It was barely dawn, and she was sat out in the tree facing the beach waiting for the sun rise. She'd only just started to do this, and it had now got her into a routine.
Brushing her now past shoulder length hair from she reminded herself to get it cut sometime it was beginning to annoy her.
"Eden?", came a sleepy voice.
She looked down and saw Penny stood in the doorway of the house staring up her, "What?", She replied.
"Its too early to be up", Penny commented.
"Speak for yourself, I'm not the one who rolled at two this morning", Eden said with an authoritive tone to her voice.
Penny rolled her eyes, in the way teenagers do. "Blame it on J.J, that guy just would not come home".
"I thought Drew would have brought you home?", Eden wondered amazed that Drew who always looked out Penny hadn't brought her home.
"Nah he wasn't there, and you know JJ. Worships the ground Lena walks on so wanted to catch a glimpse before he left!", Penny smiled.
"He's got it bad for her", Eden admitted.
"But you know the drill, He's seventeen, She's Twenty two", Penny said in a sing song voice.
"They'd be a sweet couple though", Eden said thoughtfully.
"Wish your were coming to Tahiti", Penny said slowly lifting one foot up and idly wiping the dust from the bottom of it.
"Nah you won't notice I'm not there, you'll be having too much fun. Anyway somebody needs to stay and feed Sammi, man that damn dog", Eden cursed referring the dog Lena had adopted and called her own.
"You fancy comin' down, I'm gonna make breakfast", Penny asked with a grin.
Eden laughed, and jumped down from the tree and wrapped her arm around Penny's shoulder.
"Now there's a first", She smiled.
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"Where's Anne-Marie?", Lena asked Eden as she wandered into the living room carrying a bowl of cereal and a coke.
"On the phone to Matt", Eden said quietly as she sat crossed legged in the centre of the living room. She raised her hands above her head and then back down again, making sure her breathing was steady and in time.
"What are you doing?", Lena asked pausing to drink her coke.
"I am trying to relax and do yoga", Eden said loudly to her.
"Really, I've never seen you do that before?", Lena said with slight amazement in her voice.
"That's because every time I try to, somebody interrupts me!", Eden snapped.
"What's up with you?", Lena said to her.
She sighed, "Nothing, I haven't been sleeping lately. I didn't mean to snap".
Lena smiled, "And I thought the reason you've been in a shitty mood is cause of Drew".
Eden sat up, "Drew!", She said loudly. "What's Drew got to do with it?".
"Oh nothing, no nothing at all. Forget I mentioned it", Lena said brushing the fact off.
"Lena!, you said it now explain it", Eden ordered.
"Well you know you and him have been spending a lot of time together, and well you get that stupid guy look on your face whenever he's around", Lena said to her.
Eden sat up, "He's follows me around like Sammi!, and what guy look. There is definitely no guy look on my face, maybe on Anne-Marie's but not mine".
"Oh you should look at your face in a mirror sometime", Lena teased.
Suddenly, the sound of a car pulling up interrupted them.
"I'm going to see who that is, but we will finish this conversation", Eden said getting up.
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"What are you doing here?", Eden demanded as she looked out and saw Drew stood in just his black board shorts by the door.
"What a guy can't drop by and see his friends?", Drew asked as he moved past.
Eden followed him and saw him reach into their refrigerator, and pull out the milk cartoon and drink from it.
"Do you not have food supplies at your own home", She asked snatching the milk from him and replacing it.
He shook his head, "Nah Kala eats it all, any way its free here!", Drew said with a grin.
"Do you have a specific reason to being here?, or do you just enjoy bugging the hell out of me?", Eden asked him.
Drew laughed, "Please you love me really!", He said wandering out into the living room.
Eden leaned against the refrigerator door, God she could kill Drew Taloa sometimes.
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(2 days later, day of leaving for Penny, Lena and Anne-Marie)
"Anne-Marie I can't find my board shorts!", came Penny's yell.
"Try in the bathroom where you left them", Anne-Marie yelled back.
She looked towards Eden who was sat on the couch furiously stabbing at the playstation's controls
"Are you going to come to the airport with us?", She asked her.
Eden looked up and shook her head, "Wish I could but I'm working, you don't need me there to wave you off anyway you'll be too excited".
"I'm more nervous than excited, there's gonna be some tough competition out there", Anne-Marie told her.
"Rochelle Ballard and Keala Kennelly are the top two you need to watch out for, but you gonna blow the others out the water", Eden smiled.
"Lena!, come on we're gonna be late", Penny called out.
"Is she actually out of bed yet?", Eden asked Anne-Marie.
"No last time I checked she was still asleep, and that was an hour ago", Anne-Marie said slowly.
"I'm gonna miss you", Anne-Marie began. "It'll be weird not having you around to tell me which set to pick, give me good advice".
"I'm gonna miss you too, But you don't need me there to tell you which set to pick, or which wave to ride. Your were born on the board, you'll do fine", Eden told her.
The was a blare of a car horn, and Anne-Marie and Eden both stood up.
"That'll be Drew".
"He taking you to the airport?", She wondered.
Anne-Marie nodded as a sleepy Lena, and Penny entered with their bags.
Penny walked forward and gave Eden a hug, "Be good", Eden told her.
"You too", Penny replied with a small smile.
She gave Lena a hug along with Anne-Marie and stood at the door as they climbed into Drew's truck.
Drew spotted her and smiled, "You comin'?", He called out.
"Work!", She replied.
"Eden!, Hey don't forget….", Lena began sticking her head out the window.
"To feed Sammi yeah I know!. Have fun you guys and bring me back something nice!", Eden cried waving as the truck drove off.
She felt a pang of sadness as she entered the empty shack but shrugged it off.
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She stood alone in the work shop looked down at her freshly shaped board, wiping the sawdust from it and looking down at her work.
"Missing them already?".
Eden turned round and saw Drew smiling stood by the door.
"Starting to wish you'd gone with them!", Eden told him.
"Yeah that's what they all say, anyway there was actually a reason to why I came round", He said giving a smile.
Eden put her hand to her forehead in a mock sigh, "Really well oh my gosh!".
"Mock all you want, Kala's holding one of his famous beach party's and I was wondering if you fancied coming?", Drew wondered.
Eden shook her head, "No thanks Drew".
He looked hurt, "Oh come on please!".
"No way last time I went to Kala's party I got tied semi nude to a surfboard and was left floating out to Sea!", She reminded.
Drew laughed, "You were eighteen that was ages ago and we did come and get you its not like we left you out there, Anyway your twenty two now. And I'm sure Kala's grown up, well at least I think he has. So what'dya say?".
"Drew the only reason you want me to come is because all of your other skanks have refused to come", Eden pointed out.
"So you can be my one night only Skank, Come on you'll be lonely all up here on your own. You'll have much more fun with us", He told her.
"Fine I'll come, but only cause its free beer and free food", She told him simply.
"Knew you would", He grinned.
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With a beer in her hand and her body swaying gently to the beat, She was quite happy. She could see Kala by the decks, quite happily spinning a new track now and again.
"Havin fun?", came a voice.
Eden looked up and saw JJ stood in front of her, sunglasses on his face even though it was dark.
"Yeah I am, how you livin' JJ?", She wondered.
He smiled, "I'm good girl, missing Lena!", He laughed.
"Please!, She won't give you the time of day", Eden smiled back.
"She will do!, now you look like you need a dance. Come on let's get movin'"JJ said giving her a wink. Eden grabbed his hand and moved with him to the dance floor.
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"I had fun", Eden said as she her and Drew walked back to the shack. "Thank you", She added.
"Knew you would, and nobody tied you to a surf board. You came home perfectly fine. In a happier mood than you were", Drew said slowly.
"Next time Kala throws one, we'll all come", Eden told him as they arrived at the shack.
"You might as well come in for a drink", She invited. As soon as she entered the answer machine flashed twice, signalling she had a message. Pressing it, she thought maybe it'd just be something stupid from Lena.
"Miss Jordan, this is Dr Kamsira from San Francisco Bay General Hospital. I'm calling you regarding your mother Lilian King. I'm sorry to say this Miss Jordan but your mother died yesterday at 2:30 pm. If you could call me back as soon as you get this message. Thank you", the message ended with a bleep. Eden looked at the answer machine, a shocked look on her face.
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Brushing her now past shoulder length hair from she reminded herself to get it cut sometime it was beginning to annoy her.
"Eden?", came a sleepy voice.
She looked down and saw Penny stood in the doorway of the house staring up her, "What?", She replied.
"Its too early to be up", Penny commented.
"Speak for yourself, I'm not the one who rolled at two this morning", Eden said with an authoritive tone to her voice.
Penny rolled her eyes, in the way teenagers do. "Blame it on J.J, that guy just would not come home".
"I thought Drew would have brought you home?", Eden wondered amazed that Drew who always looked out Penny hadn't brought her home.
"Nah he wasn't there, and you know JJ. Worships the ground Lena walks on so wanted to catch a glimpse before he left!", Penny smiled.
"He's got it bad for her", Eden admitted.
"But you know the drill, He's seventeen, She's Twenty two", Penny said in a sing song voice.
"They'd be a sweet couple though", Eden said thoughtfully.
"Wish your were coming to Tahiti", Penny said slowly lifting one foot up and idly wiping the dust from the bottom of it.
"Nah you won't notice I'm not there, you'll be having too much fun. Anyway somebody needs to stay and feed Sammi, man that damn dog", Eden cursed referring the dog Lena had adopted and called her own.
"You fancy comin' down, I'm gonna make breakfast", Penny asked with a grin.
Eden laughed, and jumped down from the tree and wrapped her arm around Penny's shoulder.
"Now there's a first", She smiled.
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"Where's Anne-Marie?", Lena asked Eden as she wandered into the living room carrying a bowl of cereal and a coke.
"On the phone to Matt", Eden said quietly as she sat crossed legged in the centre of the living room. She raised her hands above her head and then back down again, making sure her breathing was steady and in time.
"What are you doing?", Lena asked pausing to drink her coke.
"I am trying to relax and do yoga", Eden said loudly to her.
"Really, I've never seen you do that before?", Lena said with slight amazement in her voice.
"That's because every time I try to, somebody interrupts me!", Eden snapped.
"What's up with you?", Lena said to her.
She sighed, "Nothing, I haven't been sleeping lately. I didn't mean to snap".
Lena smiled, "And I thought the reason you've been in a shitty mood is cause of Drew".
Eden sat up, "Drew!", She said loudly. "What's Drew got to do with it?".
"Oh nothing, no nothing at all. Forget I mentioned it", Lena said brushing the fact off.
"Lena!, you said it now explain it", Eden ordered.
"Well you know you and him have been spending a lot of time together, and well you get that stupid guy look on your face whenever he's around", Lena said to her.
Eden sat up, "He's follows me around like Sammi!, and what guy look. There is definitely no guy look on my face, maybe on Anne-Marie's but not mine".
"Oh you should look at your face in a mirror sometime", Lena teased.
Suddenly, the sound of a car pulling up interrupted them.
"I'm going to see who that is, but we will finish this conversation", Eden said getting up.
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"What are you doing here?", Eden demanded as she looked out and saw Drew stood in just his black board shorts by the door.
"What a guy can't drop by and see his friends?", Drew asked as he moved past.
Eden followed him and saw him reach into their refrigerator, and pull out the milk cartoon and drink from it.
"Do you not have food supplies at your own home", She asked snatching the milk from him and replacing it.
He shook his head, "Nah Kala eats it all, any way its free here!", Drew said with a grin.
"Do you have a specific reason to being here?, or do you just enjoy bugging the hell out of me?", Eden asked him.
Drew laughed, "Please you love me really!", He said wandering out into the living room.
Eden leaned against the refrigerator door, God she could kill Drew Taloa sometimes.
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(2 days later, day of leaving for Penny, Lena and Anne-Marie)
"Anne-Marie I can't find my board shorts!", came Penny's yell.
"Try in the bathroom where you left them", Anne-Marie yelled back.
She looked towards Eden who was sat on the couch furiously stabbing at the playstation's controls
"Are you going to come to the airport with us?", She asked her.
Eden looked up and shook her head, "Wish I could but I'm working, you don't need me there to wave you off anyway you'll be too excited".
"I'm more nervous than excited, there's gonna be some tough competition out there", Anne-Marie told her.
"Rochelle Ballard and Keala Kennelly are the top two you need to watch out for, but you gonna blow the others out the water", Eden smiled.
"Lena!, come on we're gonna be late", Penny called out.
"Is she actually out of bed yet?", Eden asked Anne-Marie.
"No last time I checked she was still asleep, and that was an hour ago", Anne-Marie said slowly.
"I'm gonna miss you", Anne-Marie began. "It'll be weird not having you around to tell me which set to pick, give me good advice".
"I'm gonna miss you too, But you don't need me there to tell you which set to pick, or which wave to ride. Your were born on the board, you'll do fine", Eden told her.
The was a blare of a car horn, and Anne-Marie and Eden both stood up.
"That'll be Drew".
"He taking you to the airport?", She wondered.
Anne-Marie nodded as a sleepy Lena, and Penny entered with their bags.
Penny walked forward and gave Eden a hug, "Be good", Eden told her.
"You too", Penny replied with a small smile.
She gave Lena a hug along with Anne-Marie and stood at the door as they climbed into Drew's truck.
Drew spotted her and smiled, "You comin'?", He called out.
"Work!", She replied.
"Eden!, Hey don't forget….", Lena began sticking her head out the window.
"To feed Sammi yeah I know!. Have fun you guys and bring me back something nice!", Eden cried waving as the truck drove off.
She felt a pang of sadness as she entered the empty shack but shrugged it off.
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She stood alone in the work shop looked down at her freshly shaped board, wiping the sawdust from it and looking down at her work.
"Missing them already?".
Eden turned round and saw Drew smiling stood by the door.
"Starting to wish you'd gone with them!", Eden told him.
"Yeah that's what they all say, anyway there was actually a reason to why I came round", He said giving a smile.
Eden put her hand to her forehead in a mock sigh, "Really well oh my gosh!".
"Mock all you want, Kala's holding one of his famous beach party's and I was wondering if you fancied coming?", Drew wondered.
Eden shook her head, "No thanks Drew".
He looked hurt, "Oh come on please!".
"No way last time I went to Kala's party I got tied semi nude to a surfboard and was left floating out to Sea!", She reminded.
Drew laughed, "You were eighteen that was ages ago and we did come and get you its not like we left you out there, Anyway your twenty two now. And I'm sure Kala's grown up, well at least I think he has. So what'dya say?".
"Drew the only reason you want me to come is because all of your other skanks have refused to come", Eden pointed out.
"So you can be my one night only Skank, Come on you'll be lonely all up here on your own. You'll have much more fun with us", He told her.
"Fine I'll come, but only cause its free beer and free food", She told him simply.
"Knew you would", He grinned.
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With a beer in her hand and her body swaying gently to the beat, She was quite happy. She could see Kala by the decks, quite happily spinning a new track now and again.
"Havin fun?", came a voice.
Eden looked up and saw JJ stood in front of her, sunglasses on his face even though it was dark.
"Yeah I am, how you livin' JJ?", She wondered.
He smiled, "I'm good girl, missing Lena!", He laughed.
"Please!, She won't give you the time of day", Eden smiled back.
"She will do!, now you look like you need a dance. Come on let's get movin'"JJ said giving her a wink. Eden grabbed his hand and moved with him to the dance floor.
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"I had fun", Eden said as she her and Drew walked back to the shack. "Thank you", She added.
"Knew you would, and nobody tied you to a surf board. You came home perfectly fine. In a happier mood than you were", Drew said slowly.
"Next time Kala throws one, we'll all come", Eden told him as they arrived at the shack.
"You might as well come in for a drink", She invited. As soon as she entered the answer machine flashed twice, signalling she had a message. Pressing it, she thought maybe it'd just be something stupid from Lena.
"Miss Jordan, this is Dr Kamsira from San Francisco Bay General Hospital. I'm calling you regarding your mother Lilian King. I'm sorry to say this Miss Jordan but your mother died yesterday at 2:30 pm. If you could call me back as soon as you get this message. Thank you", the message ended with a bleep. Eden looked at the answer machine, a shocked look on her face.
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ColinFismyhomeboy: thank you for review, welcome to the clan.
Sarah: Yeah I did, Chris Taloa, He's a good surfer. Thank you for telling me, welcome welcome. Thanks for the review.
Megs: Aw thanks Chica!. Here you go
surfkristianc: thanks, here you go! hope you enjoy
Nikki-da-Latina: Thanks, I did have a good vacation. Austria is great, brilliant ski runs.
Maureen Epps: He's a cute asshole though?, here you go!.
Rainletty21: Did do thanks!, here's the next chapter.
TalleyAnne: Sorry to keep you waiting Talley, here you go darlin'.
THANKS TO ALL MY REVIEWERS,