online (discontinued)

1.5

emma

first thing i wanted to do the next day was to visit the beaches. a few of my friends had gone and said it was a must once i arrived. so i woke zion up at six am and stated that we go early morning surfing to which i found out he doesn't know how. so i declared to teach him. can't be that hard.

so we packed a bad and a cooler dressed in our bathing suits and some light clothing. we hopped in zions car which was a small priest. somethings remain unexpected. my heart would beat so rapidly at all the small stuff. like the way he sings along to whatever's playing through the car, or the goofy faces he makes at me.

we get to venice beach and instantly rent some boards and buy ourselves wet suits for the chilly morning water. we left our cooler and towels in the sand and carried our boards to the shallow waves. "so how do we do this?" zion sighs smiling at me goofily.

"well i've never really taught this before, so maybe just watch what i do and try?" i bite my lip as i recommend my solution. i know he probably wont really get it but it's worth a shot.

i run out till the waters at my hips and place the board down. i see a fairly sized wave coming in and as its a few feet away i jump on and rode it smoothy, slipping and falling not so gracefully. i'm alright though and i wander back up to zion with wet hair all in my face and sand under my finger nails.

"yeah?" i ask with a small laugh.

"maybe." he states and reaches up to my face to remove part of the hair away from my eyes. "do you need a hair tie or something?"

"im okay." i shrug. "go try and catch a small wave."

zion laughs and the sun catches in his hazel eyes making them almost see through. he lifts his wet suit over his soft abs, grabs his board and runs out. the wave he struggles to catch, rather he flails on the board. i chuckle and paddle out to him. "i suck at teaching."

"no you don't em." zion smiles. what a liar.

i laugh shaking my head. "yes you should've seen yourself flailing, it was hilarious." i chuckle.

"well to me it look like we have all of summer to fix that huh?" he suggests, leaning closer. were intense for a moment before i chuckle and push back softly. zion nuzzles my hair awkwardly. a warm feeling nuzzles my heart and im content.