Pseudo-Secrecies Broken-Part 2
A/N: In my writing class we are doing NaNoWriMo, and I am completely not into it after I was up all night doing homework. A headache, math quiz, and eight pages of notes…what a great way to end and start a day. I actually fell asleep on my world history textbook, but you probably don't want to hear me whining so, I'm starting this and hopefully this will be long enough for more reviews than the first part .
With closed eyes she tangled her arms around Brandon's neck again after losing her hold in Brandon's silky brown curls that were almost slippery to an extent with the natural texture of it. They were leaning back and forth, constantly coming back into each other's embrace tighter and closer; once Jesus and Lena gained their bearings back, Lena loudly cleared her throat, alarming the couple.
"Well Mama, I believe we have interrupted either a little sneaky romance between these two weirdoes, or they could have been trying to merely eat each other's faces.
"Ah Dios Mio, I knew this would happen." Jesus rolled his eyes and the expression on his face was unreadable.
"Okay, if you two wanted to be together at one point or another, why would you agree to be adopted, or agree to let Callie get adopted and become your sister, Brandon?" Lena questioned them sternly with discerning eyes that crushed the bit of confidence they had in that moment.
Brandon and Callie stood shell-shocked after Lena asked the question she was pining after the answer for. They knew that all of this was leading up to this question if anyone had found out about the part of their relationship that passed the platonic line in the recesses of their minds. They knew what all of this could possibly mean and they didn't want a Liam-repeat in any form or fashion. Even the slightest possibility of Callie or Jude getting taken out of the house was not a choice in Brandon's mind. He promised himself that he would do anything to keep Callie happy, which meant for her and Jude to be together, at the Fosters.
"Callie and Jude's home life should be a safe haven and place they can find comfort in. I wasn't going to let what I feel affect your decision and assurance you and Mom had in adopting them. I know how much Callie wants this, and I knew- I still know that she and Jude are main priority and that they are the most important, even before I recognized my feelings for Callie which was long before you guys even thought of adopting her and Jude. And I'm not using this as an excuse, but I just know what I feel," Brandon explained.
"Brandon had made it clear how he felt about me, but we had eventually drifted apart and pretty much avoided each other with me dealing with Wyatt during that time. He is the first person I've ever told about my past and what had happened with Liam and all the other problems from my other foster homes. We had both been flirting a little bit, but it was never what had happened today. We both had helped each other understand everything happening around us and just learnt how to trust each other with our problems and weaknesses. I guess everything between us came to a hilt today. He told me things I haven't heard without extra circumstances in a long time. Telling me I deserved to be happy and everything I wanted; calling me amazing, kind, smart, and beautiful. I guess I never realized how close we had become even after these past two months," Callie's voice wandered off after all the comments she made, realizing that her relationship with Brandon was so much more than she had given it credit for.
"Okay, for now, we just need to keep this between the four of us. Right, Jesus?" Lena spoke up.
"What! What do you mean? I'm not gonna tell anybody!"
Brandon, knowing this situation all too well begged to differ, "Maybe you won't mean to, but if Mom sees you acting suspicious, she'll start asking questions. And don't even make me talk about you and Mariana trying to keep things from each other. That weird twin telepathy thing you guys have is better than a lie detector."
"All of that is nice and well, but that doesn't fix this whole situation into what it needs to be. Brothers and sisters don't run around making out behind gates in the backyard. Brothers and sisters always have completely platonic relationships. You two have obviously become closer than comfort for any type of sibling relationship. There would be too much baggage for you two to act normal around each other as siblings for the rest of your lives. The only other possibility would be if you two could at least try and put your feelings to rest in the interest of Callie and Jude's possible adoption. And is that possible without you two moping around the house every day?" Lena's speech merged into her own thoughts spilling out of her mouth.
"Well it's not like they are that into each other that they would die without each other, every second they are apart. They've only been around each other for a couple months. It's like me and Lexi, I love her, sure, but I can still function when we're not around or talking every hour or so. And talking about that reminds me, Lexi is leaving for Honduras for a couple of weeks so I'm gonna go talk to her before the wedding starts in about…" checks his phone, "fifteen minutes. See ya, good luck with them Mama!" He strolled off, opening and closing the gate smoothly.
"What we said isn't true, is it? You two couldn't be that attached to each other after this long," she said with a voice of reassurance that wasn't confirmed by the timid-faced teens.
She couldn't help but hope that their thoughtful faces didn't match hers, as she reminisced to the time Stef had come to Anchor Beach, when she had been giving parent tours of the popular charter school to kindergarten parents for the upcoming school year. Stef's figure had popped out to her to begin with, after breaking up with her voyeuristic ex-girlfriend just a few months ago and craving some release of tension she longed for through a true love, an average romance couldn't compare to. Stef seemed to stand a little closer than the average person would and Lena's signals for whether she was available and interested was beginning to perk up. Their experience was mostly one-sided because Lena spent most of the time telling about the school and trying to get more parents interested in this rather new facility. At the end, they stood in front of each other in an unusually comfortable, yet awkward silence, unsure smiles upon their faces. After shaking hands they both walked to their respective places and glanced over their shoulders, their eyes had caught together for a few seconds, which caused Stef to trip over the step over the parking border in front of her own car. They shared a distanced laugh and parted ways.
Lena still thought about that moment until today, she couldn't help but admire everything about Stef as she thought about her upcoming bride. But, a twisted expression came upon her face as she looked back up to the teens that were looking at the ground or the other.
"It's not like that guys, right? You two are too young, you wouldn't want to be tied down like that," Lena doubted her words even more as she took in the expressions on their faces, which had shrunk and become more worrisome.
"Umm, I mean, uh-I don't—I, we are, just…" Brandon's words got extremely breathy and he sounded panicky, which worried both the ladies standing around him. He was seconds from hyperventilating, from all the pressure and questions being asked every couple of seconds. He hadn't even thought all of this through himself, so he had no clue as to what he was supposed to say about his romantic relationship with Callie that hadn't been evident to them until a few minutes ago when they had just gotten too close and were pulled together and into a kiss of emotions he still couldn't fathom. The only time he could relate to the anxiety he felt at the moment was the times he spent practicing for the piano scholarship and he didn't get to go because he had gone after Callie the day she went after Jude.
Lena's hair and the browns of Callie's wide eyes were the last things he saw before it all went black as he fell to the ground.
Come back and read Part 3. I'm thinking of turning this into a mini-story or novelette type of thing. Look out for more updates every week or two and please review so I'll feel like someone wants to read this!