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The Dinner Party.
That night Cat came over at six. She was alone, with out Ian. Bradin stood just out of the people on the first floors sight and watched the exchange.
"Hey, Cat good to see you again". Ava said as she hugged Cat just after she entered.
Cat had changed into a long tight shirt and long pants.
"It's good to see you too Ava." Cat said
"There's the fashion model." Susannah said as she gave Cat a hug too.
Next was Johnny. He hugged her and kissed her forehead. "It's been awhile."
"That it has." Cat said to Johnny.
Cat finally got through the door and down the steps. Bradin noticed she had a slight limp. Jay came into the house from his room and gave her a kiss on the head. "Glad you could make it." Jay said
"Bradin, Niki, Derrick come down here." Johnny yelled up the stairs.
Bradin was the first to start down the stairs but Niki and Derrick ran down blowing past him.
"Cat." Derrick cried as he recognized her.
"Hey cutie." Cat said as Derrick grabbed her legs causing her to put her arms against the walls around her to keep from falling on top of him.
"Derrick let her go." Niki said from behind him.
Derrick did as he was told.
"Long time no see, Niki." Cat said.
"I missed you, you were the one person in Kansas, I told everything too." Niki said as she hugged Cat.
"Well, you stopped telling me. What's this I hear about you and Cameron?" Cat asked.
"I'll tell you later." Niki said as she let Cat go and backed away.
Bradin was now down the stairs and right behind his sister.
"Hey Bradin." Cat said
"Hey, good to see you again." Bradin said as he hugged her.
"Dinners ready." Ava called from the kitchen. Everybody walked to the kitchen and sat down. Ava and Johnny sat at the heads of the table with Susannah, Derrick, and Niki on one side, and Bradin, Cat and Jay on the other. They started eating when Ava spoke up.
"So how do you guys know each other." She asked
"Cat was Bradin's first girlfriend." Niki said
"Shut up Niki." Bradin said, if he had been across from her he would have kick her.
"Really my parents were friends with theirs, I used to live in Kansas. Since Bradin and I were born about the same time we became good friends." Cat said
"So you are a girl that is his friend." Ava said
"Yea." Cat answered
"When did your family move here?" Susannah asked, "You never told us."
"When I turned 15, since about the time you guys met me."
"Whose in your family, you never talked about them before." Johnny asked.
"Ian." Cat said
Cat looked at Jay and Jay looked at her.
"Ian?" Johnny asked.
"My younger brother, he's about Derrick's age."
"What about your parents." Ava asked
"They died, right after we moved here. I live with my Uncle now."
The rest of the meal they talked about random things. When dinner ended they all moved to the back porch.
"Bradin can I talk to you?" Cat asked
"Sure." Bradin said. The two headed toward the water. The other six remained on the porch watching the two silowets on the beach. Bradin stepped in front of Cat so they couldn't see her clearly.
"Bradin about the last time I saw you." Cat began.
"I saw you in the beach. I was just worried. I hadn't seen you for about two years. I thought you had disappeared or were hiding from me."
"Thanks for worrying, but I wasn't talking about that night. The last two night I saw you in Kansas."
"Oh, those times."
"Yea."
"I didn't tell anybody if that is what you were thinking." Bradin said.
"No, that's not it."
"Then what?"
"What I said to you, I meant it."
"What?"
"Do you remember what I said?"
"Yea, clear as day."
"I meant every word, with and without the guns pointed at out heads."
Bradin was silent for a minute. He wasn't sure how to react. Cat turned to look at him. One thing came to his mind. He leaned toward Cat's face and kissed her. It was short but passionate.
"I meant what I said too." Bradin said. He had his forehead against Cat's. He looked from her lips to her ocean blue eyes. She looked back at his eyes. He leaned in again and kissed her again, this one longer.
Back on the porch
"Something happened the two night before she left between them." Niki said to on one in particular.
"What do you mean?" Ava asked
"He would go to her house every night for the month before her family left. The second to last time he came home he acted different."
"How different?" Susannah asked.
"Well he would always say good-night to everyone, then he would go to bed. But the last night he came home, he tried to sneak in. My parents heard him come in, but he didn't enter the family room, so they went to check on him. I heard him yelling to them telling them to leave, and then something broke. But the next day after he came back from her house he was back to normal." Niki said
Jay hadn't said anything through out this whole thing. But he watched the two seventeen year olds. Everybody else watched them too, and watched them walk up. They sat on the porch for a while and talked when Cat looked at her watch.
"I think I should go now." Cat said
"I'll give you a ride." Jay said as he stood up.
"What time is it?" Ava asked
"Almost ten." Cat said
"Well, it's time for you to go to bed Derrick." Ava said.
Derrick got up and hugged Cat then went toward the stairs.
"I think I should too." Niki said. "Come by soon." She said to Cat.
"Sure." Cat said.
She waited for the two youngest to go up the stairs then turned to the adults. Bradin stood behind her. "Thanks for dinner." She said
"No, problem, stop by soon." Ava said as she got up and hugged Cat goodbye.
"Yea, next time I will fit you for one of our outfits." Susannah said as she hugged Cat.
"Thanks." Cat said
"See you later kiddo." Johnny said
"Bye." Cat said to him
Jay headed toward the door, Cat followed. She turned around "See you tomorrow Bradin." She said as she went out the door.
"Are you seeing her tomorrow?" Johnny asked
"Yea, she wants to see me surf." Bradin said as he headed for the stairs so he could get some sleep.
End of Chapter
What happened between the two teens, could it have been something horrible. And why would there be guns pointed at their heads. You will have to review to find out.
Tell me what you guys think.
The Dinner Party.
That night Cat came over at six. She was alone, with out Ian. Bradin stood just out of the people on the first floors sight and watched the exchange.
"Hey, Cat good to see you again". Ava said as she hugged Cat just after she entered.
Cat had changed into a long tight shirt and long pants.
"It's good to see you too Ava." Cat said
"There's the fashion model." Susannah said as she gave Cat a hug too.
Next was Johnny. He hugged her and kissed her forehead. "It's been awhile."
"That it has." Cat said to Johnny.
Cat finally got through the door and down the steps. Bradin noticed she had a slight limp. Jay came into the house from his room and gave her a kiss on the head. "Glad you could make it." Jay said
"Bradin, Niki, Derrick come down here." Johnny yelled up the stairs.
Bradin was the first to start down the stairs but Niki and Derrick ran down blowing past him.
"Cat." Derrick cried as he recognized her.
"Hey cutie." Cat said as Derrick grabbed her legs causing her to put her arms against the walls around her to keep from falling on top of him.
"Derrick let her go." Niki said from behind him.
Derrick did as he was told.
"Long time no see, Niki." Cat said.
"I missed you, you were the one person in Kansas, I told everything too." Niki said as she hugged Cat.
"Well, you stopped telling me. What's this I hear about you and Cameron?" Cat asked.
"I'll tell you later." Niki said as she let Cat go and backed away.
Bradin was now down the stairs and right behind his sister.
"Hey Bradin." Cat said
"Hey, good to see you again." Bradin said as he hugged her.
"Dinners ready." Ava called from the kitchen. Everybody walked to the kitchen and sat down. Ava and Johnny sat at the heads of the table with Susannah, Derrick, and Niki on one side, and Bradin, Cat and Jay on the other. They started eating when Ava spoke up.
"So how do you guys know each other." She asked
"Cat was Bradin's first girlfriend." Niki said
"Shut up Niki." Bradin said, if he had been across from her he would have kick her.
"Really my parents were friends with theirs, I used to live in Kansas. Since Bradin and I were born about the same time we became good friends." Cat said
"So you are a girl that is his friend." Ava said
"Yea." Cat answered
"When did your family move here?" Susannah asked, "You never told us."
"When I turned 15, since about the time you guys met me."
"Whose in your family, you never talked about them before." Johnny asked.
"Ian." Cat said
Cat looked at Jay and Jay looked at her.
"Ian?" Johnny asked.
"My younger brother, he's about Derrick's age."
"What about your parents." Ava asked
"They died, right after we moved here. I live with my Uncle now."
The rest of the meal they talked about random things. When dinner ended they all moved to the back porch.
"Bradin can I talk to you?" Cat asked
"Sure." Bradin said. The two headed toward the water. The other six remained on the porch watching the two silowets on the beach. Bradin stepped in front of Cat so they couldn't see her clearly.
"Bradin about the last time I saw you." Cat began.
"I saw you in the beach. I was just worried. I hadn't seen you for about two years. I thought you had disappeared or were hiding from me."
"Thanks for worrying, but I wasn't talking about that night. The last two night I saw you in Kansas."
"Oh, those times."
"Yea."
"I didn't tell anybody if that is what you were thinking." Bradin said.
"No, that's not it."
"Then what?"
"What I said to you, I meant it."
"What?"
"Do you remember what I said?"
"Yea, clear as day."
"I meant every word, with and without the guns pointed at out heads."
Bradin was silent for a minute. He wasn't sure how to react. Cat turned to look at him. One thing came to his mind. He leaned toward Cat's face and kissed her. It was short but passionate.
"I meant what I said too." Bradin said. He had his forehead against Cat's. He looked from her lips to her ocean blue eyes. She looked back at his eyes. He leaned in again and kissed her again, this one longer.
Back on the porch
"Something happened the two night before she left between them." Niki said to on one in particular.
"What do you mean?" Ava asked
"He would go to her house every night for the month before her family left. The second to last time he came home he acted different."
"How different?" Susannah asked.
"Well he would always say good-night to everyone, then he would go to bed. But the last night he came home, he tried to sneak in. My parents heard him come in, but he didn't enter the family room, so they went to check on him. I heard him yelling to them telling them to leave, and then something broke. But the next day after he came back from her house he was back to normal." Niki said
Jay hadn't said anything through out this whole thing. But he watched the two seventeen year olds. Everybody else watched them too, and watched them walk up. They sat on the porch for a while and talked when Cat looked at her watch.
"I think I should go now." Cat said
"I'll give you a ride." Jay said as he stood up.
"What time is it?" Ava asked
"Almost ten." Cat said
"Well, it's time for you to go to bed Derrick." Ava said.
Derrick got up and hugged Cat then went toward the stairs.
"I think I should too." Niki said. "Come by soon." She said to Cat.
"Sure." Cat said.
She waited for the two youngest to go up the stairs then turned to the adults. Bradin stood behind her. "Thanks for dinner." She said
"No, problem, stop by soon." Ava said as she got up and hugged Cat goodbye.
"Yea, next time I will fit you for one of our outfits." Susannah said as she hugged Cat.
"Thanks." Cat said
"See you later kiddo." Johnny said
"Bye." Cat said to him
Jay headed toward the door, Cat followed. She turned around "See you tomorrow Bradin." She said as she went out the door.
"Are you seeing her tomorrow?" Johnny asked
"Yea, she wants to see me surf." Bradin said as he headed for the stairs so he could get some sleep.
End of Chapter
What happened between the two teens, could it have been something horrible. And why would there be guns pointed at their heads. You will have to review to find out.
Tell me what you guys think.