This is first chapter of my next series. If you haven't red the first Chronicles of Blue Water Bay, then I advise you read and review them.

Well, hope it's good:

The summer sun pounded down on Gabriella Montez as she walked outside for a break. She had been working her butt off at the Beach-Side Café since eight thirty that morning. It was summer and Blue Water Bay had millions of tourists. She was glad she only had another hour left, and then she and her two best friends, Taylor Danforth and Lisa Arnold, were off for the next three days. She walked back inside and grinned at the first table of customers she came too.

"Hey! What can I get you?" She asked. The family all looked at their menus for a moment before answering. As she scribbled down the order, she struck up conversation. "Are you guys here for the tourist season or here for family?"

"Actually," the wife began. "We just moved here." Gabriella grinned at them.

"It's a great place to live. Since it's reasonably small, the community knows each other quite well," Gabriella turned to the daughter, who was about ten. "What do you want?" She bit her lip and studied the menu.

"I'll have iced water…and can I get a salad without egg and tomato?" Her parents immediately rushed in to shush, saying that she could just take them out, but Gabriella intervened.

"No props, I'll see what the chef can do," she said and wrote that down. The last person on the table was a boy with shaggy black hair, a black and red tee-shirt and black three-quarters and a lip-ring. Gabriella raised an eyebrow and pointed at the ring. "How long ago did you get that?" The boy looked surprised and replied,

"About a month ago." Gabriella grinned.

"If you go swimming in the salt water, its fine, but don't go swimming in any chlorine water, it's bad for it," she told him. He looked confused.

"How would you know?"

"Experience," she said, tapping her own upper lip. "Got mine done about a year ago. And another thing," Gabriella returned to waitressing. "What would you like to order?" The guy grinned at her and ordered. "Okay, be a few minutes." Gabriella walked back to the counter and clipped the order up. "Tay, table 6 needs someone!" She called as she walked over to the table outside with an order. "Here you go," she said cheerfully to the two surfer boys wearing boardies.

"Thanks, Gabs!" They yelled after her. She waved over her shoulder as she took the empty tray back inside. Taylor joined her behind the counter and cornered her against a wall.

"I just got off the phone with Jesse," she said. Taylor looked a little worry. "He's at Troy's place. He can't get in, but he can see Troy slumped on the ground." Gabriella's eye's widened. "I'll cover you, there's only half an hour left. Just get over there!" Gabriella ripped off her apron, grabbed her bag and sprinted from the café. Jesse ran to meet her as she approached the Bolton residence.

"I can see him through the window, but he won't wake up!" Jesse Arnold cried helplessly. "I was banging on the windows and all!" Gabriella spun and faced him.

"Stay here!" She told him. "If I wave, you're too ring an ambulance. If not, just stay here!" Jesse took her bag as she raced up to the house. She reached her dainty hand through the window by the door and, after a bit of struggling, managed to pull it off the safety latch and the window swung open. She climbed in and fell on the ground with a thud. Mr Bolton better not be home, Gabriella thought desperately. "Troy!" She called softly. She suddenly saw a hand and crawled over. "Troy!"

Troy was slumped against a table leg, his nose crusted with blood and his left eye shadowed by a deep purple. Gabriella stared at him and choked back tears. After a moment, Gabriella managed to contain herself and she began to shake his shoulders.

"Troy, Troy please!" Gabriella sobbed as she tried to revive him. "Wake up, Troy!" Finally, Troy let out a moan and blinked at her.

"My head," he groaned, turning over and laying on his stomach on the concrete floor.

"Troy! Tell me what happened! You have to see a doctor," Gabriella whispered in Troy's ear. For once he didn't complain or argue and so Gabriella went back to the window and waved.

That's the first chappie!!

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