Brad Simpson Yin And Yang

"I'm not Callie"

Sorry it took me that long to updated I have been busy with school and finals coming and I'm currently working on the next chapters.

Chapter 5: “I’m not Callie” 

I found my two best friends on the couch sipping on red wine. They were both laughing and watching a movie. Well that all stopped when they saw my face. “It’s not what it looks like,” Callie says while getting up from the couch to walk over to me. After all we been through they lied to me. They were both avoiding me. I slammed the door and began running to the elevator. Why was this happening to me? Did I really deserve all this pain? “Wait Ariana come back” I hear Callie say before the elevator door closes. I felt more tears stream down my face. The amount of tears I have been shedding you would think I would have my own river. Once again I was all alone. I began walking out the apartment building and sat on the curb. I began crying my eyes out until I was distrubed again. I felt the presence of someone sit next to me. “Leave me alone Callie'' I shouted. “I’m not Callie” a raspy voice whispers into my ear. I look up to see him again. “I don’t want to see you either so go away” I say putting my head back between my legs. I felt his warm hand rubbing my back. As much as the voice in my head told me to tell him to stop, my heart told me not to. He then leaned his head against my shoulder. “I know you don’t like talking about your feelings but If you need anyone to talk to I’m right here” He says while twirling the end of my hair. “Ok” I said softly. Maybe I could give him another chance at friendship. We sat there together for what seemed like forever until Callie appeared in front of me. “I know that you're mad at me and I’m sorry” Callie says lowering herself to me. “I’ll give you two some space to talk,” Brad says while untwining his fingers out my hair and removing his other hand from my back. I watch him walk in the apartment building towards a vending machine. “I’m really sorry I lied to you,” Callie says, holding my hand. She continued to tell how sorry she was and how she wanted us to go back upstairs and talk about it. I wasn’t really listening, not because I didn’t care, it was because I was watching Bradley. I watched him buy my favorite candy bar and soda out the vending machine. I still couldn’t wrap it around my head why he was being nice to me. “Ariana can you please say something?” Callie says snapping me out of my thoughts. “It’s fine I’m not mad at you I’m just having a bad night” I say while getting up. “Do you want to talk about it?” she says with worry in her eyes. I usually tell Callie everything but after tonight I was completely drained. “No not really and I just want to be alone” I say keeping my head down. “Are you staying with me tonight?” she said with no hope in her eyes. I shake my head no. SHe gives me a warm hug and heads back to the building. I watch her walk over to Brad and they begin talking about something. I take that as my que to grab my stuff and head to the hotel down the street before Brad sees me. Knowing Bradley he would force me to stay with him and my cousin who would interrogate me until I tell him what happened.

I grabbed my suitcase and began walking down the street. Usually I would have ran but I was tired both mentally and emotionally. “Why do you keep running from me?”Brad says through his car window which was driving slowly next to me. I ignored him and continued walking. “Come on Ari it’s late can you please get in the car?” He says while parking the car. “Open the trunk please” I say walking towards the car. He hops out the car and takes my suitcase from me and puts it in the trunk. He also opens the door for me. “You know for a kidnapper you're quite a gentleman” I joke. We both let out a couple of chuckles before the car goes quiet again. 

We both arrived at the apartment pretty late. The car was still silent. We both unbuckle our seat belts and head into the building. When we arrived in the apartment  I found my cousin on the couch watching football (soccer if you're american). “Surprise” I try to say but my voice cracks from all the crying I have been doing.  Brad and Tris let out the loudest chuckle.  “I have missed you” Tris says, grabbing me into his warm arms without my permission. I love my cousins hugs. They always knew how to make me feel like there was one person in this world that cares about me. “I’m gonna head off to bed” I hear Bradley say while walking down to a room at the end of the hall. “So you and um Brad your um…..you know…” Tristan says, stumbling over his words. Tristan knows about me and Brad falling out but not the full story. He just knows that me and Brad had this big argument  and that’s why we fell out. If he knew the real reason he and Brad would have never been friends. “No...it’s not like” I say looking down. “Ok but are you ok Brad told me he found you crying on the road side” Tristan says while still holding me in his arms. I can’t believe Bradley told him that, it makes me seem like I ran away even though I did but he doesn’t need to know that. “If you don’t want to talk about it now it’s fine just know your welcome to stay here temporarily or permanently” He says letting go of me and giving my shoulders a squeeze. Don’t get me wrong I would love to live here but Brad lives here and it’s already awkward as it is. “Ok I’ll head to the extra room I’m tired” I say walking past my cousin. “Goodnight Ari,” Tris says from the front room. “Goodnight” I said as I walked into the spare room. 

I set my suitcase down at the end of the bed and changed into an oversized tee shirt that I stole from Brad when we were friends and put on some black shorts. I open my phone to see 40 missed calls from my dad, 10 from Andrea, 1 from Megan, 10 from Callie and Skylar, and a new message from Brad. Don’t even think about yes I still had his number saved but it was for emergency purposes only. For example if Tris never answers his phone. 

I decided to open Brad's message just in case.

Brad: You up?

I turned my phone off and went to sleep. Yes I know I was being rude but just something didn’t feel right.

The next morning I woke up to see a random girl in my cousins kitchen. My first thought was it was a fan girl who snuck in. But that thought ended when I saw Brad kiss her in the kitchen. My whole heart stopped. What the hell.

The next chapter is coming soon I'm currently writing it as we speak.