A/N: to those who have reviewed and said i was moving too fast, i know i was. this chapter is going to contain the beginning of the relationship. and dont worry, i would have said what you all said in your reviews. but thanks for reviewing! love yas!

Bradin walked into school and up to his locker. Standing there tryng to figure out what classes he had that day, he heard girls laughing. He peered behind him and saw a group of girls laughing and walking into the school. They looked at him. He smiled at them making them giggle. As he turned to get his books, his friend Lucas walked up to him.

"Hey man," Lucas said, "What's going on?"

"Nothing," Braidn said, "I'm just tired."

"It's that contract you have," his friend told him, "You need sleep so you can consentrate on school and friends and a girl."

"Girl? Yeah right," Bradin said, "There is no girl that would-"

"Don't say it, dude," Lucas said, "All of the girls want you. Well, most of them."

"You don't think I know that?" Braidn snapped. "I'm sorry, dude. I'm really tired."

"Don't worry about it."

"So, what have I missed during school? Anything exciting?"

"No. Not really. Just the same old boring thing." Lucas watched as another group of girls came in and giggled as they talked about Bradin. "You see what I mean? They all want you."

"But, I don't want them."

"Then, find a girl and have a 'friends with benefits' relationship with her. Just call her up when you need action and she'll fuck you."

"I know what the term means," Bradin said, "I'm not stupid."

"Some of us are going bowling after school. The wave action isn't going to be too well today. You should come with us."

"I'll see how much work I have to do."

AFTER SCHOOL

Bradin decided to go bowling with his friends because he needed the time to spend with them. He hasn't hung out with them in weeks. As they waited at the front desk, a girl walked up to them. She was about 5'5" and had an athletic body. She had brown, wavy hair pulled back into a pony tail and hazel eyes.

"Can I help you?" she asked them.

"Yes. We want to bowl for three games," a guy named Alex said.

"All right," the girl said as she walked up to the desk and played around on the computer. "Okay," she said after a minute, "you will be on lanes 25 and 26. You just need shoe rentals, unless you have your own shoes."

"Thanks," they said as they all headed to the lanes to set their stuff down. Most of them walked back up to the counter to rent shoes. After they all got their shoes, they set up teams and began to bowl against each other.

As Bradin waited for his ball, a few people from the opposing team went before him. He finally realized that his ball was stuck.

"Fuck," he said as he headed to the front counter. "Excuse me, my ball got stuck on lane 25," he said to the girl who got them settled in the beginning.

"Okay," she said, "I'll be there in a minute."

As he walked away, he couldn't get off of his mind on how hot she looked. Yes, she was wearing her work uniform. But, she still looked hot. As he walked back to the lanes he and his friends were on, the worker ran past him almost knocking him over.

"Sorry!" she yelled back as she kept running. She ran to the end of the building and down a path that led to the back of the pins.

"What was that about?" Lucas asked as Bradin walked back to the lanes.

"How should I know?"

THAT NIGHT

Bradin was lying on his bed staring at his ceiling. He just finished his homework and needed rest. Knock knock, he heard. He sat up, walked over to his door, and saw Lucas there.

"There's a party on the beach right now," he said, "Let's get going."

"It's a school night," Bradin said.

"No," Lucas told his friend, "It's Friday. Man, you've been gone too long." Bradin couldn't believe it.

Bradin and Lucas walked on the beach to the party that Lucas told Bradin about. For about an hour, Bradin stood around because he either hated the people that were there or didn't know many people. He walked up to a table, grabbed a beer, and walked away as he opened it. He hasn't had beer in a long time. He didn't feel like getting drunk that night. He walked down to a quiet part of the beach away from the party. He listened to the ocean as he sipped his beer. He looked to his side and saw a girl.

"Hey," he said walking up to her.

She looked at him. It was the girl that worked at the bowling alley earlier that day. "Hi," she said as she wiped her eyes.

"You work at the bowling alleys," he said.

"Yeah. But, I'm called Kandy," she said extending her hand.

"Bradin," he said shaking her hand, "Bradin Westerly. Are you okay?"

"Fine," she said.

"Are you sure?"

"I guess," she said as she sat down in the sand.

"Well, the girls I know cry alone when something bad has hapened. You're alone and crying. Something's up," he said.

"I think I actually understood what you said," she said, "I am so stupid sometimes and I get confused easily."

He smiled and sat down beside her. "So, do you want to talk about it?" he asked.

She sighed. "Why are you out here?" she asked. "People only come here if they have something on their mind."

"I was at the party over there and got bored."

"How can you get bored at a party like that?"

"You haven't heard of me before, have you?" he asked.

"No?"

"I'm a professional surfer, or on my way up there."

"And, you've been gone for so long that people have changed and you don't really like them anymore."

"Exactly," he said, "How do you know that?"

"I was born here in Playa Linda. But, I wasn't raised here all my life. When I was about...nine, I left to live in Washington. I came back here for college."

"You're in college?" he asked.

"Yeah. I'm going to be a freshman at UCLA."

"Wow," he said, "You don't look eighteen."

"I'm not eighteen," she said, "I'm seventeen."

"Oh?" he asked.

"My birthday is in October."

"Ooooh," he said making her laugh.

"So, why are here and not hanging out with your girlfriend."

"I'm single," he said, "I never had time for a girlfriend when I was working."

"I see," she said.

"This may seem weird because we just met, but are you a virgin?"

She bit her bottom lip not wanting to answer that question. "No," she said, "I'm not."

"When was the last time you got something?"

She looked at him with a weird face and answered, "A long time."

"Sorry about the personal questions," he said, "I just wanted to see something."

"Any more questions?" she asked.

"Do you believe in the 'friends with benefits' relationship?"

"I don't know," she said shaking her head.

"Do you want to try it?"

PARTY

Lucas walked around the party looking for Bradin. "Yo man!" he yelled, "Where have you been?"

"Around," Bradin simply said, "I'm going to go. I'm realy tired."

"Your loss withthe ladies, dude."

Bradin walked into his room and flopped onto his bed. He looked at Kandy's number and remember what she said.

"I'll try it. But, you have to promise something to me, Bradin."

"Sure."

"Don't fall for me and ask me out."