Meeting Again

CHAPTER 17

*DEVON MCKNIGHT*

It's been awkward for me to be around with Brandon these days. He's a jerk every now and then, but there's something wrong. When he came back from who knows where, he's...different.  We had conversations, but it's normal, and for me talking to him normally means abnormal! Is this some kind of revenge? I can't take this anymore I need to talk to him.

"Brandon," I said, when I found a chance to talk to him seriously in the 'coffee room'. It's a separate room for people who wants to have coffee or break from work.

"Yeah?" he said confused.

"What happen to you?" That's the first thing that popped into my mind.

He almost spills the coffee from his mouth, maybe shocked with my sudden question.

He raised his eyebrow. "What do you mean?" he said.

"You know what I mean right? I mean ever since you came back from neverlands, wherever that is, you...how can I say this...you're different." I said.

"What do you mean?" This time I raised my eyebrow. He smirked. "Well what else do you want me to do? You hate me when I was 'mean' or 'jerk', now you're asking why I change? Ask yourself then." He said that made me confused.

"What do you mean?" I said, it's all that I could say..

He looked at me in the eye. "Don't play dumb with me Dev, you really don't know what's happening?" he said, and I just nodded. He released a big sigh with a sarcastic laugh. "You are such an airhead sometimes, you know that?"

"What?" I said, my hands are on my waist.

He pressed his lips before talking back, "Do you expect me to act like before after what you did?"

"What did I do?"

"arhg." He growled. "I confessed to you, and then the next morning you said 'yes' to my best friend when he asked you to be his girlfriend." He breathed. "is that the explanation that you want to hear?" he said, I was stunned with what he said. I became speechless and he left me there hanging with my thoughts.

I didn't think that it will affect him that much; I didn't even think that he was serious with that confession. I am such a jerk. He left because of me, and he changed because of me? Ahhh this is sooo.. I don't know what to think anymore.

I walked out to the 'coffee room' with troubled face. I just can't hide it.

"What's wrong?" William said, stroking my hair.

"Oh.." I was startled with his sudden appearance. "Nothing, I was just thinking about stuff."

"You're frowning, how can that be nothing?" he insist, but I just can't tell him about Brandon.

I took his hand from my hair and looked at him in the eyes; it's the only way that he will believe me. "I'm fine, promise, so you go and proceed to work, okay?" I said and smiled.

"Fine." He kissed before leaving.

I went to my desk, dropping myself lazily to my chair. Thinking about what just happened, I feel so down, I think I'm going to be sick or something.

Another day went by. Brandon not talking to me, and William worrying about me. What else can I do?

William didn't take me home this time, I begged him not too, and I'm not in the mood. I lied to him that something important came up. I don't really like lying to Will but I don't have a choice at this moment.

I didn't went home immediately, I just walked around the streets going nowhere my mind is filled with thought about what Brandon said. Until I passed to a restaurant. I was just standing there mindlessly, when a couple walk out and the bump the door into my face.