water drops and board

Hazel really doesn’t like swimming. She hates the smell of salt water, the sand that always gets stuck in her frizzy hair, and the uncleanliness of the ocean in general.Hazel really likes Will. He’s her brother Nico’s boyfriend. He actually makes her brother laugh, and he’s become a more likable person. She hopes he stays in the family for a long time.Will is a professional surfer. Hazel is afraid of drowning. As charismatic as Will is, the two things don’t mix. She only agrees to setting foot on the beach once her brother subtly suggests he’d like her to.And now, here she is, her toes buried underneath the sand as she sits underneath an umbrella. Will had convinced her to take surfing lessons, and she scrolls through her phone waiting for her instructor to show up, not that she knows what she’s doing. She’d begged Will to teach her himself, not wanting to make a fool of herself, but he had a previous date with Nico.