"Don't you dare fucking talk to me like that." I snapped at the seething boy in front of me.
"Like what, princess? Like you're full of shit? Someone had to say it!" He yelled back.
"No, don't talk to me like you're better than me! You and I are the...
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After my heart dropped nearly through my asshole, I turned quickly in shock. To my surprise, JJ stood there with a surfboard with him as well. I looked down at it, then back up to his face that was looking back at me without emotion on it. "Wha- how are you here?" I asked, confused not just how he was here, but why?
"You were the only one awake and I saw you take your board," He said, his mouth going from a flat line to a boisterous smile in less than a second. I was confused, to say the least, but I was far too excited to surf to let anyone sway my decision to dive in.
I shrugged and gestured to his board, "How long you been surfing?"
"Since I was a kid, it's my favorite thing to do, to be honest," He answered, and I smiled at his response. He had acted so cold and uninviting since I met him today, I honestly thought he didn't like me. "I'm not insane for thinking you hated me, right?" I blurted, I was not known for my subtlety.
After an uncomfortable silence for a minute that was all too long, JJ sighed, running his fingers through his hair. "I don't hate you, I just-" He said, trailing off a little.
I looked at him, confusion lacing my features, and shook my head while furrowing my brow. "What?" I pushed to get an answer out of him.
"I'm gonna be honest, I don't trust you," He said. This surprised me, but I liked his honesty. "I didn't expect you to trust me, nobody asked you to trust me. I literally met you today, I would never expect trust to be what you were feeling towards me," I commented. I tended to have a short temper sometimes, but I kept my head.
I felt anger bubbling up, but I pushed it right back down. I couldn't lose it over something so minor and especially not with someone who already doesn't seem to have the best view of me. "So why follow me?" I asked, asking the only question genuinely confusing me.
"I don't know," He said simply, not answering any questions I had. I mentally rolled my eyes but didn't do it in person, I just felt like he was a hot-headed person that would be easily offended by something like that. I decided not to piss him off and just roll with it, I was just ready to surf.
"Fine, let's go," I said, and he nodded. He put his board down for a second so he could pull his shirt over his head. I looked away instantly, I wouldn't want him gawking at me when I was undressing, so I gave him the same courtesy. He was good looking, I couldn't lie to myself, but that was hardly the point right now.
He tossed his shirt next to the pile of my clothes and I continued to look away, observing the waves as they crashed on the shore one by one. "Ready?" I asked, and he nodded. I couldn't help but smile as we ran down to the water together, jumping into the waves with our boards in our arms.
We paddled out and waited for a good wave, any wave, and while we waited I felt cool water graze my face. I turned in JJ's direction and saw him laughing as I realized he had splashed me. "Oh, that's how you wanna play?" I asked, splashing him back, a little more forcefully than his splash. We were both laughing for a bit, splashing each other back and forth, but it didn't last long.
