Eclair Rosabelle's Story

Eclair walked out from the automated sliding doors of the Arrival building.She can't believe she was just on a flight to California.And she wasn't even sure if she should be doing this.She thought back to how it all happened.

She found a note inside her locker,saying that she was invited to a beach house in California for two weeks with a couple of other people.She wasn't fond of the idea,but she let her grandmother take a read at it.And during that time,she placed a call and discussed the situation with this...so called Asher Freedmon's parents.It seemed that his parents weren't all that concerned about it all and even tried to persuade Eclair to go.
"Um...I'll try and see--" she had tried to say through the phone,but her grandmother got the better of her,yelling out "YOU'RE GOING YOUNG LADY!".And no doubt,the Freedmons heard this and said "I guess our son can be expecting you then.".

Eclair sighed.And so here she was.All because of her grandmother.She walked over to a waiting taxi and dumped her luggage in the back seat,she didn't bring too much,just clothing that she needed...and her toiletries.She pulled out the piece of paper that had the address of the beach house and handed it over for the driver to read.The driver raised an eyebrow and handed the paper back,before heading off to said destination.Eclair had her full focus on the scenery outside the window.A couple of strangers,all under the same roof too.To make things a little worse...there would be guys.And guys that she didn't even know.She sighed,drawing a glance from the taxi driver,who otherwise,maintained his eyes on the road.After what seemed to be about an hour or so,Eclair got out of the car and stared at the beach house with her disbelieving eyes.

"The place is quite the beaut eh?" asked the taxi driver,who handed her her luggage and hand his hand out for the taxi fee.Eclair nodded and quickly pulled out a bunch of rolls and handed them over.With the taxi speeding away,she moved onto the path and towards the door.

"That Freedmon guy must be rich to be able to afford this kind of place for two weeks and invite us all over..." she tested the doorknob and found it open.She walked inside slowly while knocking on the door.She noticed several people already in the hangout.And as she expected...none of their faces seemed familiar to her.'Oh God...strangers...' she thought,though she attempted a friendly smile.

"Um...guess I'm not the first one here then." she said nervously,then bit her bottom lip.Before any of the other could say anything,she quickly continued,"So...I'll just...goupandpickoutaroomthen.Kay'bye." before going up the stairs.She really delivered the last part of the sentence a little too quickly,she could feel herself blushing.They probably thought she was retarded or something along those lines.During her first try with a random room,she found it empty.She dumped her luggage on the floor and laid down on the bed,her deep auburn fringe sprawling all over her face.She blew a couple of strands away from her face and got up.

'I should go find this Asher Freedmon and thank him.It is rather cool here.' she thought,glancing around the purple,black and lime-green color schemed room.Two weeks here wouldn't really kill her,now that she thought about it.She started for the door,and after taking one more look around the room,she went out.

Eclair heard splashes.Guess the others were probably at the pool.She smiled,going into the room again.She reached for her luggage bag to pull out her swimsuit,before stopping halfway.She had totally forgot to pack her swimsuit.She mentally slapped herself in her mind.

'I'm an idiot.It's California,it's a beach house.I forgot my swimsuit.Perfect.' she thought to herself miserably,using her hand to brush away a couple of stray fringes away from her eyes.There was a melodic tune starting to play,which was most likely the doorbell so she proceeded downstairs.She still hadn't met the Freedmon person to thank him.He hadn't showed himself yet.Probably in one of the rooms,but she'd rather not intrude.She was going for the door but found herself staring at a girl with messy blonde hair who was calling out for someone to respond.

"Um...hey.Someone's here." Eclair greeted,smiling awkwardly while rising her hand up to indicate herself,"The name's Claire.And what would yours be?".This time,she gave out a genuine smile,offering out a hand towards the large suitcase with the intent to help her with it.

Eclair nodded and pointed at upstairs. "Well Quinn,that'll be your ticket to the rooms.There are rooms for the girls and rooms for boys as well.When you finish unpacking,come over to the pool.I was just heading there myself." She pointed to where the pool was.There was more splashing now.More people?And conversations were starting to buzz around the house.

She walked over to the pool area and raised up her hands in a 'I'm just walking by,don't mind me' manner.She was really shy when around large groups of people.And many of them were in swimwear already.She made her way to the far end of the pool and rolled up her jeans before sitting on the edge of the pool,soaking her feet in the cool water.She was a great swimmer,in fact,swimming was one of her favorite sports to do.It was a pity she forgot her swimsuit...

"H-hey.The name's Eclair." she called out to the others. "Just call me Claire though.What are your names?"

Alex was swimming around the pool confused at what a pansexual was. Jesse just rolled his eyes "Sorry about my sister and I wouldn't as her that question she would probably think it was someone who liked pans" Jesse said with a chuckle. Alex scowled at him as she pulled herself outta the pool and looking around at the others, "I would not!" she shouted at him sulking. Jesse scowled at her back as a laugh escaped his lip "Alex, you failed your cooking class... you set fire to pasta. The only thing you pay attention to is surfing" He told her.
Looking over towards the other end of the pool he spotted a girl with her feet in the pool, a small smirk appeared on his face as he walked over and sat next to her. "Hey, can't swim?" he asked with a smile on his face.

'Stupid brother' Kept replaying in Alex's head.

Eclair watched as the blonde haired male walked over and sat next to her.
"Hey,can't swim?" Eclair laughed at the question.She looked up at the guy next to her,using a hand to move away her fringe.She gave him a small smile.Then looked back at the water.

"Nope.I can,and I love swimming.I just...forgot my swimsuit.That's all." she said in a manner as if it didn't matter at all,when in fact,Eclair longed to submerge herself into the pool right now."So...what's your name?" she inquired,while she dipped her fingers in the water,then pulled them away,watching the water drip down from her fingertips.She looked back at the guy then pointed at the girl with blonde and brown hair who was swimming around in the pool.

"I heard you guys talking.Is that your sister?I guess you know how to swim then?" she asked him,kicking her feet at the water.It was so tempting to just dive in right now.

Jesse smiled fown at her. "Right, You can borrow one of my sisters if you want she wont care she bought about five or six with her" he said with a laugh
When he asked his name he chuckled a bit "Names Jesse and thats Alex" He said pointing to her swimming around in the pool. "Are parents were a bit weird and gave her a boy name and me a girls. We don't really care now to be honest, It was annoying whilst we were kids but now were used to it." He said said as he messed his hair up with his hand. "So you got a name?" He said with a smile.

Eclair stared at the girl that was Alex and noted the swim wear.Two piece bikini.She shook her head then looked at Jesse.She wouldn't dare wear anything like that.Her swimsuit was a one piece,and she wasn't too comfortable wearing a two piece.

"That's alright,I don't really wear two piece." she told him.She laughed when Jesse talked about how their parents gave him a girl name and his sister a guy's name. "Interesting parents."

"Of course I have a name." Eclair huffed.Obviously. "It's Eclair."

He could tell already by the mood in the pool area that he was going to like it here. Two weeks away from school and his own friends was an opportunity he couldn't pass up. Leaning his head back, he chuckled when Andre attempted to flirt with Juliet. Cockiness was certainly not a way of getting girls from their high school, and Tyler could only wonder how Andre pulled it off. Tyler was always sweet, nice and kind to his girlfriends and complimented them. He had always gotten the girl that way, and not the way Andre and probably a few others here would. A hopeless romantic is what his friends called him, but he was truthful in everything he did. If he felt a relationship wouldn't work out, he wouldn't cheat, but rather sit down and talk to his then boyfriend or girlfriend and tell them how he felt. Juliet had just informed them all that she was bisexual which was awesome in a sense that he'd have a closer bond with her. They'd be able to converse about things that he wouldn't be able to converse to the guys in the house about.

Being straightforward and not obnoxious was the key. Smirking, he could only laugh softly at the conversations going on around him. Who knew what these two weeks had in store for these high school students.

"Hey it's whatever. I'm done for whatever," Tyler stated in response to the invite made by Brandon.

He could already tell that the two who would bring the most fun to the group would be Jay and Jace with their constant bickering. It was hilarious. It was as if they were siblings or had been in a past relationship. Either way Tyler already liked them.

A beautiful girl walked into the pool area, and she seemed a bit shy. Then again, everyone was out of their comfort zones here. No one really knew the other aside from siblings, and probably those who were friends. Tyler hoped that by the end of this he would've at least made a few friends. He'd keep his options open though, and try not to form any relationships with anyone in the house. He'd seen those reality shows when relationships formed beyond friend between those in the house ended badly. He didn't want any of that excess drama this trip.

The girl sat down on the edge of the pool and stuck her feet in the water. She introduced herself as Eclair, but advised everyone to call her Claire. Tyler smiled and introduced himself as Tyler before humming softly to himself. He wondered where Asher and Shane were, but then again they may be resting and relaxing before joining the popular spot of the house, the pool.

Alex and Jesse were quite the interesting siblings. This was the type of sibling squabbles that Tyler missed. He only had one older brother and he had moved away. He hadn't seen him in quite some time now, but his brother was very supportive of his lifestyle and his choices. They talked over the phone ever so often, but Tyler missed hanging with him. Sighing, he smiled and listened to Jesse ask Claire if she could swim. It seemed the two were having an interesting conversation. He wondered if Jesse had been paying attention to Eclair when she had informed everyone of her name. He laughed out loud when Eclair informed Jesse that she had a name.

"Oh man, this is going to be awesome," he said as he stretched and playfully kicked his feet in the water attempting to get water on everyone.

Eclair nodded,getting up from her sitting position and tugging on her wet shirt that was sticking onto her.The beach it was then.She liked the seabreeze anyway.And the beach was kind of her favourite place to be in.Not to mention sandcastles.Eclair tried not to smile at her only childish secret.She loved sandcastles.She wondered what the others would think of it if they knew.

"Sounds good.I'll go grab my purse." she told Jesse,shaking her legs a little to get rid of the dripping water before pattering inside and upstairs into the girls' room to get her purse.She quickly ran back downstairs and followed the ones who were making their way to the beach.

Eclair blinked at all the commotion when she managed to find her way to the beach.Everyone was already having lots of fun.

'Getting a little rough though.' she noted in her mind,watching Alex's skirmish with a surfer guy.She made her way to the beach shack while glancing back at the others every once in a while.The surfer guy had made his way to Jesse and the girl named Destiny.She continued watching until she saw him kiss her.She adverted her eyes a little.

"Oh,wow.Pretty quick,first day too." she said out loud,while going through the swimsuits the shack had to offer.In the end she settled for a rose-red one piece with flowery patterns on it.There wasn't any other one that she liked.And it was the cheapest anyway.She paid for it and used the changing room.Now in her swimsuit she walked towards the ocean.

'A dip would be fine.' she thought to herself,smiling.Oh...a dip to her was...something entirely different from just a dip.She walked past Alex,Jesse and Destiny,managing to hear Alex threaten the running surfer guy.She winked at Alex.

"Nice work there Amazon." then she looked at Jesse and Destiny,saying,"Moving pretty quick huh?" and laughed before she came to the waves.Feeling the waves lap up to her knees,she took a good run,moving easily through the resistance of the waves and cut through the water with a deep dive.Now this was a DIP.She worked her arms and legs to bring her deeper and admired the blue scenery.Wasn't really that beautiful,but it'll suffice.She slowly allowed herself to float back to the top with the liquid's buoyancy and broke through the surface.She released a joyful laughter before spitting out the salt water that managed to find its way into her mouth.

"Water's pretty salty,but that's expected!Aren't you guys entering the water?" she announced loudly,already quite far away from the coast,waving her hands around to get their attention.