(Guys trust me i know this isn't my best piece of work, but i needed this chapter to fill in some missing information before i move on. i am really excited for you guys to read the next chapter! Votes, Like, etcs. would be amazing -A)
“Call- Callie, you know that’s not true they will love you no matter what!” Brandon shocked of those words Callie just spoke, he cautiously walked over to Callie wanting to comfort her, but unsure if she was going to let him. “Callie?”
“What?” she retorted with a nervous flutter of her eyes.
“Talk to me, please.”
Callie rubs the under part of her nose-like she does when she is nervous. “It is more than, us Brandon. It is ever thing. I have just been out of place lately. The adoption papers, Sophia and I just feel the last time we did this you were on a bad path for a while.”
“No, Callie that is nowhere near being true.”
"Brandon! Yes it is. Moms where talking the night you got arrested, I was listening from the stairs. What happened to our son were the exact words. They were talking about me! I was the reason you go arrested. And Brandon don’t lie and say I am not because you and I both know it is true.”
Brandon very confused on the way Callie was acting, he was unsure what to respond. Brandon was about to give his response, but then Callie spoke once more.
“Brandon I am sorry. I am not mad at you, I just hate being the reason why.”
“Call-“
“Can we just go home, now?”
“Sure.”
Brandon takes hold of Callie’s had and guides her to the door, through the halls, past the lockers, out the school, and once more into the car.
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It was what felt to be the longest 5 minutes of their lives driving in the quiet car. They pulled up in the driveway; Brandon puts the car in park and looks in Callie’s direction. She was kind of off in her own little world not realizing they just got home. Brandon takes his hand off his thigh and placed it on Callie’s. Callie jolted once she felt what seemed to be a hand.
“Callie, are you okay? Did I do something?” Brandon asked questionably.
“No, umm, uh, Liam. Yea Liam used to do that to me and I just had a flashback, that is all. Not your fault”
“I am sorry, you know I would’ve never have done that if I knew,”
“Yea. I am going to go inside now. I’ll come in from the front and you come from the back.”
“Okay. Callie, I love you.”
“Love you too, B. We should go.”
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Callie enters the front door with a surprise of Jude waiting for her.
“Hey bud?” Callie wraps her arm around his shoulder trying to keep him from noticing Brandon is about to walk in the back door.
“Lena told me you were at the school, on weekened. Are you okay?”
While Callie and Jude are having their conversation Brandon starts to walk upstairs, but then stays to ease drop-even though he knows he shouldn’t.
“Yea, I am now. It has just been a rough day.” Callie cautiously answered.
“What happened?” Jude responded nervously in search of an answer.
“It is nothing. I am fine, okay?”
“Okay.”
Jude then walks to the kitchen for something to drink, Brandon still on the stairs-almost frozen. Callie then walks towards the stairs and sees Brandon. Stunned to see his appearance, she then walks past him without a word.
“Cal,”
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Brandon upset with himself, but had to get it together so no one would get suspicious. Stef and Lena then came from the nook area and were startled by Brandon.
“Oh hey B, what yea up too?” Lena asked.
“Umm, nothing just got back from Aiden’s, but I think I am going to go upstairs now and just play a little.” Brandon starts walking upstairs and both Stef and Lena look at each other in suspicion. "What were you doing at Aiden’s exactly?” Stef asked. Brandon jerk up the next stair, “What? Umm you know just playing video games and doing some catching up.”
“Oh, okay.” Stef replies with a scratch of the head.
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Brandon finally makes it upstairs and opens the door to his room and just plops on his bead like a potato.
Meanwhile Callie entered her room and saw Mariana laying in her bed.
“Are you mad? If you are I understand, but I just don’t want to have a space between us. Mariana you’re my sister”
“Really? You think I am mad? I am nowhere near being mad. I am hurt! I cannot believe you are doing this again and behind everyone’s back? Why? Why would you do this again?” Mariana lets out a big groan at the end of her spiel.
“I can’t tell you that. Ma-“
Mariana lets out with such anger, “You can’t tell me? Are you serious, after all the crap we have been through?”
“It is not that I can't tell you I just don’t think you will forgive me if you found out or you would get hurt”
“Like now,” Mariana retorted.
Mariana slammed her notebook on her bed and stormed out.
“Mariana!” Callie quietly yelled, then again, but whispered, “Mariana.”
Callie had no choice she had to follow her.
Brandon hears Callie yell and gets up real quick and sees Mariana storm out of the girls’ room, then Callie. He grabs Callie’s middle arm, “What is going on?”
Callie looks directly into Brandon’s eyes, “You know.” Callie then breaks hold of his grip and continues to follow Mariana. The girls eventually find themselves in a backyard setting.
“Mariana!”
“What?”
“Give me two minutes. Please?” Callie asked nervously.
“Fine.”
They both sat down on chairs inward to a table that sat four.
“I didn’t want to tell you or anyone about me and Brandon because I was scared of what you guys would say. I felt nobody would ever trust me again. It happened the day of the fundraiser. I found out, this is after my speech. I found out Sophia ripped up the abandonment papers, I was really upset and when I went to Robert to see when he could sign them again and how long it would take, he said he is not signing them again because apparently it was hard to do the first time. I started freaking out and I walked off and Brandon calmed me down and then it just happened”
”What happened?” Mariana quickly asked.
“Umm, we kissed.”
