She's No You

Chapter 7

A/N: In this chapter, I mention someone by the name of "Damien" as working in the store. I OWN HIM. He's completely made up and he is not really on the show Summerland. Thanks! Keep the feedback coming! It's awesome! Also, I have a job, school, the school musical and SOOO much more to do, so this will be off and on. I do have up to Chapter 11 wrote, but I need to "update" them a little, so I'll keep trying to update as often as possible! Thanks for the patience!

Disclaimer: Hey guys! I do not own Summerland or the cast, I just own the fictional characters, the story line and the title of the story, She's No You. I do not own the song, She's No You by Jesse McCartney. So...no stealing! Thanks guys!

"Hey Avery," he said with a straight face. I could tell he wasn't too happy with me.

"You two know each other?" Ava frowned with a small smile. I nodded and looked down at the sand. "Oh! That's good! This is Bradin's friend, Lucas." She smiled and pointed at Lucas.

"Yeah, I met Bradin and Lucas at school today," I sighed and looked away. Nikki frowned and looked from Bradin and then back to me. I sighed and looked away.

"That's great!" Ava smiled. "Okay, well, we're about to start having some fun! There are marshmallows in the bag over there and other s'more fixings, help yourself. There are also some beach chairs up here that you can carry down to the water to sit on if you'd like. Make yourselves at home," she smiled.

"Bradin, Avery's our neighbor," Nikki smiled at Bradin. He nodded.

"Aunt Ava, Lucas and I are going to head down to Jay's shop and just hang out, okay?" Bradin said. I understood why he wouldn't want to be around me...I couldn't blame him. I completely ignored him on the entire day and avoided him.

"I want it closed up by 9, okay? I have Damien working it right now. Tell him he can take off now," Jay said. Bradin nodded and went to head down the beach with Lucas.

"Bradin! Take Avery with you!" Ava smiled at him. "You two can get to know each other better." She smiled and nodded. I sighed and looked up at him. He looked angry and Lucas sighed and put his head down. I looked back at my mom and she nodded. I sighed and followed Bradin and Lucas down the beach. When we were out of sight of the adults, I stayed back behind them a little ways and let them stay ahead. I knew Bradin didn't want me to be there and Lucas didn't either, so I decided to help them out a little bit and give them space. But then Nikki, Amber and Cameron caught up.

"Hey! Why are you all the way back here?" Nikki asked me.

"If you haven't noticed already, Bradin and I met this morning and we don't get along that well," I sighed. I looked up ahead at the two boys laughing and goofing off. "I mean, don't get me wrong, they seem nice and all...they're just not my type." I sighed and shrugged.

"Amber and Cameron were never my type," Nikki said. "And you know, it's funny, because Bradin was never Lucas's type, either. But they've turned out to be friends." Nikki shrugged. "I mean, it's up to you whether you hang out with them or not. I know it's a tough thing. But Bradin would completely understand if you just talked to him." She smiled a small smile. "Hey Bradin!" She yelled up ahead. He turned around. "Wait for us!" She yelled and dragged me up towards them. Amber and Cameron ran up behind us.

"Nik, my mom wants me home earlier tonight. I'm going to go catch a ride from Cam's dad," Amber smiled. "Thanks for having me over, though."

"Yeah, same here. I'm going to spend the weekend at my mom's. I'll see ya," Cameron smiled and they ran off.

"Bye guys! Bradin, I'm going to go and help entertain our guests with Aunt Ava. I'll see ya later," Nikki winked at me and headed back to the bond fire. I sighed awkwardly and looked back up at Bradin. Just do it...just re-introduce yourself or something. I sighed. I looked over at him.

"Could...we start over?" I asked him with a sigh. "I mean, I didn't mean to be the way I was...well, I did, but I--"

He cut me off with a smile. "Bradin Westerly."