Emily sat on the beach looking out at the ocean. She hadn't talked to Lucas since he and a bunch of guys had come and gotten Lucky's surf board from her school's bell tower, which was almost 5 days ago. She had voices screaming in her ears, but she didn't know what to do about them...

Love? Yeah right, how could you be so stupid? He doesn't love you. He was just using you and look where it got you? Do you think he'll accept you once he finds out your little secret? NO, he'll run. You really are as stupid as you seem. The devil on her shoulder shouted at her.

NO, you're wrong. He really does love you. Trust me he does. He will love and respect you moreonce you tell him. You two need to talk about it. He can't help if he doesn't know. The angel yelled back. Tears started pouring down her cheeks.

Callie happened to be walking by and saw her crying. "Emily? Oh my God are you ok?" Emily didn't respond; she just kept her head in her hands, crying hysterically. "Oh Em, what happened to you"

Emily looked up at the girl she once was jealous of. "Do you think Lucas loves me Callie?" she asked as she wiped the tears from her face.

"Yeah I do" she heard a manly voice respond. Emily didn't look up; rather she cast her head down. "Can you leave us alone" she heard Lucas ask Callie. She smiled, got up and left. "Haven't heard from you in a while" he said as she looked at him

"You have a phone too" she replied as she looked out at the ocean waves. It hurt too much to look at him

"I think we're even, you screwed me over and I screwed you over. Truce?"

"I guess." She replied, still not looking at him.

Lucas sighed. He knew something was wrong, and he knew it wasn't the usual. "Emily how can I help you if you won't talk to me"

"Now you're starting to sound like my little angel" she laughed

"What?" he asked confusedly

"Never mind. It's nothing Luke. You do love me right?" she said, looking at him

"Yeah, I think so" he said hesitantly

"Think? Yeah, that's what I thought. I have to go, we have a competition tomorrow morning and I have to sleep. I'll call you, ok?" she stood to get up

"But Em, I wanted to spend the night with you" he said, grabbing her hand

"Oh, poor Lucas doesn't get what he wants, cry me a river, build me a bridge and jump off it, ok Luke? I'm sonot in the mood" she said angrily

"Fine, call me when you're over your PMS" he said and walked away.

Emily sighed as she walked up to her car. See, I told you he doesn't love you. The devil yelled again He couldn't tell you he did, he said 'I think so' or aka, no!

That's not true! The angel yelled back He does love you, he was just…umm…

See, even she can't think of anything good. You're screwed, no matter what you decided to do. All three of us know it. Emily reached her house, ran up the stairs to her room. She flung herself on her bed and cried herself to sleep. She didn't know what to do, everything just seemed so bad. There seemed to be no light at the end of this tunnel.


Callie ran up to Bradin who was sitting on the beach and threw her arms around him.

"Nice to see you too" he laughed as he pulled her in for a kiss. He felt her lips press into a smile before she returned a kiss to him.

When she pulled away, he wrapped his arm around her. "Bradin, I think we have a problem on our hands" she said sadly

"And what might that problem be, since I have no idea what you're talking about" he said looking at her

"I think something's wrong with Emily and I know I really didn't like her when we first met, and I know she liked you, but she really is my close friend now, and something's definitely up with her, but I don't think she's going to tell what it is"

"She's probably still upset about the gym, it'll blow over. Don't worry about it Callie." Bradin said.She sighed"Come on, lets go out to dinner, then we can find Luke and make sure everything's ok." He got up then helped her up and wrapped his arm around her as they walked down the beach toward the promenade.


Lucas knocked on Emily's front door. Her mother answered the door "Oh, hello Lucas. Emily's upstairs. You might want to come back later when she's in a better mood, it's late anyway"

"Can I please go see her Ms. James; I really need to talk to her" Lucas pleaded

"Ok, but be quick." She turned and walked toward the kitchen

"Thank you" Lucas called and walked up the stairs and into her room. The lights were out and the moonlight shone through the open doors to her balcony, wind blowing the long, white sheer curtains into the room. Lucas walked over to her bed, and saw her curled up in a ball. He looked at her. There were dried tears on her face, red tear stainsall overher faceand a wet spot on her pillow where the tears had fallen. She looked so sad; it killed Lucas. He moved the hair from her face before pulling the covers out from under her and tucked her in. He then sat next to her, wrapping his arms around her and watched her chest as it rose and fell as she breathed. He placed his head above hers and quietly fell asleep.