Last Wave

chapter 12

Oakley got first in her heat and was told she would be racing early the next day, that night she came home to see her dad laying on the floor by the stairs "Dad!" She shrieked as her hands are shaking she dials 911

Tears for in her eyes as she watches her dad get lifted off into the ambulance, she tells them she's going to pack an overnight bag and gather her things and that she will get there as fast as she can

She rustles around the house grabbing different items of comfort clothing, tears run down her face as she grabs one of his hoodies and a pair of shorts he loves to wear indoors during rainy days

Lee runs to her car and hops in driving, well speeding to the hospital. She paces in the waiting room till her name gets called

"Your dad suffered from a stage 2 stroke, and were going to have to keep him hear for two days,"

She nods and sets her stuff down sitting next to her dad, face salty from the amount of tears dropped in the process of coming home "Your going to be okay dad,"

Oakley holds his hand, their matching bracelets rubbing against each other as her fingers smooth over his "Everything will be okay, I need you here. Your all I got,"

She rests her head on his chest that contained a steady heart beat making her relax

He's all she has left

.・゜゜・　　・゜゜・．.・゜゜・　　・゜゜・．.・゜゜・　　・゜゜・．

The day has come where her dad finally came back home, she missed the rest of the Subtropix Wildcard Trials and then skipped the 360 competition so she could spend time with her dad

No one has any idea where she went including Griff, she went ghost mode and it caused everyone to panic

But it was the morning of the training for the islands local tourney, she got up and went over to Poppy's hut. Everyone looked at her as she silently put on her wet suit

Bohdi was the first to speak up amongst the group "Where did you go Lee, you disappeared on us,"

Oakley shook her head "Family stuff," Everyone dropped it know that family is always a tough topic for Lee in any sense

Manu cuts in clapping his hands together "Since this is a Board Riders tournament we need someone to lead us into battle," Marlon raises his hand telling everyone he would do it but Manu shakes his head 'No'

"But I'm going to be making Poppy captain," Everyone congrats Poppy and she smiles at them thanking them as Manu speaks up again

He leans against a wooden column "Alright listen up, there's a bunch of great clubs heading out way," All the kids look at each other

"But the way I see it, this is the fist time we've had a real chance of winning in years. Okay?" He claps his hand and gestures for everyone to come in close

"So let's all in, focus up and put in the work, yeah?" Everyone agrees and the girls go with poppy to the beach where she has a lesson planned out

They line up at shore and sit down waxing their boards for the tournament coming up when Summer asks "So Board Riders doesn't go towards you State rankings?"

Bohdi shakes her head "Nope, and we get to surf as a team. Not against each other like normal,"

Poppy nudges Oakley which makes her laugh "Yeah it will be nice winning together instead of one or the other in this comp,"

"Hold up-" Summer cuts her off "So I could compete and not destroy anyways career or life?"

The captain looks to Summer "Sorry Summer but you're still not comp standard. And there's not really a place for you anyway were all full,"

Bohdi smiles and gestures to her "Come on Pops, Summer's improved a lot. It'll be fun,"

Summer looked at Poppy practically with puppy eyes "Yeah and who doesn't love some fun? Come on Poppy you're not going to leave me hanging are you?"

She lets out a groan as they all stand up, and looks to Oakley who just shrugs "Fine, You can be sub,"

She shoots her arms up in celebrations and lets out a 'whoo' as she made it "Im on the team baby!"

Bohdi looks at her with a small smile on her face "Summer, sub just means you'll surf if someone gets injured," she shrugs and picks her board back up

"Well lets hope that doesn't happen!"

Poppy reminds the group that training is important and becomes strict under the authority manner she was given permission to have

They all run out to the waves and Oakley does her own thing as Poppy bosses the other two around "If you cant handle Summer Bohdi what makes you think you could handle Oakley,"

Bohdi rolls her eyes and goes back to trying to out surf Summer which is hard when all she does is get in her way

After a couple hours they head in to the beach and Poppy begins to talk as Oakley unzips the top half of her wet suit

"What is happening out there?" As she gestures to Bohdi and Summer "You're letting Summer psych you out," Bohdi threw up one of her hands while stopping in-front of Poppy

"The waves just didn't come my way," Bohdi said

Summer butted in to make things worst "Yo, she ate my froth,"

"You didn't even use local knowledge. You coulda suckered Summer big time," Poppy said getting annoyed with Bohdi's lack of effort

Summer was about to say something but felt Oakley pull her back by her shoulder "This is where you watch your mouth Summer," She whispered into her ear

"Know those annoying lefts that look sick, then close out?" Poppy says while looking into the ocean then at Bohdi who gives her a 'duh' look "So use them," She pokes her finger into her chest

"Make it look like it's an amazing wave. Like your going for it 1000 percent, then fake out, and let your opponent wipeout," She said matter of factly "But you need to step it up,"

"No, you need to back off," Bohdi shoves her shoulder into Poppy's and storms past her leaving the group of surfers behind