"Sky, Skyler, get up! its comming! we're gonna miss it if you dont get your lazy butt our of bed!" Veronica said, hitting me in the face with her pillow. I groned and opened my eyes, then closing them again. Why did she have to insist on opening the blinds in the morning. Slowly, i sat up and slipped into my slippers. " wheres the fire?" I complained. I looked at the clock. Its 6 in the morning on a weekend, this better be important." Don't your remember? look at the calender," answered Uncle Marco, sipping his coffee. Well, he isnt really my Uncle, hes Veronicas. I've lived here with them since i was 10. We origanly lived in Toronto, but now live in Miami. We have always had the dream to live here and surf our hearts out till the day we die. Both of our parents wanted us to live our dream, so Veronicas Uncle agreed to let us live with him if we kept our grades up. I walked over to the closset door and scanned the calender for todays date. May 20th, heavies.How did i forget! Todays the day, the day we prove ourselves.
I quickly put my baby blue bathing suit on a tied up my long blonde hair. I could hear the blender as i walked down stairs. " Here drink it quickly, ill start the car," Uncle Marco said as he picked up the car keys. We gulped down our smoothies and ran the get our boards. Once they were secured in the back of the pickup, we jumped in the car." Im sooo excited! We havent had this big of a wave since last summer! i really hope that we get there before everyone else." Veronica was still chattering away, but i wasnt really listening. I started to get the butterflys in my stomach as we reached the beach. Not in a scared way, but in a nervous way. There were scouts there today on the beach, watching the surfers with a carful eye to see if any standed out. The teens state compitition was in less then three weeks, and they wanted to see whos got talent. We got our boards and walked down the beach. " Hey we saved you a spot!" I looked over to see where the voice came from. Justin and Abby were waving their hands and smiling. We walked over and put down our bags and started to wax our boards. " We didnt think you guys were gonna make it in time," said Justin as he threw his arm around my shoulder. " Wouldnt miss it for the world! And, the scouts are here." " Well then we better put on a show," he said smiling. We have been friends with Abby and Justin since we came to Miami. The first day we headed down to the beach, we sat there and watched them as they paddled through the water. They werent a good example to watch, falling off their boards the seccond they got on them, but we knew that we werent the only newbies.As soon as all of our boards were ready, we ran into the water. I layed on my stomach and started paddling, feeling the cool water splash onto my back. Once i was a good distance from the beach, i sat up and dangled my feet on either side of my board. The sun was beating down on me, but the cool water made it a perfect. I just sat there soaking up the sun and injoying the water when i heard a splash behind me. I cranked my neck to the side to see if it was Veronica swimming over, but no one was there. Just when i turned back around, Justin poped out of no were. He jumped off his board, grabed me by the waist, and we feel in the water. When i surfaced, Justin was laughing ans smiling at me, and shook his brown hair out of his eyes. His blue eyes looked the brightest when he was in the water.I'll admit, he was pretty good looking, and all the girls stared and giggled when they walked past him."You scared me half to death!" I squeaked. Still lauging, he climbed on his board and pulled mine beside his. " So, you and Abby ready for the compitition?" He layed down, looking up at the clouds."Yea, we've been training for the last month, how about you guys?" " Yea, Uncle Marco has been forcing us out of bed as early as five in the morning to surf a bit before school, its exausting." I sighed and looked out into the distance to see if any good waves were comming. " There! look over there." i pointed as i started paddling. He looked over and saw the huge wave rolling towards us. We called over Abby and Veronica, and they paddled over. Just like Justin said, today we have to put on a show. As the wave got closser, i caught it and stood up. I desended down the wave, and carved it. I looked over at Abby as she was climbing, making a S path on the wave. Farther to my left, a newbie fliped and ate it. Justin was showing off, carving and doing tricks.I leaned to the left, and went close to Abby. We crossed and went around each other. " Gnarly wave! Havent had this much fun in weeks!" she laughed and hooted. All too soon, the wave passed over, and slowed its pace. Veronica and Justin paddled over with huge smiles on their faces. " As much as i would love to sit here, i think we should get something to eat." Smiled Abby. We all nodded and paddled towards the beach. We carried our boards over the our spot, and Uncle Marco was smiling. " Kids, there is someone here that wants to talk to you." He beamed. The man that was talking to him turned to us. " Hello sir." I said, and he shook our hands. " Hello, my name is Micheal Anthony. I could'nt help but noticed you four. I'm the owner of Island Water Sports, and i would love to sponser you four for the Teens State Compition."
