Ace's POV:
Two Months Later*
"Down." Angel demanded. I plopped down on my board. "Now paddle." She demanded. I pretended to paddle as if I was in the water. We were practicing surfing. She was really committed to helping me learn. She even turned a dragon when I didn't do what she told me. "Up." She demanded. I hopped up on my feet.
"The waves are gonna be rough when you first go out so you gotta have your balance." She said. She walked away to gather some rocks. I stared at her ass as she walked around. Angel why are you so bad, even when you're doing the simplest things? She giggled and smiled at me. "I'm just a bad bitch love." She said. "I keep forgetting you can read minds." I said.
"I noticed. Now hold two rocks on each arm and lift one of your legs up." She said. I stared at her. "Now Ace." She demanded. I sighed and took the rocks from her. It was hard trying to keep my balance. "Angel it's hard." I said, angrily. "Do you wanna go out into the water and try it foreal?" She asked. I frowned at her. "You know I don't." I said.
"Then shut up." She said. I chuckled. "You are so gonna get it when we get home." I said. "That's fine, but here at practice, I'm in charge." She said. Yes ma'am. She smirked. I kept trying to hold my balance for about an hour now and it was still hard. Angel had to reposition me so many times til I finally got it. "Good. Now stay that way for about ten minutes." She said.
"Ten minutes?!" I cried. "Ace you're gonna do this." She said, as she sat down on the boulders. I sighed in frustration. I was mad that I had to stand in one spot on my board for ten minutes. My leg was aching but I couldn't do anything about it. Whenever I moved, Angel yelled at me and made me start all over. "Good job Ace." She said, as she walked over to me.
"Can I move now mother?" I asked, sarcastically. "Yeah. Come on. Now we go in the water." She said. "Angel." I said. "Ace relax. Shark season is over. We're safe and I think you might be ready." She said. "What if I crash and burn like last time?" I asked. "You got me. I'll be nearby." She said. She grabbed her surfboard and ran out into the water.
I did the same. We paddled out but not too far. Since I was a beginner, she wanted me to stay in the shallow water. "Ready Ace?" Angel asked. "No." I said. "Too bad. Here comes a wave." She said. We paddled out towards it. Then Angel stood up. I slowly stood up. Angel was right the waves are way more rougher. I kept my balance for about ten seconds before I went down.
I fell into the water and was pulled back to shore. I stared up at the sky. "I hate my life." I said. Angel laughed. "You're alive aren't you?" She said. "Barely." I said. She helped me up. "Angel I'll never get this. I'll never be as good as surfer as you." I said, sadly. "Ace don't try to be as good as me. I've been doing this for years. Since I was eight. You just need more time and practice." She said.
I got angry and stood up. "Don't Ace!! You gotta stop doing that. Stop walking out on things just because you don't get it right off the bat. Things happen over time, not overnight." She said. "I'm just really pissed Angel." I said. "Don't be. Like I said, you just need practice." She said. She came up and hugged my waist. This is ridiculous. "It's not ridiculous Ace. Relax. Practice. No one is perfect at something the first go round." She said.
"Didn't you win a surf tournament when you were eight? You didn't even know a thing about surfing." I said. "Okay but I'm not using myself as an example." She said. The she gasped. "Okay Ace, this may be a weird analogy but it's like sex." She said. "What?" I asked. "Think about it. No one is great it first but over time, they start to know exactly what they're doing." She said.
I can't believe it but it actually makes sense. "Okay fine Angel. I'll have another go." I said. She clapped. We practiced for two more hours before I finally got the hang of it. "Angel!! Angel look!!" I cried. She looked at me and clapped. "There you go Ace!! You're doing it!!" She cheered. I grinned as I began to carve up waves. Angel surfed beside me.
"Oh my God I can't believe this!! I actually surfed. That felt amazing. I can see why you and the girls love it so much. I felt so free." I said, grinning. She smiled as we walked back to the beach. I put my arm around her but she moved it. I looked at her. "I don't want to be in social media with a boyfriend." She said. "Ouch." I said. She laughed. "No not like that." She said.
"Then how?" I asked. "I just don't want people coming up to you and asking you things about me." She said. "I get it." I said. "You get what?" Someone asked. We turned around and I rolled my eyes. "Oh hey Tabitha." Angel said. "Hey." She said. She looked at me and smiled. "Hey Ace." She said. I didn't say anything. "Wow. Ace, when did you start surfing?" She asked.
She stared at my surfboard. "It's a new hobby I'm trying. I don't know if I will really stick with it." I said. "Huh. And Angel, maybe it's me, but I think you've been avoiding me at school." She said. "Oh I got classes Tabitha. I don't like to be late to them." Angel said. "But you hang out with Ace, Kyle, Mike, Rose, and Bailey." Tabitha said.
"Well yeah because....we got classes too." Angel said, nervously. "We gotta go." I said. "I'm not done talking to her." Tabitha said. "Well we should be going actually. We have a lot to do today." Angel said. Me and Tabitha glared at each other. "Oh Ace. All these years yet you're still the asshole I remember." She said. "I'm an asshole for a reason." I said.
"And what reason is that?" I asked, crossing my arms. "Being abandoned." She said. "Tabitha!!! You crossing a MAJOR line with me." I warned. "So? You were always telling me about this Angel character who abandoned you and you hated her. You despised her. You talked all this shit about her and now you're cool with her?" She asked. "Yes. People change." I said.
"Really? You talked so much shit about her, I actually thought you may have fought her or was gonna fight her again. And I hated seeing you all riled up so I helped calm you down whenever you got so heated about Angel. I rode your face to help calm you down." She said. OH YOU BITCH!! Angel choked. "She rode your face?!" She cried.
"Yes I did. And, no offense Angel, but why do you care? You guys are just friends, right? Or does the great surf guru have a boyfriend?" Tabitha asked. "No. I don't." Angel said, walking away. I glared at Tabitha. "What the fuck is your problem Tabitha?!" I asked. "What? All I did was tell Angel the truth about what you said about her." She said.
"This was before we became friends again." I said. I pushed past her and ran after Angel. I got her car just as she was putting on her seatbelt. I threw my surfboard in the backseat and put my hand up to my head. Angel sped off towards the house. It was an awkward car ride home. We pulled up but neither one of us got out.
I shook my head. Tabitha you better hope I don't catch you in the street again. "I think that's best. If I catch her in the street again, I don't know what I'll do but I know I won't be able to stop myself." Angel said. I grabbed her hand and held it. "Don't." I said. "Ace, she said she rode your face." She said. "Angel it's in the past. She was even that good anyways." I said.
She stared at me. "Okay maybe just a little bit." I said. She tried to snatch her hand away but I held on tight. "Angel no. Look, I don't love her. I love you. I'm with you. What me and her had is in the past." I said. She shook her head. A tear escaped her eye. "Aw no. Don't cry princess." I said, as I pulled her into my lap. She cried into my arms.
I rubbed her back. "Don't cry Angel. There's no need for it. You're way better than her. I love you babygirl." I said. Angel cried a bit more before we walked into the house. We walked upstairs to my room. I played in her hair. I guess that was a bad idea because she fell asleep. I slipped from underneath her and left the room. I walked downstairs and saw Mike in the kitchen.
I walked over to him. "Hey man. Where is everyone?" I asked, curiously. "Probably sleep. There's nothing to do. Rose and Bailey are gone grocery shopping with Rachel and Kyle is spending time with his brother." He said. He looked at me. "Angel looked upset. What's up with that?" He asked. "Yeah we ran into my ex Tabitha." I said. He rolled his eyes.
"Ugh. I thought Rachel got rid of that bitch?" He asked. "She did. I guess Tabitha just can't stay away." I said. Then front door opened. In walked Rose and Bailey, along with Rachel. "Hey boys. Come help." She said. We helped them bring the groceries in. "Okay let's see...got that, got that, damn it. Ace go to the store and get som rosemary." Rachel said.
"What?" I said. She glared at me. I rolled my eyes and walked out the door and to the van. I got in and drove off towards town. I pulled up to a Walmart and got out. I walked in and looked around for the spice aisle. "Rosemary. Rosemary? Where the hell are ya?" I said. "Here's some." Someone said. I turned to see Tabitha. "See, there you go again, stalking me." I said.
"Don't flatter yourself. I'm grocery shopping." She said. "Whatever." I said. "Ace I don't understand. Why are you acting funny now that Angel is here? What about all that stuff you said?" She asked. "Like I said, people change." I said. She stared at me. "You fucking her aren't you?" She asked. "What? Why would I fuck her? Angel and I are just friends." I said.
"I don't know. Maybe because she has a necklace." She said. "All girls love necklaces." I said. "But not all girls have the same necklace you gave me. And now Angel has one just like it?" She said. I glared at her. "Tabitha you honestly need to mind your business." I said. "So you are fucking her?" She asked. "No." I said. "You're lying." She said. I sighed in frustration.
"Why does it matter to you? You're my ex. Why are you so concerned with what the fuck I'm doing?" I asked. "Ace I'm still in love with you!!" She cried. I stared at her before walking away. "I'm not dealing with you." I said. "Ace stop!!" She said, as she stopped me. "Look, I miss what we had. Angel is sweet and all but no way she is any better than me." She said.
Oh you have no idea. "What does Angel have that I don't?" She asked. "Let's see: she's not a stalker, she doesn't run my life, she doesn't kill people, she's sweet, she's considerate...should o continue?" I said. She glared at me. "Ace don't do that. Okay? I can be so much more than her." She said. "One, no your can't. Two, me and Angel aren't together. We are just friends." I said.
She shook her head. "No." She said. "Yes. We've been friends since we were kids." I said. "So why does she have the same necklace as me?" She asked, crossing her arms. "It's not the same. Yours say Tabitha. Hers says Angel." I said. She glared at me. "You know what I mean." She said. I pushed past her and she knocked me down. Everyone looked at us.
"Ace I will not let you out of my life again. Not for anyone." She said. I stood up and pushed her into a pile of cereal boxes. "Put your hands on me again. I promise you I will break them." I said. Her eyes welled up. I checked out the store and headed to the van. Tabitha followed me. "Ace I'm sorry for pushing you." She said. I got in the van and slammed the door shut. She got in the passenger side.
"Okay Ace don't make me do it." She said. "Do what?" I asked. She pulled out her phone and showed me something. I stared in horror as it was a video of me and Angel having sex. Then if me and Angel kissing and cuddling. I tried to snatch the phone away. "Where did you get that?! Delete it!!" I yelled. "No Ace. See I'm gonna hold on to this. It's so much fun. It's certainly sexy to watch." She said.
She looked at me. "And I'm sure Angel would hate to see this all over social media. The great surf guru has a boyfriend and having sex at a young age. Her younger audience are quite impressionable. This will most definitely tarnish her reputation. Also, I wouldn't breathe a word of this to anyone. Or do you want Angel to see this?" She said.
She showed me a compilation of videos of me fucking Rachel. I sat back in defeat. "Fine Tabitha." I said, sadly. "Good boy. Now me and you are gonna continue our relationship. We'll pick up where we left off." She said. I shook my head. This is not happening. "Oh Ace. I've missed you so much." She said. Then she kissed me. "I wanna play a game." She said. "I don't feel like playing Tabitha." She said.
"Ace so help me, I will send those videos to Angel and social media. Then Rachel will transfer you. Then you'll definitely never see Angel again." She said. I sighed then kissed her. "Good boy. Come on. I know a great spot." She said, as she drove us away. We fucked near the park. I made sure she took a plan B afterwards. I drove home and got out.
I walked inside and saw everyone in the living room. "There you are Ace. It took that long to get the rosemary?" Rachel said. I nodded. "What's wrong?" Kyle asked. "Nothing. I just want to go to bed." I said. I set the rosemary down and went upstairs to my room. What am I gonna do? What am I gonna tell Angel? If I do this, I'm living a double life. I don't want to hurt Angel but I don't want to be with Tabitha.
I heard a knock on the door. "Come in." I said. Bailey walked in and shut the door. She crossed her arms and glared at me. "I'm guessing from your expression you had a vision of what happened." I said. She nodded. "Ace how could you?" She asked. "It's not my fault. She has videos of me and Angel. Angel made it clear that she doesn't want people to know she has a boyfriend." I said.
"So lying to her is the best way to go?" She said. "What do you want me to do Bailey? If I tell Tabitha I don't want to be with her anymore, she'll release the videos and tell Angel about me and Rachel." I said. She gasped. "You've been fucking Rachel too?!" She asked. "Oh my God. It was in the past. Why do you think Rachel is always so bitter?" I said.
"I'm telling Angel." She said, as she turned around. "No!! Bailey don't!!" I said. I closed the door and blocked it. "Ace move." She said. "No." I said. "Ace she's my best friend. If Mike was cheating on me, then I'd want to know." She said. "Look at it from my perspective Bailey. Angel does not want to people to know she's dating and having sex. She already got enough going on with Kya." I said.
"Okay and?" She said. "Look at it: an ex has incriminating pictures and videos of you and threatens to release them and show Mike. What do you do?" I asked. "I'd risk it. I'd tell Mike before it gets out." She said. "This is Angel we're talking about. She'll cut my dick in my sleep." I said. "At Keats then you'll have some self control." She said, as she moved me to the side.
I slid my back down the wall as she walked out. It was about five minutes before I heard running footsteps. Showtime. Angel barged in and glared at me. "Um Bailey just told me something big and it better be a fucking joke." She said, as she crouched down in front of me. I didn't say anything. Then she punched me. I deserved it. "Oh my God Ace!! How could you do that to me?!" She cried.
"I'm sorry Angel but it's not my fault." I said. She broke down sobbing on my bed. I didn't move. I felt so awful about myself. Angel cried on my bed before running out the door. I got up and ran after her. We ran out the house and into the woods. She transformed and flew away. I transformed and ran after her. I ran faster to keep up with her. She was flying fast. She was almost as blur.
We went to my cave that was below the cliff. Angel landed then transformed. She ran inside crying. I transformed and ran in after her. "Leave me alone Ace!!" She yelled. "No." I said. She pushed me and slapped me. I held her hands tightly. She broke down crying in my arms. "I'm sorry Angel. I'm really sorry." I said. She wrapped her arms around me as she cried. What have I done?