The 5 And Only

Chapter 22

The rest of the day was pretty easy. No one pestered me which is a first.  I caught up on my homework in free period and had my teachers help me with things I didn't get. Happy, I finished 2 assignmetns in each core class. Feeling in that Taco Bell and a Baja Blast mood I texted Mike before I rode off on my skateboard asking if anyone wanted Tace Bell. Immediatley he repiled yes with a smiley face. I asked if everyone did and he responded the same. I already knew what everyone wanted so easily riding to Taco Bell I walked in. I have known the manager since 8th grade so he hooked me up with food rather quickly. I was all giddy cuz he even let me mix freeze flavors and put them in a mega size cup for free. I wish I still talked to him, we used to be so close, but I pushed him away when everything happened. He was about an inch taller than me and has short, shaggy hair and it's dark brown. His eyes were super super blue but it was like a turquoise, he always wore a snapback or beanie, and he had a spider bite piercing on the right side of his lip. The rings on his lip was 2 silver bar bells like he always wears side by side.  We both liked each other but things got too confusing and I ignored him for the longest time. He gave me a note that was front and back saying how he was sorry for anything and everything and after that we texted and hung out a bit but we mostly text, things just haven't been the same. He isn't a gang member or anything like that, he's probably the nicest guy someone could meet. He's sensitive, but strong and he will protecct you, he's deffinatly smooth and knows how to talk to girls, and he is absolutly HALARIOUS! He always has me laughing when we talk. His tan skin really brings out his eyes and his smile is pefectly straight  he honestly looks nothing like a thug, his face glows like a guy enjoying every second of life even if it has scattred pimples everywhere. His name is Brody.  We met when we ran into eachother skateboarding, legit ran into eachother. Us both being skaters we were boarding and I hit a huge rock I didn't see and flew off my board and legit tackled him. We were laughing so hard!

We sat in a booth talking about everything. "So how've things been and don't lie." Brody asked taking a drink of my mixed freeze. Oh I forgot to mention I did tell him about my self-harm and suicide attempts and a little bit about my mom because he self-harms too and relates to me in that way more than anyone. "Honest? Ehh things have been hard and REALLY confusing, I still self-harm, I tried to commit suicide yesterday but I was cought by one of my guy friends. Things have just been a mess." I replied honestly but also added my amazing day with the magazine thing and all my tests and school. We were silent then he nodded his head, "You know you're the strongest person I know." I just smiled. "Hey your shift is almost over right? You should come over I'm gonna have Brooke and Gavin over plus 5 other guy friends and Mike and I'm gonna make us pull an all-nighter in town?" I offered. "5 guys?! Well jeeze haven't you become a whore!" He immediatley smiled and we then laughed and I playfully punched his arm. "Asshole." I said still laughing. He ended up agreeing then within no time I carried 2 bags of hot tacos and cold drinks out the door. "Are we taking your car?" I questioned. He gave me a look of did-you-seriously-just-ask-that then held up his board. I made him take the drinks while I carried the bags and my backpack.

Within no time we were at my house. When we emerged into the door Niall lunged at the food and his drink. Then ran back into the kitchen, where he usually is. "Was that Niall Horan. Jeeze I haven't seen him in ages!" Oh yea and Brody met all the guys in 9th grade twice. "Yea I know! Gosh I miss you as a best friend. It's been too long!" I said. Even though I do frequently go to Taco Bell I rarley see him and if I do all we say is hi then go our seperate ways. I figured it's time for that to change. He smiled his perfectly straight smile then we walked into the kitchen seeing all the guys. I threw the food on the counter and Louis an Zayn jumped into it. "Wait is that.....Brody?????" Louis asked with uncertainty but a little excitment. "Yep it's me!' Brody motioned his hands from his shoulders to lower stomach in front of his body. "FINALLY MY FUNNY BUDDY IS BACK!!!!!!!!!" Louis screamed majorly bro hugging Brody. "Its so good to be back." Brody said looking at me. I smiled. I can't believe I never thought to bring him back over here. God am I a screw up. I turned and ran into the guys room they shared and saw Liam sleeping. So I decided to jump on him and wake him up. "LIAM LIAM LIAM GEEEEET UUUUUP!" He began to laugh then told me he was up then I told him Brody was here and at first he was confused who that was then he reccolected who it is. At that point he hoisted me up and threw me in his spot jumping out of bed and running down the stairs shouting,"BROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOODYYYYYY!!!!!!" Just as he finished screaming that Harry came out of the bathroom in nothing else but a towel then he saw me and smiled. "Thank god you're back I REALLY needed to kiss you!" I then bursted out into the lyrics of "Kiss You" and laughed. "Why are you all giddy?" Harry asked pulling me into him with his free arm. "You smell really good." I said off-topic on accident but really quickly then I stammered out, "Brody's here!!! And, and, and I did amazing in school and my photography is going to be in a magazine and I got a bunch of A's and today has just been AMAZING!" I stated putting emphasis on the AMAZING. "Thats so amazing, and Brody's here OH MY GOSH!" Harry said excitedly then quickly kissed me both of us smiling into each other's lips. "Okay I gotta go talk to Mike I'll see you downstairs, oh and your Taco Bell is down there." I quickly kissed him again then quickly ran to his closet and picked him out a "Free Hugs" white and black t-shirt that is actually Nialls then black skinny jeans and converse and threw it onto the bed. "Wear this." I told him before I skipped out shutting the door. I knew Harry took forever to pick out clothes and I wanted him to hurry so I just picked for him.

I practically sprinted to Mike's room down the hall. Blasting music rang my ears, dang he was working out so now I have to wait for him to shower. I barged in and explained, "MIKE! MIKE! MIKE! BRODY'S HERE AND WE NEED TO PULL AND ALL NIGHTER!" Mike got on his knees and stopped doing push ups then smiled breathing heavily. "BRODY?! And yes oh my gosh I forgot we used to do all nighters! I'll be down in a second we can all use my Dodge pick-up for everyone and we can hit the town and start driving in an hour! Oh and do you have my Taco Bell?" "YEEES!  And yes its on the counter hurry with your shower I need to text Gavin and Brooke." I exited the room and went into my room throwing myself onto my bed and decided to invite them both to a video chat because I knew they would both answer that. As expected, they did and I let them know the plan. "OMG REUNION WITH BRODY!!!!" Brooke screached. "We haven't hung out with him since what? The end of 9th grade?" "Yes!" Gavin inturrupted. "We will be there in like 15 minutes!" With that the video chat was ended and I ran back downstairs seeing everyone except Mike and Broke and Gavin obviously.