The Beach House
~Chapter 5~
The beach was crowded.
I guess it was only the beginning of summer and everyone still had that 'summer buzz' that would die down in a while, but it was still annoying how I could hardly find a space to sit.
Placing my towel down on one of the only empty spots, I stripped to my bikini, leaving on my shorts and sat down.
I pulled out my book and found the page I'd bookmarked, and started reading.
I don't know how long I was reading for, but as I turned a page, something caught my eye.
I looked up to see Tyler sitting on my towel, staring at me intently.
Not expecting it, I jumped back from the shock.
Breathing hard and laughing with relief, I layed down panting.
"T-tyler, you scared me." I laughed.
"Sorry." He chuckled.
"What are you doing here?" I asked, still trying to catch my breath.
"Lifeguard, remember? One of my many amazing jobs." He joked.
I looked down to see he was indeed wearing red lifeguard swimming trunks.
"You're slacking aren't you? Shouldn't you be sitting up there, looking out?" I teased, nodding towards the white, tall chair that had been abandoned.
"I just wanted to come and see you." He smiled.
I smiled back, and sat on my knees.
"Woah, look at those tan lines. You should really take off your shorts or you're going to have some weird marks."
I felt sick, I couldn't take them off... everyone would see the scars...
"Oh, um I forgot my swimming bottoms." I quickly came up with an excuse.
"Oh, well then if I were you I'd consider staying in the shade for the rest of the day." Tyler winked.
"Thanks for the advice." I replied.
"So you gonna go for a swim?" He asked.
"Oh, I don't really like the sea much." I told him.
"How come?"
"Just reasons." I replied, not wanting to go into to much detail with someone I heardly knew.
He changed the subject, clearly seeing I didn't want to talk about it.
"Well I get off my shift in 20 minutes, want to go get some dinner?" He offered.
"Dinner? But It's only 2 in the afternoon." I said, confused.
"No, it's 5:30, that must be a really good book." He chuckled.
5:30?
I looked at my watch and he was right.
"Oh, well yeah sure, dinner sounds great." I smiled.
"Cool." He grinned, before running back to his chair and resuming postion.
I began to pack up my things, so we could go straight away when his shift ended.
"My my my, look who it is. Kendal, long time no see."
I looked up to see who it was, to see Samatha Jones standing infront of me.
I felt my stomach drop.
I used to go to school with her when I lived here.
I hadn't seen her in 6 years.
I never knew why, but it was always her job to make my life a living hell.
I looked down, and continued to pack away my things.
"So what brings you back to California? I doubt it's the surfing." She said maliciously.
"I can see you haven't changed." I mumbled under my breath.
"I also doubt it's because you wanted to see your dad, hmm?" She carried on.
I felt sick, all these memories I'd fought so hard to forget just came flooding back.
"What do you want?" I asked firmly.
"Oh nothing, just to come and say hello." She replied sarcastcally, "I also see you've taken interest in my Tyler. Word of advice, stay away."
"Your Tyler? That's funny, seeing as he's never mentioned you once." I countered, "And I already have a boyfriend."
She scoffed, "He must have very low standards."
"Well I would love to stay and chat, but I have places to go." I replied sarcastically.
"Where? The sea?" She asked sarcatically.
I decided to let it go and walk away, even though I was close to tears.
"Oh and Kandal? One last thing." I turned around to face her, "How are the scars now? Still as big as they were 6 years ago? Horrific accident, maybe they'll fade... someday." She snapped.
I spun on my heel and walked away, swiping at the silent tears.
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