Chapter 3
New Kid
When she got home, she ran upstairs and grabbed her cell phone. She went to call her friends to let them know how her day was and everything. When she dialed her friend Alex's number her mom answered. "Hello?" Kayla said eagerly. "Hi Kayla, what's up?" She asked. "I was wondering if I could talk.." she was cut off by Mrs. S. "I don't know if you realized Hon, but Alex isn't home now. It's six around here, she's out." She laughed. "Grrr, I forgot the time difference, it's only my first day so I'm so out of it." She laughed a little sadly. "Well tell Alex to call me on my cell phone later." Kayla said. "Ok we miss you, see you." Her mother said. "Miss you too, bye!" Kayla said. She hung up. She felt like she wanted to cry but she didn't there was nothing she could do to get out of California. She walked downstairs to see if her brother got home so she could tell him to remember the time difference too. But when she got down there he wasn't there. Instead, was the blonde haired boy with green eyes she saw in homeroom. She knew those really amazing green eyes. "Hi, you're not Jake…" She said slowly. "No I'm not but he will be right back. He left something at school. I'm Bradin, Bradin Westerly." He smiled. "Hi, I'm Kayla." She said. "So you're Jake's sister? I never would have known you were twins you don't look alike. But I did notice you in homeroom." He smiled again. "Yeah I remember." She said, wanting to make as little conversation as possible. Bradin noticed she was shy, he thought it was cute. In fact, he kind of liked her. There was one of those moments of silence, but it wasn't awkward, they were kind of just taking each other in. "Hey Kay, I see you've met Bradin." Jake smiled. "Yeah, you said you were going to make new friends, I just came down to remind you that you can't call anyone." She said. "Why not?" He asked. "Because of the 3 hour time difference I completely forgot, so everyone is out at home." She sighed and started walking away. "She's afraid of Cali. She didn't want to make any new friends. She thinks she's not pretty enough to be here. I heard her tell that to my mom this morning." Jake whispered to Bradin. "I see." He laughed. "Hey Kayla, wait up!" Bradin called. "Yeah?" She asked. "Would you wanna hang out later?" He asked. "Uhhh…" She was trying to look for an excuse but she didn't want to be rude. "It's ok don't worry about it, I don't bite. Come on, it will be fun…" He smiled. But then looked sincere. She looked in his green eyes and just said, "Yes." "Alright cool. I'll come over around 6:15." He smiled. "Oh and by the way, I'm new too, I'm not a California kid." He said. "You're not?" She asked. Could have fooled me. She thought. "Nope I'm from Kansas." He smiled. "See you later." She walked upstairs. She smiled to herself. Those green eyes, they're so mesmerizing. She ran upstairs. She pulled open her drawers and searched frantically looked for something to wear. Then she realized she wasn't trying to impress anyone and she was going to dress like herself. She sat down at her desk and did her homework. At around 5:00 she was watching T.V. waiting for that half hour to pass around. She finally found Punk'd and watched that. She still kept staring at the clock though; man did she miss her friends. Finally 5:30 came around. She jumped off of the couch and ran upstairs to her room. She grabbed her cell phone and dialed Alex's number. "Hello?" Alex answered. "Hi Alex!" Kayla said happy to hear her again. "Hey Kay! Oh my god how's California? It must be SO cool! It's getting chilly over here so we're all pulling out our long sleeved shirts and getting ready for fall and winter. But you can just throw on a bathing suit anytime you want. Are there any hot guys there?" Alex said practically all in a matter of 4 seconds. "Whoa slow down there zippy." Kay laughed. "Well, firstly California is ok I guess. I mean I love the weather, and the fact that I live on a beach, it doesn't take me a half hour to walk to school, only a minute, and we learned everything we are learning now. As for the people, of course the guys are gorgeous, and the girls are so pretty, but I so don't fit in." She said sadly missing the east coast so badly. The only access she has to it right now is calling her friends there. "Why not you are SO pretty Kay, anyone would be stupid not to like you." She said. "Well it's 6:15 I have to go meet Bradin downstairs." She said. "Ooh a boy! Call me and tell me all about him when you get home! Love ya Hon, byez!" Alex said. "Miss ya, byez." She said then hung up. When she walked downstairs Bradin was there.