"Dopey and sleep are hot Suze….why not just call them Brad and Jake?" My New-York friend asked me. We were both bathing in the beach, drinking Diet Soda and talking about boys when she decided to bring up my step-brothers.

"Because it's MY nickname for them, and it suits them perfectly" Since I moved in from New York to live with my step dad and step brothers, I realized that Jake never done anything much, except looking, well sleepy. And Brad, Brad`s the same age as me and unlike me, he is very dopey and talks about nothing other than Six-Packs and Protein Shakes. Eurghh!

"Why do you call David by his real name then…and not something weird like Brainiac or something?" I had my eyes closed, and for a moment there I felt Gina stir beside me causing me to sit up on my elbows too.

"I supposed I called him Doc because he's the smartest person I ever know. But over the time I guess he changed to just David. I don't really know why." That was true. I don't know why David became David too me though. Maybe it was because as well as being smart, he was the most interesting out of the other two.

I then noticed Gina was a little bit too quite.

"What's up? Is something wrong?" I asked worriedly. Do you think she could see ghosts to? Maybe there was one lurking in the beach and I couldn't see I though, foolishly. But HEY when the chattiest person you know is extremely quiet, nasty and weird thoughts do come to mind you know!

"Oh, sorry. Just saw a really cute guy walking over there. I was just checking if the happened to be a girl with him." She replied smiling but her gaze still fixed at some boy hitting the waves with a couple of mates. I noticed who she was staring at and when I looked closely, I realized who it was. It was Bryce Martinson, an old friend of mine who also went to The Mission before transferring to RLS. Bryce noticed Suze sitting on the beach and happy to see her again, rushed by her side to greet her.

"Suze! Hey! How you doing? Long time no see huh?" Bryce Said, smiling at me, showing his brilliant white teeth. Not that I had a crush on him or anything. As a matter of fact, my heart totally belonged to another. Not that the guy knew of course. "And who`s your new friends with you? Don't think I`ve seen her around at The Mission."

Gina to bewildered to say anything, I told Bryce about her and that she was from New-York.

"Yeah…you haven't seen her before `cause she`s from New York. Gina, Bryce-Bryce-Gina."

I don't blame Gina for being astonished. Not many people knew me in New-York and if they did, none ever talked to me except for Gina. Not even major cute guys would ever talk to me forget one being excited to see me.

"Um, Hi! Nice to me you, Bryce." Gina said politely, still eyeing him up and down.

"Wee sorry I cant stay for long Gina. I`ll catch up with you later, yeah?" Bryce said hurriedly, I could tell he had to go say I said:

"Okay and Buh-Bye."

After Bryce was gone Gina leaned closer to my ears and hissed,

"How come you never told me you knew him! Forget knowing HIM, you never even told me you knew any guy!" Knowing Gina for nearly all my life I knew she was just kidding.

"Ahah! Im as surprised as you are sis` and trust me…I nearly had a n heart attack the first time he asked me out on a date."