It was weird going to practice and having Erika not there. It made Bradin nervous. There new coach however was very strict, Bradin wasn't enjoying the practices as much. But he had to stay focased for the meet they had in a week. Whoever gets in the top three is automaticly qualifyed for the circuit and Bradin knew that this could be his chance and he was going to do everything he could to win.
"Nikki can I borrow you for a minute?" Ava asked walking into Nikki's bedroom. Ava was so happy that Nikki was back to her old self, and was happy she had been talking to friends. "It won't take long." She nodded at Amber who smiled. "What is it?" Nikki asked walking down the steps to Ava's studio. "Okay Kolby and Susannah are gone and I just can't figure it out. Blue or pink?" Ava held up the two color combos. The blue didn't go good with the brown so Nikki pointed to the pink and brown cloth. "Thats pretty." Nikki smiled. "Thanks Nik." Ava said putting down the fabric. "Amber and I are going to the pier so I'll probably eat later." Nikki told Ava as she slowly made her way up the stairs. "Thats fine," Ava said. "But remember you have a curfew too. Not passed ten." Ava gave her a stern look and Nikki nodded.
"So you and Cam are together?" Amber asked in between sips of her smoothie. "Seems that way. We had some trouble but we cleared it up." Nikki said splashing her feet in the water. Nikki and Amber were sitting at the edge of the rocks at the end of the pier. It was much quieter and Amber and Nikki hadn't talked in a while and had a lot of catching up to do. "I'm glad." Nikki said sipping her smoothie. "Yeah," Amber adjusted her straw and then turned toward Nikki. "Guess what! Nick O'Shea likes me!" Amber eyes widened with excitement and so did Nikki's. "No!" I said laughing. "Yes, Greg told me." Amber said kicking her feet with glee. "Thats awsome. Is he gonna ask you out?" Nikki asked. "I don't know if he doesn't with in a week I just might have to myself!" Amber laughed. Nick O'Shea was one of the cutest guys in our school besides Cam. Nikki knew Amber had a crush on him since last summer.They were back to there original selfs, Nikki felt like she could tell Amber anything.
Bradin checked the time in the Tiki Squeeze to make sure he wouldn't be late for Erika's first practice with the new guys. Bradin paid for his Orange Squeeze and then headed for two brothers. "Erika!" Bradin called. "Hey there Kansas." Erika said kissing him on his cheek. "Whoa do you have enough boards?" Bradin asked looking at all of them. "Well I didn't know who had one or who needed one or maybe some people only use certain ones or..." "Erika. Are you okay?" Bradin asked running his fingures through his hair. "Just nervous." Erika said looking at her clipboard. "Hey whats that?" Erika asked grabing the sheet of paper out of Bradin's hand. "This yours?" Erika asked scrunching her eyebrows. "Uh..yeah. I just picked it up." Bradin said tossing his cup into the trash. "Its a good idea." Erika said smileing. "You think?" Bradin said overlooking the sign up sheet for lifeguards. "Yeah. It'll keep ya busy." Erika smiled. "Are you the new coach?" A guy came up behind Erika. "Yeah, I'm Erika." Erika smiled. "Cool." A couple guys gathered around. "Okay guys! If you need a board, there here. I just want to see where you guys are so just go out there and just throw some simple stuff, today isn't gonna be like a regular practice. But tomorrow we start some real drills!" Some of the guys whispered. "Yo bro!" A guy came up beside Bradin. "She single?" He whispered. Bradin wasn't shocked but he was getting more nervous about this whole coaching thing. Erika had perfect timing she turned toward him and kissed him and Bradin kissed her back.