Hey gang. It's Becky again. Here with chapter 3, well, since Teal took
care of the disclaimer, I thought I'd do a lil description of our new
characters so you guys know them a bit:
Josephina Sanchez-AKA Josephine, Josie, Joey, Jo. Age: 18 Height: 5'3" Hair: Long black hair. Eyes: Brown Personality: Very sarcastic and kind of mean sometimes. Is very protective of Larissa and Summer. Hobbies: Loves art, and martial arts. Mode of transportation: Black SUV
Summer Jones Age: 17 Height: 5'2" Hair: Blonde Personality: Friendly, but can be a bit of a bitch if she's really ticked off. Hobbies: Wake boarding Mode of transportation: White Porsche with pink interior
Larissa Lekika-AKA Rissa, Lar, Rissi Age: 16 Height: 5'1" Hair: Short brown hair. Personality: Friendly, can be a little shy sometimes. Hobbies: Is into math and science. Mode of transportation: her bike, or Joey and Summer's cars.
OK, so now you have an idea of our characters, on with the story.
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Summer pulled up in front of the store. She parked her car and got out. Larissa followed. They walked into the store. Summer saw the wake boarding section and headed straight for it. Larissa just stood by looking around.
"Larissa!" Came a voice. Larissa turned around to see Dustin standing with two other guys at a cash register. Larissa smiled and went over to him.
"Hi." She said.
"Hey." He said.
"I'm glad you decided to come." Dustin said. Larissa smiled.
"It wasn't so much my idea. I had mentioned it to Summer yesterday and she drove us here, she needs a new board." She replied.
"Uh..Your other friend, the scary one, didn't come too, right?" Dustin asked. Larissa laughed.
"Nah, Joey stayed home." Larissa said. One of the guys standing by Dustin nudged him. Dustin looked at him blankly and then caught on.
"Ah, right.Uh, Larissa, these are my friends, Hunter and Blake. They also work here." He said. Larissa looked at them and smiled.
"Nice to meet you." Larissa said.
"Same here." Blake said. Suddenly a girl with blonde hair came over and took Larissa's arm.
"Hey Larissa, look at this cool board....hi!" Summer said, smiling at the guys. "Summer Jones, one of Larissa's best buds." Larissa laughed a bit.
"Summer, this is the guy I told you about, Dustin, and his friends Blake and Hunter." Larissa said. Hunter hadn't heard Larissa say his name, because he was too busy staring at the blonde beauty that had appeared before him. His mouth felt dryer then cotton. His heart quickened. Summer looked at him and gave a soft friendly smile.
"Hi." Summer said quietly. Hunter continued to stare. "Um Dustin? Does he have an issue?" Summer asked. Everyone burst out laughing. Hunter blinked. He felt like a total idiot and quickly excused himself, muttering something about restocking shelves.
"What was that all about?" Larissa asked.
"Dunno." Blake said, slightly concerned about his older brother. Blake looked at Summer. "So, you surf?" He asked. Summer shook her head.
"No, wake board." She said. The two guys looked at her.
"Oh." Dustin said. Summer laughed.
"And by your blank stares, I can see you don't know much about it, huh?" She asked.
"Whenever a customer comes in and asks about it, they stare at them blankly." Came a voice as a redheaded girl came over. "Hi, I'm Kelly, I own the place." She smiled. Summer smiled.
"Summer, and this is my friend Larissa." She said. Larissa smiled at Kelly. She stopped as an idea struck her.
"So, basically you need some one who knows about wake boarding, right?" She asked. Kelly thought for a second.
"Well, yeah. I guess it's not totally right if I'm selling this stuff to people and can't tell them much about it, right?" Kelly said. "Why do you ask?"
"Well, Summer needs a job." Larissa said. Summer's head snapped back and she stared at her friend.
"What?" She asked, surprised. "Excuse me for a sec." Summer said to Dustin, Blake and Kelly. She pulled Larissa aside. "This isn't exactly a very normal way of pursuing a job." She said.
"Well, opportunity's a knocking, so you better open the door." Larissa said. "Besides, you told Joey you'd look for a job after you got a new board, well, now you're killing two birds with one stone."
"OK, new question, why aren't you getting a job?" Summer asked, crossing her arms. Larissa grinned.
"Because I'm not the one Joey's nagging to sell her car." Larissa said. She walked back over to the others. Summer glared slightly at her younger friend.
"Why me." The blond muttered. She wandered back over to where everyone else was standing. Kelly looked at her.
"If you are looking for a job, I'd be happy to give you one." She said. "Your promoter here is right, I need a wake board expert. I've got three residential motocross experts and surf and skateboard experts who come by so often they might as well work here. So, what do you say?" She asked. Summer smiled.
"Sure, sounds good." She said. Kelly smiled.
"Great. Be here tomorrow around one, ok?" She said. Summer nodded. "Welcome to the Storm Chargers team." Kelly smiled as she walked away. Summer grinned and looked at Dustin and Blake.
"So, does that mean I get an employee discount?" She asked.
"Don't count on i." Blake began to say, his voice trailed off as the door of the store opened, signaling the arrival of a new customer. Blake suddenly got a somewhat lovesick look in his eyes. Summer's brows furrowed in confusion. She turned to see who had come in, and saw Tori. Tori caught sight of Blake, Dustin, Larissa and Summer. She smiled and walked over.
"Hey." Tori said. "Didn't expect to see you again so soon." Tori smiled to Summer and Larissa.
"You guys know each other?" Dustin asked.
"We ran into each other at the beach yesterday." Summer said.
"Ran into each other, literally." Larissa joked.
"Whoa, small world." Dustin commented. "I met Larissa yesterday, and their less then friendly buddy."
"Oh yeah, Joey, met her too." Tori said.
"Man, what a coincidence you guys meet Dustin and Tori, and we're all friends." Blake said.
"Must be fate." Larissa said.
"Now, if you guys knew this girl who almost ran me and Hunter over, that would just be scary." Blake laughed. Summer and Larissa looked at each other.
"Uh...Was the girl Hispanic looking, with dark hair, driving a black SUV?" Summer asked.
"Yeah."
"And did she say some comment along the lines of 'learn to walk before you cross the street'?" Larissa asked.
"Yeah..How'd you know?" Blake asked.
"Huh, how interesting." Summer mused. "Joey drives a black SUV, and that's basically her line to poor unsuspecting pedestrians." Blake's eyebrow's shot up.
"Ok, now that's just frightening." Blake said. They all laughed.
"Totally." Dustin said. "Very Twilight Zone like."
"Ya Joey drives like a mad women. If she would ever hit someone, she'd probably keep going." Summer said.
"And she wonders why I'd rather ride with Summer." Larissa smirked.
"But that's not saying much, since I drive about as bad as Joey does. But if I'd hit someone, at least I'd stop." Summer joked. "So, no one can ever accuse me of hit and run driving." She smirked.
"Speaking of Joey, we better head back, remember she said, straight here, straight back." Larissa said.
"And since when have you ever known me to follow her orders?" Summer asked with a smirk. Larissa shook her head.
"Good point, but do you really want to incur the wrath of Joey after she's been left to unpack the rest of the house things on her own?" Larissa asked.
"Hmmm....That's exactly why, I'm going to drop you off at home, and I'm gonna go wake-boarding." Summer smiled.
"Excuse me? Oh no you don't. You are not leaving me to handle her if she goes on one of her tirades." Larissa said.
"Watch me." Summer grinned. Larissa sighed.
"You live dangerously...And I'm very very brain damaged..So therefore, I'm going to the beach with you." Larissa said.
"Welcome to the dark side." Summer laughed. "Let me just go pay for that sweet board, and we're out of here." She looked at Tori. "Care to join us?" She asked.
"Sure." Tori said. "As long as you promise not to try and kill yourself again." Tori joked. Hunter, who had been nearby heard this and swung around.
"What happened?" He asked in a very concerned tone. Summer looked at him.
"We kind of crashed into one another. No big." She said. Hunter walked over.
"Were you hurt?" He asked Summer.
"Uh...No..." She said, a little weirded out by his concern.
"I wasn't either, in case you were wondering." Tori said. Hunter didn't seem to hear her.
"Are you sure?" Hunter asked. He didn't know why, but he had this weird feeling around her. He felt the severe need to protect and help her, and be worried about her.
"Yes, I'm fine." Summer said. She laughed and turned to the others. "He always like this?" She asked.
"No." Dustin said.
"Not really." Blake said. He looked at his brother. He could sense Hunter was feeling a weird vibe from Summer, partly because he felt it too. It was as if he knew Summer, like they had met before. He simply shrugged it off. Summer looked at Hunter. She also felt a strange sense of familiarity from Hunter and Blake, Hunter especially. She had no idea what it meant, and simply ignored it for now.
"I better go pay for that board." She said as she stepped away from Hunter and picked up the board she had been eyeing. She walked over to the cash register where Kelly was and paid for it. Larissa had picked up on Summer's odd behavior, and made note to ask Summer about it later.
Josephina Sanchez-AKA Josephine, Josie, Joey, Jo. Age: 18 Height: 5'3" Hair: Long black hair. Eyes: Brown Personality: Very sarcastic and kind of mean sometimes. Is very protective of Larissa and Summer. Hobbies: Loves art, and martial arts. Mode of transportation: Black SUV
Summer Jones Age: 17 Height: 5'2" Hair: Blonde Personality: Friendly, but can be a bit of a bitch if she's really ticked off. Hobbies: Wake boarding Mode of transportation: White Porsche with pink interior
Larissa Lekika-AKA Rissa, Lar, Rissi Age: 16 Height: 5'1" Hair: Short brown hair. Personality: Friendly, can be a little shy sometimes. Hobbies: Is into math and science. Mode of transportation: her bike, or Joey and Summer's cars.
OK, so now you have an idea of our characters, on with the story.
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Summer pulled up in front of the store. She parked her car and got out. Larissa followed. They walked into the store. Summer saw the wake boarding section and headed straight for it. Larissa just stood by looking around.
"Larissa!" Came a voice. Larissa turned around to see Dustin standing with two other guys at a cash register. Larissa smiled and went over to him.
"Hi." She said.
"Hey." He said.
"I'm glad you decided to come." Dustin said. Larissa smiled.
"It wasn't so much my idea. I had mentioned it to Summer yesterday and she drove us here, she needs a new board." She replied.
"Uh..Your other friend, the scary one, didn't come too, right?" Dustin asked. Larissa laughed.
"Nah, Joey stayed home." Larissa said. One of the guys standing by Dustin nudged him. Dustin looked at him blankly and then caught on.
"Ah, right.Uh, Larissa, these are my friends, Hunter and Blake. They also work here." He said. Larissa looked at them and smiled.
"Nice to meet you." Larissa said.
"Same here." Blake said. Suddenly a girl with blonde hair came over and took Larissa's arm.
"Hey Larissa, look at this cool board....hi!" Summer said, smiling at the guys. "Summer Jones, one of Larissa's best buds." Larissa laughed a bit.
"Summer, this is the guy I told you about, Dustin, and his friends Blake and Hunter." Larissa said. Hunter hadn't heard Larissa say his name, because he was too busy staring at the blonde beauty that had appeared before him. His mouth felt dryer then cotton. His heart quickened. Summer looked at him and gave a soft friendly smile.
"Hi." Summer said quietly. Hunter continued to stare. "Um Dustin? Does he have an issue?" Summer asked. Everyone burst out laughing. Hunter blinked. He felt like a total idiot and quickly excused himself, muttering something about restocking shelves.
"What was that all about?" Larissa asked.
"Dunno." Blake said, slightly concerned about his older brother. Blake looked at Summer. "So, you surf?" He asked. Summer shook her head.
"No, wake board." She said. The two guys looked at her.
"Oh." Dustin said. Summer laughed.
"And by your blank stares, I can see you don't know much about it, huh?" She asked.
"Whenever a customer comes in and asks about it, they stare at them blankly." Came a voice as a redheaded girl came over. "Hi, I'm Kelly, I own the place." She smiled. Summer smiled.
"Summer, and this is my friend Larissa." She said. Larissa smiled at Kelly. She stopped as an idea struck her.
"So, basically you need some one who knows about wake boarding, right?" She asked. Kelly thought for a second.
"Well, yeah. I guess it's not totally right if I'm selling this stuff to people and can't tell them much about it, right?" Kelly said. "Why do you ask?"
"Well, Summer needs a job." Larissa said. Summer's head snapped back and she stared at her friend.
"What?" She asked, surprised. "Excuse me for a sec." Summer said to Dustin, Blake and Kelly. She pulled Larissa aside. "This isn't exactly a very normal way of pursuing a job." She said.
"Well, opportunity's a knocking, so you better open the door." Larissa said. "Besides, you told Joey you'd look for a job after you got a new board, well, now you're killing two birds with one stone."
"OK, new question, why aren't you getting a job?" Summer asked, crossing her arms. Larissa grinned.
"Because I'm not the one Joey's nagging to sell her car." Larissa said. She walked back over to the others. Summer glared slightly at her younger friend.
"Why me." The blond muttered. She wandered back over to where everyone else was standing. Kelly looked at her.
"If you are looking for a job, I'd be happy to give you one." She said. "Your promoter here is right, I need a wake board expert. I've got three residential motocross experts and surf and skateboard experts who come by so often they might as well work here. So, what do you say?" She asked. Summer smiled.
"Sure, sounds good." She said. Kelly smiled.
"Great. Be here tomorrow around one, ok?" She said. Summer nodded. "Welcome to the Storm Chargers team." Kelly smiled as she walked away. Summer grinned and looked at Dustin and Blake.
"So, does that mean I get an employee discount?" She asked.
"Don't count on i." Blake began to say, his voice trailed off as the door of the store opened, signaling the arrival of a new customer. Blake suddenly got a somewhat lovesick look in his eyes. Summer's brows furrowed in confusion. She turned to see who had come in, and saw Tori. Tori caught sight of Blake, Dustin, Larissa and Summer. She smiled and walked over.
"Hey." Tori said. "Didn't expect to see you again so soon." Tori smiled to Summer and Larissa.
"You guys know each other?" Dustin asked.
"We ran into each other at the beach yesterday." Summer said.
"Ran into each other, literally." Larissa joked.
"Whoa, small world." Dustin commented. "I met Larissa yesterday, and their less then friendly buddy."
"Oh yeah, Joey, met her too." Tori said.
"Man, what a coincidence you guys meet Dustin and Tori, and we're all friends." Blake said.
"Must be fate." Larissa said.
"Now, if you guys knew this girl who almost ran me and Hunter over, that would just be scary." Blake laughed. Summer and Larissa looked at each other.
"Uh...Was the girl Hispanic looking, with dark hair, driving a black SUV?" Summer asked.
"Yeah."
"And did she say some comment along the lines of 'learn to walk before you cross the street'?" Larissa asked.
"Yeah..How'd you know?" Blake asked.
"Huh, how interesting." Summer mused. "Joey drives a black SUV, and that's basically her line to poor unsuspecting pedestrians." Blake's eyebrow's shot up.
"Ok, now that's just frightening." Blake said. They all laughed.
"Totally." Dustin said. "Very Twilight Zone like."
"Ya Joey drives like a mad women. If she would ever hit someone, she'd probably keep going." Summer said.
"And she wonders why I'd rather ride with Summer." Larissa smirked.
"But that's not saying much, since I drive about as bad as Joey does. But if I'd hit someone, at least I'd stop." Summer joked. "So, no one can ever accuse me of hit and run driving." She smirked.
"Speaking of Joey, we better head back, remember she said, straight here, straight back." Larissa said.
"And since when have you ever known me to follow her orders?" Summer asked with a smirk. Larissa shook her head.
"Good point, but do you really want to incur the wrath of Joey after she's been left to unpack the rest of the house things on her own?" Larissa asked.
"Hmmm....That's exactly why, I'm going to drop you off at home, and I'm gonna go wake-boarding." Summer smiled.
"Excuse me? Oh no you don't. You are not leaving me to handle her if she goes on one of her tirades." Larissa said.
"Watch me." Summer grinned. Larissa sighed.
"You live dangerously...And I'm very very brain damaged..So therefore, I'm going to the beach with you." Larissa said.
"Welcome to the dark side." Summer laughed. "Let me just go pay for that sweet board, and we're out of here." She looked at Tori. "Care to join us?" She asked.
"Sure." Tori said. "As long as you promise not to try and kill yourself again." Tori joked. Hunter, who had been nearby heard this and swung around.
"What happened?" He asked in a very concerned tone. Summer looked at him.
"We kind of crashed into one another. No big." She said. Hunter walked over.
"Were you hurt?" He asked Summer.
"Uh...No..." She said, a little weirded out by his concern.
"I wasn't either, in case you were wondering." Tori said. Hunter didn't seem to hear her.
"Are you sure?" Hunter asked. He didn't know why, but he had this weird feeling around her. He felt the severe need to protect and help her, and be worried about her.
"Yes, I'm fine." Summer said. She laughed and turned to the others. "He always like this?" She asked.
"No." Dustin said.
"Not really." Blake said. He looked at his brother. He could sense Hunter was feeling a weird vibe from Summer, partly because he felt it too. It was as if he knew Summer, like they had met before. He simply shrugged it off. Summer looked at Hunter. She also felt a strange sense of familiarity from Hunter and Blake, Hunter especially. She had no idea what it meant, and simply ignored it for now.
"I better go pay for that board." She said as she stepped away from Hunter and picked up the board she had been eyeing. She walked over to the cash register where Kelly was and paid for it. Larissa had picked up on Summer's odd behavior, and made note to ask Summer about it later.