siren

memphis laughed when she corrected herself. “guilty as charged. i do love enjoying the beauty of women.” he explained. “no you arent but you could at least be fucking nice?” he suggested with a heavy sigh. “you can act like a bitch to everyone but i  have seen the nice side of you so whatever.. keep playing the whole world..” he took another drink of his beer. “that wasnt true at all…” it wasnt. memphis did enjoy spending the evening with the blonde when they did. “but whatever.. believe what you want.”

“so you calling someone hot isn’t like some high honor, most of the girls around here are hot,” she lifted her shoulders in a shrug. “i was nice. i cleaned up your mess so that you don’t look like an alcoholic sitting on the beach surrounded by empty cans. i don’t act like a bitch. ask around. everyone will tell you how sweet i am,” she reminded him. “oh ok. you weren’t looking for a distraction because you were ‘off again’ with your girlfriend at the time? be real. there’s nothing wrong with it. we dont have to bullshit each other, what’s the use in that?”

“that is a bold statement to make..because i dont look at everyone.” he corrected her. “just because you have only encountered the dick side of me doesnt mean you can shit on me” he went on. “because before you got pissed at me and you and i went out that night we hooked up we both had a good time.. unless you were just pretending.” 

“ok sorry. as a teenaged male you enjoy looking at attractive females,” she retorted. “im not shitting on you. i don’t know what you want from me. am i supposed to fawn all over you because you called me hot?” scoffing she shook her head. “you took me out because you wanted to hook up. it happened. let it go. alls well that ends well.”

“that is not fully true. it isnt like i compliment you often or stare at you from afar.. i’m not some creepy stalker who obsesses over you. though i am sure you would eat that shit up.” memphis mused as he sat back in his seat. “well whatever worked for you then so be it..” he shrugged. “nah those boys know what im swinging around in the locker room.. however at this point i might just looking into it.” he said shaking his head. “not having luck with the ladies.”

“you’re a teenaged dude, you oogle every chick’s goodies. there’s nothing creepy or stalkerish about it. but i suppose you expected me to be flattered or something...” shaking her head, she rolled her eyes again, glad she had her sunglasses on so he couldn’t see it and comment on it. “well best of luck with that endeavor if that’s what you wanna do.” the girl had to chuckle slightly. “oh im so sorry to hear that. how shocking. you’re so charming.”

memphis turned back to look at her. “i dont know.. it was a compliment. i figured giving you a compliment might soften your stone cold heart… clearly i was wrong.” he said popping open the beer an taking another drink. “well glad sleeping with me got you more dick. so glad i could boost your ego with the male species. at least that makes one of us.”

“i already know you like oogling my goodies. so you calling me hot hardly seems all that genuine.” sav lifted her shoulders in a shrug, “nope. just call me elsa.” come to think of it, so many of those disney lyrics were quite fitting, -conceal dont feel- definitely seemed the way to go. “sleeping with you didn’t get me more dick, you running your mouth about it did. do you need your ego boosted with the male species too? didn’t know that was your thing.”

memphis had mostly ignored what she was saying as his eyes stayed on her body. then he looked away only to grab another beer and sigh. “damn savvy, you really going to do me like that?” he asked her as he popped open another beer. “are you still mad about me telling people you saw my wiener?”  he asked her

rolling her eyes, she didn’t close the book but took a mental note of where she left off, “like what? was telling me im hot supposed to be some great conversation starter?” she wasn’t entirely sure what he expected. “no. other people decided they wanted to try to one up you, so that’s sort of worked in my favor. got to love people bringing their A game. athletes are so competitive.”

“Oh, I am a big fan of parties. I don’t usually try to drink too much, but I am very influence-able apparently” said Wren noting the fact that all the times he’s gotten too drunk has been the result of some sort of challenge. “We should definitely go to the gym together sometime then, but you should know I’m having a party with Kimmy tonight. I really hope you can come” said the boy excited he could officially invite people.

“one of the only somewhat exciting things to do around here,” sav pointed out with a chuckle. “ah good to know, peer pressure works” she tapped her head as if she was letting the information sink into her brain. “yeah we can do that. and of course, i never miss a party.” that was certainly true, if there was a party savannah was always there.

“ yeah, ” she said, tapping her fingers against the top of the computer screen. “ i guess you’re right. i just… i think i’m just not ready for it. it’s a pretty big step, you know? suddenly i’m off to college. it’s freaking terrifying how early they want us to decide on our future, you know? ” shaking her head, olivia licked her lips absentmindedly. “ i think a break is what i need right now, to be honest. get my mind off it and on something else, ” she said and as savannah said she didn’t want her drown herself, and how that was the last thing that she needed on her conscience, olivia giggled and jumped off her seat. “ there’s a new adoption center for animals opening downtown. wanna go to it with me? we can cuddle with pups and kittens, ” she said and smiled brightly at the other female. 

“i mean, it is still summer, so you’ve got plenty of time, try not to stress about it now. i understand that it would be a relief to have it done and everything but still, you don’t have to rush it,” sav tried to reassure the other girl. “do a little every day and before you know it, it’ll be done. don’t overthink it.” that was much easier said than done she knew that, but sav was also the kind of person who was extremely easy going, even if in the back of her mind she was the one overthinking things. it just wasn’t something she let anyone else know. “yeah of course, I couldn’t possibly say no to puppies!”

Wren was shocked with her long list of activities, he always felt so bored here. Maybe it was because he was new. “I’ve been to a few parties so far, but I’m looking forward to people going wild once school actually starts. I’ve been to the beach a few times too, which was awesome. Makes me miss California less” he admitted. He was from White Lake, but honestly, California was his home right now. “I need to join a proper gym here, I’ve just been working out at the park and doing a lot of running” said the boy.

Savvy was someone who liked being involved in things, sure, she could lounge by her pool without much to do once in a while, but most of the time she’d rather be out and about doing things. “the parties around here can be hit or miss. probably depending on how much you drink,” the girl chuckled with a shrug, “or are you not a drinker?”  alcohol wasn’t for everyone, she knew that. “what part of California? and there’s a gym down the block from school that’s got literally everything, can’t go wrong. running is good too though. can’t believe i haven’t run into you yet, i try to run as often as i can.” which, if anyone was being honest about it, was probably too often, but no one else needed to know that.

“I don’t know. I think that there has to be a certain amount of talent involved, and I will shamelessly admit that I have none.” That didn’t really matter, though. He did enjoy dancing, even if he was no good at it and the extent of his dancing skills were a good old fashioned shimmy and a shake. “I think people’s knowledge of mouth to mouth is limited to what they see on TV or read in books. Or… however else they get that weird fantasy I don’t know.” he grimaced. “Yeah, it seems like a waste of energy. And what is someone else really was drowning? You’d feel like absolute garbage.”

“i mean..” the blonde paused to think about it briefly before nodding, “i guess you’re right there has to be some shred of natural talent there to even develop it in the first place. but im sure you’re just being hard on yourself. plus you’re good at other stuff. can’t be great at everything. that’s reserved for people like me,” she joked. “if i thought that was a good idea and someone blew into my mouth, ew,” her nose crinkled up at the thought. “that just seems extra gross for some reason. and i would not want someone else getting hurt on my conscience either.”

“I don’t think anyone could argue with that, no one likes pressure…or at least i dont think anyone would” She said with a chuckle” But are you really dreading school? When I dread school I prepare better because that strenghtens my confidence”

Sher nodded. “Yes you.” He said with a small laugh. “I can see little miss ballerina getting into some trouble. It was a shame you did trouble without me but I guess next time I will just have to join in.” He replied. “Plus the trouble I’ve been getting myself into hasn’t been that exciting honestly.”

“oh i don’t know what you’re talking about,” she shook her head with a smirk. “tights and tutu’s, it’s all very innocent.” heading to the counter she got in line to pay. “better get the fun in now before school starts, that’s what summers all about.”

memphis had been out there and had resisted at hollering at sav. though the more he drunk the more he couldnt keep his eyes off her body in that bikini. when she turned around and spoke to him he shrugged. “no one comes out here to this part of the beach.. why do you think i am here?” he asked her as he poured the beer down his throat. “you look hot you know..” he said not being able to look away for a moment as he grabbed another beer.

“clearly plenty of people do,” she retorted with a shake of her head. after tossing out the evidence, she made her way back to her blanket and laid on her stomach, getting comfortable and picking up her book again. “im aware. thanks.” one finger pushed her sunglasses from the top of her head back down over her eyes and she opened the book back up and focused her attention on that.