I fell in love with a jock

Chapter 7

I go into study hall and set my book bag on a desk next to Andrew where he is doing some last minute work as always. I tap on his head and he looks up, finally noticing that I am there.

Me being very short I don't exactly "stand out in a crowd" so it's hard for people to really notice me.

"Hey, sorry I found out I failed my last quiz and Mr. Dellion is letting me make it up right now." his eyes scan the paper from top to bottom so he can pick up any last minute details he may need for the quiz.

"Wait. So you're leaving right now? To retake the quiz this period?" He can't leave me alone. This is always the period we spend time together. And honestly I don't know if I should be alone with Brandon.

"Yeah sorry em. I'll see you later." he gives me a smile that says 'I'm sorry I can't spend time with you I'll see you later.' but I just send him a death glare for leaving me alone and he laughs at me my attempt to give him a "death glare"

"Well I guess I'll just go out to the corner store and get something to drink." I tell Andrew and walk out of the room to go to the parking lot. He yells something as I leave the room but I'm to far to hear and I don't bother looking back to see what he said.

People are still walking around the hallways trying to get to class, no one notices me so I walk towards the front door when my arm is pulled back.

"Stop Andrew! I'm not going to buy you any kit kats!" He always asks me to buy him some candy when I go to the corner store by our high school and he often asked for kit kats but he was leaving to go take his quiz and I wasn't going to get him any candy.

"What?" Says a deep voice that I don't recognize as Andrews. I turn around to see Brandon still holding on to my arm with a faint smile on his face and his bag over his shoulder.

"Hey, sorry Andrews my friends I thought you were him." I stop in the hallway and face him. He lets go of my arm and I let it fall by my side.

"Oh. Where are you going?" He asks looking towards the exit I was walking to.

"I'm going to the corner store to get something to drink, do you maybe wanna come with?" I don't know how good of friends we are but its always nice to invite your friends. Are we friends?

"Yea lets go." He smiles and follows me  out into the parking lot. I pray that my car is clean and I threw out the Taco Bell trash from like last week. When is the last time I put an air freshener in my car?

 What? Is he?

Brandon has his finger laced through mine as we are walking. I didn't notice until he started running his thumb across my hand softly. I look up at him and he gives me a sweet smile which makes me quickly look away and blush. 

when we arrive at my car I'm relieved that it is clean in the front seat and my 3 week old air freshener still gives off a faint smell of "Hawaiian breeze" Brandon gets into the passenger seat and we pull out of the school parking lot to go to the corner store. 

I park my car in front of the building and we go in and out of the store very quickly and I buy an Arizona tea and Brandon buys a coke. He was nice and payed the bill, which was only like $2.

We go back to the school and spend the last half hour of our study hall on the track field walking around and talking.

"okay do you have any pets?" Brandon asks on our third lap around the track. 

"yes I have a dog named Oreo." 

"Oreo?" he almost shouts and starts laughing at the name I had chosen for my dog. 

"yes! his coat is mixed with black and white so it was very appropriate to call him Oreo!" i say defending my younger naive self who decided on that name. "okay well I am an only child. How many siblings do you have?" I ask. 

"I have 2 siblings. Both younger then me. I live with one of them which is my younger sister and my other younger brother lives with my dad."

"your parents are divorced?" 

"yeah, since I was in middle school." he says and rubs his neck but not showing that he is uncomfortable talking about this subject. 

"oh, how old are your younger siblings?" I ask, trying to move away from divorce subject. 

"well my younger sister is in middle school so shes 11. She has been in soccer since she could walk and she is very good at it.  My younger brother is in elementary already in the second grade so he is 7. He is a little book worm and already has so many books that are too advanced for him but he seems to read them with ease" he talks about his younger siblings as if he is their parent and is showing off how proud he is of them to me. 

I smile and nod along while he talks. "Do you go see your-" 

"Did you hear that?" Brandon ask holding up a finger as if to politely quiet me for a moment.

"Hear what?" Our feets are kicking at loose gravel on the track so I stop walking and grab onto Brandon's arm to make him stop walking as well. 

Then we both hear the bell ring for us to go to our next class and we both start racing off the track to get to class. We're both off the track and near the athletics building when we stop running. "I'm Sorry if I made you late, but I liked just walking and talking with you." Brandon tells me. I smile and shake my head and tell him "me too." 

he turns and goes into the athletic building and leaves me there. I know I am already late to class so I don't waste my time running and take my time going to the main building for my classes with a huge smile on my face and pink cheeks from blushing. 

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Andrew32: so what did you do when you left?

It was late and me and Andrew were messaging on skype before bed while we were both doing last minute homework. 

Emilyluvsu: what I told u.. I went to the corner store to get a drink & Brandon came with me

Andrew32: he did? Cool..

Emilyluvsu: yea then we came back and walked the track which made us both late to class. 

Andrew32: haha ;p

Emilyluvsu: oh shut up 

Andrew32: u know u love me

Emilyluvsu: mhm yea. Hey I gtg Oreo is acting up..

Andrew32: give him an Oreo -_- ?

I ignore his message and go let Oreo out of his cage. he  runs straight up the stairs and into my room. I leave him be up there by himself for a few minuets and grab some water. I go up into my room and find Oreo on my bed waiting for me. I settle into bed and he rests his head on my stomach and we both go to sleep.  

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