I fell in love with a jock

chapter 6

I almost got in a car wreak this morning.

Well i'm over exaggerating  a bit. 

I was driving to school when I realized that I was supposed to go to the coffee shop to meet Brandon.

Well he didn't say specifically to meet him there, he just said he'll see me at the coffee shop. By the time I realized this I had already passed the shop, I stopped my car and it came to a screeching halt making all the cars behind me do an emergency brake. The car directly behind me moved to the next lane when I braked and almost hit me but kept driving while he stuck out his middle finger to me.

I screamed sorry to him and did a U-turn to go back to the coffee shop. I drove into the parking lot and saw Brandon's  car. It was a large grey pickup with mud on the wheels and the bottom of his door. "He must have gone mudding." I say to myself.

I walk into the shop and hear someone shout my name from the corner of the shop.

"EMILY!"

I turn to the source of the sound and see Brandon sitting at a small round table and he has two coffee's. One is in his hand and the other is in front of him. Untouched with steam still coming out of the cup. 

I walk over with as much confidence as I can and sit down in front of him. I silently thank myself for wearing light makeup today. Just massacre, foundation, and a light pink lip gloss.It definitely helps boast up my confidence.

"Hey." I say sitting down and scoot my chair closer to the table.

"Is that for me?" I ask pointing to the small coffee cup with the shops logo on the side.

"Yes it is." He smiles and moves the cup closer to me with his pointer finger.

I take a sip of it expecting it to be different from what I usually order but am surprised when I taste the same hot drink I order everyday.

"Black coffee with 2 creams and 3 sugar?" I ask.

"Yup." He smiles obviously proud that he ordered the right thing for me.

"How did you know?" I ask taking another sip of the hot drink.

"I've heard you order a few times when I see you here."

I nod and smile at the sweet gesture he did. I've had things ordered for me but it was never right. When Christina tried to order me a drink she ended up getting some tea with a fruit in it that I was allergic too.

Good thing I saw the bits of fruit still floating around or she would have had to stab me with me EmiPen which would not have been fun at all. 

we have a conversation about school and how long he has been playing football. He started when he was 8, playing for a small team before joining our districts football team in middle school. He tells me how he hopes his football career will help him get a scholarship for college. 

In between the conversation I caught a glimpse of him over his cup while he was drinking and he saw me looking So he wiggled his eyebrows up and down for me and made me laugh.

I noticed a woman across from us wearing a horrible sweater. It was very large on her and it had a pattern that had curves,shapes, and colors all around it.

I made eye contact with Brandon and started flicking my eyes over to the woman very quickly to make him look in her direction. When he did he snickered and turned away so the woman wouldn't see him laugh.

"Come on, we should go. School starts soon." I said standing up.

"Yeah we should." He says still laughing about the sweater and covering his mouth with his wrist. 

We made it to the parking lot and I walked to my car. I noticed Brandon was following me but I didn't say anything. When i was near the car I turned around and leaned against it to see Brandon.

"Thanks for the coffee it was nice." I say sticking my hands into my front pockets.

"Me too. Thanks for meeting me." He shows me his warm smile that makes me melt and I try not to let my knees buckle underneath me.

"Well I have to go." I say pointing to my car. I stand up straight getting off my car.

"Um yeah." He looks at his feet and slowly backs up. "See ya later." He says just as I get into my car. I wave bye to him and leave the parking lot and make my way to the school.

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"Emily."

"Emily?"

"Emily!"

I snap out of my daze and look behind me to see Andrew running behind me. He's running towards me and his shirt fly's up showing my his toned stomach.

He's well built but not as much as Brandon who has muscles that could rip a shirt. Brandon has light dirty brown hair that falls just right without him having to fix it. Andrew has pitch black hair that's very shaggy.

Why am i comparing my best friend to my crush?

Andrew catches up to me and slows down when he's next to me. He's not even out of breathe.

"You didn't hear me calling you?" He asks and adjusts his backpack strap on his shoulder.

"No, sorry." I say

"You OK? You seem.. weird?" He stares at me with concern in his eyes.

"I don't know.. I think I really do like Brandon, Andrew. I met him for coffee this morning and it was nice. He even knew what kind of coffee I drink and ordered it for me."

This feeling is weird I don't know how to explain. My stomach gets a funny feeling when I think about him, and my face feels hot when I see him. I'm not sure if I like this feeling but I think I do like Brandon.

"Really? That's great em." He gives me a small smile and we both walk to homeroom. No one is in the classroom because we are 10 minutes early. So we just sit on the desks and talk for a while before he leaves. 

"Well I have to get to class. I'll see you later." Andrew says and stands up to leave after the bell rings to go to class.

"Okay." I smile at him as he leaves the room and he smiles back.

His smile has a much different effect on me then Brandon's does. Andrews smile makes me feel at home and warm. But his smile doesn't make my stomach tingle like Brandon's smile has on me.

There you go again comparing them.

I need to stop doing that.. I prepare for the day and sit on my desk when the teacher and other students arrive in the classroom.

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