Under pressure

19: Regionals (Part 3)

Betty's POV      

Someone knocks on the door. Chic opens it. Kevin is on the door.

"Wow. You look great," he says, making me chuckle.

"Your suit," I say. He smiles.

"Can I get a shot of you?" he asks.

"Right now?" I ask.

"Yeah, we didn't do one with that yesterday and you have about an hour," he says.

I shrug, "Yeah sure," I say, "In the water?"

"Yeah," he says.

"Okay, I had to test it anyways," I say.

I kiss Jug's lips for a second and then pull away, leaving him there with a smile. We get out of the beach hut and I take the surfboard.

I attach the leash to my leg and then look at Kevin, "You can do it by yourself?" I ask.

"Yeah, I've done a few photoshoots," he says.

I smile. I go into the water and enjoy the warm ocean on my feet.

*1h later* 

The siren goes on. Here are already so great waves. We all start paddling towards them. I catch the first one and show some skillzzzz.

"And our blue contestant, Elizabeth Cooper, has caught the first wave of the day. The girl got a nickname of a 'wave magnet' on her local competition and right now she's proving it."

"And the judges have decided to give a strong 7.9 for this wave! The first wave. That girl got some game!" I hear, making me laugh.

I pull myself back on the board and take deep breaths before paddling towards others again.

The girls get different waves. Jordan said here were only proffesionals, but they're literally getting 6-s and 7-s while I get 8-s.

When the whistle comes, we all wait for waves to get a ride back. I get one and ride it back onto the shore.

"In this heat, Elizabeth Cooper is going forward with a total of 16.6! A good score for the youngest in the group and the first heat," I hear.

I smile and unattach the leash and walk out of the water.

"I thought you said they were proffesionals?" I ask Jordan.

"They are. The judges are being hard on us," he says.

I raise my eyebrows in confusion, "They got 6-s, Jor," I say.

"If they would've given them 8-s then you should've gotten 10-s, but they can't give you these scores on the first heat," he tells me, making me chuckle.

*Time pass, 4h* 

"The third and final heat for Elizabeth Cooper, Jennifer Gibson, Poppy Sunshine, Riley McCollin and Penelope Riley!" I hear.

I take a deep breath and get up. "Hey. Don't be nervous. You look beautiful, you're the best surfer in this group," Jug says.

I smile at that and kiss him, "Love you," I say.

"Love you too," he says.

I already hugged my brothers and FP before, but Jug walked be here, by the water. "Okay, I'll be fine," I say, trying to convince myself.

He chuckles, "Come on cutie," he says and kisses my forehead.

I give his hand a little squeeze and step into the water. He starts cheering and people look at us. I laugh at him and start paddling towards the place I think we should be. No one is in the water yet except for me.