Dont End
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"You know you're a hard person to find." Brandon said from behind me." And you drive fast when you want to get out of town."
"Maybe I don't want to be found."
"I know you Ari, you always what to be found. By someone at else."
"And what if it's not you?"
"Well you're out of luck then because I found you. And at just one of our favorite spots."
"If I ask for you to leave would you?"
"Nope you can't make me leave even if I wanted."
"And why that?"
He didn't say a word about it. He came and sat next to me. I started thinking back to the summer of our four-grade year. We sat next to each other just like we are now but back then we were laughing at the ducks and the way they swam. And I remember Brandon whispering in my ear just three words that made me smile for the rest on the day and night.
I looked out over the water and smiled. In the corner of my eye I could see him looking at me.
He was at my ear now and said. "Sorry." Was all that he said but didn't pull always. Then he said.
"Forever and always." Then he stood up and started to walk away.
"Brandon waits." I said not looking at him. "How did you know what I was thinking about?"
"I took a guess and I see I was right."
I looked at the other side of the lake and wished that I just dive in. I looked back at Brandon but he wasn't there. His jeep was half way down the street. I sat there for another ten minutes and then got into the car and drove back to the high school.
Kaylee was outside waiting for me. I got out of the car and handed her the keys and then started walking.
"Do you want a ride home tonight?"
"No I'm good Kaylee."
"Okay? Wait are you mad at me?"
"No I just have a lot of my mind that a two-hour walk home well do me good."
"Okay? Well if you want me to come get you and take you home just call okay?"
"Okay thank you Kaylee."
Once I got out of town I called my mom and wished her happy birthday.
"Happy Birthday mom."
"Well hello to you to honey." I smiled.
"Hi mom."
"How are you?"
"I'm good your father come and surprised me last night."
"Yeah I know he left a note for me yesterday when I got home."
"Yeah he told me about your car. So have you been getting a ride from Kaylee?"
No mother I've been walking home every day.
"Yes mom she been giving me a ride to and from school."
"That's good."
"Mom, can I tell you something?"
"Sure what is it honey?"
"Umm well Brandon is talking to me again."
"Oh sweetie that's wonderful. Isn't it?" She didn't seem to know what I was talking about.
"Well kind of yeah. I mean I guess."
"Well sweetie it's been a year since you guys stopped talking to-"
"No mom it's been three years." I corrected her.
"Really I thought it's only been a year."
"Yeah well it's been three but the point is that he is starting to talk to me again and it's a little weird
That he is."
"Well just a little."
"Oh hold on sweetie okay your father is trying to tell me something."
"No mom it's okay I have to go."
"Okay well thank you for calling I love you."
"I love you to mom tell dad I love him as well."
"Okay sure thing. We will see you in a week."
"So weird now am I?" I jumped at the sound of his voice.
"What are you doing here?" I turned to face him. "Again. Brandon you live on the other end of town. You shouldn't be here you should be with your girlfriend. Not someone that use to be your best friend."
"Why do you say use to be?"
"Because Brandon we aren't. We can't be friends."
He was in front of me. His hand on my neck.
"Please don't."
"Don't what? This?" He leaned into kiss me but I didn't pull always. I didn't want to pull always.
But I was the first to pull always. "That."
"Well then I bet, you don't want me to do this." He kissed me again. This time it was him that pulled away first.
He was talking in my ear.
"I promised you forever and always. And I'm going to give that to you Arianna."
"No." And I started walking off. And he walked with me.
Ten minutes of walking I started thinking about Brandon and why he was on this side of town last night. I still had my phone in my hand. I stopped and put it in my bag. And then walked off the ride to the fins.
"Why are you here?" He didn't answer.
"Brandon why are you on this side of town?" Still no answer.
I turned to start walking again.
"Because."
"Brandon because isn't an answer."
"But it is for you?"
I turned back to him. He stood there for a minute then walked over to me. He leaned in again.
"Stop."
"Stop what?"
"Stop trying to kiss me."
"Why?"
"Brandon you have a girlfriend, your popular, and you have a girlfriend, and, and." I stopped talking.
He leaned in a kissed me again.
He was the first to pull away again. "Come with me." We started to walk back the way we came, then stopped and lead out his hand.
"But leave your bag."
"What no way."
"Fine then you stay here and I'll go get my jeep."
I dropped my bag looking at him. His hand was out to me. I acted like I was going to grab it but took off running. He smiled. He ran past me. I smiled and remember the last time we did this but this time I wasn't going to lose. I ran faster. I could see he jeep about a fifty feet away. He was next to me just about to up past me when at the last second I push myself to run faster.
"I win that one Brandon."
I leaned back against the door. Not breathing that hard. I loved that I could run like that and not be out of breath much. He came up to me. He was breathing a bit harder than me. Putting his hands on each side of me. He looked me in the eyes and we held each other gaze for and while. Then he leaned in and kissed me and didn't stop. He moved down to my neck. And lower and lower then moved back up to my lips. I move my hands down his back and around to push him away.
He pulled back as I pushed.
"I'm sorry."
"It's okay I shouldn't. Um can I take you home?"
"Yes you can."
"Okay." He opened the door for me. We stopped by to get me bag and then drove to my house. I didn't what to get out and he wasn't pushing me to.
I leaned over and places a kiss on his cheek then got out of the jeep.
I stopped before I closed the door. "I see you at school?"
He pushed open his door and walked around to meet me.
"Okay I know this is going to sound weird but I miss you like no other Arianna."
I looked at him for a minute. I want to kiss him again and tell me that I missed him to but I just said.
"Why?"
Before he answered his phone rang.
He looked at me and then the phone. "Its Michelle I have to take this."
"Yeah you do." I closed the door and walked around him.
I was way half to my door when I heard him say hello. I didn't close the door because it was too hot inside the house. I turned on the light in the kitchen and walked to the living room. I looked out the window to see Brandon's jeep gone. I sat down and started on my homework.
School the next day went by in a blur. All that I remembered was first and last block of the day.
Was it because he was in three classes with me and first hour was one and last as well but why didn't I remember the third class?
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