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Chapter 7

Clara's POV

I woke up the next morning on John's bed with him laying next to me and the kids piled up around us. I check the clock, it was 9:34 am

"John, John," I whispered poking his chin. He stirred and turned the other direction.

Rolling my eyes I crawl on top of him and begin to poke his chin again.

"John! John! JOHN!" I exclaimed and that woke up everyone else, including John.

"What?" He grumbled running his eyes.

"It's 9:35 we should get up," I said trying to get out of bed maneuvering through the kids.

"Ugghh why!" He groaned.

"Fine, you can stay in bed but I'm making breakfast, I'll get you when it's ready," I said leaving the room and skipping towards the full kitchen that we had.

I had brought some pancake batter for us to use and the hotel provided fresh fruit.

Putting my phone's music on shuffle I hummed to a Taylor Swift song as I mixed the batter.

"Cause baby now we got bad blood you know we used to be mad love so take a look what you've done cause baby we've got bad blood hey!" I sang flipping the pancakes. The smell was amazing as I sprinkled the last blueberries on top of the pancakes.

Walking back to John's room I opened up the blinds to let sunshine stream into the room.

You could hear multiple groans from everyone as the sunlight woke them up, including John who apparently had fallen back to sleep.

"Rise and shine! Breakfast is ready!" I sang skipping out of the room and placing the plates on the table. Going over to Lily's room I knocked on the door. I heard a groan from inside telling me she probably didn't want to be bothered.

Going back to the dinning room almost everyone was seated while the few lest standing were getting drinks. Sitting down we waited until everyone was here before eating.

"So what is today's plan?" I asked John taking a bite out of my pancakes. Most of the kids (and John) were shoveling the pancakes into their mouths.

"Surfing lessons," he replied before taking a big bite out of his food. I became super excited because I had learned how to surf growing up. I would be a pro.

"For everyone?" I asked him. He shook his head.

"Lily didn't want to, so she is going to stay with Hudson and LeAnne," John said.

"Ok!" I said excitedly.

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"You ready?" John asked as we stood at the shoreline in wetsuits and boards in our hands. The instructors were already put in the water with the kids.

"Heck yeah!" I replied bouncing up and down.

I ran into the water and say on my board as the instructors taught the kids
how to paddle out and ride the waves on their stomachs.

John and I began to paddle out into the water.

"You scared?" He asked me teasingly. I smirked.

"Not at all," I said sticking my tongue out. "I bet I'm better than you," I told him.

"No I bet you're not," he said.

"Wanna bet? I've got 10 pounds," I said and he shook my hand.

"Deal," I said as a wave approached.

"This is your wave," I told him and he nodded as he began to paddle. The wave caught his board and he stood up doing twists and turns on the board. Impressive but not good enough.

My wave came up soon after his ended. It was a medium/large sized wave just a bit bigger than his was. I began to paddle and as the wave caught my board I began to do tricks. Then a very small pipeline formed. I went through it tracing the water walls with my fingers before emerging again. The wave died down and I kept rising until I was next to John.

"I think you owe me 10 pounds," I said falling off my board. Then as I hit the water he caught me holding me bridal style.

Waves of electricity shot through me as his fingers touched my bare skin once again.

Throwing my hands around his neck I pressed my lips to his. We kissed for a small amount of time before pulling apart.

"So, how are we going to keep this from Lily?" I asked him looking over to her direction. She wasn't paying attention. Like normal.

"I'll think of something," he said kissing me again.