The Ones For Him

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"There's a lot of people..." Rami whined somewhere behind me. "How are we going to find a spot to set up when there's barely any space?"

"We'll find a spot." I hummed and looked around the beach.

The beach was packed with. One, because it was summer which meant vacation time, and two, because it was a Saturday so that meant even more families taking a beach vacation.

"The sand is burning my feet!" Kian hopped around, while I continued to look for a spot.

"Ooh, there's one over there!" Manuel pointed to an empty spot to our left side.

I nodded and we quickly made our way there. We placed our things down and started setting up the towels, chairs, and umbrellas. We placed the cooler under one of the umbrellas and placed our other stuff down on the towels.

"Can we go in?" Dom pointed at the ocean, and I shook my head.

"We have to put sunscreen on first." I looked through my bag, but couldn't find it. "Did someone else bring sunscreen?"

"No, we told you to bring the bottles." Jace looked at me and I blinked.

"I think it might be in the RV. I'm not sure how I forgot about them, though." I grabbed the RV keys from one of the inside pockets in the bag, then straightened up. "I'll be back."

"I'll come with you." Jace caught up with me and we made our way to the parking lot.

I unlocked the side door and stepped in, spotting the two bottles sitting on the table. I grabbed them, then stepped out, not forgetting to lock the door.

We made our way back and I handed one of the bottles to Jace, while I kept the other.

"We need to put sunscreen on, then you can go in the water." I opened up the bottle and squeezed some into my hand.

I handed the bottle over to Milo and pulled my shirt off, rubbing my hands together. I began rubbing my arms, torso, and legs, then waited for the bottle to get back to me. I asked for help to put sunscreen on my back, so Kian helped me. I did the same for him and we waited for the others to finish.

"Are you coming in?" I looked down at Amir who was sitting in a chair with his laptop on his lap.

"Mm, I'll go in a bit. I have to do a couple things." He gave me a look, and I nodded.

"Ok, but don't take too long."

Even if we were on vacation, it didn't mean that the gang disappeared. Amir still had work to do, but he was just working from his laptop. Manuel, Eddie, Enzo, and I had to work too, but Amir wanted to do the work for Enzo and I so that we could have more free time. I wasn't against it, but I also felt bad for Amir because he had less free time than us, but he never once complained about it.

"Hurry, Xavier!" Benji pulled on my hand so I followed him.

The cold water washed over my feet and I dug my toes in the sand. I walked deeper in and Dom ran towards me, picking me up and running in.

"Dom, put me down-"

I was submerged in the water, but I pushed myself back up. I pushed my hair out of my face and glared at Dom I when he reached the surface. He laughed as hands pulled me underwater again.

I pushed whoever it was away, then swam up, coughing water and pinching the bridge of my nose. I groaned quietly and the corner of my eyes burned.

"What happened, Master?"

I opened my eyes to look at Enzo and shook my head. "Water went up my nose so it feels weird."

I turned around and saw that Rami was biting his lip guiltily. "Sorry, Xavier..."