A Dip In The Sea
As we got home, I was the first one who took a shower. While the water was sliding over me I sang the few words of the song that had been stuck all day in my head hoping no one would hear me. I felt my back burning and I immediately understood that falling asleep under the sun wasn’t something to do another time, mostly because I would always forget to put sunscreen all over my body. To alleviate the warmth that I felt on my body, I turned on the cold water and I felt the pain finally vanishing.
After a few minutes I turned off the water and left the shower while wiping my hair with the first towel I saw.
When I was drying my face the door swung open scaring me and, realizing that I was still naked, I let out a spontaneous little scream.
“Oh, fuck” I heard someone saying and then the door closed immediately.
“Fuck, fuck, fuck. I’m so sorry” said Lexa’s voice. “I didn’t get that you were taking a shower!” she said on the other side of the door.
My cheeks, red as the blood, were exploding in embarrassment. “Don’t worry” I said, raising my voice, not sure if she could hear me.
“Shit” I heard Lexa saying in distance.
"Next time we have to close the god damn door, Clarke!" I thought.
I quickly got dressed and left the bathroom with my hair still wet and the towel on my shoulder. As soon as I entered the kitchen Lexa and Octavia were sitting at the kitchen table while Lincoln and Bellamy were out playing basketball in the backyard. Octavia looked up and, looking at me and then at Lexa, laughed quietly. I shook my head and sat down at the table. As Lexa understood it was me, she looked at me briefly and literally ran to the bathroom. Octavia followed her with her eyes still laughing. When she was sure that Lexa had entered the bathroom, her laughter turned into a noisy one making me laugh too.
“Shit, fuck” she said mocking Lexa.
“Leave her alone” I said still laughing, “It could happen to everyone” I justified her.
“However, where are we going tonight?” I asked Octavia.
“It’s a pub on the beach, near the harbor” she replied.
I nodded and stood up from the table ready to cook something for dinner. Me and Octavia ended up preparing pasta and, at the end of the dinner, the response from the others had been positive, making me happy. Around half past nine, after washing the dishes and we all had dressed up for the prepared for the evening, we left the house.
Lexa came with us leaving me speechless. I hated that she was always silent even when everyone was talking, that she would never laugh and that she would always be reserved, I knew nothing about her despite having known her you for almost two years.
After fifteen minutes of walking we arrived at the pub, and I understood why streets were empty, everyone was there.
As we took something to drink, we sat at a table in the midst of people talking out loud and people dancing.
I ended up being the last one to finish the drink when Lexa got up from the table and asked us if we wanted more.
“I’ll take another one of these” I told her while handing her the money.
Everyone else took beers except for Lexa took three shots of tequila and drank them as if they were water. Bellamy was busy talking to his sister and Lincoln of how much he had missed the beach house and of how everything reminded him of when they were younger. So boring.
After a few minutes Lexa stood up from the table once again.
“I wanna swim in the ocean” she said informing everyone, or at least informing me, the only one who was paying attention.
“What?” I said in surprise.
“I want to swim in the ocean, bye” she said and walked toward the sea distant about twenty meters from us.
My instinct was to get up and follow her after realizing that she was drunk.
“Wait, stop. You don’t even have a bikini” I said a few steps behind her.
As she reached the shore she took off her shoes and turned to face me.
“I’m going to swim in the ocean” she informed me again.
“You said that three times, I got it. Are you sure? Lexa you’re so drunk” I told her as I reached the shore just where she was standing, my shoes were almost in the water.
Within seconds, not understanding how and why, Lexa picked me up and without even being able to open my mouth, I found myself in the warm water of the ocean.
“What the fuck are you doing?” I shouted out loud once we both reemerged from the water.
Her response was a laugh. “Oh come on Clarke, you should laugh sometimes” she told me.
“Me? Im the one who should laugh? You never speak and always act like you’re pissed off” I said almost shouting again.
“That’s not true” she replied.
“Oh no, that never happens” I said, laughing ironically.
After a few seconds she approached me swimming. She was looking at me in a weird way, the typical smile on her face, but her eyes wanted to tell me something.
"It's probably just because she's drunk" I thought.
My thought was totally overturned when I found her lips on mine.