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A novel of adventure & romance both old & young when Fred Jones meets a woman that he knows he'll never forget. As time goes will their bond brake? Or do they have enough to last forever? Read & Review! (Sorry the summary STINKS) Fraphne

Chapter 1. The Dare

On the Crystal Cove shore, a beautiful early summer, evening, the sun was sitting on the ocean bound. The beach was clearing out & the board walk carnival was getting more filled with happy people & the sweet sounds of cheers & laughter exploding the silence of the ocean waters. Among the happy people was a young man named Fredrick Herman Jones. A senior in high school, tall, blond & muscular. Fred had grown up with only his father in his life time. In the small town of Crystal Cove, more towards the country side. His father taught him to enjoy the simple things in life & to thank God for what he was given & already had in life. On the other side of the carnival was a sweet, rich young junior in high school, Daphne Blake. Long stunning read hair, curled tightly & red lip stick on her lips. Daphne Blake grew up with both her parents. They were very loving to her, but cared little to nothing about anyone outside of their small family world. They loved themselves & their daughter & their money. Her father owned his very own company, which was booming at the time. Her mother was a model. She was enjoying her night with a man her parents had set her up with for a date.

"Fred, I bet you can't beat this." Jared, Fred's high school best friend said, knocking all of the pins over with the ball, as he smiled, showing off his muscular arms to the two women watching him & giggling from the side.

"Oh, c'mon! I can beat that." Fred said, a shy bit of country accent in his speaking. Which was given to him by his father mostly. Whom had a very strong country accent. His father had grown up part of his life in Texas, where he'd picked up his accent from his own parents.

Fred picked up the ball & drew his eye to the target. He focused carefully on the pins. Got ready to pitch & then threw the ball, it knocked over all pins but one. Fred could hear Jared's loud laugh behind him. He looked at him & rolled his eyes making a face.

"You messed me up!" Fred said, in a using his great sense of humor as he said it. Smacking Jared on the back. Jared looked over to the two women slowly walking away, still giggling.

"Fred you're a dork." Jared joked.

"Ah, whatever, man." Fred laughed as the two play faught like brothers.

"You know I'm just messin' with ya brother." Jared said, letting go of Fred's arm. Fred sighed & smile. "Yeah, I know, Jared." he replied, running is fingers through his lush blond hair. walking around the many carnival events, children & couples everywhere laughing together & having a good time. "Hey, Fred, I dare you to go on the ferris-wheel!" Jared said. Fred looked up to the high right, the buckets carrying people were swinging from the fresh ocean breeze of the shore. Fred looked down. "C'mon! What are you afraid of?!"

"I'm not afraid, Jared! But, I'm not going on there." Fred protested. Jared grabbed his shoulder & pulled him. "Then if you aren't afraid, go!" he shouted. Fred took a breath getting ready to shout back when something caught his eye & took his breath away. Staring at the woman. Her tight red curls, that were lifting gently in the breeze caught his attention right away, her lips were a beautiful shade of bright red. She wore a cream color sun dress with a pearl necklace around her neck. She was standing beside a man with thick black hair, combed neatly to the right side.

"Fred?" Jared said. Fred continued to stare, in a daze at the gorgeous girl getting into the ferris-wheel. "Fred!" Jared shouted, waving his hands in the air, then turning to look at what Fred's eyes were staring at. He smiled & began to laugh, hitting Fred on the shoulder. "You like her?" he asked, jokingly. Fred nodded. "She's breath taking.." Fred said, barely above a whisper. Half a smile showing on his face. Jared placed his hand on Fred's shoulder. "Ask her out." he said, making it sound so simple.

"What?" Fred asked, pulling himself back onto earth out of his dreaming. "I can't do that! She doesn't even know me!" he said, pulling away from Jared & putting his eyes on the sky where the red head was sitting in the ferris-wheel with the black haired, muscular man. The stars twinkled above their heads, her red lips were in the form of a smile as they looked at the stunning view from above. "I dare you to ask her, Fred." Jared said, crossing his arms & smiling at him. "Bu-" Fred opened his mouth before getting cut off. "No, but's Fred! You're going to be a senior this year in high school! And you still don't have a girlfriend! Face your fears & go ask her out!" Jared said, looking into Fred's eyes. His eyes looked at the ground, then back to the girls in the ferris-wheel.

"Alright." he said, taking a breath & being more serious. "I'll do it."

"That's my boy!" Jared laughed, patting him on the back. "Now how are you going to get up there to ask her?" "Like this" Fred said, running towards the ferris-wheel, with all his foot strength. He leaped over the white gate, where people were waiting in line to get a ride on the wheel. He continued to run, passing the ticket workers, & finally taking one giant jump toward a bar on the ferris-wheel ride, right in front of an empty seat. The ride began to rotate, as he climbed up closer & closer to the seat the beautiful girl that had caught his eye was sitting. By the time he was only one seat away from climbing to her, the ride had stopped, at the very top. Crowds of people began screaming & pointing, by that time he was reaching the girls sight. His palms were sweaty & his heart was beating so loud he could barely hear all the shouting going on below him. He dangled in the air, right in from of the two holding eachother, looking at him in complete shock. Fred had a big fear of hieghts. But was facing it to ask this lovely young woman out on a date.

"What the heck is your problem?" the black haired man, sitting beside the red head asked in a panic voice. Fred breathed heavily.

"I had to ask you something." he said, looking at the girls direction straight into her eyes that were filled with fear. He was still breathing very heavily, trying to keep his grip on the rusted metal bar.

"What?!" She asked, also sounding in a panic voice, but more worried & scared. Fred took a deep breath, looking down at all the eyes staring at him. He couldn't spot out Jared, but it was probably best he didn't at the time. "Will you go out with me?" Fred asked, his hands becoming more sweaty & his heart picking up speed even quicker. "What the heck?" the black haired man said, pulling the girl closer to him. She looked at him, she now too breathing a little more heavy. "No! I don't even know you!" she said, looking shocked.

"I'm not getting off here until you say yes." Fred said, letting one hand off the bar, making it much more painful & harder to keep a grip. The girl jumped slightly, her hands covering her mouth. "Hold on to the bar, you moron!" the man shouted, looking at Fred in even more shock than before. "No! Not until she agrees to go out with me" Fred shouted, fighting the endless pain that seemed like forever lasting. "Fine!" the girl shouted loudly. "No, you have to mean it, from your heart..that you truly want to..." Fred said, barely being able to speak from all the pain taking over. "Oh gosh..I can't hold on much longer!" he said to himself outloud. "I want to!" the girl shouted. Fred was so surprised, but suddenly pain felt almost worth it all, he looked up at her & stared into her worried & scared eyes. "What did you say?" he asked. The girl let go of the black haired man & held the safety bar in front of her. "I want to go out with you!" she shouted louder. "Alrighty, then." Fred said, putting his other hand on the bar again & smiling. "I'll meet you down." he said, The red heads jaw dropped open as she laughed at how rediculous this was. "Oh my gosh..." she laughed, as the man beside her sat in anger & in complete shock.

"What the heck did you do, man?!" Jared shouted at Fred when he had finally reached soild ground again. "I did your dare & rode the ferris-wheel & oh yeah, I just got a date with the most beautiful woman in the world." Fred said proudly,

TBC

Authors Note: Thanks so incredibly much for reading this chapter! PLEASE REVIEW! This story will be more exciting & fun as it goes on, I promise! And it will get finished if I get enough reviews! So tell me what you think of it if you liked it & I'll publish the second chapter! :)