Chapter 2- Beach Fight

A few days later, Bradin walked into the livingroom where most of the rest of the family was gathered. Ava walked in with a letter in her hand. "What's that Aunt Ava?" Nikki asked.

"We got an invitation to the annual Playa Linda Summer Bash. Everyone's invited!" Ava exclaimed.

"Cool. Can I bring Cameron?" Nikki asked. Over the month that Bradin had been gone Nikki and Cameron had become quite close to each other. It was hard to find one without the other.

"Sure."

"Well if Nikki can bring Cameron, I should be able to invite Martha!" Derrik pointed out.

"Fine you can bring Martha." Bradin wanted to bring someone and he started to say that he would invite Erika, but then he saw that Jay was staring at him with a 'don't even go there' look.

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The next day Erika was shopping for bikini's when she ran into Bradin. "Hey Erika!"

"Oh... hi." She wasn't too excited to see him.

"What's up?" he asked her.

"Not too much." She replied. She was anxious to get away from him.

"Today we got an invitation to go to that Summer Bash.' Bradin was going to ask if she wanted to come.

"Don't think you're the only person that got one Kansas. I got mine yesterday." She said jokingly. Erika enjoyed joking with Bradin again.

"Cool... so hopefully I'll see you there?" Bradin had hope in his voice.

Erika paused. She was thinking about whether to go or not and you could see it in her face. Bradin was half crushed by this. "Um... yeah. I'll see you there." Bradin smiled. She smiled back.

"Well I have to go. I'll see you tomorrow night." Bradin said. He left only anticipating what was to happen the next night.

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The phone was ringing and Jay walked in just as the answering machine picked up. It was Erika. "Hi. My car broke down so I was wondering if on your way to the Summer Bash tonight you could pick me up and we could drive down to the beach together. Um... give me a call if this won't work. Otherwise I'll be expecting you around 7:00. Bye."

Jay quickly deleted the message and went to get ready for the party. He was going to pick Erika up himself.

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Ding Dong. Erika opened the door to see Jay standing there. "Hey Jay. Is it just you?"

"Yeah. It's just me." Erika was happy, but also sad that Bradin wasn't with him.

"Hold on I just have to finish putting this stupid necklace on." Erika was having trouble getting the chain into the clasp. Jay saw her having trouble.

"Do you need any help?" he offered.

"Yeah. Thanks." She handed him the necklace. She pulled her hair up so he could put it around her neck. She could feel him fumbling with the delicate piece of jewelery. He kept glancing up at her. She felt a little awkward.. Finally he had gotten the necklace on her.

"Okay. Are you ready to go?"

"Yeah." They walked out to his car together. He opened her door for her and then went around to his side. He quickly glanced in the side mirror to makes sure that he looked fine, and got into the car.

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When they arrived, Erika quickly started dancing. Bradin was about to join her, but then he remembered that he was standing right near Jay. He saw a guy start to hit on her, but she turned and walked away to go stand near the beach house. The guy followed her over there. "Hey baby. Why do have to be like that?" Erika turned and rolled her eyes. He came up to her again. "Can't you see that I'm talking to you?" He said, slightly angry.

"Just go away." Erika stated.

"What if I don't want to go away? Huh?" He began to touch Erika's side.

"Don't touch me?" she tried to walk away, but they guy grabbed her.

"Who's stopping me?" He sneered in Erika's face.

"Just leave me alone okay!" Erika half screamed at him.

"Aww, baby. I just want some love." He pulled her towards him and kissed her. She tried to break free, but he was too strong. She could smell the strong odor of beer on him.

"Let her go." Bradin walked towards the guy.

"Why should I?" the guy walked up to Bradin still holding Erika.

"Because I said so!" Bradin was pissed that the guy had the nerve to kiss Erika against her wishes like he did.

"Bradin I'm fine, just go away." Erika knew that if a fight started Bradin would get hurt.

"What're you gonna do about it if I don't let her go." the guy released his grip on Erika and shoved Bradin.

"THIS!" Bradin punched the guy.

"Oh, you think you're tough!" The guy charged at Bradin so that he was on top of him. He kept hitting Bradin continuosly.

"GET OFF OF HIM!" Erika ran towards the guy and tried to pull him off of Bradin. He quickly turned and punched her. She ran back towards him. She saw that Bradin had stopped moving. "STOP YOU'RE KILLING HIM!" Jay saw all the commotion and came over. He grabbed the guy off Bradin and punched him. The impact of the punch caused the guy to pass out immediatly. "OH MY GOD BRADIN WAKE UP!" Erika went back over to Bradin and started to try to wake him up. SHe was almost in tears. Bradin blinked and she sighed a sigh of relief. "Are you okay?" She asked.

"Yeah." he replied weakly. He stood up and walked over towards Jay. "Thanks man."

"Don't mention it." Jay said in his Australian accent. He walked over to Bradin and they both looked at Erika. She looked traumatized.

"Erika are you okay?"

"Yeah. I'm just fine." She shoved her way past Jay and Bradin and walked over to the ocean.

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About 10 minutes later Bradin found Erika sitting in the sand staring out into the waves. "Hey."

"Hey. She said quietly.

"So... some party, huh?"

"Don't go there."

"Sorry."

"Thanks for... well... you know... with the guy back there." She looked up at Bradin. He sat down next to her.

"No problem."

"You know... um... Bradin?" she said nervously.

"Yeah?" She leaned in and kissed him. She pulled away and looked at him. "Wow." He leaned back in to kiss her. The second kiss quickly became more and more passionate. Jay noticed them kissing and looked on with envy.

A/N- Do you like it? I really don't know if Martha is still on the show but she is in my story. Um... R&R. Tell me if there's a character that you want to see more of, but i'm still building my story mainly off of Bradin, Erika, and Jay.