But when he came to, he became aware that that music had changed to something old, something from his father’s generation, even before. Something that invoked the feel of the beach and the surf. The music teased his consciousness as his sluggish brain tried to identify it. It was the Beach Boys and a song called ‘Good Vibrations’. He’d heard it so long ago on one of his father’s CDs back when he was a boy. He opened his eyes to say something to Gina but found that she wasn’t next to him. Then he remembered that she had gone somewhere else in the house, promising that she wouldn’t be long.He sat up and rubbed his face, trying to rid himself of the lethargy. He looked around the room carefully, but he couldn’t see Gina. A stranger sat beside him, kissing a girl. “Hey,” he asked the person next to him, elbowing him in the back. “Have you seen Gina?”“Who’s Gina?” the man asked, looking at him angrily. “Um … long blonde hair, blue eyes, pixie face,” Josh said, unsure now in the face of the man’s anger.“Doesn’t she hang out with Bevan?”
