Flirting with Forty Page #5

All right, let's find you a good wave.

One, two, three, go!

Paddle. There you go. Paddle! Good job!

Up on your knees, Jackie. Your knees.

Nice. Your feet.

Almost. What happened?

I lost my balance.

Right. 'Cause you didn't keep your head

in the center of the board like I told you.

Next time do as you're told. Come on.

Paddle.

Up on your feet, Jackie! Up!

Yeah! Go! Go!

All right, you're getting

up next time. I guarantee it.

What makes you say that?

'Cause there are guys who

are 78 years old out here...

...doing this every day.

Plus, you're a natural.

Now, stop stalling already

and get back on the board.

Come on, up and at 'em. Let's go.

How much have I taught you?

What did we practice on

the beach? Get on here.

Up and at 'em.

And start paddling. Let's go.

- Paddling?

- Paddling.

- Me?

- Yes.

That's what you're for.

I'm doing it.

Go, Jackie!

Are you watching?

That was great!

Awesome!

How about a drink? On me.

Yeah. Cool.

So, what brings you to

Hawaii? Vacation or work?

Vacation.

Actually, this was a gift

from a friend of mine...

...but she couldn't come

because her grandmother fell.

It's for my birthday. My 40th.

Nice. When's your birthday?

Tomorrow. Or tonight in a few hours.

Well, happy birthday.

Thanks.

- So, you're from Malibu?

- Yeah.

Why did you move to Hawaii?

- The long version or the short?

- I have time.

Okay.

Well, for starters, my dad

is an avid sailor, right?

So, when I was 12 years old...

...he competed in this race

called the Transpacific.

It goes from LA to Hawaii.

And they brought me along.

So, after we... Closer

to the end of the race...

- Hi, here you are.

- Thank you.

- Thank you.

- Here you go.

Yeah?

It's 12 long days at sea. We're

at the end of this race here.

And we're sailing through

the Molokai Channel...

...and there's just an incredible sunrise.

And we go on, we see

Diamond Head. It's amazing.

We keep going. We just come up...

we see rows and rows of surfers

just hitting the curl at dawn.

And as cheesy as this may sound...

...it was one of the most beautiful

things I've ever seen in my life.

So I said to myself that

I had to live here someday.

And now I do.

Wow. It's a good story. It's

definitely beautiful here.

- What?

- No. Nothing.

No, what?

You are really beautiful.

Thank you.

I remember that compliment long ago.

You know, Kyle...

When I asked you for a drink,

I wasn't hitting on you.

I mean, I haven't been with anyone

but my husband since I was 26.

You know, so this was a drink. That's it.

Yeah.

Get a room, will you?

- Do you have a room?

- Well, actually, I do.

What's wrong?

It feels like it's the first time.

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