"Nick...who is she?"
"Well, you know her."
"Damn, Would you just tell me? Is it your mission in life to ruin every friendship i have because you can't deal with a real relationship?"
"No. BJ, it's not like that. It sorta just happened."
"Nick, I'll ask you one more time. Who is she!?!?!"
Silence was all that answered her.
"Ugh...Nick I can't deal with this. Go to hell!"
Brian watched Nick's destroyed expression which now covered his face. "Hey man, what did she say?"
"She hung up on me, Bri. My own sister. She took Liz's side. What a little..."
"Come on now. Don't go bad mouthing your sis. She's just upset."
"And I'm not Brian. Geeze, not you too. I can't believe this." he snapped.
As soon as he said it, he regretted it. "I'm sorry Bri. I didn't mean to take it out on you."
"It's ok. Just never let it happen again." he teased with a smile spreading across his face.
"Come on Nick. Let's hit the beach. The girls are waiting over at Mel's house. We'll pick them up there. Grab your suit and lets go. I don't wanna be late."
"Ok man. Just let me grab a towel. I wouldn't want to make you late for your...what is this...your second date with Michelle?"he said jokingly.
"Oh shut up Nick!" he said flinging his towel in Nick's direction.
***At the Beach***
"Ya know Kev, they're right."
"Who's right?" he asked Becca.
"People Magazine. You ARE the sexiest man alive!!!" she exclaimed as she watched him remove his t-shirt to fully catch some rays on the beach.
Blushing, "No. Not true. It was sexiest pop star, babe."
"Well, that's only because those guys aren't looking at what I'm seeing."
"Oh ya. And what's that?" he said with a heart-stopping grin.
"They aren't seeing a perfectly gorgeous man, shirtless I might add, who definitely has the caring, sincere heart and body to beat Richard Gere any day!"
"Thanks sweetie, you're too much. But one thing you forgot, wait no, actually two things you forgot!"
"What could I have possibly forgotten, Kev?"
"Easy, one...you forgot that I have an angel here on earth to love me....that would be you, of course."
"Aww, Kevin. Thank you. You had to go and say that and make me blush," she added quietly, her face turning a dull shade of pink.
"Wait, let me finish. And by the way you look too cute when you blush, so i couldn't help it. And two...you forgot that i have an extreme wanting to help those loved ones around me."
"No baby...I included that with the sincere, caring..." she was cut off by Kevin moving from his spot on the towel and putting his finger delicately to her mouth to hush her words.
"Play along sweetie. What I meant by helping, was to help you get some of that suntan lotion all over your body." he added with a playful smirk.
"Oh, now I see," she said, surrendering the bottle of lotion to him.
He applied some to his strong hands and proceeded to bring his hands over her shoulders, extremely close to where the straps of her pale yellow bikini layed. Her tanned body was warm in the hot sun, growing hotter with Kevin's touch. He was about to move along down her back when he heard Nick's voice shouting to watch out.
*At the same time*
"Ok guys...do we have everything?"Brian asked the car members (Michelle, Nick, Melanie, AJ, and Anna...somehow they managed to cram into Bri's beamer. AJ put Anna on his lap to fit).
A chorus of five yeses echoed in his car. "Alrighty then! Let's go!" he shouted in his Ace Ventura impression.
They were piled in the car. Anna sat happily on AJ's lap, as he whispered in her ear. "Ya know baby, I really love this bathing suit. The leopard printed straps are totally you, and i might add...you look HOT!"
"Thanks 'J. I thought you'd like it. Leopard print mixed with a little black material was always a favorite of yours." she said seductively.
He nodded yes quickly, and added, "You know i'm your bad boy, Anna."
Seated next to them was Nick and Melanie. A little disturbed from this morning's fight with his sister, Nick glanced over at Mel who happened to be starring out the window. He found her hand on the seat, and put it in his hands. He squeezed her hand lightly. She turned and smiled at him, kissing him lightly on the cheek.
Up front, Brian drove and Michelle sat next to him. Confident that she wasn't doing the story, she relaxed a bit. They made small talk, and Michelle couldn't help but notice the tattoo that decorated his chisled arm, as he flipped through the radio stations.
About a half hour later, they found a parking spot at the beach. They piled out of the car. Grabbing towels, beach bags, a Frisbee, a volley ball and whatever else they could carry, they made their way down the burning hot sand.
"Ow, ouch..ohh that's hot," Nick exclaimed as he took off down the sand, with Mel giggling and trailing behind him.
"Ok Nick...here it comes!!" he yelled as he quickly flung the Frisbee in Nick's direction. As it left his hands, he noticed that Michelle had a free hand as well. Going with his heart, he took her hand in his. She looked up at him, and her smile said it all. Bri thought to himself with a chuckle, "Score one for B-rok, she likes holding hands, my hand!!"
"What's so funny?" she giggled.
"Nothing, come on...let's go watch Nick completely miss my throw." With that, they took off down the beach, the hot sand collecting in their sandals.
AJ and Anna made their way down to the beach as well, though it took them a tad bit longer due to AJ's need to kiss her every couple of steps.
"Kevin....heads up!!!!!!"
"What the...?"
"Sorry Kev, Bri's throw was a little off!" Nick apologized as the Frisbee landed a few inches from his head.
"No prob...I know my cousin's got a wild arm!"
"I do not! Nick just can't catch!" Brian jokingly defended himself as he put the beach bag down.
"Anyway, Michelle you wanna help me spread out this towel so we can relax?"
"Sure," she replied grabbing the other end of the towel. The wind made it a little difficult to spread out, but the pair eventually got the towel down. Getting a bit hot from the sun, Brian removed his tank top and tossed it aside. Michelle looked over and caught him in the act, causing her to block out the conversation Mel was having with her, only focusing on him. Mel noticed her stare and laughed, she knew just how she felt. She was waiting for Nick to do the same.
After a few minutes of lounging, Howie and Selena arrived. "Hey guys! What's up?" Howie said smiling, secretly hoping Sel and Nick wouldn't fight.
"Hi Howie! " they all shouted. "Have a seat."
"Thanks," he said as he and Sel plopped down next to Brian and Michelle, so Nick and Sel wouldn't be sitting together.
Selena couldn't believe she was actually here. She kept telling herself, "I'm only doing this for Howie. He wanted me here, so I'm here. Just pretend Nick's not even here."
Next to them, "Hey Michelle, you wanna take a swim?"
"That sounds great Brian. I'd love to."
They stood up, and Michelle pulled off her shorts and tank to reveal a deep cornflower blue bikini, lined in baby pink trim. Brian watched with full attention, and quickly snapped out of his stare when he noticed she was ready to hit the waves. Hand in hand they ran off towards the water.
When they were out of earshot, Nick remarked, "Aww..how cute. Look's like they're hitting it off!" The group responded with a bunch of oohhs and awws, and a few laughs.
"Hey Mels..why don't we take a swim too."
"Good idea Nick." she exclaimed the heat becoming too intense, even for her. She took off her shorts to expose a black tank-ini lined with a red stripe on the side (ya know what I mean, the one with the little shorts). Nick had seen her in a suit before, but today, he seemed to take more notice. Just then out of the corner of his eye, he noticed a familiar blond approaching.
Selena got up from her spot on the towel and shouted, "Hey...Liz...over here!"
AJ looked to Anna, Anna looked to Becca, Bec looked to Kev, Kevin looked over at Mel, who had just looked over to Nick, who was now staring in Liz's direction. Silence broke out among the group.
Nick choked out, "Hey Liz."