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THIS USED TO BE MY FRIEND LARUEN/BIRDMISTRESS SHE COULDN'T FIND INSPRIATION TO WRITE THIS STORY SO I TOOK IT OVER FOR HER.

Summary: One day while on the beach Bradin meets a girl, Lauren. It turns out that she is actually living with his 'family' now. After getting to know her better Bradin starts to get feelings for her. Bad summary.

Chapter 1: Meet Lauren

It was It was a great day at the beach. Perfect waves, not a lot of people and the weather was gorgeous. Of course Bradin Westerly was out catching some waves. Bradin had moved to Playa Linda with his sister Nikki and his brother Derrick after their parents had died about a year ago. They had moved in with their Aunt Ava and a few of her friends. He had been out since the sun peaked out from behind the ocean practicing surfing. He was trying to do a 360 but kept wiping out.

Bradin paddled out into the ocean, once again, towards another building wave. He got himself set up, the wave came, he got on top of it, went for the 360 then down he went. The wave tumbled him around and he washed up on shore. Sputtering he said to himself, "Damn it!" Bradin was getting frustrated. Why couldn't he land it? He had been practicing for weeks. Bradin sat on the beach watching the very few surfers nail every move.

Bradin was deep in thought when something hit him in the back of the head. "Hey watch it?"he yelled a little more angrier than he expected. The girl quickly spun around.

"Oh! I didn't see you there." Bradin thought to himself, 'obviously.' "I'm VERY sorry."

Bradin turned around to look at her. There stood the cutest girl Bradin had ever seen in his whole entire life. "And I'm very attracted." he said a little flirty. Realizing what he had just said he blushed a bit. The girl smiled. Bradin stuck his hand out, "Bradin, nice to meet you."

She grabbed his hand and shook it, "Lauren"

Bradin looked at her, "So you surf."

She looked down at the board, "Yeah!...well at least trying to learn."

Bradin asked, "Do you need a teacher?" Bradin was totally into her.

She sat down next to him, "No. But one would probably help huh?" She laughed a little. She blushed then said, "Uh.. Will you teach me?"

Bradin sat up a little. "Totally!" He said being a little flirty.

She turned to him, blushed again then smiled. Bradin smiled. "Could we do it a little later? I just moved into this new house and want to get to know everyone a little bit more."

"Fine with that," Bradin agreed. "How 'bout tomorrow? Same time same place?" Lauren smiled and nodded. She got up and walked off. Bradin hung around a little bit then went home. He went to his room and got in some clothes then went to the kitchen to grab a bite to eat. He hadn't had a thing to eat since he had left and was starving.

"Hey Aunt Ava," Bradin said.

"Oh, Bradin! I'm glad you're home. I want you to meet someone." she said. Then she rushed off. When she came back Lauren was walking right behind her. Bradin practically choked. She was living HERE! Why didn't he know about it?

"Oh, hey Bradin! I didn't know you lived here," she said a little excited.

"Me neither."

Ava said, "Well I guess I don't need to introduce you two then. I'll go grab us some dinner." She walked off into the kitchen to get her keys then left the house, leaving Bradin and Lauren in an uncomfortable silence.

Trying to break the silence Bradin said, "So you'll be living with us now huh?" She nodded. They sat down on the couch "For how long?" She shrugged.

"I don't know"

They talked until Ava came home and the whole gang was gathered together to eat. After everyone was done eating, everyone was getting to know Lauren. It was getting really late so everyone headed to their rooms. It turns out that her bedroom is right next to his. Bradin and Lauren said good night to each other then headed to bed. After thinking very hard about the day, Bradin fell into an uneasy sleep.