Meeting the Higher-ups

Chapter 20 ~ Ocean

After we were done packing, we decided that we'd go for an early lunch and then come back to the condo to change into our bathing suits. Jake and I decided to go to this pretty famous hot dog place on the boardwalk. It was called Sam's. Everybody seemed to like it.

So here we are now, just about ready to go down to the beach. I put on my swimsuit and sunscreen, put my hair up and packed a bag with everything we would need. I had to help Hanji put the sunscreen on her back.

"So are you excited?" I asked her.

"Oh yeah! I can't wait!" She said. I giggled and we heard a knock on the door.

"You guys ready?" We heard Jake call.

"Yep, we're coming!" I called back.

Hanji and I walked out and saw everybody ready to go. "Alright, well let's head to it." I smiled.

We all started to walk down the sandy boardwalk and down to the ocean. "Wow!!" Hanji exclaimed when she first caught sight of the ocean. "It's so beautiful!!"

"Yeah..." Levi said very faintly, amazed.

"Do you like it?" I asked him. He bent down and gave me a quick peck on the lips. "Yeah."

"Well then let's go!" I said and grabbed his hand to walk down to the shore. We then took off our wraps and shoes and put them in our bag. I was wearing a pink & white polka-dot tankini, Hanji was wearing the nice yellow one-piece that she picked out and the boys were all wearing their swimming trunks.

Hanji, of course, was the first one in the water. "Hey guys, come in! It's cold!" She yelled to us.

"Hehe, come on." I said and grabbed Levi's hand to lead him in. We first went about knee-deep.

"It feels nice." He said.

"Yeah, I really love it." I replied. He was looking down and around when I thought of an idea. "Hey, Levi?"

"Yeah?" At the moment he turned around, I had my hands in the water and splashed water all over him. His face was priceless. I laughed hysterically.

"Oh my word, you should have seen your face!" I said in between laughs.

"Tch." He replied and got the better of me by splashing me back.

"Hey!" I playfully yelled at him. We kept having a splash fight when I ran away from him. "You can't catch me, Levi!"

"Watch me!" I ran as fast as I could in the water, but it still wasn't enough. I felt his arms go around my body and keep me in place. "Caught you." He said close to me.

"Yeah, you sure did." I giggled and leaned my head back to look at him. We stared into each other's eyes for a few seconds and then shared a very warm, yet salty, kiss. We probably stayed there for about ten or more seconds before pulling away.

"Awwe, that was so cute!! I caught that!" I turned to face the shore and saw Hanji with my phone.

"H-Hanji!" I yelled at her, a little flustered with a little blush on my cheeks.

"Come on, let's go." Levi said and took my hand. He led me to the shore and we collected some seashells. Hanji played in the water & Erwin and Mike went in about waist-deep.

Time skip

After a couple of hours, we decided it was time to head back to the house. We got back and changed. After we were done, Jake and I decided that we would cook out tonight on the condo's back porch grill. The guys stayed at the house while Hanji and I went out to get the food.

"Oh my walls! It's so pretty here!" Hanji said while we were walking in the city on our way to the grocery store.

"Yeah, I really like it down here." I replied. "The ocean is really beautiful at night."

"Can we go see it one night this week?" Hanji asked.

"Of course! Maybe Wednesday night."

Time skip

When we got back to the condo, I prepared the meat and gave it to Jake to cook. Once it was about done I warmed up the mashed potatoes and macaroni-and-cheese.

"This is so good!" Hanji exclaimed over dinner.

"Thank you." Jake smiled and I nodded. "So what do you guys want to do tonight?"

"Ooh I know! Let's play some board games." I suggested.

"That sounds fun. Like what?" Jake asked.

"I'll have to see what's in there." I replied.

Once we were done and loaded the dishwasher, I went to look under the TV stand where we kept the board games. "Okay so we have UNO, Monopoly, checkers..." I listed off.

"What's Monopoly?" Levi asked.

"Here, I'll show you." I said and grabbed the Monopoly box. "So everyone first pick a player." I explained the rules to them and we started the game. And let's just say that things got a little... tense. Due to his good strategy skills, Erwin was winning. Hanji was whining, Levi was sulking, and poor Mike looked like he had one foot in the grave. I took out my phone to snap a quick picture of the scene in front of me. I looked down at what I had left. Not much. The same was for Jake.

The game lasted for about 30 more minutes and of course, Erwin won. I looked at everybody else's solemn expressions. "Well everyone, I think it's time we retire for the night." I said.

"What?! But we only played one game!" Hanji whined.

"Look at yourselves." I giggled.

"Yeah... you're right..." Hanji said softly. "Goodnight!" She called while going to her room.

We all nodded to each other and went to our own rooms. I stopped Levi by my door since it was closer and his was further down. "So how did you like your first day at the ocean?" I asked him.

"It was nice." He replied.

"Good." I smiled. "Well I'm gonna go to bed now. Goodnight."

"Goodnight." He replied and we exchanged a quick goodnight kiss and hug.

"I love you." He said before walking away.

"I love you, too." I replied and gave him one last goodnight peck.

I walked into my room, changed, washed my face and crawled into bed, thinking of the day's events. I'm glad everyone had fun. I hope this trip will stick around as a memory forever.