  &quot;Hey! You ready?&quot; I asked Claire. I had come to pick her up.
  &quot;Well yeah,&quot; She said. &quot;I am so excited!&quot;
  &quot;That Jake will be with me!&quot; I finished her unspoken sentence, using the same level of excitement she used.
  &quot;Shut up!&quot; She said, looking away. I saw a hint of red on her cheeks and smirked.
  &quot;Oh my God! You're blushing! Seriously, what did Jake do?&quot; I wondered out loud.
  She didn't reply but instead turned into a tomato. I shook my head at her.
  We drove to Darren's place. We were all going to meet up there. Everyone was coming with us. Claire, Brian, Jake, Sam, Darren, Josh, Tyler and I. There were eight of us. Quite a party.
  We pulled up at Darren's and got out. I knocked on the door.
  A few seconds later, Darren opened the door.
  &quot;Hi,&quot; I and Claire said in unison.
  &quot;Hi,&quot; Darren said, huggi

  We sat there for a while, not talking. Just staring at the sea before us.
  Darren and Sam were back and were playing in the water. Claire was learning how to surf. Jake was teaching her. They looked cute together. Josh and Tyler were also surfing.
  &quot;Aren't you going in the water?&quot; Brian asked me a few minutes later.
  &quot;Not now.&quot; I said. We had finished our coconut water and now the coconuts were resting between us.
  He nodded and got up, dusting off sand on his jeans. Was he going?
  &quot;Want to take a walk along the beach?&quot; He asked and extended his hand for me to take.
  I took his hand as he helped me up. His warm hand sent tingles down my spine which I tried to ignore.
  We started walking along the beach. Not many people were there. This beach was never crowded. Though it was a beautiful beach with a beautiful view of the sea, it still remained mostly

  From the corner of my eyes, I saw Brian walk past me. I heard the chair of the desk behind me move. Brian was sitting behind me.
  I wanted to talk to him. But I wouldn't. Maybe I should just forget what happened yesterday. It was nothing. He was just being an idiot. And he was drunk. Drunk people do stupid things, right? And I even doubted he remembered what happened.
  Plus he had ignored me all day and had already got a new friend. So I had all the right to ignore him too. And he wouldn't want me to talk to him either. I was boring. So he'll get what he wanted. And anyways he has got Gemma to entertain him.
  The teacher entered the class and started teaching us. I carefully took notes and concentrated on the class. Or rather tried to.
  After an hour, she put the chalk down and instructed us about some homework and soon she was out of class. The students began to file out of the cl

&quot;Hey! You ready?&quot; I asked Claire. I had come to pick her up.
  &quot;Well yeah,&quot; She said. &quot;I am so excited!&quot;
  &quot;That Jake will be with me!&quot; I finished her unspoken sentence, using the same level of excitement she used.
  &quot;Shut up!&quot; She said, looking away. I saw a hint of red on her cheeks and smirked.
  &quot;Oh my God! You're blushing! Seriously, what did Jake do?&quot; I wondered out loud.
  She didn't reply but instead turned into a tomato. I shook my head at her.
  We drove to Darren's place. We were all going to meet up there. Everyone was coming with us. Claire, Brian, Jake, Sam, Darren, Josh, Tyler and I. There were eight of us. Quite a party.
  We pulled up at Darren's and got out. I knocked on the door.
  A few seconds later, Darren opened the door.
  &quot;Hi,&quot; I and Claire said in unison.
  &quot;Hi,&quot; Darren said, hugging both of us.
  &quot;Has everyone made it here?&quot; I asked.
  &quot;No. Some of the b

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