Disclaimer: Sadly, I do not own any any of the characters in this story, except for the ones I make up.

Carly heard loud Jimi Hendrix playing from down the street and knew it was coming from the Zephyr surf shop. She smiled as she got closer and the music got seemingly louder. She walked in and saw Skip Engblom, the owner of the shop taking a swig of something in a silver flask. She smiled and shook her head.

"Hey" she said. Skip didn't seem to hear her.

"Hey!" she yelled louder. Skip turned and looked at her.

"What did you say?" he slurred.

"HEY!" she yelled even louder, at the exact moment that he shut off the stereo. He raised his eyebrows.

"And you are..?" he asked, walking over to her. She couldn't tell if he was joking or being serious.

"Uh..Carly..Sawyer.."

Skips eyes lit up, and he grabbed her and hugged her tight. Carly was a little shocked by this but hugged him back.

"I didn't recognize ya girly. You grew up. How are you?"

"Good! How are things here? Making lots of money?"

"Things are good. The shops doing the same as always...you know how it goes."

Carly smiled at him and looked around. The shop did look pretty much the same. There were a lot more surfboards though, which meant he had to be making a little bit more money.

"Where are the guys?" she asked anxiously. Skip nodded his head to the beach.

"Thanks, it's really good to see you Skip."

"You too Carly. You too" he slurred before taking another drink from his flask. Carly left the shop and headed towards the beach. She saw a bunch of guys on the beach and a couple in the water, on their boards.

"It's big today" she heard one of the guys today.

"Yeah, it is" she said smugly. The guys whipped around.

"Holy shit. Car." Tony said, grabbing Carly and picking her up in a bear hug. She laughed. She then got a hug from each of the guys not in the water. Bob Biniak, Jim Muir, Shogo Kubo.

"What are you doing here?" Bob asked pushing his blonde hair out of his face.

"We moved back yesterday. My dad and I. My parents split up. My dad is getting married actually, next week." Carl said happily.

"I'm sorry about your parents...but you seem happy, which is good." Tony said, putting his arm around her.

"Thanks. I am. Where are the other guys?" she asked, looking in the water to see if the other guys were out there. She couldnt tell if the guys surfing were her friends our not. She saw one riding a huge wave.

"Thats Jay riding that wave. Stace and Sid are out there too" Shogo said. Carly smiled, remembering when she first learned to surf.

Carly, Stacey and Jay were standing on the beach, looking out at the perfect waves that were in front of them.

"Car, you have to learn to surf sometime. It's your thirteenth birthday. You have to learn today. I've been surfing since I was five, you are thirteen, you can do it" Jay said reassuringly. Carly gulped. Stacey put his hand on her bare back. It sent shivers up her spine. Stacey was so good looking, she had developed a huge crush on him over the school yearand now that it was summer they were going to spend even more time together.

"You can do it Carly, I know you can" Stacey whispered sweetly. The three of them walked out into the water, Carly zipped up her wetsuit. They all got onto their boards and started paddling out. Carly had done this many times before, but she never actually stood up and caught a wave.

"Paddle Carly! Get this one! paddle!" Jay yelled. Carly took a deep breath and followed his instructions. She felt the water rising beneath her.

"Stand up!" Stacey and Jay yelled in unison. Carly closed her eyes and put everything out of her mind. She had to do this. Using all the strength in her arms she stood up, almost losing her balance. She was doing it. She could barely hear the cheers from her friends, the wave was breaking so loudly, she felt almost deaf. The wave slowly decreased in size and she carefully layed herself back down onto her board. Stacey and Jay paddled over to her.

"Way to go" Jay said, before paddling out to catch the next wave. Stacey looked at Carly. Carly bit her lip and pushed her wet, shoulder length hair behind her ear. Stacey smiled and blushed. He leaned into her and softly kissed her.

That day had been Carly's first wave and her first kiss. She never forgot it. She saw that the guys were coming out of the water. Stacey's eyes widened as he realized who standing there. He ran up to her and hugged her.

"Carly! You're back!" He said happily. She smiled at him and hugged Sid.

"You're back? For good?" Sid asked.

"Yeah. For good." she laughed. The she saw Jay. Jay looked at her blankly.

"Hey" she said quitely.

"Hey" he said back, just as quietly. She walked up to him and hugged him tightly.

"I missed you" she said.

"You too"

They pulled away from eachother and both smiled nervously. This was going to be ineteresting.