Mel was sitting on the beach outside the Beach House doing her homework, waiting for Bradin to get home. The slight wind blew the paper in her notebooks so the pages kept flipping on her. "This is impossible!" she whined as she began to clean up the stuff. As if as punishment, her Latin homework began to fly down the beach. "Damn it!" she yelled, getting up and hobbling, trying to catch it. A girl walking her way saw her and grabbed the paper and handed it to her "Thanks, it would have taken me all afternoon to catch that" she said thankfully
"No problem" the girl said "I'm Laura" she held out her hand
"Melani, but everyone calls me Mel" Mel responded "You're new, right?"
Laura nodded "I'm visiting for a while. Is it that obvious?"
Mel laughed "No, it's just I know just about everyone in this town, and I didn't know you. Process of elimination"
They both laughed "Good to know."
Mel threw the rest of her books in her bag "Do ya want to come over, I mean, by husband won't be home for a while, and it gets kinda quiet"
"Husband?" Laura said shocked "How old are you?"
Mel laughed, now used to that reaction "I'm only sixteen, he's seventeen"
Laura's jaw almost hit the floor "Do I want to know, or is that the norm in California?"
Mel smiled "It's not the norm, trust me. It's a really long, complicated story."
Laura laughed "Ok. As long as I'm not expected to get married, I'm good"
Mel laughed "Nope, I'm just weird. Come on" she led Laura house to her house. She and Bradin were staying there since yet again, her parents were away on business. She led Laura into the kitchen "You're not like some psycho murderer are you?" she said, handing her a Pepsi
Laura laughed "No, I'm not, promise. What's the deal with the cast? Sport related injury?"
Mel looked at the foot in the cast "No, I wish though. I'm a cheerleader, but that didn't do it. I got in a fight with my ex and we were fighting and his gun went off and cut my foot. It like scraped the skin, I needed 25 stitches, so they won't let me walk on it"
"Wow" was all she could manage to say "I don't think I like it here. People get into fights with guns, they get married at 16! Man, its so safer back home, the worst thing that happens is the occasional storm"
Mel laughed "No, none of this happens to normal people, just to me. I decided I was a total ass in a past life, and I'm paying for it now. No one goes through half the shit I do"
Laura laughed as Mel led her into the living room "Man, talk about tough life. Anything else? Parents in prison for murder, crazy stalker following you everywhere?" she replied
"Not that I know of, but there's always the possibility" she said smiling "No, I'm on the right track. Went from crazy abusive boyfriend to amazingly awesome husband. Somehow the gods gave me a break."
"Did I hear my gorgeous wife describing me?" Bradin asked as he walked in the door. His eyes popped and his jaw dropped as he saw Laura, as did hers "Laur?" he asked
Hehe, wicked short i know, but it has a purpose. Those who remember way back in the real story who Laura was, you know what direction im goin in. Lets just say, DRAMA is ahead! Dont 4get to R 'n' R -Steph