Welcome to Imperial Beach

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Elsa POV

I woke up to the sound of crashing waves and the softness of my pump pillow. I got up with a yawn and walked out onto my balcony.

A row of balconies identical to mine greeted me on either side. Some had wetsuits hanging from the railings and others had wet towels slowly drip drying in the rising sun. Not many people were up at this hour.

I leant my arms against the railing and my eyes drifted out to the lonely figure making his way down to the shore on the beach. He had a black and blue custom wetsuit on and his blue surfboard was tucked under his arm. I couldn't see him all that well from my position in the hotel and I lost sight of him as he entered the foamy, blue sea.

I'll get boarding later.

Jack POV

Emma was in her room playing with an ancient Nintendo DS. She was happy to stay there until I got back from surfing. I grinned and threw my board onto the surface of the sea as soon as it was deep enough. The conditions were perfect for an early warmup.

After getting battered by a few of the bigger waves on my way out, I finally made it out far enough to jump onto my board and paddle a little further. After a few minutes a nice ripple started to rise up. The ripple gained height as it flew towards me.

I lay flat on the board and guided it forwards with my arms paddling. The wave reached me just as it was about to break. Grinning, I threw myself upwards and onto my feet. I steadied myself and let the wave take control. I broke with a CRASH and the cold water rushed over my feet. I whooped in delight as I did some Airs. It was all about speed and timing with these moves. The elation inside of me increased as I took the board into the air. The tail of my board connected with the lip of the wave. I kept my knees bent and the board stuck to my feet. Not to be boastful, but I nailed the landing. It was the best feeling in the world.

Elsa POV

It was 1pm now. Anna and I had a delicous lunch and now I was ready to get out into the cool waves. Anna smiled at me when I asked if this was ok with her.

"Of you go Boarding Queen!" She called after me as I ran off to get my gear.

15 mins later........

There were quite a few people surfing and bodyboarding now. I wrapped the end of the leash around my ankle and ran the rest of the way down the beach.

I couldn't be bothered with my wetsuit so I was in my black and white bikini. A few surfer dudes who were lounging on the sand wolf whistled at me. I ignored them all and stepped into the cool sea.

After battling my way out into the deeper waters, I swam left to the least crowded section in the sea. Only one other person was here. A silver haired someone.

He was waiting patiently for the next big wave to come along. There didn't look like any, so I decided to paddle out and talk to him.

Jack POV

As I waited for a wave to come, a girl and her bodyboard paddled out to me. The girl had platinum blonde hair tied back in a messy braid. She was wearing a pretty black and white bikini.

"Hi there," She called to me.

"What's up?" I said back. Play it cool Jack.

"Well," She said, panting as she kicked her flippers to stay afloat "You looked lonely and half decent so I thought I'd come talk to you,"

I looked at her pretty face questioningly. That couldn't be all.

"And this was the least crowded area," She finished somewhat lamely.

"Knew there was something else," I grinned at her. She smiled sheepishly.

Elsa POV

"What's your name?" He asked me. Play it cool Elsa.

"Elsa,"

"Just Elsa?"

"Yep,"

"Right, I'm Jack then, just Jack, no surname or anything, just Jack," 

I laughed at him but stopped suddenly. That was the first time I had laughed in days.

Jack turned his head to face the waves and a grin of delight covered it. 

"You wanna go?" He asked. I liked a challenge.

"Bring it on," 

Jack POV

We caught the wave that was rolling in at the same time. As it broke, Elsa stayed on her stomach whilst I leapt up and slid my right foot behind me.

The wave was a nice one. Elsa looked up at me and I looked back down at her. The look that exchanged between us was full of meaning. A competiton it was.

Elsa POV

As Jack stood up on his board his toned stomach came into view. I looked away, blushing furiously and cursing myself. He looked down at me. The competition began.

30 mins later.....

The two of us were walking back up the beach. Both of us were completely soaked after the competiton. In a desperate attempt not to let the other win, Jack had grabbed my leash and I had grabbed the tail of his boad, effectively pulling the other into the wave.

Jack shook his wet hair all over me and I spluttered indignantly.

"Oh sorry," He grinned at me.

"You will be," I retaliated. I hooked my foot around his ankle and tripped him up. Jack slammed into the sand. I laughed.

"I am Queen Elsa, and all will bow to me!" I yelled at him. He glared up at me before raising his hands in defeat.

"I thought so," I smirked at him. But as quickly as my pride had come, a fall followed it. Jack had grabbed my ankle had pulled me down onto the sand. I sprawled in the warm, yellow beads of sand.

"What gives!" I cried.

"If I go down, your coming with me," He said to me, smirking broadly.

I got up onto my feet, muttering insults under my breath.

"Didn't catch that!" He said cheerfully, wiping his sandy hands on his swim shorts.

"The shower calls me," I said to him whilst picking up my board and striding off to the entrance of the Lodge.

"All right then, go meet your true love, the shower," He called to me. I bit back my laugh and waved a hand over my shoulder. 

When I got to my room, I met Anna.

"Who is it?" She asked me.

"Who's what?" I asked her, albeit confused.

"The dude you were surfing with," She said calmly, examining her nails.

"WHAT!? I wasn't, I would nev-" I spluttered. Anna pressed a finger over my lips.

"Don't worry, I'm pretty sure he likes you," She winked at me. My mouth dropped open.

"Excuse me?!" I said to her, wide eyed and furious.

"Don't worry!" Anna attempted a comforting voice and smile, "Your secret is safe with me," She gave me another hearty wink, mimed locking a door and throwing away the key, before running back into her room, howling with laughter.

Anna was going to get it from me later.

Jack POV

As I lay in bed, I couldn't stop thinking about Elsa. Emma had described me as a zombie when I met up with her after my surf.

I heard a high pitched shriek coming from the room a few doors down, followed by manical laughter.

"Jack, stop pretending your a girl!" Emma yelled to me as the shriek died away.

"I love you too Emma!" I yelled back at her. 

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