Ava opened Bradin's door the next morning to put his laundry on his bed. She nearly jumped three feet when he saw a girl sleeping in his bed oh no, he had sex in this bed, while we all were home she thought. Looking closer, she noticed the girl wasn't Allie, she was fully clothed and better yet, Bradin wasn't in the bed. She put the clothes on his desk chair and walked onto the patio. Sure enough he was standing there, looking out at the ocean "Hi honey, how was the dance"

Bradin snapped out of his trance "Um, I've been to better. I got homecoming king though, that was kinda cool"

"Honey that's great." She paused "Ok, so here's the real question. Why on earth is Melani asleep in your bed? What happened to Allie?"

"Mel just had some problems with her date and no one's home at her house so I told her she could crash here. Allie decided to stay at the party when I came back. I was planning on calling her a little later"

Ava hugged her nephew "You've grown up very fast, now taking care of your friends. Your parents would be very proud"

"As it is I wonder" Bradin mumbled "thanks aunt Ava" he said. "I'm going to wake her up. I'll talk to you later, ok?" Ava nodded and walked off the patio onto the deck. Bradin walked over to her and carefully pressed his lips against hers, massaging her lower lip with his tongue. She slowly opened her eyes "Morning Angel" he said smiling

Mel smiled and kissed him softly "Morning yourself." She rubbed her eyes "What time is it?"

"Um, 9:15, why" he asked, moving a strand of hair from her face

"I have to go back to Lucas' house and check on James" she said as she got up

Bradin looked at her confused "Take off your sweatshirt" he said. She looked at him funny "Do it and look at what he did to you then tell me you need to go see him" he said angrily

"I know what he did to me Bradin, I experienced it, ok?" she said smartly "But I need to go back, we've been over this"

"Seriously Mel, how many times do you have to get hurt before you realize that you need to get away from him? Those bruises on your arms are serious. I looked at them and I want you to while I'm here. I want you to see how much he apparently cares for you"

Melani looked at the serious expression on his face. She sighed and pulled off her sweatshirt. The bruises were dark black on the inside of her upper arms "Are you happy? I see them" she said, her voice cracking as she pulled the sweatshirt over her head again.

Bradin walked over to her and wrapped her in his arms "It's ok to cry Mel. The things he does to you are horrible. Please, let me make you feel better" he pulled her in tighter

"No" she said pushing him away "now I need to go see my boyfriend. This game that we keep playing is only going to hurt you. We shouldn't have ever started this, its only gotten you too involved in my life and everyone else got sucked in too. It can't happen anymore, all of you are in danger now. I can't let you be. I'm sorry" she said as she ran out the door and onto the beach.

Bradin paused then ran after her. She didn't stop until she was all the way to Lucas' house "Mel, Wait up!" he called, but the more he yelled, the faster she ran. Finally he stopped, knowing no matter what, she was going back to him. He slowly walked back to his house, his head totally up in the clouds

Melani walked into Lucas' house to see him and Kelli fast asleep together on the couch. She smirked as she took a pillow off the floor and hit Kelli on the head "What the fuck?" she said, obviously a little hung over

"Nice way to wake up huh Kel" she said smiling. Lucas stirred and looked at her

"What are you doing here?" he said groggily "I thought you were with Bradin"

"I was, and now I'm here. Where's James?" she said, like nothing had happened

"Um, in Tanner's room. Why?" Lucas asked, now fully awake

"Because I need to go see him, that's why" she said, and started walking away and up the stairs before Kelli and Lucas had a chance to stop her. She sighed as she opened the door. There he was, fast asleep on Tanner's bed. He's going to have one hell of a hangover She thought. She slowly walked over to the bed and sat on the edge, unsure of whether or not she wanted to wake him up. Apparently, just making the bed move was enough.

"Hey baby" he said, holding his head

"I can't believe you have the nerve to say that to me after what you did last night" she said, a scowl on her face

"Mel what are you talking about? What happened last night? And why are we both fully clothed?" he said, very confused

"Leave it to you to pull off all the shit you did last night and be so drunk you don't even remember" she said aggravated

"Mel what the hell happened? Come on, I don't remember, cut a guy some slack here" he said, now fully feeling the effect of being smashed the night before

"Do you remember what happened before you got drunk?" she said

"Yeah, we got into a fight about you not saying I love you to me. What does that have to do with anything. Tell me what happened last night"

"Here's the deal, I'm going to leave right now, and I'll let you figure out what the hell you did last night, then maybe you'll realize how much of a jackass you really are" she said with a look on her face, then walked out the door and down the stairs "Bye guys" she said as she walked out the back door and out of sight

What the hell happened last night James thought as he walked along the pier later that afternoon and why the hell is she so pissed? James racked his brain trying to figure out what he had done that was so bad, bit and pieces came back, her rejecting him when he said he wanted to be with her, him storming off, him dragging her down the beach, but the rest was just a blur. Absentmindedly he walked right into Tanner

"Dude, don't think so hard, you might hurt yourself" he joked

James laughed "Yeah, I know. I'm starting to get a headache" he said jokingly "But seriously, I did something last night to Mel and she's totally pissed about it, and I'm trying to remember what it was"

"You're letting her be really pissed at you, man how warped can you be?" Tanner replied

"No, I usually don't, but she's like close to breaking up with me pissed, like I did something she hated. And for the life of me, I can't remember what it was. And I know that if I go over and I'm like I'm sorry, she'll definitely say for what. She won't let me bull it"

"What could you have done that made her that pissed? She's crazy about you, except when she has PMS, which is like every other week, then she's just annoying"

James laughed "That's not the problem; she's getting to close to Bradin, that's what's bugging me lately"

"Mel and farm boy, huh? Wow, that's a duo. I can see her warping him in a second. Keep them apart; I can see her falling for him"

"Great, thanks for sharing." James said, rolling his eyes. The two stood in silence for a little while. Suddenly James snapped out of his trance "shit!" he said

"What?" tanner asked

"I know what I did, I gotta go find her! I'll see you later" and with the he started off in a sprint down the beach.

Hey guys! Just fixed this chapter, Thanks a zillion to kandykane33 for pointing it out! I hope you all get to read the updated version, not the wrong one! 143 Steph