After class, I decided to wait behind for Jasper. I wasn't sure if he had another pottery class to do, but I thought that it'll be nice to get to know him more. I watched as all the students left the classroom then I turned to Jasper who was cleaning up the classroom. Finally, Jasper looked over and noticed that i'm still in the classroom.
"Still here?" He asked.
I nodded. "I was wondering if you had another class to do."
Jasper shook his head. "Nah. I'm free as a bird for the rest of the day." He said.
I smiled softly.
"Hey, since you're not busy, you want to go down to the beach with me? I want to show you something."
"Oh...Okay." I nodded.
"Great. Let's go now." He said as he finished cleaning up the classroom then the both of us walked out of the room and I waited for Jasper to lock the door before we set out to the beach.
When we got to the beach, we reached the part where that are small pools of water and a bunch of rocks. I started to wonder why Jasper brought me over here. I watched as Jasper got on top of the rocks then he peered down into the water and stuck his hand in. I got closer and watched carefully as Jasper pulled out a sea creature.
"There are small creatures like these that lives in the small pools of the ocean. Here." He said then held out the creature to me.
I smiled softly as I took it into my hands and looked it over.
"Cool." I said then handed the creature back to him before I started stepping on the rocks and sat down next to him.
"Here's a starfish." He said, pulling out a starfish from the water and handed it to me.
I took the starfish into my hands and smiled as I looked it over.
"Are starfish alive? I've always wondered that." I said.
Jasper nodded. "They sure are. There are female starfish and male starfish. They also feed too. You can even watch them move if you watch closely. They're sensitive to light, touch and temperature." Jasper explained.
"Woah. That's cool." I said as I continued to look over the starfish.
"So...Are you busy tonight?" He asked.
I shook my head. "Nope. Why?"
"Because there's a buffet party tonight outside at the hotel and I was wondering if you wanted to go with me."
I looked at Jasper and smiled with a nod. "Sure. Can I bring Roscoe?"
"Who's Roscoe?"
"He's my best friend. He came along on this trip with me." I said, looking back at the starfish.
"Oh..."
I looked at Jasper and waited for his answer. He seemed to hesitate a bit which I don't know why, but I decided not to question it much.
"Sure. Why not?" He eventually said with a smile.
I smiled brightly then nodded. "Cool. I'll tell him."
***
Later that night, me and Roscoe arrived outside at the buffet party. I looked around for Jasper before I saw him sitting at a table. I smiled brightly then ran over to him as I dragged Roscoe along with me.
"Jasper!"
"Oh. Hey." Jasper said, standing up.
"This is Roscoe. Roscoe, this is Jasper." I introduced.
"Hey." Roscoe said.
Jasper nodded before he briefly glanced down. I watched him, not sure what he's looking at then I started to open up my mouth to ask him when he quickly looked back at me and smiled.
"Anyways, why don't we go ahead and eat? The good thing about a buffet is that you're able to get whatever you want and you're allowed to go back for seconds."
"Sounds great. Let's go." I said then I walked over to the buffet with Roscoe following after me.
After we all grabbed a plate of food, we sat down at a table and started eating and chatting.
"Roscoe, you should've went to the beach with us earlier. We saw so many awesome sea creatures and I even got to hold a starfish." I said.
"Yeah. They're pretty amazing things underwater. The ocean is still a mystery to everybody." Jasper said.
"I see." Roscoe said then he went back to eating.
I hadn't even noticed that Roscoe has been acting a little anti-social throughout dinner. I was having so much fun talking about sea creatures with Jasper. Finally, dinner ended and we went our separate ways. I said goodbye to Jasper before me and Roscoe headed back to our hotel room.
When we got there, I collapsed onto my bed, ready to turn in for the night.
"You should at least change into your pjs." He teased.
I smiled. "I know." I said then got up to change my clothes while Roscoe went into the bathroom to wash up.
After I changed my clothes, I climbed back into my bed. Soon, Roscoe came back into the room and changed into his pjs too before climbing into my bed with me.
"What are you doing?" I asked.
"What? We haven't slept together in the same bed since we were little." He said.
"Oh. That's right." I smiled then turned over on my side, my back facing him.
I felt Roscoe wrapping his arms around me and I started to feel content. I yawned then closed my eyes.
"Night." I said.
"Night." Roscoe repeated then we both fell asleep.
I couldn't wait to see what tomorrow has to offer.
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