Bondi And Us *Complete*

*2*

Abby's POV

I pick up my phone and text the girls to meet up at the pub near the beach, it's been a while since I've been with them apart from uni and work. But now that I've finished university, I have time to just be with them more. 

So the girls that have made it bravely into my friendship ranks are the following, Mackenzie, my best friend and Carla, who is from Spain. Carla is a new friend, she just moved here to be with her Australian boyfriend after a long distance relationship.

"So, you've decided to apply for lifeguard duties?" Carla asks when I meet her at the small pub a little later. 

I smile and sip my cider, it's draft, the best kind. I don't drink that much, it's pretty much once in a full moon. "Yeah, you know I've always wanted to be a lifeguard, I've been surfing since I was five. And I love to help people, what's a much better job than that?" 

Carla shrugs. "I thought you'd spend your career in that cafe again.. You make the best latte art there." 

I laugh. "Okay, two points: 1. I don't like to spend days on end behind a coffee machine and 2, I love the ocean and beach. Life guarding is my 'destiny'." 

"What's her destiny?" Mackenzie walks in and sits down beside me. 

"She applied for the lifeguard trainee position." Carla tells her.

Mac turns to me and grins. "You finally did it." 

"Of course!" I chuckle. "Alright girls, do you want another round or are you going to go crazy because I'm following my dream?"

We agreed to one more drink each before we gather our stuff and go to the beach to sit on the sand.

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After a hour at the pub, I follow my two friends to the beach, which is almost empty except for evening surfers. We sit on the cool sand and I lean on my knees, looking at the low tide and waves clashing against the sand. 

"So I hear word on the smooth sand, that you've met two hot lifeguards." Mac winks at me.

Carla gasps and hits my arm. "You are horrible to keep this from me!"

I laugh loudly and collapse from on the sand, I don't really care about the sand in my hair. I have to wash it anyways!

"I got stung by a bluebottle and I needed some ice, they are there to help. I went to get the help... what else do you want me to tell you?" I say. 

"Who did you meet?" Mac asks excitingly. 

"Trent and Harrison.."

"Who?" They ask in union.

I roll my eyes. "Maxi and Hutz." 

They laugh and leave me to my thoughts as they converse with themselves. Maxi is seriously the only one who occupies the thoughts so that's what I did, think about him. The way he smiled at me and handled my ankle with such care it made it look like it was a big deal. Maybe I should stop that.. because if all goes well, I would work with him and I can't let that distract me. 

I want to do my job correctly and with him on my mind all the time it'd be hard to do that.

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