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When I got home Sid was sitting on the couch watching the news.

"Hey Sid" I said making him jump "Sorry" I laughed

"How was the sleep over?" he asked as I joined him on the couch

"Good" I didn't feel like telling him the whole story

"What on god's green earth are you wearing young lady?" I heard my dad ask from behind me. It was then that I realized that I was wearing another halter top, this time it was just a plain red one. I didn't say anything but pulled the pillow over myself.

"It's just a shirt dad, no big deal"

"Come on Dan (A/N: I know probably not his real name, but bare with me here!) she's getting older" mom said standing up for me

"See dad? Mom says it's fine" I pointed out

"You can wear it around the house, but I don't want you wearing it around the boys you hang out with" he sounded very protective

"Ok dad, fine whatever" I mumbled and walked past him and up to my room. After dinner I took a quick shower and got into bed, shockingly tired seeing as it was only about nine. Maybe it was the fact that I had only gotten about four hours of sleep the night before. Click I jumped up startled by a loud noise Click I heard it again, it sounded like it was coming from my window Click. I walked to my window and pulled back the curtain, when I looked down I saw Tony, Stacy, and Jay standing there holding their skateboards and surfboards, except for Stacy who was sitting on his bicycle. I opened the window and leaned down to get a better look at them. "What are you guys doing here?" I asked as quietly as I could.

"Tony here decided he wanted to teach you how to surf" Stacy answered

"Oh, well" I looked back inside to see that it was only 5:30 "Can't you wait until it's actually decent?"

"Come on, the waves are gnarly right now" Tony said

"I don't even have a surfboard" I pointed out

"You can use mine" Jay said with a wink

"And what about a wet suit" Tony held one up

"It doesn't fit me anymore" Tony explained. I looked around my room thinking if I should go or not.

I looked back out the window and sighed "Fine, I'll be down in a few minutes. Meet me around the front" I disappeared from the window and took out a blue bikini putting them on and then putting a t-shirt and shorts on over it. Hoping my mom wouldn't freak out if I left her a note this time I took out a piece of paper

Mom-

I'm out surfing; I'll be back for lunch alright? Don't freak out please

Love your favorite daughter

Dana

I took a piece of tape and put it up on her door. After I grabbed my skateboard I went downstairs tripping over Sid's shoes and landing on my butt. I picked up his shoes and stared at them for a moment before throwing them across the room as they landed perfectly on the couch. I slipped on my shoes and walked outside. "So what? You just woke up thinking 'hey why don't I go get Stacy and Jay and we can go to Dana's house and wake her up. Just so I can teach her to surf'?" I asked as we skated down to P.O.P.

"Yup that's pretty much it" Tony said with a smirk. When we got down there Tony tossed me the wet suit and zipped up his as did Jay and Stacy. They were all staring at me and I tugged at my shirt uncomfortably.

"Well you guys don't have to stare" at that they all turned around to watch Skip, Chino and the other guys surf. I quickly stripped off my t-shirt and shorts and put on the wet suit "How do you move around in this thing?" I asked attempting to move my arms

"You get used to it" Stacy said picking up his surfboard as the other guys came out of the ocean.

"So the little girl is going to surf today?" Chino asked ringing out his wet hair. I was about to say something but Tony interrupted me

"Well she wants to learn, no big deal Chino" he said making sure I wouldn't respond to what he had said.

"Just be careful of the pillars over there" Jay said pointing to what looked like very old pillars that kept up the equally old pier. I nodded and he handed me his surfboard and took a seat next to Skip.

"Hey if you're not out there then get to cleaning up around here" he said and Jay got up and started picking up beer bottles into a rusty bucket. I mimicked what Stacy and Tony were doing going a little slower then them.

"It's almost like skating, just keep your balance and you'll do fine" Tony said "Sit tight, I'll take this one and you can see how it's done" he said and swam with the rhythm of the wave that was coming. Stacy took the next one and they both waited for me to ride my wave. I paddled out like they did and stood up just as I met up with the wave.
"That was gnarly Dana, not bad for your first wave" Stacy congratulated me

"Thanks" I said. After Jay took a turn on the surfboard he said I could go for another ride. I waited as a few ripples of some waves that didn't quite make it to where I was at. When a decent wave came I decided to go on that one. As I got closer to the wave it felt like it was getting choppier and not exactly knowing how to steer I started going over to the place that Jay warned me about, the pillars.

"Turn Dana" I heard Tony yell out

"I can't" I said as loud as I could but screamed as the pillars got closer. My head banged against one of the pillars and I lost my balance falling off the surfboard.

Tony's P.O.V.

Once Dana hit the pillar I ran into the water swimming over to her as fast as I could. I looked under the water and saw her going towards the bottom of the ocean with a trail of blood following behind her. I hooked my arms underneath her armpits and pulled her to the surface of the water and swam to shore. Everyone else had gotten up by now and were looking down at Dana, all except Chino of course who could really give a rat's ass about her.

"Dude do you have to give her CPR?" Jay asked and I checked to see if she has a pulse.

"No man, I guess we just have to wait" I said and at that exact moment she sat up coughing up water.

Back to Dana's P.O.V.

"Dana, are you ok?" I looked up at everyone staring at me

"Yea, I think so"

"You got a pretty nasty cut on your head we better take care of that" I reached my hand up to my forehead and felt something sticky. Once I saw the blood on my hand my face paled.

"I'm not very good with blood" I said and passed out. I woke up, not sure how much later, with everyone still standing around me.

"You weren't lying about being bad with blood" Tony said laughing

"Great, I just had to pass out twice in one day, how embarrassing" I thought out loud

"Nah, it's no big deal" Tony said helping me off what I realized was a counter

"What the hell am I doing in here?"

"Well it was either here or the hospital"

"Yea and the hospital would mean my mom would find out. Then I'd be screwed" I sighed hopping off the counter "So anyone up for skating?" I asked

"I don't think that's a good idea" Tony said
"Why not" he looked up at where the now bandaged cut was "It doesn't even hurt anymore" I said looking around for my skateboard

"Here you go kid" Skip slurred handing me my skateboard

"Well?" I asked waiting. Jay shrugged and picked up his skateboard standing next to me "Any other takers?" Tony and Stacy picked up their skateboards

"Where are your t-shirts?" Skip asked

"I uh, left mine at home" I said coming up with a quick excuse

"And what about the rest of you" he said getting annoyed

"Same as her" they all said quickly and walked outside putting their skateboards on the ground. After skating around for awhile I saw Kathy walking with Ellie and Amy and stopped my skateboard.

"Hey guys" I said walking over to them

"Hey Dana" Kathy said giving me a hug as the other girls waved. Kathy looked up and saw Stacy standing there "Hey Stacy" she said as Tony and Jay snickered at the way she said it

"Hey Kathy" he replied and I could tell her face was getting red by now
"Shit, I gotta go guys. I promised I'd be home by lunch" I said not waiting for a response from them and made my way down the board walk.

"Hi mom I'm home" I said remembering that I had the bandage on my head I rushed past her as she said hi. Luckily she didn't notice the bandage and I made it up to the bathroom. Taking a deep breath telling myself not to pass out, again, I pulled off the bandage. It was already healing, and there wasn't any sign of blood which was good.

"Hey, where'd you go?" Sid asked as I walked out into the hallway

"The boys came by this morning; they wanted to teach me how to surf"

"Did you do well?" he asked

"Uh, you could say that" I said showing him where I had gotten the gash from the pillars

"Ouch, you ok?" he asked his face showing that he didn't like the cut on my head

"Yea, I'm fine" I reassured him "Come on, I'm sure there's something good on TV right now" after watching All in the Family for about an hour I decided to go and finally check out the pool in the back yard. Sitting close to the edge I put my feet into the cold water and watched them swing around for awhile. I had a good idea and got up letting water tracks follow me back into the house. Sid was putting some fresh wax on his new surfboard "What do you think about having a pool party?" I asked bluntly

"Sounds gnarly" he said using California slang

I cracked up "Sid please don't say gnarly anymore"

"So what about this pool party?"
"Well mom and dad are going out of town this weekend. And seeing as how school is going to be starting next week" I sighed really not wanting to go back to school "I was thinking we could just have an end of the summer pool party" I explained

"I'm guessing mom and dad won't know about this little party of yours?" he asked

"Nope"

"An even better idea"

"Great so you'll help me?"

"Of course I will"

"Good, well I better go out and start inviting people. You wanna come?"

"Ok, I'll be right down" he said running up to his room and coming back down a minute later in California clothes.

"Sid, if you're trying to fit in you're doing a very bad job at it" I said holding back another laugh

"Why? What's wrong with what I'm wearing?" he asked with a frown

"It's, it's just not you"

"Fine" he sighed going back up to his room changing into jeans and his Zephyr shirt

"Much better" I said giving him a thumbs up

"What are you the fashion expert or something?" he asked

"Yes I am" I said sticking my tongue out like a four year old

"Grow up" he said teasingly

"Later mom" I said

"Where are you two going now?" she added a sigh when she said now

"Out, to skate a little" I lied

"No, you guys are always going out" I knew what was coming "Lets have some family time" there it was, the dreaded family time

"But mom" I whined

"No buts" she said and I mumbled stuff that would certainly ground me while I pulled off my shoes.

I crossed my arms over my chest as I fell back onto the couch "Fine mom whatever" I said barely opening my mouth. Sid sat down next to me on the couch crossing his arms as well.

"Oh come on, it's not that bad" she said and it looked like a light bulb just went on over her head "I have an idea. Why don't we play Life" she said not letting us answer as she went out to the garage pulling the board came out

"Life?" I mouthed to Sid and then we both laughed until she came back into the room. Not realizing that we had just made fun at her idea of having a good time she smiled as she set up the game. After mom won both times I was getting very bored of playing this game. "Mom is family time over?" I asked practically falling asleep from boredom

"I thought you liked spending time together" she frowned

"I do, but it's almost the end of summer and I want to have as much fun as possible before school starts" I hope she would buy that

"Ok, I understand" she said sounding a little disappointed but covered it up with a smile

"So, if it's not too late can Sid and I go skating?" I asked

"Sure hunny, just be home by nine" she said putting all the game pieces back in the box.

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