Part 10
It was finally 10. Bradin was walking toward the lobby to his meeting when he spotted Rachel. He couldn't help but think about how beautiful she was. Before he could say anything, she called out to him.
"Bradin, hey," Rachel said.
"Hey. Are you staying here too?" Bradin asked hoping that she was.
"Yeah," Rachel answered. "I guess we'll be seeing more of each othen then."
"Personally, I wouldn't mind that." Bradin smiled at the thought of seeing her everyday.
He decided to act all smooth and cool in front of her. He wondered if she was into surfers. There was only one way to find out...
"Well, I have to get going. Meeting with the sponsers." He said as if he was some famous person.
He knew this would make her curious. He was hoping she would ask questions.
Rachel was curious to find out more. "Sponsers?"
"Nothing major," Bradin said although it was. "Just surfing sponsers."
"Your a professional surfer?" She blurted out.
"Yeah. You into surfing?" He asked.
Rachel knew just how to answer this. "Surfers, actually."
Bradin was thrilled at this. Was she hitting on him? "Oh. That cool I guess."
"Don't act so enthused," Rachel sadly said. She decided to just ask if he liked her or not. "Anyway, meet me at noon for lunch in the lobby?"
Bradin thought for a moment then simply responded, "Sure."
He was trying so hard to contain his excitement and act like this happened all the time.
"See ya then." Rachel said.
"Yeah. See ya." he responded.
After watching her walk away, he continued on to the lobby. We he got there he saw that the sponsers and Jay were already there.
"So, this is Bradin," Jay said, introducing him to the sponsers.
Bradin just smiled and said, "Nice to meet you."
"Same here," replied the sponser. "So, have you surfed professionally before?"
Bradin wasn't sure if he should lie and say yes. Or tell the truth and say no. Finally he said, "No. This is the first time."
The sponser seemed pleased with his answer. "Thats good. Your not caught up in the fame then."
"I guess not," Bradin said then asked, "By the way, I didn't catch your name. What was it agian?"
"Sean," he said.
Bradin then said "Okay then." He wasn't sure of what to talk about in front of him.
Jay then inturrupted with some questions. "So, do you have any plans for Bradin? Are you going to start a marketing campaign or have any press for him?"
"We were thinking that we would play off his good looks," Sean said. "Kind of the Jesse McCartney of surfing."
Just then Bradin's cell rang. When he looked at the callerID he saw that it said "Britney". He didn't want to be rude to the sponsers so he just let his voice mail get the call and then turned his phone on silence. After the meeting he decided he would check his messages.
"Hey Bradin. It's Britney," the voice said to him. "I guess you are ignoring me. I guess I deserve that. I just want you to listen to me for a second. I am really sorry about earlier. I should have never compaired you to my ex. Your nothing like him. Just, please, if you get this, call me."
Bradin couldn't decide if he wanted to talk to her or not. She was important to him, but then again, he had met Rachel and wanted to pursue something with her. If he did call Britney, he wanted her to know that he agreed with her. They shouldn't date while he is gone. They should both be single and free to do whatever they want until he gets back. He didn't want to hurt Britney, but he wanted his freedom. After about 15 minutes of sitting in the lobby debating on what to do, he decided to call her.
Britney looked at the caller ID contemplating on whether to answer it or not. She finally did. "Hello?"
"Hey," Bradin said.
"Bradin!" she squeeled into the phone. "Hey! I'm so glad you called. I need to talk to you."
"I need to talk to you too." Bradin said sadly.
"Me first," she said before Bradin could. "I want to make this work. I don't care if it's long distance for a month. I just want to be with you."
Bradin was silent for a moment. He had to tell her this wouldn't work. But he didn't know how.
"I want to be with you too," he started. This next sentence was going to be so hard for him to say. "Just not like this. I want to be with you in Playa Linda. When I get back."
"You've already met someone. Haven't you?" Britney responded, anger filling her voice.
"Yeah. I have," he said. He knew that by know she was so angry she would probably just start yelling. "But it's nothing serious. I'm just eating lunch with her."
Instead of yelling, Britney calmly asked, "Whats her name?"
"Rachel. Why?" Bradin asked confused. Where was the yelling and crying?
Britney was really hoping that he would say no to this next question. "Rachel Jones?"
Bradin was confused. Why wasn't she explaining these questions? "Yeah. Why?"
"How could you?" she yelled. "She was my best frined in Florida! She moved to California about a year before I did. She's on vacation in Hawaii now. She lives in Playa Linda to."
Bradin was shocked but didn't know how Britney could be mad. She never mentioned Rachel. "How was I supposed to know?"
Britney was too upset to discuss this. "We'll talk later. Bye."
--End Of Part 10--