Okay, so this was a story I started in July 2004 and it was origionally a one-shot that turned into chapters. There are three chapters, all of which I am replacing with edited versions in the hopes of 1. making them better and 2. making them flow as a story which they didn't before. I hope those who still read Summerland fictions will enjoy. Please feel free to send feedback, it will be highly appreciated!

--Woke up at around a half past 10
Cant believe that I'm late again--

Cameron shot out of bed. This was his fourth day in a row that he'd slept through his alarm clock. Every night it was the same… The same dream. The pier, the girl, the sunset… He woke up every night just before she turned around. He never saw her face.

--Put down about a quart of caffeine
To start my pulse and then--

He ran down the stairs and filled a glass with coffee. He'd never been fond of the taste, but he could get past the tired this morning.

--I grab my jeans off the floor
Then I hit the door
It's just the same old same--

He threw on his jeans and ran out of his room. When he reached the bottom of the stairs, he looked up and saw the sign him and his dad had hung above the door. It became his mantra in life.

--"It goes to show you never know
When everything's about to change"
Just another day
It started out like any other--

Cameron couldn't believe how his day was going, it seemed this funk he'd been having for the past few days would never end.

--Just another girl
Who took my breath away--

Cameron was already late for work so he decided to walk, to calm himself, He couldn't believe what he saw, it was her. It was the girl from his dream. He could only see her back, which was all he ever saw of her. Which helped in making him positive that this was her!

--Then she turned around
She took me down
Just another day that I
Had the best day of my life--

He forgot about being late, he forgot all about work. All he was thinking of, was not 'waking up' before he saw her face. From behind him, he heard a voice yell, "Nikki!!!" The girl turned around and waved, smiling at whomever it was who had just called her. He was amazed, she was gorgeous! They made eye contact and they both smiled.

--Can't say exactly what it was
She's not the usual type
She wore a cowboy hat
With her red Prada boots
And a Gwen Stefani smile--

He checked her out, taking in her looks and her outfit, all at once. Today truly was going great. She was totally hot, even though her outfit wasn't something you usually saw in Playa Linda, or possibly all of California.

--Then she pulled out a pen
And surprised me when
She wrote her number on my hand--

The girl Cameron heard as Nikki, made sudden eye contact with him after a quite, yet polite wave to the person attempting contact with her. She gave him a stunning smile and walked up to him. Cameron's pulse raced as he thanked his alarm clock for not waking him early enough. Suddenly, Nikki grabbed Cameron's hand and wrote seven numbers on his palm underneath the word, 'Nikki'. He couldn't believe it. He was positive that he'd use those numbers.

--Then she was gone
But from now on
I'm gonna be a different man--

He knew from that moment on, he'd never look at his dreams the same way! Then, he realized he was way late for work and started running.

--Just another day
It started out like any other
Just another girl
Who took my breath away
Then she turned around
She took me down
Just another day that I
Had the best day of my life
I guess it goes to show
You never really know
When everything's about to change--

When he got to work, he got the yelling of his life for his boss would not accept any excuse for the extreme lateness. He was in trouble and yet, happy. His mantra ran through his head, along with visions of Nikki.

--Just another day
It started out like any other
Just another girl
Who took my breath away
Then she turned around
She took me down
Just another day that I
Had the best day of my life--

That night, when Cameron got home, he called Nikki. "Hey Nikki, it's Cameron, the guy you... met... at the pier today."

"Oh, hey! How are you?"

"I'm good. I was wonderin', would you want to hang out tonight?"

"Yeah, sure! I'm new to town so maybe you could show me around. I'm sure it won't be a problem with my aunt."

"Oh, of course I can show you around. How about we meet at the same place on the peer around 5?"

"Sounds great." Cameron hung up the phone with a grin from ear-to-ear.

He was positive that today WAS the BEST day of his life!!!