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Allison's POV

Riiiiinnnng!

The sound of my cell phone woke me up today. I glanced at the clock, which read 5:47 am. I groaned and answered it, wondering who would call me this early.

"Hello?" I said, yawning.

"Allison. It's dad." The voice said.

"Dad!" I quickly sat up fully awake. "Hi."

"Hi. I just wanted to call to see how things were." He said.

"Oh! Well, things are going great! Erika picked me up from the airport and I met the family. They were great and treated me really nicely." I said, thinking that it'd be what he wanted to hear.

"That's good." He replied. "You sound, tired. Is there something making you tired? Something I should be knowing about?"

Ugh, that was my paranoid dad at it again.

"No!" I yawned again. "It's just that it's only five o' clock over here, and it's probably around eight back there. I've just adjusted to the time over here, that's all." I said.

"Well, alright. I've gotta go, I'm sorry this was such a short conversation. You're mother's calling. Goodbye Allison." My foster father said. Once I heard the click, meaning he probably just hung up, I turned off my cell phone and plopped back down on the bed.

I couldn't fall back asleep so I figured I'd just wake up and start the day.

I got changed and walked out of the room. Bradin's door was open, and curiosity got at me again. I peeked into his room, finding him sleeping on his bed like an angel. God, was he cute. Ah! I'm doing it again!

"Stupid Allison!" I thought to myself. "You'll never get a chance with him!" I kept reminding myself that over and over.

I shook my head and continued walking down the hall. As I took the few last steps of the stairway, I saw Erika in her pajamas sitting at the breakfast table, eating a bowl of cereal.

"Hey Erika!" I said as I made my way towards her.

"Hey!" She smiled at me. "Why are you up so early?"

"Well, my cell phone rang and no matter how hard I tried, I couldn't fall back asleep." I told her. "What's your excuse?"

She laughed. "Well, actually I'm supposed to be down at the beach in an hour. I teach these little kids how to surf."

That's so awesome. I've always wanted to surf, but I never had the chance too.

"Hey, do you think you could teach me too?" I asked. "I've always wanted to learn how to surf, but you know how my parents are."

"Sure!" She said excitedly. "Go get ready and I'll take you down to the beach in an hour!" She said.

"Great!" I said. I quickly jolted up the stairs and grabbed my bathing suit and other beach-like necessities.

Erika parked her car and the both of us walked out onto the beach. I stepped out onto the sand with my flip flops on, and it felt good to feel the warm coastal sand in the morning. The beach looked beautiful, since the sunrise was just coming up from out of the clouds. Erika introduced me to her class of little girls. I looked stupid cause' I was like the only teenager trying to learn to surf, and all these little kids were doing so much better than me.

As I was managing to actually stand still on the board, I caught Bradin heading running towards us with a surfboard in hand. I guess he woke up shortly after we left.

Oh God, I couldn't let him see me like this! I couldn't let him see me struggling to even stand straight on a surfboard when all these little girls were already like pros on the waves. So I did what any other person would do, try to act like something I wasn't. I paddled out into the water, and my legs were wiggling crazily as I got up and stood on the surfboard. The wave was coming and I made sure that Bradin was watching while I attempted to make this wave and look good in front of him.

Unfortunately, the total opposite happened. The wave came, and knocked me off right off my board. I was so humiliated. I walked back to the shore sulking.

Erika giggled. "Don't worry! You'll get the hang of it!" She encouraged. An invisible lightbulb seemed to light up over her head.

"Hey Bradin! Why don't you teach Allison how to surf? You guys could get to know each other better."

Oh no, I couldn't humiliate myself more in front of him!

"I'd love to." He said, smiling at me. I smiled back uneasily.

There was an awkward silence as we walked away from Erika and her class, to a more secluded place to surf.

I decided to break the silence. I hated awkward silences.

"So! That was pretty funny what happened yesterday." I said, giggling.

"Yeah! What did you mean by 'oh I'm not that great of a singer'? You were great!" He said.

"Haha, you weren't so bad yourself." I replied.

"Well, I guess I wasn't too horrible. So, you ready to learn how to surf?" He asked, taking my board.

"I guess so..." I replied nervously.

He set my board on the sandy ground and gestured me to stand up on it.

"How am I gonna learn how to surf this way?" I asked.

"Well, you gotta learn how to stand on the board before you could actually start surfing!" he replied.

I got up on the board and stood there.

"Now what?" I asked, standing there stiffly.

"Now lean your body forward a little." He said. He slowly put his arms around my bare waist, pushing my body forward.

I wanted to melt. There were Bradin's heavenly arms, around my waist.

"This'll help you gain speed." He said.

We continued with the lesson until noon.

"You were great out there." He said as he and I were walking from the beach.

"Yeah…right. Smashing my face against the waves like a hundred times. Yeah I was really something huh?" I said sarcastically.

He laughed. "Well, you're improving."

"I guess I was a little better than last time." I said. "You're a great teacher."

We started walking along the beach. It felt so perfect.

"So, tell me more about yourself." Bradin started.

"Well… I live in New Jersey, my parents hate me, and my life pretty much sucks." I said.

"Sucks? How?" Bradin asked, surprisingly interested.

We spotted a rock and slowly climbed on top of it. Sitting there together side by side looking out into the ocean.

"Well, my parents-″

RING! RING!

Bradin's stupid cell phone interrupted me.

"Hold that thought." He said as he reached into his pocket for his cell phone.

"Hello? Hey. Where? In 20 minutes? Alright I'll be there." He said. He put away his cell phone and turned back to me.

"Hey, sorry I gotta go meet some guys." He said.

I shrugged. "That's ok. I guess I'll see you at dinner then?"

"Yeah, I'll be there." He smiled.

Suddenly, he went real close to me and gave me a really quick peck on the cheek. I blushed.

Oh. My. Gosh. Bradin just…kissed me! Omigosh Omigosh Omigosh!

But I tried real hard to keep my cool. "What was that for?"

"For being a great friend." He smiled. With that, he walked away leaving me alone sitting on the rock by myself.

I stared into the ocean. I loved this vacation! I hated how it was only for a week though. Today was already the second day. I wish this vacation could go on forever.

I continued to daydream until I was startled by my cousin.

"Hey! So you ready to go yet?" She asked. "Ava's making hamburgers for lunch at home."

"Sounds good!" I replied. We walked back to Erika's car and drove back to the house.

A/N: Yeah, I know this chapter kinda sucked compared to the other ones…but please still review! Since I'm lacking in reviews, and only got two for this chapter, I won't post up the next one until I get at least 4 reviews! Thanks! Sorry, but I just really want to know how I'm doing. So please, review!