Okay, sorry about yesterday's cliffie… Hope this'll make up for it. This chapter is dedicated to my friend Wendy Pierce (formerly known as Brakayla Fan44), because I had a set idea for how this story was going to end, but after reading her review, I totally changed the whole ending, and I think it's way better now :D
Time seemed to stand completely still for a few seconds. Then it unfroze, but I was still numb. I could sense the people around me jumping up and down and cheering and screaming, but my eyes were fixed on the three people standing on the edge of the field.
Brady finally broke out of his trance and walked over to Sabrina, looking confused. He said something to Sabrina, who had her back to him.
She whirled around and said something back, but I couldn't see her face because her back was to me now.
The two of them started to arguing, Brady looking angrier and angrier by the second. Finally he pushed past her, looking really upset, and walked off the field, not looking back.
She didn't even watch him go, Instead, she turned back to the player and continued flirting, twisting her hair around her finger and laughing.
Now that pushed me over the edge. Not only did she make yell at him and then cheat on him, but then she doesn't even seem sorry? Oh, she is going to pay.
"Where are you going?" Candis asked as I got to my feet.
"I have to go," I said. "Talk to you guys later." I fairly ran down the stairs and onto the field, ignoring the cheering crowd around me. "Sabrina!" I yelled.
She turned around, and her expression instantly soured when she saw me. "Mikayla. Go away before I throw up all over you."
"I can't believe you did that to Brady! That's low, even for you." I was so mad I could hardly keep from tackling her.
"Why do you even care?" She asked coldly, her eyes boring into me. "It's none of your business."
I opened my mouth, then decided against it. Instead, I took the lid off my soda and threw it over her, completely soaking her.
"You're not worth it," I told her, then turned to go find Brady.
While I'd been facing Sabrina, he'd disappeared, leaving me with no idea where to go. I guessed he'd probably gone to the locker rooms, so I ran over to where the team was still bouncing around, giddy with happiness, and found Boomer.
"Boomer, can you tell me where the locker rooms are?" I asked him.
He gave me a weird look, probably because he hadn't seen me in forever and I was asking a really weird question, but he pointed and said, "over there."
"Thanks!" I told him, and raced over in that direction.
I looked for him in the crowd as I walked over there, but I couldn't see him anywhere. I didn't want to have to actually go in the boys locker rooms, so I checked all over the school first, walking through the halls calling his name and poking my head into every classroom. You never know where he could've gone, after all. He wasn't anywhere, so I finally checked the locker rooms, which were empty.
"Where the heck did that boy go?" I said, looking around. I'd checked everywhere on campus, so I guessed he'd already gone home, so I headed out to the parking lot.
It was all dark in the parking lot, except for one streetlight in the middle that was casting shadows everywhere. I couldn't see very well, but as I stepped off the curb and into the lot, I saw the outline of a boy walking over to his car, only a few feet away, his head bent as if it were weighed down. Was it him?
"Brady?" I said.
He turned, his face completely in shadow. He wasn't wearing his football uniform anymore, but a t-shirt and jeans instead. He must've changed. "Kay," he said, his voice so soft I could barely hear it. "Did you see that?" He asked after a minute. He didn't specify, but I knew exactly what he was talking about.
"Yeah," I said, moving towards him, reaching out my hand, but not daring to touch him. "I'm so sorry."
He sighed heavily. He'd done that so much lately. He looked older as he stood there, his face cast in shadow, his shoulders hunched a little, as if he was carrying a heavy weight on them that he couldn't get rid of. "I knew our relationship was over," he said softly. "I knew it couldn't last much longer, it was just so shaky. But I didn't think she would…" His voice broke.
Tears sprang into my eyes at the sound of the pain in his voice. I so wanted to hug him, to comfort him…
Instead I put my hand on his shoulder. "I'm sorry."
He shook his head. "Maybe you were right, Kay. All those times you called her the Queen of Evil, I thought you were exaggerating. I thought that Sabrina was a good person, that she would never do anything to hurt me. Even when we fought… I never even imagined… Did she really hate me that much that she'd do that?"
"She doesn't hate you," I said. "At least, I don't think she does. But I don't think she ever really liked you in the first place. She just wanted the cutest, most popular boy. But now… I don't know what changed, but she doesn't want you anymore."
"So she got rid of me," he said sadly, his eyes on the ground.
"Brady, she didn't deserve you," I said. "She was just a cruel, manipulative pretty-face who took advantage of you. You deserve something much better, someone who really loves you and cares about you, someone who will never betray you like that."
He looked up at me. I still couldn't see his face very well, but I could sense a… change in air between us. Something was different.
"Kay," he said, his voice softer than it had been before. He started walking slowly towards me. "Do you know why Sabrina and I were fighting?"
"Because all couples that aren't meant of each other fight?" I guessed, confused.
He laughed a little. "Well, that too. But it was something else."
"What?" I asked, curiosity taking over.
He was much closer now, about a foot away from me, but he'd stopped walking. Instead he looked right at me and said, "we were fighting because of you. Sabrina thought that I liked you instead of her, and she got really angry."
It was getting harder to breathe. "Really? She thought that? Well, I'm sorry that tore you two apart…"
He shook his head again. "It's okay. Maybe… maybe she wasn't wrong…"
"What? What do you mean?" I asked, almost unable to breathe now.
He looked down at his feet, then up at me again. "I like you, Kay," he said, his voice so soft I could barely hear it. "I have for a long time. But I didn't realize it until about a week ago. I wanted to break up with Sabrina but I didn't know how. And I didn't know if… if you liked me back." He looked so cute standing there, watching me with his adorable hazel eyes. I wanted to melt.
"Oh my gosh… Brady, I never would have thought," I said. "I mean, I'm just boring old Kay Makoola. I'm nothing special. Not like Sabrina…"
"Sabrina's nothing," he said quietly. "You were right about her, completely and totally right. She's just another evil, but empty-headed popular girl who only cares about clothes and shoes and make-up. But you," he continued, his eyes on me. "You're not boring at all. You're beautiful and sweet and smart and just… perfect."
I didn't know what to say, except, "Oh, Brady…"
"So do you like me back?" He asked, his eyes fixed on me, never wavering form my face.
"Yes," I breathed, looking straight into those hazel eyes. "Yes, yes, yes!"
He took a few more steps and pulled me into his arms, holding me tight. Then he pulled back a little and kissed me.
For years I'd dreamed of kissing him, but I'd never thought it would actually happen. But it was happening! He liked me, really liked me. I was the one he wanted.
~XXX~
My room was dark when I got home. I flipped the light on, then fell onto my bed, breathless and completely happy. I had a boyfriend. Brady was my boyfriend!
I saw the lights go on in his room, and saw him walk over to his bed and sit down. I smiled to myself, an idea forming. I reached for my sketchpad and marker and wrote down what I'd been going to write on Tuesday, before he closed the curtain. Then I held it up for him to see.
He grinned when he saw it, then reached for his own, wrote on it, then held it up.
My eyes filled with happy tears when I saw it. We'd written the exact same thing. A single phrase.
I love you.
So…. you like? I'm posting the last chapter tomorrow! Now review this one!
