"Kids! Help me get the ski's in" My dad yells from his truck.

I quickly run out of the water along with my brothers up to the back of the trailer to guide him in. Withing minutes we have all four of the ski's in.

These things were my babies, all were the Yamaha FX series, but mine was the best. I had a black and white FX Cruiser SVHO.

"Belle ready for races?" Beck smirks as he pulls up next to me on his black and blue ski. We all go them in our preferred colors. I got my black and white one, Beck got a black and blue, Ace got his orange and white one, Arrex has a red and black, and Colton has an green and grey one.

"Lets go bitch" I smirk as I slip my Cubs baseball cap into the glove compartment, and speed off. After quickly hitting 75MPH I slow down to let Beck catch up,

"Normal rules?" He yells over to me

"Normal rules!" I yell back before clipping the last clip of my life jacket.

Normal rules meant there were almost none. The only two rules were you can't physically knock eachother off, obviously that would mean crashing, and the other would be you have to keep life jacket on at all times. We could get our water license revoked for that one if we got caught. We raced to the dock a few hundred yards in front of us, first one there and back wins.

"On your mark!" I yell with a grin

"Get set!" He mirrors my grin as he grips the handles tightly

"Go!" We both yell before taking off to the doc.

As soon as I get slightly ahead of him, I make a quick cut in front of him, making him slow down. I take this as a chance to speed up to 80 MPH, and leave him behind, though he recovers quickly and catches up. He tries to swerve around me to try and throw me off but I hold on and increase my speed. We are both about equal before I circle around him creating huge waves. After my third donut, I jump the waves and speed off twoards the doc, Beck tries to follow my lead but as he tries to jump the final wave, he's thrown off, earning me my first victory of the day.

I glace behind me as I start to slow down, laughing at my defeated twin before circling back around to pick him back up.

"That was fun" I smirk at him as he climbs onto my ski

"How the fuck did you do that?!" Beck looks at me wide eyed

It wasn't that hard of a trick for me, to circle the other person while they are still driving straight. I've been doing it for years without crashing into anyone. It works well, you create waves around them which will create turbulence against the speed of the ski and eventually will throw them off.

"I don't know, I just do it" I shrug, before slowly driving over to his jet ski that remained floating in the water.

He hops off of my ski and swims over to his own, BEFORE climbing back in and starting it up.

"Up for another round?" I smirk at him as he shakes his head

"Nah I'm gonna go back in, I told Amy I'd take her out in it" he smiles

"Fair enough" I smirk at him "don't kill my best friend"

"I promise I won't kill your best friend" He just laughs before speeding back to the doc. I follow him back to our part of the beach and doc my ski behind my dad's ski. Everyone in my family had one, we usually got for Christmas after our twelfth birthday. It was tradition that this thing was our birthday and Christmas present combined.

"Belle!" Bexley yells as she runs down alongside Tiny to see me.

"Hey baby girl" I grin as I hug her and my dog "Did y'all just get here?" I ask as we walk up the beach to the house

"Yeah we go here a few minutes ago." She smiles "I saw you beat Beck"

"I kicked his ass" I smirk, giving the young girl a high five before following her into the house. She laughs as she practically drags me info the house before I can grab my towel.

"Saw you kick Becks ass" Caleb grins once he sees me "That damn circle move wins every damn time"

"Yep" I laugh as I walk further into the house to the kitchen where my dad, Cheri, Colton, Ary, Christian, Lenny and Cody were. Tiny is already seated beside my dad waiting for him to drop some food.

"Hey guys" I grin as I steal a strawberry from my brother "You guys bring your ski's?" I ask Arya

"Yeah we haven't put them in yet, I think Co was just about to though" she tells me. Thankfully she was able to drive here with the trailer. She was the oldest in their little group, just turning sixteen in August right before I got back and obviously had gotten her license first.

"Can one of you teach me how to drive those things? They look fun as hell" Lenny grins "As long as I've been comin around here I never learned how to drive one"

"Sure! I'll teach you in mine" Colton tells her "It's really easy, just don't crash and try not to throw yourself off" he shrugs

He had the gist of it. I've thrown myself off countless times to know that it isn't very fun. I remember I got a minor concussion after I got thrown off head first into the water at 70 MPH. It's seriously feels like you're hitting a brick wall.

"Sounds easy enough" Lenny shrugs

"Just wait till you can beat them in races, it's the best" I tell her

"Belle can you teach me?" Bex asks making me chuckle lightly

"You still have a while until you can drive one of those, by I will take you out on it" I smile at her

"Oh hey where are the guys and Em?" I look back at my dad

"Em and Arrex are currently racing Beck and Amy" my dad says "Caleb , Jordan and Tyler are backing their two skis in, Wes, And Gabe are laying in the beach and Ace and Brett are out on Aces ski"

"Sounds like we're the only ones who aren't out" Arya says to Lenny and the guys "We're gonna change and we'll be right back down" she says before her and Arya disappear upstairs to their usual shared guest bedroom.

"You guys ready?" I ask the three boys "One of you can drive mine, I'm gonna lay out on the beach for a little while" I toss the keys to Christian

"Thanks!" He stares at the keys wide eyes before him and the other two run outside, quickly followed by the two girls.

"So whens Dallas getting here?" My dad asks as he sits across from me at the table.

"He texted me about and hour ago that he was leavin so he should be here in a little while. He's gonna hang out here and then later tonight he's gonna head over to his grandmas house to see her"

"Sounds good, I was just gonna grill up some hot dogs tonight for dinner," My dad nods

"Alright, I'm gonna be down at the beach, meet me for a race old man?" I smirk at him

"Yeah ready to get your ass kicked?" He grins making Cheri snort "I may be old but I still got it"

"Yeah okay, sure you do" I smirk as I walk out of the kitchen, grabbing my beach towel on the way out

I make my way down to the beach umbrella where two other toweks lie and lay mine beside emmas.

"Hey bellaboo" Jordan grins as he sits beside me on Ems towel

"Hey Jordy" I smile up at him, under the brim of my hat "What are you doing? I thought you were out with everyone else?"

"Nah I wanted to relax for now. When's your boy toy getting here?" He grins

"He's not 'my boy toy" I roll my eyes at my best friend "and he'll be here in a little while"

"You know I'm not wrong, you guys are basically dating"

"We aren't though, and I wouldn't do anything without your guys blessing, you, Amy, Em and the guys are my top priority" I tell him "I love you dumbasses too much"

"Hey! Caleb is not a dumbass" he laughs, defending his best friend making me laugh. "But in all seriousness, you know I have no problem with it. Sure he's not the guy I want you to be with, not even close, but he treats you well and that's all that matters to me. Same with Wes and Tyler, we just want you to be happy. Now it's your brothers and Co that have to be convinced" He nods with a grin

"Oh yeah, convincing them is going to be a whole project." I laugh "Especially Caleb and Beck."

"Well Co is..." He starts to say but pauses for a second "To put it simply, Co is conflicted."

"I know and I hate it, it's just hard being around them at the same time" I huff, I mean sure, him and Dallas tolerate each other, but I know that of given the chance, Caleb would without hesitation beat the shit out of Dallas.

"Yeah I know you're having a hard time with it, but it's not easy on Co either, I mean he's been -" Jordan starts to say before stopping, as if thinking about what he was gonna say "He's just been protective of you forever." He states finally. He was definitely being weird about something but this time I decided to let it go.

"I know" I huff "but enough of stupid guy talk, wanna go out on a ski? My dad's is open" I say, holding a hand out to him

"Hell yeah, but I get to drive"

"Just don't throw me off," I smirk as we both take off to to the doc where my dad's ski is stationed

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"You bitch! I told you NOT to throw me off" I yell at Jordan as I climb out of the water on the back of the ski.

The asshole threw me off on purpose.

"Oh c'mon you know I had to" Jordan grins

"He threw you off already?" Caleb grins as he comes around on his ski

"Yeah" I huff as I squeeze the access salt water out of my hair.

I really should've known better, every single one of the guys try this shit, especially Jordan.

"Love you best friend" Jordan smiles, leaning his head back to knock with mine. I just laugh at the stupid action before lightly pushing his head back.

"I was thinking tubing? The rest of them are still out but I could take you two around while we wait" Caleb says

I vigorously nod my head, making Caleb laugh. I loved tubing.

"I call first!" I call dibs

"Bitch!" Jordan yells at me "I wanted to go first!"

"Should've called dibs then" I shrug as Jordan cuts the engine to the ski. The two of us quickly tie it up to the docs before helping Caleb set up the tube.

"Alright, Jordan spot for me?" Caleb questions, but Jordan was already ahead of him. He hopped on the back facing the tube, all ready to go. Caleb hops on the ski, taking his driver's position and I jump on the tube.

"Ready Belle?" I faintly hear Caleb yell once we are far enough from shore.

I nod my head and give them a thumbs up, no sooner as I do so, Caleb takes off.

I stay balanced through most of it. Almost falling off a few times but easily recovering.

I watch as Jordan turns back to Caleb as it to say something and I immediately prepare myself. If you're on longer than five minutes, they start making it increasingly harder for you to stay on.

Caleb takes off at a faster speed towards the wake of a passing speed boat. Just after the boat passes, Caleb throttles into the giant waves left behind. I struggle to stay on but my arms quickly give out as I am thrown at least six feet in the air after hitting the last and biggest wave.

They quickly drive around to pick me up, laughing their asses off at my expense before Jordan and I both switch spots. Im now sitting on the back of the ski, facing Jordan whose yards out on the tube. I scoot back a little until I can feel Caleb's back against nine, and hold on to the seat.

"He ready Princess?" Caleb's quesrions

I look back at Jordan giving him a thumbs up that he returns in an instant before turning back to Caleb . "He's good, let's go"

Caleb does the same things he did to me, but Jordan falls off within three minutes, much sooner than I.

"Did he fall off already?" Caleb laughs as he cuts the engine so Jordan can get back on

"Yeah," I nod echoing his laugh "he's back on now, let's get him"

After a few more rounds of tubing we decided to go in as all of our arms were practically dead.

I pulled Jordan a little closer on the tube and within seconds we were back at the doc.

"Alright Jordan hop off and swim in I'm gonna pull the tube in" I tells him.

He does so as Caleb hops off the ski, I pull the tube in before setting it on the ski.

"Co help me up?" I ask him

"Yeah c'mon" he says from the doc, holding his hand out to me.

I take his hand and jump as he pulls me to the doc. Though I stumbled in the process, his hands instinctively go to my waist to steady me.

"Thanks" I smile up at him, knowing me, I would've fallen off the doc

"No problem princess" he grins down at me "Clumsy ass" he smirks

"You know I could argue with you,but you really aren't wrong" I grin making him laugh

"Though I could still push you right off the doc and into the water anyway"

"Well princess my arms are currently around your waist and I don't plan on letting go, especially if you do that. So unless you wanna go down with me, I don't think that's the best idea" he simply smirks down at me

"Good point" I laugh, looking up from the water to him

"I know" he smirks "You got more freckles across your nose" he smiles as his eyes rake over my face.

"Oh god, I hate them" I grumble, my eyes quickly leaving his. I hated the stupid freckles that reside in my face. They are a constant thing throughout the summer, all across my nose, scattered around my face and on my shoulders. They were annoying and ugly.

"Don't say that" he smiles down at me "They're cute " he says before gently pushing a piece of my hair away from my face. I feel my face heat up as I look at him.

"Glad I can still make you blush princess" he grins at my undoubtedly red cheeks

"Shut up Kazer" I laugh, he's always gone out of his way to make me blush "My cheeks are naturally red"

"Yeah sure they are" he states sarcastically

"Hey dumb and dumbass, wanna go inside?" Jordan yells to us from the shore making the both of us instantly jump apart. "Everyone else is already in" he adds with a smirk

I roll my eyes at my best friends stupid smirk before running off the doc to meet him.

"Let's go" I grin as Caleb catches up to us

"So what was that?" Jordan mumbles low enough that Caleb couldn't hear

"What was what?" I question, knowing what he was referring to but deciding to ignore it

"Okay fine, we're talking about this later though" he states sternly making me roll my eyes

"Yes sir" I mock as all three of us walk inside

"Belle, Dallas just pulled up!" Em grins as her an Amy greet up

"Yay!" I smile making a beeline to the front of the house to see him exiting his car

"Hey Dallas!" I grin as I walk out to give him a hug.

"Hey Belle" he smiles as he squeezes me tight. I hear a throat clear behind us making me jump away from him to face my dad.

"Oh uh hi sir" Dallas says awkwardly. it's funny that my dad makes him nervous. "Thank you so much for letting me come here

Mr.Kalanski," he says with a little less nervousness. My dad grins, dropping the scary dad act before holding his hand out to Dallas.

"Of course! Any friend of the kids is welcome here" my dad smiles before walking away

"I'm sorry about him" I laugh as I watch my dad walk away. He was so dramatic sometimes.

"It's fine, I would be protective too" he shrugs before looking up at the house with a wide grin

"So this is the beach house?" He asks

"Yep, my favorite place in the world." I smile before taking his hand "C'mon, I'll show you around"