Chapter 9

They both were still. Not knowing how to react.

The first one to recover was Brandon.

"Who would this be?" he asked Stella knowing she herself would not be able to answer.

"I don't know…." She just trailed off still not fully recovering.
She did not know of course.
There was a knock at the door. Therefore, Stella went to open the door.
When she opened, she was shocked to see who was standing there!

It was HE! It was he who she was when she was a child. Someone whom was there when she needed a friend.
It was Jasper! He was her childhood friend! She was too surprised to say anything.

"Hey, you remember me, right?" Jasper said.

"Of course I do… Jas…Jasper! How are you?"

"I am fine, Stella. How are you?"

"Im fine, come in…sit…" she said and Jasper sat on the couch. "Brandon, this is Jasper, my childhood friend. And jasper, this is Brandon, my boyfriend." She said and smiled.

"You have a BOYFRIEND?" he asked, surprised

"Yes!" she gave Brandon a half hug.

Brandon gave him a stiff kind of look. However, jasper ignored it and went to give Stella a friendly hug. Brandon did not think that it was a friendly hug, but Stella did not notice it.

"Feels so good… After a long time we have met after all" said Jasper.

Brandon was still having that stiff look on his face. He tried to shove it off. He smiled unwillingly.

"So it was you who was sent the bouquet?" asked Brandon knowing that his answer was expected to a yes.

"Ya…" replied as expected, as a matter-of-fact.

"So, its late. I guess I should leave, I will see ya guys later in the morning," said Jasper.

"what do you mean, 'I should leave?' you don't need to stay elsewhere, when you can stay at your best friend's home…"

Brandon actually surprised by Stella's reply. Nevertheless, he held his ground.

"No, actually, my relatives have an apartment here, not far…just a few blocks away. And they expect me to stay there so I can't deny them, right?" said Jasper, much to Brandon's relief.
"No problem, jazz" she said using his pet name, which made Brandon a little more furious.

"Okay then, I'll leave…okay…," he said.

"Ya…sure. see ya tomorrow." She said.

"Can you meet me tomorrow? Whenever you are free?" asked Jasper.

"Ya okay" she said with no questions included.

"Okay then bye Stel, bye Brandon" he waved them both goodbyes.

Brandon has not moved an inch from where he stood. Then he sighed, realizing that he had been holding his breath for a very long time.

"Hey schnookcums, lets sleep now. Now you do not need to worry na…. okay, and anyway I am tired."

Brandon nodded.

They went to sleep. Actually, only Stella went to sleep, Brandon's thoughts were still roaming around Jasper and Stella's closeness.

He did not know what to do. He decided to sleep but sleep was like angry on him. He closed his eyes and tried to assure himself that they were just friends, nothing more. If he thought more, he would be more worried. Moreover, that one thing was sure that Stella was his and only HIS….

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Well, that was again a short chapter but like I said that short chapters would take less time compared to the long ones. Okay. And one more things would like to inform you about is that I am going on a holiday for a few days so I wont be able to write so please understand and give me more time. Moreover, please review, I would like to know your comments…

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