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Allison's POV

The speakers of the plane blasted, waking me up from sleeping peacefully. An announcement came from the pilot.

"We will be landing in beautiful Playa Linda in approximately 15 minutes. Please stay seated and buckle up. Flight attendants, prepare for landing."

As I quickly shook myself up, rubbing my eyes, I stared out the window in awe. The place was beautiful, it was so sunny and everything looked almost opposite what it looked like back in New Jersey. As we were getting nearer and nearer to the ground, I was getting more nervous. The wheels of the plane finally met the earth, making its way to the gate. After it stopped and we were free to move, I grabbed my bag and walked cautiously off the plane.

After gathering all my luggage, I made my way to the front of the airport. The bright coastal sun caused me to squint as I looked around for Erika.

"ALLISON!" I heard a voice yell. I looked around, searching for whoever called my name.

"Allison!" The voice said again. I found my cousin, making her way towards me.

"ERIKA!" I squealed as we gave each other a huge hug. Wow, she really different from the last time I saw her. In a good way.

"I can't believe you came!" Erika said smiling like crazy. "Come on! I have so much to show you!"

She took my hand and walked fast ahead of me, with me trailing behind. She practically dragged me and my luggage with her.

As we were driving down the California coast, I stared out the window and gaped. I saw a lot of people on the beach in their bikinis and other revealing clothes. They all literally looked like the characters from freakin' Laguna Beach! I looked like a total dork compared to them, with my faded jeans, tennis shoes, and jacket over my white tank. It reminded me of when I was at school. All the popular girls would dress the same way the people here did. I didn't have a lot of friends. Golly, what a great life I have!

"I'm so glad you came!" Erika smiled. She seemed just as excited as she was on the phone last week. "There are so many people I want you to meet!"

We slowly came to a stop as Erika parked her car in front of a house. The house looked so pretty on the outside; it looked sorta looked like a secluded beach house. What I've always wanted to live in.

I slowly stepped out of the car and followed Erika slowly as we walked to the front door.

"Oh come on!" Erika nudged me forward. "There's nothing to be nervous about! Everyone here's really nice. You'll love them!"

She rang the doorbell. A few seconds later a tall brunette appeared opening the door.

"Erika you're back!" the woman said to my cousin. She turned to me.

"And you must be Allison!" She said. "My name's Ava. It's nice to meet you." She said, holding out her hand for me to shake.

"It's nice to meet you too!" I said, taking her hand and shaking it. "You have a very nice home." I said, trying to be polite.

"Well, thank you!" Ava said. She moved out of the way so that me and Erika could come in.

"Meet the rest of the gang!" Ava said to me. She faced the direction of where the stairs were and starting calling everyone.

"Nikki! Derrick! Bradin!" She called. I assumed those were the names of her children.

Two figures made their way down the stairs.

Ava turned to me. "This is my niece, Nikki." She said smiling, gesturing at the girl with short brown hair.

"Hey, it's nice to meet you!" She said with a smug smile. She looked really friendly.

"You too!" I said, smiling back at her.

"And this is my nephew, Derrick." Ava said, gesturing at the short boy.

"Hi." He said, giving me a quick wave. Then he jolted for the stairs and ran back up. Sigh...boys.

"Where's Bradin?" Ava asked Nikki.

"He's on the phone. Again." She groaned.

At that minute, another person made his way down the stairs. I assumed it was this "Bradin" person.

"Hey." The tall blonde boy said. Wow, this guy was gorgeous.

"Ahem. This is Bradin. My nephew." Ava finished.

"You're Erika's cousin right?" He asked. I think I just died and went to heaven. This guy was HOT!

"Yeah." I nodded, smiling. "It's nice meeting you."

"You too." He replied.

I think Erika noticed us staring at each other, for what seemed like forever. So she broke the silence.

"OKAY! So, you ready to unpack?" She asked.

I realized what I was doing and snapped back into reality.

"Yeah!" I replied. Embarrassed, I quickly followed her out to her car to get my luggage. I looked back and saw Bradin, still staring at me. It can't be that he liked me; I was so different from all the girls here. So I turned my head forward and continued out of the house.

Bradin's POV

I just got off the phone from breaking up with my girlfriend, Megan. (A/N: I made Megan up) I just didn't like the things that went on between us. But whoa, was that just Erika's cousin I just met? Wow, Erika's genes must've passed on to her cause' she was gorgeous. She looked a lot different from the girls around here. Everyone here just looked the same, fake and plastic-like. But that girl, she was different. I've got to know more about her.

Everyone's POV

Allison lugged in her luggage into the guest room. (A/N: I made that up that Ava had a guestroom in her house. Does she? And does Erika live in her house also? SORRY! I just started watching the show before they canceled it. Could someone fill me in please? Thanks! Back to the story…)

She started unpacking, when she noticed Bradin's room was right across the hall. (A/N: Made that up too. Sorry.) Curiousness swarmed all over her as she slowly walked out of the room. Shepeeked outside to make sure that no one would notice her as she slowly tiptoed into his room. Allison made sure he wasn't in there as she walked in, looking at all the pleasures his room had to offer. She figured he was a surfer from all the surfing company stickers and posters plastered on all the sides of his wall. She spotted a pair of boxers on the ground and picked it up slowly. She looked around making sure that no one would see her as she joyfully sniffed his boxers pleasurably.

"So how do they smell?" A voice said. Allison's face turned brick red as she dropped the boxers and whirled around, finding Bradin leaning against his doorway.

"I am SO sorry. I'm leaving now." She said as she marched quickly out of his room, avoiding eye contact with him. Allison was humiliated.

"Wait, hold on." He said, holding out his hand, blocking her from leaving his room.

"Stay." He ordered, as he walked inside. Allison obeyed.

"You like music?" He randomly asked.

"Um, sure." Allison replied.

Bradin pulled out his Black Eyed Peas CD and slipped it into his stereo. The song "My Humps" started playing.

Allison started laughing.

"What!" Bradin said, smiling. "A guy has to listen to his 'my humps' song once in a while too!" he said sitting down on his bed.

"Haha I guess that's true!" Allison smiled. This guy was cute AND he had a great sense of humor.

Allison started laughing more as Bradin started singing along to the song.

"What are you doing?" Allison said laughing at him.

"Well what does it look like I'm doing? Skydiving? He replied. "Come on! Sing with me!"

"Well, I'm not that great of a singer." Allison replied.

"And you think I am?" Bradin shot back. "Chicken."

Allison looked up at him and grinned. "What'd you call me?" She asked playfully.

"Chicken! You're a chicken cause' you can't even sing 'my humps'" Bradin said.

"Oh yeah?" Allison said. "Well, I CAN sing! And I'll show you I can!"

"Well, then go for it! I've been waiting!" Bradin replied

Allison wanted a challenge. "Under one condition." She said, a grin spreading widely over her face. "You sing the girl part and I sing the guy part!" She exclaimed.

"You're on!" Bradin replied, laughing at the statement.

"…my lovely lady lumps!" Bradin sang.

"…she's got me spinning!" Allison tuned in.

Bradin sounded so stupid singing a girl's part. But at that moment, Allison had the greatest time of her life. She hasn't been this happy since before the death of her parents.

The two continued singing until a person standing in Bradin's doorway caught the corner of Allison's eye. The same with Bradin.

"WHAT are you guys doing?" Nikki asked, pointing at them and almost dying of laughter at what she just saw.

"What do you want Nikki?" Bradin asked, turning off his stereo.

"I just…hahahaha….came up here to….hahahahah…tell you guys that…dinner's ready! AHAHAHHAHA!" She managed to say. It was hard talking and laughing real hard at the same time.

The three walked down to the dinner table where everyone was. All three of them were still giggling. There was an extra seat next to Erika, so Allison took that seat. Bradin sat across from her and everyone just placed themselves wherever there was an available seat.

Allison saw two new faces.

"That's Johnny." Erika said to Allison, gesturing to the brunette man that sat next to Bradin. The man smiled and, being polite, Allison smiled back. "He's REAL good friends with Ava." Erika winked at Ava, who in return playfully gave her a disgusted look.

"Oh and that's Jay." Erika said, gesturing to the blonde man.

"Hello there!" Jay said. "You must be Erika's cousin! She's told me so much about you!"

"Really?" Allison looked at her cousin and smiled. She turned back to Jay and Johnny. "Well it's nice meeting both of you."

"You too!" They both replied.

"There's another friend of mine I'd like you to meet, Susannah." Ava said. "But right now, she's in New York."

"Well! Now that we've all gotten to know each other! Let's eat!" Derrick said. His stomach was grumbling.

The food was delicious. Allison never felt like part of a family since her parents were alive. It was great being here and she loved every part of it. And even though she just met Bradin, she felt like she had known him all her life.

A/N: So? What'd you think of it? Please don't be shy! REVIEW! Flames are accepted if my story is really that bad. I'll need all the help I could get to improve my writing. REVIEW!