"Luke" Emily yelled "Can you help me?"
Lucas groaned as he got up off of her bed and walked out of her room and down the hall towards her closet. He looked in and saw her jumping to try and reach her surfboard, which was mounted on her wall "I think you need to grow" he said as he reached up and picked it up for her.
"Nope, I just need heeled flip-flops" she giggled as he kissed her.
"Where's your wetsuit" he said as he looked at her. She was wearing a blue terrycloth skirt with a white bikini with different colored hearts on it.
"Ew, I don't wear one. They're uncomfortable and gross. That's how people knew it was me surfing, I'm the only one who surfs in a skirt." She giggled again
"You're nuts" he said as he pulled her in for a kiss.
He was about to untie her bikini when she pulled away "we're gunna be late. Come one" She grabbed his hand and led him down the stairs to the car.
Bradin, Erika and Jay stood in the parking lot of Two Brothers. Bradin had tried calling Callie all morning, but she wouldn't take his calls. He was very worried about what had happened between her and the mystery guy she left with last night. She was in bad shape and Bradin didn't want him to take advantage of her.
"Hey mate, you might want to blink" Jay said.
"Huh? Oh, yeah, whatever." Bradin replied. Just as he began to space out again, Emily drove up. Lucas hopped out of the car hand hit Bradin on the back. "Hey man" he replied
"Hey." Lucas responded. Emily walked up slowly toward Bradin
"Its ok, I won't bite" he replied when he noticed
"I'm so sorry, I shouldn't have done what I did. I was just blinded by… oh I don't even know, I'm just a bitch I guess"
"No you're not. Something was bound to happen, Sarah was always there,you just helped move it along, or delay it, I'm not really sure"
"So, you're not mad"
"Yeah, I am, but I get it. I had some friends I would do crazy things for back home, trust me, I get it"
"Thanks Bradin, you have no idea how much this means to me"
"Not to interrupt this moment, but if you three want to surf, we need to check you in" Jay said, he didn't want anything to happen that would lead Emily to not surf.
"Ok" the three responded in unison as Jay and Erika led them down the stairs to the beach and the tent.
Bradin looked up and saw Callie standing with a guy at the table. He was a tall brunette, about 5'8''. He noticed it was the same guy from last night.
As they were walking a girl ran up and jumped on Emily, causing her to hit the sand. "Babygirl? Em, is that you?" she yelled
"Jess, oh my God, is that you? I can't believe it!" The girl helped Emily up and they hugged. The outburst caused a rush of other people to run toward them. For the first time Bradin and Lucas realized how much Emily had left behind when she stopped surfing.
Emily smiled as she looked into the eyes of her very much older looking friends. They bombarded her with questions, hugs and kisses. Wow she thought Jay was right, it is good to see them all again. Just as she was about to hug another friend, she saw someone enter the crowd and push their way to the front "Krista?" she responded quietly
"Em?" Both girls looked at each other long and hard.
"That must be the one that Matt cheated on her with" Bradin whispered to Lucas
"Looks that way" he muttered back. Erika nodded to prove they were right
"How are you" Emily said finally, smiling
"Better now" Krista responded as she hugged Emily. Everyone saw the tears fall down their cheeks. "I'm so sorry for what I did, I wasn't thinking, I can't believe I lost you over him, I can't believe I was so stupid. Can you ever forgive me?"
"I already have" she said as a tear slipped down her cheek "I missed you"
"Me too" she responded, crying herself "Come on, we need to get you signed in, I need some competition" They both laughed as they put their arms around each other's shoulders,just like they did when they were little. Bradin, Lucas, Erika and Jay smiled as the followed him to the table. Callie was nowhere to be seen, neither was the guy.
"Emily Anderson" Emily said as she looked at the young boy behind the counter
"Good to have you back Babygirl" he said as he handed her a schedule
"It's good to be back Jake" she responded with a smile. He beamed. She winked at him as she walked away. "So I have to surf at 3, what about you 2?" she asked
"We're at 5" Bradin responded
"Well I better actually get on my surfboard, since I haven't in over 3 years" Emily replied as she turned to walk to her car. She stopped dead in her tracks as Callie and the mystery guy walked toward them. "Callie, what are you doing?" she asked with a nervous voice.
"Hanging out, why?"
"Em?" the guy said
"You know her?" Callie asked looking at him. Jay and Erika noticed what was going on, but decided to let the teens figure it out for themselves.
"Yea he knows me" Emily replied for him "I wish I could say it was good to see you again, but if you taught me anything Matt, it was lying never works" she walked off in a huff, leaving all who were around them speechless. Lucas quickly walked after her.
"You're Matt, you're her Matt?" Callie asked backing away from him
"Yeah" he replied quickly
Callie kept backing up until she walked right into Bradin. He wrapped his arms around her. She didn't fight him "She's the one isn't she?" she said in a quiet voice "The one you were talking about last night?"
"Yeah, I was talking about her" he replied just as quietly
"You were wrong" she said in her normal tone; he looked at her funny "You weren't just like Bradin, even on his worst days he's still ten hundred times better than you are or were or whatever" She turned and faced Bradin, "I'm sorry, I truly am. Can we go find Em and Lucas, I want to talk to them"
"Yeah, come on" he said as he grabbed her hand and led her down the beach, glaring at Matt
Everyone else around just started, not knowing what to say. Jay was the one to break the silence "You go near any of them Matt, and I'll make you pay" he said under his breath as he walked by. Erika glared at him as she ran after Jay. This promises to be an interesting competition she thought.
Emily and Lucas were sitting on a blanket when Callie and Bradin found them. Emily had her face buried in Lucas shirt and he was stroking her head with him thumb.
"Emily?" Callie asked
Emily lifted her head. Her face was stained red from her tears. She wiped them away and sat up on her own. "So you met Matt, huh?" she said as she sniffled
"Had I known who he was, I never would have hung out with him. I know what he did to you and I could never do that to you."
"Why, I tried to break up you and Bradin, why wouldn't you want to get back at me?"
"Because we're friends, and even though you did some crazy things before, I don't think I can blame you. You were doing it for your friend"
"How did I end up friends with y'all? I must be the luckiest person in the world, because I definitely don't deserve you"
"Yeah, but some how you got us and now you're stuck, you cant get rid of us" Bradin joked.
They all laughed. Emily smiled "So, who wants to surf?" she asked The four of them stood up and made their way backto the beach. Lucas wrapped his arm around Emily, letting everyone know she was his. She wrapped her arm around his waist and put her head on his shoulder. Bradin and Callie followed their lead. Everything seems right Emily thought that can only mean one thing, things are bound to go wrong…
