The Bad Boy I Once Knew | G. D.

Chapter 3

"Are you almost ready?" I asked Julia, as she was putting two towels in her bag. We were currently getting ready for the beach, and I was already a little nervous for it. I have no idea why though.

"Yes, I'm ready," she replied. She was taking her sweet time getting ready when I texted Ethan we would be over 20 minutes ago...

"It doesn't look like it." She then put her bag over her shoulder, and answered, "Your acting like this is a date or something." She laughed and I rolled my eyes. "There's no need to rush everything."

"Well if I told Ethan we would be there a half hour ago, I think I should rush things," I told her. I saw her grab her car keys, and said, "Just calm down. We can leave right now."

As we were heading out the door with our stuff, I said, "I just can't calm down. I feel scared to go for some reason."

"Is it cause it's just guys? I'm going too, so your not the only girl," she answered.

"I don't know, it's not that," I said. "It's just the certain guys that are going to be there."

"It doesn't matter who will be there. Just have fun," she said smiling, and caused me to smile also. We soon made it to the garage, and we both got into Julia's car. She put the key in, and started driving out. I started to blast some Drake to get my mind off it.

We started driving out for about another 20 minutes to the beach Ethan told us to meet him at. I actually feel bad cause we're showing up so late. But it's just Ethan, so it's okay. Soon enough, Julia pulled her car into a parking spot. We both got out with our stuff, and we started walking towards the beach part. I was still worrying about this. I even felt my stomach get into knots. But once my feet hit the sand, it started to drift off my mind a bit. I felt like I was in paradise. "I see Nate and Ethan!" Julia exclaimed, dragging me to where they are.

"Hold on!" I said. I tried slowing her down since I was kicking sand everywhere, but we both ended up to their spot. "Hey!" Julia said as we approached them. They all started greeting each other, well mainly her and Nate. But I saw Ethan coming up to me. "Hey Adriana!" he smiled, already pulling me into a friendly hug. It was a bit un-expecting at first, but I soon got used to it. "Hey," I said back. We soon pulled away after, and he asked, "What took you guys so long?"

"Blame Julia, she was taking forever," I laughed, and so did he.

"That's the part of Julia I still remember," he replied, and we both laughed.

It was a little silent between us, until I asked, "Didn't you say there was gunna be more people?"

"Yeah, Grayson and the rest of the guys just went to the bathroom, but they should be coming back," he said. I froze right once he said Grayson. He's here? How am I going to react when I see him? Or when he sees me?

"You might remember some of the guys," he said breaking me away from my train of thought. "Some I have to introduce you to."

"That'll be good," I replied smiling, trying to hide the fact that I'm freaking out on the inside. He nodded in agreement, and I saw him heading over to Julia and Nate. I quickly stripped down my clothes, so I was left in my blue bikini. I threw my clothes over to my bag, and I followed Ethan. I said my 'hello's' to Nate, and asked Julia, "Julia, can I talk to you for a sec?" She nodded, and we moved away from the guys.

"You feeling a little better than before?" she asked.

"Fuck no, I'm feeling way worse," I told her, feeling my heart beat faster by the second. "Take a guess who's here."