Chapter 1

Bam pulled his car into the hotel parking lot and shut the engine off. For a minute he sat there, taking in the surrounding scenery, before he decided to go inside to check into his room. They decided to go inside to check into his room. They had just finished filming an episode of the show but Bam wasn't ready to go home yet. Plus CKY was in Los Angeles as a rest stop on their tour, so Bam decided to stick around and hang out with Jess.

As Bam got out of his car his cell phone rang.

"Hello?"

"Yo Bam Bam, where are you at?"

"Yo Jess… I'm at a hotel in Burbank, about to go inside to check into my room."

"Awesome, I am like five minutes from Burbank right now."

"Yeah? What are you up to?"

"I was wondering the same thing about you. I heard that you were still in Cali, and wanted to see if you wanted to hang out for a while."

"When?"

"Right now?"

"Well I uh… normally I would but, I just got to my hotel and I want to relax for awhile. How about I give you a call later?"

"Yeah sure. I guess I'll talk to you later then."

"OK. Bye."

"Bye."

Bam flipped his cell phone closed and put it back into his pocket.

After Bam spent a few hours in his hotel room, by himself, he called Jess back. They decided to roam the streets of Burbank for a while, hoping to run into something interesting.

There were a few teenagers out, rollerblading and skateboarding along the sidewalk. Bam and Jess stopped by a storefront and watched the random skaters go by.

"You should join them Bam." Jess whispered with a laugh

"Yeah, maybe I should." He snickered

A skateboard sped past their feet and the two brothers looked up at each other.

"What is that? Like an omen?"

"An omen!" Bam laughed again

"Runaway skateboard!" A girl shouted as she came running towards them

Bam went after skateboard and picked it up, just as the girl reached them. He looked up at her with a smile as he handed her the skateboard.

"Is this yours?"

"Yeah, thanks. It uh… it tends to get away from me."

She lowered her sunglasses revealing bright aqua eyes.

"You're Bam and Jess Margera!"

"Yeah." Bam looked into her eyes and smiled.

"What's your name?"

"I'm Crystal."

"Crystal, mind if I ask what you were doing with that skateboard that caused it to get away from you?"

"I uh… I was trying to ride it. Normally I can ride without it getting away from me like that, but I've been out of practice since I had my broken toe."

"Do you skate a lot then?"

"Yeah, I've been skating for a few years now. That's how I broke my toe, skateboarding."

"How did you manage to break a toe skateboarding?"

"I was trying to do this trick on a ramp, and I uh, I fell." She laughed.

"This is my first time skating since my toe healed."

As Bam and Crystal continued to talk to each other, they didn't notice that Jess had walked away.The two of them began to leisurely stroll while they talked.

"So how long are you going to be in town?" She asked as they stopped

"As long as I damn well please." His cell phone rang, interrupting his next thought.

"Hold on Crystal… Hello?"

"Bam Bam."

"Wait… Jess? What are you doing calling me… wait where did you go? Weren't you like right behind me?"

"I was, like over an hour ago. You and what's-her-name were so involved with your little conversation, that I didn't think you would notice if I left. Which you didn't."

"Oh… I… I'm sorry Jess. Where are you any way?"

"I'm back at your hotel room actually."

"What are you doing there?"

"Running up your hotel bill, what else?"

"Oh you fucker… you better not."

"What are you going to do about it? You know what
Bam? It's been nice chattin' with you but I'll leave you with your little girlfriend now. I'll see you later or tomorrow. Bye."

"Uh… girlfriend? Wait Jess I…" he looked at Crystal and then closed his cell phone, realizing that Jess had hung up

"What was that about?" She asked

"I don't know. Just Jess being an asshole I guess. Hey I probably should be getting back to my hotel anyway. It's really been nice meeting you."

"Yeah it sure had. Maybe we can continue our conversation tomorrow?"

"Yeah that would be cool. Can I get your number?"

"Sure." She told him her number as he put it into his cell phone.

"Give me a call tomorrow, we can hang out. Maybe we won't ignore Jess like we did this time.'

"Yeah maybe. Ok I'll give you a call tomorrow then."

He smiled at her, and wondered if it would be too presumptuous if he gave her a hug goodbye, before turning away from her.