Ch9

The bright sunshine shone through the window of a room unfamiliar to Alanna. She perched herself up on her elbow, and rubbed her eyes, things became a little more clear to her. She was in Jay's room. On Jay's bed.

But the only thing on her mind was...

How the hell did I get here?

Alanna looked at the window, and the mix of the blistering sun, and her horrible headache didn't clash so well. She laid back down pulling the pillow over her head, and moaning in disgust. But within a minute of having her head submerged under the pillow she sensed someone walking over.

Jay?

Alanna pulled the pillow off of her head, and looked up surprised at who she saw.

"Hey Philaine," Alanna said sitting up on Jay's bed.

"Hey sweetie, how's it going?" she asked sitting on the edge of Jay's bed in front of her.

"I got a killer headache, and I don't know how I got here," Alanna said looking around.

"Jay brought you in last night. I was up when he came in, said you fell asleep at the beach, he didn't know if your father was home so he brought you here," Philaine said handing Alanna an aspirin, and a cup of water.

"Oh, maybe I should go find him," Alanna said pulling back the covers.

"That'd be good. See if everything's alright with him. He was a little weird yesterday," Philaine responded, as Alanna reached over, throwing on her converses, and picking up her board which she guessed Jay brought in last night, "He might be by the beach, I think he's with Tony and Stacy."

"Great," Alanna said under her breath walking out the door, "Bye Philaine!" With the last goodbye to Philaine she walked out the door climbing down the stairs, dropping her board and taking off to Bicknell Hill and down.

Jay stroked a piece of his wet blonde hair behind his ear, and sat on his board in the water. He watched at Stacy ride the wave.

Where does he get off being in love with Alanna?

Jay glared down at the water, and smacked his hand down on it. He looked back up to see Stacy paddling towards the shore, and at the shore stood a familiar girl with long wavy brown hair.

Alanna.

Jay watched as Stacy climbed out the water, and began to walk away with brown haired girl. The anger in his stomach built up, and he took off charging for a wave.

"Hey, I thought I'd find you here," Alanna said standing in front of the tall boy with the brown hair. Stacy. It seemed as if nothing was wrong to him. He smiled at her.

"Look about last night, I don't know if you and me are right...Stacy, I love you, but not in that way. Your one of my best friends, and...life is beating the living shit out of me right now. I couldn't handle it last night...basically what I'm saying is...I just want to stay friends," Alanna said trying to find the words not to crush him, but there really weren't any words not to.

"It's alright, Lanna. You're my bud. I just felt something for you and I needed you to know what it was. Come here," he said pulling Alanna into a hug against her will, Alanna pulled back, and ringed out her shirt a little,"Sorry, I kinda forgot about the water."

"It's alright. You wanna go skate around in a little while. I got to get ready for Del Mar in two days," Alanna said looking out onto the water seeing a guy fall over into the water.

"Alright, I'll meet you at Zephyr in 15?" Stacy asked looking down at her.

"Yeah, I gotta go home and change," Alanna said pointing her thumb back.

"Alright see ya," Stacy beginning his walk to where his bike was laying.

"Bye," she said and they walked their opposite ways...

Jay rode the wave at a secure speed but hard enough to let his anger out. He looked up to the water to see the girl hug the tall blonde, and he lost his footing falling over into the water. Within a short minute Jay emerged from the water, and quickly grabbed his board. He perched his arms on the board as he felt the sting, and a hot tears fell down his cheek...

A/N : Sorry I made Jay look a like a sissy at the end, but...love hurts. What'd you think. I know it was short, and answered some questions, but the next chapter, Alanna will talk to Jay and figure out some things. Ch10 coming soon.

Nat