Surfer Girl // A.I (completed)

thirty-eight

{ Tatum }

"Tatum!" Harry yelled, attacking me in a hug as soon as I entered the kitchen.

"Hi, Harry" I laughed, hugging him back then walking towards Ashton when I saw the two people I didn't know- his grandparents.

"Good morning" Ashton pecked my lips then hugged me to his side,

"Grandma, Gramps, this is my beautiful girlfriend Tatum" Ashton spoke towards them, "Tate, this is my grandma, Diane, and my grandpa, Bruce"

"It's so good to meet you" Diane stood and hugged me, "Oh you are just so pretty" she pulled back and studied me, making me go a little red,

"As my wife said, it's very nice to meet you" Bruce hugged me next before he and Diane sat down again,

"It's nice to meet you as well" I smiled as Ashton's hand settled on my lower back and pushed me towards the empty chair next to Harry. He walked back towards the stove and came back with a plate for me. I said a thank you and began eating while Ashton shared my chair,

"You're hanging out here all day right?" Harry asked. I took a look at Ashton because he knew I had an errand to run,

"I have to run to the Hurley warehouse to unbox and pick up packages. I'll be back after" I told him,

"Can I come?" He asked, making Ashton and Anne shoot him a look,

"No, it's okay. He can come if he wants" I told them. Harry's face lit up and Ashton placed a hand on my leg.

****

Harry and I got dressed and hopped in my Jeep and I headed towards the Hurley warehouse. It makes me happy that Harry likes me so much. Lauren, on the other hand, is still not sure of me. She will barely look at me, much less talk to me.

I parked in my normal spot and Harry and I got out. He was bouncing with excitement as we walked in, making me laugh. We walked in and headed towards my area where my locker was with my boards. Sitting next to it was a bunch of boxes.

"So all your surfboards are in there?" Harry asked,

"Not all but most of them. I have some at my apartment" I told him as I unlocked the locker for him.

While he looked at everything and Chris gave him a tour of the warehouse, I opened all the boxes. Most of it was rash guards and fins for boards.

Harry sat next to me as  I got to the last box. I opened it and smiled. They were the championship shirts. They were light gray on the front it said "World Surf League Finals" with the WSL logo and on the back, it had "Kohole" with the Hurley logo below it. They always give us a bunch so we can give them to friends and family.

"Alright Harry, what size?" I asked. His eyes widened,

"I can have one?"

"Of course you can!" I grinned,

"I wear a small," he told me,

"Me too" I winked and fished a small out of the box and gave it to him, "And your brother is a large"

I grabbed myself a small and Ashton a large and sat them to the side,

"Ask your mom if anyone else wants one," I told Harry as I put shirts aside for Grace, Calihan, and my grandpa.

"My mom said she'll take one," Harry told me. So we fished a shirt out for her then put the box in my locker and got back in my Jeep.

"Ashton said you were making us dinner tonight with Hawaiian foods" Harry piped up. I laughed remembering telling Ashton that. He had asked me if I could make a Hawaiian dinner. Apparently, his family thinks it's cool that I'm 80% Hawaiian,

"I am. I got all the groceries I needed the other day" I told him as we pulled up to Ashton's,

"Can you speak Hawaiian too?"

"I can" I laughed, gathering the shirts from the backseat and walking inside,

"How do you say 'Thank You'?"

"Mahalo"

"How about 'Merry Christmas'?"

"Mele Kalikimaka"

"What about 'I love you?'"

"Woah Harry!" Ashton laughed as we entered,

"It's aloha wau iā 'oe"

Ashton smiled and hugged me. I gave him his shirt and then handed Anne hers,

"I'm gonna be the cool boyfriend at the beach now supporting my girl" Ashton smirked and pecked my lips.

****

When it got later, Ashton and I went into the kitchen to make dinner while the others sat outside. I was making huli huli chicken, a Hawaiian potato salad, and a Hawaiian macaroni. Then for dessert, I was making a small pineapple coconut poke cake.

Ashton helped me out a lot, but he also kept stealing bites of things.

We took the food out to everyone and started eating. They all seemed to like it,

"Okay. This is really good" Bruce nodded, grabbing seconds. Ashton held my knee and smiled.

****

When it got dark, we huddled in the living room for a game night. We let Harry choose so he picked Monopoly. Since there was a lot of us, we teamed up- Ashton and me, Lauren and Anne, Bruce and Diane, then Harry was by himself.

I stayed settled in Ashton's side. I stayed quiet, just listening to Ashton and his family. Ashton has a ton of appreciation for them. And his family is amazing.

Ashton was happy. He was so happy that they were here. And it was evident his family was just as happy.