AUTHOR'S NOTE: i haven't got any reviews within the previous chapters and its making me sad. just so everyone knows, the girl's name from the previous chapter is pronounced kay-lee. and don't wory. this chapter is just a beginning. the story is far from done with the whole bradin finding the girl. i'm changing the whole concept. again, nikki and derrick's scams will still be included. on with the story

Bradin sat on the beach. He just walked away from a party where he saw his now ex-girlfriend, Janice, kissing some other guy. He's getting so fed up with being cheated on all of the time.

"Hey man," Lucas said walking up to him, "I saw what happened. I'm sorry."

Bradin shook his head. "I'm not."

"Come on, dude," Lucas said, "You deserve better. She's out there. Maybe...she's right under your nose and you just don't see her."

"What other girls do I know?" Bradin screamed, "I know your sister. That's basically it. She's the only one who won't hurt me like that. I doubt we'll even think of each other in that way."

"You never know."

"You'll be watching her like a hawk if she's with me. Hell, so will Tanner. Forget it, man. It won't work."

Bradin got up and walked away. Lucas smiled knowing that Bradin did like Kali. He just didn't want to admit it. Lucas also knew that Bradin would be the perfect person for Kali to use in her project. They could spend time together and get to know each other. Bradin is the only guy he would trust with his sister after what she's gone through in life.

Bradin's mind wandered back to every girl he has dated. Each one of them either cheated on him or left him for another guy. He felt as if he shouldn't even be with a girl.Then, his mind wandered to what Lucas told him.

"Bradin!" he heard. He turned around and saw Lucas walking up to ihm. "Can you do me a favor?"

"What?"

"Kali needs someone to put in this project of hers. I was wondering if that person would be you?"

Bradin sighed. "I'll think about it."

Bradin continued to walk away when he ran into a girl. "I'm sorry," they said.

"No, it's my fault," Bradin said.

"Bradin Westerly," the girl said. He looked at her and saw that it was Trisha Langstings.

"Hey Trish," he said with a smile.

They began talking and got along nicely. "Take me to dinner?" she asked.

"Sure thing," he said placing his arm around her.

Bradin and Trisha walked into town and went to a teen hangout. There, Bradin noticed Lucas talking to his step-sister. He wondered why Lucas was there instead of at the party he saw him at not too long ago. He turned his attention back to Trisha and they spent most of the night together.

Several days passed and Bradin and Trisha were doing okay. They saw each other a lot. They just didn't hang out or anything after the one night the decided to go out. Bradin suspected that Trisha was keeping something from him. He just did NOT want to find out what that something was. One day at the end of school, Bradin was at his locker getting his stuff for homework to take home. He turned aound after closing his locker and saw Trisha with Lucas smiling and hanging all over each other. Bradin couldn't believe that his best friend would do this to him. He looked father down and saw Kali staring at her brother with disgust. She turned back to her locker and began to pack her bag.

"Hey," he said walking up to her.

She looked at him and back to her locker. "Hey, Brae," Kali said softly.

"I hear you're looking for someone to make a video about or something," he said.

"I did."

"You did?" he asked. "What happened?"

"I give up on it. It's going to turn out like shit. I'm not doing it."

"Kali," he said, "It's not due until next week. Besides, don't you have a song already?"

"How'd you hear about it?" she asked looking at him as if she were mad.

"Lucas told me about it. But, it looks as if he didn't want to tell me about him and Trisha."

"No, I don't have a song," she responded to his question before she interrupted him, "I thought I did."

He smiled. "Come on," he said, "Give it one more shot."

She looked at him wondering. "Why do you care if I do this project or not?"

"Well, I care about you. your my best friend's, well soon to be ex-best friend, sister. You were there for me these past few years you've been here. I want to help you out."

She closed her locker and looked at him. "Meet me tonight...on the boardwalk."

"No problem." Bradin walked away. Kali sighed and leaned on her locker wondering if she was going to do the right thing.