Tied between two

Lost in a moment to soon

It was the last week of term before the Christmas half term holiday. Anna hadnt spoken to Anita for about 3 weeks but she didnt mind. Anita had seemed oblivious to the fact Anna wasnt there anymore. she was too loved up with Ben. it was Ben and Anita versus the world. Anna was happy were she was too. Safe in Brody's arms, it was the only place she ever wanted to be. Anna had struggled to keep her cool in lessons around Anita, she was in almost all of them. but somehow she managed, maybe because Brody was there too, and Ben wasnt.

Brody and Anna walked to English class, hand in hand. they let go when they got outside of the classroom. there was certain people who still didnt know about the thing they had going on, and they didnt want to be the talk of the class, or the year seeing as Brody was quite popular. they both stopped in their tracks as they came to the door. the teacher was stood at the front of the classroom, indicating everyone's new seats. Brody turned to Anna with a huge grin on his face.
"why are you smiling?" Anna questioned him. She couldnt read the seating plan on the board without her glasses on.
"well i could give you two reasons." he stated. "one of them would be that you are beautiful, and i like to look at you to remind myself that I'm the lucky bastard that gets to cuddle you in bed later, watching movies and eating Doritos" he placed his arm around her neck, careless of everyone else. "or pizza. we can order some pizza." he added, brushing his thumb along her jaw line.
"and the second reason is?" Anna asked, feeling the heat from his hands, knowing that her cheeks were now blushing pink.
*cough, cough* the teacher stood impatiently at his desk. 
"if you two would like to return to reality and take your seats. i may have to swap one of you with somebody else if you cant work next to each other" he pointed to the desk by the window, questioning his seating arrangements.
"So much for being conspicuous." Anna muttered under her breath

Brody had already sat down when Anna began walking. She paced across the room and pulled out her chair from beneath the desk before she realised who sat in front of her.
"oh for fuck sake!" she exclaimed. everyone within earshot turned to look at Anna.
"young lady, shut up and sit down." stated the teacher with a bored expression on his face.
"dont be so rude to her!" defended Brody.
"Thats it! both of you outside now. and wait there for me to come talk to you both." demanded the teacher.
"gladly sir!" Anna pushed her chair back under her desk and strolled out of the classroom, with Brody following closely behind, Shutting the door behind them both. Anna screamed. "i cant do this anymore!" in her rage she punched the wall, cracking the plaster and paint in the process. Brody ran up to her and hugged her from behind. his arms wrapped around her waist and he placed his chin to rest on her shoulder. "its okay, we will get through this." he soothed. he kissed her gently on the neck, relaxing all of her muscles. she soon forgot her anger and let Brody cradle her. the pair stood swaying gently just outside of the classroom.

the teacher crept out of the classroom, peering round looking for where Brody and Anna were. 
"what is up with you Anna? you haven't seemed like yourself recently. has something bad happened?" the teacher inquired. Brody stepped out to the side. Standing by her side, he kept his arm linked around her waist, keeping her close. Still she felt safe. They both looked to the ground and remained silent.
"does someone want to tell me what has happened?" a serious expression ran from the teacher, who normally joked, forcing Anna to glance up. "it's personal." she responded, looking back down to her feet. "if it was personal, you had no right to bring it into my classroom and disturb my class." he waved his hand towards the door. "Now tell me what happened or we can discuss this in detention. "he placed his hands into his blazer pockets to pull out a threatening red detention slip.
"i had an argument with Anita." Anna confessed. 
"i thought you guys were like friends forever. what went wrong?"
"she got a boyfriend." Anna looked up to face the teacher. 
"but so do you?" the teacher appeared confused and exchanged looked between Brody and Anna. "this is different. Brody didnt cheat on me. Ben is bad for Anita but she is blinded by her love for him to see that. She even picked him over me." Anna felt her blood boil at the thought of what happened in summer. Her hands clenched into fists but remained at her sides. 
"I think you guys need to talk. Talk and sort out your issues." the teacher turned to walk back into the classroom. 
"NO! she made it pretty clear that her boyfriend is more important to her than i am. i dont need her..." her voiced cracked and trailed off, she could feel the tears pushing to fall. "i dont need her.." Anna fell to her knees and burst into tears. Silently weeping she pushed herself against the wall. She pulled in her knees and cuddled them to her chest. 
"he will just break her little heart again. She will realise soon enough why you reacted the way you did. She will find out soon enough." Brody whispered as he crouched next to Anna against the wall. He pulled her over for a hug, pushing her head to his chest. Calming her down but the rhythmic beat of his steady heart. Safe in his arms she felt lost in the moment. distant from reality. Happy.