Chapter 7

Kelly sat on the beach beside Wendy and bebe. The boys were jumping through the waves. Kelly had gone over to the boys room to talk to Kenny just before they left for the beach. She replayed the conversation in her head.

"I can't believe you actually listened to bebe!" she cried

"I thought..."

"NO! You didn't think, how could you have?"

"it was a mistake" Kenny said looking into the blonde girl's eyes "I'm sorry"

Kelly looked back into his eyes, there was not a hint of dishonestly in them.

"are you really?" she asked, even though she knew what his answer would be

"yes, I really like you Kel, I don't want to loose you" he whispered, cupping his hand around her cheek. She turned her head away,

"I don't like you Kenny," Kelly said seriously, Kenny's heart stopped, "I love you" she finished, looking up at him and wrapping her arms around his waist. "I want to trust you, I really do, but I need more proof" she whispered putting resting her head on his chest. Kenny sighed

"I know, I'm sorry that I lied, I will make it up to you, I promise" he said leaning in to kiss her

"Kelly! hellooo?" bebe said, waving her hand in front of the daydreaming girl's face.

"what?" Kelly asked

"Do you want to come play volleyball?" Kelly looked at Kenny and shook her head, she wanted to talk to him alone.

"OK, cya later" Wendy said as she ran off to the nets with Stan, bebe and Kyle. Kenny sat down on the blanket. He was shirtless black board shorts, his hair was wet and it looked spectacularly messy. He looked at Kelly through his ocean blue eyes and wrapped his arm around her. Kelly leaned her head on his shoulder.

"I'm sorry I got jealous about that Nellie girl."

"its okay, I know you were just worried that you would lose me, I'm mean, look at me, you're lucky you got me when you did." Kenny said cracking a smile. Kelly giggled and gave him playful punch.

"yeah, I am lucky." Kelly sighed

"I'm way luckier than you though,I have you" he whispered pulling her in for a kiss. Suddenly they heard somebody clear their throat loudly. They broke apart to see who it was.

"I just wanted to know if you wanted to play volleyball" Nellie said sweetly, batting her eyelashes at Kenny.

"sure" Kenny said starting to get up

"no thanks" Kelly sneered, grabbing Kenny's arm and pulling him back down

"aww come on, it'll be fun" Nellie pouted

"I said no already," Kelly snapped "bye" she waved her hand mockingly.

"fine" Nellie shot back. Then she turned of her heel and stomped away.

"what the hell Kelly?" Kenny asked turning to face her.

"she was obviously flirting with you!" Kelly replied

"so what! Kelly I like you, not her!"

"that's the problem, you only 'like' me" Kelly whispered. Kenny's stomach seemed to disapear.

"what" he asked, his voice quavering

"you only 'like' me, you don't love me" Kelly replied quietly

"but I do Kelly!"

"then say it" Kelly looked up at him, her eyed were sad.

'Come on, I have to say it this time,' Kenny thought'I could lose her, this is getting serious, I have to say it, now...'

"Kelly, I-I........." Kenny stuttered "I........I'm Sorry...." Kelly's face fell, she started to get up

"Kenny I just don't know what to do with you" she said sadly and walked away. Kenny sat there in shock.

As soon as Kelly turned her head away from him, she burst into tears. She started walking towards the volley ball nets to find Wendy and bebe. She saw them and went over to the nets,she sat down beside the game and waited for it to finish. She thought about all the opportunities she had given him to say that he loved her, he never did, maybe she was wrong about him, he didn't lover her, she had to end this.

Wendy spotted the blond haired girl sitting in the sand, her eyes were full of tears. bebe noticed her too, she and Wendy left the game to go talk to their friend.

Kenny was thinking over what had just happened,

'why couldn't I just say it, I really lover her, I need to say it for her to believe me, why is this so hard for me'

Nellie spotted the blond boy, alone. She broke into a smile and skipped over to him.

"hey Kenny" she said sweetly

"oh hey" Kenny replied flatly

"here, this should cheer you up" Nellie said pulling a beer out from behind her back.

"thanks" Kenny said, grabbing the already open bottle, he took a sip. Nellie sat down beside him.

"so where's your girlfriend?" she asked innocently

"oh, I don't know, we kinda had a fight, and she ran off" nellie's eyes lit up

"oh really?" she cooed. Kenny gave her a funny look and took another sip of beer.

"yeah....." He replied, "ummm....i have to go" he started to get up

"OK, I'll come with you"

"whatever", Kenny walked up the beach, started to feel really tired so he decided to go up to his room for a nap. Nellie followed him, she grabbed his elbow when he stumbled on some driftwood.

Kelly saw Kenny and Nellie on their way up the path to the hotel, Nellie was clutching Kenny's elbow. Kelly burst into tears once again. Wendy and bebe looked at each other.

"come on Kelly, maybe its not what it looks like" Wendy offered, though she could not think of any other way to explain the situation.

"its exactly what it looks like!" Kelly cried, "he doesn't love me!" bebe tried to console her friend.

The only thing that Kenny could think about was collapsing on his bed, he didn't know why but suddenly he felt like he hadn't slept in weeks.. He felt somebody touching his elbow.

`who is that, oh its just Nellie....wait What? Where is Kelly.....oh ya we had a fight......so tired.....how much longer to the room?'

Kenny finally reached his room and he collapsed on the bed, he hadn't even had time to shut the door before he fell asleep.

Nellie left the hotel room.

'that should be enough to break up those two' she thought as she skipped down the hallway.

Stan and Kyle were searching for their friend. Wendy and bebe were trying to console Kelly as they walked down the hall towards their rooms. a strawberry blonde girl skipped past them and smirked at Kelly. This made new tears spring form her eyes.

"oh no its her" Kelly cried to Wendy. Stan and Kyle sped up as they neared the boys room, the door was open. Kenny was sprawled out on top of the covers in only his board shorts. He was drenched in sweat and his hair was sticking to his face. Stan closed the door so that the girls would not come inside. Kenny started to wake up.

"uhh Kenny?" Kyle asked cautiously. Kenny opened his eyes and moaned, he had a splitting headache.

"what" he mumbled keeping his eyes closed.

"what did you do? You weren't drunk, were you? Its only 5:00!" Kyle replied

"dunno" Kenny mumbled in reply

"how can you not know?" Stan asked

"dude, all I know is that Nellie gave me a beer and I got really tired and came here to sleep"

"sleep with someone is seems like" Kyle scoffed

"WHAT!?" Kenny cried jerking up, but then regretting it when he was hit with a sudden wave of nausea.

"yeah, dude, Nellie was skipping down the hallway and the room door was open" Stan said

"there is no way" Kenny replied, I only had like 3 sips of beer, I didn't even drink the whole bottle....i defiantly wasn't drunk...its not possible......" Kenny spluttered looking from Stan to Kyle for help, they just gave him apologetic looks. Suddenly there was a loud knock on the door.

"how could he do that to me?" Kelly sobbed "he definitely doesn't love me!"

"now come on, this might not be as bad as it seems" Wendy soothed.

"I have to end this, its the only thing I can do!" Kelly leapt up and went over to the boys room.

Stan opened the door and was almost run over by Kelly who stormed into the room. Kenny looked up and smiled sheepishly at her. Kyle and Stan quickly left the room, ignoring the pleading look that Kenny was giving them.

"Kelly, listen...i can explain......" Kenny started

"I don't want to hear your stupid excuses!" Kelly snapped

"please, its not an excuse! Its an ex-" but he was cut off by Kelly

"no, I don't want to hear it! I can't do this anymore, I'm finished with you! I love you Kenny, but you don't love me, I can deal with that anymore.....g-g-goodbye......" Kelly was crying by the end of the last sentence. "have fun with Nellie"She turned around and left Kenny with his mouth open and eyes wide.

"wait! Kelly, you don't understand!" he called after her, but she ignored him and left the room.