The next day when Abby didn't show up at school Bradin went over to her house to make sure she was okay.

He knocked and tired looking Abby came to the door. Bradin imediately noticed the new bruises on Abby's arms.

"What happen?" Bradin asked.

"Mike saw mr leave with you from the party last night" Abby replied.

"I'm sorry" Bradin replied.

"He doesn't know who it was though, he only saw that it was a guy. He came to my house and when I wouldn't tell him who you were he got really angry" Abby said.

"I should have stayed with you" Bradin said.

"There's nothing you could have done" Abby replied.

"Maybe not, but I could have tried" Bradin replied.

"I think the best thing would be for us to not talk anymore" Abby said.

"What? No, you're crazy! I want to be your friend. I can help you" Bradin said.

"I'm sorry" was all Abby said as she closed the door. Bradin stood there for a few minutes just starring at the closed door. He didn't know what to do.

Then he took out his anger the only way he knew how. Pounding the waves. He went straight home and grabbed his surf board. He surfed into the sun went down and he couldn't see anymore.

"Where have you been?" Ava asked when he walked in the back door.

"Surfing" Bradin replied.

"You missed dinner" Ava said.

"I know" Bradin replied as he went to the fridge and grabbed the plate of dinner he knew Ava would have saved for him.

"It's not like you to miss a meal" Ava said.

"I had a lot on my mind" Bradin replied.

"You wanna tell me about it?" Ava asked.

"Not really" Bradin replied.

"Oh, okay" Ava said as she went upstairs to make sure Derrick was in bed.

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"Hi Bradin" Amie cooed as she slipped her hand in his back pocket.

"Hey" Bradin replied and he wrapped his arm around her, although something didn't feel right.

"Are you nervous about the your first game?" Amie asked "Is there any tension you need me to releave for you?" Amie smirked.

"Just tell me how great I am" Bradin replied with a laugh.

"You are the most incredible guy I've ever met" Amie replied. Bradin was surprised, he wasn't serious when he told her to tell him how great he was, he was only joking.

"Uhhh.......do you wanna go for lunch?" Bradin asked.

"I wanna do whatever you wanna do" Amie replied.

Bradin caught Abby's eye as he walked into the cafeteria. She was sitting beside Mike and Mike had his arm over Abby shoulder.Bradin couldn't believe that Abby was still with Mike, after what he did to her.

Abby quickly looked away. She couldn't stand to look Bradin in the face. He was the only one she had ever told about the way Mike treated her. He was the only one who knew how pathetic she was.

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Bradin wokie up that night because something was hitting his window. He looked over at Derrick who was still fast asleep and then slowly got up and went to the window.

He was surprised when he saw Abby throwing tiny pebbles at his window.

"What is it?" Bradin whispered out the window, just loud enough for Abby to hear him.

"Can we talk?" Abby asked.

Bradin sighed and then put one finger up to indecate that he would be down in a second.

Abby was sitting on the edge of the back porch when Bradin got downstairs. He went up and sat down beside her.

"What's up?" Bradin asked.

"I couldn't sleep" Abby replied.

"I thought we weren't talking " Bradin questioned.

"That's why I could sleep. You're the first person in a long time to actually care about me and I pushed you away" Abby said.

"So what does this mean?" Bradin asked.

"I don't know" Abby replied "All I know is that right now I really need a friend. Will you be that friend?" Abby asked.

"Of course" Bradin replied as he wrapped his arm around her shoulders and Abby rested her head on his shoulder.

"Why did you move away from Kansas?" Abby asked.

"My parents were killed in a flood" Bradin replied.

"I'm so sorry" Abby replied as she lifted her head to look him in the eyes.

"My little brother, sister and i moved out her to live with our aunt and her friends" Bradin said.

"Do you like your aunt?" Abby asked as she slowly settled her head back on his shoulder.

"Yea, she's okay. You should come over for dinner tommorrow and you can meet her" Bradin suggested.

"That sounds like fun. It's a date" Abby replied.

"What about your parents?" Bradin asked.

"There not really around that much. They go on a lot of buisness trips and vacations. They don't really care about me" Abby replied.

"Well they're stupid and don't know a great thing when they have one" Bradin said.

"Thanks" Abby smiled.

Abby yawned and closed her eyes.

"I should walk you home" Bradin suggested.

"I wanna stay right here with you" Abby replied.

"That's fine with me" Bradin replied as he and Abby laid down on the porch.

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PLEASE REVIEW!!!

I don't know if I'm going to continue this story, because no one is reading it. I know I'm supposed to be writing for myself, but if no one is reading, what's the point.

Summerlander