Justin's P.O.V

The vacation had actually been great for the two days we've been here. Yesterday, we went to the mall and bought a couple of clothes, shoes and also souvenirs. Then we ate ice cream like never before.

We had rented a red Lexus which we were going to be using for our tour around Sia. Anyway, today, we went to the zoo. It was an extremely gigantic place which had almost any animal you could think of... some were probably even imported from other parts of the world.

Sia is a large, tropical island that had been converted into this beautiful city, but somehow, its people still found a way to preserve nature with this zoo and also by conserving its forest resources.

We went anywhere and everywhere in the zoo—to see its koalas, cheetahs, kangaroos, tigers, crocodiles and so on. They even had penguins which were kept in a large, extremely cold, snow-covered glass structure. I couldn't even think of how they were able to do that, let alone, sustain it.

After that, we went to have a late lunch of marinated lobster and caviar in some restaurant.

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Lisa's P.O.V (Two days later: Saturday)

It was Saturday, the day mom and dad decided that we were going to go to the beach. It was a long drive and when we finally got there, we met a lot of people who were probably on vacations too.

We had a picnic on a checked red and white mat and after our tummy-filling meal, mom and dad lay on a different mat, tanning their skins under the not-so-hot sun while Justin and I went to sit on a couple of beach chairs, under an umbrella. It was so weird how the weather changed drastically on this tropical island... in the early hours of the morning and deep in the night, it was always freezing cold but in the afternoons, it was always very hot.

Dad was wearing beach shorts and sunglasses while mom wore a skimpy sundress and sunglasses... both of them buried in the magazines they were reading.

Justin and I were relaxing on the beach chairs, staring into the sun through the dark lenses of our shades. We also chatted about random stuff just to keep boredom away. Mom and dad were lucky that they'd applied sun screen, else, they would've probably been frying under the increasing heat of the sun.

I was putting on a light pink bathrobe while Justin wore attractive beach shorts and a baggy flannel shirt.

Thirty minutes later, I suggested to Justin that we go surf but even though none of us knew how to, he reluctantly agreed... probably hoping we'll learn. I just had this strong attraction towards the bluish waters that made me want to simply embrace them so as soon as he agreed, we got up and strolled to a store which was meant for surfboard rentals after telling mom and dad where we were heading to.

I picked a blue one which was designed with waves while Justin picked up a red one, embellished with flames. They looked extremely cool!

"We might need a little help using these," Justin blurted out to the shopkeeper.

"No problemo," he said, quite enthusiastically "Jay," he yelled out and a quite muscular man emerged from the inner apartment seconds later. Yeah, his name was Jay.

"Kids, this will be your trainer for today," the shopkeeper said, gesturing at the man. Why the heck was he calling us 'kids?' Did we look like kids to him?

Jay was pretty built up and had blond hair and chocolate colored eyes. He looked as if he was just in his early twenties.

He smiled at us.

"Well, we should get going. Those waves aren't gonna wait for us," he remarked and we picked up our surfboards and walked towards the water.

When we got to the shore, he said to me in disbelief; "Don't tell me you are planning on wearing this to surf." He had another look at my bathrobe. "You should go change to something the water would like." Actually, he was right—using a bathrobe to surf would be quite dumb.

Right then, an idea seeped into my head and I smirked. I knew exactly what to change to.

"You guys should wait for me while I go change," I said as I went to change my clothes.

About two minutes later, I appeared from the closet and walked towards the spot where I had left them at. And as id my arrival was a cue, Justin turned back slowly, with his fingers buried in his jet black hair, ruffling it enticingly.

In seconds, I scanned his perfect physique and his eight-pack abs got my eyes stuck to him like he was some kind of trophy. He looked so fiery—like a model... maybe even better 'cause his sun-kissed skin made him look a whole lot hotter.

Immediately he noticed me, his eyes clung to my body like leeches. He was stuck in that position, drooling over my bare body which was almost naked but for a peach bikini and a pair of extremely short bum-shorts.

I kept walking towards them till Jay who was formerly staring at the mesmerizing ocean turned back and spotted me. "Oh hey!" He yelled, waving at me and jolting both of us out of our respective daydreams.

Justin looked away... finally conscious of the fact that he was drooling over my curves for so long now. He couldn't even hide the fact that he longed to have me in his arms.

When I finally got to them, I said with excitement, "Let's go get those waves!" Justin was still speechless.

We dove into the beach and swam a long distance will the water was so deep; our legs couldn't touch the floor anymore.

Justin's P.O.V

We were standing by the edge of the water, waiting for Lisa to be done changing her clothes. Staring at the ocean began to bore me so I turned backwards, hoping to catch sight of something interesting.

Turning backwards, I spotted Lisa, sashaying towards us from afar. It looked like everything was moving in slow motion; especially her. I watched her hair sway as the wind blew against it.

She was wearing a pink bikini, some shorts and nothing else. Her tanned skin looked so gorgeous under the sun. Damn! I just couldn't help gazing.

She had also been gazing lustfully at my abs till our friend (note the sarcasm) Jay yelled into my ear, snapping me out of my reverie. "Oh hey!" Damn! It was quite annoying.

He waved at Lisa then nudged me with his elbow.

"She your girlfriend?" He whisper-asked.

"Not really," I replied absent-mindedly, turning the other way. And like a reflex action, blood rushed into my cheeks as my body heated up simultaneously.

Lisa walked up to us. "Hey!" she said, replying Jay and then she stood beside me.

It was lust... pure lust! I was so glad I was also putting on briefs else it would've been a disaster. And I think looking at her for that long sent wrong signals to her. Now she probably thinks I want her. Damn! What have I done?

I felt so awkward and to make it worse, when I gave a shot at looking at her to see her expression, she smirked wildly and then winked at me. Oh hell! I just wished I could tell her that it was just a harmless mistake and I actually wasn't in the least bit, interested in her. But I couldn't... at least not right in front of this Jay guy.

"Let's go get those waves!" I heard Lisa say from beside me and seconds later, we dove into the water, making a huge splash.

We swam until our arms and legs got tired. By then, we were about a hundred meters from the shore. That was when Jay began by teaching us how to balance one's weight on a surfboard.

An hour later, we were surfing the waves like we'd been doing it all our lives.

It was pretty fun riding the waves so fast. And although it was pretty dangerous, danger didn't scare me anymore.

We got tired soon enough and rode our surfboards to the shore. That was when Jay, Lisa and I raced on them.

Of course Jay won. He could be a professional surfer so I wasn't surprised. We paid him and at about 4:00p.m, we left the Sia Beach.

She looked really beautiful and extremely hot in those but still, I shouldn't have made it obvious that I was mesmerized by her body. Damn me!

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I know I haven't posted anything for a while now and I guess I have a bit of explaining to do so here goes: I had a really crux exam to write so I just had to study most of the time. Sorry. 🥺

This may probably be the last chapter I'll post for about three months because I'm going back to school soon. Hope you enjoy it and continue to hang on for more of Tragic Love. Thank you!