Reasons To Stay • Brandon Flynn

Chapter 14: Meet The Casts

Brandon's pov

"So what about you, any girlfriends?" Nadine dragged me in as the subject.

I let go of her hand because of the need to shift the gears. Ugh. I mentally groaned. If only we were not in the car and i wasn't driving right now then holding hands with Nadine would never get any interruptions.

The warmth that belonged to her hand slowly crept away from my hand, from my palm up to the tip of my fingers. Then completely gone. I replaced her hand by clenching a fist around the gearshift, shifting the gears. I then placed my hand back to the steering wheel. I want to hold her hand again, clutching it in mine. But i tried as hard as i could to restrain myself from doing that. Holding hands wasn't exactly a good idea if you're driving a manual car. I mean, how could i hold her hand if i keep shifting the gears every now and then?

A cocky grin had painted on my face. "What do you think?" I didn't answer her question. Instead, i let her guess.

"Of course you have." I could hear a scoff in her tone.

"You're wrong. Im single." A smug smile came across my lips.

"The Brandon Flynn doesn't have a girlfriend? Duh."

"What's wrong with that?" I chuckled.

"Oh nothing." She showed me her signature smirk. The look on her face was... hard to explain.

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"Park close." She said.

"Im trying to." I answered.

"No you're not." I could see she rolled her eyes. I just laughed, i know i annoyed her as i did that but she's so cute.

"There there! Park there!" She practically jumped up a bit in her seat.

"Why do you feel the need to park in the closest spot to the building?"

"Because i don't feel like walking. You know this parking lot is so huge, if we don't park in the nearest spot then the walk will cost me my breakfast."

"At least your body will burn your breakfast in a right way. Don't you like it if all the calories are burnt? Or do you want to do anything else to burn the calories? I heard having—," i was cut off.

"Stop. I know what you're going to say."

"Oh so you know, huh?" I smirked, teasing her.

"Shut up. I can read your mind, you should be careful with that dirty mind of yours." She murmured.

What?

"What?"

She laughed. "Look at you. You look like you're going to shit yourself, Brands. Geez, calm down. Im just messing with you." She's now smiling softly.

I let out a breath i didn't know i was holding. Im still safe in my head. Well, at least for now.

"There!" She exclaimed, pointing out.

I finally gave in and park the car.

"Stay in the car." I told her as i unbuckled my seatbelt.

"What? No. Im coming with you."

"Nads, what is the point of me organizing this surprise for you if you want to find out way too soon?" I looked at her, my eyes met her beautiful blue eyes.