What Is Missing?
"Do you want something to eat? Or to take away to the beach" Lexa asked to me.
She was making sandwiches for lunch and packing everything into a cooler.
"Oh, don’t worry" I replied not wanting to take advantage of the situation.
"It’s okay, really" she said smiling with some mayonnaise on her right cheek.
"You got something on your cheek" I informed her. She touched her left cheek leaving some other sauce on her face. "Nope" I laughed, "The other one". I saw her blushing then quickly heading for the sink and washed her hands. She then washed her face, wiping away the dirt. I caught myself staring at her another time. As soon as she turned to me, I looked away and hurried to take a bottle of water that I put in my backpack.
"So, what do you want in your sandwich?" she asked softly.
"Whatever you’ve put in yours, it’s more than okay".
"Fine" she added, about to pull out two slices of bread and, within minutes, the cooler box was filled to the brim.
"Shall we go?" she asked with sunglasses on already. The white bikini was visible under the shirt that appeared transparent to the eyes. Instead of a pair of flip flops, she was wearing a pair of white converse.
I heard her clearing her throat and I knew I had to get up off the couch and move.
"Yes, sure" I replied.
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The beach was a completely desolated, probably because it was two in the afternoon and everyone was at home having lunch. I saw Lincoln’s figure in the distance, impossible not to notice, with Octavia on his back. A few meters away from me, Lexa was following me. Walking with flip-flops on the sand was uncomfortable. I kept on sinking into the sand that burned like hell and, perhaps, Lexa had been smart not wearing them. They surely weren’t recommended at that time in the afternoon.
"Oh, they’re finally here!" I heard Octavia’s voice still far away from us. She climbed down Lincoln’s back and run toward us.
"We thought you had drowned under the sink" she said laughing as she approached us. I laughed sarcastically.
"I’m sorry for this morning" I told her pouting.
"No problem plumber" she said smiling at me.
"The real plumber here is Lexa. She did everything by herself" I said turning to face Lexa.
"Too many compliments" she said feigning a bow. We all laughed as we finally joined the boys.
"Oh, here she is, my princess" Bellamy said looking up from the towel.
I replied with a smile and took off my top and shorts throwing them somewhere on the sand. As Bellamy leaned his head back down, Octavia motioned for me to take his hands as she approached his feet. I knew exactly what she intended to do and I was all for doing that. Without even thinking about it a second longer I took Bellamy by the wrists and Octavia did the same by his ankles. He soon realized what we were doing and began to squirm.
"No, please!" He begged us. "Have you heard him, O? "No, please!"" I said mocking him.
We quickly approached the shore and, as our feet touched the water we threw him into it. Bellamy, however, smarter than me, took me by my arms and dragged me down with him. When we resurfaced, I took a deep breath realizing how freezing the water was.
"You didn’t just do that" I told him trying to drown him. His response was a laugh accompanied by Octavia’s one who stared at us still on the shore. Behind her, Lincoln was approaching her slowly, trying not to get caught. As soon as he was close enough, he picked her up in his arms and ran into the water while Octavia pleaded him to let her go. The two fell into the water near us.
"I hate you!" she said laughing.
"Why it’s so fucking cold?" Lincoln said, getting up from the water trying to warm up.
"It’s too cold" Bellamy replied running towards him and, as a football player, he dragged him back into the water.
The two began a fight between spurts and attempts to drown each other. Me and Octavia stared at them laughing and shaking our head at the same time. A few moments later I realized that something was missing and I turned my sight back to the beach. Lexa was lying on the sand while looking at us. Octavia looked at me and then at Lexa.
"I will never understand why she’s always this silent" she then added. I turned to her not understanding what she was saying.
"She was quite conversational this morning. We talked about a lot of stuff" I informed her.
"Woah, you two talking to each other leaves me speechless" she said.
"Yeah, I know. I actually think we’ve never talked this much since the first time we met" I told her. I turned back to face the shore and she was still looking at us. Noticing I was looking at her, she waved at me and I gestured to come into the water. She shook her head and lay her head back down on the towel.
"What a shame" Octavia said ironically and I gave her a pat on the back.
"Ouch!" was the answer.