, have you seen yourself?" I just smiled and walked away.

*inside the room with the surf*
"Yes! Yes! Come check this out. Come check this out!" We stood next to one side of the board together. "Wow, it looks really good." I said in amusement. "Look at that. Now tell me have you ever felt anything that smooth in your life?" He was saying while taking of the tape. "Never." I said while touching the surf. "Never?" "Never." "Feel it" Bax said while pointing at the board. "I'm feeling it." He made his way to me and took my hand in his. "You got to... It's like... You gotta feel it. Yeah" He leaded my hand for the second time on the smooth side of the surf. "When you shape a board, you get something that works for you. You know? For your style." He placed my hand on top of the board and made a gesture with his hand, still not leaving it mine. "So, if you like to go fast, or, uh... get some airs." He interviewed our fingers, but I still kept my eyes on his face. "Or, um... um... tighter turns." Our faces were now just inches apart, and I felt his hand touching my chin while he tilted his head a little bit to the side. I think one moment both of us thought we were gonna kiss, but I pulled away. "You know you should really prepare for the camp." "And now she wants to go" I gently touched his cheek but he didn't let go of my hand when I tried walking away. "What?" I smiled and asked him. "So I don't get a goodbye kiss?" He smirked and stepped closer. "Let me think..." I leaned and kissed his cheek. "Hey!" "A kiss is a kiss." I chuckled and he just shook his head left to right. "You know, you should come with me. It's gonna be boring without you. What am I gonna do?" He pretended to be hurt. "I can't go, I'm not part of the team. And you can talk to Marlon, he seems fine." He heavily sighed and smiled while I walked away.

———————————————
Hi,
I don't know why but I really enjoyed writing this part. But still gotta think about what I'm gonna write next since Anabella isn't going to the camp (or is she?). Well I hoped you guys liked this part and so forget to vote and comment.
-Anya❤️