The next morning

It was a restful night for Candice Levesque. He ribs and back were bruised from the un-called for, brutal beating from her father the night before. It made it hard for her to lay on her stomach and back. All of a sudden, there was a noise at her window. Confused, she got up and walked to the window; looking at the clock in the process. 6:17. Not that big of a deal in her favor, being she had gotten up 2 hours before.

She opened the blinds to see the source of the noise. Sid was there, greeting her with a bright smile. She opened the window and let him in.

"I thought you were coming at 12?" She asked, watching him walk over to her bed.

"Yea, I was. But I couldn't sleep. And I saw a light on and figured it was your room." He gave a bright smile. She giggled as she layed on her bed next to him.

"You know if my mom walked in, it look really bad to see a stranger laying in my bed with me."

"I'm not a stranger to you."He smiled again. An awkward silence filled the room.

"Well obviously your not a stranger to me! So, um, don't the guys go surfing in the morning?" Candy asked, breaking the uncomfortable silence.

"Yea. Why? Want to go down there?" Sid asked sitting up when she sat up.

"Sure. Let me leave a note for my mom. I'll just tell her I went for a morning jog."

"Ok. Well, let me run to my house to get my surf board. I'll meet you outside in 5." With that, they went their perspective ways.

Outside

The California sun was slowly rising along the horizon. It sent off beautiful rays of pink and red. Candice was in her little daydream, when there was a voice behind her.

"You ready?" It was Sid.

"Yea, come on. Lets go." She turned to him.

"You ain't bringing your board? Don't you wanna surf?"

"Nah, not today. Kinda wanna see the waves and get a feel of everything, ya know?"

"Yea, I getcha."

P.O.P Pier

Candice and Sid walked down to the ocean, the sand in their toes. A quarter of the way there, Sid broke the oncoming uncomfortable silence.

"Hey, stay here for a second. I gotta tell Skip your going down there. Locals only, ya know?"

"But, I am a local."

"Just stay here for a sec." Sid set his board down and sprinted toward the ocean.

"I feel awkward standing up here by myself. Sid needs to hurry his ass up." She thought as she watched him talk with a guy, she now knew as Skip. She was standing there close to 10 minutes, and by the looks of the guys that kept passing, she wished she was back at home. A feel of relief swept her body as she saw Sid coming back toward her way. But he then stopped and waved her down. Hesitating at first, she grabbed his board and started walking down the beach.

When Candice reached Sid, she handed him his board.

"Skip said it was cool if I brought you down here. Took a little while to convince him, but it's all good. So, did you change your mind?Do you want to borrow my board to surf, or are you going to stay up here and watch?" He asked her as he stopped and turned to her.

"I'll stay up her and watch. Maybe in a little while though."

"Alright, be back." With that he ran down to the ocean. Candice, knowing good and well she wasn't going to surf because of her cuts and bruises from the night before, made herself comfortable in the sand. She looked out in to the ocean and saw the guys from yesterday and some other guys she didn't know. Right then, she caught sight of a gorgeous blonde. His hair was glistening from the water and sunlight. He looked over from his spot in the water, probably sensing somebody looking at him. He looked in the opposite direction and started talking to somebody. That somebody being Tony. Tony looked over and nodded. The blonde then turned back in Candice's direction and started swimming toward her.

'Oh shit. I look horrible right now.'

The blonde was now in arms reach of her.

"Hey, what's up? I'm Bob Biniak." He extended his hand for her to shake. She looked up at him and smiled as she reached out and shook his hand.

"Hey. I'm Candice Levesque." He took a seat next to her, after pulling his wet suit halfway down exposing his bare chest.

"Your new here right? Have you been to the Zephyr shop yet?"

"Yes and no. I'm supposed to be going with Sid and some other guys today...ya know, after they surf and whatever."

"Yea, they should be done in like 15 minutes. The waves are the best in the morning. They die down after that."

"Oh, well, I shouldn't be keeping you. Go down and surf."

"No, It's cool. I would much rather be sitting next to a gorgeous girl." He smiled when he saw her blush.

"Well, then why are you sitting next to me?" She laughed as she played dumb. Biniak just smiled and laughed.

"Hey, why don't we hang out sometime? Like, just me and you?" He put his hand over his eyes to block the sun out.

"Sounds good How about tonight? Around...say 8?"

"Mkay, but how about you come with me,"He stood up and extended his hand," and we spend the rest of the day together?"

"Haha. Ok." She put her hand in his and he easily lifted up her tiny frame. She wiped the sand off of her white shorts.

"But maybe I should wait for Sid first? I told him I'd go with him later to the shop and hang with the guys."

"I'll go and tell him you'll be with me. It'll be cool." Without giving her a chance to respond, he sprinted toward the shore.