Reivin17: Here is chap 2! And no, Claude is not the same Claude from Barthez Batallion, this Claude is fashioned after one of my close friends who I dearly wish is my brother, instead of who I do have for a brother. .

Title: HeartBeat

Author: Reivin Romanovski

Chapter 2: The Beach, The Ambulence, and Claude

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The next day came by quick and soon it was Beach time! The girls were their hyperactive selves while the guys just couldn't care less.

"Hurry up Tally!" Reivin yelled as she jumped up and down. "I wanna go to the beach now!"

"Calm down Reivin. The beach isn't going anywhere." Tala said as he shook his head and came into the hotel living room with a beach bag.

"I just love the water so much!" Reivin said as she bounced some more.

"Okay, who gave her coffee?" Tala asked as he looked at the rest of the gang.

"This time I swear it wasn't me!" Tara yelled as she held up her hands defensively.

"I didn't have any coffee." Reivin said as she put her hands on her hips.

"Can we just go?"

"Fine, fine. Let's go." Tala said and they all went downstairs and to the beach.

The beach was crowded. It was a huge beach, but there were a lot of people. There were also some souvenir shops and food stands.

"It's so pretty!" Reivin exclaimed as she smiled.

"You act like you've never been to a beach before." Rei said as he laughed. Tara spread out a huge beach blanket on the sand and Katana put up a huge beach umbrella.

"See ya guys." Katana said as she picked up a surfboard. "Kai and I are going surfing."

Reivin sighed and laid down on the blanket. She closed her eyes and relaxed. She felt someone sit next to her but just ignored it.

"I thought you'd be the first to jump in the water." The person said from beside her.

"Just let me relax Tal." Reivin said. "Go get me an ice cream."

"Aren't you Miss Bossy all of a sudden?" Tala said as he crossed his arms.

"You know you'll get me the ice cream eventually, so just go and get it now."

"How can you be so sure that I'll get it?" he asked with a raised eyebrow.

"Because you love me." Reivin said. "Now get the ice cream."

"Fine." Tala said as he sighed in defeat and headed towards and ice cream shop down the block.

"He's sweet." Tara said as she smiled at Reivin from where she was next to her. "You're lucky to have a guy like him."

"And I'm not sweet?" Rei asked as he rested his head on Tara's lap.

"Of course you're sweet, Rei." Tara said. "If you weren't I wouldn't be

dating you. I'm just saying that Tala's really nice."

Reivin's cell phone started ringing and she groaned.

"What do you want? Oh my God! Claude! How are you?"

"I'm doing well. So, where are you now?"

"Really! I'm in KuraKura Island too!"

"You"re coming to see me? Awesome! I'm at the beach, are you near?"

"Okay, I"ll meet you at Piña Colada café in 5 minutes! Bye, love ya too!" Reivin hung up and stood up quickly.

"Who was that, Reivin?" asked Tara with curiosity.

"Someone special!" Reivin said as she smiled. "I'm going to go see him now. I'm going to the Piña Colada café down the street. When Tala comes, don't tell him where I am. Got it?"

Reivin left before Tara or Rei could say anything.

"Do you think Reivin is cheating on Tala?" Rei asked.

"It kinda looked like it. I never thought Reivin was the kind of person that would do that! Tala will be so devastated when he finds out." Tara said as she sighed.

"You're gonna tell him?"

"Of course! If he finds out later he might be scarred for life!" Tara yelled over dramatically.

"Hey guys." Tala said as he came back with the ice cream cone in his hand. "Where's Reivin?"

"Well…you see?" Tara said as she looked at the sand.

"If you're gonna say something then say it." Rei said to his girlfriend.

"Tala, Rei and I think that Reivin is cheating on you."

"WHAT!" Tala yelled as his eyes widened and the ice cream cone fell in the sand.

"She got a phone call from this guy and she sounded so happy when she talked to him. She said she was gonna meet him at the café down the street." Tara said. "I'm sorry Tala."

Tala stood up and headed over to the café. Tara and Rei looked at each other before they followed Tala.

The three got to the café and saw Reivin was talking with some guy. The guy had their back to them but he had long golden blonde hair that was tied into a high ponytail. If you let the hair loose it would reach to about his knees. He was well built and had kind of a model figure. He was wearing black swim shorts and a white t-shirt. Tala walked up to them with a glare on his face but then it disappeared.

"Claude!" Tala yelled and the guy turned around. He had indigo blue colored eyes.

"Tala!" the guy said as he stood up to greet Tala. "Long time no see."

"What are you doing here?" Tala asked as he smiled. "I thought you were in Europe."

"I was, but I came here for vacation. I called Reivin and she told me she was here so I told her to meet me here." Claude said as he smiled back.

Reivin walked up to them and then looked at Tara and Rei.

"You guys! I told you not to tell Tala! It was supposed to be a surprise!" Reivin said as she pouted.

"Well, we're confused." Tara said as she blinked.

"You guys had me worried for nothing." Tala said as he shook his head.

"What do you mean?" Reivin asked.

"It's nothing!" Tara and Rei said at the same time and Tala laughed.

"They thought you were cheating on me with Claude." Tala explained.

"Guys, Claude is 28. I'm 18, besides, why would I cheat on my Crayon

Head?" Reivin said as she went up to Tala and hugged him around the waist.

"You guys are dating?" Claude asked and Tala and Reivin nodded. Claude smirked and pulled out a gun from behind and pointed it at Tala. "Be good to her, or you're dead."

Tara and Rei's eyes widened and Tala laughed nervously. Reivin just sighed.

"Put the gun away Claude." Reivin said. "You're scaring my friends and boyfriend."

"I'm just giving him a warning." Claude said as he put the gun away. "And trust me Tala, you know I always keep my word."

"Yes Claude!" Tala said as he nodded furiously.

"Is he qualified to carry a gun?" Rei asked, still nervous.

"Of course I am!" Claude said, but nobody believed him. Tala and Reivin started coughing and he just glared at them.

"Oh my God!" yelled a girl as she entered the café and talked to one of her friends standing there. "Did you hear? Some teens were surfing and one of them was attacked by a barracuda!"

"Really? Was it a guy?" one of the girl's friends asked.

"No, I heard it was a girl. They called for an ambulance and everything!"

"Poor girl." The other girl said.

Reivin, Tala, Tara and Rei's eyes widened as they heard that.

"Katana!" they all yelled before they ran out of the café with Claude following them to the beach.

They got there and a crowd of people had gathered around something, or someone. The gang made their way to the center and saw Katana clutching her leg, which had a bite mark, and it was bleeding. Kai held her in his arms as she winced once in a while.

"Katana!" Reivin said as she went over to her and kneeled down in front of her. She looked at Kai and saw he was worried. "What happened?"

"We were surfing but we stopped for a second so we could take a break. We were just kidding around and she fell off the board. She must have disturbed a barracuda nesting because one of them bit her." Kai said in a low voice as he held Katana tightly.

The paramedics arrived and made their way towards her.

"Miss Katana, we need to take you to the hospital." One of the paramedics said. "The wound doesn't look too dangerous, but we need to check so it's not infected or that it didn't get to your bone."

Two more paramedics came and took Katana from Kai and put her in a stretch bed. She groaned and held on to Kai's hand.

"Please let him come." Katana said. "I wont go if Kai doesn't come with me."

The paramedic sighed. "Fine, but just him. No one else."

Kai got in the ambulance with Katana and they took off. The people watching started to spread out and went back to their normal day. Reivin sighed and Tala put his arm around her shoulders.

"She'll be okay. Kai's with her. If they do anything wrong Kai will strangle them." Tala said which caused her to laugh a bit.

"Do you guys wanna go back to the hotel?" Tara asked.

"Yeah, you wanna come Claude?" Reivin asked as she looked at him.

"I can't, I already had plans with Alina tonight." Claude said as he smiled.

"Your girlfriend?" asked Rei.

"Fiancée." He said.

"So, what are you to Reivin anyway?" asked Tara since she had forgotten to ask before.

"Did you used to go out or something?"

Reivin, Claude, and Tala laughed but then stopped.

"I'm her brother." Claude said.

"WHAT!" Tara and Rei said at the same time, their eyes wide...