The Surfer or the Wolf

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Isaac’s POV

“Maybe bowling? Or paintball?” I asked Whitney on the phone.

I was so nervous for Friday night. I had never been on a ‘human’ date before, I really wanted to woo her. But what does a girl like do to on a date?!

“Oh Isaac..you’re supposed to be the sweet, sensitive one. How is your brother better at this than you?!” Whitney sighed.

My brother was a brute, as if he is better at dating than me.

“Dinner and a movie then?” I asked defeated. Why is this so difficult?

“You’re too much in your head, Isaac. Here, talk to Cohen, maybe he can help.” Whitney said as she passed the phone to my brother.

“What do you want baby brother?” Cohen asked in an annoyed voice.

“Nothing with you. I had called Whitney to ask for some womanly advice and she thought you’d be perfect for that.” I said jokingly, which made him growl. I could hear Whitney in the back scowling him and ordering him to help me with my mate.

“Fine! Well you’ve spent a little time with this girl already Isaac, did she talk about what she likes?” Cohen asked helpfully.

Umm..what does she like?! She’s a lifeguard so water and the beach. She volunteers at an animal shelter, so animals..but I can’t see how that would help me with a date. I remember how she was really smitten with the lit up backyard. So probably something in the nature..

“ISAAC?! ISAAC?! The little f****r hung up on me!” I could hear Cohen tell Whitney.

“Relax, Cohen. I was just thinking, I think I have an idea.” I told him.

“Alright well good luck.” Cohen said and then Whitney stole the phone from his hands.

“Are you going to bring her over here?! I’d love to meet her!!” Whitney squealed.

“I can’t wait for you all to meet her, but I think it’s a bit too soon.” I said honestly.

Whitney sounded a bit annoyed but agreed. I thanked her and my brother for their help and started planning for our date Friday night, I had 3 days to make this date perfect.

***

Mila’s POV

After I left the park, Devin and I drove to work for our shift at the beach. He insisted on working in the stand next to mine and we talked for a couple hours.

I talked to him about Tyler, about Isaac, I even talked about what happened with my sister. He looked really mad at that last statement, he demanded to know who had hurt my little sister but I refused to tell him.

I knew it was close to Tyler’s shift, I was nervously looking all around for him. Then I saw him, he was with Kelly. What the f**k!! I was furious and hurt. Devin noticed my discomfort and patted my back in a friendly way.

“Don’t overthink this Mila. They just drove together to work.” Devin said to calm me down.

“F**k this.” I said as I climbed down my stand and walked to the surfing booth.

Tyler noticed me approaching and turned his back to me, he started waxing the boards.

“What the f**k Tyler?” I spat angrily.

He turned his head to look at me and scoffed and returned to his work. How dare he ignore me?!

“Are you with Kelly now?” I asked him point blank.

He finally stopped and turned around to face me and crossed his arms on his chest.

“What’s it to you?” He asked rudely.

“Who are you? I don’t even know who you are anymore..” I said as my voice broke.

I started walking back to my stand, I was trying my best not to cry. Devin ran up to me and told me to go home, that he would talk to Mark and tell him I was sick. I nodded and walked towards the parking lot. I finally let my tears out and started sobbing. I felt a gentle hand on my back and I quickly stopped crying and turned around. It was Kelly.

She looked at me sympathetically. Her long blonde hair was pulled in a ponytail. Her long and lean body was flawless, I sighed.

“What do you want, Kelly?” I asked.

“I just want to make my intentions clear.” She said in a serious tone.

“And what are your intentions?” I asked accentuating the last word.

“I was just trying to be there for my friend. He was hurting and I tried to console him. Devin told me you thought we were together, I would never go after someone’s boyfriend.” She said honestly, I nodded at her and went to turn around to leave but she grabbed my wrist gently, making me look at her again.

“Um..I think I should add that I kinda do have a crush on him. But I would never interfere in his happiness. If he’s happy with you than I will leave him be. But if you two break up, I will pursue him.” She said.

I looked at her in shock. How was I supposed to react to this?! I guess I had no claim on Tyler anymore, I kinda had plans with another guy on Friday, so he was free to do what he pleased with another girl. It just hurt me to think that he would so quickly.

Kelly nodded at me and jogged to her stand on the other side of the beach.

I needed some much needed girl time. I took out my phone and texted Annie to come over. She told me to grab some ice creams and named a long list of other snacks to buy.

After a quick shopping trip, I finally made it back to my house where Annie was waiting for me. She helped me bring the bags of snacks to my room and we started to talk.

“So are you excited about your date with Isaac?” She asked.

“I’m not sure it’s a date, Annie. I think we’re just hanging out.” I said, I really did hope it was a date though.

“Oh girl..it’s a date, trust me!” Annie said laughing.

“Aren’t you upset about Tyler and I?” I asked her while grabbing a handful of popcorn.

“Not as much as I thought I would actually. I thought you and Isaac looked really cute together the other day. You looked happy and smitten by him, it was nice to see you like that.” Her words made me blush.

Nora walked by my room at that moment and went to stop but she kept on walking when she saw that Annie was in my room. I guess she feels a bit awkward because of the Oliver situation and the fact that Annie is his twin sister.

“What’s up with Nora?” Annie asked with her mouth full of ice cream.

“I don’t know, probably nothing.” I said as I got up and put a movie on.

***

“Stop twitching and trust me!!” Annie shouted at me as she was trying to put makeup on me.

It was finally Friday night and Annie came over to help me get ready for my ‘date’ with Isaac. He didn’t tell me what we would be doing so I had no idea how to dress. I chose some skinny distressed jeans paired with a black tank top and black heels.

“Oh..maybe you should wear your black sneakers..” Annie said softly.

“What?! Are you having a brain aneurysm?! You want me to wear my sneakers instead of heels?!” I said in shock.

“Yeah..” Annie said.

“Has he told you where he’s bringing me?!” I asked her loudly.

“Maybe.” She answered grinning.

He talked to Annie about our date?! This made me so much more nervous.. I was about to start questioning Annie some more when my mother came in the room.

“You look beautiful sweetie.” She said as she sat down next to me.

“Thanks Mom.” I said as I hugged her.

“That boy sounds really into you, Mila.” She said as she brushed my hair.

“How would you know that, Mom?” I asked her confused. She looked at me and smiled.

“He called me.” She said.

“What? Why?” I shouted.

“Calm down honey. He wanted to ask me for my permission to take you out on your date, he told me where he was bringing you and wanted to make sure I was ok with that.” She said still smiling.

What the hell.. I didn’t even have time to process this because the doorbell rang. My mom got up and walked to the door, I heard her greet Isaac and I heard his manly romantic voice. I held the doorframe to steady myself for a second, I wasn’t expecting his voice to bring me to my knees.

“You ok?” Annie asked.

“Yep. I’m just nervous.” I told her with a smile.

I turned the corner and there he stood. He was wearing a dark blue t-shirt and dark jeans. His look was effortless but so sexy. He smiled and winked at me when he saw me, which of course made me blush.

“Hi Mila. You look amazing!” He said shooting his killer smile at me.

“Thank you.” I said shyly.

I couldn’t take my eyes off of him. His huge arms that could hardly be contained in his shirt..I imagined being held tightly in his arms, with his big hands roaming all over my body. I blushed even redder as I felt wetness pool in my panties.

Isaac’s eyes grew wide and dark, he looked down and coughed.

“Well..are you ready to go?!” He said hurriedly.

I nodded and started to walk closer to him but Annie grabbed my arm and handed me a bag.

“What’s this?” I asked her.

“It’s an overnight bag.” She said to me winking.

I looked at her confused and then to my mother.

“Isaac has a beautiful night planned, sweetie. It’s ok.” My mother said to me smiling.

“Um..ok?” I said and let him lead me to his truck.

He grabbed my bag and put it in the backseat before helping me climb into his truck. He walked over to his side and hopped in while smiling at me.

“Are you ready?” Isaac asked smiling.