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Chapter 10

Bradin, Derrick, and Jay were playing cards in the living room when Johnny stormed through the door with Nikki walking miserably in his wake.

Nikki stood at the edge of the living room, and Bradin noticed that she'd been crying. He stood up and started to go over to her, but Johnny stopped him.

"Bradin, Derrick," said Johnny in a firm voice, "go upstairs."

Bradin stopped and looked for a minute like he was going to argue, but after looking at Johnny's face he thought better of it and went upstairs with Derrick.

"I don't even know where to begin Nicole Westerly," stormed Johnny.

Nikki looked up at the sound of her real name being used.

"What's going on?" questioned Jay.

"When I got to Cameron's," said Johnny, "I found them making out on the couch, and he had his hands up her shirt."

"WHAT?" shouted Jay.

"I'm sorry," whispered Nikki.

"You're damn straight you're sorry," said Johnny. For five minutes no one spoke until he said. "Go to bed Nikki. We'll deal with this in the morning."

Nikki just stood there and looked at them with eyes that were pleading for forgiveness.

"Now Nikki," said Jay.

Nikki ran up the stairs until she got to her room.

When Bradin heard Nikki go into her room, he went downstairs to see what he could find out about his little sister.

"I can't believe that they did this," said Johnny as he buried his face in his hands.

"Yes you can," said Jay, "because it's what we did when we were their age.

"I know," said Johnny thoughtfully, "but this just seems -."

"-different," finished Jay. "Even though I was in Cameron's position when
I was his age," said Jay, "I can't help feeling mad at him."

"I know what you mean," said Johnny, "I was so mad when I walked in and
found them. I just don't know what we're going to do. It feels
hypocritical to ground her."

"I know," said Jay, "but what would Ava do?"

"I don't know," said Johnny. "I know that she would flip out though. I almost think that we should call her and fill her in, but I don't want she
and Susannah to think that we can't handle things."

"Didn't you knock?" asked Jay. "They would heard you and stopped."

"I was getting soaked," said Johnny, "so I just walked in."

Bradin walked in and sat next to Johnny on the couch.

"What did Nik do?" asked Bradin.

Johnny and Jay filled Bradin in on what was going on with his sister.

"I could kill Cameron," said Bradin.

"Yeah," said Johnny, "I think that we all feel that way."

"If I had known what she'd done, I would have figured that you guys
would've yelled at her for a lot longer than that," said Bradin with a grin. "Cause it's only 10:00. When I came in after surfing at midnight
Jay yelled at me for ten minutes straight."

"Yeah well," said Jay in a sheepish, "this is different, we felt
hypocritical."

"Well it is kind of hypocritical," said Bradin with a grin. "You guys
basically gave me a condom and slapped me on the back."

"Well this is different," said Johnny. "You're 17 and Nikki is 13. Besides it isn't like we were going to talk you out of what you were doing or forbid you to do it. Nikki is still young enough that she has to listen
to us."

"Guess you're right," said Bradin in a smart ass voice, "good luck with that. My sister isn't your average 13 year-old. She's brilliant and she can probably talk her way out of whatever you guys are going to say or do.
What are you going to say or do?"

"Grounded until Ava gets home," said Johnny.

"Then Ava can decide," said Jay.

"'Grounded,'" said Bradin, "can mean many different things. Like can she talk on the phone, is she allowed to leave the house? I'm just saying that Nik can weasel her way out of anything by saying that she didn't know what
you meant."

"Good point," said Jay.

"She can't do anything until Ava gets home," said Johnny in a decided
voice, "she is here for the next two weeks, with no phone, TV, or
computer."

"Wow," said Bradin, "harsh. I'm gonna go get some sleep, night."

"Night," said Jay and Johnny.

"Do you think that it's fair?" asked Johnny as soon as Bradin had
disappeared upstairs.

"Yeah," said Jay. "I have a feeling that Bradin is going to say something
to her."

"I'm going to bed," said Johnny as he got off the couch, "because it is
going to be a long day tomorrow."

"Night," said Jay.

"Night," said Johnny.