Torn

Everyone walks down to the beach, while Jess and Ashton grab the beer from the trunk.

JESS'S POINT OF VIEW

This is so awkward for me. I just sat on a guy I likes lap for an hour, after I rejected his question to date me, and now we're alone, carrying opposite ends of a huge box full of ice and beer. Good lord.

"Sooo..." I bite my lip.

"Mhm." He says flatly. Oh fuck. He isn't mad at me. Right?

"So someone has been leaving a rose everywhere I go." I laugh. Was that wrong? Guh, no one makes me this nervous about everything!

"Weird." He mumbles. When we get to the huge blanket everyone else set up, they go running for the ocean, besides Calum, who is fixing the corners of the blanket, and Callie, who is shoving an umbrella into the sand, probably to remain pale. They aren't that close to us though.

I set the bucket down and cross my arms, "Are you mad at me?" I ask.

"No." He shrugs, taking his shirt off. I bite my lip. It takes everything I have to not stare at him.

"Then why the distance." I frown.

He kicks off his shoes, "There is none." He mumbles. He literally has not looked at me this whole time. I frown, and walk closer to him. He takes a step back. I take a step forward. He takes a step back. I take a step forward. This continues for a good five minutes, until we're back at the car. I take a step forward. He takes a step back, pressing himself against the car on accident. He looks up at me, literally scared.

"What's going on? We've been like brother and sister since fifth grade, and now you're avoiding me." I frown.

"I'm not trying to."

"Yes you are, why?" I ask.

He sighs, and tips his head back. "I like you. And it stinks not getting to like you publicly." He says to the sky.

"It doesn't seem like you like me THAT much, I mean I was sitting on your lap the whole way here and-"

He grabs my wrists, and presses me up the car, whispering in my ear, "You have know idea how much I wanted to grab your ass while you sat on my lap." I bite my lip and look at him.

CALLIE'S POINT OF VIEW

I finish slamming the umbrella into the sand, and look up.

"Oh. Fuck." I laugh. Calum looks at me, and I point up the hill, to Jess and Ashton, who're making out.

"When did that happen?" He asks.

"I dunno, recently, I guess." I laugh. I lye down on the blanket and look at Calum, "Not an ocean person today then?"

"Not really." He shakes his head, popping open a beer.

"Sara's out there." I say, looking over at her. He doesn't say anything, he just sits down.

SARA'S POINT OF VIEW

I feel cold arms lift me up out of the water.

I laugh and scream at the same time, "Ahh, Luke stop it!" I try kicking my legs to splash him but he just carries me around like a three year old have a tantrum. He drops me with no warning into the freezing water. "Oh fuck, you're going to pay for that Hemmings!" I laugh, chasing him around the water.

MORGAN'S POINT OF VIEW

Michael and I slightly have our toes on the sand in the water while we crouch down.

"Mkay ready, here comes one." He says, looking back. A wave pushes us forward and he starts giggling. Yes, we are the badasses of our school.

CALLIE'S POINT OF VIEW

Luke and Sara come running over to us, mainly with Sara chasing Luke with a hand full of sand. He falls to his knees down onto the blanket, and she laughs, dropping the sand into his hair. He laughs and shakes most of it out. She walks over to Calum and sits on his lap, giving him little kisses.

"Pweeeaase, Calum?" I beg.

"No. I don't like the water."He smiles at me.

"I'll kiss you." I grin, standing on my tippy toes.

"Oh really?" He smiles again.

"Yeah, you just need to go into the water for like, two minutes!" I take a hold of his hands excitedly.

He rolls his eyes, "Oh fine."

"Yay!" I cheer, and pull him towards the ocean.

"Be safe." Michael says.

"Use protection."Morgan mumbles, and Michael gives her a high five. We just pretend we didn't hear them. Calum stops following me.

'What?" I frown.

"I was promised a kiss, if I did this." He grins. I roll my eyes, and gently put my hands on the back of his neck, lifting my head up to give him a long, slow kiss.

"Can we do it now?" I smile. He nods. "Yay."

"Callie!" Calum says louder than he did. I snap out of it.

"What?" I ask.

"Beer?" He asks, holding one up for me. I nod and take it from his soft hands. Ugh, come on Callie, his girlfriend is RIGHT there.

Notes

So much is about to happen.