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Chapter 12.

After what seemed like hours later Tyler, Megan and to Sophie's dismay/luck Freddy towered above her, blocking her sunlight. She opened her eyes and looked at the three of them.

"Can I help you?" She asked.

"C'mon Sophie! Let's go swimming" her brother said dropping his towel on the chair next to Sophie and shedding his Volcom tee.

"Ugh! Pass…" Sophie responded rather rudely. Truth is, she'd been thinking, yes she liked Freddy but she didn't want to go through pain like she did with him. She was deep in thought when someone spoke.

"Whatever. Meg, Freddy you guys coming?" Tyler asked the blonde siblings.

"Yeah I'm comin'" Megan replied shedding her clothes a grin plastered on her face. 'Great! She's hot for Ty' Sophie thought.

"I think I'll pass as well. I'll go in later." Said Freddy and as he shed his black Metallica tee, laid down on the chair next to her.

Sophie rolled her eyes, but smiled coyly. She re-plugged her ears with her earphones and closed her eyes. After ten minutes or so Sophie felt like someone was watching her. A playful smirk spread on her lips as she paused the current track playing on her CD and turned to Freddy.

"You know, you should take a picture, it lasts longer" she said as she got up and headed over o the pool slowly, very slowly. Freddy was still watching her intently, staring –no gawking actually. She reached the edge and arching her body, she dove into the pool without a splash. Freddy was left behind a little dumbstruck but with a smile on his face.

Sophie swam over to Tyler and Megan and chatted with them. In no time, Sophie felt a humongous splash next to her, a couple of seconds later she saw the blonde hair rising out of the water.

"Hello. Nice of you to join us" said Sophie.

"We were just talking about what our plans for today should be. What do you want to do, Freddy?" Megan inquired.

"I dunno. What have you got so far?" he shrugged and replied.

"Well, Tyler wants to hang out here for a bit" she responded.

"Megan wants to eat something, and then maybe grab some ice-cream" Tyler continued.

"and I want to watch a movie" finished Sophie.

The three of them looked expectantly at Freddy.

"Well, we'll hand here, eat something, and then go watch that movie" he concluded.

Everyone nodded and they continued to chat. While Megan and Tyler did their own flirting, Freddy and Sophie started splashing each other harmlessly but it soon turned into a four person water fight. They were all enjoying themselves, a lot actually. They played chicken fights, Tyler and Megan against Freddy and Sophie, and then some Tyler and Sophie against Freddy and Megan. Little did Sophie know that someone was watching her closely from afar.

After enjoying their fun time at the pool they decided to end it. All four teenagers got out of the pool, their bodies dripping in chlorine-ridden water. They dried off, donned their shorts, shirts and shoes and debated whether they should just grab a snack or a full lunch. Since it's only logical that the majority rules, the winning option was that they'd head over to the boats casual restaurant, Sidenote, for a nice full lunch.

As they walked the short distance to the restaurant, they all chatted amicably. After pulling open the thick glass doors they were greeted with a fairly cold sort of breeze, and headed over to a booth nearby. As they arranged themselves and the freezing cold leather made contact with their still damp bottoms, a somewhat built, shaggy haired boy came over to their table. Cutting their friendly banted short, the black haired boy spoke.

"Can I help you?" he asked without looking at the friendly four.

Being ready to order Freddy, Megan, Tyler and Sophie interrupter their chat and looked up at their waiter. The minute Sophie looked up, she regretted it.

"Ian?" she asked surprised and after that she regretted opening her mouth too.

"Harper?" Tyler asked, the disgust clearly evident in his voice.

"Do you guys know each other?" Megan inquired innocently. All this time Sophie had gotten a little worked up and as Megan let slip this presumably harmless question, Sophie couldn't take it anymore. With that, she stood up and after slightly shoving Ian aside she stepped out and with every step she took the tears that hadn't fallen a month ago started to slide down her cheeks.

(A/n: D-RA-MA! And a little sort of cliffy:P PLEASE REVIEW!)