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Chapter 2

-First, there are shots of Bradin surfing. He then jogs up in his surf suit carrying his surfboard to Callie.-

"Callie!" Bradin flashed her a smile.

"Bradin, hey." Callie returned the smile. He leaned in for a kiss and pulled her body closer to him. He dropped his surfboard and placed his hands on her face. She placed her left hand on his cheek. Bradin moved his tongue into her mouth and the beginning of a make-out session is starting. They dropped to their knees and lay on the sand. Suddenly, Jay walked up. He stood there grinning. "Erhm, erhm." Bradin rolled off Callie a little reluctantly. They stood up, with Callie looking embarrassed and Bradin looking a little disappointed.

"Hey, mate. You've got a shift at the shop. Hi, Callie." Jay said. Bradin sighed and nodded his head. "I'll be right there, Jay." He gave Jay a look, as if to say you-can-go-now. Jay walked off, leaving Callie and Bradin alone again.

"I guess I gotta go then," Bradin said as he bobbed his head in the direction of Jay. He gave a half-smile.

"I guess so. Good-bye kiss?" Bradin's smile widened. Their kiss was interrupted again by Jay's call, "Come on, Bradin."

Bradin ignored his call. "Bye, Callie."

"See ya."

-Fade out to Nikki and Amber parking their bicycles in front of Amber's house-

"Hey, have you heard?" Amber had a look of mischief on her face.

"Heard what?" Nikki asked innocently, looking up from the bike rack. Amber smiled.

"There's a new guy in town. His name's Josh. I hear he's pretty cute. Well-educated, funny, nice, and recently heart-broken." Amber spilled the gossip as Nikki grabbed a soda from the fridge. Nikki smiled slightly, a bit intrigued by Amber's description of the new guy.

"So, he's going to Playa Linda Middle School?" Nikki asked, acting as if she couldn't care less about Josh.

"Yup, just in time for school. He enrolled yesterday." They both sat down on the couch.

"Look, Amber. I appreciate your concern for my love life, but I don't know. He could be a total creep. And this is not about Cameron either. We had a good talk and we're just friends."

"Okay whatever. I hear he's joining the Literary Magazine thingy. Wasn't that the club you were interested in too?" Amber smirked, as she knew that Nikki was planning to join the club.

Nikki gave Amber a 'very funny look.' "We'll see Amber. But don't expect anything to happen between Joe and me."

"Josh. I just think that you've been too bummed out about Cameron and you know...your parents and that you need to live a little. You know, have some fun. And plus, I really do think that Josh is a good guy."

"Alright, fine you win. I'll give him a chance. But how do you even know so much about Josh?" Nikki wondered, bemused.

"Well...I forgot to mention that Josh is also my cousin and he's staying here for awhile until his parents sort out their divorce."

"What?! Is he like here right now?" Nikki asked and stood up.

Amber also stood up. "Relax, no. He's out with Cameron. I asked Cameron if he would hang with Josh. He was feeling kinda bummed about his parents' divorce and all."

"Wait a minute. You expect me to go out with your cousin, who might not even be staying in Playa Linda? I mean I don't want to get into a meaningless relationship." Nikki inquired, being her usual logical self.

"No, Nikki. Josh's mom is most likely to be gaining custody of him, and she's planning on buying a house here in Playa Linda." Amber explained.

"Oh well, Johnny can help her with that. He works in real estate." Nikki offered.

Amber nodded. "Yeah, that was also something I wanted to mention to you. I was going to ask you to ask Johnny about any available 2 bedroom houses in the area."

Nikki smiled, "Sure thing."

-Fade out to Jay lying on the sand, as Erika approaches-

"Hey baby," Jay greets his girlfriend as he sits up. "Where've you been?"
"Oh, I just came from a lesson." She gave him a quick peck on the lips and then laid down on the soft, silky sand next to him.

"You know, I've been thinking," started Jay.

Erika laughed. "Is that possible? You thinking about things?" Jay gave her a serious look.

"Sorry. Now, tell me what exactly it was that you were thinking about." Erika asked seriously.

"Well, actually. A lot of things." Jay began slowly, not connecting with Erika's eyes.

"Oh yeah, what kind of things?" Erika questioned, suddenly very intrigued by Jay's mysterious thoughts.

"You know, about us, us living together, all sorts of things." Jay said vaguely. Erika nodded signaling Jay to continue.

"Like, right now, when you were gone, I missed you." He smiled sheepishly.

Erika face broke into a huge grin. "You're so sweet. I love you." She leaned in for a kiss, which Jay did not deny. It broke up after a minute.

Jay continued, "I love having you around, and I wouldn't have it any other way. What I'm trying to say is...Will you marry me, Erika Spalding?" Erika gasped. She untangled herself from Jay's arms and stood up quickly.

"Say something, Erika." Jay stood up also and looked at her intently.

"Jay, are you sure your ready to get married? I mean, I love you and I love being with you, but I think we're moving too fast."

"What are you talking about? I mean, we've already said I love you and we're going steady. I've met your mom. We live together. We've already, you know." Jay took her hands, but she wouldn't meet his stare.

"I know all that. It's been great. But still I think it's a big mistake." She finally met his stare and now he looked away. "Don't hate me, Jay. I just don't think that we're ready."

He shook his head and gave her a half-smile. "I don't hate you. I understand. But, I want to know where we're going. I hope it's forward."

"What has gotten into you, Jay?" Erika was bemused by Jay's sudden commitment related talk.

"I'm just afraid that I might lose you to some surfer-dude." Jay said.

"That's not the truth, Jay. You know I love you very much. What's going on in the Australian blond head?" Erika quipped.

"I was just thinking about Johnny and Ava. How Johnny just gave up the girl of his dreams to some punk guy. I mean, I know he loves her and he isn't going after her. Personally, I think he's making the biggest mistake of his life. I mean, letting a love like that slip away...I don't want that to happen with us." Jay admitted.

"It's not going to Jay, I promise. But I still don't think that we need to get married right now." Erika pulled him into a hug and he relaxed.

"Alright, I understand."

The hug was broken up and Erika had a puzzled look. "Wait, if you were proposing, where's the ring?"

Jay scratched his head and smiled. "Well, you know. It was sort of an epiphany. You know, I'm not rich." She smiled and nodded. They walked hand in hand back to Jay's.

Well... that's it...please R/R