return. // bws

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As soon as we arrived at the mall, Ross pulled me in the music store, Ross was always into music, which made me to like him.

Anne followed us. Ross immediately took an Imagine Dragons CD, i grabbed The 1975's CD. "You like The 1975?" Ross raised an eyebrow? "You like Imagine Dragons?" i raised an eyebrow too. He laughed, "i like that band too." we both say at the same time.

We high-fived. We quickly went to the cashier, we layed the CD's on the counter, we both searched our pockets for a few money, we heard another CD layed on the counter, and we saw somebody to slide money to the lady doing the cashier.

We saw Anne, she winked at us. She bought The Script's CD, "I guess we're all into bands, here." Ross smiles. "Yeah, right." Anne plays with the end strands of her hair. I wrapped my arm around her neck.

"where's our next destination?" I ask Ross, "Oh, trust me, you guys will enjoy this one." Ross winks at us. We walked towards the Arcade. "hey, remember the memories?" I whisper into Anne's ear, "oh i am so beating you in dead heat." She smirks, we both ran inside the Arcade followed by Ross.

We jumped on the stations of Dead Heat, it was our favorite racing game whenever we go to Arcades. I always beat her, i go first, she comes on Second.

Ross was watching behind us. The game ended. "aw fck." i cursed, seeing the final scores. "Ha! i told you!" she stuck her tounge out. "Wow, i never thought a girl like you would beat Brad in Dead Heat." Ross chuckles. "Yeah, how harsh." I pouted.

"Ross!" we heard, Ross looked at two blonde-haired people. "Oh hey guys!" Ross waved at them, "What are you doing here?" The girl asks. "Just hanging out with a couple of friends." Ross answers.

"Oh, make sure to go home seven 'o clock sharp, mom will kill us if one of us comes home late." The boy announces. "Don't worry, i will." Ross smiles. "Oh by the way, this is Brad, the new student in Crossfield." Ross introduces me.

"Oh, hi, i'm Rydel. Ross' older sister." Rydel shook hands with me. "I'm Riker. The eldest of them all." Riker grins. "Wait, how many siblings do you even have?" I ask Ross. "there's like five of us, dude." Ross answers. "Woah." i widened my eyes.

"the Lynch's are one of the best students of Crossfield." Anne adds, "Seriously?" i raised my eyebrows, Rydel and Riker nods. "You'll meet Rocky and Ryland soon." Ross says. "Oh and introduce him to Ellington too." Rydel smiles.

"Ellington?" i ask, "We call him, Ratliff, a family friend. Rydel's boyfriend, for short." Ross rolls his eyes. I chuckle, "okay, we'll see you soon, Brad" Riker waves goodbye, Rydel follows, and we continued roaming around the Arcade.

Me and Anne played Guitar Hero for five times, Ross played Dead Heat for a few times too. As soon as we were done, we all met in the middle of the Arcade, "i am exhausted." i grin, "wanna get some nachos?" Ross asks.

"i would want some!" I smile. "Come!" Anne pulled my hand, we walked down the entrance of the Arcade, there were a few tables there, "three cheesy nachos please." Ross orders, me and Anne sat down on the tables.

Our food arrived and we ate in peace. We finished our food and we agreed to finally go home. "I'm glad i cheered you up, Bradley." Ross pats my back. "Yeah, you sorta did." I shrugged. Time check, 6:30 PM

Ross was dropped off first, Anne drove towards the hotel. "Thanks for the ride, Anne." I said before opening the car door. "Bradley! wait!" i heard, i faced back at her.

Her lips were attached to mine, in the cold night. I pulled her off. "I'm sorry, for not having much time with you, i know you're feeling down these days, i'll be always by your side, this time." she says, rubbing her arm

i smiled, "i'd appreciate that.", she waved goodbye and drove off.