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Um… Hey the third chapter is up. Thank you for the reviews and you know who you are! I appreciate the reinforcement. It keeps me going. So here it is and enjoy!

Chapter 4-The past

Brianna opened her eyes and stared at Bradin trying to search his eyes, hoping to find what he was thinking. Bradin licked his lips, looking back at the girl. I guess she felt the same way… Wait! I know where I've seen her before now!

"You?" Bradin asked, almost positive. "You were the girl… Nicole?" Bradin knew now, that she was the girl that broke his heart before he was 7 years old.

"What? Nobody has called me that in… maybe 10 years. This doesn't make sense, how did you know that?" Brianna was puzzled. She never told anyone that name except for one person. "The only time anyone called me that was when I went to visit my grandmother in… Kansas. Bradin? What's your middle name?"

"Boyd. And your middle name is Nicole. I knew it!! You came to Kansas for a week to see your grandma and guess who you met when you came there." Bradin was so glad he figured it out. "Me," he smiled. All this time he wondered how he knew her. When she kissed him something clicked inside of him that put a jolt through his body. Just like when he had his first kiss, with Nicole.

Bradin flashed back to when he was seven, telling some of the story to himself.

Bradin's POV

When I was seven, I met her when she came to visit with her grandmother, which lived next to my family. I was so happy I found someone that I could talk to so freely. She said when she met me that before we said what our names where that we could only share our real names if and when we knew each other for a long time. So she told me to call her Nicole, which was her middle name. (She was way to smart for me.) So I told her to call me Boyd. One day when we were playing in the backyard she asked me a question. '

'Bradin did you ever have a girlfriend?' she giggled when she said it for some reason. I remember I had the most shocked face on that made her laugh even more.

'No, why?' I was a little nervous but kept calm.

'Do you want one? Cause I want to be your girlfriend.' she said then came up to me and kissed me, a real quick kiss. 'So, do you?' She smiled and hugged me. She felt so warm.

'Yeah!' I said. I hugged her back and played with her for the rest of the day until it got dark.

Bradin snapped out of his daydream and looked back at Brianna. Brianna smirked and gave him a tight hug. "I can't believe it! You were my first boyfriend? All these years and we finally meet here of all places! Oh my god I was thinking about why I could figure you out so easily. Because I already knew you." Brianna wondered in amazement, not believing what was happening.

Brianna flashed back to when she was seven, telling some of the story to herself now.

Brianna's POV

It was two days before I went back to California. Bradin and I were playing so much we had to take a day away from each other to get a break. I knocked on the door and his mother answered. She signaled for me to come in. I went in his house and sat on the couch. His mother came in and was so nice, as always. She said hi and yelled for Bradin to come down.

He ran at alarming speed down the steps and almost ran into his mom. 'Hi Nicole! Want to go play outside? I got a new toy.' he said. I got up and followed Bradin to the sand-filled yard.

'Boyd, you know I have to get ready to leave tomorrow, right?' My eyes started to water when I said that. I knew I didn't want to leave but what choice did I have?

He bit his lower lip and smiled. 'No you don't, you can stay with me for the summer'

I hated what I had to say next and I really didn't try to sound upbeat but I think I did anyway. 'I want to go back; my mommy and daddy are back there. I miss them Boyd. I'll see you soon ok? Bye Boyd!' I said and ran towards home. That was the last time I saw him until now.

Brianna opened her eyes to see Bradin staring at her with beaming scrutiny. "Guess I wasn't to nice to you that day, huh?" She looked up just in time to see him shrug.

"We were seven. Like we really knew how to feel. Mad, sad, happy, jolly, they're all the same when someone's that age. But yeah you did leave me wondering when I was going to see you again." He kissed her forehead. "That is now the past. You couldn't help it you had to go back anyway. I did miss you though. But I think there was something inside of me that drew me to you. And I think the fact that we knew each other once before is what it was." Bradin grabbed her hand and pulled her into the house and on the couch.

"That' s an interesting theory Bradin. I like it. We were destined to reunite. But that would mean, your mom and dad, those sweet people, are gone now?" Brianna looked as if she were going to cry when Ava walked in the house.

"Hey I'm…back," Ava was puzzled when she came in. "Sorry, um, I'll leave you two to talk or… whatever you were doing," she walked out of the room like she was trying not to wake anyone because it was the middle of the night.

"Well, I guess that's my cue to go. I'll see you later Boyd," She winked at him and started out. She was almost out the door when she felt a warm hand grab her by the shoulder.

"Don't go, I don't want you to go yet," he leaned down, not to far for she wasn't that much shorter than him, and kissed her. But this kiss wasn't like the first one. This one was more intimate.

Brianna pulled away after a minute. "How much does this change us Bradin?" Brianna had a confused look on her face as she removed her hands from his hair.

"What do you mean? It doesn't change anything, I don't think," Bradin wasn't sure what she was talking about so he couldn't exactly answer the way she wanted him to.

"You know what I mean. We were friends, and now… I don't know what we are. I want to make sure I got my point across that when I kissed you I wanted more than a friendship. Is that what you want?"

"Um… I…" he stuttered. He was afraid to lose her friendship but he wanted to be with her. "Yeah, I do. I want the same thing," he said and gave her a hug. "I'll see you tomorrow at school,"

"Oh that's right tomorrow is Monday, Huh?"

"Yeah, so I'll see you tomorrow. Bye Bri," he said and kissed her once more and sent her off.

The bell rang for first period and people scattered to their lockers. Some talked and others listened. Some people went straight to class. Bradin ran to Brianna's locker first thing. She had her head stuffed in her locker. A girl by the name of Shi Ann was comforting her. Evidentially it didn't work. She hit her head against the locker and turned around, rubbing her head, to see Bradin staring at her.

"Oh, hi Boyd. Did you see that?" She let out a nervous laugh. "Wow am I embarrassed," she went over to him and kissed him on the cheek.

Wait? Who's Boyd again? I'm confused. Did I miss something? I thought his name was Bradin? I… oh forget it, I'm always left out!" Shi Ann threw her hands up in the air and leaned up against the locker.

"You are such a drama queen, you know that? Quit making a big deal out of it Shi. I don't have time to explain right now. I have to raid my car to see if my term paper is in there. I'll see you later Shi. And you I will most definitely see later," Brianna said to Bradin. She poked him in the stomach and gave him a quick kiss on the lips. "Bye Boyd."

"Awww! Just like Nick and Jessica. How sweet!" Shi smiled and gave Bradin a light tap on the chest. "You better treat her well, Boyd," giggling, she ran towards room 127 as the bell rang. Bradin let out a puff and shook his head as he headed towards his next class.

A gust of wind hit her as Ava and Simon sat in the sand, looking at the sunset, Ava in Simon's arms. Both of them sighed and she kissed him. Johnny looked up from the newspaper and sighed.

Johnny and Susanna were looking through the newspaper for jobs. They found a couple but Johnny wasn't very sure about them so they kept looking. He kept getting distracted by Ava and Simon so Susanna had to keep hitting him over the head to get his attention.

Nikki and Cameron were in the house watching a movie about a killing spree. It was Cameron's idea. He figured that she would get scared so she would cuddle up against him. His plan was working. She had her head in his chest, peaking out to see more blood and ducked back down. Cameron just smiled. He put his arms around her and laughed to himself. He saw Derrick run past the door.

Derrick was outside chasing Martha with a stick. She squealed as he poked her again. He laughed and ran up to her. She quickly climbed up the tree in their backyard and pulled a stick off a branch that she could reach. She poked him back and soon it turned into a sword fight. Martha's stick flew out of her hand and onto the grill. Jay backed up from the flames, trying to cook burgers on the grill.

"Watch what you're doing please!" Jay yelled back at the two.

"Geese Jay you're not trying to burst into flames are you? Because that's where you're heading," Bradin turned the knob down on the grill and backed up.

"No they threw a stick in the flames," Jay said and pointed at the 9 year olds in disappointment.

Bradin took the end of the stick that wasn't hot and pulled it out of the flames. He threw the item on the ground and kicked sand on it to smolder it. "Is that better?" Bradin laughed and backed away. The stick was just smoking now.

"Where's the girlfriend mate? Wasn't she going to join us tonight?" Jay flipped the burgers onto a plate and hollered for the pack to come get the grub.

"Well, she said she wouldn't be able to make it tonight because she had an essay due," Bradin said and looked down at his feet.

"Whoa, trouble mate? You look like your cat died," Jay almost fell backwards as four kids ambushed him for the food.

"I think I'm beginning to regret saying I wanted to be more than friends with Bri," he said in a mumble.

"Why regrets? Shouldn't you be happy?" Jay said as he gave Bradin a burger.

"I guess, but that's the thing. I'm not happy. I know I should be but lately I had more fun when we were friends. I can't help it but that's how I feel," he sat down on the bench as he said it.

"What are you going to do?" Jay asked and then sat down next to him.

"What I have to do. Tell her." Bradin said and then bit into his burger.

Bradin sat down in the sand thinking of how to tell Brianna that he didn't want more than friendship. He was on the brink of coming up with an idea when Brianna came up to him.

"Hey gorgeous!" she said as she sat down next to him. "What are you thinking about?"

"Um just how to… um… how to surprise you tomorrow with a dinner," Bradin said with disappointment in his voice.

"Well it's a surprise now is it?" She said with a giggle.

"No I guess not," Bradin said. He kissed her for a minute and then pulled away.

"What's wrong?" Bri asked.

"Nothing," Bradin said. "Nothing." he repeated.

"Are you sure because you look distracted. Like you don't know what to do or say. Like your out in space." She said and she looked up at him from the cradle position that they were in.

"I'm fine. I promise," Bradin reassured her. But he wasn't fine and he hated lying to her. But he didn't know how to tell her what needed to be said. He didn't know how long it would be before she found out.

Bradin was listening intently to the lesson in Mr. Morison's Class. He was teaching about love and loss. This made Bradin upset because all he could think about was Brianna. He still hadn't told her what he thought and almost a week had past. As easy as it seemed to anyone else who listened to Bradin's problem, he thought it was strenuous thinking about how to tell her. As he was daydreaming, someone tapped him on the shoulder. He looked up to see that the teacher was talking to him.

"Bradin do you mind telling the class what the answer is?" Mr. Morison asked. He looked down to see Bradin thinking.

"Um… I…don't know the question," he murmured.

"Excuse me Mr. Westerly? I couldn't hear you," Mr. Morison said.

"I said I don't know the question," Bradin repeated.

The teacher sighed and said, "Oh, that's what I thought you said. Please pay more attention next time. I asked what drives us all to love."

"Oh, um I think the reason we try so hard to find someone to be with is because we are all afraid to be lonely. We think if we don't find someone now we will never find love. When the truth is that we have all our lives to find love and sometimes if you rush thinks you regret things that you do sometimes and not all people realize that. But um…that's my analysis. I think that's what drives us, the realization that we could end up lonely," Bradin finished and looked down at his desk. A few girls looked at him and smiled. The teacher clapped.

"What a good analysis. I expect the same enthusiasm in your answer to go on your 5 page essay on this topic that will be due Monday. I hope everyone will have such good papers," Mr. Morison said and smiled an evil smile. A few people made a noise and the others just sighed. No sooner Bradin stopped writing his assignment down the bell gave out an eerie sound signaling that it was time to get out of the classroom. Bradin got up and dragged himself out of the room. A hand grabbed him by the shoulder.

"Hi Bradin," Isabelle said. Bradin just stared in amazement. Isabelle was the prettiest girl in school and hardly looked in a guy's way let alone talked to them. "I heard your speech in class. It was beautiful," she said with a smile.

"Thank you Isabelle," Bradin said nervously.

"Did you really mean it… what you said?" the girl asked curiously.

"I guess so. I mean… it's true. We really don't know what we want. We all just think we do," Bradin said. He felt weak at the knees.

"Wow, you're really sweat. Um I have to go but I'll talk to you later," she said. Then she kissed him. He didn't know what happened but he didn't protest. She let her tongue slide into his mouth. The bell rang after a minute. He pulled away.

"What was that for?" Bradin asked weakly.

"I don't know. For how sweat you are. Um… I have to go to class but, I hope I can see you later," She said as she touched his cheek. He closed his eyes and dreamed a sweet thought.

"How about tonight? At Randy's? I'll pick you up at seven," he said with a smile.

"All right, pick me up here I'll be ready," she said and didn't get to say anything before the principle yelled at them to get the class. Isabelle smiled and walked towards her classroom. Bradin sighed and turned to see a someone staring at him with anger on her face.

Ok here it is. Um I'm sorry the chapters are so short and people are telling me to make it longer but with all the schoolwork that I've been getting, it's really hard so I apologize. I'll try to make them longer. Is this one long enough? I hope so. And I don't really know if that's Bradin's middle name. I made it up. But doesn't it sound great? Bradin Boyd Westerly. Hmmm well let me know what you think. Please R&R, I want at least 4 more before I write the next chapter. I don't even care if you hate the story just tell me. I hope that you don't hate it but don't hesitate to tell me if you do. Give me Constructive criticism, I don't care but once again thank you, everyone, for the reviews. Until next time,

Jesse Lover