One More Minute With Him

Brandon It's....

**Arianna P.O.V.**

I felt so light inside after saying ‘I love you’ to Brandon. We were in the Jeep going back to my house. He showed me a way to get there from my house. It wasn’t as long as the way it was from Cody’s house.

“Ari?” Brandon asked as he grabbed a hold on my hand.

“Yes?” I asked smiling down and our hands.

“I was thinking that maybe we can come this weekend to the house, just you and I and stay. I’ll go shopping for food Friday after school and then meet you here say about four.” He said slowly.

“That doesn’t sound like a bad idea. But I think my mom and dad are coming into town.”

“Okay well we can plan for a different day.”

“But-“ I said holding tighter to his hand. “If I get my car then I will talk to my mom and dad and see if I can go stay at Kaylee’s house. And then I’ll talk to Kaylee and tell her I’m staying with you or something like that.”

“Okay. Well I was thinking that maybe we can do something for the whole weekend.”

“Brandon that will be wonderful but we just have to see.”

“Okay that’s fine with me. But what I have planed out you have to go by. You can’t say no it what I want to do.”

“Okay.”

The rest of the ride home I looked at road to understand the way to get from my house to the to the house Brandon build. I still didn’t understand why he went through all the trouble to build it knowing that I would have said no. I thought about what he had said in the house.

“I started when I was ten. I didn’t let you know about it. But then when you told me you never wanted to see me again I stopped for a year. What I didn’t know is when I stopped my dad and friends still worked on it. He always thought that you would come back and so he didn’t stop. After a while I stated working on it again. We finished when I was, well last year is when I was done with it. I was trying to found a way to get you out here so that I could show you. That why I was tried everything. Talking to you, watching you, looking after you. I still do that.” He was holding my face and wiping the wet spots off my face. “Now love, please stop crying. Your okay.”

The note from class from a few months ago! I was wide eyed looked at the window.

“Brandon?”

“Yeah.” He looked to me.

“Remember that day in English. You past me a note but then Mr. Way took it and ripped it up?”

“Yeah?” he asked confused.

“What it say?”  I asked.

“Oh, um that.” He laughed under his breath.

“Brandon please what did it say?”

“What have I always been good at?”

“Sports, writing, everything.”

“Not everything sweetie.”

“Are you sure about that Bandon?” I asked.

“For as long as you have know me then.” He asked a question in return.

“Your writing?”

“Yes that’s it.” Then added. “It was a poem. I told you to meet me after school to talk. I was going to ask you to come with me. To go to the house. My dad just put the last touch on it and called saying it was done. But when Mr. Way took it, I thought all hope was last. I didn’t have the guts to talk to you in voice so I used what I know best. My writing.”

“Oh, so is that way you came across town to see me that day right?”

“Yeah, I talked to Kaylee and she told me that you were walking home. When I saw you at the light I want to kick Michelle out and give you a ride home. After I dropped Michelle off I raced across town to see how far you were. Might I say you weren’t that far.”

I laughed. “I went to the book story.”

“You’re the only person I know that likes to read. You’re an odd ball. You have forever.” He said laughing a bit.

“Yeah, but you love me no matter what.” Then added. “How are you going to get Michelle off your back?”

“Um, about her. She hasn’t been talking to me.”

“What about lunch today. I saw you with your arm around her.” I said.

“Yeah, but you also saw that she was looking the other way. She not happy with me because I wasn’t going to the party with her.” He said before pulling to the side of the ride.

“If I asked for you to break up with her would you?”

“You know that I would do it. I wanted to do it. Remember and you won’t let me.”

“Okay well I still want that to happen just not right now.” I said.  I looked out the window. “Why are we on the side of the ride Brandon?”

“Because there something I have to show you.” I didn’t like the way he said because.

I stepped out of the Jeep. And walked over to him. We were at the start of my road to my house. The white fens were opened at a point and Bandon walked throw it. I just stood there.

“Are you coming Arianna?” I take one step but stopped. I hate that this is now the second time in one night that he has done something like this.  

“What are you doing?”

“You’ll see just come on.” And he took off running.

“Brandon. Don’t do this please it’s two late at night to do this game.” I know that if I didn’t go into the flied he would be in there for hours.”  

“Brandon this isn’t funny, come out.” I yelled.

“Ari. Just come here would you beautiful.”

I walked into the tree that were in front of me, I know this place there a little pond about fifteen feet into the trees and I’m sure that’s were Brandon is going to be. I stopped when I saw what it was and I wanted to die.

“Brandon it’s-“ and that’s where I stopped talking.