Reggie Peters And Brittany Mercer

1994 Saturday @ 12 am

Brittany and the guys have been practicing for 12 hours and have received many noise complaints. "Brittany," Luke says. "You aren't hitting the right notes! Come on, you had it a few minutes ago!"
"I know," Brittany says. "It's just that it's late and I don't want to receive another noise complaint. Can we just call it a night?"
"Yeah Luke," Reggie agrees. "We are all really tired and need some sleep." Reggie looks at Brittany and smiles. Then looks back at Luke as his smile fades.
"We should just run through it one more time, to make sure it's perfect." They all nod and get in position.
Alex bangs his sticks together and says, "One, two, three, four." The music starts playing and it sounds pretty good for it being midnight. Then Brittany comes in and hits all of the right notes. As it comes to the end, both of Alex's drumsticks break. "I think that's a sign to call it a night." All of the band members nod in agreement. Luke, Bobby, and Reggie take off their guitars and put them on their stands. Brittany unhooks her mic from the amp and puts it in her bag. "Would someone stay here with me tonight? I kinda get lonely sometimes."
"Yeah," Brittany says. "I will."
"What about mom and dad? What are you going to tell them?"
"I'll just tell them I am staying the night at Savannah's. They won't mind. Hopefully." The other band members open the doors to the studio and walk out, but before they do, Luke says, "Same time tomorrow. Don't be late!" Brittany and Alex look at each other and laugh at Luke's statement. As the doors close, Brittany and her brother go up to the loft. There are two small chairs, pillows and blankets up there so they could sleep. They sit down and cover up with the blankets.
"So," Alex says. "Anything new that I don't know about?"
"Um," Brittany says. "Yeah."
"Tell me every little detail. Start from the beginning and don't leave anything out!"
"Well…." She wanted to tell him, but she doesn't know how he was going to react. She has to do it slowly. "I like this guy. And I don't know if he likes me. What do I do?"
"First off, whoever doesn't like my little sister is a weirdo."
"We are the same age. Stop pulling the whole younger thing on me just because you were born first by three minutes."
"Anyways. What I was trying to say before I was rudely interrupted, was if this person who you like doesn't like you back is a complete and total dumbass!"
"Yeah, I guess you could say that. He is kinda dumb, but I don't care about that. He is just…. I don't know how to explain it. You get what I'm getting at. Right?" Alex knew exactly what his sister was feeling. He just doesn't know if he should tell her about his crush on Luke. "Alex?"
"I totally get what you were getting at. And, just curious, who is the boy you like?"
Brittany hesitates before answering her brother. "Umm….. It's hggie."
"Who?"
"It's hghgie!"
"Who?"
"It's Reggie!!" She shouts this time. Her brother has a shocked look on his face. He laughs. "What? What's so funny?"
"Nothing," he says while he tries to stop laughing. "It's just that, do you really want to ruin your friendship with him if he doesn't like you back?"
"What if he does like me back?"
"What if he does? If you guys go out, get in a fight and break up, your friendship might be ruined. You two are the bestest friends I have ever seen. Do you really want to ruin that?"
"No, I don't. Maybe you're right. Anyways, enough about me. Are there any boys that have recently caught your eye?"
"No." Of course he is lying. He doesn't want his sister to give him the same speech that he gave her. Alex and Luke have been best friends since forever. Just like Brittany and Reggie.
"Yes there is. Come on. Who is it? Tell me!"
"No."
"Yes. I told you mine. Now you have to tell me yours. That's how it goes and you know it."
"Okay, fine. It's…." He is really going to do it. He is going to tell his sister about who he likes. "It's Luke. I like Luke."
"Seriously?"
"Seriously." She has the same look on her face that Reggie did when he told him. "Stop giving me that look. That's the same look that I got when I told Reggie." Her face changed from surprised to angry.
"You told Reggie before you told me. Why?" She grabs the pillow out from behind her and hits her brother across the head with it. "I'm your sister. You are suppose to tell me things before you tell other people."
"I'm sorry."
"Well, did he follow the rule?"
"No…. I…. Uh…. I don't think so."
"He did! Tell me who he likes. Come on! Tell me, tell me, tell me!" One of the friend rules is that if one person tells you who they like, then you have to tell that person who you like. Another one is don't hang out with people who are on one of their hate lists.
"No. I can't. One of the rules says that 'if you know someone's crush, don't tell anyone, under any circumstance.' I have to follow that rule."
"Dang it! God, sometimes, I hate the rules."
"Well, you made some of them. For example, Rules one, two, five, te-"
"Yeah, yeah,yeah. I get it!!" She is super tired and really wants to go to bed, but she doesn't want to at the same time. It has been so long since her and her brother have talked like this. Then she thought of something. "Hey, I have an idea that we are both going to hate. Well, mostly you."
"What is it?"
She takes a huge deep breath in and says, "We should tell them how we feel and see what happens."
"No. I am not doing that." Brittany let's out the breath she was holding in and gives her brother a pouty face. Then, she pulls the puppy dog eyes and the quivering lip on him. "No, you know I can't resist that." She keeps doing it. "No…. I mean it Brit, No!"
"Pretty please!"
He rolls his eyes at his sister. "Ugh, fine. I'll do it. If he doesn't feel the same way, which I know he doesn't."
"You don't know that."
"If he doesn't feel the same way, which I know he doesn't, then I am going to pummel your ass so hard…. You will feel it for a week!"
"Okay. Geez. You seriously don't have to be so violent. Even though you are never violent! And when you are, you mean it. Yeah, okay. Let's just hope he likes you back."
"Yeah, hopefully. Now, can we please go to bed."
"Definitely!" Brittany raises her arm to flick the switch above them to switch off the lights. She turns and faces the studio. As she drifts off to sleep, she thinks about how Reggie is going to react. 'Will he be calm?' Her inside thoughts wonder. 'Does he like me back? Is he worth risking a friend? What is going to happen if he does like her back?' Her thoughts stop because she falls asleep.