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Disclaimer- Sadly I own nothing related to Summerland( I wish I owned Jesse or Bradin but that's what wishes are for), I do own the ideas of Piper and Ellie and this story, perhaps not the exact idea but forgive me if you had thought of it before. I'm only human. Thank you.
Before you read this chapter please read the last one because I changed it, its longer it involves Ellie's party. Thank you.
Chapter 7: Project From Hell
Monday morning Bradin sat in first period tapping his pencil on his desk, looking out the window absentmindedly, only half listening to Mr. Baldwin talk about some project they were going to do. He snapped out of it when he heard the man say something about choosing partners and he started naming off people in the class, and he fully paid attention.
"Adams…Parker."
"Daniels…McAllister."
"Simpson…Daley."
"Westerly…Wood."
Bradin turned to see Piper looking at him some what happily that she would be working with someone she knew and he smiled relieved too. Just as he finished the list the bell rang and everyone bustled to get up. Bradin waited for Piper to join him at the door and he spoke up as she plopped up next to him.
"So I really hope you were paying attention because I have no idea what this project is about," he said as they stepped out the door.
Piper laughed a little, "Don't worry, I got it all right here." She tapped her binder.
"Good, so although I have no idea what its about, I'm pretty sure its important to my grade so did you want to meet somewhere tonight to fill me in," Bradin asked?
"Sure, how about your place, mines a big mess right now, we're getting new carpet and that old boring story."
"Oh no, carpet fascinates me, please tell me more, please, please," Bradin joked and she pushed him a little to the side, "Alright then, my place it is, meet me at the front doors after school and we'll go from there."
"Sounds like a plan," she nodded. Just then Ellie walked timidly up to them.
"Oh, hey El, Piper and me have a project so she's going to walk home with us today okay," he half said and half asked.
"Sure," she looked down at the ground. Piper noticed this and spoke up.
"Well I'm gunna go, I'll meet you guys later."
"Bye," Bradin started but she had already veered left down the hall. "Oh this is going to be interesting," he thought as he and Ellie made their way to their next class.
Later that day Bradin stood at the front of the school with Ellie by his side, waiting for Piper to join them. Just as Bradin was thinking about if this was really a good idea or not, Piper stepped into his path of view.
"Ready," she asked?
"As ready as I'm gunna get," Bradin thought, but said, "Yah, lets go."
He lead the way to his house, and the girls dragged behind him on either of his sides. When they entered the house Piper noticed how at home Ellie was. How she plopped her backpack down in a spot that she knew all to well. How she kicked off her shoes in the spot next to Bradin's and the other people that lived in the house. How she helped herself to two Pepsi's and a bag of chips, set them on the table, and started chomping on them. She opened both cokes and as Bradin ushered Piper in after him, she set one to the side for him and he took it without a second thought, like it must have been a regular for them after a busy day. As she walked up with her hands in her back pockets, looking at them timidly, Ellie knocked out of her snack time trance.
"Oh, I'm sorry, reflex, did you want something to drink," she asked, as if it were her house?
"Um, sure, what your drinking is fine."
"Sorry if that scared you, we just kind of do this EVERYDAY so its gotten to were we don't even think about it," Bradin apologized.
"No, no, that's fine, I think its cool, you guys have a system," she said as Ellie handed her a Pepsi.
"Actually we do, we come home, have chips and coke, do homework, then surfing for a couple of hours, then if there's any day left we go for Smoothies or to Jay's shop, Jay is one of my aunts roommates, I live with my aunt, her three roommates, and my little brother and sister, I've never told you that before I don't think," Bradin explained.
Piper's eyes widened in recognition and the fact that there was a lot to Bradin Westerly that she didn't know.
"Don't worry, you get used to it fast, Bradin's Aunt Ava is totally the coolest Aunt in the world and she has impeccable fashion sense, and Jay surfs a lot and he's always teaching us stuff, and then there's Susannah, who is almost as cool as Ava and she's really business savvy, and Johnny is really nice too, he's never gotten mad at a single thing I've ever done, even if it involved Bradin getting into some trouble," Ellie gushed but Bradin interrupted her at the last comment.
"You NEVER get me in trouble El, I'm the one explaining what happened to your scared parents most of the time," he put in and Ellie smiled.
"Still, and then there's Erika, Bradin's old surf instructor and Jay's girlfriend, she lives with Jay, and she's so gorgeous, then Nikki, that's Bradin's sister, she's almost fourteen now, and she is a total doll, her and her little boyfriend/best friend are always hanging around here so you'll probably see them tonight, and then, oh my gosh, then there's Derrick, B's brother, he's ten or eleven, he's just awesome," she finished and smiled.
Piper was now feeling really threatened by Ellie, even though she had already told herself that Bradin was a lost cause and not to worry about him. It just bothered her that this girl knew more about Bradin and his family than she even thought she would know.
"Alright, well anyways, lets start this up then, Ellie, you're just gunna have to live without me for a while," Bradin joked and Ellie rolled her eyes and went all dramatic.
"Oh no, how will I go on," she cried and put her hand to her forehead for effect for a few seconds before Bradin poked her and she smiled and pumped her hip on his. Anyone else would have thought they were playing, but even Piper could see that they were doing their little flirting ritual.
"No really, I have a bunch of homework anyway, I'll just sit at the table, you two get your project started," Ellie told them as she went to her back pack and retrieved her binders and a pencil.
"Alright, as of now till you're done, I'm invisible."
"Alright so in this project we have to…," she started and for the next couple of hours they talked about the project and finished their other homework. So far Piper had met everyone that Ellie had mentioned before including Erika and Nikki's little "friend" Cameron. They were just wrapping up and Piper had called her dad to pick her up from the house. She pushed the end button on the phone just as Bradin and Ellie reappeared, both in wetsuits, Ellie in a bikini top.
"Where did that come from," Piper asked of Ellie's suit and bathing suit?
"Oh, I always keep one of my bathing suits in Bradin's drawer for after school surfing, and this wetsuit is Ava's," Ellie explained, not sure why she had to, at least to this girl. She gave her a why-are-you-asking-and-why-do-you-care face.
"Uh-huh, so then you must be really close with this whole family unit then I guess?"
"Well yah, that kind of goes with the best friend territory I guess," Ellie was getting a little fed up with the twenty questions this girl was feeding her.
"Alright guys, come on," Bradin tried.
"No its okay Bradin, I just think its so adorable you know, just really adorable," Piper said sarcastically. With that Ellie was in her face with two long steps.
"Okay what's your problem, last time I checked, I never did anything to you so what's your beef with me," Ellie growled.
"Girls," Bradin warned them, coming up to the two girls that were face to face.
"Oh there's no problem, I'm envious really, I wish I had a friend like Bradin, actually I've seen this episode on Teen Soap Drama, yah the friends with benefits thing am I right," Piper's right side was telling her to stop being so jealous, but her wrong side was telling her that what she was doing was okay?
"I have an idea, why don't you stop now while I'm restraining myself before I collide my fist into your face," Ellie was fuming now.
"Alright now that's enough," Bradin said, pushing them apart and stepping in between. Just then a car horn honked from outside and Piper stepped back, still glaring at Ellie.
"Bradin, I'll see you tomorrow at school, we'll do the project at MY house this weekend, You," she looked at Ellie, "if you see me, pretend like you don't know me."
"My pleasure, and if you see me, do yourself a favor and take two steps back and stay out of my way," Ellie growled and kept on glaring at her as she left.
"Bye," Bradin called as she walked out the door. When the door shut, or rather slammed after her, Bradin turned to Ellie.
"What was THAT," he screamed?
Ellie rolled her eyes and grabbed Bradin's wrist, dragging him out the back door. "This is going to be a project from hell," he thought as he let Ellie drag him out of the house!
From the second stair balcony the entire rest of the house and Cameron looked down at where they were.
"Teen Soap Drama, yah I think I've watched that one before," Nikki joked. Everyone else nodded or rolled their eyes in astonishment.
So that's it for this chapter, I know its kinda small but its more like a linking chapter anyway. Hope you liked it. Next chapter involves more project drama of course!
Disclaimer- Sadly I own nothing related to Summerland( I wish I owned Jesse or Bradin but that's what wishes are for), I do own the ideas of Piper and Ellie and this story, perhaps not the exact idea but forgive me if you had thought of it before. I'm only human. Thank you.
Before you read this chapter please read the last one because I changed it, its longer it involves Ellie's party. Thank you.
Chapter 7: Project From Hell
Monday morning Bradin sat in first period tapping his pencil on his desk, looking out the window absentmindedly, only half listening to Mr. Baldwin talk about some project they were going to do. He snapped out of it when he heard the man say something about choosing partners and he started naming off people in the class, and he fully paid attention.
"Adams…Parker."
"Daniels…McAllister."
"Simpson…Daley."
"Westerly…Wood."
Bradin turned to see Piper looking at him some what happily that she would be working with someone she knew and he smiled relieved too. Just as he finished the list the bell rang and everyone bustled to get up. Bradin waited for Piper to join him at the door and he spoke up as she plopped up next to him.
"So I really hope you were paying attention because I have no idea what this project is about," he said as they stepped out the door.
Piper laughed a little, "Don't worry, I got it all right here." She tapped her binder.
"Good, so although I have no idea what its about, I'm pretty sure its important to my grade so did you want to meet somewhere tonight to fill me in," Bradin asked?
"Sure, how about your place, mines a big mess right now, we're getting new carpet and that old boring story."
"Oh no, carpet fascinates me, please tell me more, please, please," Bradin joked and she pushed him a little to the side, "Alright then, my place it is, meet me at the front doors after school and we'll go from there."
"Sounds like a plan," she nodded. Just then Ellie walked timidly up to them.
"Oh, hey El, Piper and me have a project so she's going to walk home with us today okay," he half said and half asked.
"Sure," she looked down at the ground. Piper noticed this and spoke up.
"Well I'm gunna go, I'll meet you guys later."
"Bye," Bradin started but she had already veered left down the hall. "Oh this is going to be interesting," he thought as he and Ellie made their way to their next class.
Later that day Bradin stood at the front of the school with Ellie by his side, waiting for Piper to join them. Just as Bradin was thinking about if this was really a good idea or not, Piper stepped into his path of view.
"Ready," she asked?
"As ready as I'm gunna get," Bradin thought, but said, "Yah, lets go."
He lead the way to his house, and the girls dragged behind him on either of his sides. When they entered the house Piper noticed how at home Ellie was. How she plopped her backpack down in a spot that she knew all to well. How she kicked off her shoes in the spot next to Bradin's and the other people that lived in the house. How she helped herself to two Pepsi's and a bag of chips, set them on the table, and started chomping on them. She opened both cokes and as Bradin ushered Piper in after him, she set one to the side for him and he took it without a second thought, like it must have been a regular for them after a busy day. As she walked up with her hands in her back pockets, looking at them timidly, Ellie knocked out of her snack time trance.
"Oh, I'm sorry, reflex, did you want something to drink," she asked, as if it were her house?
"Um, sure, what your drinking is fine."
"Sorry if that scared you, we just kind of do this EVERYDAY so its gotten to were we don't even think about it," Bradin apologized.
"No, no, that's fine, I think its cool, you guys have a system," she said as Ellie handed her a Pepsi.
"Actually we do, we come home, have chips and coke, do homework, then surfing for a couple of hours, then if there's any day left we go for Smoothies or to Jay's shop, Jay is one of my aunts roommates, I live with my aunt, her three roommates, and my little brother and sister, I've never told you that before I don't think," Bradin explained.
Piper's eyes widened in recognition and the fact that there was a lot to Bradin Westerly that she didn't know.
"Don't worry, you get used to it fast, Bradin's Aunt Ava is totally the coolest Aunt in the world and she has impeccable fashion sense, and Jay surfs a lot and he's always teaching us stuff, and then there's Susannah, who is almost as cool as Ava and she's really business savvy, and Johnny is really nice too, he's never gotten mad at a single thing I've ever done, even if it involved Bradin getting into some trouble," Ellie gushed but Bradin interrupted her at the last comment.
"You NEVER get me in trouble El, I'm the one explaining what happened to your scared parents most of the time," he put in and Ellie smiled.
"Still, and then there's Erika, Bradin's old surf instructor and Jay's girlfriend, she lives with Jay, and she's so gorgeous, then Nikki, that's Bradin's sister, she's almost fourteen now, and she is a total doll, her and her little boyfriend/best friend are always hanging around here so you'll probably see them tonight, and then, oh my gosh, then there's Derrick, B's brother, he's ten or eleven, he's just awesome," she finished and smiled.
Piper was now feeling really threatened by Ellie, even though she had already told herself that Bradin was a lost cause and not to worry about him. It just bothered her that this girl knew more about Bradin and his family than she even thought she would know.
"Alright, well anyways, lets start this up then, Ellie, you're just gunna have to live without me for a while," Bradin joked and Ellie rolled her eyes and went all dramatic.
"Oh no, how will I go on," she cried and put her hand to her forehead for effect for a few seconds before Bradin poked her and she smiled and pumped her hip on his. Anyone else would have thought they were playing, but even Piper could see that they were doing their little flirting ritual.
"No really, I have a bunch of homework anyway, I'll just sit at the table, you two get your project started," Ellie told them as she went to her back pack and retrieved her binders and a pencil.
"Alright, as of now till you're done, I'm invisible."
"Alright so in this project we have to…," she started and for the next couple of hours they talked about the project and finished their other homework. So far Piper had met everyone that Ellie had mentioned before including Erika and Nikki's little "friend" Cameron. They were just wrapping up and Piper had called her dad to pick her up from the house. She pushed the end button on the phone just as Bradin and Ellie reappeared, both in wetsuits, Ellie in a bikini top.
"Where did that come from," Piper asked of Ellie's suit and bathing suit?
"Oh, I always keep one of my bathing suits in Bradin's drawer for after school surfing, and this wetsuit is Ava's," Ellie explained, not sure why she had to, at least to this girl. She gave her a why-are-you-asking-and-why-do-you-care face.
"Uh-huh, so then you must be really close with this whole family unit then I guess?"
"Well yah, that kind of goes with the best friend territory I guess," Ellie was getting a little fed up with the twenty questions this girl was feeding her.
"Alright guys, come on," Bradin tried.
"No its okay Bradin, I just think its so adorable you know, just really adorable," Piper said sarcastically. With that Ellie was in her face with two long steps.
"Okay what's your problem, last time I checked, I never did anything to you so what's your beef with me," Ellie growled.
"Girls," Bradin warned them, coming up to the two girls that were face to face.
"Oh there's no problem, I'm envious really, I wish I had a friend like Bradin, actually I've seen this episode on Teen Soap Drama, yah the friends with benefits thing am I right," Piper's right side was telling her to stop being so jealous, but her wrong side was telling her that what she was doing was okay?
"I have an idea, why don't you stop now while I'm restraining myself before I collide my fist into your face," Ellie was fuming now.
"Alright now that's enough," Bradin said, pushing them apart and stepping in between. Just then a car horn honked from outside and Piper stepped back, still glaring at Ellie.
"Bradin, I'll see you tomorrow at school, we'll do the project at MY house this weekend, You," she looked at Ellie, "if you see me, pretend like you don't know me."
"My pleasure, and if you see me, do yourself a favor and take two steps back and stay out of my way," Ellie growled and kept on glaring at her as she left.
"Bye," Bradin called as she walked out the door. When the door shut, or rather slammed after her, Bradin turned to Ellie.
"What was THAT," he screamed?
Ellie rolled her eyes and grabbed Bradin's wrist, dragging him out the back door. "This is going to be a project from hell," he thought as he let Ellie drag him out of the house!
From the second stair balcony the entire rest of the house and Cameron looked down at where they were.
"Teen Soap Drama, yah I think I've watched that one before," Nikki joked. Everyone else nodded or rolled their eyes in astonishment.
So that's it for this chapter, I know its kinda small but its more like a linking chapter anyway. Hope you liked it. Next chapter involves more project drama of course!