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we're sat on the couch, now halfway through the third final destination movie. alex and celestia were fooling around, but beth and i were actually watching it. about halfway through the first movie, beth and i had started cuddling, something we usually do when we watch movies. that was over four or so hours ago.

alex and celestia were having an oddly calm pillow fight and beth was now lying on my lap with a pillow under her head. maribeths light breaths took my attention away from the movie. i watched as her chest rose and fell, realizing quickly that she was asleep.

i heard celestia gasp and jump up. "its four am, holy shit, i need sleep." she stared at alex, beth and i. "i guess beth already got that idea." alex said with a scoff.

celestia gave both alex and i a hug and went to bed as alex left to go wait in the car so we could drive back to my place. "ill be down in a minute." i smiled at him.

i moved beths head off of my lap gently and picked her up bridal style, so i could bring her to her room. i lied her down on her bed and put the covers over her before walking out of her room, closing her door.

i left the apartment and met alex in my car. i drove us back to my house and we both went straight to bed, not having enough energy to do anything else.

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i woke up at 12pm to alexs voice in the kitchen. i walked out of my room and saw beth and celestia in the kitchen with him. "mornin sleepyhead." beth smiled at me. "when did you two get here?" i asked as maribeth pulled me into a hug.

"like, ten minutes ago." celestia smiled and handed me a cup of coffee. the three of them were all dressed, while i was still in the baggy sweater and pants that i was wearing the night before.

"so, whats your guys' plan for today?" maribeth asked, hoisting herself onto the counter. "i was planning to stream, if any of you wanna join." alex spoke. "im down!" celestia exclaimed while high fiving alex.

"ill have to pass, duck man. i was planning on having brunch down at that new café." beth smiled, taking a sip of her tea. "need a companion?" i asked her, taking a sip of my own drink.

"i could use one, yeah!" she hopped down off the counter. "well, celeste, lets get that stream started while those two get brunch." alex said, grabbing celestias arm. "hey, beth, get me a croissant, i heard they're good!" celeste yelled before being dragged into the streaming room.

"okay, go get dressed, ill wait out in my car." maribeth smiled before walking out to her car. i turned into my bedroom and got myself ready in a green polo tee, a black hoodie, and a pair of black pants.. i walked outside and got into the passenger side of her car.

she drove us down to the small beach-side café and we both got out of the car. before she shut the car door, she grabbed a sun hat from the backseat. she put her hat on and we walked into the café.

we sat ourselves at an outdoor table that had a perfect entrance to the beach. a waitress approached our table and pulled out a notepad. "what can i get you two today?" she asked.

"uhm, ill take a chamomile tea, please." beth looked up at the woman. "okay, and you?" she looked at me. "ill take the same thing, please." i smiled. the waitress wrote down our orders and left our table.

"wanna go down to the beach after?" she asked me. i thought for a moment. "yeah, sure!" i smiled at her. the waitress came back with our drinks shortly after and we both finished our tea fairly quickly.

we payed for the drinks and left the café. we walked through the path we saw from our seats. i pulled my phone from my back pocket and took a few pictures of beth as she walked in front of me.

we ended up at the beach in a few minutes and we just sat in the sand. i looked over at beth as she began to take off her green converse and her socks. "what are you doing?" i asked. "going to the water." she spoke nonchalantly as she stood up and dusted her dress off and placed her hat on top of her shoes.

"come on." she said as she walked backwards to the water. she turned around and walked faster to the water. i took my shoes, socks, and hoodie off and ran after her.

she shouted as i picked her up by her waist. i ran to the water and dropped her in, right as a wave hit, getting the bottom of her dress soaked. i rolled up my pant legs and walked into the warm water.

she bent down a bit as i walked closer to her and she splashed water at me. i did the same to her and watched as she backed away from me, in an attempt to dodge the water.

i did my best to run over to her and picked her up, running further into the water. "oh, god, do not drop me karl!" she yelled in my ear. i dropped her into the water and she just sat there as her dress became soaked. "you can be a real prick sometimes." she said sarcastically as she stood up.

"yeah, but you love me." i spoke jokingly. "yup." she sighed before splashing me, getting my entire body wet. "okay, now you're getting it." i spoke before she screamed and ran from me. i followed after her and tried my best to catch up.

i grabbed her arm and spun her around. i let go of her arm for a moment and grabbed her waist, picking her up. she screamed as i lifted her into the air. her hands were rested on my shoulders and her legs were kickings as she squirmed in my arms.

i brought her back down to the ground instead of dropping her and she let out a sigh of relief. "oh, thank god." i giggled at her and she hit my chest lightly. she looked up at me with a sinister grin on her face.

"what are you planning?" i asked hesitantly, before she put her arms around my torso and pulled me into the water. i brought my head up from under the water and she did the same, wiping her hair out of her eyes.

she laughed as she looked over to me. "what?" i began giggling. she brought her hand to my face and wiped my hair from my eyes. we stared at each other for a few minutes.

i took a breath and leaned down a small bit. "can i kiss you?" i asked quietly. she smiled and nodded, bringing her head to meet mine.

our lips collided and all i felt was fireworks. her hands made their way into my soaked hair and we both smiled, breaking the kiss.

we both smiled and i helped pull her out of the water so we could stand. we looked around the beach and saw a few families walking onto the sand and making their way into the water. we walked out of the water and ran over to where our stuff sat.

i checked my phone and saw a bunch of texts from alex and celestia, asking where we were, since they finished their stream.

MESSAGES

dude, where are you?

the beach :]

why the fuck are you at the beach

dont question it, just bring towels and get your butt down here, get celestia to grab beth a bathing suit too :]]]

got it lmao

"alex and celestia are coming down and they're bringing us proper swimming attire." i looked over to beth, who was wringing the water out of her dress. "okay." she smiled and giggled.

the other two got here pretty quickly and laughed at us as they saw that we were soaked. alex and i layed down the towels as celestia and beth went to the changing rooms that were at the other side of the beach.

once they came back, alex and i left to get changed. we raced back and saw our stuff unoccupied. i looked over to the water and saw the two of them splashing each other like children.

alex and i ran to the water and he started splashing celestia as i grabbed maribeth and jumped into the deeper area of the water with her, bringing us both under the water.

we both came up for air and witnessed celestia bodycheck alex underwater. we all heard a bunch of children screaming around us, splashing each other and hitting each other with buckets. beth went silent for a moment while looking in the other direction before swimming over to a guy and his son.

the rest of us all followed, realizing that it was klaas and garrett. "garrett!" beth yelled before she got pulled underwater by her brother. klaas splashed around as he watched his dad and aunt have a water fight. "hello you tiny gremlin." beth said, pushing her brother away from her and giving klaas a hug.

we all went on, splashing each other, swimming around, and almost drowning each other for the rest of the evening, until we all got out of the water and started a fire on the beach.

most families were gone at this point, but the ones who were there all had a fire going and were all cuddled up by the fire, like it was a special night.

garrett, beth, and celestia told us all some wild stories from when they all lived back in the netherlands. klaas was almost asleep on garretts lap until a loud booming woke him up.

we all looked over to the noise and saw some people at the edge of the water lighting off fireworks. everyone who was there was watching the light show. after a bit of time of the fireworks going off, alex and celestia raced to the water and had a water war as the fireworks took up the night sky.

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