The next day Nikki woke up to her stomach growling. "Ugh," she said putting her hand over her stomach. Nikki rubbed her eyes, rolled over and slid off the bed. Nikki walked over to her mirror, stood to the side and sucked her stomach in. Nikki went from side to side scanning her body and pointing out all the falses in her mind.

"Hey Nikki," Susanna said walking in her doorway.

Nikki turned around real fast, "Hi."

"Every one is having breakfast with eggs, bacon, and pancakes, wanna come down?" Susanna asked.

"You know I think I'm just going to get some cereal or some thing later," Nikki replied.

"You sure?" Susanna asked.

"Yeah I'll just grab something later," she said with a fake smile.

"Okay," Susanna said and headed out of the room.

Nikki walked over and shut her door. She walked back over to her mirror and began scanning again.

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Susanna walked over to the table where every one was sitting.

"She awake?" Ava asked.

"Yep," Susanna responded.

"Well is she coming?" Johnny questioned.

"No she said she was going to grab something later," Susanna said while grabbing a seat.

"Oh okay," Ava said.

They all joined hands, bowed their heads, and sat there in silence for about 30 seconds to a minute.

"Amen," they all said.

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Up stairs.

Nikki got dressed, put on a bit of make up, through her hair up into a ponytail and started down stairs.

"Hey Nikki. We have some extra left from breakfast," Johnny said. He was cleaning up the dishes from breakfast.

"Uh, No thanx. I'm just going to head over to Cameron's," Nikki replied.

"Well you have to eat something," Johnny said.

"Uh, well I figured I would just grab something at Cameron's," She said trying not to sound nerves.

"Oh all right," he responded.

"Bye," she said and closed the back door behind her. When she got outside she let out a breath and said in a hushed tone, "That was close."

"What was close?" Derrick asked hopping down from a tree.

"What's close?" Bradin asked walking up from the beach.

"Nothing!" Nikki shouted and walked off.

Derrick and Bradin looked at each other confused. "What's her problem?" Bradin asked.

"I have know idea," Derrick scrunched his shoulders up.

Bradin opened the door and walked in.

"Hey Bradin," Johnny said still doing the dishes.

"Hi," Bradin replied.

"What'cha up to?" Johnny asked.

"I'm going to go change into my wet suite and head to the beach to meet Erika for surfing lessons," Bradin explained.

"Okay," Johnny replied.

Bradin walked to his room, closed the door, and changed into his wet suite. Soon he walked out of his room and started towards the back door. "C-ya," he yelled.

"Bye," Johnny shouted back.

Bradin swung the door shut. He grabbed his surfboard that was leaning against the porch and jogged towards the beach.

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When Bradin got to the spot where he and Erika usually meet, he spotted Erika she had her towel spread out on the sand and she was sitting up. She had her wet suite half on and she was looking out to the ocean. She looked like she was in thought. Bradin walked up and said, "Hey."

Erika jumped a little. Bradin set his board down on the sand and sat down. Erika smiled a little, "Hey," she said softly.

"About what happened yesterday," he began.

"All most happened," She corrected him.

"Well was that real?" he questioned.

"Bradin I like you," she paused.

"I like you too," Bradin said.

"But as long as I'm with Jay," she paused again.

"You can't be with me," Bradin finished her sentence.

Erika nodded her head. Bradin hung his head down disappointed.

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To be continued..........................................

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