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Chapter 13: Untitled
The sun rose over the horizon like a light bulb. It hit the ocean with pride and shone onto every rock, making them sparkle. But it shone the brightest on one specific rock. Well, one specific cave. The sun hit the stream going into the cave and bounced off the wall. It punched Bradin's face, forcing him to wake up. He squinted, trying to see. Letting out a small groan, he sat up quietly. He hoped not to wake Claire but she stirred and rolled onto her other side to see him clearly. She smiled lightly, still half asleep. He reached a hand over and touched her face. She placed hers over top of his and pulled him back down. He laughed at her pursuit and lain down next to her, propping his head up with his arm.
"You don't stop, do you?" Bradin asked playfully. She pinned him onto the cave floor and started kissing him.
"I guess not," she laughed in between kisses. Bradin thought for a moment.
"Claire?" he asked when he got the chance to. Claire rolled over onto the blanket to listen. Once Bradin knew that he got Claire's attention, he began to speak. "This crazy thought just popped into my mind and I don't want you to answer if you don't want to, but we never really talked about it and I was just wondering because this night was… you seemed really experienced."
"You want to know how many guys I've been with…sexually. Right?" she cut him off softly. He nodded. "Whoa, that's a wonderful way to ruin the moment."
"You don't have to ans…" she cut him off by putting a finger to his lips.
"I think it's time I tell you my whole story. I guess this might be the worst time for it but…I'm not proud of what I've done in my life that lead up to here. I think my parents were ashamed of me for a lot of it…most of it. Oh god thinking back on it, I can't believe what I did!" she ducked her head into her hands and wrapped her blanket tighter around her body. Bradin pulled her in to his chest and hugged her. She continued.
'I lost my virginity when I was 13 Bray. In the back of a junked up truck with a guy whom was more drunk than I was. I don't even think he remembered anything in the morning. It's something I can't forget. I went to a party with a couple friends that I knew in high school and they ditched me for a couple of college guys. I stood at the spiked punch bowl for an hour before realizing that they weren't coming back for me and I asked for a ride from some guy named Ron. He took me to his car and told me that I was 'damn hot'. I remember not being able to see anything and before I knew it, I was under a blanket with nothing but my coat to keep me warm. I snuck out of there without making a sound."
'The next day I spent in my room thinking about what had happened. I was so messed up and so confused. The only thing that I knew would take my mind off of it was going to be alcohol. So, I went to another party and drunk some more and again ended up with a guy that I didn't know. Within the next year I was in bed with at least 30 guys. Some I can remember more than others and some I don't remember at all. Sometimes when I sleep I see a guys face and what happened in a night and wonder if it really happened because I can't recall if it was true or not. Pretty soon I started taking drugs and was high almost once a week. Then I puked so much I thought my insides were in the toilet. I became an anorexic and was totally in deep shit. Since my parents weren't there half the time, they never knew what was going on and when they were I wasn't home. One night that I was out I decided that I was hot so I went skinny dipping in the ocean with a guy. He could tell that I was drunk and completely messed up. He took me to his house and tried to keep me from getting out. When I tried to make a move on him, he stopped me. He really took care of me that night. In the morning I was still in his room. He was sitting in a chair, watching me sleep. For the first time in my life someone treated me with such respect and dignity. He eventually got me to where my life had been after a year of therapy and rehab. His mom was a shrink and his dad was a general practitioner for teens. Him and his family helped me out a lot within the next year. I was so happy at 16. Up to that point I never had sex with him. He didn't think it was good for me in case some mixed feelings resurfaced and I started up with old habits again. We went out for two years."
'I was contented with my life. I had my boy and my life. After so long, we were becoming anxious. After dinner and three movies, we had sex in my parent's room. Two months pasted and things were going smoothly until…until I found out that I was pregnant. One would think that after all I had been through that god would finally forgive me and give me a break. But I guess things were going to well for me. After telling my parents about it and telling his parents, we had a long, long talk. I ended up telling them what had been happening in my life for the past three years. They were shocked but thankful that I had gotten my life in perspective. But the issue about my growing child was unsettled. I knew that even after getting everything taken care of, I would never be able to take care of a child. I couldn't even take care of myself. I had an abortion a week later. I regret that along with everything else. But that's just another story.
'One day I was on my way to volleyball practice when I heard giggling in the locker room. I was curious. I sneaked in to see my boyfriend with some blonde-headed shit bag of a slut I thought was my best friend. Her name doesn't matter because I might throw up if I mention it but I thought that's she was my friend. And I thought that the boy who helped me through everything was my boyfriend. He broke my heart and left it to bleed on that god-for-sake locker floor."
"It was David?" Bradin asked interrupting. Claire nodded. Bradin wondered about everything his perfect girlfriend had been through and wondered what other things she hadn't told him. He shook the question out of his mind and focused on her words. "That's why you flipped out on him."
"I felt like an ass for every believing him. The girl that he was cheating on me with told me that it had been going on for almost three months. That hurt the most. After everything, he did that to me!" Claire broke down into sobs. "I tried to move on after that. Chad was my subject. An experiment really. Look at him now."
'But I guess three relationships is a charm. You're a charm to me. You mean so much to me Bradin. You don't even know how much. I'm so glad I have you! I love you so much Bray! Please promise me that you'll never do anything like that to me," she sank deeper into his chest and he held her tightly.
"Of coarse. I would never. I love you too. I promise never to hurt you. Hurting you would be like hurting my heart. But you have to promise me the same thing here. In this place we make a vowel not to hurt each other like that. If something were to happen to us it would be for another reason other than liking somebody else. I think we have had our share of that," Claire nodded quickly in agreement. They kissed as a sealed deal.
"What time is it?" Claire asked, realizing where they were supposed to be. Bradin didn't think about it yet.
"8 o'clock," he said calmly. "8 o'clock! We have to go! We aren't going to have heads!" he said, hurrying to get dressed. Claire followed his lead and they rushed to get out.
Ava waited patiently on the couch all night for Bradin and Claire to return. She had a few guesses as to what they were out doing but part of her worried that something might have happened to them. She was about to doze off into slumber when the front door opened and she heard two pairs of feet shuffling. Giggling also echoed throughout the big home as Ava inched off the couch to sneak up on the two teens that she knew were making all of the noise. She saw them trying to take off their shoes and coats from the night before and she propped herself up against the wall, watching them, waiting for them to see her.
"Everyone should still be sleeping so all we have to do is make it to our rooms before anyone…" Bradin turned to see his aunt staring at them. He cursed silently under his breath. "Hi, Aunt Ava. How long have you been up?" he tried to say casually.
"All night, worrying about you and Claire. Do you think you could make my day better by telling me you two fell asleep in different beds at different houses and you two weren't together?"
"We did?" Bradin said cringing.
"That's what I thought," she sighed. "I guess me worrying about you was unnecessary because obviously you were just out having fun. Well, I'm going to bed now and do you think that you can wake me up when Nikki and Derrick wake?"
"Yeah, Aunt Ava. Will do," Bradin said. Ava walked up the steps to her room. Once there, Bradin lead Claire to the couch and sat down with her cuddled into his side. "Well, that was wonderful."
"Do you think she hates me now?" Claire asked innocently. Bradin looked at her, puzzled.
"Why would she hate you? Because she knows what we did last night? I think its safe to say that the only one that my aunt would be mad at is standing right in front of you. I told her that I wouldn't do anything like that for a while and I guess-" he kissed her. "I just couldn't hold back my feelings any longer."
"So she thinks that you are trying to take advantage of me?" she laughed. "What if it were the other way around?" she sat up and shifted her weight, sitting on top of his lap now. Bradin wrapped his hands around her waist and pulled her closer to his face.
Claire, after a small moment of gazing, closed the gap between them and pressed her lips to him. Bradin grabbed Claire and gently placed her down on the couch beneath him and continued to kiss her. Both of them didn't notice the small footsteps coming from behind them. As the unknown figure stood in the hall, Bradin and Claire continued.
"Is anyone up? I'm hungry," the voice said startling the two teens. Bradin quickly noticed the voice and hurryingly jumped off of Claire. He smoothed his hair out which was knotted from Claire's hands and scooted across the floor.
"Hey D. What are you doing up so early for? It's only 8:30," he said to his younger brother. Claire decided to stay on the couch, not following Bradin out but listening to the conversation. "You're never the first one up."
"I heard people talking. I figured that everyone would be up. Why are you up so early? You're the last one to wake up in the morning," Derrick said curiously. Bradin knew that was true.
"I guess I had a reason to wake up this morning," Bradin smiled. "Come on, I'll get you something to eat." He said as they walked towards the kitchen.
Ava and Eugene walked along the pier, laughing and talking for a while, learning a lot about each other. Ava tried flirting with the man but he couldn't take a hint. She smiled the entire time talking and made cute faces, hoping that he would notice something. After they walked to Cassy's Café, Ava became hungry for more attention than she was getting.
"Eugene, did you think of this as a date tonight?" she asked him. He simply shrugged.
"I didn't really. Was that your intention?" he asked casually.
"No, it wasn't. You don't seem very interested in me anyway," she said sitting in a chair. "I lost my touch somewhere along the way, didn't I?
"No, you're an amazing woman. I'm just really bad at relationships, that's all. But if you'd be interested in another date, we could go somewhere and try this again?" he said considerately. Ava smiled at his generosity.
"That would be wonderful."
"Cam, where are you taking me?" Nikki asked curiously as Cameron led her down the beach. "It's getting late."
"I just want to talk to you without getting interrupted by a swarm of people. I think somebody says hi to you every five seconds!" Cameron said. Nikki smiled.
"Can I help it people love me?" she didn't wait for him to answer. "No, I can't. It's their problem if they like me."
"I guess not. But I still would like to talk to you alone once in a while," Cameron said matter-of-factly.
They reached their destination a moment later. "SO…what did you want to talk to me about?"
"I lied, I guess. I don't really want to talk to you," he paused for a moment to put his hand on her cheek. "I really just wanted to do this."
He kissed her on the lips; softly at first to make sure it was okay and then deepened it.
The sun was setting over the horizon as a group of girls walked along the sidewalk. They were talking and laughing, mostly about boys. One girl in particular was going on and on about one boy for a long time. She wouldn't stop about their stories together.
"I wish it didn't end," she rambled on. "Not that I would change anything now because I have such a great life here, but I miss him so much."
"You really have to get over him. Look at all of the hot guys around you girl! Any one of them would die to be with you and you are continuing to obsess over this one guy. Is he that great?" a girl with auburn hair and blue eyes asked. "I know he is wonderful on the outside, oh is he ever so hot, but is he that sweet?"
"You have no idea. But I don't care because I'm going back in a few weeks to visit family and I'll get to see him again. I just hope he didn't move on."
"Gee, it's been, what, 4 months right? If he hasn't, I would find that pathetic Callie!"
DONE! Finally, I finished it. I've had sooo much going on I haven't had a chance to update in a while. I hope I made up for it in length! I hope you enjoyed it and please review!
