Brandon ended up sleeping on the couch downstairs, while I was in his bed. It smelled just like him. I loved it.
I sat up in bed, smelling the air. It smelt like food.
I practically ran downstairs to see Brandon and an older female version of him. I assumed she was his mom.
Brandon saw me in the doorway, and smiled.
He nudged his mom.
She glanced over, and a smile also appeared on her face.
"She's so pretty, Brandon!"
I blushed, and he shook his head. "Lets not be embarrassing, mother."
"Hi, im Brandons mom, obviously. You can call me Lynn."
"Im Steph, but you probably already knew that."
She laughed. "I like her."
The blush appeared on my face once again.
"Well im off to work. Steph, you are welcome to stay as long as you want. Brandons father is already at work. Nice meeting you!" she called as she walked out the door.
I sat down at the table, across from Brandon. He looked up from his food.
"Hey girlfriend." he winked.
I laughed and replied, "Hey boyfriend."
I could get used to this. My phoned buzzed, and I looked around for it. Where did I put that? It buzzed again. I realized it was in my pocket.
I opened it up, with three text messages greeting me. "uh oh."
Brandon gave me a quesitoning look. I ignored him to open the first one.
From: Brett
hey baby ;)
oh god, i told him i would text him last night.
I opened the next one.
From: Brett
or you could ignore me. I guess thats cool
I sighed, moving on to the next one.
From: Brett
Wow whatever. Have fun with Brandon
"My god." I said outloud.
"What?" Brandon asked.
"Wha- Oh nothing. Just my..um Mom.Shes a pain."
He didnt seem to believe me, but let it go.
"Want me to take you home? You look really tired."
I nodded sheepishly, ready to go to sleep in my own bed.
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He walked me to my door and kissed me goodbye. I smiled and walked in the house.
I decided I had to call Brett and straighten things out.
"Hello?" he answered.
"Um, hey."
"Oh, Steph.. Whats up?"
"Nothing, I just wanted to apologize for not answering, I was-"
"Having too much fun with Brandon?" he interupted.
"No, thats not what happened. I fell asleep-"
"With Brandon?"
"No! By myself!"
"Mhm."
"Are you serious? Im not a whore!"
He sighed into the phone.
"Im sorry, Steph. Its just..i dont know."
"Tell me."
"No, make me."
"Maybe I will."
"Yup, okay. I have to go, I'll see you in school tomorrow babe."
"Alright, bye jerk."
He laughed and hung up.
I realized something. School was tomorrow.
Brett said he would see me in school.
However, when he saw me, I would no longer be Steph, the new, single girl who was picked on.
I would be the new girl, taken by Brandon, his bestfriend.
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I nervously put on clothes
and kept my hair straight.
All night I was thinking about how people would react.
When I asked Andrea why she was so surprised that Brandon and I were friends on the first day of school, she told me that he was extremely untouchable by almost everyone.
I laughed at this and left the house.
I was going to school with Brandon today, and i was getting more nervous by the minute.
As I got into his car, the butterflies multiplied. He gave me a reasurring smile and we drove to school.
"Ready?" He asked me.
I sighed, "No. But lets go anyway."
He chuckled and took my hand, walking me into the building.
People stared at us in shock. Girls glared at me.
Brandon brought me over to the guys.
Dan and Matt noticed our laced fingers and gave us a questioning look before looking over at Brett.
Brett, however, wasnt looking at us. He was looking into space. He isnt a morning person.
The bell rang, and luckily Brett still didnt notice.
Brandon walked me to homeroom and kissed me quickly.
"See you in a bit. " he said with a smile.
I nodded, smiling as well, and made my way into the classroom.
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It was lunch. This was it. Brett was going to find out.
I sat down next to Brandon and across from Brett. Matt and Dan couldnt hold in their questions any longer.
"So..is there something you two want to tell us?" Matt asked.
"Uh..-" I started to say, but was interupted by Brandon, "What do you mean?"
"We saw you two, dont act innocent." Dan said.
Brett suddenly seemed interested in the conversation. "What are you idiots talking about?"
"I can tell you."
We turned around to see a fake blonde. She was wearing way too much makeup and had on very skimpy clothing. I shook my head disapprovingly.
"Please do, Taylor." Brett said.
"Brandon and the new girl are dating."
The table got silent. Taylor just kept looking at me. What was she staring at?
"AWE! OMG THAT IS SO CUTE!" Matt and
Dan were practically screaming.
Taylor looked at me once more before walking away.
"Who was she?"
"Taylor Marsh. Fakest girl ever. She can be really nice at times, but other times shes pretty mean. She moved here last year. But dont change the subject. Tell us how it happened!" Matt said, alittle too excited.
I glanced at Brett, but he wasnt there. I looked next to me, and neither was Brandon.
I shrugged it off and told them how Brandon had asked me out. I told the story about a hundred two times already.
Lunch ended and everyone left the room.My head was pracically spinning from all this attention .
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I got a text message suddenly.
It was Dan.
Mall trip afterschool, b there or die. Us men need suits for homecoming, and you need a purdy dress
two words.
Oh. God.