The Forgotten Bradley

Chapter Ten: Surprise

by angellwings

"Hey, Geenie." Shane smiled as he flopped down on the couch next to her.

"Hey Shane," She said brightly, "Last night was fun."

"Yeah, it was wasn't it?" He smirked, "I've never seen you make so much mess."

"I told you I was a klutz." She said shyly, "Besides NO one should put that much mayo on a burger, ever."

"Hey, I thought it was cute." He said with a wink.

"A girl with a condiment made out of lard smeared all over her face is...cute?" She asked him in confusion.

"Well, if you put it like that..." He smirked

She glared at him and smacked his shoulder.

"I'm joking, okay?" He laughed as he shielded himself.

She rolled her eyes and went back to her magazine, "Funny."

He cleared his throat, "So, um, later today..."

She arched an eye brow in his direction and reached for her coffee mug, "Yes?"

"I've got to practice for this demo I've got this weekend, and..."

"Shane, spit it out already."

"I was wondering if you wanted to come and cheer me on. At practice and the demo on Saturday?" He asked with a chuckle at her bluntness.

"Sure, I'll be there. What are friends for?" She answered with a smile and a sip of her coffee. Suddenly there was a knock on the door frame behind them.

"Imy?" A masculine voice called. Geenie's eyes went wide, she spit out her coffee, and dropped her mug in Shane's lap.

He jumped up and yelped.

"Oh my God! I'm so sorry. I didn't mean to-damn, I'm such an idiot. I-I-I'll get the paper towels." She said with a gulp as she sprinted to the counter.

"Still the same adorable klutz I remember." The unknown man said with a laugh. Shane peered at him suspiciously. Which only made her spaz out more. She dropped the roll of paper towels and they rolled across the floor toward Shane. He sighed and picked up the roll and began dabbing himself off.

"Ty?" She asked shakily, "What are you doing here?"

"I talked to Hunter the other day, and he said the three of you were living in Blue Bay now. I thought I would pay you guys a visit. For old times sake." He said with a charming smile.

She blushed, "Yeah, old times."

"What do you say to dinner tonight?" He asked her.

"The four of us?" She asked nervously.

"The four...oh! Yeah, you know you, me, Hunter, Blake. Yeah sure." He said disappointedly.

Shane glared at him. That was supposed to be a date. This dude was moving in on Geenie. Shane glared at him, and observed his appearance for the first time. Khakis, and a neatly ironed red button up shirt.

Red. His color. He was moving in on Geenie and wearing Shane's color.

He saw the cell phone hook attached to his belt, and his nice dress shoes.

Professional type. Just like Hunter had said.

He officially did not like this guy.

Shane cleared his throat to remind the couple of his presence. Geenie automatically turned to face him.

"Shane! Did you get the coffee up?" She ran to his side with the two paper towels she had managed to pull off the roll before she dropped it, "I really didn't mean to spill it on you. I was just so..."

"Surprised?" Shane suggested with a glare at this "Ty" person.

"Yeah." She said with a heavy blush. She gulped and handed him the paper towels, "Shane this is Tyler Parkington, Tyler this is Shane Clarke."

The men nodded curtly at each other.

"Geenie!" Tori called as she sprinted to the back of the store passing Tyler on her way. Her eyebrows flew upward and she grinned. She mouthed "Cute" to Geenie as she approached.

"What's up, Tor?" She said through gritted teeth. The tension in the room was obvious. Shane and Tyler did NOT like each other, and Geenie felt trapped.

"Uh, we were gonna go shopping on your break, remember?" Tori asked in confusion.

"Oh! Oh, right. Sure, let's go." She said as she looped her arm through Tori's and practically ran out of the store.

"Blake and Hunter should be here any minute!" She yelled behind her to Tyler. She sighed in relief as they made it to Tori's van, "Thank you so much for getting me out of there."

"What was that? I felt like I walked into a full on testosterone war." Tori asked.

She sighed, "Tyler is my ex-boyfriend."

Tori winced, "Ohhhhh."

"Yeah."

"Are you and Shane...?"

"No. But we did have dinner last night. I don't think it was an official date, but it was definitely dinner. And he asked me to come to his demo this weekend. And there was a nice little vibe going in that room until Ty showed up." She pouted.

"So what exactly is the deal with Tyler?" Tori asked curiously.

"He was kind of like my parent's...apprentice, I guess. We grew up with him, and he trained at the Thunder Academy with us for about three years, and then he graduated. He went to CalU Blue Bay afterwards... and we started dating not long after that. He broke up with me after he graduated form CalU. And that was the last time I saw him. He's completely charming, but completely bad for me." She explained with a sigh.

"So what's he doing here?" Tori asked.

"I don't know, but it can't be good for me." She said with a scowl.

Hey guys!

So I basically stole California University from Saved by the Bell the College Years. I figure it would have a Mariner Bay and Blue Bay Harbor campus.

Because I need a university in both cities for this story and my Lightspeed story, lol. So, yeah...

The end is near!

(in the story I mean...not the world.)

Angellwings

P.S. This kind of goes along with "Pork Chopped", but not really.