Free Eternally Blue (Sunset Cliffs Vampire #1) (Paranormal Teen Romance) by Katie Aleo

body was exhausted.
     
    I kept looking over to see if Noah was watching but he was curled up using his t shirt as a pillow and sleeping. The current had carried Lindsey and Sean pretty far away from me; I guess they were paying more attention to staying close to each other for conversation than I had been. I frowned impatiently as I waited for another large wave, they were getting increasingly smaller it seemed. I rubbed my arms and jumped in place to warm myself, it was getting chilly as the sun was disappearing. Oh, finally; a suitable wave.
     
    I was halfway to shore on what was going to be my last wave when I lost my footing, and slipped backwards. I tried to steady myself but my wobbling only seemed to make it worse, I went backwards at the same time my board went into the air. I felt a massive blow to my head and then everything went black.
     
     
     
    Chapter 5
     
     
     
    “ Blue, oh my gosh, what should we do?” I heard Lindsey’s frantic voice. My eyes fluttered slowly open until I could see Lindsey, Sean and Noah leaning over me. Oww, my head really hurt. I lifted a hand to touch it, but Noah intercepted it.
     
    He smiled at me and softly asked if I was ok. I nodded, “I,.. I think so. What happened?”
     
    At hearing my voice, Lindsey’s face showed pure relief. “Oh my gosh, Blue, I’m so sorry. We got too far away from you, I should have stayed closer since it’s your first time out I just, you were doing so well, and it was easy to forget”.
     
    I was trying unsuccessfully to piece together what happened when Sean chimed in “Yeah thankfully Noah was keeping an eye on you, once you wiped out and hit your head on your board there he was over there before we could get there and saved you. It could have been a lot worse”.
     
    I looked sheepishly up at Noah who looked embarrassed. “I think we better get you home kid”. I tried getting to my feet, and gratefully accepted his arm.
     
    “ Oh man, I have got to call Stacey and tell her what happened”. Lindsey was frantically looking around for her purse, which I could see was nowhere near where I washed up. I was feeling unsteady from dizziness as I pointed to the spot on the beach where it was, and Lindsey ran over to get it and came back, rooting through her purse. Noah stopped her before she could find it, “I’ll take her home, Mrs. Lacey wont freak, and don't worry this is nobody’s fault”.
     
    Sean nodded in agreement but Lindsey still looked at me uneasily and I managed a weak smile. “Really Lindsey, I’m fine. I hope this won’t cause you not to bring me back here, I had a lot of fun”. I swayed a little which caused Noah to loop his arm around my waist. “OK time to go”, he lead me towards his car.
     
    I took one last look at the pretty beach and over at the woods line I saw a movement of something large. I squinted trying to make out what it could be, but Noah’s arm gripped mine so tightly it caused me to jerk away. “Oww!” I looked at him with my meanest look.
     
    “ Sorry” he said with true concern, looking at my arm and rubbing it. I looked back over to the woods but whatever was there was now gone. I sighed, and looked back at Noah who now looked more concerned than ever, and opened the car door for me to get in.

 
    When we got on our street he pulled again into my driveway instead of across the street at his own house, and helped me out of the car. On the way to the door he gave my hand a squeeze and quietly said “Let me do the talking, we don't want to worry Mrs. Lacey so badly she doesn’t let you come out to play anymore”. I looked up to see him smiling flirtingly at me and I grinned and nodded in agreement.
     
    When we got inside only Stacey was around but she was obviously waiting for us since she was in the foyer in a heartbeat. She looked me over before hugging me “Lindsey called, I’m so glad you’re ok. Mom is working but wants me to call her after I talk to you. First you have to