Wipe Out (Katie tag Ben)

[Katie Martinez]

Katie and Ben didn't need to plan a surfing outing at the beach they were just automatically there at the same time. Not all the time but there were a few rare occasions when they ended up seeing each other at the beach. Usually Katie was coming as Ben was going. She at least knew he liked to surf early. So when she saw him at the beach so late she could not help but make a comment, "So who did you spend the night with last night? I assume it was a girl who caused you to miss the waves this morning, cause aren't you out here a little late?"

They were both in the water at this point. She had gotten into the water and was riding up to sit and wait for a wave when she saw Ben. she of course swam next to him, but kept some distance that was needed. Thats when she spoke, but before Ben ould answer awave was coming. "Why don't I show you how its done Junior."Katie say playfully as the wave came.

She should enver brag like that cause she started off really, really strong and the next thing she knew she was off the board and into the water so fast. Thats what it was like. one minute yo are on the board and the next WHAM...in the water. Katie had the complete wind knocked out of her as she hit the water too.

[Ben Patridge]

Sitting on his surfboard in the water, a smile formed on his lips as he saw Katie swimming toward him. Per usual she started talking right away, not even really giving him a moment to say hi. She asked him who he must have slept with to prevent him from surfing in the morning and he had to admit, he was pretty surprised. Did he really come off like that guy? Sure, Ben was no prude, but he didn't exactly sleep around all the time either. In fact, his sexual history was probably pretty tame compared to most guys his age, considering he'd only slept with two girls since losing it to Sloane Taylor last Spring.

"How do ya know I didn't surf this morning too?" he asked simply. After all, he had, but the waves had sort of been crap so he'd come out in the evening to give it a second go. Not to mention that his mom had been spending more and more time at home recently and he sort of wanted to avoid her. Ben wasn't really a fan of his mother. He never said anything against her, but really he just tolerated both of his parents and that was all. They hadn't raised him, the nanny had. And when he and Eden had been old enough to be left on their own without nannies? Well, that's what had happened, they had basically been left to fend for themselves. They might have had more money than they knew what to do with, enough to buy whatever they needed, but still, he and his sister had basically raised themselves. No wonder his sister had gone off the deep end. She was hardly around anymore and Ben couldn't stand it.

Although the next thing he knew Katie was catching a wave that he let pass by, jumping on her board before he could tell her to watch out. Ben hadn't been focused enough to catch that wave and as he watched her ride it beautifully he felt a quick pang of jealously before watching her tumble down off her board. Uh oh!

Jumping off his own board he started to swim toward the shore, dragging his surfboard along with him. He wasn't quite sure where she fell so he headed toward her surfboard which was floating in the water. He grabbed it, treading water and looking around as he saw her head pop up from the water a few feet away. "You alright?" he called to her as he started to swim over, two surfboards in tow.

[Katie Martinez]

Kaite had only been kidding about her comment about Ben sleeping in cause of a girl. She had no idea about Ben's sexual history. She was just joking around. Katie enjoyed teasing Ben cause he never took it too seriously, he was the kind of guy, at least to Kaite's view that didn't let teasing bother him.

Katie hit the surface spititng out water and pushing her hair from her face as she heard Ben's voice. She turned to look up at him. "I will be fine assuming you are a the nice guy I know you are and you agree to forget this ever happened." She pushed her self up and onto her board. "I think my ass hates me though. I landed on it first." She had hit the bottom. Not hard but this part was just deep enough for that to happen.

"It's all the beauty of surfing." Katie realized she had a cute on her arm. "Oh crap. That will need to be bandaged. I shall consider it another battle wound. The wave might have won this time, but I will get it next time." She chuckled, cause honestly it was better then crying. Not that Katie would cry. But she had to admit she was in a little pain. Wiping out tended to do that when you hit the water hard at times.

She eyed Ben. "So what is on your agenda for the rest of the day?" She asked. "And thanks for bringing over the board. I appreciate it." She said with a sheepish smile. Ben was a good guy and she knew she gave him a hard time over nothing, it was just what she did. "I don't mean to give you a hard time you know that right." She just enjoyed teasing him from time to time. But she was greatful he was a good surfing buddy and a good friend.

[Ben Patridge]

"Oh no, I think this incident will be burned in my memory forever," he teased, "come on, surfing 101 don't jump on a wave unless you're actually ready for it," he said, "and while I understand you were trying to impress me since I have such an amazing skill, you were also distracted by me, thus why you went down," he said with a friendly smirk on his lips the entire time.

"Yeah, we can walk to my place from here and get you bandaged up," Ben offered, seriously this time. His house sat right on the beach and it was a short walk from where they were now. They headed toward the shore, too close in now to catch any waves, Ben didn't mind so much as he reached the sand.

"No agenda," he said with a shrug as he stepped out of the salt water. "I had no plans past surfing, per usual," he said, grabbing his board and tucking it under his arm so as he walked. He wanted to laugh when Katie asked if he knew she didn't mean to give him a hard time but he managed to hold it in although he couldn't hide his smile. "We both know that that is not true," he said, "you mean very much to give me a hard time and I wouldn't have it any other way. If you were to go easy on me, then I'd have to go easy on you, because of course I'm just a nice guy like that," he joked, "but more importantly that would be far less fun. How's the arm doing?" He had nothing to stop it from bleeding now, but his house was insight and he knot that there was a stocked first aid kit there. He and Eden did enough surfing that they'd had more injuries that they could count. They probably kept the first aid stuff stocked better than the refrigerator.

[Katie Martinez]

"Me...distracted by you. Right. Okay...sure. You can think what ever you want." She said knowing that it didn't matter cause she had wiped out and it had been embaressing. What sucked more was it had been in front of Ben and well, yeah she kind of cared how he viewed her as a surfer. It was a matter of respect and wiping out on something like that well for her, it sucked and kind of hurt her pride. Especially around Ben, cause he was Ben and she cared. That was that, but hopefully she could redeem herself so to speak.

"To your place we go. Do you think food and maybe something more relaxing could be in our future?" She asked. Now Katie was starving, but she could also use a little does of an herbal remedy cause quite frankly that could actually help her forget her embaressing moment. Katie laughed, "Yeah you have a point. Me giving you a hard time is too much fun to resist." She smirked.

"The arm is fine. It's nothing a little alcohol swab and a bandage win't fix. Just a nasty cut. I have had worse. You know the hazards of surfing." Nasty cuts were like a given. Everyone who surfed had a story about some nasty cut. Katie followed Ben with her board tucked under her arm. "let mew just grab my things." She said as she bent down to grab her towel and stuff it into her bag. "I got a change of clothes. Can I use your shower in your house?"

[Ben Patridge]

"Oh I intend to," Ben said with a smirk when she told him to think what he wanted. This had always been the way between them - giving each other a hard time. There were times when Katie had had the advantage in it and times, like now, when he did. He had to admit it was sort of nice that they could so easily slip back into their old repartee.

"Yeah, I think so," he said simply, knowing immediately by relaxing she meant weed. He didn't think she smoked quite as much as he did on a daily basis but she'd been around when he'd first tried it and she'd been quick to join in.

"No, you can not," he said sarcastically once she'd gathered her things and asked about the shower. "I might be able to find a hose or something so you can rinse off though," he said easily as he made a face at her. Of course he'd let her use the shower, figuring it was probably best to clean off her arm with soap and water first anyway.

They reached his house from the back end which sat on the beach and he walked up on the massive back deck and into the house. It smelled faintly of stale weed although it was actually somewhat clean which was a sign of his mother being around. Whenever she was around she always brought in cleaning people as Ben and Eden tended to leave the house to a bit of a disaster when she was not around.

If she was in the house at present she wasn't showing herself and Ben didn't call for her as he led Katie to the large bathroom that he and Eden usually shared. He motioned for Katie to go ahead letting the girl disappear into the bathroom before telling her he'd be in his room whenever she was finished. He didn't really think much of this statement as his motive was that his bong and weed were currently sitting on the floor and his night stand respectively.

He grabbed his first aid kit first, bringing it to his room before lighting up while Katie cleaned off. He'd already taken two good hits by the time she returned to his room, slowly blowing out the smoke before speaking. "Hey, I got a first aid kit," he said holding it up, his eyes slightly blood shot. This wasn't the first time he'd smoked today.

[Katie Martinez]

Katie just gave Ben a look as he pointed to the bathroom and said he would be in his room. She walked inside and closed the door. No need to lock it who the hell was gonna walk in. No one. So she stripped down and took a nice hot shower. She had her own towel so that was not a problem and hair brush. The esstentials along with deoderant were in her bag. It was like an emergency over night bag.

Finaly Katie twoeledoff and put her clothes on, putting everything into her bag. Her arm was not bleeding as much now that she had washed it off. As she figured there was a nice big cut on her arm that was bleeding slight. It hurt more then it bled and there was already a nice brusie surround it. Nothing new. She finally emerged from the bathroom to find Ben on the floor with smoke around him.

"Thanks and I see you started without me. How rude." katie joked. She put her bag by the door and grabbed the first aid kit and sat next to Ben. "Can you help? It will be harder for me to do it." Damn cut had to be on her should slightly on her shoulder blade, which mean it was harder for her to reach it. "Wait should you be using the first aid kit while under the influence?" She asked smiling as she took the bong to take a few hits herself. Damn weed felt good. It would hopefully numb the pain she was feeling. "Thanks for sharing." She said motioning to the weed as she passed it back. She would wait for her next hit.

[Ben Patridge]

Ben smiled as Katie entered his room. She was all clean and dressed now while Ben still smelled like salt water. He'd stripped off his wetsuit while she was showered though and was now clad in nothing but a pair of board shorts. He was by no means super buff or muscular but he was cut and toned and certainly had nothing to be embarrassed about sitting there in no shirt.

"Oh, well, I know you can't handle smoking as much as me so I figured I'd better get a head start," he teased easily as he put the bong down, watching as Katie took it eagerly. "Yeah, I can help with the first aid. I'm a pro, even when high," she grinned as he took the open case into his hand and pulled out some alcohol and a cotton swab. He dipped it in the alcohol and grinned, "This is gonna hurt," he assured her, before swiping it across her skin where she'd been cut. He knew first hand how painful that could be but it was the best way to assure it was sanitized.

Next he opened up a bottle of neosporin and giggled as he poured way too much out. "I'm gonna let it dry a sec," he said, grabbing the bong. He took another hit, finishing it off. "Can you repack it?" he asked, "I'll do the bandage," he said tossing her a baggy full of weed. Ben tended to be very generous about sharing as he had a disposable income thanks to his parents and it didn't matter how expensive it was, he could always buy more and more.

He reached for the bandage, accidentally folding the first extra large bandaid in half before he could even stick it on Katie. "Oops," he said still laughing. He tossed it on her lap and grabbed a new one. He got it right this time, sticking it carefully on her skin but it was clear he was a little shaky. "There!" he exclaimed when he was done. "Too bad we missed the waves though, the tides going to be changed by now," he said with a shrug. "At least we can smoke."

[Katie Martinez]

Katie would be lying if she had said she had not noticed Ben'slack of a shirt. She could have easily been sitting next to him in her bikini, but she had wanted to shower and change. Now she was wearing blue jean shorts, and a black tank top. She sat next to Ben again slightly checking him out. He was kind of cute. Not that it affected anything, but come on, he had his shirt off, how could Katie not think he was cute when that was the deal. She shook it off as she took her first hit.

Katie winced when Ben put the cottom swab of alcohol on her arm and she just took a hit, which helped slightly. But not by much, she could still feel the burning sensation. "I know the stinging means the germs are dying, but could the germs die a little faster please." She commented as she took her second hit.

She handed the bong back to him. "Thanks for doing this she said." As she looked at her half done arm. "Sure." She said when Ben asked if she could repack it, which she did as he threw the wasted bandage in her lap. She tossed it into the waste basket. Katie looked at her arm. "Thanks man." She said as she nudged him. "Ouch. I think I am going to move to the other side."

Rather then crawling over Ben,which would have been a bad idea. Katie crawled around Ben and sat on the other side, this time she nudged him with her good arm. "Much better. We might be missing the waves, but they will be there tomorrow. " She said. "Besides i like to get high." She commented laughing as she handed him the bong. "So got any good music or movies to watch?"