Chapter 1

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I don't think that passenger seat
has ever looked this good to me

Jennifer Mosely was laying in bed covers thrown over her head, exhausted from last night's events. Unfortunately for her she was not able to sleep in for very long this morning. Cookie and Ned had some meaningless event planed for the day and she was of course included in their crazy antics. God only new what they were supposed to be doing today. She had remembered Cookie mentioning something about going to the beach. Why the beach? She had no idea. It was about a week into the New Year and in the part of California where they lived it was sunny and warm as ever.

She laid there for a little while longer not wanting to leave her warm bed. After a few more minutes passed she threw the covers off her and climbed out of bed. She had to start off the day sometime.

She happened to glance out the window to see Ned in his room rummaging around for something, or other. She smirked at the sight of his disorganization; he was never very good at keeping track of things. Tearing her gaze away from the window, she picked up her cell phone from her nightstand. She wanted to call Cookie and see what, exactly, the plans were for the day.

She dialed his number, the phone ringing four times before he picked up.

"Hello," Croaked a very sick sounding voice.

"Hey Cookie, are you okay?" Moze asked, concerned.

"I'm alright I guess, I came down with a mild case of the flu last night and am now being forced to lay in bed all day, doctors orders." He moaned.

"Aww that's too bad." She said sympathetically.

"You and Ned can still go out today, I wouldn't want to ruin you guys' fun." He told her sincerely.

"Nah its okay, I can just call him and cancel," She said, but really not wanting to.

"Don't be silly! You guys GO! Have fun! Don't worry about me!" Cookie sighed dramatically. "I'll be just fine; with a little rest I'll be better in no time."

"Well if you insist." Moze said feeling guilty.

"Of course!" Cookie croaked once again.

"Alright you take care of yourself then," She said before hanging up the phone.

Huh? Now what? She thought. I guess it's just me and Ned. Thinking this she could feel the butterflies rising up from inside of her stomach.

She put on some clothes and decided she would just walk over to his house instead of calling him. She for some reason really wanted to see him. As she looked through her closet she really had no idea what she was supposed to wear; not knowing if Ned still wanted to go to the beach or not. She decided on a pair of jeans and a tee-shirt, one of her usual outfits. No sense in dressing up, it's not like they were going anywhere fancy. Besides, Moze hated dresses!

As she walked down the stairs she saw her mom sitting on the couch reading a magazine. When she saw Moze she set down the magazine, her glasses still perched at the tip of her nose, and asked her daughter what her plans were for the day.

"Well," Moze began, "I was supposed to go to the beach with Ned and Cookie, but Cookie had to cancel because he has the flu."

"Aww that's too bad! The next time you see Simon tell him to feel better."

Moze nodded.

"Since Cookie is sick, I think me and Ned are just going to do something." She explained.

Her mother smiled and nodded, now turning her attention back to the magazine she was reading.

Moze opened her front door and walked down the sidewalk to see Ned, already outside sitting on his front porch in his swim trunks. As she made her way over to him, he shook his head disapprovingly.

"Where is your swim suit?" He asked, skeptically looking her up and down.

"I'm not wearing one!" She said ready to explain, but Ned beat her too it.

"Why not?" He asked confused.

"Cookie is sick with the flu, so I thought we could, maybe, just do something together. I wasn't sure if you still wanted to go to the beach without him." She said, trying not to stare at his bare chest.

"Ohh poor Cookie," Ned said studying her, "WE can still go to the beach though!" He said, his lopsided smile becoming bigger, his blue eyes taunting.

Moze could feel herself becoming red as she let out a small girlish giggle. What was becoming of her? This was Ned for goodness sake; she had to pull herself together.

"I guess that sounds like it could be fun." She said, a small smile spreading across her face. "I'll go change and I'll be right back."

Ned nodded as she ran off to her house.

She opened her front door and could see her mom still sitting on the couch reading her magazine. "Back so soon?" She asked without looking up.

"I won't be around for long I'm just going to go change into my swimsuit, so Ned and I can go to the beach."

"Alright, have fun!" She said, an unreadable expression on her face.

Moze mumbled in response, as she ran up the stairs to change into her bathing suit. She only had one swimsuit and it was of course a bikini that her mom had bought for her in attempt to get her to show off more of her "girlish figure". Leaving her no choice but to put it on.

She threw on an over sized t-shirt over her swimsuit and grabbed a beach bag off of the top rack in her closet. She threw a towel and sunscreen in the bag as well.

She hurriedly ran back down the stairs not wanting Ned to have to wait too long.

"Bye mom." She said, as she rushed out the door.

"Bye sweetie." She shouted in response.

Moze hurried back over to Ned who was still sitting there waiting patiently.

"Ready!" She shouted enthusiastically.

Ned just laughed. "Someone sure is excited!"

Moze blushed once again. "You know me, I love the beach!"

"Right…" Ned said.

He headed over to his pickup truck that was parked in the driveway and opened the passenger door for Moze.

"Thanks!" She said, as she climbed into the car.

He just smiled. "Of course,"

Her eyes lingered, as she watched him walk over to the driver's side.

"Too bad Cookie has to miss out on this, huh?" Ned said, bringing Moze back to reality.

"Yeah, it really is." She said. Though truthfully there was a small part of her that was glad it was just the two of them.

He put the keys in the ignition and the truck roared to life. Ned hit the gas and they took off down the road.

They talked for most of the ride there just like they always seemed to do; when they were together you couldn't get them to shut up.

Most of the time though Moze couldn't keep her eyes off him. He had grown so much since middle school. He was now about 5'10 and still had amazingly deep blue eyes, he had never been into working out, but he somehow stayed in great shape. Man he was hot!

Were just friends! She tried to remind herself over and over again as they continued talking, but it was a little too late for that. She was in way over her head.

She was so consumed in thoughts for the last part of the ride that she hadn't seemed to of noticed that they were there.

Ned gunned the engine.

"You coming?" He asked, as he watched her sitting there in the passenger seat.

"Ohh right… of course I'm coming!" She said, grabbing her bag and following Ned over to a spot to set their things.

She pulled her beach towel out of the bag and set it up right next to Ned's.

"What first?" She asked now laying on the beach towel, her hands behind her head in a very relaxed manner.

"First, I think you should take you're t-shirt off!" He said laughing.

"Yeah of course, I knew that!" She said now sitting up, ready to yank it off, but Ned was already pulling it off for her.

She could feel herself reddening as he did this.

She laid back down and closed her eyes letting the warmth of the sun soak into her skin.

"You're gonna burn up Moze." He said.

"I'll be fine!" She said, her eyes still closed.

Ned reached into her bag and rummaged through it, looking for the suntan lotion he was sure she had brought. Moze always came prepared.

"If you won't put it on, I will!" He threatened her.

"Fine, go ahead." She said, sitting up now.

He squirted some onto his hand and began rubbing it onto her back.

Moze sighed. This feels so good. She thought.

While doing so he started to tickle her.

"Ahhh don't!" She shrieked, as they began rolling around in the sand.

He finally stopped and stood up lending out a hand for her to grab.

"Come on, lets go in the water and wash all this sand off us." He said, laughing.

They stood by the edge of the water, waiting for the other to make the first move and jump in.

"You first!" Ned told her.

"No you!" Moze said encouragingly.

"You!"

"No you!"

"Okay fine!" Moze said "On the count of three, we'll both jump in." She told him.

"Okay." Ned agreed.

"1…2…"

Just as he was about to count to three, she pushed him into the water.

"Hey no fair!" He said between gasps, as he struggled to tread water and talk to her at the same time. "You tricked me!"

Moze laughed still standing on shore.

"Yes, Yes I did!" She said a grin spread across her face.

"Well then…" Ned said, grabbing her arm and pulling her in with him. "Now were even!"

"AHHH!" Moze shrieked as she felt Ned pull her under the water.

"I HATE YOU!" She shrieked even louder.

"No you don't, you know you could never hate me." He said making a cute little puppy dog face.

"Well I do!" She said trying with all her might to hold back a laugh.

"You know you love me!" He said, wiping some of her wet hair out of her eyes.

Unfortunately for Moze, he would never know how true that statement was.

Time seemed to stop as they stared at each other intently for a few minutes. She could get lost in those eyes.

"You seen much of Suzie lately?" She asked, bringing herself back from fantasy world.

"Nah," Ned said carelessly flipping onto his back, into a back float. "We don't really talk much anymore."

"How come?" She asked surprised.

"Well when you break up with a person there's really not too much to talk about anymore, besides who wants to take place in awkward conversations? I'd much rather just spend time with my best friend," he said winking at her. "Plus I like being a free man!"

Some how that struck her funny, "Well I guess that makes sense." She agreed. "It's not like I hold random conversations with Seth Powers. There's really not too much to talk about with him anyway."

Ned grunted. "It's like some alien life force took over his brain, he's definitely not the sharpest crayon in the box."

She flipped onto her back as well, enjoying the warmth of the sun against her bare skin.

"He has his moments." She admitted.

"He is such an airhead! You deserve a heck of a lot better, I mean Faymen was okay I suppose but he just seemed way too perfect. Yeah he was a liar but that was like his only fault."

"Faymen was fine I guess…" She sighed not wanting to get into her past with Faymen. She had broken up with him because she had had feelings for someone else…

"Yeah but like I said, he's to perfect for you,"

"What are you implying?" Moze asked.

He gave her a sheepish smile, his eyes now closed, as he floated on top of the water peacefully.

It was the perfect moment to get revenge! She flipped herself back over and began splashing him like crazy.

"AHH! What was that for?" He shrieked like a little girl.

"For thinking that I'm not perfect," She grumbled.

"Well you're not!" He said his eyes open now, as he studied her carefully, "But I never said that was a bad thing."

She nodded, prodding him to go on.

"What's perfect is your imperfectness that's what makes you, you. And for the record I couldn't ask for a better friend!" He said sweetly.

"You're so sappy!" She said laughing as she splashed him some more.

"Now that, was uncalled for!" He said goofily.

"What are best friends for?" She grinned gleefully.

"This!" He said now returning the favor as he began splashing her too.

They continued splashing each other until they both got tired. Getting out of the water the two of them sat back down on the sand, they were both dripping wet, their towels now soaked as well.

"That was fun!" She said, leaning up against him.

"Yeah it sure was!" He said wiping his wringing wet hair from his eyes.

The sun was now beginning to set, as they sat there quietly, starring out into the darkening sky.

"What time do you think it is?" She asked.

"At least 5:00, we should probably get going."

"Yeah probably," She sighed not wanting the moment to end.

I don't think that passenger seat
has ever looked this good to me

A:N I'm back again! lol. I just can't seem to get enough of these two, their like the perfect pair. This one's gonna be generally longer than most of my other stories most likely it will end up being about 12 chapters a few less than The Journal. I promise there will be no rushing into this relationship i have a lot planned! Hope everybody enjoyed the first chapter! Oh and Please review!!

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