Brad Simpson Yin And Yang

"What do you want Brad"

Chapter 4: “What do you want Brad?”

I look up to see Brad above me holding out his hand for me to take. Instead I get up on my own. He puts his hand in his pocket and stares at me. “What are you doing here?” I say confused because he is supposed to be in the city part of London and not the country part. “Again no hey Brad,how are you? I'm good thanks” he says as he chuckles to himself. Honestly I don't know why he’s talking to me like we're best friends but I don’t have time for it. 

I pull out my phone to text Skylar and Callie to ask them if they're busy because I needed a place to stay. As usual there both out and can’t pick me up but I can stay with them for tonight. Skylar and Callie are the best friends ever. 

I grabbed my suitcase and began walking to the bus station across the street ignoring Brad. “Hey where are you going?” I hear Brad shout after me. I then hear footsteps running after me. Why won’t he leave me alone. Brad jumps in front of me and grabs my arm. “Did you not hear me calling you and why do you keep ignoring me?” He says with a confused look like I had forgotten what happened that summer. “What do you want Brad?” I say as quickly as possible so this conversation can be over because I was not in the mood. “I just wanna know where you are going? and why are you out here? that’s all” He says piercing those brown eyes that I once loved into mine. “Since you're so nosey I’m going to Callie and Skylar’s flat so if you excuse me I have to catch a bus” I say pulling my arm out of his grasp and continuing walking to the bus station. He then again launches his body in front of mines. “What is wrong with him? And why won’t he leave me alone?” I say in my head. “I will give you a ride to Callie and Skylar’s flat since I didn’t pick you up from the train station” He says while reaching his hand out for me to take. “It’s not your job to pick me up from anywhere and two I wanted Tristian to get me not you” I say pushing past him once again to get to the bus station. I began walking until I felt someone picked me up. “Put me down,what the hell is wrong with you?” I shout while punching him in the back. He continued ignoring and carried me to a black range rover. He then puts me down and holds firmly on to my wrist while he puts my suitcase in the trunk. “This is kidnapping, you know that right?” I say hitting his hand. He continues ignoring me and closes the trunk. “Hello I’m talking to you” I yell. He continued to ignore me once again and began pulling me to the passenger’s seat. He was really working my nerves tonight. He then opened the door and looked at me. “I’m not going in there and can you let go of me” I say slapping his hand again. “Sorry” he then lets go of my hand. As soon as he lets go of my hand a rush to the trunk of the car to get my suitcase. “Can you open this? It's locked” I say, banging on the truck of the car. “Stop before you break my window and no I’m not opening it” He says, still standing at the open passenger door.  I knew he wasn’t gonna open it so I took a seat on the cold pavement. “Can you please stop being difficult and just get into the car please?” he says with an irritated tone. I take a deep breath and get into the car. Not because he wanted me to because I was tired and needed to sleep. He then locks the door and heads to the driver's seat.

The car ride was silent except for the radio playing. During the car I looked out the window watching the shiny lights from the building we passed but I couldn’t help thinking about my dad and the argument we had. I began noticing that we weren’t headed to Skylar and Callie flat when we drove past a turn that Callie takes when she picks me up. “Where are we going?” I ask looking at Brad for the first time since we got in the car. “We’re here” He says, driving into a mcdonald's parking lot. He then unbuckles his seat belt and grabs his wallet. “Stay right here” he says as he opens the door and heads into the fast food restaurant.

After about 15 minutes he is back in the car with what he ordered. He then takes a chicken nuggets box, french fries, and a milkshake and holds them out to me. “I thought maybe I could get you something since you were having a bad day and whenever you were sad we used to go and get these together” he says while piercing his big brown eyes into mine for the millionth time tonight. I take a deep breath and take the food from him. “Thank you” I said quietly, keeping my head down. After we both finish eating he takes the trash and throws them in the garbage outside. The car remains in silence. “I’m not trying to be nosey but why were you crying earlier?” He says, staring at me again.  As much I would love to vent to him about everything that has happened I was still not on the best friend side with him anymore. “It’s ok you can tell me, I won’t judge you I promise” I said grabbing my hand. The touch of his hand sent shivers down my spine. The cold metal from the rings rest on my hand, reminding me of the time when he used to let me wear them.  “It’s nothing, I'm fine” I say, holding back the tears and pulling my hand away from him.  He then starts the car back up again and heads to Skylar and Callie’s flat. When he parked the car I quickly unbuckled my seat belt and grabbed my suitcase and rushed into the building as fast as I could. I was about to head into the elevator when he grabbed my arm. “You dropped your phone,” he says, handing me my phone. “Thank you” I say, pulling my arm from his hand. “Oh and If you want to talk about what happened tonight just ring me,ok?” He says staring at me again. This entire night he has been staring at me and kept grabbing me. I nod my head. “Oh and Ari….I’m really sorry about that night in your room… I shouldn’t have...” I cut him off before he could finish his sentence. “Just forget it Bradley” I said quietly while heading into the elevator. I watched his face disappear while the elevator doors closed.  As soon as the elevator doors close I burst into tears. I wiped my tears and headed into my best friends flat. When I opened the door I was shocked.