'Everything happens for a reason. The only matter is if the reason outweighs the happening.'
Vanessa is a normal college freshman who wants to have a normal life. But the odds are heavily against her.
Brandon is suffering from traumas from his sadd...
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"Holy shit! Four years, sorry continue." he interrupted. ___________________
VANESSA
I waited outside the campus door for Brandon to pull up. At first, I didn't recognize him, a huge jeep pulled up, and stood in front of me. I thought it was some random car so I walked away.
Brandon got down; he was wearing a round neck t-shirt, that showed off his shoulders, with a corduroy jacket on the top. He walked towards me and asked may I pointing to the bags. What a gentleman!
"You look nice." I said.
"I just clean up nice." he said with a smirk and picked up the bags and put it into the trunk.
"Don't flatter yourself."
He just smiled and told, "You look very pretty yourself." I did not agree with him, I was wearing bell bottoms, a cardigan with a leather jacket (Reagan had lent me) and some sneakers.
"I always look nice, you just noticed today." I said getting into the front seat. He murmured something which I didn't quite catch.
"So, what is the story behind the jeep." I asked trying to make conversation.
"It was brother's car but I got it when he died." he said.
"Oh, I am sorry." I said.
"Meh!" he said.
"I have travel sickness, just wanted to warn you." I said changing the topic.
"Should I go slower?" Brandon asked me keeping his eye on the road.
"Could you go any slower? I was kidding ABOUT the sickness, speed up otherwise it would take us an eternity to reach there."
"I don't like driving slow. I was just doing it because we are driving together for the first time. Fasten your seatbelt" he said accelerating the car and sending us into frenzy of air,
"OK mister, we don't want a get a ticket, do we?"
"You girls are confusing." He said slowing down little.
"I agree! Songs?"
"Taylor Swift?" he said but I had already played the song.
Don't blame me, love made me crazy. If it doesn't, you ain't doin' it right. Lord, save me, my drug is my baby.
"So, what's your favorite song?" He asked.
"Sorry, can't choose. What about you?"
"I am not into music that much but I listen to some songs. I am fine by listening to your playlist. " he replied.
"Ok!" I said smiling.
Ten minutes into the journey and we already didn't have any topics to talk about . I realized I didn't really know a lot about his childhood
"Tell me something about your past." I asked him and he gave me a very confused look.
"I mean before all the deaths, school, friends, girlfriends." I said looking at him with my eyes filled with curiosity.
"Sure, I can tell you all that but you start. I don't want seem self-centered." he said. This backfired.
I did not want open that side of me but the way he looked at me, I don't know why, but I felt that I could be open to him about this.
"So, I have two siblings. Alexandra is my elder sister and Noah is my older protective brother. Fun fact, Christian and Noah were together during their training of detectives." I said.
"Oh!" he said with a very small voice.
"I am pretty close to by siblings, I HAD a best friend, Madisson."
"Had? What happened?"
"You don't want to know!" I said so that he wouldn't ask again.
"I surely do, tell me." he says taking his eyes for the first time off the road to look at me. His dazzling brown eyes that had golden specks in it. When he blinked, his eyelashes moved up and down sending a chill through my body. I thought I was staring so I looked away.
"To be honest, my childhood is quite the opposite of yours. I was the 'quite girl' who got bullied. Madisson was the one person who was always by my side since childhood. So, there was a guy whose name I don't want to take. I had a crush on this guy for four years."
"Holy shit! Four years, sorry continue." he interrupted.
"Yeah, I know, something was wrong with me, we will touch that some other day. So, this guy started dating my bully and became all popular and all air head. I have never seen someone change so fast. The girl I mean the bully always made horrible comments at me, spread rumors about me but she was very popular so people just stopped talking to me. Only Madisson stayed with me. Senior year, they broke up and after only two weeks later that guy proposed me. Me being me, said yes. One month into relationship, I had fallen for him. HARD. We had gone to this cliff late in night to celebrate our one month anniversary. I was enjoying myself, but then he gets up and tells me he was cheating on me with my best friend Madisson. I punched the guy in his face and broke his toe with my heels."
"Wow that was some beatings he got." Brandon said talking after a very long time.
"Just adrenaline. I am kind of thankful that I got to know, it has taught me some good lessons. I told you, Reagan also does not know, so now your turn."
Author's note- I am trying to post a little more because I did not for a couple of days. Hope you liked it. Do leave a comment
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