My bad boy neighbor is good? (Incomplete)

Chapter 9: Even

Lily's POV

My eyes shot wide open as I recognized the voice... Brandon? I couldn't believe it even though I wanted to, my eyes teared up and I grabbed the hands on my waist and moved them away so that I could turn around. My eyes were lowered, I wouldn't know what to do if it wasn't him. A hand made it's way to under my chin and lifted it up slowly, my head moved with it but my eyes weren't ready to. "Look lily it's me, I'm back" I heard that voice over and I lifted my eyes to see a hopeful looking Brandon.

I couldn't stop the tears anymore, I wanted to tell him everything, everything that happened when he was gone! I broke down in his arms, he wrapped his arms around me and ran his hand through my hair while I cried.

After I calmed down a bit he backed up and put cupped my face into his palms, with tears still running down my face I couldn't look into his eyes.

"What happened lily, we need to talk" he said as he wiped a tear from my cheek with his thumb. He was the only person who could comfort me, except while he was gone I had to depend on others, like... Brent.

"I think we need to go somewhere a little more... private" he said while looking around. I just nodded in response.

We walked into a empty classroom, where he say me down on a chair across from his. I looked up as he took my hands in his. He pulled one hand away from mine and set it under my hair, onto my cheek. I looked at him as he searched every part of my face. looking for something.

"What happened lily" he finally spoke up.

"w-what do you mean" I stuttered wanting to break eye contact, but didn't want him to suspect anything. I suddenly didn't want to tell him, what was I doing, this was what I was waiting for. He took a deep breath and looked away.

"Oh uh I mean are you ok, you know about your parents and all" I sighed I relief in my head.

I was relieved but talking about my parents wasn't any better. my tears welled up again and threatened to fall, I didn't care if I cried in front of Brandon though. I fell back at his chest and weeped.

"Look we can have a nice dinner tonight and we need to catch up to right" he whispered to me

"Aren't you hungry? we should go get something to eat" he intertwined out hands as we got up.

Before I knew it he stopped and turned his body to face me, he placed his hands on my shoulders and pulled me into a hug. I missed his hugs, I couldn't even explain how comforting his one move was to me. I wrapped my arms from under his and placed them on his back. He pulled away a little bit, still in the hug position, and placed a chaste kiss a little space away from the corner of my lips. We stood like that for what felt like hours but in reality only a few seconds. My eyes were closed just enjoying Brandon's comforting embrace. I shut myself from everything else that was happening.

I felt his body move away from me in the blink of an eye and my eyes shot open with my heart beating rapidly. I opened my eyes to see Brandon laying on the floor with his hands on his now bloody nose. With my hand covering my mouth that was open in shock I turned to see a chest heaving up and down in anger, which belonged to Brent. I blinked once. twice. three times. My eyes turned to his clenched fist and back to Brandon, I reached down next to him and panicked.

"What the hell man?!" Brandon yelled out to Brent

"Are you okay?!" I asked Brandon, my voice shaky. I barely managed to choke that out before Ashley rushed in followed by the teacher of the classroom.

"What in gods sake happened in here!" the teacher exclaimed, Ashely looked back obviously not knowing the teacher had come in behind her.

Not once did I feel Brent's stare break away from me that whole time

He grabbed my wrist from Brandon's side and pulled me put of the room. Before I was pulled out I saw Ashley stand Brandon up to leave. Brent's grip on my arm was so tight it hurt enough for my eyes to tear up. I had enough! I don't know why he came in and punched Brandon like that, or anything he did before that! He was so confusing and I was fed up!

"What the hell was that?!" I said, My voice laced with confidence for the first time in front of him. Before he could answer the teacher just had to interrupt .

"Both of you to the principals office!" he boomed in anger

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"So what happened in there Mr. Smith?" Mr. Rogers, the principal questioned calmly

"Isn't it obvious?" Brent shot annoyed

"It's not going to be like every other time this time Brent" Mr. Rogers jotted something down in his notebook

"What's different" Brent asked in a bored tone

"I told you before that if something like this happens again you will be expelled" he set his glasses down on the table table and looked up at Brent.

I couldn't let Brent get expelled after what he did for me! A voice in my

head told me that he deserved it and another told me I had to help him. Ugh this was so frustrating, but if I didn't say anything now then there wouldn't be another chance.

"It wasn't Brent" I broke the silence, I was as surprised at my words as Brent and Mr. Rogers were.

"I punched Brandon, he was being an ass and I lost my temper" there goes my perfect record *sigh*

"You don't have to protect him Lily" the principal was obviously not buying it but he couldn't just say I was lying since I was the only one who confessed.

"I'm not, it's the plain truth Mr. Rogers" he turned to Brent in hope of hearing anything different.

I turned to look at Brent as well, he opened his mouth to say something but I wasn't risking him telling Mr Rogers the truth, after all this was my way of getting even with Brent, after this I didn't owe him anything. I laid my hand on Brent's and gave it a squeeze from under the table so that Mr.Rogers couldn't see. Before Brent could say anything I spoke up again.

"May I hear my punishments now Mr. Rogers"

"Um yeah, considering your clean record up till now ..... I will give you only 3 days in detention"

Detention?! The next three days are going to be hell, let's just say the people there aren't the nicest. Everybody knows who the regulars are, the only reasons they actually show up are because all the "bads" are there otherwise they wouldn't give two shits about showing up.

"You can start tomorrow" Mr Rogers clears

"o-ok" I let out with a sigh

"You may go now" We got up to exit

"Oh yeah and you might want to go apologize" he directed it towards Brent while talking to me but Brent just scoffed and made his way out of the room.

I walked straight out of the room and then the door of the office, I was going straight to Brandon.

I stepped out of the office and walked towards the office from the hallway full of lockers, I took another step in the middle of the hallway where there were doors on either side of the gap between the lockers. A hand reached out from the gap and landed on my shoulder, pushing me back against a locker with a body hovering over me. I peek through my closed eyes to see a smirking Brent. He stares me dead in the eye and leans his mouth to my ear.

"So you didn't want me to get expelled huh" he whispers lightly, I felt butterflies in my stomach and my voice hitched. I put my hand on his chest to move him back.

"Don't get to excited big boy, now we're even" I said with a confidence voice, I was even surprising myself with my attitude today, not to mention Brent.