Adopted by Phan (a Phanfic)

Chapter 32

Back to PJ's POV

It was now Sunday and I was hanging out with Braden at his house. We were currently on the couch while I played Watch Dogs. I more just rode around on motorcycles more than anything. When I finally got bored we went in the the backyard. I sat on the trampoline in the middle of the yard, Braden laid besides me. I stood up and started jumping next to him, watching as his body followed the bounce of the trampoline. He laughed and got up to join in my activity. We laughed and saw who could jump the highest, my hair going everywhere. I stopped once I got scared of falling. I flopped down, slightly out of breath and Braden did the same.

He looked at me. The sun dispersed on his skin from the tree above us. the leaf in his hair and the gold in his eyes. He leaned forward and kissed me. I giggled and jumped up after the show of affection, and ran towards the hammock strung between two trees, throwing myself into it. I laughed and so did he. He carefully joined me, make sure the hammock didn't tip. We laid there cuddling for a long time, probably hours at this point.

The sun was going down and it was starting to get dark outside. I got out of the hammock and got back on the trampoline, Braden following me. I lightly started jumping and he joins. That's when I saw something light up in the middle of the yard. A firefly! I jumped higher and got excited, I had never seen fireflies before! "Look! Fireflies!" He laughed and said "Yeah, there are tons around here." As it got darker more and more fireflies appeared, some even joining us close to the trampoline.

I looked over to Braden, who was staring at me. The moonlight was reflecting in his eyes, and fireflies flew behind him, giving off a light glow. We both slowly stopped jumping, and he placed his hand on my cheek. We got closer and we closed our eyes, and we kissed.

Suddenly the back porch light came on and we quickly pulled apart.

The door opened a moment later and Hailey came out. "Hey, your dads are here." "Okay." I nodded. Once she had gone back inside and shut the door I hugged Braden and said goodbye.

I walked out to see Dan and Phil waiting on the porch. "Hey." I greeted them, Phil looked glad to see me and I could tell Dan was trying, he was improving.

*Next morning*

I was at school early because I needed to turn in a late paper, but I figured I would take this time to meet up with Braden, since I knew he was here for early band practice. I texted him to see when we could meet up.

PJ: Hey, I'm at school early. Wanna meet up after band practice?

B: Sure

PJ: When does band practice get out?

it took him several minutes to reply

B: 8:00

PJ: cool. I'm by my locker meet me here after?

Braden: k

I stood by my locker, it would be 8 in a few minutes so I did random thing on my phone while I waited.

I had been waiting for a while, I looked up at the clock and it was 8:25. Braden should be here by now, but I didn't want to text him and seem needy or annoy him, so I waited. Next it was 8:30, then 8:45, then finally 8:58. I needed to get to class. 

When lunch rolled around, I walked to my normal table and noticed that Braden wasn't there. He was usually there after me anyways, so it wasn't a shock. When I got back with my lunch, he was sitting in his usual spot. He spotted me and smiled like nothing was wrong. "Where were you this morning?" I asked setting my stuff down.  He frowned and asked me "What do you mean?" "What do I mean? I mean we texted about you meeting me by my locker, and you didn't show." He looked shocked, but I don't think he really cared. "I thought you meant after school." "You told me band practice got out at 8:00, but that's only in the morning, it gets out at 6:00 after school. And also why would I text you telling you I was at school early?" He looked ashamed, and shrugged, looking down at his food.

I felt a little guilty for scolding him like that, but he deserved it for standing me up. I then proceeded to jump into whatever conversation the rest of the table was having.

After school I texted Braden, asking him if he wanted to hang out this week. I might be mad but that doesn't mean I want to ignore him.

B: sure, what would you like to do?

PJ: something simple

B: how about a movie?

PJ: sounds good to me.

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It was now a few days later and I was waiting after school to be picked up by Hailey so she could drive us to the theater.

Once she pulled up me and Braden stay in the back together, holding hands. Through out the ride there we all talked and once we pulled up, Hailey gave us some money to help cover the cost. We thanked her and hopped out.

We walked in, bought the tickets and popcorn and found seats, we were watching the fault in our stars. I had read the book a million times and we were both interested in the movie.

We sat down, holding hands and eating popcorn with our free hands. Sometime during the movie Braden put his arm around me and I leaned my head on his shoulder.

By the end of the movie he was crying and I was laughing slightly trying to wipe his tears. "How aren't you crying?!" He asked, I laughed even more and replied "I've read the book so many times I know what's going to happen."

He just shook his head and walked out of the theater with me being him. Hailey was waiting for us when we stepped out, next we were going to hang out at my house. We got in the car and Hailey laughed at the fact that he was crying. "So to your house, PJ?" "Yep." I replied cheerfully. "Actually..." Braden replied. "What?" Hailey asked "mom said she needs something so I have to go home." I frowned and in the rear view mirror could see the frown and confusion on Hailey's face, but she only shrugged and dropped me off.

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Later as I was going to bed I checked my twitter feed, and Braden had asked something.

"Is it bad that I faked my mom needing help so that I didn't have to hang out with my gf?"

I was shocked and disappointed. He didn't have to lie about it. I'm gonna ask him about it at lunch tomorrow.

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As I walked into the lunch room,  surprisingly Braden was already here. "What is this?" I asked as I walked up to him and showed him my phone. "I didn't know you had my twitter." "That's no excuse."

"I didn't want to hurt or feelings." I scoffed "You didn't have to lie." He looked mad now, but he want the one at fault. "You would've just gotten mad at me!" He practically yelled back. "I'm mad you didn't tell me!" "Whatever" he turned away.

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"He's probably just stressed." Juliette said to me after I explained what happened. "I know, but it's still not okay to ditch me and lie to me." "Maybe you guys should take a break." "Maybe, I don't know." "Think about it for a bit. I have to go." "Bye." She waves goodbye.

I'm so sorry for not updating for so long! I feel like I've abandoned my children. But if any of you are fans of Thomas Sanders, I have a one shot book now about the Sanders sides, and I post more regularly over there. Thank you to everyone who has been so patient!