Unapologized: A Brallie One Shot

Callie’s POV

Brandon and I have decided that we needed to put our relationship on hold. When Brandon’s grandpa Frank died it brought back the painful memories of when my mom had died. I decided that I needed a family more than a relationship right now. I knew when I told Brandon that it would break his heart. It broke mine too. The last thing I wanted to do was hurt Brandon but I did. I broke the man that I love. Brandon was very understanding that we couldn’t be together.

I did make it very clear that my feelings for him would not change. I love Brandon. I always will. Just because I needed a family more didn’t mean that I didn’t love Brandon because I did. Things have been awkward to say the least since then. Brandon even tried getting back together with Talya. I’d be lying if I said that I wasn’t jealous or that it didn’t hurt. It did. There were so many times that I just wanted to run up to him and kiss him. But I couldn’t. Brandon and I would share those intense but captivating looks that we’ve always shared.

I could tell that Brandon was still hurting. I found out a few days ago that Brandon has been doing things that he normally wouldn’t do. He was in some sort of trouble. He started hanging out with Vico. Vico was bad news. I learned from Brandon that he had been selling fake ids and he even had one himself. He used it to get into a bar. I confronted him about it. I asked him why he was doing such reckless things. This isn’t the Brandon that I know. I couldn’t get his response out of my head. “This hurts. I thought that I could just forget about us but I can’t do that. I thought by getting back to Talya I could just forget about you. But I was wrong. It only made me miss you more. As for the fake ids I needed something to deal with the pain so I befriended Vico even though I knew he was bad news. I thought that I could drink the pain away. Playing the piano would only make it worse. It reminded me too much of you. I’m still in love with you.”

Now here we were in the living room with the police standing here accusing me of making the fake ids and apparently someone spiked the punch at the dance. Everything was a blur I wasn’t really paying attention to what was happening. Brandon soon walked in. I looked at him and I knew that he was about to take the blame for everything. But it wasn’t Brandon who did this it was Vico with the help of Talya. It made me disgusted thinking about how bad things had gotten.

“Callie didn’t do it.” I looked over at Brandon and I could tell that he was scared. I could tell that he never meant for this to happen.

“Brandon. Don’t. Do. This.”

“Callie. Let me say this. It wasn’t Callie. It was me. I did this. I had no idea things would get this bad. I couldn’t handle the fact that I was going to lose Callie. But I’ve realized that you.” Brandon said looking at me. “Never felt the same way I felt toward you. All I wanted was for you to be happy but I’ve just fucked everything up. You chose the family as you should have but I couldn’t deal with it. I thought I could just put my feelings aside. All I want for you to be happy.” I couldn’t take it anymore. He was hurting and it was breaking my heart. I needed him to just stop.

“Brandon STOP!” I was on the verge of tears.

“Let me finish. I know that you and I can never be because it was all in my head. What we shared will never be anything more than what it was. You deserve this family. I’m sorry for all the pain and suffering I’ve caused you.” At this point I could tell that Brandon was going to break. I needed to speak to him in private.

“I need to speak to you alone.” I went over and grabbed Brandon’s hand and led him upstairs. An officer had tried to stop me but Stef told him to let us go. We went to Brandon’s room. I closed the door behind him.

As I stood in Brandon’s room I couldn’t help but think about all the times we played music. I missed it. I took a sit on Brandon’s bed, while Brandon just stood there not knowing what to do. “Come sit.” I suggested. Brandon walked over to his bed but he made sure he kept his distance. He was so far from me I’m sure if he were to try and go any further then he’d put a hole in the wall. It broke me knowing that Brandon thought he had to keep his distance. “Brandon.” I sighed. “Don’t do this. Come sit over here next to me. Please.” Brandon seemed to hesitate at first but soon he came over and sat next to me.