sixteen | beach baby

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ALI'S BEST FRIEND WOULD NOT DISPARAGE OF THE DETAILS OF WHAT OCCURRED IN REECE WALSH'S BEDROOM, NO MATTER HOW MUCH ALI AND MIRA PESTERED HER. Her and Walsh had gone off the grid for two days to, as Jordan had put it, have a long weekend fuck-fest. Mira was more generous with the details of her and Pat Carrigans night together: he'd been slow and gentle and they'd gone out for breakfast the next morning. She thought he was nice but she wasn't quite sure if he boyfriend material so they decided to keep things casual and see where things could lead.

Ali didn't comment on the slight twitch in Jordan's eye when she read out the groupchat to him—they were driving to the beach. His teammates actually progressing with her friends while she's stuck him in the friebdzone had to blow. She almost felt guilty.

"Good weather for it," Ali said, leaning her head against the passenger seat window.

"God, I love the beach," Jordan sighed as Burleigh heads loomed in the distance.

Ali hummed in response, winding down her window so that the smell of the ocean could fill the car. Sometimes she wanted to move to the Gold Coast but she worried it'd spoil the excitement of going to the beach if it was always available. The salty breeze swam through her hair and she sighed happily.

Finding a park wasn't so serene. Jordan, trying to fit his car into a tight park, almost ran over a small child in the process and Ali couldn't stop laughing about it until they'd made it down the sand.

"It's not funny, I could've got suspended if I hit him," Jordan complained, laying out his towel as she laughed even harder at the idea.

"Imagine," she choked out.

Jordan flicked some sand up at her and she screamed in shock before scooping up a handful and smooshing it in his hair. "Oh, you've made a big mistake," he chuckles, standing up and chasing her approximately one metre (how could you expect her to out run a professional athlete?). She smacked his ass after he'd slung her over his shoulder and ran towards the water.

"Jordan, don't you dare," she warned as the sound of waves neared.

She watched in panic as his feet touched the first bit of the water and slowly got deeper. Just as the water hit his waist, he launched her forward. For a moment under the water, she contemplated fake drowning to make him feel bad for ruining her hair. But then something brushed up against her leg and she launched right back up to the surface. She treaded water towards him at rapid speed and his grin continued to spread as she splashed water in his face constantly. Her revenge was short lived when a wave taller then her (but not him) came crashing through her and dragged her back to the shallow.

She could hear Jordan dying of laughter as she waded back out towards him, not bothering to remove the hair plastered to her face. "That was too good," he yelled out to her, clapping his hands.

She lifted the finger up at him as she swam back out. So much for nice pictures with her artificial beach waves.

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ALIGREER: moments later jordan tried to drown me 🙃

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USER1: My name is Michael & Im a sugar daddy. Willing to offer $5000 a week allowance for a beautiful girl like yourself 😍
     ↳ USER2: pick me, choose me, love me!

JORDANRIKI: Don't gotta expose me like that
     ↳ ALIGREER: i've got sand in places i didn't were possible to have sand thanks to u

MIRATIOWOOHOO: ur so sexc
     ↳ ALIGREER: no u

HERBIEFARNWORTH: Bloody aussies
      ↳ ALIGREER: bloody pommies

USER3: Wish u did drown x
     ↳ USER4: who hurt you 💀💀

USER5: I wish you were still dating Myles. I miss ur vlogs sm
     ↳ MYLESKINGSCLIFFE: me too aye

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AÇAI BOWLS, SMOOTHIES AND WATCHING THE SUNSET; THREE OF ALI'S FAVOURITE THINGS ALL ROLLED INTO ONE. They'd sat in his parked car as the sunset over the waves. It was always her favourite time of the day.

"Today was nice," she said, watching him in the corner of her eye.

He smiled. "I've never been apart of so many Tik Toks in my life," he joked, earning a gentle laugh from her.

"Gotta keep the Jorlianna shippers fed," she replied, sipping her Mango Magic.

He snorted. "Is that what they're calling us?"

Ali laughed with her chest this time. "Oh yes, haven't you seen the edits?"

"If it's got me shirtless on the cover I usually click not interested," he shrugged.

Ali stared directly at him this time, memorising the way his face looked in the sunset. How it made his tanned skin glow brightly. The way the light reflected on his hair. At this same time, he turned to look at her and their eyes met. She'd always found his eyes pretty; the brown was almost iridescent in this lighting. He smiled at her, his dimples forming the little creases in his warm face. Her hand reached out, absentmindedly tracing the lines of his tribal tattoo. She felt goosebumps begin to rise on his arms and she smiled to herself as he watched her.

They didn't speak again until the sun had completely set, just relishing in each others company and the quiet. By that point, Ali's head was against the glass and she could barely keep her eyes open. Jordan leant her his hoodie and she fell asleep on the drive back to Brisbane, having sweet dreams.

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this definitely reads like a filler chapter but i don't care ahah, gotta make their romance have more grounds than just physical attraction somehow.

     i swear chapters would get done faster if i didn't have to go hunting for specific photos lmao

     y'all better spam so i have something to look forward to after work ahah