Callie
In the week since Brandon and I kissed. I think my mom is starting to notice the awkwardness between us. We constantly try to stay away from each other and haven't looked each other in the eye. I know what happens if CPS ever finds out what happens between Brandon and I. I can't get him kicked out of here, I think he's really starting to take a liking to my mom and Lena. Wyatt doesn't try to talk to me and I don't try to talk to him, but I see he is going out with Talya again. Good. They deserve each other. But it doesn't stop me from questioning where Brandon has been on the weekends if he's not with Talya.
"Callie?" Jude asks me bringing out of my thoughts.
"Yea bud?" He scrunches his face.
"What's a faggot?" I recoil at his question and I immediatly get protective.
"Why? Who said that? Did- did someone call you that?!" I ask surprised. He nods, but still doesn't look disturbed because of his little information about the word.
I take a deep breath, "A faggot-"
"Callie!" Lena reprimands. I look at her and then to Jude. "Mama. Someone called Jude a- that word today."
Lena looks at Jude upset, "Is this true baby?" He nods. I shake my head. I'll find whoever called him that and hurt them. As if Lena sees the gears turning in my head, she looks at me.
"Callie don't you go and terroize some 7th graders." I scowl and she looks at Jude again.
"Why did someone call you that hun?" She asks. He holds out his hands and shows his blue nails Mariana painted for him.
"After they saw my nails." Lena tsked and grabbed Jude's hand. "Come on Jude." She leads him out of the kitchen and leaves me alone.
I grab an apple and go into my room. Imagine my surprise when I see Brandon in there and playing my old piano. I lean aganist the door frame and watch his fingers flow over the keys. I close my eyes and listen to the melody and smile when I realize it was the first and only son I tried to play on it. I gently walk over to him and tap his shoulder. He jumps out of the seat and brushes his hands aganist his pants legs.
"Sorry." He tries to get past me, but I block his way. Were too close and I back away a step, but not enough of him to get past me.
"I didn't know you played." I say. He rubs his nose.
"Yeah. I learned at one of my first foster homes, but after I left I never saw another." I smile.
"Your really good." He nods and I flash my eyes to his lips and think about our encounter in the car.
I see him close his eyes. "I'm sorry about... what happened in the car. I should of left you alone and-"
"Who said I didn't want you too?" I whisper. I look up and see him smirking. "You wanted me to kiss you?" He waggles his eyebrows. I snort and push his arm, failing to move him.
"Shut up!" I smile and then watch his smile fade. "We can't do this." I feel my heart let down because I know he's telling the truth.
"I know but-" I don't know what to say. We should do this. Keep it a secret, I want to say, but I don't know what will happen from there.
"We could not tell anyone... you know. Keep it a secert." Brandon voices my thoughts. I look him in the eye.
"There's so many things that could go wrong. We could get caught and you could be sent away, or we break up and things in the house would never be the same." I ramble. He grabs my hands.
"I'm willing to try if you want to." I feel myself saying no, but I look at Brandon. Really look at him. There was something here since the first day he got here. I don't want to miss this chance and if we don't work out we'll find a way back to friends. I don't know if it's true, but we need each other.
"I want to." I whisper. His hand tilts my chin up and we kiss. It's not like in the car when it was hot and passionate, it was sweet and simple. Full of promises and a lifetime. A scream for Brandon breaks us apart and I get scared that someone saw us, but Brandon smiles and keeps me in his arms.
"I said I would help Jesus with his lady problems." I smile and give him a quick peck. "Go ahead."
He walks out, but comes back in out of no where. "Oh. Be ready by eight tonight. Were going on a date." I shake my head.
"Brandon we can't-"
"What? I can't hear you!" He screams when he runs away from my room. I smile, but get nervous. We can't really go on a date. Can we?"
Brandon
I enter Jesus and Jude's room and see Jesus pacing the floor back and forth. He looks at me.
"Dude! Emma and I kissed." I raise my eyebrows and sit on the bed. I feel temporarly happy with Callie and I's newfound relationship. Talya just wasn't for me, but I could never shake the feeling of Callie.
"What's wrong with that?" I ask and looks away from me. Then it comes to me and I laugh. "Your with Lexi aren't you?" He looks guilty and I laugh again.
He throws a pillow at me. "It's not funny!" I stop laughing and look at him.
"Why haven't you said anything about Lexi?" I know Lexi is Mariana's best friend and I have a feeling that makes her somewhat off limits.
"I don't know. She didn't want Mariana knowing and we were going to tell her tomorrow at the party, but I think I just like her because of the-" He clears his throat, "- the secretness and forbidden thing. If we tell Mariana and are parents, I won't like her anymore." I shake my head. I forgot about the Quince's.
"Man. You have to tell her you just want to be friends." He sits on the bed with his head in his hands.
"I know, but Mariana is going to kill me for messing with her like this." I nod. "Yeah. That was a dick move huh?"
He laughs and looks at me. "Thanks. I like having you here." I feel the love he was trying to give and the more time I spend with this family, the more I like it.
"Thanks. That means a lot." He smile and I smile. Then I think about Callie and our date. "Hey can you help me with one more thing?" Jesus asks.
"With what?"
xxXxx
I go to Callie's room and marvel at her outfit. She's wearing a pair of black tights and a short dress yellow dress with a black jacket on. Her hair is in put up, but curly ringlets hang from the sides of her face. She turns around when she sees me and smiles nervously.
"Is this ok?" I smile and wrap my arms around her. "It's perfect." She smiles again and then frowns.
"How are we going to get out of here without it looking suspicous?" She asks. We walk out into the hallway and I lead us next to Jesus's and Jude's room. I raise my hand to knock when she brings my hand back.
"Jesus knows?" She hisses. I shake my head.
"No." I whisper and pull her into the room. Jesus looks at us and looks at Callie in shock.
"Wow Cals. Thanks for looking the part." She looks at him and then me. I motion towards Callie.
"I didn't tell her the plan yet." He smiles. "Brandon and I came up with a plan for getting me to Lexi's tonight." She holds up her hand.
"Wait. Why are you going to Lexi's?" She asks perplexed. He gives a shy smile. "We've been dating for like two months now and I'm trying to break it off with her before the party tomorrow."
She gasps.
"Why are you breaking up with her?" I pat her back, trying to make it look brotherly. "Callie we don't have time for the whole story we just have time for what you nedd to know.
She opens her mouth to say something, but shuts it. I smile and wave my hand at Jesus to contiune.
"As I was saying. The plan is to let mom's know I'm going to Adam's house for a 'before the first game' party for wrestling and you are going on a ' date ' with Wyatt-"
"But were-"
"On a break. I know, but mom's don't. And you'll be dropping Brandon off on his date with Talya." She's silent for a moment, processing all the information before nodding.
"Alright let's do this." Jesus and Callie follow me downstairs and we go into the kitchen to see the mom's laughing about something before seeing us enter the room.
"Hey guys. What's up?" Stef asks. Callie steps up.
"Well Jesus asked me to drop him off at a party, Brandon asked me to drop him off on a date with Talya and I have a date with Wyatt." I hope they don't catch the way she strains to say Wyatt and Talya's names. Stef gives a tight smile.
"Party? Jesus you never said asked about a party." Jesus raises his hands.
"Adam called me saying it was a tradition to go to the party before the first game." Stef and Lena look at each other and then back at us.
"Alright." Lena says, "But we want you all home before 11. You have your sisters party in the morning." I don't point out she's not my sister, but nod with Jesus and Callie. We leave in a hurry and Jesus let's out a breath of air once were on our way to Lexi's house.
At Lexi's house, Jesus smiles at us before getting out. "Thanks guys." We nod at him and watch him sneak into the back. I smile at Callie.
"Trade seats." She clutchs her steering wheel. "Why?" I roll my eyes.
"I'm the one who knows how to get to where were going." She rolls her eyes, but we trade seats. Once were buckled up, I drive off.
"Where are we going?" She asks after were about 30 minutes out.I smile and pull us up to one of my favorite taco stands when I was younger.
"Here we are." I smile and we get out of the car. We wait in the long line and I put my arms arounf her waist and rest my chin on her shoulder. She jumps away from me.
"What are you doing?!" She hisses under her breath. I raise my arms. "No one knows us here." She opens her mouth to protest, but shuts it once she realizes I'm right. We resume our postion and I enjoy every second of being a normal couple. When we get to the front Gordy gives a hearty laugh.
"Brandon my boy! I haven't seen you in ages." He laughs again and wiggles his eyebrows at me when he spots Callie.
"And who is this fine young lady?" She blushes and I grab her hand. "This is Callie." He smiles and winks at me.
"Nice to meet you little lady. Here's two specials on the house." He hands us to greasy tacos and a large strawberry milkshake. I give him the money we owe in his tip jar. He laughs again.
"Thanks B. Can't ever take something for free that one." He jabs his thumb at me. He looks at me and then Callie.
"You two have a fine night. Come back sooner this time ya here?" I laugh and put my arm around Callie. "I will. Bye Gordy. Thanks."
We walk away and I don't let Callie eat her taco until we get to my secret place.
"But it smells goodddd" She groans. I laugh and take off my shoes when we get to the sand. She follows in my footsteps. I pull back the greenery blocking the entrance to the cave and she looks in awe. I found it after I tried to run away from my third foster home. I stayed here for a day before I went back home, but the family already called CPS and had me removed. Once the greenery is pulled back there is a cave that has a large view of the ocean. We move and feel the cold sand around our feet. I plop down and pull Callie down with me.
"Can we eat now?" She begs. I nod and she takes a large bite of her taco and moans in satifaction. I chuckle.
"This is amazing." She gushes. I smile. "My dad used to take me there all the time when I was younger." She nods and contiunes to eat. We eat in a comfortable silence and listen to the waves come in and out. We drink the milkshake together.
"Brandon, this is really nice." I feel a little heat in my cheeks and hope she can't see me.
"Thanks." She gets a troubled look in her eyes. "I'm gonna hate going home and acting like we didn't go on a date."
"Hey." I pull her face towards mine. "Don't think about that. Right now were Brandon and Callie on our first date." I feel her lips hover over mine.
"I don't kiss on the first date Brandon Jacob." I roll my eyes and pulls her lips towards mine. She pushes me towards the ground and I flip us over so she's on her back. We never pull our lips apart and she moans when bit her lip and kiss place kisses down her neck. She groans and threads her fingers through my hair and forces my head back up to reconnect out lips. I grip her hip and she gasps and pulls away from me. I stop and look at her.
"I'm sorry. I didn't mean to-"
"No." She whispers and then with more volume, "No. I just... it reminded me of him." I nod. We sit in a awkward silence and I get up.
"Come on we should probably leave now anyway." She nods and takes my hand. Were quiet walking back to the car and quiet in the car on the way to Lexi's house. The only thing that gets us talking again is when Jesus trudges to the car with a angry red mark on his facce. I sigh.
"I take it she didn't take it well?" I question. He mumbles.
"Not now man." And to the house we went quiet. Jesus runs into the house and doesn't catch on the awkward silence between Callie and I. We walk to the front door and I stop her before going into the house.
"I'm sorry Callie." She shakes her head and shys away from my touch.
"We shouldn't keep doing this. I'm- I'm not ready." I shake my head. She and I both know that's not the problem.
"Callie. Whenever something gets heated you run away. I- I think you need some help." She shakes her head and her eyes flame.
'I'm fine!" She snaps and then a little defeated, "You promised me you wouldn't say anything."
"I'm not going to say anything. You need to tell them."
"It was months ago and it's not like anyone can prove he did it. I was raped!" She screams. It's the first time she's ever said out loud. I clutch her to my chest and stroke her hair.
"I know. I know." I hush her. We stand like that for a few minutes when the door opens and light floods upon us.
cliffhanger sorta. sorry i keep updating at night this is the first time I did it in the daytime lol
~OB