"I have sand in places that I didn't even know I had places" I laugh with Angus in the shower.
"You loved it baby" He says as he squirts cucumber scented body wash onto a loofa and massages it into my skin, Im covered in bubbly suds and sand.
"It was pretty romantic" I tell him, flashbacks of the night before playing back in my mind, his soft touches on skin, how he took his time and it was slow and tender under the moonlight.
"I liked it too, another first for us both" He informs me and I'm surprised
"You've never done it outside before?" I ask him
"Nope, I was an outdoor virgin until last night" He laughs.
I grab the loofa from him, squirt the body wash onto it and start running it over his skin, I love exploring his naked body with my hands, the grooves of his torso, the muscles in his thighs, the way he flexes when he raises his arms and places them on his head, allowing me to wash his sides, he smiles that cheeky smile at me because he knows I'm purposely taking my time, checking him out.
"Do you remember the first time we showered together?" I ask him, thinking back to how shy I was.
"Yeah, I was so nervous to touch you Zoey, I was afraid I'd scare you off" He says, smiling at me, "You were just so precious, you still are but now I've touched you all over"
"And you will be the only one who ever touches me like that, just you Angus" I promise him and he pulls me in for a hug.
The bathroom door swings open and Tess comes charging in.
"I have been looking for you everywhere, Cass and I were at the tourist beach just now and we saw the hottest code 15" She announces to me, not even flinching when she sees I'm in the shower with Angus, "Hey Angus, oh, the tattoo is a fish? Awesome" She greets him before leaving as quickly as she came in.
"Does she often walk in on you while you're showering?" He asks me, completely floored by what just happened
"Yes, I'm used to it, I just didn't think she would while you're in here, I'm so sorry, I should of locked the door" I apologise and he bursts out laughing.
"She really has no filter" He laughs, "What's a code 15 anyway?"
"When we were in year 7 we would check out the year 12 boys, I'm guessing because we saw them as being the hottest males we'd been exposed to at that point, it's silly and childish really but we came up with this code, if you can stare at him for 15 seconds then he is unbelievably hot, we just kept it going throughout school, it was our secret code" I explain, embarrassed about how stupid it sounds out loud and I feel like a silly school girl
"I was in year 12 when you were in year 7" He smiles at me knowing he was most likely one of the boys we were checking out.
Angus organised for us all to go snorkelling in the ocean near the house. We take a boat out to the middle of the ocean and jump into the warm water, put on our masks and snorkels and explore. I see schools of beautifully coloured fish, a pod of dolphins and even a family of turtles. Tess swims up next to me and points, we see jelly fish bobbing along and three seahorses. I come back up to the surface and put my mask and snorkel back in the boat and swim around with Cassie
"Did you see the turtles?" I ask her excited
"Oh yeah and those dolphins, they were awesome" She squeals.
One by one the others come up to the surface with stories of the sea life they found under the water.
"I saw a mermaid" Tess tells us and we all laugh
"Pretty sure that was just a giant fish" Declan says and she splashes water at him and swims away.
Angus swims up next to me and wraps his arms around my waist, pulling me in close for a kiss.
"Did you have fun Princess?"He asks me
"I love being out here, the ocean is unbelievable , we have nothing like this in Brindleton Bay. Thank you baby" I tell him
"You're welcome" He replies, "We should head back in though, I saw a shark swimming around and I want to get lunch, not be lunch" He laughs. I've never moved so fast in my life.
We all walked to The Sandbar for lunch and early afternoon drinks.
"Cocktails ladies?" Steph suggests and we all cheer in agreement. The Sandbar's cocktail of the day is the Blue Lagoon and the mixologist is making them strong, I drink half of mine and feel tipsy.
"Come dance" Cassie says, taking my hand and we head out onto the small, empty dance floor and sway to the music from the juke box.
"Tess walked in on Angus and I in the shower this morning" I tell Cassie and she looks at me shocked
"What did Angus say? Was he mad?" She asks
"No, he laughed, he also questioned me about what a code 15 was too" I reply
"I was surprised when she pointed him out on the beach, she hasn't said it since before Declan" Cassie notes
"I think she and Declan may be over, she says she's matured past him" I inform her.
"I've seen this coming for a while now, she took the lead role as school captain and had to carry him the whole year and it was a lot of stress for her, he just kept taking the credit for her hard work" Cassie says and I feel bad that I didn't notice this was going on.
"She didn't tell me any of this" I tell Cassie, shocked
"You were in a bad place Zo, she didn't want to lean on you, she said you had enough going on without taking on her relationship dramas too" Cassie explains. Tess has always leaned on me when times got hard, it's what we do with each other and I feel terrible that she felt she couldn't. We go back to table to finish our drinks and lunch, the boys are in deep conversation talking about how The Llama's were cheated out of winning their grand final this year.
"They were in the final?" I ask Angus
"Ah yeah baby, what rock were you living under back in September?" He laughs
"The one where sports are boring and unimportant" I tell him, poking him in the ribs.
"I had a lot of time on my hands for boring, unimportant things back then" He says, poking me back, "I could take you out for dinner tonight and give you a play by play" He suggests
"As thrilling as that sounds I think I need alone time with Tess tonight, she's kinda going through something with Declan" I tell him and he smiles at me
"I'll book you two a table, can you also talk to her about privacy too" He laughs
"why didn't you tell me exactly how bad things were with Declan?' I ask Tess over dinner, taking her hand in mine
"I didn't want to put more on your plate Zoey, you were dealing with your own boy problems, I didn't want to add mine and weigh you down" She says sadly
"Teresa you can always come to me about anything, no matter what. I hate that you felt that you couldn't" I tell her and her eyes start to well up
"Zoey I just can't do it anymore, he's just not going to change and grow up and I can't keep carrying him. I worked my ass off this year as school captain and he got all the glory from Landgaarb because they would talk about sports in every meeting and shovel me with the work load." She breakdown crying
"Oh Tess, I wish you had told me" I say, squeezing her hand
"I'm going to break up with him, I know it will be hard and I'll wait until we get back home to do it so I don't ruin the holiday for him or anyone else" She confesses
"Just be aware that he is still friends with our group so you may still have to see him and that may be awkward but Cass and I will always be there" I promise her and she smiles
"I know, I'm lucky to have you Zo" She praises me
"I'm lucky to have you too Tess" I smile brightly at her, "I just have to ask you to not come into the bathroom ever again when I'm in there with Angus"
"In my defence I didn't realise he was in there with you and I promise I didn't see anything" She laughs
"You saw enough" I shout, throwing my napkin at her and we both burst out laughing
"You loved it baby" He says as he squirts cucumber scented body wash onto a loofa and massages it into my skin, Im covered in bubbly suds and sand.
"It was pretty romantic" I tell him, flashbacks of the night before playing back in my mind, his soft touches on skin, how he took his time and it was slow and tender under the moonlight.
"I liked it too, another first for us both" He informs me and I'm surprised
"You've never done it outside before?" I ask him
"Nope, I was an outdoor virgin until last night" He laughs.
I grab the loofa from him, squirt the body wash onto it and start running it over his skin, I love exploring his naked body with my hands, the grooves of his torso, the muscles in his thighs, the way he flexes when he raises his arms and places them on his head, allowing me to wash his sides, he smiles that cheeky smile at me because he knows I'm purposely taking my time, checking him out.
"Do you remember the first time we showered together?" I ask him, thinking back to how shy I was.
"Yeah, I was so nervous to touch you Zoey, I was afraid I'd scare you off" He says, smiling at me, "You were just so precious, you still are but now I've touched you all over"
"And you will be the only one who ever touches me like that, just you Angus" I promise him and he pulls me in for a hug.
The bathroom door swings open and Tess comes charging in.
"I have been looking for you everywhere, Cass and I were at the tourist beach just now and we saw the hottest code 15" She announces to me, not even flinching when she sees I'm in the shower with Angus, "Hey Angus, oh, the tattoo is a fish? Awesome" She greets him before leaving as quickly as she came in.
"Does she often walk in on you while you're showering?" He asks me, completely floored by what just happened
"Yes, I'm used to it, I just didn't think she would while you're in here, I'm so sorry, I should of locked the door" I apologise and he bursts out laughing.
"She really has no filter" He laughs, "What's a code 15 anyway?"
"When we were in year 7 we would check out the year 12 boys, I'm guessing because we saw them as being the hottest males we'd been exposed to at that point, it's silly and childish really but we came up with this code, if you can stare at him for 15 seconds then he is unbelievably hot, we just kept it going throughout school, it was our secret code" I explain, embarrassed about how stupid it sounds out loud and I feel like a silly school girl
"I was in year 12 when you were in year 7" He smiles at me knowing he was most likely one of the boys we were checking out.
Angus organised for us all to go snorkelling in the ocean near the house. We take a boat out to the middle of the ocean and jump into the warm water, put on our masks and snorkels and explore. I see schools of beautifully coloured fish, a pod of dolphins and even a family of turtles. Tess swims up next to me and points, we see jelly fish bobbing along and three seahorses. I come back up to the surface and put my mask and snorkel back in the boat and swim around with Cassie
"Did you see the turtles?" I ask her excited
"Oh yeah and those dolphins, they were awesome" She squeals.
One by one the others come up to the surface with stories of the sea life they found under the water.
"I saw a mermaid" Tess tells us and we all laugh
"Pretty sure that was just a giant fish" Declan says and she splashes water at him and swims away.
Angus swims up next to me and wraps his arms around my waist, pulling me in close for a kiss.
"Did you have fun Princess?"He asks me
"I love being out here, the ocean is unbelievable , we have nothing like this in Brindleton Bay. Thank you baby" I tell him
"You're welcome" He replies, "We should head back in though, I saw a shark swimming around and I want to get lunch, not be lunch" He laughs. I've never moved so fast in my life.
We all walked to The Sandbar for lunch and early afternoon drinks.
"Cocktails ladies?" Steph suggests and we all cheer in agreement. The Sandbar's cocktail of the day is the Blue Lagoon and the mixologist is making them strong, I drink half of mine and feel tipsy.
"Come dance" Cassie says, taking my hand and we head out onto the small, empty dance floor and sway to the music from the juke box.
"Tess walked in on Angus and I in the shower this morning" I tell Cassie and she looks at me shocked
"What did Angus say? Was he mad?" She asks
"No, he laughed, he also questioned me about what a code 15 was too" I reply
"I was surprised when she pointed him out on the beach, she hasn't said it since before Declan" Cassie notes
"I think she and Declan may be over, she says she's matured past him" I inform her.
"I've seen this coming for a while now, she took the lead role as school captain and had to carry him the whole year and it was a lot of stress for her, he just kept taking the credit for her hard work" Cassie says and I feel bad that I didn't notice this was going on.
"She didn't tell me any of this" I tell Cassie, shocked
"You were in a bad place Zo, she didn't want to lean on you, she said you had enough going on without taking on her relationship dramas too" Cassie explains. Tess has always leaned on me when times got hard, it's what we do with each other and I feel terrible that she felt she couldn't. We go back to table to finish our drinks and lunch, the boys are in deep conversation talking about how The Llama's were cheated out of winning their grand final this year.
"They were in the final?" I ask Angus
"Ah yeah baby, what rock were you living under back in September?" He laughs
"The one where sports are boring and unimportant" I tell him, poking him in the ribs.
"I had a lot of time on my hands for boring, unimportant things back then" He says, poking me back, "I could take you out for dinner tonight and give you a play by play" He suggests
"As thrilling as that sounds I think I need alone time with Tess tonight, she's kinda going through something with Declan" I tell him and he smiles at me
"I'll book you two a table, can you also talk to her about privacy too" He laughs
"why didn't you tell me exactly how bad things were with Declan?' I ask Tess over dinner, taking her hand in mine
"I didn't want to put more on your plate Zoey, you were dealing with your own boy problems, I didn't want to add mine and weigh you down" She says sadly
"Teresa you can always come to me about anything, no matter what. I hate that you felt that you couldn't" I tell her and her eyes start to well up
"Zoey I just can't do it anymore, he's just not going to change and grow up and I can't keep carrying him. I worked my ass off this year as school captain and he got all the glory from Landgaarb because they would talk about sports in every meeting and shovel me with the work load." She breakdown crying
"Oh Tess, I wish you had told me" I say, squeezing her hand
"I'm going to break up with him, I know it will be hard and I'll wait until we get back home to do it so I don't ruin the holiday for him or anyone else" She confesses
"Just be aware that he is still friends with our group so you may still have to see him and that may be awkward but Cass and I will always be there" I promise her and she smiles
"I know, I'm lucky to have you Zo" She praises me
"I'm lucky to have you too Tess" I smile brightly at her, "I just have to ask you to not come into the bathroom ever again when I'm in there with Angus"
"In my defence I didn't realise he was in there with you and I promise I didn't see anything" She laughs
"You saw enough" I shout, throwing my napkin at her and we both burst out laughing
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