"Oh my gosh!" she exclaimed.
"What? What?" Bradin said as he jumped up.
"It's morning" Claire replied.
"Oh...is that it?" he questioned as he slowly laid back down.
"My parents are going to kill me" she replied as she went over to Lucas's tent.
"Mariel?" she called.
"Hmmm" was the moan she got in reply.
Claire opened the tent and pulled a very hung over Mariel out.
"We have to go," she said.
"Hmmmm" Mariel moaned again as she tried to block the light from her eyes.
"I'll see you later" Claire called over her shoulder to Bradin as she and Mariel hurried away.
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RING RING...
Bradin heard his cell phone ring somewhere in his tent.
RING RING...
He started throwing his clothes around, trying to find it.
RING RING...
Still searching.
RING RING...
He lifted his pillow and there it was.
"Aha I found you!" he exclaimed as he picked it up.
"Hello?" he said.
'Hey Bradin it's Jay'
"What's up?" he questioned.
'It turns out that the guy who was going to run the shop for me can't make it until a later'
"Does that mean you're not coming?" Bradin asked.
'No, Erika and I are still coming, but we won't be there as early as we expected'
"You're not going to miss the competition though are you?" he asked.
'Don't worry mate. We'll both be there on the beach cheering for you'
"Good, I need you guys there" he replied.
'We'll be there I promise. I'll talk to you later'
"Bye"
'Bye'
Bradin hung up the phone.
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That night Bradin and Lucas were hanging out alone at their campsite when Claire came stomping up.
"What's wrong?" Bradin asked.
"I think I'll be going" Lucas said when he saw the look on Claire's face. He jumped out of his chair and headed towards the beach.
"My parents" Claire replied.
"Were they mad that you didn't come home last night?" Bradin asked.
"Mad isn't even a strong enough word for what they were" she replied.
"That sucks" he said.
"What really gets me though is how little they trust me" she exclaimed.
"Why don't they trust you?" he asked, "You're like one of the best behaved seventeen year old that I've ever met," he added.
"Exactly" she replied "They treat me as though I get drunk every night, have sex with random guys and do drugs" she said.
Bradin didn't get the chance to reply because Claire came up with what she seemed to think was a great idea.
"You know what I might as well just start acting the way they punish me for. Why do the time is I'm not doing the crime?" she exclaimed.
"Because that's not what you're like" Bradin replied.
"Well I'm changing my ways. Where's your alcohol? Tonight is as good a night as any to get drunk for the first time. And what about weed? I know you have some around here somewhere," she cried.
"Claire calm down," Bradin said.
"Do you have a condom?" she asked "What am I asking of course you have a condom because most people our age are having sex" she said.
"Although you know according to my parents expectations I'm the kind of girl who has unprotected sex, so who needs a condom," she exclaimed.
She walked quickly over to Bradin and smashed her lips against his.
Bradin pulled away after a few seconds.
"You're acting crazy," he said.
"Fine if you don't want to have sex with me I'll just go and find another guy. What about Lucas?" she said as she turned and started walking away.
Bradin grabbed her arm and stopped her.
Claire immediately started to sob and she crumpled to the ground. Bradin pulled her into his arms and rocked her back and forth.
"I'm sorry" she mumbled after a few minutes.
"It's okay" Bradin replied.
"I don't know why I acted like that," she said.
"Don't worry about it. We can pretend it never happen" he replied.
"Thank you for stopping me from making the biggest mistakes of my life tonight. Most guys would have taken advantage of the fact that I was having a sudden sanity lapse," she said.
"Well, I'm not like most guys" he replied.
"I'm starting to realize that" she said with a smile.
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Do you think that her parents should ground Claire and make it hard for her and Bradin to see each other?
Summerlander