Griffin x Rachel
Griffin jammed his surfboard into the soft sand. The Australian summer sun beamed down on his sandy fur as he padded over the sand. He looked out onto the jetty where a girl sat. Rachel, her name was. She had only recently moved into his town and she was in his class at school. She was pretty and she seemed nice enough. Griffin had turned to see her watching him sometimes and she would blush and turn away.
"Hey Griff!" called a voice. Griffin turned to see his younger brother,
Taylor run onto the beach after him, wearing his swimming stuff.
"Hey Taylor, 'tsup?" Griffin greeted him. "How was school?"
"What were you looking at?" Taylor asked him, scrambling onto Griffin's back. He scanned the beach and looked at the jetty.
"Ooh, who's that girl, Griff?" Taylor asked teasingly. Griffin looked down, slightly embarrassed. Taylor's eyes widened in realization.
"Griffin has a crush! Griffin has a crush!" sang Taylor, dancing around him. Griffin kicked a spray of sand at him.
"Go swimming," he muttered.
"What's wrong Griff? Embarrassed?" Taylor teased. Grinning, Griffin chased his brother into the sea. Taylor squealed as Griffin tackled him into the water.
"Hey, stop it!" laughed Taylor as he bobbed away with his arm floats. Griffin rolled his eyes and ran back to the shore, stopping to shake his pelt dry. He pulled his surfboard out of the sand and took it back to the water, glancing back at Rachel as he did so. She was watching him again and, once again, looked away when he met her eyes. Griffin sighed, knowing he'd never summon the courage to talk to her, and paddled out into the middle of the water to surf.
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Rachel walked home from her new school. She padded down the street and into her beach front house.
"Hey Rach. How was school?" her mum said to her when she walked through the door.
"Yeah, good. I'm gonna go to the beach, okay mum?" she replied. She dumped her schoolbag onto the floor in the kitchen and went off to her room to get changed into her swimming stuff. She grabbed a beachball as well and ran off to the beach. She walked along the beach to her favorite place, the jetty, thinking about her day. There was this boy in her class. He was pretty cute; funny, nice, silly and he lived near her. She smiled at the thought of sitting behind him today.
"Griffin. That was his name," she murmured to herself, reaching the jetty. She walked along to the end, enjoying the soft breeze and smell of sea salt. She sat down on the end, glancing out over the empty beach. Well, almost empty. There was someone coming onto the beach. It was...Griffin? Yes, it was. She watched as he walked to the water. He turned and glanced at her and she shyly looked away.
"Why can't I be like the other girls?" she sighed to herself. "They never have problems talking to guys."
She looked back at Griffin and another figure, probably his brother, as the were playing around in the water.
"Tomorrow," she promised herself. "Tomorrow, I will talk to him."
He looked at her again. Rachel looked down at the beachball, feeling herself blushing. She rolled the beachball back and forth in her paws and watched Griffin surf in the setting sun.
"Tomorrow," she whispered.
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