Hi! Alright, so this was a wonderful request from Dolphinsintheblue, the request was to make a fanfic about Sawyer and Hazel when they're older, in the second movie they are about 14 – 15 so in this one they'll be 18. Just note that this will have about 32 chapter and since I'm also working on my Hunger games fanfic it might take some time for the next chapter in both to be written. Anyway, I hope you will like this! Enjoy!

Chapter 1 – Ice cream and confessions

Sawyer's POV

He threw the rubber ducky and Winter splashed away to get it, she returned a moment later with it and Hope beside her. Winter gave up her tweedy bird sound and Sawyer smiled as he patted her on the head. Hope wanted attention too, she buffed his arm with her mouth.

"Hi" said a girls voice behind him. Sawyer turned around to see a pretty blond girl with freckles on her cheeks and a beautiful smile.

"Hi" said Sawyer.

"Can I join in?"

"Sure." Hazel sat down next to him and started patting Hope's head. Sawyer smiled at the image.

"And that will all be on the test, yes" said his math teacher, waking him up from his daydreams. The bell rang. "Alright. Don't forget the home work: page forty to forty-seven."

The class started to pack their stuff. No one could do it fast enough no matter how hard they tried, it was Friday. And to that, Friday afternoon. Everyone wanted home, including Sawyer. Well, Sawyer wanted back to the CMA, and to Hazel.

As he walked through the corridors he couldn't help but to think about that beautiful smile and sweet eyes who always sparkled with joy- No no no! You're only friends! Only friends!

"This is a message from principal Jordan. All seniors, please do not ignore that finals are up soon and that the deadline for applying to college is soon here. Thank you." There was a raspy sound and the hall was filled with chatter again.

God! It was all they ever talked about. Study! Finals! College! He knew all that! He knew that he was graduating high school and hand to apply to college. He'd already done that. Though he hadn't gotten any letter yet.

Sawyer tried to push it to the back of his mind as he biked away from school in the direction of the CMA.

He stopped when he saw the Haskett boathouse and Hazel sitting in the crow's nest with several books in her lap. She had a wrinkle between her eyebrows as she always had nowadays when she was focused.

Sawyer parked his bike and climbed up the rope ladder, she didn't notice it. Wow, she is really lost in the world of school work!

"Hey, Hazel" Sawyer said. Hazel jumped.

"God, Sawyer don't sneak up on me!" she said.

"I wasn't sneaking."

"Whatever! Knock or something." Sawyer quirked an eyebrow and knocked lightly on the wooden floor.

"Happy?"

"Yes. Come on up."

Sawyer climbed up the rest of the ladder and sat down opposite Hazel who had already gone back to doing her schoolwork. He leaned back looking at her. Her hair was pulled back in a ponytail and her lips moved slightly as she read the book. He could sit there forever. No! Knock it off! Don't be creepy!

"Sawyer shouldn't you be working too? You have finals. I may not know much about high school but I do know that finals suck."

"Don't worry about me. I have time."

"Good. Use that time."

"Maybe I want to spend that time with you. Wanna go and get ice cream?" Hazel didn't look up from her books, though she smiled a little and her cheeks flushed to dark pink color.

"I'd love too. I just want to focus on this first, I'm done soon."

"Like I said I have time. I can wait." He sat back and waited for her to be done. A small part of him told him to also start with his school work, but another part of him wanted to spend time with Hazel. A third wanted to see Winter. The second part won for now. Once again, Hazel fell back into the world of homework, but it didn't last very long.

"Sawyer, I can concentrate with you sitting here watching me. Tell you what? Why don't you go inside the aquarium and see Winter and Hope and I'll be there soon?"

"Don't take too much time" he joked. Hazel smiled at him as he climbed down, took his bike and rode off to see the dolphins.

Hazel's POV

She tried to finish her school work as quickly as possible. She had a date! Okay, maybe not a date. She and Sawyer were only friends. She tried telling herself that to hide the fact that when Sawyer asked about ice cream she had gotten a strong tingle in her stomach.

Hazel climbed down and went in to leave her books in her room. While she was there she took a look in the mirror. Her cheeks were slightly sun kissed by the early summer sun. Hazel let out her hair and shook her head slightly so that it fell nicely over her shoulders. A lip gloss caught her attention. It was simple and bright pink. If she wore the lip gloss it would look like she tried hard to look good and since she almost never wore make up Sawyer would probably ask why she did now.

Instead she put some moisturizer on her lips, it had a natural shine to it. Hazel also decided on a pair of black sunglasses.

"Alright, here we go" said Hazel to her mirror reflection.

Hazel's grandfather sat in the living room, reading a book.

"Grandpa?"

"Yes, Hazel?"

"If you see dad, please tell him that Sawyer and I are out getting ice cream, would you?" Her grandfather smiled and quirked an eyebrow.

"Getting ice cream?"

"Yes, what's wrong with that?"

"Oh nothing, I'll tell him. Have fun!" He chuckled lightly to himself before going back to reading his book.

Sawyer waited for her by Winter's and Hope's pool. He smiled when he saw her and Hazel felt a tingle in her stomach, which she tried but failed to ignore.

Sawyer was dressed in shorts and a dark green golf shirt which suited him nicely. Hazel caught herself looking at his stomach where his slight six pack showed through. Her felt herself going red and looked down.

"Shall we go?" he asked. Hazel nodded. She gave Winter and Hope one quick pat on the head each.

They decided on Frozen yoghurt and Hazel was pleased to see that they had an easy conservation during the walk, no awkward silences. They talked about dolphins of course, Winter's next show, high school and how much Sawyer hated that place, summer break, Sawyer teased her about her habit of always mixing blueberries and white chocolate-syrup with her Frozen yoghurt.

When they got there though, Hazel convinced Sawyer to try it. After they paid they selected a table outside in the glowing sun.

"Come on taste it!" said Hazel as they sat down.

"I will, relax" said Sawyer. And he did it.

"Hmm? Well?"

"Okay it was rather good…"

"Ha! I was right! I knew you'd like it."

They fell in a comfortable silence as they ate. Hazel enjoyed the view of the town, though something was bugging her. Something she'd thought about a months and she knew that she had to do something about it soon, otherwise it would be too late. She couldn't talk to her dad about it, but maybe Sawyer.

"Sawyer, can I talk to you about something private?" Sawyer looked up from his yoghurt, he looked uncertain.

"… Yeah" he answered slowly. "Yeah… Sure…"

"Look, I… I've been homeschooled my whole life."

"Right."

"But the thing is, I want to apply to college. I want to go to school and experience that for a change."

"Oh… Well I think that's a good idea, have you talked to Dr. Clay about it?"

"No, that's the problem… I don't think he would want that, I think he wants me to stay here and work at the aquarium. He won't understand."

"Hazel… I think he will. Every parent wants their children to go to college, you should talk to him. Do you know where you want to apply?

"No, I haven't looked that much, yet. Something with marine biology, obviously."

Hazel understood that if she wanted to go to college anywhere she had to talk to her dad, but would he understand? She'd thought about it for a long time. But would anyone even accept a girl who's been homeschooled her entire life? And if they did, what college would she apply too? Not anything too far away, she wanted to be close to her family and the aquarium. Where would Sawyer go? Would they even stay in touch when he went away?

All the thoughts in her head swirled around like a hurricane and made her even more confused. One thing she was sure of, she had to talk to her dad, soon.

So this was chapter one. Please leave a review! They make me so happy, I'd love to hear your thoughts! To be continued in "Planning"! : )