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Synopsis (Summery)- Dana Yates just moved to Playa Linda, coming from a small neighborhood in Pennsylvania. Here she is a sweet and innocent girl, meeting the new guys of Playa Linda. With her looks, she knows that she can get anyone that she wants. But running into Bradin, she realizes that she can't have him. The more that she gets to know and study who he is, she finds out what he wants. Honesty and trust are first on his list. Dana realizes that those qualities aren't her strong point; she has a secret that nobody knows about. Will she risk her past for the chance with a true surfer hottie?
NOTE: CHUTZPAH MEANS HEART/SPIRIT. I think it sounds cool though! ;-)
The Truthful Chutzpah
I slammed the car door, sitting down in the passenger seat. My mom sat down in the driver's seat and turned on the ignition. I sank down in my seat. I was disgusted with her and refused to talk to her. She looked at me and started to talk but I cut her off furiously.
"I don't want to talk to you ever again! You're making me move away from everyone that I love and care about! Why are you making my life a living hell?" I said angrily. Any time I said something inappropriate, my mom flipped and I figured at the time she needed a good piss off so I said it.
"Watch your mouth or it's gonna fill it up with soap," she thinks I'm twelve! "And I'm not trying to make your life a living hell. I just wanna get you out of this place. It's a disaster area and you might be next on the killers list. Do you want to die Dai? Because I don't want you to!" she said forcibly. I knew that she wanted all the best for me but I would never want to move away from the people in my life. Especially Kevin.
Kevin was my boyfriend. Oh boy was I lucky to have him. He was the guy that you would usually find in your dreams. The kind that every girl wished they could have but never got. Well, I got him. And I was punished for it. Every girl in school teased me for being with Kevin out of jealously. And it wasn't bad until the pranks started. But I didn't care. I had my dearest Kevin to be there for me when it got to hard.
He had the most amazing crystal blue eyes one would ever see and blonde, almost white, hair that lain gently in front of his forehead. That was always my type, the ones with longer hair. He was built like a god and so tall. I still think to this day that I should've stood on boxes when I kissed him. It would've made things less awkward for sure. We worked through most of the troubles though. He said I was worth it.
I don't consider myself a total slut but I could say that I've been in the river a few times. My hair is a stark chocolate and has natural crimson highlights. My figure is slim and smooth. I hate my legs though. They disgust me. My knobby knees give me headaches! On the other hand, my eyes, in my belief, are my best feature. They are a really luminous green color that almost looks like my dad's. His are darker. Of coarse, from what my mom says.
He left when I was eight, just old enough for me to remember. That damn bastard left a hole in my heart and an even bigger one in my mother's. She says it doesn't bother her but I know better. It hurts her. Sometimes, at night when I was little, I would hear my mom crying in her room. Hearing her cry often made me cry and we both cried ourselves to sleep.
But anyway, my mom packed up our belongings in a matter of ten minutes after she found out that the mass murderer that killed ten teen girls at my school hadn't been caught. He, supposedly went out to dinner with them, took them back to his house and butchered them outside. Their bodies were always scattered in a graveyard after about three days reported missing.
Thinking that could happen to me, my mom decided it best if we moved as far away from my town. MINE! I wasn't happy with her, but I guess she cared enough to go through with it, knowing it was best. That was the test. And it was always my dream to go to California. And it wasn't long before I realized that I could be happy there. But it was a problem for me because I had to face Kevin and say good-bye to my true love.
"I'll call you everyday then," he said innocently. I swallowed and shook my head. He shrunk.
"I don't…I don't really think that it would work. I'm going to be in California for the rest of my life and we'll probably only see each other twice. I really think after about a week we'd go metal. But I love you Kevin!" I hugged him as tight as I possibly could at that moment. I heard a small sniffle and a tear fell on my shoulder.
"I love you too babe. But, unfortunately, I get what your saying and I agree. I'll still call you though. It will be nice to talk to you as a friend. I don't want to loose that," I nodded and replied.
"Of course not. I'll e-mail you and text you every night too!" I gave him another hug and before he could reply I ran all the way to my house.
Sitting in the car with my mom for eight days and occasional stops and sights to see wasn't that bad. When we both are in good moods, we can stand each other. I was pretty happy. On the other hand, you haven't heard my mom sing. She is so funny but she can't sing a note better than a turtle can run. I always have earplugs handy when we are in the car and a song comes on that she likes. Unfortunately, sometimes that doesn't help much.
Finally, after eight long days, we arrived at our new home. It was beautiful! A two-story house with double sides windows that matched the door. The house was an illuminating green with white shudders and a while porch that ran all the way around the house. The inside was pretty much the same and I immediately ran for the upstairs to look for the room that I like. I found one after two minutes of searching. It was without a doubt the biggest and had three windows that glistened on the room. I was a happy girl then. I ran down the stairs and out the door without telling my mom where I was going.
I walked along the beach smelling in the fresh scent of the ocean. I closed my eyes and envisioned what the next lifetime in California would be like. It excited me. I could put my screwed up past behind me and start with a fresh new life and nobody will have to know about my idiotic decisions back home. This was my chance. Nothing could move me.
But then the most beautiful creature walked past me at that moment. The most gorgeous guy in the world that I couldn't even see in my dreams was standing right in front of me.
"Do you have a cell phone that I could use?" he asked. I almost dropped to the floor and floated back to my feet. "I'm sorry, I'm being rude. I'm Bradin Westerly. Are you new? You look a little dazed."
"Well, thanks for pointed that out. I'll try to be more casual knowing that a guy could walk up to me whom I don't know and ask for my cell phone," I had to be a smart-ass. He apologized with a smile and started to walk away. "Wait!" I ran up to him. "I'm sorry. I don't think making friends is going to come easy for me if I speak like this. I'm Dana Yates. I moved here from Pennsylvania today."
He stared me up and down, as did I. I don't know what he was thinking but he could've stared at me all day and I wouldn't have cared. He glared back into my eyes, which took my head to the clouds. I was falling badly! "That's okay. I definitely know what it feels like to be the new person and it sucks. Don't sweat it. My girlfriend and me are heading over to the Promenade to grab something to eat. I'm sure we could give you a run-over of this town and introduce you to some connections. This is a fun town after you become adjusted."
"Yeah, but did you say that you had a girlfriend?" I asked without thinking. I kept thinking that I was back in Penn and the guys fell for me. But now it was different. But I knew if I backed down now then I would never learn. I had to get a boy somehow.
"Yeah," he smiled and pointed to the brunette playing with a Frisbee. I nodded and smirked.
"Too bad," I tried to sound sexy. "Your hot."
I saw him blush and that made me smile. I did have him under my finger and all I had to do was give out the right bait. But I thought better, knowing that if I did it, I would be where I was in Penn. That couldn't happen again.
"Callie! Let's go! We have a new recruit!" he yelled to her. She came over and grabbed him hand. That burned in my stomach. She was pretty. Competing wasn't a good thing to do in a new place where I knew nobody and they knew everybody. "This is Dana."
"Hi," she said cheerfully. She volunteered her hand and I shook it, trying to be polite. "I'm Callie Daniels"
"It's great to meet you two. It's nice to know that I'm not alone. I was becoming to get nervous seeing all of these people and not one of them could care where I come or what I was doing here. Thank you for your kindness." It was nice to be nice for once. I was happy to be so kind. I thought it would work.
"No problem but can I use your cell phone now?" he asked. Forgetting, I grabbed my cell phone out of my pocket and handed it to him. He nodded a thank you and walked away to talk.
"This is so great. I have a new friend. Tell me all about yourself!" Callie said upbeat.
"Everything?" Not possible for me.
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