:Tide:
I feel like the world has gotten brighter! Everything seems 1000 times better. I close my eyes and BAM! Butchy's right there in front of me. I wonder if he's gonna kiss me again. His lips were so soft and plump. I want him to kiss me again.
Hold up, Tide. Your sounding desperate. You need him crawling back to you. Not the other way around. If we are really meant to be, then he'll come to me. But he did say he wanted a next time.
I walk through my house when I see something that I guess I shouldn't have. I see Jacey snuggling up to Tanner, next to the bonfire. Awww. So cute. When Jacey starts to stir, my brother pulls him close, signaling him it's alright. That's so freaking adorable, I can't. I smile and look at the clock.
7:30. Wow, its early. I can't sleep because of so excited! I pull out some eggs and make some scrambled eggs. Once I'm finished, the two love birds come in.
"Tide! I didn't know you were up." He puts his hand on his neck.
"Good morning!" I look over at Jacey. "Well this is a surprise. Good morning."
"Morning." Jacey says groggily.
"Oh, um, Jacey this is Tide. Tide, Jacey."
I go over to him and we shake hands. " I think we've already meet before."
"Oh, yeah yesterday. Sorry about how rude I was. I am a biker afterall."
"None taken." I smile at him. I can see why my brother likes him so much. He's good looking and straight to the point. He doesn't look anything like Butchy and Lela though. Hmm.
"Well I have to go. Lela and Butchy are probably freaking out right now." And with that, he walks out the door. I can hear an engine start, then soon disappearing into the distance.
"Okay, you can't deny it now."
"I don't know-"
"I saw you snuggling up to him, so don't start."
He sighs and sits down next to me. "OK, so maybe I would date a biker..."
"Well, he was certainly... different." I say while getting some plates. I put the eggs on the plate and hand it to Tanner. He chows down.
"So, how was it?"
"How was what?"
"Your date, stupid." My brother can be a little slow sometimes.
"It was... amazing."
"Tell me about it." I sit down next to him.
"We went swimming-"
"Biker? Water? That boy must really like you." Tanner starts to blush with embarrassment.
"I don't think he does."
"What do you mean?"
"He enjoyed himself. But I honestly think he doesn't like me."
I give him a 'are you insane look'."Dude, there was a so much sexual tension in this room when he was here. He was so into you."
"Really?"
"Yeah. I just think he doesn't want to admit it."
"How?"
"That is a problem you, need to solve." I get up from my seat and ruffle his hair. Even though it's not even possible too. I wonder how he gets his hair like that. Either way, this love talk is making me tired, so I'm going back to sleep.
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I wake up to find rain. It's pouring like there's no tomorrow. You can barely see anything outside, and I don't know, it scares me. Something's going on and I don't know what. But let's just focus on the positive. More rain means that plants are going to grow more. More rain means the waves are bigger. Yeah.
I look at the clock. 11 on the dot.
I groan and get up from my bed. I walk to my living room. "Tanner?"
No response. I walk to his room and knock on the door. I open the door to find the room empty. See Tide! Your get was trying to tell you Tanner's missing! I go to the kitchen and find that the back door is unlocked.
Why would Tanner leave in storm like this? I go to the phone and call Katrina's house. I was it for the line to be connected when I hear Seacat's voice.
"Hello?"
"Seacat? It's me Tide. Have you seen Tanner?"
"He's not at home with you?"
"No. I was hoping he would be with you or the other surfers."
"Well I'm with the others right now. We stayed at my house because that's when the storm started. I'll ask." I hear Seacat ask the others who's seen Tanner. They all respond no.
"They said no."
"Yeah, I heard."
I hear the phone moving and another person speaks. "Tide?"
"Katty?"
"Hey, you're looking for your brother?"
"Yes, have you seen him?"
"I was at the store and I saw him heading inside the graveyard a few hours ago." The graveyard? That's like 20 miles from here. I'd go check but I don't have a licence. That's when I remember I have a biker boyfriend.
"Thanks, Katty. I'll talk to you later."
"Bye."
I hang up the phone. What was Butchy's number again? I go to the yellow books and look up his address. I call that number and wait for the line to connect.
" Hello?"
It's a girls voice. That must be their sister. I'm horrible with names. "Uh, Hi can I speak to Butchy please?"
"BUTCHY! SOMEONE'S CALLING YOU!" She screams so loud that I had to take the phone away from my ears. When she was done I could hear Butchy in the background.
"Why are you screaming so loud?"
"Someone's calling you."
"What?" He asks rudely.
"Butchy, its Tide." I probably sound super desperate right now. "I need a favor."
"Anything for you."
"Um, I need a ride to the graveyard."
"In this weather?" As he said that the rain died down. "OK, nevermind. I'll see you in 10."
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Butchy comes to my front door and knocks. I open the door and he smiles at me. He grabs my waist and reels me in for a kiss. Butchy backs me up against a wall and starts to make out with me. OK, ladies and gentlemen. Yesterday I just had my first kiss, so I'm not very good at making out. We pull apart, both of us out of breath.
"I couldn't stop thinking about you."
"Really? Me neither."
Butchy still has me against a wall. His grasp on my waist hasn't loosened. "So why did you want to go to the graveyard?"
"Because I think someone I know is there." I still haven't told him that Tanner's my brother. Of Butchy found out then he would break up with me. And I know Jacey hasn't told Butchy yet about him and my brother. If Jacey had, then Butchy would probably have beaten Tanner up already.
"OK."
He leads me toward his bike and I hop on. I remember from last night how to get on this thing. We ride down the road, and I see two figures walking, wet, down the road. I realize that it's Mack and Brady.
"Hey Butchy, slow down." He does what he's asked and stops next to them.
"Hey, guys!"
"Tide? What are you doing riding a bike?" Is the first thing that comes out of Brady's mouth. I guess I didn't realize that a surfer riding with a biker would look a little strange.
"Oh, don't worry about that! Why are you both wet?"
Mack immediately looks straight at Brady. They don't respond. "OK, well why don't you get cleaned up at my place?"
"Really?"
"Yeah, there's a key under the mat. I'll be back later. You should hurry before the rain pours down again." Mack gives me a suspicious look.
"No thanks we're fi-" Mack gets cut off by Brady.
"We would love too!"
"Great! I'll see you guys later."
Butchy rides away and we're on the road again. I put my chin on his shoulder and look at the sky. You can't really see anything. When I was little and the sky was white, I would think I was in a story book. I look at Butchy in the face he has a serious expression.
"What's wrong?" I ask him. He doesn't answer. He's too busy thinking to listen. "Butchy." I shake him a little and he comes out of his world.
"Yeah?"
"What's wrong?"
He bites his lip. "My brother is at this graveyard..."
"Why?" I ask.
"Someone we cared about a lot died. It was a lot harder on him than me and Lela. Today's the anniversary."
So someone died? I wonder who it was. "I'm sorry."
"Wasn't your fault."
When we arrive it starts pouring rain again. Before we were completely soaked Butchy pulls out an umbrella. I'm a surfer so I don't care if I get wet, but Butchy's a biker and wearing leather. Leather + water isn't really a good combination.
We walk in together. There's a sign that says ' El Recordado'. I wonder what that means. I grab Butchy's hand and we walk through this place. It's not dirty or anything. It's clean. Like walking through a cement garden. But instead of plants there's tombstones. I'm now clinging to Butchy's arms now, terrified.
I see a big tree. Wait are those... Apples? How can there be an apple tree growing in a cement place like this? The apples are blood red and that kinda scares me. I just wish I can find my brother and maybe Jacey and get out of here!
That's when I see Jacey. He's crying into my brother's chest like there's no tomorrow. They are soaking wet and Tanner's whispering something in his ear. I look at Butchy's face and I can see he's having mixed emotions about the situation.
1. Butchy's confused about why Tanner's with Jacey.
2. Butchy's sad that Jacey's crying.
3. And lastly, he's mad because Tanner's touching his little brother.
"Jacey?" Butchy's says. Jacey immediately pulls apart from Tanner, eyes red from all the crying. Once he looks at Butchy he starts crying again. Butchy hands me the umbrella and walks out of the rain. He pulls Jacey into his chest.
"I miss her too."
Jacey starts to choke up and Butchy pulls him tighter. I look over at the tomb stone. It says:
'Josephina
4/12/1927- 8/8/1956
A loving mother, who fought till the end'
I look over at Tanner signaling him it's time to go. He doesn't want to, but we walk away together. They needed to be alone for this.
While we were walking, two apples fall on both of our heads. I look at the apple. Mine is bigger and is overgrown, so I understand why is would fall. But Tanner has a smaller one and had no reason to fall. Makes me feel like the tree was trying to tell me something.
I hold the umbrella over both of our heads. We stay quite and don't say a thing. "Who was that on the-"
"His mother." That date on when she died was today's date. So that was Butchy's mom? Wait, but Butchy said that it was someone who they both cared about but someone who Jacey cared about more. This is just plain confusing, but I feel bad for Jacey.
We stay out there for another half hour until walking to a pay phone. I called Rascal to come pick us up, and 10 minutes later he came. The rain pours even harder and I worry about Butchy.
When we are almost home, someone crashes into us. The figure goes flying through the air and lands thankfully on the sand. But I could still hear bones breaking. Rascal tries to break but the road's too wet. The car spins out of control. I'm sitting in the front so when we hit a tree I go flying out the windshield. I hit the sand hard and I could feel my ribs snapping. Before I pass out, I look to my left too see Lela's unconscious body.