~*~ Chapter 19: It's The End Of The Night ~*~
“Seth…” Brandi whispered and turned around, to wipe the tears away from her face without Seth seeing it.
“So?” Seth asked when no one answered his question “Who’s gonna tell me what was going on here?” still no answer “Ryan?” Seth asked and Ryan made eye contact with him.
“Nothing. Nothing was going on, Seth.” Ryan informed him.
“That didn’t look like nothing to me!” Seth was losing it. Ryan had never actually seen him that angry.
“But that’s what it was. Nothing. Brandi was crying and I was just trying to calm her down and…”
“You were crying?” Seth cut Ryan off and ran to Brandi’s side, leaving Ryan behind.
“Don’t touch me!” Brandi warned and got rid of Seth’s hands on her shoulders.
“What? What happened, Bran?”
“It’s Brandi to you.” she snapped “And don’t pretend to be some sort of idiot, because you know exactly what happened.” Brandi was growing angry.
“This is about Summer, isn’t it?”
“What else?” Brandi threw her hands in the air “It’s always about Summer!” she had a hatred tone to her voice.
“I already talked to her and we have nothing to do…”
“Stop it! Stop it! Stop it!” Brandi shut her ears with her hands “I don’t wanna hear more lies. More deceits.” she left Seth’s side and went to Ryan “Thank you.” she whispered in his ear while hugging him.
When she pulled back, she could see the smile on Ryan’s face. He didn’t have to say anything else.
“Brandi, could we just talk, please? Give me some time to explain myself and…”
“I already gave you enough time, Seth. I don’t wanna hear anything else from you.”
“But you have to let me explain myself.”
“What do you have to explain, huh? That kissing me was wrong? That you shouldn’t have done that because you still love Summer?”
“No!” Seth exclaimed “Not that! You gotta let me…”
“Oh, not that? So if you’re not gonna tell me the truth for a change, I’m leaving.” she said and trailed to the parking lot.
“Brandi!” Seth tried to run after her, but Ryan stopped him.
“Let her go.”
“No, Ryan. I have to talk to her.” Seth tried to get rid of Ryan’s grip, but couldn’t.
“Not tonight, you don’t. You have to let her go now. She’s way too upset and she won’t listen to a word you say tonight. Just try to forget it for now and you’ll talk to her some other time.” Ryan was being reasonable enough.
“I can’t! I have to talk to her now or she’ll never forgive me!”
“She’ll never forgive you if you force her into this conversation tonight. I’m telling you. Let’s go home.”
“How do you know she’ll not forgive me if I try to talk to her tonight? What are you, Ryan? Her bodyguard? Her best buddy? Or her boyfriend, maybe?” Ryan just shook his head “Huh, Ryan? Which one are you?”
“Right now, I’m your best friend, because I’m the one giving you great advice. Let’s go home.” as Ryan was stronger than Seth, he was able to push him some feet closer to the parking lot and when they were close to their car, Seth started to walk on his own. They entered the SUV and drove off.
Brandi was waiting for her brother on the other side of the parking lot, so she didn’t see when Ryan and Seth left. She was still wiping the tears left on her cheekbones.
‘I knew it wouldn’t be a good idea, this stupid dance. I knew I was gonna get even more hurt. But I never imagined he would actually kiss me. Oh, God! What was that kiss? It almost melted me from the inside. Oh, Gosh, I like him so much! Why do I always go for those who will break my heart? It’s like I have this magnet that will only bring me those who will break my heart into little pieces. Urgh! I hate my life. I hate the fact I’m always falling for someone who doesn’t deserve me! I hate Seth! I hate boys period! I hate them all!’
She stopped tormenting herself when she heard a honk and saw her brother waiting for her inside the car. When he noticed she was crying, he got out of the car quickly and ran to her.
“Where is he? Where’s the fucking imbecile? I’ll break his face!” Johnny said in a protective big brother tone of voice. He knew Brandi too well to know she was like that because of a guy.
“Relax.” Brandi calmed him down “He’s not here and you won’t break anyone’s face, Johnny.” Brandi wiped the rest of the tears away from her face and took a deep breath.
“He made you cry. He deserves to have his face broken.”
“He does not. I deserve to have my face broken.”
“Don’t say that. Don’t defend the imbecile.”
“Really, Johnny, I shouldn’t have let him kiss me and…”
“He kissed you?” Johnny asked incredulous “Oh, God, don’t tell me he took advantage of you, Bran!”
“No! He kissed me. That’s all. But I shouldn’t have let him.”
“Why? What happened?” Brandi didn’t answer, so Johnny carried on “I don’t care, I’m gonna break his face anyway.”
“Stop it.” Johnny’s attempt to hit Seth’s face was making Brandi feel much better, so she even managed a small laugh “Let’s just go, please.” Brandi took his hand and led him to the car.
“Are you sure? Because I can go inside and find him, if you want me to hurt him.”
“Thanks, but that won’t be necessary, Johnny. If someone’s gonna kick his ass, I want that person to be me.”
“Good girl.” Johnny smiled and kissed his sister on the forehead.
“Ok, now let’s just go, because I’m exhausted.” Brandi shut the car door and Johnny drove off.
* Thanx Hannah and Thea for reviewing and correcting the grammar errors *
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