𝐰𝐞𝐭 𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐦𝐬; 𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐠𝐚

TWELVE

IRIS MARA
"Shopping spree!" Edwin shouts as he grabs ahold of the nearest shopping cart.

"Why are we here again?" I question, looking up at the grocery store Edwin insisted that we go to.

"We're low on snacks." Austin grumbles whilst eyeing a certain canadian boy standing nearby with a new york yankees cap on his head.

Zion instantly noticed the shaggy-haired boy's speculating eyes on him.

"Are you giving me sex eyes right now?" Zion laughs dryily,"I don't like you like that, Austin."

Austin rolls his eyes,"No, I was talking to Iris about how you ate all the food on the rv!"

Zion scoffed,"You know what, I'm reall-."

"Wait, what are sex eyes?" I query, bringing the two boy's argument to an abrupt end.

They both turn their attentions to me then back to eachother. Austin lets out a laugh while Zion bites back his grin.

"Well, you know whenever Brandon looks at you?" Zion asks.

I nod my head cautiously,"Yes."

"That's sex eyes." Austin tells me.

Both boy's then break out into an obnoxious fit of laughter, sending Brandon's eyes to flutter over towards us.

I quickly look away from the boy as my cheeks begin to flush a deep shade of pink.

I shove Austin's shoulder,"Stop. The both of you. He's starting to look over here at us."

Edwin then stopped pushing his cart to look back at all of us that were just following behind him like lost puppies.

"I know that all of you would rather be asleep right now and that you want to leave this store as soon as possible to sleep. So how about we make this a lot easier and split up." Edwin suggests.

Nick nods his heads,"That's actually a great idea so how about I go with you, Austin and Zion can go together, and Iris can go with Brandon."

I watch as Nick sends me a subtle wink. He knows exactly what he was doing when he paired Brandon and I together.

"Sounds good." Brandon speaks up, "Iris and I will get the cereal and milk."

I watch as Brandon approaches me. Each step he took making my heart drop further and further into my stomach.

"Ready to get our shopping on?" Is the first thing he says, looking at me with the most charming smile.

"Yeah?"

He lets out a laugh,"I think you just responded with my question with one of your own. But you're quite cute so I'll take it."

Zion bumped my arm as he passed me, both him and Austin sending me smirks.

Brandon cleared his throat,"Is there some kind of joke that no one filled me in about?" He asks with furrowed brows.

I shake my head quickly,"Of course not. It's just the boys being boys, you know?"

"No, Iris. I don't know."

I let out a sigh,"Let's just catch up to everyone else and get this shopping over with, alright?"

As I go to walk away from the boy, he slyly catches me by my wrist and tugs me back over to him.

"I'm not finished with you. Don't you ever walk away from me again. That's one thing we're not going to do here. Are we clear, Iris?" He asks with both of his arms crossed firmly over his chest.

"What are you? My dad?"

He rolls his eyes,"No, I'm your daddy if anything. Now riddle me this, why do you always trip around me?" Brandon queries, a coarse laugh following afterwards.

"What are you talking about?" I fib, biting down on my bottom lip.

A cocky grin was plastered on his face as he rose his eyebrows at me,"Why is it that you can't mantain eye contact with me for more than three seconds?"

"Is it because you hate me,"He ponders, then tilts his head to the side,"Or is perhaps because little Mara has a crush?"

"Oh, please, Arreaga." I scoff.

wanting someone to wrap their hands around your throat and fuck you senseless and having a crush are two completely different things, silly.