A/n: I just wanted to thank Bree and Summerland Chick for reviewing like every chapter :). They make my day! And I just got my permit so I'm in a wicked good mood so this chapter might not totally suck! So…
Lucas drove up the driveway to Admiral's Bay with Bradin in the passenger seat and Callie in the back of his convertable. He drove up to the security booth and rolled down his window.
"Can I help you?" the guard asked in a polite voice
"We're here to see Emily" Lucas replied.
The man pulled out a clip-board with a pink paper on it "Name?" he replied
"Lucas Ryan, Bradin Westerly and Callie Adams" Lucas replied
"That's easy; you're the 1st 3 on the list. Do you know how to get there?" he said as he crossed out their names
"Yeah, thanks"
"Have fun" he said and raised the bar.
"Talk about not letting anyone in that you don't want. She doesn't even have to deal with the people who are uninvited, she just gets that guy to do it for her" Callie replied looking over her shoulder.
"Yeah, I guess it comes with the houses" Lucas replied
"Houses? As in plural?" Bradin and Callie replied in unison
"Yea, her mom lives up there and her dad lives…here" Lucas pulled past the now open gates and up the circle driveway. Emily was standing in the doorway with a light pink collared shirt on and a light blue shirt. Her hair was half up half down and tied with a pink ribbon that matched her shirt
"Hey guys" she said as she ran down the steps
"Your house is bigger than our school" Callie blurted out
"Ok there must be something in your water, Lucas reacted the same way and I'll tell you what I told him, just don't think about it, I don't. Come on, I'll show you where the party is." She led them into the house and past the staircases to a huge room. She walked through to the back steps. There was an eternity pool with a pool house next to it, a huge volleyball court and like an acre of just green grass.
"I think I've died and gone to heaven" Callie said as she walked toward the volleyball court.
Emily laughed "There's drinks in the pool house and if ya want you can go down those steps to the beach, but only if you have the stamina to walk back up them, there's about a hundred." She had to yell to be heard over the music that was blaring. One of her friends ran over to her. "Bradin, Lucas, this is Alli. Alli this is Bradin and my boyfriend Lucas"
"Hi, it's nice to meet you." She smiled and the boys smile back "So Em, is your cousin coming?"
"My what?" she said
"Your cousin; or whoever has been staying here"
"Oh, she's not my cousin, she's my friend and yeah, she's coming with Greg"
"Cooleo, I can't wait to meet her"
"You'll love her Alli." Alli walked away as a stream of people came out the door. "Listen guys I have to go great my guests, I'll come find you later." She kissed Lucas on the cheek and walked away.
"Wanna go find Callie?" Bradin asked.
"Yeah, we probably should" Lucas responded
"This place is huge" Bradin said as he made his way toward the Volleyball court.
"Yea, it is, and I think that balcony is Emily's. I've only been here once and we didn't get past her room"
"Nice Luke, nice. So you're as clueless as I am?"
"Yep. And I think I want to stay that way." They both laughed. They saw Callie playing volleyball with a group of girls and decided they should let her be.
"It's nice to know she found some friends" Bradin said
"Yea. Wanna get something to drink?"
"Sure" They made their way back to the pool house and grabbed some soda. Just as Lucas went to put his to his mouth he felt an arm wrap around his waist. He saw Emily and laughed.
"Hey you"
"Hey babe, I want you to meet someone. You can come too Bradin" she smiled a cute smile
"No, you two go, it looks like the volleyball game's over and I want to grab Callie. We'll find you in a few."
"K" Emily said as she wrapped Lucas' arm around her waist. As they walked she whispered "Remember I said I'd make it up to you last night"
"Yea, what do you have planned?"
"You'll see" she led him up to 2 people "Lucas, these are my best friends Greg and Sarah, Guys this is Lucas"
"It's nice to meet you Lucas" Sarah said in a sweet voice
"You hurt her I'll kill you" Greg responded
"GREG!" she yelled and rolled her eyes "Don't mind him, he's like my older brother"
"It's nice to meet you two" Lucas replied
Sarah glanced at Emily as Bradin and Callie walked toward them. Emily winked as she saw the look on Bradin's face when he noticed Sarah.
"Bradin, Callie, these are my best friends, Greg and Sarah, Guys, this is Lucas' best friend Bradin and his girlfriend Callie"
"Nice to meet you two" Greg said
"Sarah?" Bradin's voice came out like a whisper
"Why do I get the feeling I'm missing something?" Emily said. She looked at Sarah who looked like she was about to break out in tears, just like they had planned.
"Em, can I talk to you for a second" She said calmly, grabbing her and pulling her away from everyone, but not far enough that they couldn't hear
"That's him Em, they guy from this summer"
"Bradin? No way"
"YES, that's him, how many Bradin's do you think there are in Playa Linda?"
"I don't know. How was I supposed to know, I was away when your fling happened"
"FLING? HE SLEPT WITH ME" she yelled
"Sarah calm down. What do you want me to do about it, they're my friends"
"Well, make them not your friends; I was your friend first!"
"Sarah, I'm not going to do that, you just have to deal"
"Fine I will." She turned and walked over to a boy and kissed him, long and passionately.
"That's not what I meant Sarah" she yelled. She watched as Sarah whispered something to this guy and they both walked into the house. Just like they had planned. Emily rolled her eyes and walked back to Lucas. Bradin and Callie still looked shocked.
"What was that all about?" Lucas asked
"Why don't you ask your best friend" she responded and walked away in a huff.
"What was that all about?" Lucas asked
"That was Bradin's ex." Callie said
"I have to go talk to her" Bradin said, still in shock
"Bradin you can't!" Callie said, she knew Sarah would try something
"Callie I have to, she's going to do something she's going to regret if I don't" he started walking toward the house
"Fine, but don't expect me to be here when you get back" and with that she turned and walked toward the stairs to the beach.
"You go Bradin, I'll watch her" Lucas said as he walked in the direction Callie walked in
"Thanks Luke" he ran into the house.
Lucas walked towards Emily, who was sitting by the pool with a cup in her hand. He sat down next to her and put his arm around her. She shrugged it off and took a big gulp of her drink.
"I thought you didn't drink at your own parties"
"Whatever. Shouldn't you be helping your ass of a best friend screw over my friend?" She got up but Lucas grabbed her arm
"What are you talking about? What Bradin does or did is his problem, not mine. Why are you so defensive?"
"I'm sorry, I shouldn't have taken out my anger on you. Where is he, I should probably apologize for being such a brat."
"He went after that Sarah girl and that guy she went with."
"Crap! That wasn't supposed to happen; he's just going to make it worse! Where did they go?" she looked panicked
"Toward the house"
"Where's Callie?"
"She walked toward the beach, why is this such an issue?"
"Cause Sarah's going to take him coming to save her as sign he still wants to be with her. You need to go get Callie and meet me upstairs. Go NOW!"
"Ok, I'll be there in a few"
"We don't have a few! NOW Luke!" And with the Emily ran toward the house and Lucas ran toward the stairs to the beach. CRAP Emily thought, this wasn't supposed to happen, I could have a real problem on my hands now. Stupid Bradin, he was supposed to see Sarah, get all mad and leave, not be Bradin-like and go after her! Now she's going to try to pull something! She ran up the stairs to the left corridor "Sarah? ... SARAH WHERE ARE YOU?" she yelled "Kristin have you seen a blonde girl about this high with a guy and another guy following her around?"
"Yeah, I saw the girl go downstairs and the other boy follow her. The 1st boy came up about 5 minutes ago, the other two didn't."
"Crap, thanks Kristin!" she yelled as she ran down the hall. This was trouble!
