Adopted (a Fall Out Boy/Pete Wentz fan fic)

Chapter 22

Patrick's pov

Me and Brandie were walking around. We had both changed and then gone back out since everyone was being annoying. We were both in jeans and band tees. We were also just walking around the park.

Brandie pulled me towards the fountain saying, "Trick look!" I looked over her shoulder and smiled. There were 3 swans in the fountain. I smiled as we sat down on a bench and watched them as they swam.

Brandie rested her head on my shoulder asking, "Patrick if I tell you something crazy that happened to me in the cabin. Will you promise not to think I'm insane?"

I nodded and kissed her forehead whispering, "Of course."

She pulled her knees into her chest whispering, "When I was in the cabin. While you guys were putting your stuff in the car. I-I saw my dad." What? How could she have seen her dad?

"How?" I asked.

She shrugged saying, "I don't know. But it's happened to me before Patrick. The day of his wake. He was there with me. When no one else was. And when I saw him today. He told me to do what I think is right for me to do now. But in the end to follow my heart. And then I felt a cold breeze like when he appeared. And he just vanished." I get it now.

I hugged her tightly whispering, "You're not crazy. Definitely not. You did see your dad. This has happened to me. And Pete. You need to listen to what he said. Follow your heart. You don't wanna go to the Academy but you're going anyway. You're doing what you think you need to do. But do you really need too?"

Brandie shrugged saying, "I don't know anymore Patrick. I wanna do something with my life. I don't wanna not take this chance. Cause if I pass it up I might never get a chance like this again. And I might regret it for the rest of my life. And I'm not gonna be gone forever. I'll see you guys every month. Plus holidays. And after the Olympics if we don't silver or gold I can come home. And if I win silver or gold I can come home. As soon as the Olympics are over I can come home for a little while. Even if I do go back to the Academy to get more advanced training. I'll have more time off and I'll be there for less time. I just don't wanna miss this."

I watched the swans and we sat in silence for a while as I processed what she said. I waited a few more seconds before replying,

"I get it. Just don't forget to come back every once in a while." She smiled and kissed me gently before saying,

"We should get back. It's getting late and this part of town get's kinda dangerous." I nodded and she stood up as did I. As we started walking I glanced back at the swans. Only they weren't there anymore. The air was shimmering around the fountain. I smiled and turned back to face forward. Brandie looked back as well before lacing our fingers together and smiling at me.

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I walked Brandie to the door. She smiled at me and I leaned down and kissed her saying,

"Night Brandie Candy."

She made a face before kissing my cheek whispering, "Night Patrick Star." I rolled my eyes and she opened the door and stepped inside. I walked back to my car and got into driver's seat. I turned on my car and sat there for a second before backing out of the driveway and starting on my short drive home.

Brandie's pov

Pete was asleep on the couch and Ashlee was in the kitchen. I walked in and she smiled,

"So how did your date go?"

My head turned to face the ground as I tugged on my lip ring blushing, "Good."

"C'mon! I need details!" She smiled handing me a mug of hot chocolate.

I thanked her before smiling, "It was awesome. We went out to dinner. And it was really amazing. Then we came back here. Everyone was annoying us. I changed into this. We stopped by Patrick's house and he changed. And we went to the park. We walked and watched swans in the fountain. Then we came back here. It was pretty awesome."

Ashlee smiled and hugged me saying, "I'm so glad your happy. Wanna help me pull a prank on Pete. So he'll find it when we wake up?"

I nodded squealing, "Yes! Can I draw on his face?" She nodded and held up a bunch of multi colored sharpies saying,

"Let's do this."

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After an hour I had managed to give Pete a rainbow mustache and goatee. Not to mention I just drew random things all over his face. Ashlee had made pictures. We drew some, others are collages. A lot of them are just like what the hell. It's suppose to be like a dream Pete had one time. We just wanna freak him out. I looked at my watch and laughed,

"It's like 5:30 in the morning. We need to go act like we were asleep got the camera set up?" She nodded motioning towards the security camera we're gonna record this on. We have a bunch wired throughout the house so we can catch everything. As soon as this one is turned on all the others are. I walked over and turned it on before running. We were laughing quietly and changed into pjs and I washed my make up off as did Ashlee. We got in her and Pete's bed and pretended we fell asleep while talking about stuff. Within a few minutes we heard a yell and something fall. We buried our faces in the pillows laughing as we heard him climb the stairs. We quickly and quietly acted like we were sleeping and Pete turned on the light. I fought to keep a straight face and Pete chuckled,

"Quit the bullshit."

Ashlee groaned and I made a noise into the pillow. Pete hit us with pillows and I bolted up yelling,

"What the fuck is going on!?" Pete was laughing and me and Ashlee broke out laughing at his face. And arms. Ashlee had colored in his tattoos. Ashlee moved closer to me saying.

"Pete just get in bed with us and go back to sleep. He shut off the light and the bed bounced as he jumped on it. Me and Ashlee squealed and he slipped under the covers. That's when I actually did fall asleep. A few minutes after Pete and Ashlee fell asleep so did I.

I woke up to the front door opening and someone yelling,

"What the fuck!?" Oh yeah. The guys were coming over. And the cameras are still rolling. Pete groaned,

"Ignore them. They'll either go away. Or come up here." Ashlee just made a noise and I grumbled and rolled onto my side. I heard everyone running up the steps. After a second the light was turned on and Brendon laughed,

"Okay. It's tots meh goats not weird that you're all sleeping in the same bed." I blindly threw a pillow saying,

"It was part of a prank me and Ashlee played on Pete. Now go away." Someone picked me up but I was too tired to care. Wow. That's a first. I assumed it was Patrick since I could feel his glasses in his shirt pocket. I snuggled into his chest and Pete chuckled groggily,

"Ashlee get up. And Patrick make sure she doesn't fall down the stairs. And she doesn't make you fall down the stairs."

I took Patrick's hat and threw it at Pete muttering, "Screw you."

Patrick's chest rumbled as he laughed, "Pete what the is all over your face? And why are your tattoos colored in?" I jumped out of Trick's arms instantly awake and me and Ashlee looked at each other as Pete raced into the bathroom. A few seconds later we heard him scream,

"ASHLEE! BRANDIE! YOU FUCKERS ARE GONNA GET IT!" Me and Ashlee looked at each other with wide eyes and Andy laughed,

"Run."