A/N: Hey guys, thanks for the revies, for all of ya who said it was gross, nothing like that happens anymore, the story itself is winding down, only a few chapters left, but trust me, the ending will be…unexpected, to say the least. I hope ya enjoy this chapter. The next one will be up soon :-) Steph

The next few days were torture for Mel. She was so afraid that being with Bradin would make her feel loved, she avoided him at all costs. At least twice a day Tanner would text her and she'd do whatever he wanted. She was just a pawn, his for as long as he wanted her. And reluctantly she'd do it. It was beginning to take a toll on her. By day 5 she was fed up and unhappy.

"God Damn!" she yelled as she walked down the pier with her friends. It was 8:00 and Tanner was texting her, as usual "If I throw my phone off the dock will you tell everyone it fell?" she asked frustrated. Her friends looked at her confused "Never mind. I have to go, I'll see y'all tomorrow"

She slowly walked down the beach toward the caves. "God, I must have horrific Karma, shit like this doesn't happen to good people. Damn, shit like this doesn't happen to bad people either, apparently it just happens to me" she thought out loud. She turned the corner to the cave they usually met at and sat on a rock outside of it "T, are you here" she called annoyed

Tanner walked out of the cave with a smile "Right on time" he said "I decided I'm sick of the sand, we're going to the house" he grabbed her hand but she pulled it away "Wow, is someone PMSing?"

"No, someone is just sick of being an object" she said smartlyas she began walking down the beach

Tanner sighed and ran up to her. He noticed that as the days went on, she had gotten grumpy and her frustrations, though not directly, were all being taken out on him. "Nice to see you're in a good mood today" he said looking at her

She rolled her eyes "Whatever" she replied

He sighed "Let's go" he grabbed her arm and pulled her into the house. He pushed her onto the couch and sat on top of her. "Now kiss me, but passionately, I want to see stars" he instructed

"And what if I don't?" she said, eyeing him. She was tired of having to do what he wanted, when he wanted her to

"Then Bradin gets the crap beaten out of him" he said, eyeing her as well "Now do it"

She sighed, closed her eyes and pressed her lips against his. He pushed at her lips with his tongue. Reluctantly she opened her mouth to him. He started attacking her, sticking his tongue deep into the depths of her mouth. She hesitated, not knowing what to do. She really didn't want to kiss him like he wanted her to, but he was already pretty pissed at her. She noticed he seemed happy doing what he was doing, so she just let him.

A few minutes later he pulled away "I thought you were supposed to be kissing me" he said annoyed

"You got there before I did, I wasn't about to stop you" she said defensively "You seemed quite content"

"Well I'm not. Let's go, we going upstairs, now" he said, angrily, getting off her

"To do what?" she replied, not moving

"Whatever I want" he said, grabbing her and pulling her up. She tried to fight him, but it was no use. He pulled her upstairs and threw her onto his bed "Something's up with you, and I don't like it. You either do this willingly or I call James. I'm sick of being the bad guy here. We're either going to have sex now, or I'm calling him and making you tell him"

Mel put her head on her hand and sighed "No, we don't have to do that. I've lasted this long, I might as well not fuck it up now." She got up and kissed him softly, leaving him wanting more. She grabbed his shirt and pulled him toward her, then threw him onto the bed. She climbed on top of him and started unbuttoning his shirt. He moaned at the feeling of her warm hands against his muscular chest. He pulled her into a kiss as he slid his hand up her shit

Lucas walked by his brother's room on his way to get his surf board from him. He froze when he noticed he was all over some girl, but got a sick feeling in his stomach when he recognized her laugh. Why the hell is Mel sleeping with Tanner, she hates him he thought. Unsure of what to do, he just stood there, frozen to the spot. One thing shot him back to reality. Did I just hear him say that? He thought. Lucas shook it off and ran off, now he had to find Bradin

"What did you just say?" Melani said, pushing Tanner off her

"I don't know. I don't know where that came from" he said, looking at her "I guess its how I feel"

"You don't get to feel that for me. I already have two guys in love with me, I don't need another one. I'm so out of here" she got up and grabbed her shirt and ran out of the room, leaving her cell phone sitting on the bed.

Why the hell did I say that? Tanner thought as he got his shirt on I can't love her, she's Mel, she's James' girlfriend, my best friend's girl. But where did that come from, I didn't know I felt that way. Shit, how does she do that?

Lucas ran all the way to Jay's surf shop, where he knew Bradin was working. He was totally out of breath when he got there. "Bradin" he panted "I…need…talk…to…you"

Bradin looked at him funny from behind the counter and looked at Jay. He nodded a 'go' so Bradin walked over to Lucas "What's up dude?"

Lucas took a second to catch his breath before he spoke again "When was the last time you talked to Mel?"

"Umm… like almost a week ago, 5 or 6 days. We got into a fight and she won't take any of my calls, why?" Bradin said confused

"Did the fight have anything to do with my brother?" Lucas asked

"Yeah, kinda. It was the instigation of a whole bigger problem. Why?" Now he was more confused then ever

"I was at home getting my board to wax fro tomorrow and I saw Tanner in his room all over some girl. I didn't think much of it, since he's always screwing around with someone, but I heard her laugh and it made me freeze" Bradin looked at him totally lost "Bradin, Mel was getting ready to sleep with Tanner. She was taking his shirt off him"

"Tell me you're kidding Luke. Tell me this is a joke. She wouldn't do that, she's smarter than that" Bradin said seriously. He couldn't understand why, and then it hit him "That's the price she had to pay" he said quietly

"What?" Lucas said.

"It's nothing, don't' worry about it" Bradin said So that's why she freaked, he ripped her shirt, he keeps calling her for sex. I'll kill him He thought

"It gets better" Lucas added. Bradin eyed him "I heard him tell her he loves her. My brother said 'I love you'! I didn't even think he knew how to do that"

"I have to go find her" he said quietly "Thanks for the update Luke. I'll talk to you later, tell you what happened" He started running out of the shop and down the beach Hopefully now she'll talk to me he thought I need her now