Ice Breaker.. Can I Get With You?

All That You Can't Leave Behind.

I can't wait to have brodie as a slave. HA! Stupid cocky guy lost his own bet. I was walking to Jenna's truck when someone called my name, I turned to come face to face with Brodie. 

"Hey Payton, so you won't really make me your slave right?" Brodie asked a pleading look on his face. I was about to say no but then he smirked like he knew I was reconsidering. 

"Oh well you know Brodie a deal is a deal. So you are my slave starting tomorrow." I said with a smile. 

"Well if I'm your slave can I at least drive you home?" He asked. Okay I wasn't expecting that.

" Y-yeah sure, and I'm going to your place actually." I said. Ugh why did I have to be so nice. 

"Great!" Brodie said with a grin and he grabbed my hand and led me to his truck. I got butterflies as he held my hand. He threw his bag in the back of his truck and opened my door. I got in and watched as he ran and got in the drivers side. He sat there looking at me... I was beginning to get creeped out.

" Uhm Brodie are you gonna start the truck or are we gonna stay here all night?" I said with a forced laugh. I was nervous. Why was I nervous? It wasn't like I liked Brodie... but maybe I did.. NO! I slapped myself. You do not like Brodie, Payton. Yes I do. He started driving but not toward his house. I looked at him confused and he gave me a smile, I couldn't help but smile back.

"Do you mind if I stop and grab something to eat?" Brodie asked looking at me. I shrugged my shoulders and looked out the window. Brodie parked in the Mcdonalds parking lot. He got out and came to my side opening the door. I sat there confused.

"Are you gonna come out? I'll buy you some food and then we can go home." He said waiting for me to get out. I jumped out and started walking to the door. Brodie was by my side in an instant. He did something I'd enver expect... he grabbed my hand and intertwined our fingers. I was taken aback and i stopped walking. 

"What's wrong?" He asked a worried look on his face. I looked down at our hands and back at him. He started to blush and he dropped my hand. I suddenly felt empty once he let go. I frowned and started walking again. I wanted to grab his hand again but I couldn't. I will not let myself get close to Brodie Hunters. No matter what. 

We walked in and waited in line for about a minute before it was our turn to order. 

"Hi, what can I get you two?" the girl asked. She looked to be about 17 or 18. 

"HI, uhm I'd like a Mc Double and large fries and a coke." Brodie said as he looked at me.

"And for you ma'ma?" the girl asked.

"I'll have-"

"She'll have a 10 peice chicken nugget meal with ice tea." Brodie said for me. How did he know I liked that meal?

We got our food and we found a spot to eat. I sat down and brodie sat accross from me. It was bugging me how he knew what I was gonna order. I needed to know how. 

"How did you know what I was gonna order?" I asked him. 

" Well I know you don't eat burgers and a salad seemed to girly for you so I figured the chicken nuggets were a good choice." he said with a shrug. I nodded and started eating my fries. We ate in silence for awhile before Brodie broke it. 

" Hey Payton... can I ask you something?" Brodie asked. I looked at him and it looked like he was blushing! 

"Yeah ask away." I said.

"Well.." He stopped talking and his facial expression changed. I turned around and saw a really pretty girl walking over to us. I turned back to Brodie and he was staring at the table like it was the most interesting thing in the world. 

"Brodie, hey." the girl said with a smile. She looked over at me and her smile faded. I looked away and ate my chicken nugget. 

"Uhm hey Jamie." Brodie said not looking up from the table. So that was the heart breaking bitch Jamie. This was really awkward. 

"How's it going?" Jamie said as she sat beside me. I pushed over awkwardly still taking tiny bites of the nugget. 

"Fine thanks, how about you?" Brodie said finally looking up. He glanced at me with an apologetic look on his face. I gave a small smile and looked down.

"I'm good, hey is this a date?" She asked looking between me and Brodie. I almost chocked on my nugget as I turned bright red. 

"N-no." I finally spoke up as Brodie just said yes. Why was he saying this was a date? McDonalds is no place for a date. Wait what am I thinking this isn't a date. 

"Oh good. Brodie how bout when you take the kid home, you come to my place again and we can pick up where we left off." Jamie said with a wink. My heart broke into pieces when what she said clickked in my head. I am so stupid. Of course he was going to reconnect with his ex... I am such a loser. I had to fight back the tears that were threatning to fall. Jamie got up and walked away. I looked at the ground when Brodie looked at me.

"Payton," I got up and walked out. I stood outside the passenger side of Brodies truck. He came to my sideand tried to grab my hand. I yanked it away and turned towards the door. "P listen-"

"Brodie I just wanna go." I said as a tear fell down my cheek. Brodie took my face in his hands and kissed me. "You shouldn't have done that Brodie." 

"I wanted to." Brodie said with a smile. 

"Brodie look you have Jamie.. I can't compare to her." I said as more tears fell down my face I wouldn't look at him, I couldn't. 

"Payton, look at me.. Jamie means nothing... and when she says finish what we left off, nothing happened we only talked and I had gotten mad at her and told her she really needed to leave me alone and that I liked someone else!" Brodie yelled at me. My heart broke even more. Great he liked someone else but he was kissing me.

"Brodie if you like someone else you really need to stop kissing me! I am not gonna be led on anymore!" I screamed back at him. 

"OH MY GOD! Payton are you stupid?!" He yelled at me. I felt more and more tears fall. I am stupid. "You don't understand. I've been holding this in for a really long time, and I need you to know, I love you... I'm in love with you Payton." 

I looked at him and I couldn't believe what I had just heard. Brodie loved me.. he was in love with me.