Thanks to a water pipe burst at my high school, I had nothing to do today so I decided to write another chapter

Thanks to a water pipe burst at my high school, I had nothing to do today so I decided to write another chapter. Aren't you guys lucky? Two chapters of my story back to back!! haha Okay, maybe I'm more excited than most. But this chapter promises to be my best yet. Well, in my opinion anyway. I want to thank the five reviewers for my past chapter:

Ash Riley: Oh wow. That sucks. I didn't know that some students actually have tests the first day of college. But, I'm kinda glad too because my story isn't that far off. haha

kbg17223: Yeah, a lot of people don't believe Callie's sincerity when she ran into Bradin and Ashley. And truthfully, I meant for it to sound sincere. But you got me thinking: maybe I could have Callie show up again unexpected and actually say what she feels. Thanks for the idea!

princessoffndrkness06: I sure hope nearly 24 hours isn't that long of a wait! haha

Thanks also to JMACFAN21 and angel-prncess-18 who both shared their love for Jesse's new single (I'm glad I'm not the only one out there who loves it!).

Enjoy the new chapter! And just a little side note – I'm not sure when I'll have time to update again (got my SATs and Prom this weekend, so it might be a little hectic) so make sure you review so I'll have more reason to update ASAP!!

Chapter 14: Blow Your Mind

"Aunt Ava, is it okay if I stay over at Lucas' tonight?" Bradin asked his aunt while she was preparing dinner in the kitchen.

"What are you guys gunna do?" Ava eyed her nephew as she prepared salad.

"Nothing, just chill I guess," he shrugged. "There's no party planned for tonight anyway." Bradin could see where his aunt was going. "He just asked, because school's almost here and we won't be able to hang out for a while. You know; studying and stuff."

Ava chuckled, "I'm sure. It's fine, Bradin. Just don't go to bed too late, okay? Derrick has his final baseball game tomorrow morning at 10. Make sure you're there."

"No problem, I will be," Bradin smiled.

He was about to walk into his room, when Johnny stopped him by asking, "Where are you going tonight, Bradin?"

Bradin had not spoken more than five words to Johnny since Ava got him out of working for Johnny every day a week ago. Bradin bit his lip and turned around to face Johnny, who was coming down the stairs. It took every ounce of Bradin's energy to not sound rude when he said, "I'm going to Lucas' for the night."

"Okay. Just make sure you make it to Derrick's-"

"I already told him about the game, Johnny," Ava said, not moving her gaze from the salad. "Oh, and Bradin?" she looked up. "Are you okay for dinner then?"

"Yeah, we'll probably just order pizza or something," Bradin looked at his aunt. Then he turned his attention back to Johnny. "I'll see you tomorrow, then."

He was about to again walk into his room, but Johnny stopped him. "Wait. Um … can we talk for a few minutes?"

"About what?" Bradin tried his hardest, but his attitude was evident in those words.

"Let's go into your room," Johnny looked at Ava and Bradin saw the tiny wink she gave him.

"She put him up to this," Bradin realized. "Okay."

They walked into Bradin's room and Bradin sat on his bed, while Johnny stood by the bed's post. The two shared an awkward silence for a few moments, until Johnny said, "I'm not just in here because Ava told me I have to be. I know the way I acted before was not right. I'm not your father, and I'm not trying to be." He moved to sit on the opposite bed. "But you have to understand where I was coming from, Bradin. What you put us all through, especially your brother and sister and aunt, was not cool. And I know it was an accident and you'll never do it again, but you have to realize that it is basically my job of protecting this family. Jay's not around here much anymore, with his shop doing so well and everything, and there's not really another male leader of this bunch. So I put the responsibilities on myself, which may or may not be a good thing. But that's not the point.

"I just want you to feel comfortable coming to me with whatever problems or issues you may have. I know you're 18 and legally an adult and coming to me may not be 'cool' or whatever, but just to humor me … please promise that you will come to me whenever something get's really bad, okay?" Johnny looked up at Bradin with true sorrow in his eyes, and Bradin could no longer be mad at him for acting like his father.

"Yeah," he said.

"Yeah?" Johnny had hope in his voice.

"I'll come to you."

Johnny smiled. "Thank you, Bradin. Or, you can go to Jay too. Whichever works best for you."

"Johnny?"

"What?" he saw the annoyed look on Bradin's face. "Oh, sorry. Is this starting to sound too after-school special?" Bradin nodded. "Well, I guess that's my cue to go." Before he closed the door, he said, "Have fun with your friend tonight. And please don't do anything you're not ready for."

Bradin smiled and promised and Johnny closed the door.

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A half hour later, Bradin was walking into Ashley's dorm building. He had called Lucas beforehand, letting him know the situation, and Lucas had his back. He promised to call in case of an emergency, though, so Bradin was forced to keep his cell phone on. Armed with a bag full of "supplies", he rounded the corner, getting ready to knock on Ashley's door but stopped when he saw it was already open.

Bradin looked inside to find Ashley pacing back and forth, holding a textbook, in her room. For a college dorm room, it seemed pretty big. From what Bradin could see, there were two single beds against the far corners of the room, one made neatly and the other full of books, flashcards, highlighters, and pencils. "I'm guessing that one is hers," he thought. There was a closet against the left wall, and Bradin assumed there was another against the right wall. In between the two beds was a mini-fridge and microwave, and two bed stands. On the floor, instead of the usual hard-wood was a plush pink and blue rug.

Bradin smiled as he continued to stare at Ashley, but she didn't seem to notice him leaning in her doorway. His eyes couldn't help but glaze over her clothing, and he thought she looked way too hot for a study session. She was wearing short gray shorts and tight pink tank top, and not much else. Even though her hair looked a little messy, it was down and full so Bradin thought it complimented her whole sexy school girl look.

Finally he couldn't take it any longer and had to make his presence be known. He knocked softly on her door, and she immediately spun around and gasped, her hand immediately grabbing her chest as she breathed deeply and laughed.

"Oh my, God, Bradin! You scared the shit out of me!"

"I'm sorry," he apologized. "I thought you saw me standing here for the past five minutes."

"Why didn't you knock earlier?"

"I got distracted," he smiled. Ashley grinned and pulled down her shorts a little bit. Bradin walked into the room and immediately felt 10 degrees hotter. "Is it just me or is it like 100 degrees in this room?"

Ashley sighed, "It's not just you. My roommate, the genius she is, kept the windows, door, and air fan off the whole day. She said she didn't want to waste energy for something so mundane as cooler air."

"She's obviously off her rocker," Bradin commented as he took off his hoodie.

Ashley's eyes traveled quickly to the site of Bradin's bare chest as his shirt got tangled in his hoodie, but then averted to his eyes when he looked at her. "That's what I said, about 15 minutes before you came. She got mad and left, something about staying the night in her friend's dorm. So I've been forced to leave my door open, as well as all the windows." Ashley gestured around her with her hand holding the book. Bradin looked around and saw that her dorm even had a little bathroom off to the right.

"Man, you really scored on the dorm," he smiled, walking over to check out her bathroom which consisted of everything but the shower.

"Yeah, I guess I did. I just burned on the roommate situation." Ashley and Bradin stood silently for a moment, but then Ashley broke the awkward tension by saying, "What's in the bag?"

"Oh," Bradin walked over to the paper bag he had put on her roommate's bed. "Well, I brought along all the necessities for a cram session as is tonight." One by one, be pulled out the supplies and placed them on the bed. "A calculator, extra pencils, erasers, notebook paper, a spare hoodie for me in case it gets cold."

Ashley smiled and took the hoodie from him. "Kansas State University?"

"Yeah. It was my dad's. I was supposed to go there, but then all that shit happened and … I just like to keep a little something of my parents around me all the time," Bradin sat on the bed and looked down at his folded hands.

Ashley sympathized with him. Losing her brother had been hell, but she couldn't imagine losing both her parents. "Well, at least the memories I chose to remember." She decided to change the mood, so she put the hoodie to herself and measured how much bigger it was on her in her mirror. "Wow, this thing's huge," she said.

Bradin looked up and smiled at her reflection. "Yeah, but I bet you look really cute in it."

Ashley smiled, "I bet you look even better in it." She went over to jokingly pull it over his head, but noticed that something fell out of the pocket and landed on the rug. She bent over and saw a condom. Picking it up, she looked at Bradin and asked, "What's this?"

Bradin went into panic mode (apparently he did have more than two modes on Ashley) and stood up. "I'm sorry," he immediately said. "I'm an idiot. I go too fast when it comes to these things."

"Bradin, relax," Ashley said with a hint of a smile.

But he didn't notice the kidding in her voice and went on, "No, no. I really am sorry. I knew that you just wanted to focus on your studies tonight, but I still brought that because I don't know, maybe-"

"Oh my, God, Bradin! Relax!" She grabbed him by both shoulder to get him to be quiet.

"What?" he said, confused.

"I think it's really sweet that you would never do anything when you think I'm not ready. Most guys your age wouldn't even consider my feelings. But, why do you think I invited you over here anyway? And wore this?" she gestured to her clothing. "The only thing I'm worried about is that one won't be enough." Bradin stood still in amazement as Ashley walked over to her roommate's bed side table and produced a whole box of condoms out of the top drawer. "That's better."

"But … I thought you had to study-"

"I did study. Up until the moment you knocked ever so subtly on my door. I think I know my proportions and long division backwards and forwards." She moved closer to him and said, "I hope you don't think I'm a slut or something for doing this."

Bradin immediately shook his head, "No, no. I would never-"

"Good. You know, I didn't plan for this to happen originally. But all week I've had these urges whenever I saw you to just … I don't know, jump your bones or something," she laughed. "And I can't fight them anymore. Sometimes you just have to give in, you know?" She backed Bradin up against the wall.

"Oh yeah," he said. Then he cleared his throat and said, "Now there're just two things left to do." He pulled away from her to close her door and push all her books, papers, and pencils off her bed.

(A/N: This section of the chapter may be too mature for younger readers. So I would advise you not to read ahead if you're sitting by a parent or older person - I'm thinking of you here!)

Ashley laughed as she walked to him. "You know, I'm too wet right now, I don't even care that you just messed up all my work."

"You didn't want us sleeping on your roommate's bed, did you?" he asked as they began to decent to her bed.

Ashley groaned into her kiss and shook her head when they separated and she sat on his chest. She lifted his shirt and started kissing his chest underneath, starting as far north as she could go, then working her way south. Bradin couldn't help but groan a little in pleasure. "Callie sure as hell never did this," he thought with a lazy smile on his face. When Ashley got tired of that, she helped him lift his shirt off before kissing him again.

He turned over so he was on top and kissed her neck all the way down to in between her breasts. Ashley sighed and bit her lip as he removed her tank top and smiled at the sight of her pale pink bra. He started kissing down to her stomach and then looked back up at her for a second of hesitation. But the look in her eyes told him to keep going, so he kissed below her pelvic bone, sending shivers up her spine. Bradin removed her shorts and then Ashley started playing with his belt while they made out, so he let her remove that too.

Soon they were left in nothing and exploring each other's bodies in ways that they both never explored before. Hands and legs were everywhere on that single bed, and soon they were beneath the covers. It didn't take Bradin too long to get hard, since he had been fighting that notion the past few times he's seen her. She slipped on the condom and before long Ashley started breathing heavier and grabbed onto the covers as he went inside her.

The two of them breathed together and moaned, groaned together as the hours swept by and they stayed wide awake, enjoying every moment and touch.

Sorry if it is too long, I just had to put that end part in there. Song of the title is obviously "Blow Your Mind" by Jesse McCartney. Doesn't take a genius to realize why I put that song in here ...