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Chapter 3 : Secret Beach
The next morning, Bradin got up and decided to wax his surfboard if he was going surfing in the afternoon. He hadn't done it in a while and the bottom of his board was a little scratched. He decided that he wanted to get breakfast first. He walked up to the deli around the corner and picked up a bagel and a bottle of orange juice. On his way home, he noticed a girl outside her house on her porch waxing her surfboard. She looked oddly familiar. She had blonde hair, which was up in a messy bun. She was thin and tan. He walked past her house and then he realized it.
"Riley?" he asked, looking up at the girl. Sure enough, when she lifted up her head, he saw Riley's bright blue eyes staring back at him.
"Hey, Bradin." she said as she continued waxing her surfboard. "What brings you down here?" she asked a little suspiciously.
"I… uh… I live here." he said pointing to his house a little ways down the block.
"Are you serious?" she asked.
"Yea." said Bradin. "The one with the surfboard on the porch." He pointed to his house.
"Wow. That's awesome." she said. Just then, two little girls ran out of the house. "Zoë! Shanna! Get back here right now!" said Riley, who had abandoned her spot in front of her surfboard. She ran after the two of them, down the stairs and halfway around the block before they stopped in awe in front of Bradin.
"Who's this?" asked Zoë.
"Is he you're boyfriend?" Shanna asked.
"This is Bradin and he's just my friend. I met him last night at Daddy's party." said Riley.
"Oh…" they said together. They ran back in the house and sat down on the couch which could be seen through the screen door.
"I'm so sorry." said Riley. "They can be pretty nosey." She laughed, revealing her straight white teeth.
"You have a great smile." Bradin said, looking at Riley. She put her hands in her pocket.
"Thanks." she said. She started to blush a light shade of pink.
"Well, I guess I'll see you later." Bradin said.
"Yea. How about I just meet you at your house?" Riley asked as she started to walk back up her steps.
"Sound's good." Bradin said. He walked back to his house with his bagel and orange juice still in hand.
He walked back in to find Nikki at the dining room table reading a magazine with an apple in hand. "Are you sick?" he asked. He looked up at the clock on the wall. It was only eight o'clock in the morning.
"Um… No, why?" she asked quizzically looking at Bradin.
"Well it's not noon yet and your already up." he said with a laugh.
"Well for your information, I am going running after I finish my apple." she replied as she went back to reading her magazine.
"Whoa! Since when do you run? In the morning for that matter?" asked Bradin, putting his bagel and drink on the kitchen counter.
"Since… um… I dunno. I just felt like going out today." Nikki said not looking up from her magazine. She could feel a blush rushing up her cheeks. "I think I should get going. You know… Before it gets too hot." She rushed out of the kitchen and out the door, leaving her magazine on the table. What she didn't tell her brother was that she wasn't just running because she felt like it.
She walked outside and walked around the corner. There she saw John McDavin, a sophomore at Playa Linda High. He was gorgeous. He had dark red hair and freckles that scattered his cheeks. His emerald green eyes shone brightly in the sun. Or at least that was Nikki's description of him. In all truth, he was very good looking. Nikki just happened to believe that he was the best looking guy in all of Playa Linda. She knew much more about him than she would let on. Like, she knew that he was on the track team and the soccer team, his birthday was July 20, his favorite color was green and he loved to shop at Abercrombie and Fitch and Hollister, Nikki's two favorite stores.
She stared at him from behind the corner house. She adjusted her cami and sweat pants and made sure her running shoes were tied. She wanted to look like she did this all the time. She took a damp towel and dabbed her forehead to make it look like she had been out running for a while. She jogged out from behind the house and started to run towards him. She ran by and he looked up. She glanced back and gave him a smile. John waved back with a smile.
"Oh my god… he just smiled at me!" Nikki whispered in an excited voice. She continued to jog around the next corner and as soon as she was out of sight, she stopped jogging. She was happy with her smile and she started to walk back to her house.
"That was fast." said Bradin as she entered the house again.
"Well, I… you know… Sprinting and stuff…" she mumbled as she walked up the stairs to her room. She had decided that since she had accomplished what she wanted she deserved to go back to bed.
Bradin shook his head. "What has gotten into her?" he said. He looked up at the clock. It was 11, so he decided to finish his bagel before he went and got changed. He sat down at the table and started flipping through the news paper. He read an article that had been written about the surf team. His name had been mentioned as one of the top returnees. Bradin laughed and threw away his bag and the orange juice bottle. He went to his room to change. He put his wetsuit on over his swim trunks and walked out. He walked out his front door to find that Riley was just walking up his steps with her wetsuit pulled down to her waist. She was wearing a black string bikini which revealed her toned stomach and her tan skin. "Uh… Hi." he said.
Riley laughed. The look on Bradin's face was priceless. "Hi yourself." she said. "So, I know I'm early but do you wanna gunna go now?" she asked.
Bradin looked at his watch. It was only 12 o'clock. "Uh… Oh, yea. Let's go. I'll bring you to the best place on the beach, as long as you promise not to tell anyone where it is."
"It's not like I have anyone to tell." Riley said with a smile, thought a little disappointedly.
"Oh… Right." Bradin said. He grabbed his surfboard and walked off his porch. "Shall we?"
"We shall." Riley said. She followed him to the beach in front of his house. They zipped up their wet suits and went into the water. He looked to make sure no one was looking at them. He started paddling towards a rock jetty that was sticking out from the beach.
"Watch the rocks." yelled Bradin, so he could be heard over the roar of the waves.
"Ok." Riley yelled back. Keeping their distance they went around the jetty and they came upon the most beautiful beach Riley had ever seen. It had the best waves and the sand was whiter than the main beach. There were no houses or buildings, just sand dunes for about a mile or so. It was sheltered from sight and you wouldn't have seen it over the dunes. "Oh my god…" she said in awe as she took it all in.
Bradin looked back and laughed. "Like it?" he asked.
"Oh my god… It's beautiful! And look at the waves! They're awesome!" Riley said.
"Let's take one in. You go first." Bradin said.
"Ok." Riley said. She waited for a wave and took it in. It felt so good to be back on a surf board. She rode out the wave and slipped off her board and into the water. She got back on her board and waited for Bradin to take one in. "You go!"
"Alright!" he said, catching a really good wave. Riley watched him take it in and was in awe. He's amazing… she thought.
They paddled out together and took one in and waited for the other. They surfed together for the next few hours. It was 3 o'clock when they finally went back around. They rode up onto the beach.
"Wow! That was so much fun!" Riley said with a smile.
"Yea. We should do it again soon." Bradin said, walking towards their houses.
"Definitely. Do you wanna get something to eat?" Riley asked. "I can ask my mom if you can stay for lunch. It's Friday and Friday's barbeque for lunch."
"Sounds great. Let me go change and give me a call if its alright with your parents."
"Alright. Bye." she said as she started to walk towards her house. She walked in and Zoë and Shanna ran up and grabbed her around the waist.
"RILEY!" they said together. They backed up a little after they were done hugging her. "You're all wet." said Zoë.
"Yea." said Shanna.
"That's cause I was out surfing." she said.
"Can you take us sometime?" Zoë asked.
"Sure." Riley said with a smile. She went up to her room and changed out of her bathing suit and put on a light blue collared shirt and a denim skirt. She walked downstairs and found her mother in the kitchen. "Hey Mom."
"Hey, honey. What's up?" she asked as she cut up some tomatoes.
"Do you think that my friend can come over for lunch today? He lives just down the block."
"Who's this friend?" her mother asked, turning to look at her.
"You're having you're boyfriend over for lunch?" Zoë asked rather loudly.
"You're boyfriend?" Mrs. Taylor asked suspiciously.
"He's not my boyfriend. He's just a friend. I promise." she said.
"Riley's having her boyfriend for lunch?" asked Shanna, loudly like Zoë.
"Argh!" Riley said, obviously irritated.
"Shanna, go into the den and finish unpacking your toys with Zoë." said Mrs. Taylor.
"Ok Mommy." she said as she skipped off to the other room.
"Boyfriend?" she asked again suspiciously.
"Friend." Riley replied. "I've only known him for a day! How could he be my boyfriend already?"
"How did you meet him?"
"He's the boy I met at the party last night."
"He seemed nice." Mrs. Taylor replied, cutting some more tomatoes.
"He is. He took me surfing today." Riley said with a small smile.
"That must have been fun. What's his name?"
"Bradin. He lives a few houses down." Riley said.
"Alright. You can have him over."
"Thank you, Mom" Riley said. She kissed her mother on the cheek and walked to the door. She put on her white flip flops and walked over to Bradin's house.
A/N: Ok... Chapter 3... I know it's been a while but school has been taking up all my free time lately. So yea, here's the next chapter. Thanks to everyone for their great comments. I promise to try and get them out faster next time. I already have a few ideas for later chapters, but if you want I'd try and write in ideas or characters that people would like. --Erica