All Chapters of Off the Grid: Chapter 1 - Chapter 9

~Marina's Pov~Let's get one thing straight, I don't believe in love at first sight.According to Jakob, for boys it was more of Lust at first sight.But I do believe in the law of attraction– you can't deny attraction, at least that's what I tell myself– and personally, I am attracted to charisma, that's one of the reasons I liked Jason. He was charismatic and knew how to keep a conversation interesting, his devilish tongue has wooed more than one third of the SLake girls population. Nevertheless I suppose my beliefs are the reason I am single and I stand to say I won't settle for less, I didn't wait sixteen years to give myself to a scumbag, if I am ever going to date in high school that guy has to worth me... Read that again. Then there's the one about star-crossed lovers, two innocent people who love each other deeply but at the end of everything their relationship is still doomed to fail just like Lancelot and Guinevere in King Arthur's mystical tale Round Table, Heathcliff and

~Marina's Pov~I strode into the halls of Silver Lake High with my most confident aura, shoulders straight and chin up. Two months later and I was back in this shit hole called a school. As I walked to my locker, I overheard comments about my outfit, my hair and all of that jazz but I was used to it by now, one thing I found crazy was how a student who received such attention had the smallest social circle, well girls at SLake were backstabbers, none could be trusted, so I didn't bother drawing close to any, I stayed on my own and let them fawn over my brother. Besides the only reason I feel any girl would want to be close to me was to get Jakob's attention.At school they made it easy for us, our new semester schedules were posted on the students forum a week before resumption, and this nice resumption morning, I had English language with Mr Wiley.I did my locker combination and took out my English textbook, there was still some minutes before the bell rang, and I liked being early

~Marina's Pov~My five senses were in a literal discord.There are very few times in my life when things take my breath away or make it get caught in my throat. This moment was one of them.I just stared at him speechlessly as he gripped the white double convex fence which he basically towered over and expertly scaled.His biceps flexed and I could spot three veins hardened in the process, he was wearing a white jockey boys' vest, black baggy cargo pant and black slides.Then I finally found my tongue, "Scaling someone's fence isn't exactly friendly." I chorused and held my basketball under my arm firmly."Neither is staring at them," He said flatly as he walked up to me.Two questions...Marina Hunter why are you so unfortunate??AndDude! Don't you know how to forget??Yep, I was right, he was taller than Jakob. His tranquil ever green eyes penetrated mine like one of those moments when you know something romantic was going to happen but then his virile voice broke the reverie of th

SARDINE SEVEN:~Marina's Pov~After the wholesome two hour car ride with this pain in the ass fuzzy of mine, we finally reached the beautiful city of Santa Monica. As we rode through the streets in search of our lodge, basically Jason had made reservations for one close to the Pier, I inhaled the different atmosphere, absorbing every inch of it all."Nothing feels better than this..." Jason sang along with Khalid's voice booming from the car's speaker.Well after some pleading, Jason allowed me connect my phone to his car's Bluetooth speaker so I could vibe to my playlist and forget about him, but as you already figured, he ended up vibing to it and forgetting about me. Cruel joke. He was enjoying himself and I struggled with the urge to turn off the music.Jason took a right turn into Bicknell Avenue, we drove by ocean avenue on Tongva park scanning the area then we saw a neon light signpost that read; Ocean Lodge. "Is this it?" I asked impatiently waiting to get off this car."Yeah,

NINJA NINE:~Marina's Pov~If I die... Tell Mom and Dad I love them, tell Jason he'll always be my fuzzy brained fish, tell Jakob he was an amazing driver and finally, tell Topaz she deserved better than me. Sincerely Marina!Good days by SZA echoed faintly in my ears.~ ~ ~I felt something heavy applying force on my chest yet it seemed like I was far away from my own body. My throat was closed and the air entering from my nose couldn't get to my hot lungs, a violent cough shook my shivering body back to life and my eyes flickered open. My vision blurred, then slurred before finally settling and I winced as pain shot up behind my eyes due to the sunlight.Am I dead?Is there sunlight in heaven?Panicking, my arms flailed and I found myself screaming in a fit of hysteria as water gorge out of my mouth, where was Jason?A pair of arms drew me in and I relaxed. I was no longer stuck in the ocean."I guess we meet again." Someone who seemed awkwardly familiar hovered me, grinning.The m