Be Alright

Part 3

"Fine," I replied to Justin.

He smiled and grabbed my hand as we ran to the shore line. We stopped when we got right in front of the water.

"Is it cold?" I asked.

"I dunno, let's find out." He smirked and pulled me into the water.

"Is it?" he laughed.

"Just a bit," I said sarcastically and splashed water at him with my feet. He did the same back, but not only did he hit me, he also hit a guy that Skylar was hanging out with. He glared at Justin playfully and then smirked, running toward him. Skylar and I were laughing as we watched the boys chase eachother.

"That's Jason," she said. "We've been dating for a year and a half."

"Wow he must be a keeper," I laughed.

"He is. We argue sometimes but afterward we always make up and forgive eachother. He's so childish as you can see, but that's not abnormal with all the other boys, especially Justin and Chaz."

"I noticed," I said, not taking my eyes off of justin, who was now having a splash war with Jason.

"Let's sneak up and splash them?"

"Sure and let's ask Anna if she wants to-" We looked over at Anna who was making out with a boy with black hair and a lip piercing. That must not be comfortable to kiss.

We started laughing and she said, "Or not."

Skylar and I ran over to Justin and Jason. We splashed them without them expecting a thing. It was like boys against girls. All of a sudden I fell forward and Justin caught me around my waste, so it looked like we were just hugging. Friends can hug right? I put my arms around him and we stood there for a few seconds which felt like forever. We pulled away and smiled at eachother. My smile was so big I felt like a dork. I covered my mouth and he pulled my hand away.

"Don't hide your smile, it's gorgeous."

I blushed until I felt Skylar grab my wrist and ran, basically making my feet drag. The cool breeze stung my eyes and I felt my cheeks turn red because of the cold air.

Finally we got to our towels and we were panting like dogs who had just gotten done playing fetch.

Without a word we dried off and wrapped our damp hair into the colorful towels.

Skylar picked at the top of her painted nails that were starting to chip.

"Jashley, no. Ashtin!"

"What are you talking about," I said with a confused look.

"Oh just coming up with a couple name for you two. Do you like Ashtin?"

"We're not dating. And yeah Ashtin sounds cool," I laughed.

"Yeah but you guys will."

We both looked over to the ocean where Anna was running toward us. We waited for her to reach us and when she did we laughed at her, seeing as she had drool on the corner of her mouth.

"What?"

"What do you think, drool face," Skylar teased, barely able to stop laughing.

"Whatever it's just ocean water," Anna said, her face turning red with embarrassment.

"Oh sure," Skylar replied sarcastically.

"It is!"

"Okay," another sarcastic word left her mouth.

"Whatever. Let's go get some pajamas on?" Anna asked.

"You can use a pair of mine," Skylar offered to me.

"Okay thanks."

All three of us shivered as we walked to the side-steps of the cabin and into their room, which ironically had three beds. Skylar opened the top drawer and grabbed a tight, cotton-candy pink, spaghetti strapped tanktop and a pair of navy blue spandex.

"Are you comfortable wearing these?" she asked me.

"Yeah."

"Good." She laid them on the bed and we all got dressed into our spaghetti-strap tanks and spandex. After that Anna said, "let's put on some hoodies and go outside."

Anna gave me a black hoodie with a white heart in the middle and I threw it over my head. I now had my hair pulled back into a messy bun. The three of us went to the steps again but this time we could hear the boys laughing and talking. We didn't see them on the beach anymore so they must be sitting by the fire. When we went in front on the cabin we saw them all still shirtless but they were wearing basketball shorts.

"Hey," they all said together and laughed.

"Why are you guys so happy?" Anna said with a smile. The boys shrugged. Justin grabbed a bag of marshmallows and put one on his stick to roast it.

"Who wants to bet I can get it golden brown?"

"Yeah right!" laughed Jason. "You burn 'em every time."

"Watch me."

---Justin's POV---

Ashley looked so beautiful I barely knew what I was talking about. I sat there, staring at Ashley while she watched my marshmallow cook. The fire gave her eyes an amber shade and it sparkles every time a flame waves in the breeze. She looks wonderful.

I snapped out of it, realizing I should probably check on my marshmallow.

Everybody stared at it in awe, including me. I'm surprised that it came out so perfectly, and it's golden outside almost made it look magical.

"I stand corrected..." Jason sighed, but still stared at the perfectly cooked object.

As I was making my marshmallow into a s'more, I saw Ashley sit on the small space of the log next to me.

I gave her the s'more when I was done. She took a bite of it. Suddenly I became jealous of that graham cracker. I felt the urge to feel her lips against mine. They were soft and light pink. The glow of the fire gave them a sparkle, and whenever she smiled her white teeth would get a tinge of orange.

Chaz caught me staring at her and kicked me in the shin.

"Fu-dge," I didn't want to cuss in front of her.

---Ashley's POV---

Justin is being so funny he's making me laugh a lot, and my smiles aren't even fake. I'm considering Skylar and Anna to be my best friends. This is the best day of my life.

"Hey Justin, truth or dare?" Chaz said. Justin looked scared to choose either of them.

"Um... Dare I guess."

"I dare you to sing a song with Ashley."

"Hey! I never picked dare!" How could he do that? I didn't even say dare he asked Justin!

"Still, just do it." I officially seek revenge on someone here, and that person is the dumb curly-haired moron they call Chaz.

"I'll get you back when you least expect it."

"Go ahead."

"I will."

"Sing already!" Jason said impatiently.

I looked at Justin and he looked back at me.

"What do we sing?" he asked after breaking eye contact with me.

Everybody looked from one another as if exchanging thoughts.

"Fall," said Skylar. Oh she's owes me one.

He grabbed his guitar, which I hadn't noticed was behind him, and started playing the rhythm to "fall."