I noticed a few "errors" in this chapter so its a little revised.
Special thanks: to all the reviewers from Chapter 1: Huntress k, Lolly81, Babyangel86, Firmament, All Grown Up, idlehands452, GUEVERACALE452
ZombieGurl98 - I tried my best not to make Logan stiff. LoL.
NoAngell - I won't be abandoning my story. I'm not like some people cough cough
Original D - definitely read "Summer Magic" - its one of the best M/L fics ever written, in my opinion.
ML fan – thanks a bunch for beta-ing this chapter.
Once again, thank you to for all the encouraging reviews! It made my day. You don't know how happy I was to know that people were actually reading this story. LOL.
And without further ado, a longer chapter (as promised)...
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Chapter 2: A Night At The Beach
A hip-hop ringtone rang for the second time that day. An African-American girl, looking very very irritated, flipped open the phone and answered.
"Yo, whoever's callin bettah make it quick cuz Original Cindy's busy." The girl said with an attitude similar to Max's.
"Chill, Cindy. It's just me."
A whisper was heard in the background as Max enhanced her hearing to listen to her best friend.
"Max, this better be good 'cuz Original Cindy had to turn down this fine sexy-mama to talk to ya." Her voice was angry.
"Nothin', just wondering if you got any ideas for us to do over the summer."
Original Cindy paused, then her voice blasted through the phone. "Girl, that's all you gonna ask Original Cindy?!? Why don't you just come to the beach? You know I'll be workin' here all summer.The boss cannot stop his 'bip bip bippings and one of these days, Original Cindy is gonna explode. If he ain't my boss, Original Cindy would've gotten his ass kicked all the way to Seattle. It's all worth it for the fine lickety-chicks I get to meet. Woo, talkin about lickety-chicks...there was this fine ass Asian chick I met while...."
"OC! I go for the other team, remember?" Max said cutting Original Cindy off, not wanting to hear anymore of her lesbian stories.
"..anyway, boo, you gotta come to the beach today. They be having this annual end of the school-year party."
"Sounds like fun. Oh, mind if I get a job at the beach too?"
"Original Cindy will see what she can do."
"Thanks, boo. I owe you." Max said while walking upstairs to her bedroom.
"Anything for you, sistah." Original Cindy hung up.
"Shit, now what should I wear?" Max said to herself as she went through her closet.
After frantic searches and piles of clothes stacked up on the floor, Max chose a black side-tie hipster two-piece bikini to wear for the occasion.
Hmm... a little too revealing. Maybe I need something to cover up some skin... Max thought as she looked thoroughly at herself in the mirror.
Another frantic search and she had found what was missing. To complete the outfit, she wore a sarong that draped around her hips. Perfect. Now to see Kendra's reaction.
The doorbell rung eight times sporadically creating a special code only Max and her best friends could recognize.
"I'll be right there, Kendra!"
"Hurry up, Max. My boyfriend is waiting for me at the beach!!"
After a few minutes, Max swung the front door open to an impatient Kendra. At the sight of Max, Kendra's mouth immediately gaped open with shock.
"Damn, Max. You're wearing that tiny thing?! You gotta be insane! Do you want every boy in the beach worshipping at your feet or something?" Kendra asked as she scrutinized Max's outfit. Max spun around for Kendra, enjoying her reaction to the bikini.
"Kendra, your mind is getting into the gutter again. Anyway, I just wanna look good for once."
"Max, with that body of yours...you'll look good no matter what you wear."
"Thanks, Ken. Right back at ya."
"K, enough small talk. We gotta go." Kendra said with a slight blush.
Max locked the door to her house and walked over to Kendra's red convertible.
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Sunset illuminated the Californian beach as music echoed through the band stage while a no-name band sung their latest single. Luminous lights surrounded the beach house as teenagers gathered around to hear the newest California rock-band play. The waves were calm, providing a sense of relief and calmness into the air. Small tables were situated alongside the beach house as waiters and waitresses waited on the customers; Original Cindy being one of them.
Max and Kendra stood by the sand and marveled at the energetic atmosphere of the beach until they heard a familiar Jamaican voice scream their names.
"Yo, Max and Kendra...my sistahs! Ova here! Jah and I happy to see you girls, mah sistahs."
From a distance, they could see Herbal Thought waving at them and motioning at the table; he had saved a table for five in the center of the party. Hand in hand, afraid to get lost in the crowd, Max and Kendra hurried over to Herbal.
"Herbal! Thanks for the seat, my man."
"Anything for mah sistahs." They exchanged hugs. Max and Herbal talked, as Kendra was busy spotting for her new boyfriend and staring openly at random guys.
"Herbal, you really gotta stop calling me and Ken sistahs...we really aren't related to you at all." Max said as she sat down on the wooden chair next to Herbal.
"Ah, but you girls ARE my sistahs...says so by Jah, the Almighty." Herbal said a matter-of-factly as he raised both of his hands to emphasize "Jah. "
Max just laughed knowing she can never change Herbal's ways. She watched as loud music blasted through the speakers as people got up to dance to the beat of the music.
"Whoo hoo hoo, this place is the shit.", said a voice from behind them.
"Sketchy!"
Sketchy, the wacky-class clown exchanged greeting hugs with his three friends.
"Ah, my mon, welcome to the craziness."
"Wow, you look smokin' today, Max." Sketchy noticed Max's outfit for the first time and looked her body up and down appreciatively.
"Sketchy, you look at me like that again, and you're gonna get your ass kicked!" Max said as she slapped Sketchy on the back of his head, letting his bright yellow visor fall to the floor.
"Ok, Ok...chill out. I was just complimenting you on your beauty." He waved his hand up and down her body.
Slap.
"Ow! Sorry!...for being nice." Sketchy rubbed the back of his head in pain.
SLAP.
"AH!" He fell to the floor, rubbing his throbbing head.
Max was just about to hit him again when Herbal intruded the fight... Max's fight.
"Boys and girls, stop the violence. You will get Jah angry, I say." Herbal said as he stood between Max and Sketchy.
"For now!" Max said as she pointed a threatening finger at Sketchy.
"Whatever. Oh!!...look, that cute chick needs my utmost attention!" Sketchy said hurriedly to get away from Max's sudden violent outburst. He stumbled clumsily to pick up his yellow visor and ran towards some random girl knowing Max's eyes were still pointing daggers at him.
"Men, they're just disgusting sometimes." Max said as she sat down and gulped down her icy cold lemonade completely.
"Whoop, there's my boy! I'll catch you guys later!" said Kendra as she ran over to her unknown boyfriend.
"Wow, I don't think I know any of these people." Max said as she led her eyes wander to Kendra's new boyfriend and then the people hanging out around the beach house.
"They are from the other part of Los Angeles. Ah, Sketchy calls them 'rich snobs.'"
Just when Max was about to comment on how whore-ish the rich girls looked, a guy caught her attention. Somehow, the guy seemed different to her than any other guy on the beach. He wore a tight white sleeveless T-shirt and a red swim trunk. His dirty blonde hair was spiked up, disheveled and wet with water. Max heightened her vision and noticed how sexy he looked with his unshaved stubble. He was wearing a pair of black sunglasses so it was hard to see his eyes, which was all Max wanted to do. The guy was talking to his group of guy friends, smiled and then ran his fingers through his wet hair. The smile was so heartwarming that Max just had to smile herself.
Whoa, why am I getting so worked up over this rich kid? Is it heat? Nah. It's not due for another month.
"Who you starin' at, boo?"
"Max!" Original Cindy had blocked her vision. OC's chest suddenly came into view and the cute guy was out of her sight. She was staring so intently that she had no idea Herbal had left and that Original Cindy had been asking her a question.
"Hey! Move over, Cindy!" she said angrily as she pushed Original Cindy aside. To her surprise, the guy was gone. What a disappointment.
"Who you starin' at, boo?"
"Nothin' just daydreaming, that's all." Max said abruptly to change the subject.
"Aww, Max has got a little crush, doesn't she??" Original Cindy said trying to push Max's buttons. Max was not surprised at all at how well Original Cindy knew her and didn't feel like dealing with her just now.
"I need a drink." Max left Original Cindy staring and wondering what was up with her best friend. Max, on the other hand, didn't care and set out to get another glimpse of the guy.
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"Logan!"
A tall girl wearing a Hawaiian two-piece bikini covered by a long white T-shirt, which failed to hide anything, ran towards her boyfriend. Her short, unmistakably, blonde hair became visible from under the luminous nightlight. She leaned onto her boyfriend's chest, tiptoed and gave him a quick kiss on the lips.
"You're finally done surfing."
"Hey, babe." Logan said as he wrapped an arm around her girlfriend's shoulders.
"Damn, this place is crowded, bro. Got some nice lookin' ladies here, though." Bling said as he checked out all the girls.
"Good thing I met Alec while we were playin' basketball, man. Or else I would've never known about this place. And the surf is hot, you gotta try it out, Bling."
"Beats the computers anytime." said Sebastian carrying his wet surfboard.
"Yo, find us a table, Logan. Gettin' sick of standing here like bums." said Sung, another one of Logan's friends, who can't keep his hands off of his girlfriend.
"Chill out, Sung. It's not that easy finding a table in this huge crowd, y'know."
"Just steal someone elses' or push 'em out."
"Sung, sometimes I wonder how you're ever going to become one with the police." Logan smiled.
"A guy can dream, right?"
Logan's group walked through the crowd of hyperactive teenagers. He noticed an empty table with five seats right in the center of the party and motioned for his friends to come over.
"Hey, wutcha think you're doing, hotboy? This here is Original Cindy's table." OC appeared and pushed Logan on the shoulder.
"Who's Original Cindy?" Logan asked with a confused look on his face.
"That's me. Right in front of yo face." And indeed, OC was right in front of Logan's face, threatening him to find another table.
"Oh, my bad, Original Cindy. You can have your table back." Logan said with an attitude and left.
Hotboy definitely wants to have his ass kicked! Only Max dares to talk back to me like that!
Logan and his group of friends found a table close to where Original Cindy's table was. Bling and Sebastian started flirting with the local girls around their table and Sung and his girlfriend left to use the "bathroom". The band onstage started playing a catchy slow pre-pulse song by Michelle Branch.
"I love this song, Logan. Let's dance." Logan's girlfriend, Asha grabbed his hand and led him onto the center of the dance floor. His hands traveled down to her waist and held her close.
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Meanwhile...
Alec grabbed her sister's hand.
"Sis, I knew you'd show up! C'mon, let's dance."
"Alec, not now. I'm not in the mood." Max said in a childish tone as Alec led her onto the dance floor. Somehow, her mind was still on the guy she knew nothing about yet she cannot get out of her mind.
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