3rd Person POV

As soon as the announcer was done calling out names, the surfers started going towards the water. They all stood there and waited for a wave...... but no such wave came nor they could 'feel' one come.

The surfers patiently waited but the ocean was still. The audience wasn't moving either, as the anticipation was killing them. Suddenly, a pile of water crashed into a rock, and that's when the surfers ran out to the sea.

They all grabbed their boards, slammed it into the water, got on their stomachs, and swam through the ocean with their boards, pedaling with their arms and legs rapidly. The audience cheered as a wave was starting to form, then 2.

Mark starts to stand up and balance himself on the board as the wave came toward him. He smoothly got on the wave and rode through it, performing a spin-in-the-air trick and landed splashing a few other surfers. The audience roared and the judges nodded, writing on their clipboard.

Kyle got on a wave and shredded through them, performing little twists and turns on water. The audience roared and the judges nodded at him too. Kyle got off the wave, walked past Mark, and they fist bumped.

Tony took a deep breath, and stood up on the board as a wave was coming. Another surfer ran into him, which made him fall off. The audience went "Oooh!" and the judges shook their heads. Tony rose back up to the surface and started again. A pile of water came up under his board, he balanced himself, then rode through it confidently. While riding, he squat down, reached out to the water, and it ran through his fingers.

The audience was in awe as they witnessed this. A handful of water piled up in Tony's hand, he throws it up, then takes one foot back, performing a some kind of wheelie trick with the surfboard. The audience cheered, which messed him up because he fell off afterwards. He didn't come back up immediately.

Mark's eyes widen. "Tony..." he said to himself. "Tony?" A little louder. The beach was silent now, except for Mark's heavy breathing. He started running towards the water, but Nick as Kyle held him back.

"Dude, calm down, he'll be alright." Nick attempted to comfort him, but it didn't work, as he fought himself loose from them and jumped in the water. Mark swam until Tony's surfboard bumped into him, which meant that he had to be close by, and he was. Tony's head popped up in front of him, then Mark grabbed ahold of his waist and patted his back. Tony coughed a little, then a lot. Mark pulled Tony back to shore, and gave him CPR. A few people were disguised to see a guy putting his lips on another guy, but for the sake of someone's life, no one said anything, they just witnessed.

Tony coughed and coughed until some water came up from his mouth and he spat it out. He blinked a lot and looked around. "What happened?" He asked.

Mark smiled a little. "You took a pretty sweet wipeout man."

Tony sat up and wrapped his arms around Mark's neck. In return, Mark wrapped his arms around Tony's waist. The audience cheered as Tony stood back up and the tournament went on.

The rest of the tournament went on without any distractions, other than the audience's constant cheering. Everyone has gotten a second chance to impress the judges, and Tony's second chance sure impressed them, as he did what he had done the first time, but without falling and adding twists and turns at the end of his performance.

After everyone went twice, they dried themselves off and had lunch. The surfing part was over at 3:00, which meant it lasted 3 hours. Lunch is for 1 hour, then the judges results come at the end, which usually last for 30 minutes or so.

Tony and Mark met up with Megan. She cheered them both, squeezing them tightly, then bought them lunch. She also thanked Mark for saving her son's life, so he wouldn't have to worry about paying her back. They heard a phone ring, Megan pulled it out of her purse, it was Mark's phone, he asked her to hold it for him. He walked out and answered it.

"Hey Mark! It's your parents, sorry that we couldn't come, but we saw you on TV and you were amazing. Hope you win first place, love you!" His mom said.

"Thanks mom, love you too."

This was his dad speaking now. "Hello son, like your mother said, you did great and hope you win first place but..." His voice was starting to become serious. "On TV, we saw something a little uh... disturbing."

"Oh? Which was?"

"When you attempted to save Tony's life."

Mark felt a knot in his throat, and it was hard to swallow. He totally forgot about that. "Oh, sorry about that, but Tony's fine now. More alive than ever."

"That's wonderful news son, but I don't wanna see you putting your lips on another guy, no matter the situation. It was... disgusting and... wrong. Very wrong."

Mark was fighting back tears. "It's not that wrong. It was wonderful. Not only that I saved my boyfriend's life, but it was the best kiss I ever had."

He heard his mom deeply gasp in the background. "Mark, honey? Did you just say that Tony was your boyfriend?"

"Yes I did mother. Have a problem?" He said confidently, not wanted to take back anything said because it was all true.

It was quiet for a while, then his mom said, "No, I don't have a problem. You are a young man, do what you want. If you date boys, change your image, or even win last place in the tournament, I'm not gonna love you any less than I already do, because you're my son, and I'm proud of you."

All of a sudden, Mark heard something smack, then soft crying. "Mark, I'm not going to allow you to date boys, girls are fine, but no boys. You're gonna have to break up with Tony, or I'm gonna have to punish you."

Mark was quiet for a while, then said, "Fine, punish me then." And hung up the phone.

*****

An hour later, everyone returned to the beach for the final judges results. All of the surfers got in a line, waiting to be called. They started with the 5th place trophy, then 4th, and so forth.

"The 3rd place trophy goes to... Nick!"

The audience whistled and applauded as Nick went up to claim his trophy. "And the 2nd place trophy goes to...... Kyle!" Kyle went up there while the audience cheered.

"And last, but certainly not least, the 1st place trophy goes to......... oh my, ladies and gentlemen, we have 2 young men who are tied for the 1st place trophy."

The audience murmured and looked around. So did the surfers. "The 1st place winners are... Tony and Mark!!"

The audience roared. Tony stood there in shock, so Mark had to pull him up to claim their trophies. "Congratulations surfers, you all did wonderful, can't wait to see you again next year!"

Megan ran up to them, squeezed them, then took Tony's trophy. "Ooh look at my trophy, it's so beautiful!"

"Mom! That's my trophy!" Tony whined.

"Fine, since you wanna be that way about it, but I'm proud of both of you. Sorry that your parents couldn't come Mark."

"It's fine, I don't care anyways."

Megan had a questioning look. "Oh ok then."

"Mom, could you take my trophy home? I wanna help them clean the beach." He handed her the trophy.

"Yeah, so do I." Mark said, handing her his trophy also.

"Ok kids, that's awfully sweet. Here are your phones back. Call or text me when you're done, or planning on going somewhere else afterwards."

"Ok mom, bye."

They and a couple of other people helped clean the beach. It wasn't too hard, they just had to pick up litter and put up the tents. Tony noticed that Mark was acting a little sluggish, so after they were done cleaning the beach and everyone else left to go home, they stayed and watched the sunset.

"You ok baby?" Tony asked, reaching out for Mark's hand.

"Yeah I'm... well actually, no I'm not fine." He lowered his head.

Tony scooted closer. "What's wrong?"

"My parents saw me give you CPR on TV, and said it was disgusting and wrong."

"...how is it disgusting and wrong if you was trying to save my life?"

"Because we're both guys!"

"So? That shouldn't mean anything."

Mark was quiet for a while. "Yeah, it shouldn't. Without thinking, I told them that we're dating. My mom was ok with it, but my dad was pissed."

"Ohh, I'm sorry." Tears were starting to flow from Tony's eyes. "Does that mean we have to break up? And never see each other again?"

Mark grabbed Tony's face, wiped the tears off with his thumb, and kissed him. After the kiss, Mark wrapped his arms around him. "I don't care what my dad says and thinks. He doesn't control my life, and if I do something that he doesn't like, oh fucking well, he's gonna have to deal with it. Im not breaking up with you Tony, because I love you."

Tony started to smile. "Aww Mark! I love you too." He wrapped his arms around Mark's neck, then they made out.

*****

The next week, the boys went on a date to the park. They certainly enjoyed the peacefulness, walking, talking and kissing without any distractions. That was also when Mark bought Tony a huge teddy bear, and Tony just bought him a box of chocolate.

When Tony got home, his mom squealed over the huge teddy bear. He let her play with it when his phone rang, a call from Mark.

"Hey dude, turns out that I can't go surfing with you tomorrow like I promised." He told him in a depressing tone.

"Aw, why not?"

"Because me and my dad got into an argument, and he broke my surfboard."

"Damn... you still got your backup, right?"

"He hid it."

"Ohh."

"Is there anything you want to do?"

"Umm... we could go swimming at the beach tomorrow."

"WHAT THE FUCK DAD?! GIVE ME BACK MY PHONE!"

Tony heard them arguing and cussing then was about to hang up until he heard, "JUST GO! GET YOUR ASS OUT OF MY HOUSE! I DON'T CARE WHERE YOU GO, YOU JUST BETTER NOT COME BACK HERE!"

"Honey, calm down, he's still a kid, you can't just kick him out." Then he heard a slap and Mark gasped.

"I will not have a faggot in my house, no matter how old he is nor that he's my son. Leave. NOW!"

Mark ran to his room and packed up some of his things, then he saw that his phone was still on. "Babe, you still there?"

"Yes baby, I'm here."

"Did you uh... hear that?"

"Yeah I heard. I'm really sorry."

"Don't be, none of this is your fault. I would never stop loving you." Mark's voice was starting to break.

"No please don't cry. If it's ok with my mom, you wanna come live with me?"

"I'm not crying. And that's nice of you. Thanks."

Tony's mom took his phone. "Hello Mark, sorry about your parents. You are welcome to stay with us as long as you need to."

"Ok, thank you so much. I'll be over there in a few." After a few minutes, he packed up most of his stuff, said bye to his mom, and headed to Tony's house. Tony and Megan helped Mark pack his stuff in Tony's room.

"Well there ya go. Make yourself at home, and I don't wanna hear any sex noises. Understand?"

"Yes ma'am." They both agreed.

Megan smiled, turned around and left the room. "OH DADDY YAS!" Tony whined.

Megan ran in the room, and the boys laughed. "We didn't do anything. Promise." Mark had his hands up. Megan started to laugh too. Life was becoming great so far.

*****The End*****