BFB: The One For Me

Chapter 1: It's time

It was a sunny day. Hedley was playing on the radio. I rolled down the window of the car and let my head out. The fast wind hit me and I shivered from the sudden cool breeze. I read the sign as I drove by: Rivertown. As I looked at the surroundings old memories rushed back into my mind. There was the small community centre where I used to go swimming every saturday. There was Old Man Robert's apple picking farm. I remember sneaking in there and stealing those juicy apples when my mom refused to take me. Robert always knew, but pretended like he didn't. He gave me a whole basketful of his fine fruits the day I left this town. I was 16 at that time. My father had found a well paying job in the city and it was only reasonable for us to move with him. After his death three horrible months ago, my mom decided that she had enough of the city and left me to tour around the world. She thought that at age 24 I didn't need her anymore. I thought I was better off without her too.

Moving away from this beautiful town was one of my biggest regrets. I had left so many friends and memories, always wanting to come back. Yet now that I'm finally here, I was so nervous to encounter any of the people I knew. I had so many good memories here, but just as many bad. Coming back here would only resurface them, and I didnt know if I was ready for that. I knew only one person who could get me settled in this town and that was Rebecca Brown. Rebecca and I were inseparable since birth. Our families were so close from the start, and Rebecca and I grew up to be the best of friends. We did everything together. We were more like sisters than friends. She knew every single thing about me and I knew the same about her. When I left to the city, we promised eachother that we will forever stay friends and that was what we did. We emailed, texted, even wrote to each other everyday. We would call every single day and update eachother on our lives. The day my dad passed away she was there with me, helping me through the grief. She was there through it all. She was my person.

I never stepped foot in to this town since I left. But why now? For my best friend's wedding of course! Yes, Rebecca was getting married, and I was her maid of honour. I haven't met her fiancee till this day, but since I was here now, I would soon. I turned in to the Browns' driveway and parked the car. I wanted to surprise the family so I never told them I was coming. I closed the trunk and rolled my luggage to the front door. I rung the doorbell and waited. The door swung open and thats all I remembered before I was knocked down by this giant dog. My head hit the ground and everything went black.

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"Dad, why hasn't she woken up yet? It's been like two hours."

"Let her rest honey, her head took a big hit."

I was hearing voices but they sounded so distant. I tried opening my eyes but my head was throbbing. I relaxed my face and i felt the throbbing lessen, so I quickly opened my eyes and tried to sit up before the pain returned. Only after doing that did I realize that it wasn't a good idea. A sharp pain hit the back of my head and I groaned. There was a massive bump there, and it hurt to touch. Rebecca was at my side instantly.

"Kianna! Thank god you're okay!" Her voice was so loud that it made my head throb even more.

"Hey Becca, could you keep it down a little? It feel likes theres a huge fist smashing my brain to pieces and your yelling isn't helping." I groaned.

"Oops, sorry sweetie. Here put on these painkillers, it should help with the pain." She handed me the pills and a glass of water, and I took it gladly. Anything to stop these constant jabs in my head. I set the glass down and laid my head back on the pillow. I stretched my legs out on the couch and just relaxed. Wait! How did I get from being sprawled on the porch to laying on this couch.

"Rebecca? How did I get inside?" I asked.

"Simple. After Toby jumped on you, actually attacked you, my dad carried you in here." she replied. That was the first time after I woke up I realized Rebecca's dad was in the room.

I searched around the room till I saw him sitting on the arm chair in the corner. "Papa Brown." I smiled. He smiled back and walked over to me. "How are you feeling, Ki Ki?" He was the only one who called me that, and it embarrassed me. I didn't like that name at all but, I loved him so I allowed it. "Besides, being attacked by a huge dog and getting a even bigger bruise on the back of my head... hmm... i think im doing fine."

"You're still the same Ki Ki." he says.

"And you're still the same Papa Brown." I wink. He chuckles and lays a soft kiss on my forehead. "Welcome home Kianna."

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I climbed up the stairs, making my way towards to the guest bedroom. We just had dinner in the dining hall, and everyone else was in the living room watching television, but I excused my self. the long drive made me extremely tired. I met everyone in the Brown family including the new addition: Derek. Derek is Rebecca's fiance, and to be honest he was literally the perfect match for her. He was sweet, shy, and by the way he was staring at Rebecca as she chatted around the room I knew they would last forever. If only I could find someone like that. I laughed to myself. After Adam I swore to myself, no more bad boys for a long long time. I changed into a old t shirt of mine, stripped off my pants and jumped into bed. Nothing felt more better than being able to sleep on a comfy bed after a long day.

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I slowly opened the drawer without making noise and grabbed whatever heavy tool was in there. To my disappointment, there was only small plastic flashlight. Better than nothing I thought to myself. It was two in the morning and I was awoken to the opening of my bedroom door. Surely it wasn't any of the Browns, they would already be sound asleep by now. There was only one explanation: it was a killer. I wanted to run and scream, but I was too scared that he would get to me before I reached the door. I took quiet breaths to calm myself. Okay Kianna, lets make a plan. I was going to roll off the bed and crawl all the way to the door and make my escape. Oh who was I kidding, I was doomed!

I slid under the covers slowly without making too much noise. I felt the bed sunken. OH MY GOD! HE'S A RAPIST! I NEED TO SAVE MYSELF! I jumped out of the covers and began slamming the plastic flashlight on the body next to me. I heard a loud yelp! Take that you monster. I slammed the flashlight harder and harder into what I thought was the person's back. Until I heard him cry out " STOP!"
I froze. I would know that voice anywhere. It was Dylan. Dylan Brown. My child hood love. My BFB: best friend's brother.

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