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"Where are Adam and Guy?" Bec called, walking down the upstairs hallway. "And where is Garry? GARRY?"
"The boys are at the gym and Garry is in town", Bridget reported.
"Bec..." Cassie said slyly.
"Yeah, Cass?"
Bec absent mindedly flicked through the pile of magazines on the hall table.
"Tell us a story from your year".
"Like what?" Bec asked.
She often told the kids stories about her year at Solar Blue, but had no idea what Cassie was getting at.
"Who was your man?"
"Excuse me?" Bec said. She hadn't expected it to turn into a giggly gossip fest for at least a few more minutes.
"Dean Edgely", Loren said, answering for Bec.
"Excuse me?" Bridget turned to Loren.
"Bec's man was Dean Edgely", Loren repeated. "She told me the other day".
"How come you tell Loren things like these?" Cassie demanded.
Bec laughed, knowing how Cassie couldn't keep a secret if her life depended on it. She was totally hopeless.
"Fine". Cassie blushed. "So tell us about Dean Edgely. He's the pro surfer, right?"
"Yep". Bec nodded, blushing. Bridget and Loren took her by the hand and led her into their bedroom, to hear the full story. "We fought like cat and dog at the beginning of the year- he pretty much hated everyone. He was like Charley in the beginning of the year- rebelling against everything we said. Perri, Anna, Fly and I didn't know how Heath and Matt could share a room with him. Perri argued with him at every point- extremely funny to watch. Or listen to, in some cases. He was hot, I admit it. But I tried to fight it. Everyone knew I like Edge, and everyone knew Edge sorta liked me back, you know?"
Bridget put her head in her hands, a gesture that made her look a lot younger than she actually was. "So where did you get together?"
"In a hospital".
"What?" Cassie asked.
"Well, I got asked to a competition in Tahiti. It was because I had won a comp here, not because my parents knew the organisers. They did, but that had nothing to do with it. Anyway, my stupid brother Joe- you know Joe- told the gang, and they gave me the cold shoulder. Edge had some stupid exercise regime, and when I threw out something mouldy in the back of the fridge, he blurted out why everyone was ignoring me. I was fuming, and went out to the water with my board? You know how Garry and I say to never go surfing when you're angry? I initiated that rule. When you're angry you do stupid things. I went out into the water and took a monster wave that was way too big for me. I blacked out when I hit a rock, and Edge had to drag my bleeding body from the water".
Bridget winced, probably picturing the whole incident. "So technically the rule is in place because of your mistake?"
"Yes, but there's no need to go blabbing that to the world! Anyway, they all came to visit me in the hospital and to apologise- I accepted. There's only so much anger you can direct at your six best friends that you live with- remember that. And then Edge and I got together, after the others left. Apparently, his exercise regime was to distract him from me. I did everything I could to stop thinking about Edge, but your heart and your head want completely different things. I loved Edge, you know. But that's ancient history. Like the dinosaurs. Or mammoths".
"Were you sad when Edge won and you didn't?" Cassie wanted to know.
"I was pretty devastated", Bec said slowly. "He promised to come back to Sydney, and he never did. That's all".
She didn't need to throw in that she cried for three months- at the time she wasn't even aware that the body could produce so many tears. That would be just too much information for them.
"That's mean", Loren said.
"How come you don't see Edge?" Bridget persisted.
"Because, Bridget, Edge is travelling the world on the pro circuit", Bec explained. "That's why. He can't come back from Bali or Tahiti just to have dinner, its ridiculous".
Bec didn't notice the evil glint in Bridget's eye. Bridget had three brothers (two older and one younger) and was the champion schemer. She should have remembered that, but because she didn't, she ended up falling into their trap.
"What about you lot?" Bec demanded, changing the subject. "Bridget, I know you like Guy... when are you going to do something about it?"
It wasn't humanly possible to go as red as Bridget did. Her face was scarlet, and her ears were beetroot.
"Impressive", Cassie giggled.
"I do not like Guy!" Bridget protested, smiling shyly.
"You're lying". Bec grinned at her.
"Is it that obvious?" she asked weakly, heat radiating off her face.
Bec nodded. "Sorry, honey, it is".
"Oooh!" Cassie and Loren teased.
Bridget picked up a pillow and whacked them.
"I can read you kids like a book". Bec grinned. "So when are you going to do something about it?"
"What?" Bridget squawked. "Are you nutty?"
"Like a fruitcake". Bec smiled smugly.
Loren stared at her. Bec blushed a little. "It's something my grandmother always says. Usually at Christmas, and usually directed at my brothers".
"I am not going to ask Guy out", Bridget said firmly.
"Fine". Bec turned to Cassie, to watch the brunette squirm. She had a sick, sick sense of humour. "What about you? When are you going to admit you like Adam a lot more than a friend?"
Loren giggled hysterically as Cassie blushed and looked everywhere but Bec's face. "He's just a friend".
"Cass, you fell in the pool when you were looking at him", Bec pointed out gently. "Actually, in my year, Fly did that too. And then Heath dropped his copy of Pride and Prejudice in after her- accidentally, of course. We scooped it out with a pool net and used Perri's hairdryer to dry it". Chuckling slightly, she added a new piece of information. "She never found out".
"You were evil!" Bridget said.
"That I was. When are you going to ask Guy out? God, you're worse than I was!"
"I highly doubt it". The words were out of Loren's mouth before she had a chance to think. She blushed, as the other two started laughing.
Bec looked at her, horrified. "What happened to the shy little Loren Garry and I met at the beginning of the year? What happened to the Loren that cried in my arms only last week? That Loren was sweet!"
"Aw, Loren!" Cassie said teasingly. She felt genuinely sorry for her friend, losing her Prince Charming for a couple of months.
Loren shrugged and Bec whacked her with a pillow.
"No, seriously, Bridget, you need to do something about Guy", Bec told her. Bridget was still unnaturally red in the face. "Otherwise someone else will become his damsel in distress. And then you'll be all upset".
"How did you find out about that?" Bridget demanded.
Bec just grinned. "I know a lot more than you think I do".
"So what happened to Edge?" Cassie wanted to know.
"He's on the pro circuit!" Bec said, surprised. "And I don't care, I'm completely over him".
"Sure you are".
Cassie, Loren and Bridget had identical knowing smirks on their teenage faces. Bec sighed, knowing they weren't going to drop the subject easily. They had learned from the best.
