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"Fuck you, calculus!" Olivia shouts as we exit the classroom after our last exam. She throws her papers in the air as we walk down the hallway.

Seniors are scattering out of their calculus classrooms where we just wrote our final high school exam. The vibe in the hallway is unexplainable, relieved smiles and sad emotions are filling the hallway with each student that steps out of their classroom for the last time.

"We're graduating, bitches!" Courtney yells from across the hall as she struts up to us. Quinn walks up behind us with a frown on her face. Courtney brings us all in for a group hug and we laugh and jump around.

Quinn pulls away and looks at us, her lips pursed, "I think I got question six wrong," she says, lifting her hands up to bite her fingernail.

Courtney smacks her hand away from her mouth, "Don't you dare, no more worrying about high school," Courtney grins, holding onto Quinn's shoulders.

"Yeah, high school can suck it!" Olivia exclaims, high fiving Kate, a girl from my track team.

The rest of the seniors are running around the halls, cheering and hugging one another. Yearbooks are being passed around from student to student.

"Goodbye Mr. Porter, you will not be missed," Carter salutes our Calculus teacher as he walks out of the classroom.

"Ahh!" I squeal as someone picks me up from behind and spins me around before placing me back on my feet. I turn around in the person's arms and smile up at Nathan, "Hi."

His grin matches my own, "Hi," he whispers, leaning down to kiss my lips softly. I wrap my arms around his neck and pull him closer to me, trying not to grin as I kiss him.

"Okay, break it up, we want to take a group picture," Courtney groans from next to Olivia.

"Yeah, at least share the love," Olivia laughs, puckering her lips. I look over at her with a flat expression but she just grins, kissing me on the cheek loudly.

"Oh gross!" I laugh, wiping her lipstick off my cheek.

"No more tests; no more annoying bitches- I'm talking to you, Penelope!" Olivia yells out at Penelope down the hall. She returns the comments by flipping Olivia off as a few students laugh at the interaction.

"We still have Prom... and Graduation," Quinn points out, as we slowly walk over to the front doors.

"You're ruining my speech, Q," Olivia groans and literally kicks open the school doors. "Fuck you, High School!"

"That was your speech?" Quinn asks monotonously.

"And it was perfect," Courtney replies, high-fiving Olivia.

Nathan has his arm around me as we walk down the steps with our friends, some of his teammates joining us.

"Okay, so are we going to the beach or what?" Lucas asks as we start walking to our cars in the middle of the lot.

Sebastian, Cole, and Tessa are waiting by my car since I had gotten Sebastian to drop me off in the morning so he could use it for the day.

Nathan leans his head down to whisper in my ear, "Are you okay with the beach?"

I smile up at him, "Yeah, the beach sounds good to me." He nods his head, giving our input to the group.

"Baby!" Olivia shouts running over to the others. Sebastian stands there with a smirk waiting for her to jump on him but at the last second she jumps on Tessa, who was not expecting it, and they both fall to the floor in a heap.

"What the fuck was that for?" Tessa groans, sprawled out under Olivia.

"Just showing my love and appreciation," Olivia grins standing up, holding her hand out for Tessa.

"Yeah, if that's your love and appreciation then I'm okay with you hating me," Tessa informs her, dusting herself off.

I walk up to Sebastian, hugging Cole on the way, "Where's Soph?" I ask looking in the car to see if she's sitting in there.

Sebastian shakes his head lightly, "She just wanted to stay home, she wasn't in the mood." I frown at his words. She hasn't gone out much since breaking it off with Aidan, she still feels guilty for not returning his love.

"So, to the beach?" Cole asks, interrupting my train of thought, as looks at the group.

We all nod in agreement and plan to meet at the pier. Everyone slowly disperses to their cars with Courtney surprisingly volunteering to ride with Lucas making Quinn, Olivia, and I exchange amused looks.

"Okay, Seb, you take my car with Cole, Liv, Quinn, and Tess and I'll just ride with Nate," I tell him and he nods his head in agreement.

"No need, Drew is picking me up, we're going to ride together," she tells us, typing on her phone. "Some of our friends are going to meet us there."

Sebastian cocks his head in her direction, "Why doesn't Drew just meet us at the beach?" he asks skeptically.

Tessa doesn't bother to look up from her phone, "Because he offered to drive me since there were so many of us going," she replies in a 'that should be obvious' tone.

"Well, you can fit in Char's car," Sebastian crosses his arms over his chest, glowering at her.

She finally looks up at him, "Well, I don't want to," she argues back.

"Seb, just get in the car, we'll wait with her," I tell him sternly, knowing he could argue for hours if you let him.

He huffs, pointing at Tessa letting her know that he's watching her as he reluctantly climbs into the drivers seat, slamming the door closed.

"Oi! You break my car, I kick your ass!" I threaten, glaring at him as Olivia blows me a kiss as she climbs in the passenger side.

Nathan chuckles, looking over at Tessa, "You just love to rile him up, don't you?"

"It's what keeps me going," she laughs, waving at Sebastian, with a smug smile on her face as he backs out of the parking lot. He narrows his eyes at her, flipping her off as he drives away. Olivia sticks her head out the window waving back with a bright smile. She grins watching them drive away.

"You know you're going to be stuck with him when Char and Liv are off to college, right?" Nathan asks wrapping his arm around me. I grin widely and pull him closer to me.

"Oh, I know," she smiles up at him, "Torturing each other is how we communicate though," she shrugs. He looks over at me and I just shrug like 'siblings, what can you do?'

A rumble breaks the silence and a vintage black Mercedes convertible drives into the school parking lot and stops next to Nathan's car.

"What the actual fuck?" I gasp as Drew steps out of the convertible with aviators on.

"I know right?" Tessa smirks, leaning forward to hit Drew on his arm in greeting.

"Ready to go, Theresa?" He grins down at her, watching her smirk turn to a scowl as she shoves him. He looks over at Nathan and I, "Hey guys, we're going to the beach right?"

I nod my head mutely, still staring at his car. "That's your car?" I blurt out, pointing at the beautiful vehicle.

Drew looks back at the car, scratching his head, "Um, yeah, I got it for my sixteenth," he shrugs awkwardly.

"It's beautiful," I breathe out. Nathan laughs loudly, stroking my hair as he leads us to his car.

"We'll meet you guys there, you know where we're meeting up with the others?" he asks, looking at Tessa. She nods her head, giving him a thumbs up.

She walks over to Drew's car and jumps over the passenger door, situating herself comfortably in the passenger seat.

"How many times have I told you to stop doing that, there are doors for a reason," Drew groans at her as he climbs in the driver's seat.

Tessa rolls her eyes, "Because it makes me feel like I'm in a bond movie, now shut up and drive, Andrew," she smirks leaning back in the seat as she puts on a pair of sunglasses.

I look over at Nathan as we climb into his SUV, "Babe, I want that car."

"I know you do, you were practically drooling over it," Nathan chuckles, pulling out of the parking lot and heading in the direction of the beach. Once he's on the main road he holds my hand and rests them on his leg.

"Nate," I drawl smiling up at him, fluttering my eyelashes.

He groans, stealing a few glances at me, "You want a chicken sandwich, don't you?"

Kissing his cheek quickly I lean back in my seat and grin, "You know me so well."

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The beach is packed with people for a Friday afternoon but since summer is just around the corner, it doesn't come as a big surprise. We grab a bunch of stuff out of his car, leaving to cooler until he can get some of his friends to help carry it since everyone put their food and drinks in there.

I'm rustling through my car and his bag, looking for the sunscreen, "Hey babe, did you bring sunscreen?" I ask not looking at him.

"I don't burn, baby, I tan," Nathan replies cockily from behind me.

I lift my head and eye him over my sunglasses, scoffing, "God, I hope you burn today." He chuckles grabbing my beach tote as I climb out of his car and walk with him towards the pier where our group is waiting. Tessa is standing off to the side with her friend, Alyssa while Drew and some other guy talk to Cole.

"What took you guys so long?" Olivia smirks as we stop in front of everyone.

"Yeah, been busy?" Carter asks slyly, smacking Nathan on the shoulder.

Nathan rolls his eyes, "We stopped for food," he points to the soda cup in my hand.

"You got food without me," Olivia gives me a wounded look and I immediately feel guilty, "I see how it is."

"I still have chicken nuggets in my bag?" I ask in hopes of using it as a peace offering.

Nathan looks at me bewildered, "You told me you finished them all!"

"Yeah, because I didn't want to share them," everyone laughs at my admission. "I'll give you one if you're nice."

Nathan scoffs, shaking his head, and looks at the guys, "I have all the stuff in the back of my car." The boys nod before heading off towards Nathan's car.

"Hey, Alyssa, nice to see you again," I say hugging the tiny girl.

"Hey Char, you too," she replies quietly.

"I need to change," Courtney says, holding up her tote bag.

"Lyss and I changed at school already, just go to the restroom to change," Tessa offers with a shrug, pointing to the general direction of the restrooms.

"Hell no am I stepping foot in a public restroom, especially on the beach," Courtney scrunches up her nose in disgust.

"Careful Court, your high maintenance is showing," Olivia claps back, patting her on the head.

"We could do the towel thing?" Quinn offers up, suggesting where we all hold up towels and stand in a circle so each person can take turns changing.

"Do we really believe that the guys will just leave us to peacefully change with towels to guard us?" Olivia asks.

We all look at each other for a few seconds, "Nope."

"Let's just change in Nate's car, his trunk in big enough for two people to change fine," I offer and we all agree.

We pick up our bags and walk in the direction that all the boys did and see them slowly taking everything out of Nathan's trunk. Olivia and I walk next to each other and I let her take sips of my drink as we stop in front of Nathan's car.

"Babe, can I borrow your keys?" I smile sweetly at him.

He eyes me skeptically, "What for?"

"We need to change and your trunk offers the cleanest space," Courtney says, moving to stand next to me.

"Um, okay, sure whatever," he shrugs handing me the keys, kissing my cheek.

Carter puts his hands on his hips in a heroic gesture, "I'll stand guard," he volunteers. Nathan and Sebastian glare at him.

"Fuck off, Carter," Olivia laughs shoving him into the guy's circle.

Once the guys have gone to set up a spot for us, we all change into our bathing suits, two at a time. Olivia is rubbing her head from smacking it on the roof of Nathan's car when we were changing.

"Hey Q, is Lily not coming?" I ask as we all walk onto the sand.

"Nope, she had some family thing today and couldn't bail," Quinn smiles. I nod my head in understanding.

"Incoming!" We hear from Sebastian and look up in time to see a football hurdling towards us.

Courtney and Quinn squeal and run away so as not to get hit while Olivia stands still, threatening to kill Sebastian if it hits her. Tessa drops her tote and moves backward a few steps and jumps in the air, catching the ball with no hassle. Man, she's good.

"Who threw that?" Tessa yells, holding up the football. People are looking around, watching us.

The boys look around inconspicuously and Sebastian starts to whistle casually.

"Well then all of you will suffer," Tessa mumbles snapping her arm back and throwing the ball with perfect precision to hit one of them in the group.

They start yelling, pushing, and shoving each other to the ground to get out of the way. Sebastian trips over the cooler after Cole shoves him for not telling Tessa it was him. Nathan and Carter move five feet away from the targeted area and watch the rest of the guys in amusement.

Drew moves forward and catches the ball in both hands, taking a few steps back from the force of Tessa's throw. Tessa huffs in annoyance. "Really, Theresa?" He asks, giving her a smirk.

"Why do you keep ruining my fun?" Tessa growls at him; the guys are busy fixing up the stuff they knocked over.

"Maybe you just don't like having competition for once," Alyssa whispers loud enough for us girls to hear, causing us to try to muffle our laughter.

Tessa gives her a flat look, "Okay, no, you are way off."

"But is she?" Olivia asks slyly, nudging Tessa in the ribs.

Tessa drops her stuff on the ground and walks away from us, down the beach, "Aw, Tessa, come back!" we yell trying to get her to come back but she just ignores us and walks further away. Drew raises an eyebrow at us and Alyssa just gestures for him to go after her. He passes the football to his friend and runs after Tessa.

Olivia gives me a guilty look, "I feel bad now." I shrug in a 'what can you?' manner. Tessa is a big girl, and this is her first crush, she'll get over it.

"Okay ladies, we have a strict tan plan to stick to if we want the perfect tan for Prom, I'm starting to look pasty," Courtney declares staring at her already dark complexion with distaste as she straightens out her towel on the sand.

"Girl, I'm already tan," Olivia points at her olive skin tone. "And you don't even need to tan," she gestures to Courtney, "And they just burn," she points over at Quinn and me, who has taken out three different bottles of sunscreen.

"Oh thank god, you brought sunscreen, Nate claims he doesn't burn so I thought I was screwed," I dramatically wipe my forehead.

"Don't worry, I got you, girl," she replies with a fist bump and we start lathering up the sunscreen. Sun burn can kiss my ass!

I take off my shirt to put some more sunscreen on my shoulders and stomach when Nathan strolls over, "Need any help, babe?"

"Technically no because I can ask one of the girls but I know you want to impress your boys, so go ahead," I shrug as the girls laugh at his sheepish expression. I lie on my back and let him rub in the sunscreen, enjoying my mini massage.

"Ugh okay, this is making me uncomfortable," Sebastian has a grossed-out face as he looks at us.

"It's sunscreen, Bass, get over it," I reply, sitting up once Nathan is done and leaning back on his chest.

"Whatever, I'm going to the water," he looks over at Olivia, "Babe, wanna come?"

"That depends... did to you bring the good?" She asks with an eyebrow raised.

"You mean the shovel and bucket?" he asks pointing to those items next to the cooler.

"Yes," she jumps up, grabbing the bucket and shovel, "Let's go build us a sandcastle," she says with determination. Sebastian cracks his knuckles, strutting down the beach with her.

"Oh, this is going to be a disaster," Courtney comments, pulling out a book to read and lying back down.

Nathan rests his hands on my stomach, "Wanna go for a swim?" I nod my head and we get up so to go to the water. "Oh wait," he stops me from going further and I turn around to see him pulling his shirt over his head.

A dazed smile reaches my lips as I realize that this gorgeous specimen in front of me is all mine. Hell yeah, abs.

He cocks his head to the side with a smug smirk, "Are you checking me out?"

I snap my head up to look him in the eye, biting my lip to stop from smiling, "Maybe."

"That's okay, when you weren't paying attention I was checking you out too," he winks and I melt a little, my smile widening.

"You said that on our first date," I grin, putting my arms around his waist, remembering back to that night.

He places his hands on my hips and pulls me closer, leaning his head down, "Still relevant," he smiles, kissing me.

"Nobody wants to see that mushy-ness," Carter groans, interrupting us. "My man, I'm happy that you're getting it on with your girl, but move it away from us."

Nathan rolls his eyes, pulling me down the beach as I laugh loudly. "Last one there is a rotten egg!" I shouted, sprinting down the shore.

"Wait, unfair advantage!" He shouts back sprinting after me.

"Sucker," I tease reaching the water first. I'm looking out at the ocean when I feel a force run into me, grabbing me and throwing me into the sea. "AHH-!"

I smack the water and sink a few feet but I push my feet off the sand and kick up. I break the surface and splutter for a few seconds. Nathan is standing waist-deep, grinning sheepishly at me.

"You ass!" I swim closer to him and splash him with water.

"I know the right thing to do is apologize, but that was hilarious," he chuckles, smacking the water.

"I hate you," I grumble, brushing my wet hair out of my face, fixing my bikini top.

He smiles, pulling me further into the water until I'm on my tiptoes. "I love you," he picks me up and I wrap my arms and legs around him, holding him tight.

We float around for a bit, moving with the currents. I look over at the beach, watching our friends throw the football around. Tessa and her friends are diving in the waves while Olivia and Sebastian are building a... sand fort? I think.

"I think we should go on a road trip," he says randomly.

"A road trip, where to?" I ask excitedly.

"I was thinking we could go to the Grand Canyon with the others before we all leave for college," he runs his hands along my waist gently.

"That could be torturous, but fun," I grin, nodding my head. Water gets in my mouth and I spit it out with a grossed-out expression. Attractive. "Are you excited for Prom?"

"Yeah, it's just weird that it's almost over," he smiles sadly, looking back at the shore where all our friends are.

"I know," I pat his cheek softly, "But we still have the whole summer before it's over," I grin, swimming away from him, closer to the shore.

"Cannonball!" Olivia yells jumping on me causing us both to sink in the water. She has a hold on my arms and I shove her off, choking on the water when I come up for air.

"The next person who dunks me will die," I warn everyone around me, watching Tessa and her friends join us with Quinn and a few guys.

I look around my circle of friends and family, feeling a pull at my heart. Just the thought that I won't have them around me 24/7 will be the hardest thing for me. I'm so used to Tessa's slightly illegal antics and Sebastian's protectiveness. Quinn and her responsible and proud self, she's quiet but as soon as you mess with something she loves, it's game over for you. Courtney being the fashion diva that she is, even though she acts like a bitch most of the time, I know that she will always be there for us when we need her. Olivia... with her stupid comments yet amazing comebacks; my best friend and my rock; the girl that will literally and metaphorically kick me in the ass if I need it. I don't know how I'm going to handle college without them. I blink back tears as I swim over to Olivia and throw my arms around her.

"Hey, what's up?" she asks quietly, hugging me back.

"Nothing, I just love you," I tell her with a laugh as I pull away.

"You're such a sap," she rolls her eyes with a grin, "but I love you more."

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