A week later, I was once more lounging on the beach. I glanced around and saw the Bradin was sitting nearby and that he was staring at me. When he realized that I was looking his way he didn't look away; he looked as if he was going to say something to me. Before he could do anything good ol' Sara showed up and threw herself on top of him and planted a solid kiss on his lips. I looked away disgusted and shifted further down the beach. I'm so glad his immaturity got him the girl…
I didn't have time to worry about Bradin anymore, anyways. School would be starting frighteningly soon and I had to prepare. I was a little panicked about starting high school, especially in a new town in a new school with new people. Call me a nerd, but I didn't want to go into school in September having no memory of what I had learned in June, so I reviewed my notes. Perfect square I may be, but I was going to be prepared if it killed me.
The next few days were spent doing just that and it was going fine until Bradin ran into me again. I had a few notebooks laid out in front of me and I was flipping through a novel at the moment when a pesky voice interrupted me.
"Can we talk?" Bradin asked, appearing beside me.
"Busy." I answered without looking up.
"Okay, I've been trying to give you some space but I really do not like the thought of you hating me," he offered.
"Awww. Poor baby," I said sarcastically, still not facing him.
"Jessica, I'm really sorry. I've been a pig and I know that." Bradin continued.
"Look, what you did hurt me. And I'm quite happy pretending you don't exist." I told him, glancing at him before turning back to the novel.
Bradin placed his fingers on my chin and gently lifted my face so that we were eye to eye. "I feel incredibly awful about hurting you. I value your friendship, I truly do. I know we haven't gotten off to a great start but I don't want to lose you. Please, let me make it up to you." His eyes were filled with such sincerity that I felt my Bradin Bites Ass attitude start to fade ever so slightly…
"There you are, Bradin!" Sara's bright voice interrupted. "Can I talk to you?"
Bradin didn't look as ecstatic to see her as she did to see him. He turned to me and said, "Think about it, okay? I'll see you later." Bah to him. Bah with a hint of fuznuck and a dash of PFFFFHT.
A/N: I know, it's short, sorry. But tomorrow I have pretty much all day to write so in 24 hrs, I'll have a longer chapter posted. But I'm going to update my other stories so this one may be left for a short while. Again, thankies to the people who reviewed!
