Here Comes Forever [Sequel] (Ross Lynch Fan Fiction)

Chapter 29 ~ The Beginning of Summer.

Ash's P.O.V

Walking towards the shiny car with a faint smiled plastered across my face, Ross looked up. I pulled my graduation cap off and tossed it into the backseat.

"I'm so proud of you, Ash." Ross said as I let out a sigh. It was finally over, all the stress and homework, done. And all I had to show for it was a piece of paper. But I didn't care because tonight I could go home, and not have to get up early the next morning. I didn't have to spend all night studying for finals, I didn't have to worry about screwing up graduation. I didn't have to come back here or talk to any of these people again. 

Most people feel sad about high school ending, they shed a tear and hug there friends goodbye even though they'll probably see them 3 days later at the mall. That wasn't me. Everybody else seemed so scared of the real world now that it's upon them, but seeing as I've already experienced it, I wasn't at all scared. More than anything, I was excited to be getting back into it. 

Right now, I'm more determined than ever to really live, and experience the world for what it's worth. Summer is finally here, and boy, I can't wait. 

"So do you wanna go straight home, or is there something you need to pick up on the way?" Ross asked as we climbed into the car. 

"Let's go to the beach." I said, turning to face him. 

"Seriously, now?" He asked with disbelief.

"Yeah, why not? It's hot and schools out and I wanna go to the beach." I said. 

"Okay, sure. Which one?" He said, starting the car. 

"The one you took me to last summer. I think, actually, that' was the last time I went to the beach. Wow, I can't believe it's been a whole year," I said. 

"You really need to get out more," he told me. I laughed. 

We arrived and as per usual, the place was practically empty. You'd think more people would have found out about it by now. 

"You know, neither of us has swimsuits." He reminded me, and in a moment of courage, I pulled off my top. 

"Who needs 'em." I smiled and ran into the water in only the denim shorts I was wearing and my bra.  Ross followed my lead and ran in after me. 

We swam out until we were waist deep, you could hear nothing but the ocean. I looked up at the sky, the few clouds moving faster than I'd ever seen them. I looked over at the little buoy that was far out into the water. 

"Wanna race?" I asked Ross. He followed my gaze to the buoy. 

"You want me to swim all the way out there?" He asked me. 

"Not if you don't think you could do it," I challenged him, "but I'm sure as hell gonna try." 

He nodded and looked back at me, "your on." We bother started swimming as fast as we could, I couldn't see very well under water but I knew I was ahead of him. After a while, I began to get extremely tired, my arms started to hurt. I looked up to see that we were barely halfway there, and that Ross was getting a strong lead on me. 

I pushed through and eventually made it to the buoy at just about the same time as Ross. I pulled myself up so that I was sitting on it. 

"I won," I said in short breaths. 

"No way, I won." He was also more than puffed out. I looked over at the entire ocean from where I was sitting. I didn't know anything could be so serene. No sounds but the waves crashing, it was peace full. "You know, were gonna have to swim all the way back."