She Was Grace

• CHAPTER EIGHT •

"Hey Mikey!" I said walking towards the tall boy standing in the living room. He turned around, surprised at my words. "Oh hey Grace." He stated and then turned back around to face the TV which was on some kind of sports channel.

"Whatcha watchin...?" I said in a childish tone of voice.
He kept his eyes on the television as he spoke, "Oh it's Florida vs Michigan." He continued, "Gators linebacker twisted his ankle and they're taking him off the field." He looked disappointed.

"Oh, that sucks..." I said pretending I knew what he was talking about. I stood up and walked to the kitchen to get a water.

"Want anything?" I looked to Mikey. "Uh, sure I'll have a wat- OH COME ON THAT WAS SOOO IN BOUNDS!"

His tone of voice caught me off guard as he yelled at the tv.

I grabbed us both a water and walked back into the living room.

"Uh, do you know where Daniel is?" I asked. "Oh, he had to work today. He's a lifeguard down on the beach." He responded with his eyes still glued on the Tv.

I stood up and turned the tv off. "Hey!" He looked at me with his arms spread out. "We should do something today. Just me and you. Grace and Mikey. Instead of staying inside all day."

"Uh sure! Wanna go down to the beach? I can show you my throwing skills." He pretended to throw an invisible football.

I rolled my eyes and ran upstairs to get changed. I put on my green and black bikini and a pair of cutoffs from my drawer.

I grabbed my phone and a couple bucks and I went back down the steps.

He was leaning on the dining room table playing on his phone. "Hey, uh Eli and Caleb are gonna meet us down there. Cool?"

"Totally. What all should I bring?"

He pretended to ponder. "I think just a swimming suit should be fine. I mean I'll bring all the stuff." And with that we were both out the door

The ride there was everything but silent. We listened to some Wiz Khalifa then some Justin Bieber. It was funny watching him switch moods depending on what artist we were listening to. He pretended to be a gangster then he pretended to be a little girl singing one direction songs.

Once we were on the beach, I saw Elijah burying Caleb in the sand beside the water. They reminded me of how I used to burry Derek in the sandbox in my backyard. He'd always get mad cause I'd get sand in his socks. But he would just kiss me and everything would be okay.

Mikey yelled something to me. I turned around to have a ball smash me in the face. I fell back and grabbed my nose. There was blood everywhere.

I heard a whistle coming closer to me. "Are you okay miss?" The voice sounded familiar. Daniel. LJ quickly noticed he didn't have a shirt on. His hair rested on the top of his sunglasses.

He picked me up and set me on my feet. I took off my shorts and started for the water.

"Oh my god I am so sorry Grace I threw it as soft as I could." Mikey's face looked worried. His hands were on both sides of his head and he his eyes were wide open.

"It's fine. It really is. I just need to go rinse the blood off." I grabbed Mikey by the arm and pulled him into the water with me. He hadn't had time to take his shirt off so it quickly became soaked.

"Hey!!" He screamed as his head resurfaced. "I guess I deserved that..." He then pushed my head under the water. We both laughed as I washed off the blood crusted to my face. "It's not funny..." I said with a smile on my face.

"Hey you two behave out there." I saw Daniel with a smirk on his face looking at Mikey and I.

"We will Mr. Lifeguard guy." I responded giving him a little wave.

I turned to Mikey who was looking at some girls on the beach.

"So which one are you eying up...?" I looked over to the four girls lying on beach towels.

"Oh, uh, you know..." He looked embarrassed.

"Dude, don't be embarrassed... Just tell me which one." He looked me in the eyes then back to the girls.

The one in the Orange bikini... Her name's Amanda, but she's best friends with Calebs girlfriend Sara and I'm just scared she'll be like her.

I then realized Sara was lying on the towel beside Amanda.

"Sara kinda acts kinda sexual in public... I mean I only met her once... But that was certainly enough." I said, stating my opinion.

"Oh, Sara? Tell me about it. A few weeks ago, her and Caleb were sitting on the couch beside me, then when Caleb went to use the bathroom, she climbed on top of me and tried to kiss me. She said that Caleb wouldn't kiss her, and that he would always call her Elijah. I mean, if you ask me, they should just break up."

As I began to think, I realized that Caleb and Elijah seem very close. Like maybe too close.

First, Elijah seemed to be heartbroken when Sara kissed Caleb. Then, they were acting all cuddly on the beach a few minuets ago. They're always looking at eachother and blushing and stuff, but I mean maybe I'm just thinking too hard.

Or maybe I'm right... Do they like each other?!

AUTHORS NOTE:

Sorry, I'm trying to update once a week so don't freak out when I don't update for a while. There are still a lot of chapters to be updated😏😘