summer boy ~ tal fishman ✓

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I wake up because of my phone. Why is it making so much noise? Wasn't it supposed to be a vacation or something? I hope it's not too early. I look at the time, 9 am?! That is way too early for me. I lay my head back down on my pillow and try to fall asleep again after I turned the alarm off. It's not going to work, I already know that.

I finally am quite comfortable so I can possibly fall asleep again. Then my brain reminds me I made an appointment with Tal. That is why I set an alarm. I get it now.

I get out of bed and put on my cutest bikini. Over it, I put one of my favorite dresses, which is pretty loose. That way, I can still put it on over my bikini after I have swum and it's wet.

I make myself some bread and drink a bit of water. Then I comb my hair and brush my teeth. When I am all done, I realize I forgot to put on sunscreen. I sigh, grab the sunscreen and take my dress off. I should have thought of putting sunscreen on before getting dressed this morning.

After I'm done, I wait a few minutes for the sunscreen to set in. When I am completely done, it's around 9.30. I should have slept for longer, I think by myself. I could have been asleep and still make it to Tal in time.

I put on some flip-flops and I decide not to take my phone with me. My phone may be somewhat water-resistant, but I don't think it'll survive sand. Sand is the worst for phones.

I write a little note to my parents, that I'm taking a walk with a friend and I look at the time. I'm obviously leaving out the part that the friend is a boy. It's 9.35 and the walk to the beach is less than 5 minutes. Oh well, then I'll be early. I want to be gone before my parents wake up. I know they'll be asking a lot of questions if they catch me trying to leave.

Even though it is pretty early on the day, the sun is already shining pretty bright. I sit down in the sand and watch the waves. They are calming to watch. The waves may be calming me down, but while they wash closer to me, they bring a lot of nerves with them as well. I can't help it, I am meeting Tal here and my stomach doesn't seem to be okay with that. 

I ask myself if I want a relationship with him, whether this is a date or not and if he has a girlfriend. I decide that I should ask him if he has a girlfriend, although I am pretty sure he would have one. I mean, all the cute boys are always taken. Then my brain proceeds to ask me why I am even thinking about this, and that I'm going way too fast. Which leads to me having a discussion with my brain. With my brain. That is confusing.

I am so busy thinking, I don't notice Tal walking up to me until I see his shadow over me. I look up and see him in a cute shirt and shorts. The weird thoughts and discussions directly leave my mind. He helps me stand up and I smile. He's too cute.

Tal tells me that we should swim in the ocean since the weather is so nice today. 'Nah, I'll stay here and tan', I answer and I take off my dress while he takes off his shirt. I lay down on the sand and place my folded up dress underneath my head as a make-shift pillow. This is nice.

Tal doesn't seem to get my wish for just rest and he doesn't take my no for an answer because he literally picks me up and drags me to the ocean so I'm forced to swim with him. I laugh and playfully try to get out of his firm grip but I can't, he's too strong. Even if I would try to really get out, I wouldn't be able to. I need to work out more.

'No, noo noo don't you dare!' I yell while laughing. 'Or else what?' he asks, while stopping near the sea. He seems interested in what I'm about to say. 'Or else... or else.. I don't know. But still, don't do it. Please', I try to convince him with lame arguments that don't even deserve to be called 'an argument'.

He pretends to think, but then he walks further in the ocean. The water is coming up to my thighs now. I yell as he throws me into the waves. The water is pretty cold for this warm day. I am completely soaked in the cold water and dripping from head to toe. In the meanwhile, Tal is laughing loudly and barely wet.

As his punishment, I splash him with water. His immediate response is splashing me back, of course. This leads to a very serious game of splashing each other. I am not losing. I don't know how you can even lose, but I'm not doing it.

After a few minutes of splashing each other, we are both soaked. It's somewhat equal now. Suddenly we stop, and start laughing very loudly. I don't know why but it is just funny. When I calm down a bit, I check his body out. He looks very good, I'm not going to deny that. Especially with the little water droplets clinging to his stomach right now. I try to check him out secretly, but I fail very badly at it. 

'Are you checking me out?' he asks with a smirk on his face and I can see he is jokingly flexing his muscles. 'Yeah, totally', I say, trying not to blush for once in my life. I immediately notice I do turn a bit red and hope he doesn't see. 'And?'

'What?' I ask him confused. 'Is it a nice view?' he asks me while stepping a step closer to me. 'Yeah, totally', I say, before we both start laughing very hard again.

I am not telling him I was only half-joking.