the ocean

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by sonotalex614

by sonotalex614

Keaton's pov

Drew walks in. "Hey what hat shou... Oh sorry!" With that we jump off of each other. "I'll just ask Wesley." He says with shock written on his face. "Oh no, that's okay. We were, uh... Just finishing up anyways. I think the red one's pretty cool looking." Alex blurted, probably in attempts to save us.

He nods and goes back to the room. Alex giggles as I notice the familiar ting in his cheeks. Our pinkies link once again.

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As we walk out, Wes spats at us, "Sorry we had to interrupt your make out session." Alex blushes and looks at me with glowing eyes. "What's wrong?" I whisper only so he can hear me.

Alex's pov*

"What's wrong?" He asks. Honestly, I don't know. I just get so embarrassed and I don't like it.

My eyes begin to well up. He wraps his arm around me and pulls me close. "It's really close, so we can just walk. Okay?" I nod in agreement.

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As we walk on the beach, he has his arm around me. I don't know where the boys went. I think they're playing Frisbee somewhere. "Do you actually wanna go in, it stay back here?" I'm absolutely horrified of the ocean. I feel my heartbeat gain speed. My face gets superheated and turns red. He looks at me and says "You okay?"

"I'm kinda... I just... I'm..." I stutter. "Babe, are you scared of the ocean?" I smile nervously. "That's okay, I'll hold your hand. I won't let go and you will be perfectly fine. Babe, it will all be fine."

I give in. I take his hand into mine and squeeze, probably cutting off his circulation. "Babe, I need that hand." He reminds me. I nervously chuckle. My grip loosens. As the water reaches our toes, I begin to shake and my body jolts.

"It's okay." He says, reassuring me. My breaths are getting shorter by the second. He pulls my other hand into his and pulls our bodies together. "It's not so bad, is it?" He questioned. "Not here. But if we go out there a shark could come. Or we could get pulled out there and drown and then no one will know I'm dead and everyone is worried about you and only my mom will care about me. Then what?" Keaton looks quite concerned about me. I can feel the color being drained from my face, leaving me to look like nothing but a pasty white ghost.

"Alex." He says. "It will all be okay. We will not go that far out. Plus there are lifeguards posted every fifteen feet. Or something like that. I also know how to swim and if anything happens I'll save you. And I'm sure more people than just your mom will care." He reassures me.

I begin to cry. Not because I'm sad or embarrassed or anything like that. I'm sad because now more than ever, I feel so loved. No one has ever tried this hard to help me. Especially with something so ridicule. Me and Keaton will be spending a lot of time going to, and relinquishing my fear of, the ocean.

(A/N) I really enjoyed making this chapter. People think yeah whatever your writing a book on watt pad, just like so many others. But what they don't realize, is that I've started many many books but never had the courage to finish them. I always thought they were trash. But I actually feel like this one is a keeper.