CHAPTER 2

Disclaimer: I do not own anything except Emily, Mom, and Dad.

A/n: vindicated. I am selfish. I am wrong, I am right, I swear I'm right. Sorry song stuck in my head. Alright. Enjoy! Oh, and I think I don't want to put Bradin's POV anymore cause I don't know what he wants to think so this is all Emily's. Oh, and in the other chapter it says "Maybe It's Love" that's a mistake and I really don't want to fix it.

My parents started talking with Ava, Johnny, and Sussanah. Jay went somewhere, which left me with Nikki, Derrick, and Bradin.

"Alright, we'll I'm gonna go to sleep because it's getting late." Derrick said and he went to his room.

"So, Emily wanna go to my room and hang out?" Nikki asked.

"Sure." We both went upstairs to her room.

"Your room is nice." I said. It was white and it had paint splattered all over it.

"Thanks. So, where did you live before coming here?"

"Hawaii."

"That's cool. Ava is our aunt by the way. Our parents died. We used to live in Kansas."

"I'm sorry about that."

"It's ok. We moved here and I guess its kinda better." She smiled.

"That girl I bumped into. You must know her. She was blonde. I think her name was Sarah. She was with Bradin. What's her deal?" I asked. She kinda pissed me off so I wanna know.

"She has some problems. So, Bradin wanted her to get help and she's been lying to him so he tricked her and her parents sent her away to Ohio in an institute." Gosh, ok know I feel sorry for her.

"Harsh."

"Yeah, so tomorrow where having a party. Would you like to come and help us set up? We need all the help we can get."

"Sure. I'm always up for a party." We talked and I got to know her. She's pretty cool. At, 11 o'clock we went home.

The Next Day

I woke up and I decided to go to the beach and think. Everything was sinking in all at one time. I changed and went to the beach. Surprisingly, there were already people there. I just sat on the sand, leaning on a rock. Ugh, I want to go home! Whatever. There's a party tonight and I'll try to have fun. Then someone tapped me on my shoulder.

"Uh, hey." It was Bradin.

"Hmm..." I didn't really want to talk. He sat down next to me. I was watching the waves.

"Sorry about yesterday. Yanno, Sarah."

"Uh, huh. She's your girlfriend, isn't she?"

"Not right now. She scares me a lot, but for some reason I keep going back." I smiled.

"I came out here to think. I didn't think there would be people here this early."

"What are you thinking about?"

"What life would be like if I was back home. How about you?"

"What life would be like if my parents never died." I looked at him.

"Your sister told me yesterday. I'm sorry about that. "

"It's ok. It just happened. So, you're going to the party tonight."

"Yeah, and I'm helping set up."

"Hey, you could help me set up."

"Ok." I was confused.

"I'm the D.J. for the party."

"Oh."

"Yeah, c'mon we can set up now." He stood up and offered his hand to help me up. It's a good thing he lives near the beach. We started walking to his house and I helped get all the stuff in his room downstairs in the backyard.

"Can you say too much stuff?" He laughed. We were in the backyard sitting down. Nikki was with her friend Amber.

"Hey, there all records that THEY listen too." I laughed. He grabbed two Pepsi's and handed one to me.

"I should be getting back lunch is probably ready at home." I stood up.

"No, wait. Why don't I treat you to lunch? I mean you don't know your way around so I'll be your tour guide." I laughed.

"Ok, let me just call my mom." I called my mom and Bradin and I went into town. We ordered some burgers and just sat on the beach and ate.

"Thanks Bray."

"Hey, anytime. Your new."

"Oh, so if i wasn't new you wouldn't be doing this."

"No! Great, I offended you." He said sarcastically. I laughed. We finished our burgers and I went home to get ready for the party. The party was at 5. I decided to wear a t-shrit, shorts, and flip-flops. Bradin came over to walk me to his house.

"You look nice." I rolled my eyes.

"Right." We started walking.

"Your helping me pick out music, right?"

"Ok, I'm just gonna close my eyes and pick."

"Alright, so if they start complaining about the music I know who to blame." I laughed and pushed him playfully. We got to the house and people were already there.

"Bradin! Music please!" Ava yelled. People were already complaining.

"Hey, you have to choose." Bradin said pointing to the pile of records.

"Fine." I chose well I dunno what I chose. I told you I just closed my eyes. I gave it to Bradin and he just gave me an odd look.

"Ok." He started playing it.

"Hey, I told you I just closed my eyes and picked. Don't blame me. Blame my sense of direction." I smiled. Crowds of people started coming. "Festive much?" I asked. Bradin was just wearing a plain t-shirt, jeans, and sneakers. Everyone else was wearing Hawaiian print stuff.

"Look at you!" I gave him a confused look, even though I knew what he was talking about. "You're not festive." I just rolled my eyes. I saw a red lei and put it on myself.

"There. Festive, enough?" He looked at me.

"No." He took off my lei and got a flower from it and put it behind my left ear. "That's better."

"Slick, Bradin. Very slick." He smiled and got another record. I shook my head. "I'm going to get a drink. Want anything?"

"Uh, coke." I went over to the refreshment table and got 2 cokes. Then my cell started ringing.

"Hello?" I answered.

"What the hizzle fa shizzle my nizzle?" Ah, it was my friend Sarina. We're like that, well not really.

"What up homie?" I had my phone against my shoulder holding it to my ear, grabbed the cokes, and started walking toward Bradin. I handed him one.

"Nothing, but I got a surprise for you!" She said in a sing-song voice.

"Alright." I was confused.

"Oh hell, I'll just tell you. I'm visiting you in Playa Linda!" She squeaked.

"HOLY SHIT! REALLY?" Bradin was looking at me like I was crazy. I just stuck my tongue out at him. He laughed.

"Yes, in about 3 days and for a week."

"Alright, well I'll call you later."

"Ok. See ya then!" She hung up. I put my phone back in my pocket.

"What was that about?" Bradin asked.

"My best friend is coming here to visit."

"That's cool."

"Yeah." He kept making me choose records and I'm like ok, whatever. It was about 9 and more people started coming. Bradin and I just kept talking and getting to know each other. He's pretty cool.

"Bored?" Bradin asked.

"Not really." I was sitting on the floor, Indian style, picking out records. He put in a record I didn't choose.

"C'mon." He stood in front of me with his arm out. He helped me up. No one was dancing at the time.

"You want to dance with me?" I asked in confusion.

"Yup." He still had my hand. We got to the dance floor and I put my hands on his shoulder and he put his arms around my waist so he could get closer to me. I was freaking out. I was really close to him. At this point our foreheads could touch. Someone please help! Ok, so I was nervous as hell. I mean I don't like him. Do I? We've only known each other for 2 days. Never mind, I mean one day. We didn't even talk to each other the day we met. The song was over and I let go.

"It's getting kind of late. Don't you think?" I asked. I was looking down.

"Uh, it's only like 10."

"Uh, well my dad is getting home soon and I should be there when he gets home."

"Um, ok. I'll walk you." He said, as he was scratching his head.

"No, you're the D.J. you have to keep playing music."

"It's ok. I'll just let the record play."

"No, you should stay."

"Emily, is there something wrong?"

a/n: Heh, sorry about the spelling/grammar errors. My computer's spell check and grammar check wasn't working and it was pissing me off. Yeah, I know this chapter sucked, too. Thanks for the reviews!