Johnathon Strider's Story

It took a while to convince his father to let him get a job but when he agreed Johnathon seemed awfully surprised that his father agreed. but after hearing that he was going to work as a vallet he just seemed excited to start working and make his own living. "thanks pops i won't let you down you'll see!" he pretty much exclaimed then grabbed his bag and board and headed out.

Stepping up to the front desk He quietly said his name to avoid any prying eyes. "sorry i got here so lat it took a while to convince my father to let me get this job." he said following the manager to where the employees lived. "ahh not quite like how i grew up around but i guess if i'm going to work i better stay with the other employees." he stated stepping through the front door. Putting his bag on and empty bed he just kept looking around then started to unpack organizing while he went along looking out the window to the beach every now and then. "after i'm done here i think i might go surfing."

after he finished unpacking Johnathon quickly grabbed his board and walked down the stairs stopping right when he saw one of his room mates as she was calling out to see if an one wanted to go surfing. "there's no need to yell i think every one can can hear you at the hotel." he said in an attempt to make a joke. "any way i was just heading out." grabbing the door knob he opened the door then turned. "well see ya out there." he said stepping out on the porch and walking off towards the beach.

The sand felt great under his feet and the waves looked killer. "sweet nothing i enjoy more then surfing with these conditions." he said waxing his board like his old man taught him how to do. "all the better i get to surf with out being near any sharks." When he finished he sat for a second before heading out.

Once Gabe changed into her suit she exited the shack, immediately regretting not bringing sunglasses. The sun was terrible, yet another reason she mostly chose to go out mostly at night, and the reason why she was almost as white as a ghost. She heard the girl yelling behind her and turned, arching an eyebrow at her before watching another boy appear and attempt a joke. Rolling her eyes, she managed to just step out of the way in time for him to past by her, announcing that he was going down to the beach. Another surfer apparently, since he was carrying a board. For a moment she debated bringing her own, but decided against it. The waves were okay today, but that meant a lot of people would be out and she didn't like amateurs messing her up. If she really wanted to, she would go out at night and surf.

She began heading towards the red headed boy, but as soon as she approached to say something he ran off towards the waves. Sort of rude, she thought before plopping down in the sand and crossing her legs underneath her. Well, she would just sit here then. At least until she got the energy to go back to the shack.

[ My OOC question is apparently a no. xD ]

Johnathon had already reached the water when he noticed some one sitting near where he was at and his little sister walking out of the shack. "hold up i'll be right there!!" he called out to them both turning around wincing because he missed a good chance but then shrugged it off and walked over to the one girl sitting in the sand "hello there i don't think we've met would you like some help up?" he asked holding his hand out towards her.

Then looking toward his sister Emma he set his board down and waved her over "hey sis this way wouldn't want you to get scared by the people behind you." He called out to her keeping his hand held out. "any way did you come to surf?" he asked with a smile while picking his board back up.

Gabe frowned somewhat, hearing red's words. She hadn't meant to distract him or anything, and surprisingly she actually felt a tad bit bad about pulling him away from the water. Then again it seemed he was also talking to someone else, and she turned slightly to see another girl that had just exited the shack. Great, she thought, another bitch to deal with. It was quite possible that Gabe was the most negative person, and she really hated most females.

The boy approached her and held his hand out, offering to help her up. "No thanks, I'm comfy down here," she said quietly, shaking her head. Suddenly he was waving the other girl over, and calling her sis. Right then would have been a very good time to leave, but she didn't want to seem overly rude. This boy at least seemed to be trying to be nice. His next question caught her a bit off guard, and her eyes flitted back up to his face. "Not right now, I can't stand amateurs getting in the way," a small smile formed on her lips as she recalled her earlier thoughts. "It's much nicer to surf at night, in my opinion."

Laughing Johnathon straightened up "that's why people alternate on and off one will get a wave you'll get another there's always enough surf to go around." he said still laughing. "oh and before i forget let me introduce myself name's john well that's what other call me, my name is actually Johnathon Strider" he said almost hollowly before turning to the water again then sat down while waiting for his sister "and just so you know my little sister is not one who makes friends easily." a small laugh escaped his mouth "though i don't see why she doesn't exactly seem like the loner type... any way i'm going to surf and yeah surfing at night maybe fun but no where near as fun as just surfing as much as you really want." putting his hands behind for leverage he looked to the sky "if you do what you enjoy then don't let other drag you down or worry about being judged' just a little something my old man used to say" he stated with another smile

Gabe nodded slowly, taking in everything that the boy spewed out. By the end it almost seemed as if he was talking to himself, as she pretty much just stared at him slightly wide-eyed. "Uh," she managed to mumble, almost not even loud enough for him to hear. "I'm Gabe, it's nice to meet you." She managed to give a faint smile, sitting up a bit straighter and turned her body slightly towards him in order to look at him without staring at the sun.

"I don't blame your sister, I sort of hate people too," -which is sort of why I wanted to get out of here before she makes her way to us. Though she didn't say that, it wasn't worth it. "It's another reason I prefer to surf at night. And it's just so much more peaceful," for a moment she looked sort of far off, thinking about the many times she'd snuck out at night to go surfing. "But if you're busy," she gestured to the water. "Don't let me keep you."

Ezra stood in the shadows of a rather overly large palm tree, smirking in amusement. He had only recently turned eighteen, yet he felt older than most here. His long blond hair clung wetly to his face and neck, from his quick swim. So far, Ezra was really liking this new job. He taught what he loved and interacting with new people every day was interesting. Graduating a semester early had its perks. 

But now... He had coworkers, and lots of them. They looked fun though. Ezra could still taste the salt on his lips and the waves looked so blue and inviting. Too many people. He would surf later, tonight. He smiled to himself. Surfing at night was always fun. His aqua eyes observed it and decided they look like carefree little children. Ezra felt a twinge of envy but pushed it aside. 

One girl caught his eye though. She had bright blue hair. Cute. She was currently being talked to. Ezra smirked. She didn't look exactly social. Maybe he'd help her out. He glanced at himself. His pale abs gleamed with salt water and his black shorts were soaked as if he wet his pants. Ezra shook some water out of his hair with a hand and walked over casually from where he had been standing. 

"Hey," he flashed a white smile at the girl sitting in the sand. She looked tiny, but then again, he was taller than everyone he met. He met the eyes of the redhead. "Hi, I'm Ezra," then he turned to the girl. "I'm kind of hungry if you'd like to join me for a snack. I know this great place, my treat,"

shaking his he John just sat still "no i doubt if i was here and my sis saw you she'd probably do or say something rude." he sighed looking far off. "and besides it's no fun being a loner." he said looking back "but any way if you do enjoy surfing so much just go any time you feel like it's not like i'm going to judge what being the "amateur" that i am i wouldn't have any room to talk about how any one does on how they surf." he said using his fingers in the air quote gesture then sat back. "but if i'm bugging you just let me know and i'll just head out and that will be the last you see of me today."

Gabe was still looking around for a distraction when her eyes met the blonde-haired boy that had looked as if he had just taken a swim, or was running in his bathing suit for a very long time. It wasn't a bad sight either, easy to be distracted by. Not that she would admit it, but her eyes did happen to travel down to his clearly muscled arms and abs, though when she realized it she quickly shook her head and refocused on the boy next to her. It was unlikely she'd ever see the blonde boy again, he probably was staying at the hotel and she'd be cleaning his room tomorrow morning. There goes that optimism, she thought sarcastically, watching John make air quotes with his fingers. "You're not bugging me, I just saw that you had been heading out to surf and it would suck if you missed some of those waves."

Her eyes returned to where the blonde boy was, and she was quite shocked to see that he was gone. Without realizing it she began to search for the boy, unable to find him as it was like he'd disappeared into thin air. She was startled out of her search when someone spoke, clearly a male but also not John. Eyes flitting upwards, they landed on the boy. Found him. The next bit was a blur, as she couldn't really believe that he was almost sort of asking her to go eat with him, which could very easily be mistaken for a date. "I guess," she muttered, giving John an apologetic look and promising herself that she would make it up to him later. Standing, she was momentarily glad that she had remembered to throw on a pair of black skinny jeans and a thin white shirt over her suit. "By the way, I'm Gabe."

After the male appeared John stood and grabbed his board. "oh you two had better head out if you don't want to lose your chance as well avoid the impending rude comments my sis will speak." he said with a laugh then waved good bye before going back to the water for his chance to surf and enjoy himself. 'freedom at last' he thought diving under letting one of the smaller waves pass over. As soon as a good sized one began to rise he decided to go for it the rush and excitement took over when he even went into the barrel something only the most experienced or the most dare devilish of surfers would do.

After he exited the barrel John forced a wipe out. "whew!! now that is a rush." he said to himself remounting his board then lied there and stared up to the sky 'all that time i surfed and i never even tried to surf the barrel i never knew what i was missing.' he thought kicking lightly in the water. After a while he went back to shore and just sat in the lied in the sand under the shade of a coconut tree before practically falling a sleep.

Valdimar turned to his new friends: Skye, probably the happiest of the bunch, Hiroshima, who looked to edgy for a coral reef, and Lana, who seemed nice enough. Ready to make an impression, he darted out of the room and out onto the beach, making a mad dash to the water. He didn't know what fuelled such a passionate excursion, just that he was about to run into a group of three people; oh joy.
Valdimar turned, spinning in a slow-motion movement like he was Neo in the matrix. He didn't understand that movie very well, but it was it was still awesome. He briefly locked eyes with the girl, flashing a quick smile until he saw who she was with. Probably two of the best looking beach-bums he had ever laid eyes on. This was getting interesting.
Not as interesting as his momentum, as he continued to spin and resumed running for the shoreline.

Once they got to the beach Skye ran ahead from her new friends and ran towards the beach throwing her beach bag on the smooth sand, and with her surf board in her hands.
"See you in the water guys!" She said with her hand making the surfs up gesture as she was running ahead.

Skye ran inside the water and ran all the way until she couldn't stand anymore, she hoped on top of her board and paddled straight forward an upcoming wave. As the wave was approaching her, she paddled faster to catch it. Once she hit the right spot, she hopped on top of her board and let the way guide her back to the shore, once the wave ended it sucked Skye in, good thing she had her board tied to her leg.
Skye's head popped from the water and she yelled to the crowd on the beach.

"C'mon guys! The waves are gnarly today!" She screamed waving her hand towards her new friends, as she was holding on to her board with her other arm.

Hiro smiled as he walked down with everyone, so many people here seem so friendly. Minus the one girl who walked by everyone rudely everyone he has met seemed to enjoy themselves, and even she would probably warm up at some point. seeing the few that started to get into the water he smiled. He didn't bring his board down, because he didn't feel like it today. tomorrow after work he would go out and have a good time. He did however bring his guitar down, because he thought it would be a good idea to play some music on the first day.

He sat on the beach close enough so the people could hear him. Hiro strummed just a simple tune on his guitar and began whistling to it. nothing anybody knew, just his own tune. He loved music a lot, and decided if he was going to be living here for a while he needed to be entertained by the people, the surf, the beach, and his own music. he was hoping to write a song or two while he was here, but that would come later. right now it was all about the tune.

He made his music surround him and his friends with an upbeat and bright sound, as if his music embodied the ocean and the sun around them, it was something he was good at, playing music to fit the mood and time. The ocean waves lead his rhythm as the sift wind carried his sound. everything fit so right 'Mmmm mm mm." Hiro hummed a tune that fit in just right for it

When they said the beaches were as beautiful as the women, they weren't lying. Stretch of shoreline covered the coast and the constant movement created for an interesting scene. Lana twiddled the idea of writing at the beach, but water, sand, parchment? Not a good combo.
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Lana smiled, excited to see the shoreline, although not necessarily excited to see the water. She'd swam in lakes back home, but they were are very tame and not anything remotely exciting like this. Lana peeled out of her sweater and jeans carelessly tossing them into a leather bag she'd brought with. Perhaps it was then that Lana realized her packing choices may have been a little unreasonable. If she didn't develop a skin disease by the end of this she was more than guaranteed to sweat to death.
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A little lost from the hoards of people vanishing into the water to surf Lana laughed a little uncomfortably to no one in particular;however, she did take note of two other members who weren't out swimming. The boy named Hiro, who strummed his guitar. And the girl who'd stormed out of the Shack before she got a chance to catch her name. Now. Lana didn't know either well enough to actually go talk, because, Lana was odd about the whole talking with anybody thing, but she did want to appreciate the music. She rested a towel down close to the shoreline, but not to close, close enough to hear Hiro playing, but not to close, and proceeded to stare off into the abyss, bemused by everyone's conversation, and the constant harmonious strumming of the guitar.

waking up to the music John stood and gave a small yawn then snapped wide awake "snap did i just fall asleep!?" he exclaimed grabbing his board. "that means i missed out on some gnarly waves something i really need to make up for." running past Emm he quickly entered the water then paddled out to where the girl he saw before was "took ya long enough to get out here." he laughed sitting up on his board. "you seemed rather stoked to get out here, what was the hold up?" he asked putting his hands down on the board.

Skye hopped on top of her board, facing her was the guy she met earlier back at the shack.
Skye was sitting on top of the board with her feet in the water, the waves were calm but the wind was starting to get stronger.
"Sorry if you were waiting, I was just introducing myself to some other new people." She said shrugging her shoulders.
"I'm surprised you haven't been in the water yet!" Skye exclaimed to the boy who barley just woke up.

A sudden wind blew harder and the waves kept going up and down gently, Skye turned her head and saw a baby wave coming out their way.
"Go ahead catch that wave, before you regret it!" She yelled out with excitement.

Hiro looked out at everyone and smiled. they seemed to really enjoy themselves. and that meant something. even the girl who had shoved them all out of the way and rudely excused herself was in the water catching waves and smiling. This made him feel good. he put his guitar in the case and decided to go swimming. he may not have had his board with him, he left it in his room, but he could still enjoy the water.

When he got in He swam over to Skye and the other guy he didn't seem to know well. he kept distance from them as to not hit their boards and tip them accidentally. "Hey, how are you guys?" he asked, probably intruding a bit, but if he had to he would apologize for that later.

Shaking John looked at the wave. "nah the last one i caught had afew feet compared to that one though i really shouldn't be picky it's all about having fun." he said blankly starring off into the distance. "but any way names Johnathon my friends just call me John or Johnny." he added holding his hand out for a hand shake "and i was in the water not that long ago if you didn't see i tried to surf in the barrel but wound up wiping out upon exiting." with a smile he looked to where his sister went to. "anyway my sister is over there she is a nice girl but she doesn't make friends easily but just don't give up she's really nice once you get to know her." he pointed out "though she does have a sharp tongue for her age."

After the baby wave died and the wind picked up again kicking up another wave. "now that's a better size." paddling towards it he hit the wave right on letting it guide him back towards the shore but he couldn't help but show off a little by doing a trick or two before wiping out and if he didn't have his board tied to his leg John might have either lost his board or drowned. "ah now that's refreshing." he laughed hopping back on his board. then he saw another male coming "oh hi there." he said waving with a large smile on his face.

{OOC: I think it was either skipped over or misread but Emm has been in the water catching waves in the last post i gave her, everyone seems to think she's on shore}

After catching a few waves and having enough fun to ware her out to the point of not doing it anymore, Emmily rode her board over to her brother and the others. Her smile which had been on her face when she had been riding disappeared. She moved as close to John as she could and just stared at both the girl and boy that were with him. She wanted to join in on some conversation before going back on shore, even if that just meant her sitting slightly behind John as the others talked.

Her head was probably as bad as what she thought others were like. she stereotyped a lot. Her head had already made up a small synopses on how the two would push her off her board and hold her underwater for a little, letting her have air every few elongated seconds. that is, if John wasn't here.