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Ch2 :

"Hey Tye," Alanna said stopping before a lightly soaked Tyler Madena, and she smiled as she looked at him.

'He's so gorgeous,' Alanna thought as she looked into his mocha brown eyes that always matched perfectly with his genuine smile.

"Hey Lanna, I figured you'd be here," Tye said looking around at everyone skating around them. His eyes fell over to Jay who was giving him the death glare, and then rolled his eyes, and stealing the new board with the urethane wheels from Biniak. Tye breathed in, and turned back to Alanna who was inspecting the surf board under his arm.

"Is it new?" she asked as ran her hand along it. It was smooth and fresh feeling especially with the water droplets still covering some parts of it.

"Yeah, I worked overtime for it. Long hard hours paid for this baby," Tye said handing it over to Alanna. She held it and looked it over. It was black with white out lining. She looked over to the back of it to find a fire engine red single fin.

"It's really nice," Alanna said handing it back over, and wiping her hands on her blue baggy jeans. She ran a hand through her long wavy brown hair, and was at a loss for words. She never really what to say when he was around her, which she thought was weird, because she always knows what to talk about when with guys. Most of her friends were guys. The now subject puzzled Alanna tried to push it to the back of her head, but the silence between her and Tye only reminded her more of it. That is until Jay did a power slide right next to her, and she saw Tye immediately move out the way for it. Alanna just stood there. She continued to think about what she would talk to Tye about…not knowing someone was already vying for attention.

'What do I do? What do I say? I never realized how confusing guys are...'

"Um…so what are you doing tomorrow?" Tye sighed out, turning back to Alanna as Jay walked away.

"Saturday… right? I…uh…don't really know," Alanna said giving a little laugh as she placed her hand on her head.

"I'm actually heading down to the pier again tomorrow. The waves are supposed to be less brutal, you wanna come with?" Tye asked taking a deep breath in as if he was waiting for her to smack him across the face as forcefully as she could.

"Yeah, that'd be great," Alanna sounding said a little too quick and a little too excited. She immediately wished she could have a redo on that one. A little smile broke out across Tye's face.

"Great…" he said smiling and trying to stick his hands in the non-existent pockets of his wetsuit. After failing that idea he just dropped his hands back down to his sides.

"Yeah," Alanna giving a little smile, and they both felt a little stupid just standing there and smiling at each other like idiots. So Tye decided to wrap it up and save himself from further embarrassment.

"So I'll meet you at the pier at eight?" Tye half stated-half asked. He looked down to Alanna who was staring down at her hands. She looked up to him.

"Yeah, eight o'clock…got it," She said nodding, as he hoisted his surfboard in his hands, and turned on his heel.

"See you tomorrow," he said turning to walk away. He saw Alanna give a little wave, and he continued to walk away. Alanna smiled to herself, and looked at the sun setting as a couple of her friends skated in front of her…

Jay watched sadly as Alanna walked over to Tyler Madena, and he rolled his eyes. He was so sick of Tyler Madena. He always knew Alanna had a thing for him, and for some reason unknown to him, it had always made him jealous. He turned to see everyone else skating around. Stacy and Tony were standing next to him taking in the scene around them, and talking to one another. That is until Stacy's eyes fell over Kathy Alva, and he tapped Tony on the shoulder.

"Dude, is that your sister?" Stacy asked Tony just annoyingly nodded his head, and averted his gaze to Kathy's friend, and smiling his debonair grin.

"I grew up Stacy!" Kathy shouted over to Stacy from her bike where her friend Blanca was standing next to her, and smiling at Tony.

"No shit dude," Jay said rocking back and forth with his hands in his pockets. Biniak was about to pass by Jay, that is until Jay smacked him in the stomach causing his to hunch over in pain as Jay stole the board and pushed him aside. He turned around to make sure Kathy was watching him, and he took off throwing trips everywhere, He did a power turn, and looked at Alanna to see her holding Tye's new all black board, and he was smiling. Flames flew in Jay's stomach as he skated fast over to Alanna, and did a power slide to try, and get her attention. She just watched Tye move out of Jay's path and laughed at him.

'God what the hell do I have to do to get her away from him?' Jay thought as he angrily got up off the ground, and went to get the board which he ended up handing off to Muir.

Jay sighed feeling very much like a failure as he lay down on the slanted pavement with the hat he had recently stolen earlier that day from an old man tipped a little over his eyes so Alanna wouldn't see him watching her. He sat there for another 5 minutes watching them smile like idiots as each other, and seeing Alanna smile like that gave him an aching pain in his stomach. He let out a whoop of excitement inside him when he saw Alanna waving as Tye walked away with his black surfboard under his arm. Alanna walked back over to the guys with her board under her arm. Jay then got up, and walked to where Stacy, Alanna and Tony were now standing, and he looked at them all.

"So what are we doing tonight?"

Alanna sat on a white towel on the moonlit beach. She looked over at P.O.P. The broken wood, the old rusty rides were once a favorite place of young kids was now nothing but sea water soaked wood and rusty metal that would fall apart with the drop of a single finger on it. She sighed and frowned. Anything was better than being at home at the moment, and a she closed her eyes in sadness knowing she would have to go back sometime. When she had gone home to get her surfing gear she had found her father awake, and on another drunken rant. This time he had chosen Bourbon, and she knew that he had a weakness for Bourbon. A couple sips would leave him buzzed, but he never stopped at a couple sips

She knew she had to deal with it sometime, and she knew she didn't want to. She took a deep breath in, and stood up shaking out the white towel she was sitting on in her wet suit. She picked up her board and began the short walk to her house.

She stepped onto the pavement, and knew she was in for something…

Alanna rounded the corner to her house.

'No police, this may not be as bad as I think,' Alanna said aloud as she continued to walk forwards looking at her house. She stopped at the end of the driveway, and saw her father's beat up old Chevelle.

'No drunk driving,' Alanna said aloud checking the subject off of her list. She breathed in preparing herself for whatever was inside the house with the muffled loud music coming from the inside of it.

Alanna cautiously opened the front door, and poked her head inside the house. She didn't see her father, but heard 'Paranoid' by Black Sabbath pouring out her record player. She closed the door silently, and began her journey upstairs to her room. She looked down the hallway as she stepped on the top stair. No one was there. Her father's bedroom door was closed and that was the source of the music. She sighed, and walked into her room shutting the door behind her.

Alanna softly placed her surfboard against the wall where she usually put it. She went into the bathroom and proceeded to take her shower. About ten minutes later Alanna emerged from the shower, in a pair of navy blue and white sweatpants, and a plain black t-shirt with the signature of Jimi Hendrix on it in turquoise. Her hair was still a little wet on the roots, but towel dried on the tips. She walked over to her dresser and began to brush out the tangles in her hair. She set the brush down on the dresser, and plugged in her fan and stuck her head by it. She'd been meaning to buy one of those blow drier things, but never really got up enough money. She took the brush again and began to brush her roots, until her hair was back to its dry normal waviness. She opened the door to go downstairs to the kitchen to get some food but when she opened the door she found that the music coming from her dad's room was no longer on, and his door was wide open.

'Oh God please,' she thought as she closed her eyes and swallowed hard. She began to walk down the stairs slowly as she heard the clashing things in the kitchen. She was almost to the bottom stair when it let out a loud creak. Alanna made a pained face as she closed her eyes.

"Alanna?" she heard her father shout from the kitchen.

"Yeah Dad?" she said aloud sighing afterwards. She saw him emerge from the kitchen this time a bottle of white whine in his hand. Alanna began to wonder when he was ever sober enough to actually go to the liquor store, and buy the shit.

"Where have you been all day?" he asked angrily getting in her face, "I ran into Mrs. Jocelyn. She said you weren't in class today."

"No I wasn't. I didn't feel that great this morning," Alanna said with no sign at all that she had just lied to his face.

"Bullshit, I saw your boards missing. You better stop this shit Alanna. It's not going to take you anywhere, especially since you're a girl," he said angrily picking up the board her brother gave her before his car accident. Her brother Dominic died in a car accident last year, and before he died, for her birthday he gave her a nice black and white board. Alanna always hated when people doubted people her because she was a girl. It only infuriated her to prove them wrong.

"You think so dad? I'm doing way more than my life than you are. You're sitting here drinking your life away! God, if Mom could only see you now. I would've run away just as fast as she did!" Alanna yelled over his voice, but soon regretted it when the hard collision of her father's tight fist rammed the side of her head. She fell back on the steps. She felt the ring on his finger rip the skin on her face, and then the blood begin to fall down the side of her face. He father laughed taking a chug from the whine bottle in his hand, and walked away.

"You wanna make it like a man? Take the pain like one," he said as he walked back into the living room. She quickly put on her black Converses, grabbed her board, and ran out the door skating down the street…

Jay sighed as he lay down on his bed. It was all silent in his house, his mother Philaine, and her boyfriend Donny, were sleeping in the next room over. He was glad his mother was happy, with all the hard times she'd gone through she needed someone to hold her hand in ways that he couldn't. Donny was a good guy. He thought about how happy Donny made his mother. She always smiled when she was around him. Jay closed his eyes, and sighed on the mattress he called a bed. With one arm behind his head he looked at the ceiling…that is until he heard the sound of something clanging on his window softly. He turned his head over to the window, and slowly got up. He opened it and looked down at the ground below. He saw Alanna standing there rubbing her bare arms with blood trickling from her forehead.

"Oh Shit," he said silently, and he exited the room.

A/N : Sorry last chapter I was so into the character that I wrote the wrong name down. Duh, to me. Thanks for the reviews, you guys are awesome. I'm glad you guys like the story. I'm watching the movie as we speak; because I know that I cannot resist Emile Hirsch (plays Jay Adams). He portrays him so well and plus he's gorgeous. I need to stop rambling on. Thanks anyway guys, reviews are always appreciated.

Nat