Dancing in the Rain

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Chapter 3 - Telling Bradin

Gabbie watched in awe as one of her good friends kissed, and clearly cheated on her boyfriend. Gabbie gasped when she saw Callie look in her direction. Callie's smile faded and she jumped up from the table and headed outside. Gabbie tried to pretend she didn't see anything and turn her head.

"What did you see?" Callie exclaimed and sighed as she looked at Gabbie. Gabbie looked away, and then her embarrassment and shock turned to anger.

"How could you cheat on your boyfriend, Callie? I don't know Bradin, but he seems like a really, really nice guy and you go and ruin things?" Gabbie asked in anger. Her face was flushed and her voice was rising. She didn't care who saw her yelling. She wanted Callie to know how mad she was.

"I may not have ruined things...if you can keep this to yourself," Callie sighed, much more calm then before. Gabbie went to say something, but Callie cut her off. "No, listen to me, Gabs. Like you said, you don't know Bradin. He is such a nice guy and he accepted me into his heart and that means a lot. But I know he still has feelings for his ex, Sara. They were really close and I can't get involved and have him break my heart." Callie sighed, sure of her self that it was a good enough reason.

"Like you just broke his?" Gabbie asked with anger. She shook her head. "I can't believe you, Callie. You, of all people." She sighed and walked away. Gabbie had no idea what to do. She knew she needed to tell Noah...and she knew that Noah would need to tell Bradin. Sure, like she had said, she didn't know Bradin. But Gabbie was someone that couldn't not tell someone something important like this. Therefore, she wasn't very trustworthy for most people. She didn't know where to go. She needed to find Noah. She decided to head home since she wasn't doing anything else today. She hoped that Noah was there.

Gabbie walked inside the house and tossed her small duffle bag on the counter top. She rubbed her head that was throbbing from thinking and popped the top to the bottle of Anacin she found in the medicine cabnet. She filled a glass of water from the fridge and took the medicine.

"Rough day?" She heard a voice behind her. She turned and saw Bradin and Noah, each with a can of Dr. Pepper. Gabbie sighed and faked a smile with a small nod.

"Yeah, I didn't feel well after the game and decided to come home for a little while," Gabbie nodded and sat down at the bar seat at the counter. She tucked a strand of hair behind her ear.

"That's what the girls said," Bradin frowned slightly. "We got worried when we came home and you weren't here." Bradin said. Bradin wasn't stupid. He knew Gabbie was keeping something from them, but he wasn't sure what. Bradin was sure Noah had a feeling on what was going on just as much. Bradin took a swig of his soda.

"Oh...yeah, well, afterwards I felt sick and thought I might need some fresh air, ya know? Not the air by the water because it's all salty, but the fresh, fresh air that makes everyone feel better--" Gabbie rambled about nothing, really, unless you call talking about the air something.

"Right," Bradin nodded, confused, and cut her off. Gabbie nodded and looked around.

"But, I feel a lot better now, so, I'm going to go outside and practice my serves," Gabbie glanced at Noah and walked past them outside. She was hoping that her brother would take the hint. She tucked a strand of hair behind her ear and walked to the sand below her. She picked up her old, worn volleyball that she had since she was little. She spiked it up in the air.

"So...what happened?" She heard Noah's voice behind her. She sighed heavily. She wanted him to know she wasn't happy about this. She wasn't happy about spying on her old friend. She wasn't happy about being mad at Callie right now. "Gabbie...something happened. I know something happened. The way you were acting...about air?" Noah chuckled. Gabbie turned to him with a frown.

"Okay, Callie's cheating on him. You happy now?" Gabbie muttered rudely and walked towards the net they had positioned in their "yard".

"No," Noah shook his head with a sigh. "I'm not happy, Gabs, and you know that. What is your problem? Why are you so mad?" Noah frowned and shook his head. He, personally, thought it sounded a lot like PMS, but he wasn't about to start that one with his sister. He had been there done that.

"Why am I so mad? Because, Noah, I love Callie. She is one of my best friends. Sure, she was new a few years back and she is different. But she is my friend. We all wanted to be more like Callie because she was like a role model. And now...now she is cheating on someone?" Gabbie sighed and looked down. "It's almost like everything we've always watched and seen has been fake. I mean, first with mom dying and then dad going crazy with alcohol...now this. Who am I supposed to look up to? I don't even know anymore." Gabbie sighed and hit the volleyball straight up in the air.

"Yourself, Gabbie. You can't depend on Callie. You, obviously, didn't know Callie like you thought. That's okay," Noah shrugged and put his arm around his sister. "It's all going to be okay."

"I know, I just feel bad," Gabbie said with a few tears in her eyes. "How are you going to tell Bradin?"

They heard someone clear their throat behind them. "Tell Bradin what?"

A/N: Okay, so, I know this is shorter...but I have to end it here, lol. I'll write more! Promise!