Coffee Cups and Onion Rings || Brad Simpson (The Vamps) Fanfiction

seventeen

How can two people be so different yet so similar at the same time?

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Brad blankly led Noah to the car Connor used to pick them up earlier, then he clicked it open with the keys before they both climbed in.

"You okay?" Noah asked Brad as she put her seatbelt on, then Brad nodded his head as he put the keys on the empty cupholder.

"Yeah. Just a bit tired," Brad said, then Noah nodded her head.

"Are you still going to the feast tonight?" Noah asked as Brad pressed the button to wake the engine up, then he chuckled to himself.

"No. I'm probably just going to drop the car off then go back home. It's no big deal," Brad said, then Noah sighed.

"Are you sure that's okay? How will you get home?" Noah asked, then Brad nodded his head as he released the handbrake.

"Of course, I can probably stop by at my neighbour's workplace, since it's just near my dad's house, and ask if I could have a ride home. Everything's okay," Brad said, although his facial expressions were proving otherwise. Noah decided not to comment however, especially when Brad started taking wrong turns, making them lose direction. When Brad tried to find the way back, they came across a dirt road, which he reluctantly took.

The silent atmosphere around them was broken when Brad realized that they were coming to a full stop out of his control. When the car stopped, he gently pressed harder on the gas, but to no luck.

"What happened?" Noah asked, then Brad looked at his mirrors and saw what the problem was, which immediately made him step on the brake.

"One of the wheels got stuck in the mud," Brad commented, then he put the car on neutral and pulled the handbrake before climbing out of the car with Noah so they could investigate.

"Shit. There's no service around here. I can't call the tow truck to help us out. My dad and your grandfather are going to kill me," Brad said, already giving up the minute he saw the problem up-close, but Noah saw that there was hope since the wheel wasn't completely stuck.

"Maybe we can try digging the mud out? Then we can just put some things that can harden the surface a bit," Noah said, then Brad shrugged.

"It's worth a try," Brad said, then they started looking for things that they could use. When they've dug out some mud and made the surface rough, Brad volunteered to push the car forward, while Noah got behind the wheel and tried to drive the car forward. Once the wheel was no longer stuck, Noah turned the car around so they could get out of the dirt road, then Brad climbed in and took a deep breath.

"You okay with me taking over from here?" Noah asked, then Brad sighed and nodded his head. It took Noah at least five minutes until they got back to the right way, which she remembered vividly.

"How are you so good with directions? I swear that we were going the right way a while ago," Brad said once the road was familiar to him, then Noah chuckled.

"It's nothing. I just, you know, don't have a lot on my mind right now..." Noah trailed off, causing Brad to look at her with an incredulous face.

"Oh yeah? And how sure are you that I have a lot in my mind?" Brad asked, then Noah shrugged.

"Well, for starters, you saw your dad," Noah said, then Brad sighed. Noah glanced at him to look at his reaction, then she frowned a little when she saw that he looked upset.

"We can just...not talk about it if you're uncomfortable. But, if it helps, just know that I'm always here to listen to you, okay?" Noah said, then Brad hummed in reply. After that, the tension in the car was awkward, and Brad knew that he had to do something about it.