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Chapter 3: Wipeouts and surprise guests

"Reggie, wake up!" Otto screamed. He stood at the end of her bed and began rattling the mattress.

Reggie shot up from under her covers and glared at her little brother. "What's your damage, Otto?"

"The party is going to start in, like, 30 minutes! Get up!" The 16-year-old boy left his sister's bedroom and headed down the stairs.

Reggie stood up and looked into her closet. "Why should I even dress up? If he likes me I should just look like I normally do." She grabbed her usual cargo pants and rocket t-shirt and got dressed. She grabbed her skateboard and went down the stairs and out the door. Where first? The main party is at the shack but it stretches to Madtown and to Rocket Beach. Twister will probably start in the shack, then he'll go to the beach since it's closer, so if I go to Madtown I won't have to worry about him until later. To Madtown then.

She skated down to Madtown and saw Conroy ripping up the half-pipe. "Hey, Conroy!" She yelled to him.

"Hey, Rocket-girl!" Conroy shouted back. He skated down to the bottom of the half-pipe and walked over to Reggie. "Why are you here? The majority of the party is in the shore shack."

"I thought that I'd start here."

"Or you thought that Twister would be at the shack so you're here." Conroy smiled at Reggie with a smart-ass look on his face.

"Fine, you caught me, I'm avoiding Twister."

"Rocket-Girl, we went over this. Give a relationship a chance. You can't do that if you never see Twister. Go talk to him."
"I will, just not now. I want to clear my head a little."

"Okay, clear your head. But go talk to him after that."

"Alright, Conroy." She got on her board and dropped into the bowl.

Twister was having a blast up at the shack and he kept talking to the party guests. Of course, the one person that he wanted there wasn't anywhere in sight. He looked around his shoulder every two minutes but he couldn't see her. Finally, he asked Otto, "Where's Rocket-Girl?"

Otto looked at Twist and replied, "I don't know, she left before I did. I think she took her board with her so she might have gone straight to Madtown."

"Thanks, Otto-Man." They woogied and Twister started down the boardwalk towards Madtown.

Reggie flew into the air and landed safely in the bottom of the bowl. She pumped her fists into the air and yelled, "Yes!" She could see Conroy through the window on his trailer. The look said, "Why are you still here? You should be talking to Twister!"

She ignored the look and started skating into the tunnel that connected the two halves of the bowl. (AN: Sorry if that doesn't make sense.) She became lost in her thoughts of Twister and of the consequences of them getting together.

She was so caught up with her thoughts, she didn't notice that Twister was skating through the tunnel going in her direction. "Reggie!"

Reggie snapped from her thoughts and noticed that she was about to collide with Twister. She turned to avoid him and ended up running into the tunnel wall. She tumbled to the ground and let out a yelp of pain.

Twister ran over to Reggie and knelt down next to her. He put one hand behind her head and brushed her hair out of her face with the other hand. "Are you okay?" He asked her gently.

Reggie stared up into Twister's eyes. Her heart was beating twice the normal speed. "Fine," she replied breathlessly.

Now or never… Twister leaned down and pressed his lips against hers. And with that moment it seemed like their whole world had changed with that one kiss.

He pulled away from her and looked down at her. He stared into her eyes like there was nothing around them, like there was no one but them. "Wow…"

Reggie sat up and leaned her head against Twister's shoulder. "I can't believe we actually did that…"

"Do you think it was a mistake?"

"I don't think so… But we have to keep this from Otto."

"Why?"

"Look, I know that he's your best bud, but he's overprotective of me. If he found out that his best friend was dating me, he'd hate both of us."

"I wouldn't want that to happen."

Reggie looked up at Twister with a grateful look on her face. He leaned in once again and kissed her.

"Hey Twist!" Otto called as he saw Twister and Reggie walking towards the shack.

"Look what I found skating at Madtown," Twister replied pushing Reggie towards Otto.

"Coolness…" Otto looked around and waved to Eddie (Prince of the Netherworld). He ran across the room and started talking to him.

Reggie looked over and saw Trish and Sherry waiting by the food table. Reggie looked over her shoulder at Twister and said, "You mind if I go talk to Trish and Sherry?"

Twister smiled at her. "Not at all, I want to go talk to Squid anyways." The two "friends" went opposite directions over to their other friends.

"Hi Trish, hi Sherry," Reggie said to them.

"Hey Reg," they replied in unison.

"You two are my best girl-friends, right?"

"Yeah, of course," Sherry replied, looking at Reggie like she'd grown a second head.

"Okay, something's happened, something amazing. Twister and I kissed." She was trying to hide her excitement.

"Are you serious?" Trish asked, shocked.

"You and Twist?" Sherry added.

Reggie nodded. "Yep, it really happened."

"I knew it!" Sherry exclaimed.

"Knew what?" Reggie replied.

"C'mon, Reg, it's totally obvious," Trish said. "You and Twist have been nuts about each other forever. Everyone could tell except for you two."

"Oh, you're exaggerating. It can't have been forever and it hasn't been noticeable. I mean, Otto still can't tell about it."

"Your brother is a dimwit, he wouldn't be able to notice something like this," Sherry told her.

"I guess that's true…"

"We're happy for you Reg," Trish finished, smiling at her.

"Hey Sammy," Twister said walking up to Sam.

"Hey Twist, did you find Reggie?" Sammy replied.

"Yeah…" He had a grin stretching from ear to ear.

"What happened?"

"I was going through the tunnel in Madtown and Reggie was coming the other way through the tunnel. She turned quickly and wiped out. I bent down next the her to see if she was alright and I got to brush her hair out of her face. The perfect moment, I leaned down and kissed her."

"Sounds nice…"

"It really was."

"Have you guys told Otto?"

"Um… no. We don't plan to either. Reg says it will just screw up everything. I guess, I can see her angle. I mean, to Otto it's like his best friend is going out with his older sister and that's just too weird to him."

"You guys should still let him know."

"She says he's really overprotective of her and that he'd hate both of us if he found out."

"I have a feeling that I'm going to regret this, but do what you want."

"Thanks Sam."

Someone came up behind Sam and put their hands over his eyes. They whispered in his ear, "guess who."

The voice was definitely a girl's voice, Sam was sure of it. "Uh, I don't know." The person took their hands off his eyes and he turned to look at the person behind him. His mouth dropped open. "H-Hea-Heather?"

"Hi Sam," the girl said. She had short, blonde hair and sparkling green eyes. She was about as tall as Reggie and she wore a jean skirt and a blue sweatshirt.

Sam was still in shock. "Wh-what are you doing here? Are things okay in Kansas?"

Heather was on the brink of tears. She threw her arms around Sam and cried, "Sammy, I need help! I ran away!"

"What?"

"My step-dad became abusive. Not to his kids since they're so damn perfect, but he began hitting my mom. After a few times of seeing my mom with bloody noses or black eyes, I intervened. And well…" She unzipped her sweatshirt and took it off. Under the sweatshirt was only a bathing suit top. Her stomach and arms were covered with bruises. "When he started hitting me on a daily basis, I started this…" She held out her arm to show Sam (and Twister) scars running up and down her arm. "I tried to think of happy times and I thought of you. I feel really bad about how I dumped you on your last day in Kansas. I was just worried about a long-distance relationship. I came to find you Sammy. I need your help."

Sam embraced Heather in a hug. "I'm here for you, Heather."

Twister stood there awkwardly, just having found out about this girl who Sam apparently knew. "Sam, I think I'm going to head to the beach with Reggie." He walked over to Reggie and whispered in her ear, "Meet me at the beach in three minutes."

AN: Thanks for all of the reviews! Sorry this chapter took so long but I've been busy and I don't have access to a computer over the weekends. Anyways, read and review!