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2.

Secrets Confessed

Bradin met up with Erica shortly after leaving the house and had his surfing lesson, which he did wonderful at, and then he taught Lindsay a few things before she cut her foot on a rock.

"You okay?" Bradin said running up to her as she crawled out of the water, her foot bleeding.

"Yeah... I'm okay I think..." Lindsay tried to smile but it was obvious that she was in pain.

He helped her over to their bags where she sat down and peeled off the top of her wet suit while Bradin went through his bag until he found a small towel. He gently wiped the blood from her foot and helped her take her wet suit off the rest of the way. She got a bandage out of her bag and wrapped it around her foot.

"There, I think I'll be okay now," she smiled at Bradin making him smile back. "So, did Nikki like her present?"

"I'll say she did!" Bradin laughed, "Thanks for talking to Amy."

"No prob. so... you wanna just hang out here for the remainder of my lesson?"

"Sounds cool," Bradin said and sat down next to her.

"You know, Bradin, I..." Lindsay looked over at the boy sitting next to her, she had liked him for as long as she'd known him. She liked him before that too! She first saw him about 3 months ago at school, fell in love with his smile and then met him 2 weeks later. After meeting him she instantly fell for him, hard. But all he'd taken her for was a friend... it was starting to really get to her that maybe she'd never get him as her boyfriend.

"You what?" Bradin asked and looked over at her.

Their eyes locked and neither of them said anything for a full 3 minutes then Bradin moved closer to her and, before either of them knew what was going on, their lips met.

Lindsay's pulse raced and her emotions exploded into shear happiness as Bradin's lips met hers. He silently sought permission to kiss her more deeply and she silently gave him that permission by opening her mouth ever so slightly.

Bradin really couldn't believe he was kissing Lindsay and he wasn't sure if she was going to pull away any second and be furious at him for it but as of the present second, he didn't care. His whole body tingled with excitement and his heart was beating 90 miles a minute. He ran his tongue over her lips seeking her permission to enter her mouth and was a little surprised when she let him, but he didn't question it, he just kissed her deeply putting his hands around her waist as she wrapped hers around his neck.

The need for oxygen finally separated the two teens. They stared into each other's eyes for another 3 minutes before Lindsay looked away feeling herself blush. Bradin took his hands off of her waist and she let hers drop from his neck.

"Um... I'm uh... I'm sorry Linds... I-"

"Are you really sorry, Bradin? Are you?" Lindsay looked into his eyes searching for the truth, "Cause if you are I'm gonna have to slap you!" She laughed slightly trying not to cry. She'd wanted Bradin far too long for him to not want her now! Now that she was so close to having him.

Bradin looked straight at her, "No, I'm not sorry I kissed you, Lindsay... And to tell you the whole truth I really enjoyed it! But I will be sorry if I've made you mad by doing it though!

"You haven't made me mad! I loved it, Brae-" Lindsay stopped herself realizing she was being to anxious.

"You did?" A huge smile slowly spread across Bradin's face.

Lindsay silently nodded.

Bradin reached over and hugged her. He pulled away to find a huge smile on her face as well. He laughed, "So Lindsay, will you be my girlfriend?"

"Yes!" Lindsay laughed back and kissed Bradin deeply pushing him onto his back. He kissed her back and pulled her down on top of him.

After a minute Bradin was suddenly aware of someone standing by them. He opened his eyes to see his friend, Josh, standing over him with a funny look on his face. He gently pushed Lindsay off of him.

"Hey, don't you think y'all oughta' go somewhere else if y'all are about to... uh..."

"We're not," Lindsay felt her face flush at the suggestion Bradin's friend was making.

"Good, cause I really didn't wanna see that!" He gave Bradin a though-she-is-totally-hot-you-lucky-son-of-a-bitch look and then laughed, "So, Brae, I was wondering if you'd wanna catch some waves with me?"

"Eh, I don't know, Man, I've been surfing all morning." Bradin said, but really he didn't wanna leave Lindsay.

"Uh huh, sure... that's why you don't wanna surf!" He frowned, "Just how stupid do you think I am anyway?"

"Not very." Bradin laughed, "maybe some other time, huh?"

"Okay, but as long as you're here could you keep an eye out for me? I mean, if I go down and don't come back up, well, you know the drill right?"

"Yeah, sure... I'll watch out for you. If my eyes are open that is," he winked at Josh who laughed, turned and ran off towards the water with his board.

"So... where were we?" Bradin asked pulling Lindsay into another deep kiss.

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Bradin walked down the beach with the biggest smile on his face. He'd just spent the last 2 hours lying in the sand with Lindsay kissing and talking and kissing some more. Ah, he was really gonna like her, he could tell. Of course, he'd liked her ever since he met her but he thought she only wanted to be friends and he could never get the nerve to ask her out anyway. But now it was different, they were finally together! And it wasn't just the physical he was going to like, no, she was the kinda girl he could talk to about anything and not feel uncomfortable. She was amazing...

In his daydreaming thoughts he managed to walk past Jay's surf shop, which is where he was headed, suddenly realizing his error and why he'd made it he turned red and quickly turned around heading back up to Jay's.

"Hey, Jay!" He said walking into the back room with his board and bag.

Upon hearing Bradin's voice Jay, who was bent over something in a box, suddenly jumped and hit his head on a shelf and made several things fall down on his back.

"Oh... sorry," Bradin tried hard not to laugh but failed miserably, "Here," he said dropping his bag on the floor and leaning his board against a wall, "I'll help you."

"No, that's okay I've got it." Jay almost seemed mad at Bradin offering to help him.

"Okay, whatever you say, man..." Bradin backed away from him, "So you told me to come in about now... what'd you want me to do?"

"Oh right... I uh... actually Bradin, I didn't really need you in the shop today." Jay said going over to Bradin and putting his hand on his shoulder, "I wanted to uh... talk to you... why don't we go for a walk down to Spanish Cove and I can show you something on you board too, okay?"

"Yeah... uh... sure, whatever." Bradin said with a shrug, "Let's go!"

"Alright!" Jay grabbed Bradin's board and Bradin grabbed his board.

They walked out the front entrance and Jay locked up his shop. As they made their way down to Spanish Cove Bradin started smiling again and Jay seemed to notice but didn't say anything until they were in a secluded par of the cove.

"So, what are you so happy about anyway?" Jay asked with a frown.

"Huh? Oh," Bradin looked down embarrassed, "Just a girl..."

"Oh really? Who?" Jay was sure he meant Erica but he thought he'd ask anyway.

"Just... a girl I know that's all..." Bradin didn't want Jay to think he'd moved on from Erica that fast! Especially after having caused such a fuss over the whole thing. It would just make Jay angrier probably.

"I see." Jay said curtly, now he was sure he meant Erica and that was the final straw.

Bradin stood looking out at the water, he bent down, picked up a small shell and tossed it into the water. He really wanted to talk to Jay about Lindsay but he could tell that now wasn't a good time. "So what was it you wanted to talk to me about, Jay?" He said turning around to face him.

Jay stood behind Bradin, he was tossing a shell into the water... "Little jerk! He tries to steal away my girl and then he just acts like it's no big deal! And Erica! Ha, Erica's so naive to think that Bradin really cares about her, he just wants to sleep with her! Stupid little son of a-" Jay's thoughts were cut off by Bradin as he said something and turned around. Jay really hadn't heard what he'd said but it didn't matter anyway. It was either now or never!

He lunged at Bradin knocking him onto his back in the water.

"Oh..." Bradin groaned as his head hit a rock in the shallow water, "Jay, what the hell!?"

"You tried to steal away my girl, you bastard," Jay yelled at him and pulled up his head then slammed in onto the rock again.

"Uh! Stop! Jay, Jay, I'm-"

Bradin didn't get to finish what he was saying for Jay slammed him onto the rock again.

"Jay, Jay, stop!" Bradin tried to push Jay off of him but it was no use, Jay was way stronger than he was. "Jay, please!" Bradin was now close to tears do to the pain coming from his head. "Jay! Jay, what are you doing!?"

"Shut up you stupid little son of a bitch!" Jay screamed in Bradin's face.

"Jay..." Bradin was rapidly losing strength, "Jay, please, please stop..."

"Stop!? Ha, I'm gonna kill you, Bradin!" Jay snarled.

Somehow Bradin didn't doubt that he was going to kill him, "Jay... no, please, please stop..." tears fell down the teen's face but they were unidentifiable as tears as water was constantly splashing over his face now.

Bradin coughed desperately as he breathed in water and it filled his, already weak, lungs. "Jay," he coughed again, "please stop... why are you doing this." Bradin hadn't wanted it to but his voice betrayed the fact that he was crying.

"Crying won't help you now, Bradin!" Jay yelled, "And I told you! You tried to steal my girl and all you wanted to do was sleep with her anyway!"

"Jay, that's not true! Jay, please, please listen to me! I didn't know she was yours at first and when I did I couldn't help but think you were hurting her! I'm sorry, I see that wasn't true now! Please, Jay, please let me up!" Bradin's head was bleeding badly and his breathing was strained, he was slowly losing any ability to keep his head above the water. Though it was pretty shallow he would still drown in it if he couldn't get up. "Jay..." he breathed slowly, "Jay, please..."

Jay kept Bradin pressed to the ground. He listened to what he said but wasn't it too late now? Would Bradin tell someone that he'd tried to kill him? Yes, it was too late, he'd have to go through with it now or go to prison for a long time and he'd never fit into society again! And of course, Erica would leave him if she ever found out!

"Jay, I won't..." Bradin had to stop to breath but he breathed in water making him cough violently, "tell anyone about this, please..." Bradin's eyelids slowly fell shut.

Jay still didn't let go. Ha! He'd probably go straight to the police! How could he trust him!?

For several seconds Bradin didn't say anything, no one did. Jay held him down with an iron like grip and Bradin's struggling slowly began to stop until finally, and with an eerie suddenness, his whole body went completely limp under Jay's grasp.

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