Ch3 :

Alanna sighed walking over to Jay's front door. She waited there for a minute until she heard rustling and then saw Jay open the door.

"Holy shit Lanna," He said standing there looking at her forehead where the blood had been streaming from.

"I'm sorry, but I knew if I went to Tony's his father would blow, and I'm not so sure about Stacy's parents. But I thought your mom might be okay with it because she knows about my dad, and I could tell you anything so I just decided…" Alanna was cut off when Jay began to pull her inside.

"Shut up," Jay said hugging her close. She hugged him, and felt the sting of tears in her eyes. Jay pulled back, and looked into her eyes, "Come on in, we'll get you cleaned up," he said pulling her inside more to the dark house. He took her hand, and guided her to the bathroom. He felt weird holding her hand but didn't stop, and in the dark he let out a smile. Jay opened the bathroom door, turning on the light, and taking out some cotton balls and alcohol. He watched Alanna hop up on the counter and sit with her hands in her lap. Jay put the alcohol on the cotton ball and began to wipe away the blood that had stopped trickling from her wound. All the blood was cleared off after about six cotton balls, and deep gash was revealed.

"That's better," Jay said pushing the bloody cotton balls into a garbage pail, he took some non-infection crème out of the cabinet and spread it along the gash, receiving a flinch from Alanna, "Sorry."

"Thanks Jay," Alanna said playfully punching his shoulder, and throwing on her best pretending to be okay smile. He knew that Alanna wasn't okay, but he also knew that this was a touchy subject, and didn't push it.

"Don't mention it… Sooo… what are you going to do now?" Jay asked leaning against the bathroom wall.

"I don't know. I have to go back sometime, but I just don't know," Alanna said shrugging her shoulders, "I just needed a friend right now, you know?"

Friend.

"Yeah… why don't you stay here? I mean my mom won't mind, and it would be safer than going home," Jay spat out after a minute. It took a minute after that to register he'd actually just said that.

"Are you sure? I don't wanna cause any trouble…"Alanna trailed off looking up at Jay as she got down from the counter. Jay shook his head and threw an arm around her shoulder.

"No problem. Lanna, you're always welcome here," Jay said pulling her close to him. Alanna smiled and hugged him. He hugged her back as his head became buried in her brown hair. Her hair smelled of sweet vanilla, a smell that brought a smile to Jay's face. If this felt good to him, he could only imagine how it would feel to be able to hug her like this all the time. He pulled back from her, "C'mon," he said pulling her along to his darkened bedroom where the only light from outside shone through his plastic shades in long horizontal lines. Alanna looked down at Jay's bed that had such a short bed frame that it looked like it was just a mattress on the floor with blankets on it. Alanna smiled, this was their life, and while little things like this may make it seem like nothing, it meant a big something to her. This was all they had, and as good as it was gonna get. She walked around to one side of the bed and took off her shoes, and covered herself with blankets. She watched as Jay lay next to her facing the opposite way. She smiled to herself.

That was her Jayboy. Hard on the outside, and while it may seem like someone like him could never soften up, he did. When the one he cares for are hurt, or are treated badly he comes to the rescue.

My little blonde teddy bear… Alanna smiled at the though and moved over closer to him.

Jay could feel Alanna moving closer to him, and he tensed. He suddenly realized how small this bed was, usually he'd welcome any female that was this close to him in a bed with open arms, and an open 'mind', but this was different. She was different.

What is she doing?

Alanna just moved closer to Jay, and stopped, she leaned over so she could see his face, and kissed his forehead.

"Goodnight Jayboy," she said moving back to the other side of the bed, and drifting off into a peaceful sleep.

"God, Goodnight Lanna," Jay said unsteadily. His breathing pattern was off, and silently with a little rustle he got up out of the bed and walked to the kitchen for a glass of cold water.

…

Stacy walked around his job, putting food on tables for people, accepting plenty of credit cards, and some cash from people who had already finished their meals.

He walked around, and over to a table where he had sat Jay, his mother Philaine, and Sid.

"Hey guys. You all finished?" Stacy said looking down at some empty plates.

"Yeah, thanks Stace," Philaine said as Stacy laid the check down on the table, she turned to Jay and Sid, "Got any cash guys, I'm a little short…"

Jay turned to Sid, and Sid reached in his pocket pulling out a slab of green plastic. Jay handed it over to Philaine. She took it from him and looked at it.

"Jay, I can't use this," she said tossing it onto the table. Jay picked it up again.

"No look mom, it's got Sid's name on it," Jay said holding it out to his mother yet again. She took it from him once again, and looked at it to indeed find Sid's name on it. She set it down on the table on top of the check. She laughed.

"I love you boys," she said smiling.

"Hey mom, Skip's putting together a skate team," Jay said raising his eye brows.

"Far out!" Philaine said astounded as she looked at the three boys with her.

"Who do you think is going to be on it?" Sid asked looking at Jay, and then up at Stacy who was standing to his right.

"Hopefully all of us," Jay said sighing, lying back in his chair, and stretching out. Stacy gave them all a 'yeah okay' look.

"Yeah, right," Stacy said walking away with the check, and credit card.

…

Alanna sat on the beach her body spread out on her towel, lying next to Tyler as they both laid back and looked at the waves.

"Yeah, and then he fell off in front of all the girls, and they all laughed and walked away," Tyler finished making Alanna laugh, and hang her head of wet brown hair back.

"Smooth," Alanna said referring to a skate story he just told about him Biniak, and Muir, "Hey… do you know what time it is?" Alanna asked turning her head over to Tyler.

"Uhh, actually I don't sorry, I think maybe it's around 12:00. Why?" Tyler asked as he watched Alanna stand up in her wet suit, and grab her board, "Where you going?" Tyler asked standing up in his wet suit as well.

"I've got to meet Skip at the shop. He's putting together a skate team today, and he wants me to come," Alanna said picking up her board.

"Alright, have fun," Tyler said looking down to Alanna. She picked up her board, and looked up at him as well, "We should do this again or something like it."

"Yeah, we should," Alanna said smiling. She was always at a loss for words in front of him, so instead he leaned his head down, and his lips met hers in a slow kiss that made Alanna tingle all over. She smiled into the kiss, and she felt Tyler place his hand on her waist. She pulled back, and looked up at him. She picked up her boards, and turned to walk away, "See you later."

"Bye," Tyler said watching her retreat from the beach, and dropped her board skating away to her house.

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Alanna reached her house and picked up her board, and walked up to her house. She opened the door knowing her father reluctantly wasn't there because the Chevelle wasn't in the driveway. Relaxed, and worry free she entered her house, and went up to her room, and walked into the shower. She came out ten minutes later, and did the routine. She untangled her hair, and stood by the fan brushing her hair dry. She threw on a pair of baggy blue jeans, and a fitted white tee shirt. She threw on her black Converses, and went down stairs, grabbed her board, and walked outside. It was still a nice day, and she took in the day's air. She then walked down to the driveway, dropped her board, and headed down the street, banging her hand on cars, and smacking over garbage cans in the street on her way to the Zephyr shop…

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A/N : Yeah this is a short one. Sorry guys. So what do you think so far? Good? Okay? Sucking? Tell me what you think. Trying to keep the whole love triangle thing going

Alanna- Jay/Tyler Sorry if I'm disappointing fan of Tony and Stacy by not sticking them in as much. In future chapters once the whole competition begins against all the skaters. Like you know when they try to beat each other out to become the best one…yeah…that I'll be sticking more of them in. Thanks

Nat