A/N: Hey everyone! Told you I would have a chap. Up as soon as I can! I hope this is soon enough! Hopefully I won't bail out like I did last time (once again I'm so so so so so so so so so so SO sorry about that! Well anyways here is the long awaited chapter (literally)! So on with this story!

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CHAPTER 8: MOM?

Zena woke up the next morning tired and cranky as usual. She was dead tired from the beach party last night, and the last thing on her mind was going to work! But she slowly dragged her self out of bed having the thought in her mind that Jay was going to be pissed as usual if she didn't get the shop open on time. After putting on her shorts and a tank she went down stairs to see if anyone was awake. She ran into her older cousin Tyler who had just come back from surfing.

"Hey loser", she said as she looked over at the dripping wet boy

"Right back at you weasel!"

She glared at the young boy as he went upstairs to put his board away! Tyler and Zena were always very close because he was just a year older than him. She had another older cousin Steven who was now a sophomore in College and the eldest of her close cousins was Rebecca. Rebecca was in Med School and the smartest of all of her cousins. Both Tyler and Steven were HIGHLY overprotected about their younger cousin. Zena's freshmen year of high school was hell having both Steven and Tyler there. Steven was your average three way jock in high school: Football. Basketball, and Baseball! And Tyler followed right in those footsteps! So as cute and hot as Zena was guys weren't all that crazy about asking her out knowing who her older cousins were!

"Don't you have work today?", Tyler asked walking downstairs from his room with a towel at hand.

"Yes and I was just about to leave!", She said in a slightly annoyed tone. "So have you met Ava's niece and nephews yet?"

"Nope I just got back yesterday from Basketball Camp genius!"

"Sorry", Zena said with a sarcastic attitude. "Bradins really nice!"

"Who?"

"Ava's nephew Bradin?"

"Really! Well that's good for him!"

"You are such an ass!" She said with an evil look

"As long as he keeps his distance from you I really don't care how nice of guy he is!"

"Well guess what!", She said as she slowly walked up to him right into his face. "I'm a big girl, I can take care of myself! Thank god you're a senior and leaving next year!", She said as she began to walk out the door!

"That is if I leave", he replied back.

"Yeah, well if you don't. I will!", She said as she slammed the door shut behind her.

She decide that she was going to walk to the shop since it was only a 15 min. walk. When she was half way to the shop she relized that she didn't have the key. Already annoyed with the fact that it was early morning on a Saturday , she wasn't about to walk her ass back home. So she just decided she would run to Ava's house to grab the key. She knew someone would be home in that house of seven.

"Ava are you home?", She yelled with a low voice as she poked her head through the back door. She had come to Ava's house so many times that the back door was always open for her.

"Hi sweetie!", Ava yelled back from the kitchen, "You look very tired, don't you have to open the shop today?", the older women asked

"I was", Zena are responded "I relized I forgot the key from the shop as I walking from home and I was really not in the mood to walk back home. So I just thought I would get the key from here."

"You poor girl", Ava said trying to sympathize with the girl.

"I know! While Jay is sleeping his ass in I have to open the shop! I'm sure he has a hangover that's why I have to open it!", Zena said

"Funny thing", Ava said "your right!", Ava handed the young girl the keys noticing that their little chit-chat was making her late!

"Well I'll see you later Ava! Thanks for the keys", Zena said as she walked out the back door the way she came in.

"Your welcome!", Ava shot back

When she entered the shop she already knew the main things Jay had told her to do. Check inventory, shape the boards in the back and restock the board wax. So she decided to get to work and check off everything that she did as time went by. She was about to walk into the back room before she heard someone come through the door.

"Hey", she called to the young blonde boy standing in front of the counter.

"Hey", Bradin said as he walked up to her

"What are you doing here?", she asked

"Came to see if you needed any help?", He said as a pure lie! He just really wanted to see her or talk to her. To tell you the truth he just wanted to be near her.

"Well now that you said that, I'm going to put you to work for sure", she replied with a smirk

She gave Bradin a box of wax to put on the shelves as she went to the back room to grab some more. When she got back she saw a women stand there talking with Bradin. It was that same face that she wanted to love but couldn't and it was that same face she questioned every time she would stop by.

"What are you doing here?", Zena questioned the slender lady with auburn hair.

"Hi honey", the older women said to the young girl.

"What do you want?", Were the only four words which shot out of Zena's mouth.

"Is that any way to talk to your mother?", The older women asked

"Mother, right, where are my manners?", Zena said in a sarcastic tone. "What do you want?", Zena asked again.

"I finally have time to get off work and come see you and this is how you treat me?"

"Bullshit mom!" Zena fired back in a rage. "You have been using that same damn excuse on be since I was six! I'm sixteen now mom it doesn't work anymore!"

Bradin watched as the two women argued not knowing what to say. Just then Jay walked in with the same expression Zena had when she awoke. She saw the other women Zena was talking to and looked almost as surprised as Zena did when she saw her.

"H-Hey Jen," Jay stumbled out "umm long time no see."

"Good to see you to Jay", Jen replied

Zena stood there impatient and angry as she always was when her mom came for a surprise visit. All she really wanted was her mom to just leave her alone and not even bother coming back once a month to see her for a day.

"Say Jay, I have a question for you.", Jen said "When can Zena have a break?"

"Whenever", Jay replied with that strong Australian accent. "I have Bradin around now so he can help me out whenever?"

"Zena I'll meet you at the Riverboat for lunch in about two hours.", Jen said directing her daughter who she knew hated her.

"No I'm not coming", Zena replied almost certain

"Riverboat. Two hours. I'll see you there.", She said in broken words to get her point out and she walked out the door not even acknowledging Bradin.

"Bye Jay"

"Bye Jen it was nice seeing you again.", Jay replied

"You to.", she said as her figure disappeared through the windows

"Thank a lot Jay!", Zena sot at Jay breaking the short silence

"What did I do", the poor Australian said in defense

"You know I don't even want to see her let alone go to lunch with her?"

"She's your mother Zena."

"NO! She stopped being my mother when she walked out on me ten years ago.", She said as she stormed out the door.

Bradin wanted to go after her so bad when she ran out almost in tears. But Jay said that she should just be alone right now and sent Bradin back to stocking the wax. In the back of his mind Bradin couldn't stop thinking about her.

Zena ran out to the beach and sat down with her head crouched to her knees. She didn't know what to think anymore. Why couldn't she just leave her alone. Her life was find without her mother. The one person she deep down inside really wanted in her life was someone she could do without. So why was she so upset this was just like any other time that her mother would come to visit her and then leave and she hated it! 'Why couldn't she just be a part of my life?' She asked herself as tears plopped down on her cheeks.

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Well well well another chapter done! Well I hope you liked it! In the next few chapters a HUGE tragedy will build up and (blanks) (blank) will (blank) and that will bring (blank) and (blank) closer together. Haha try to fill in the blanks and you will be able to find out what will happen…..Is that mean of me? Well I will try to update as soon as I can but I have finals in a week so I will be pretty bust studying! But have know fear I will update! But please please PLEASE review! I will love you forever! I mean if you just right one word I will still love you!( but if you can write more haha) please review! And I will update as soon as I can! BYE everyone!