Brandon's POV
I woke up feeling like shit. Last night after I dropped Callie off, I was so pissed and confused I had to clear my head. I called Cara when I came home so that I could "apologize". Long story short after we had sex she got pissed at me for some random reason, and then we ended it. I don't honestly care that Cara and I are over. What really is affecting me is Callie and her goddamned bipolarness. I'm so over trying to get through to her. Honestly no matter what I do she will never like me, or even think of me as a real person in that matter.
The worst part is tonight me and my mom are going out to eat with...you guessed it, Callie and Lena. Ugh. Let's just get this day over with.
At school I saw my best friend Jesus, since he is usually busy with wrestling practice I took this opportunity to say hi. " Hey Jesus."
He turned around and then exclaimed," Brandon! Long time no see! Hey uh how's that girl Cara you were dating?"
I shrugged and answered," I don't know. We ended it last night."
He nodded and looked around kind of uncomfortably. Then his eyes stopped and he said," Damn, who is that girl?"
I rolled my eyes and hoped and prayed to myself that he didn't mean Callie. When I looked in the same direction as him, there she was. " You mean Callie?"
" So that's her name. Do you know her," Jesus asked, making it pretty obvious of why he was asking.
I looked away and mumbled," Our moms are dating."
Of coarse, Jesus caught what I said," Hold up. So you can introduce us."
If there is one thing I didn't want to do, it was set my best friend and my- whatever Callie is to me- up. " I wouldn't. She can be hard to deal with sometimes."
" That's a shame. I really have to go practice but I'll see you later."
I half expected him to do that so I just nodded and he walked away.
Callie's POV
Lena is making me wear a dress to this dinner! I mean it's just Brandon (aka the ass) and Stef. When Lena saw me as I walked into the living room, wearing the dress, she gasped and said," Oh my God, Callie you look beautiful!"
I gave her my most convincing smile and said," I can't wait to see Stef and Brandon tonight."
I can make it through tonight. Stef isn't all bad, but Brandon. I'm not sure how that's going to go.
At the restaurant, we met up with Stef and Brandon. When Stef saw Lena she said," You look amazing."
I could tell that made Lena blush, and they both gave each other a kiss. Stef looked towards me," Callie you look very pretty in a dress."
I personally felt really exposed," Uh thanks."
Stef hit Brandon on the shoulder and gave him a look that said " Compliment her". He gave me a half smile," You look nice."
" You too assho- Brandon." I don't think that pleased Lena or Stef, and it certainly didn't make Brandon happy.
Brandon became serious as he stated," Look, I know you don't like me. You probably barely think of me as a person, but I would appreciate if you could be nice to me for once in my life."
I felt bad. I am really hard on Brandon, and all he has done is try to get through to me. " You're right."
The rest of the dinner I didn't say much because I think Lena was still angry with me about earlier. After we finished eating, Brandon pulled me aside and said," Okay, I get it. You hate me, but could you at least call me by my real name?"
I looked at the floor. I honestly don't know why I can't be nice to Brandon. He always tries to please me and I'm a bitch towards him. " Sorry," I mumbled.
Brandon's POV
Did I seriously just hear Callie apologize? She looks at me and said," I don't get it. Why do you think I hate you?"
" You don't," I asked, surprised.
She shook her head as if it was the dumbest thing she ever heard.
Of coarse I had to ask," Then why do you call me an ass?"
She seemed to feel bad, but for all I know she is just waiting to cuss me out. That thought disappeared when she said," I guess I owe you an answer. When I was with my old foster father he beat the crap out of me all the time. One night he almost killed me, but luckily his girlfriend came home and she pulled him off of me. Then she called the cops and had him arrested. Since the only person who would take me was Lena, I went with her. A few months later she adopted me."
It took me a few seconds to take all of what she said in. All I could get out was," He beat you?"
" Yeah," she replied as images of her in pain filled my head. I saw blood on her and tears in her eyes. She looked broken and scared. I couldn't handle the thought of her in pain.
I pulled her in a hug because I needed to protect her. I won't let anyone hurt this girl if it's the last thing I do. Callie seemed a bit uncomfortable with the hug, but I didn't care. This wasn't for her, it's for me.
When I pulled away I said," Thank you for telling me. I can't imagine the hell you've been through in that system."
She gave me a sympathetic smile. I knew this hurt her and I want to kill this guy- " Hey, what's going on here," Lena asked, interrupting my thoughts.
I watched Callie intently to see if Lena knows about this or not. " I told him."
Lena's face instantly grew sympathy," You did?"
No one had time to say anything else because my mom came over and said," What are we all doing over here?"
" Me and Callie got lost trying to find the bathrooms," it wasn't the best excuse, but for the time being it seemed to fool my mom.
Callie's POV
On the way home, Lena said," How come you could tell Brandon what happened in a few short days, but it took you months to open up to me."
" I don't know," was all I said. I know why I did it. Brandon deserved to know, plus I want to become more comfortable with my story...and Brandon.
So there is chapter 5. What do you guys think of Callie finally starting to trust Brandon? Please let me know! Thanks for reading.
- Em💖
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