By: Fox Almasy
Ch. 3
Fox: Oh man everyone I am so sorry for such a long wait, but we just got our PC hooked back up after moving so that's why I'm so late in posting this.
Kojisa: yeah Fox is very sorry, but we are not going to waist any more of your time so here's the story. Oh and Fox owns nothing.
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The T.V moved in and out of focus as Brad attempted to fight off the sleep that threatened to over come him. He blinked his eyes rapidly and stifled a yawn as he pushed himself up on his elbows. He peered over at Jack as he sat on his own bed obviously laughing at Brad.
"What do you find so humorous?"
"What's the matter buddy? You never go to sleep before 10:00."
"Yeah well you try following a woman around when she has her mind set on getting something. We went to eleven different stores so that she could get a CD, and after that we went to more stores. So just shut up."
"Yeah so how's it going with Naomi?"
"Well I haven't won yet, but don't worry you'll be paying up soon."
"Yeah well I wouldn't be saying anything just yet." Brad laid back on his pillow, deciding that fighting sleep was futile. Jack glanced at Brad and grinned. "I'll probably be gone when you wake up. I've got some business to take care of so you'll be fending for yourself if you want breakfast."
"Sure no problem."
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Brad clenched the pillow tighter to him as he continued to sleep. The room was almost pitch black thanks to the heavy curtains that had been placed in the window and Brad really had no idea what time it was. His eyes snapped open suddenly as a knock on the door filled the room. He groaned and pushed himself up as he mumbled.
"Jack probably forgot his keys again." He was only dressed in his boxers, which was what he usually wore to bed. He grabbed the door handle and opened the door. "Listen Jack the next time you forget your keys I'm just gonna-" he stopped suddenly with his mouth gaping open. "Naomi! What . . . uh are you doing here?"
"I looked you up in the student phone book I hope you don't mind…"
"Mind? No not at all."
"Do you mind if I come in?" Brad glanced quickly over his shoulder at the mess of clothes and cans that littered their dorm room.
"Sure, but can you give me a few seconds?"
"Sure." Brad shut the door and looked around the room for the laundry bags. He kicked a few clothes around until he found them shoved away in a corner of Jack's part of the room. He flung them open and began shoving the clothes into it. The bag filled quickly and Brad managed to shove it into Jack's closet.
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Naomi stood outside Brad's dorm room as the sound of cans being moved around could be heard from inside the room.
"Listen Brad if this is a bad time I could come back later."
"No not at all I'm almost finished." Came his muffled reply as the door opened and he stood there now wearing a pare of pants. "Come in." he held the door open and waited till she walked in. Naomi looked about the room from the two beds on either side of the room to the small kitchenette at the back.
"It's not much but you get use to it."
"I like it."
"You're just saying that right? I mean compared to where you're probably staying."
"Sure it's a lot smaller, but it feels very homely. Do you mind if I sit?" she questioned motioning to his bed.
"No go ahead. You want something to drink?"
"Sure what do you have?" Brad shuffled into the kitchenette and pulled open the fridge. All that stared back at him was a half-empty pizza box and 3 remaining beer from a 12 pack.
"Uh . . . well there's water and . . . coffee. Unless you want a beer." She smiled and leaned back slightly on her arms.
"Coffee will be fine thanks." Brad nodded and moved away from the fridge and grabbed the heated coffeepot from the counter. He opened the dishwasher hoping that Jack had started its cycle. He sighed in relief as he pulled out a freshly washed coffee cup and poured the coffee into it.
"How do you like your coffee?"
"Little bit of cream and little bit of sugar." Brad opened a cabinet and moved some things around searching frantically for sugar. He never really like sugar or cream in his coffee, but sometimes Jack did. He finally found it and took the coffee cream from the fridge. As soon as the coffee was finished he took Naomi her cup and sat down beside her.
"So what brings you here?" Naomi took a sip from her cup then brought it away from her lips.
"My friends are going out of town today and I was just wondering if you'd like to keep me company for the day . . . unless of course you've already got plans." Brad searched quickly through his mind trying to remember if Jack had anything planned for them.
"No I'm open all day."
"Really so you wouldn't mind spending it with me?"
"No not at all. So where we gonna go?" she took another drink of coffee then rested the cup on her lap.
"Well yesterday we did what I wanted to, so why not do something you want." They were silent. Only the sound of sipping coffee filled the small dorm room.
"I don't know . . . do you know New York pretty well?"
"Sure do."
"Well I don't so why don't you show me around and we'll decide what to do on the way." Naomi smiled and finished the rest of her coffee. She stood up and took Brad's and her cup to the kitchen then walked back to his bed.
"Alright lets go!"
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Brad listened to Naomi as she talked about her home in southern California between licks of her ice cream. He looked around at the people they passed as they continued down the crowded streets.
"We also have a vacation home in Hawaii with a private beach. It's really pretty and I think that's where we're going for Thanksgiving as soon as I get back." she looked at him and smiled slightly. "Sorry I don't mean to talk so much. You're probably regretting spending the day with me."
"No not at all." Brad grabbed her arms suddenly and pulled her into the nearest store.
"What's the matter."
"Uh nothing." Brad glanced around to see what kind of store he had dragged her into and sighed when he saw it was a movie store. "I just wanted to look at some movies." He glanced out the store window just as Fuma and her band members went walking by. He sighed in relief then followed after Naomi as she walked through the aisles of DVDs and videos.
"Hey what do you say we go back to my place and watch a movie?" suggested Naomi as she went thumbing through a batch of DVDs.
"Fine with me."
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Naomi led the way back to her apartment as they talked about school and other numerous topics. Naomi stopped suddenly and reached into her pocket as she turned to the water fountain they had come upon.
"What are you doing?" questioned Brad as she found a penny and held it up.
"Making a wish." She tossed the penny into the water and turned to Brad and smiled. "Haven't you ever done that before?"
"No. Never."
"Oh."
"Hey Watch IT!" Naomi moved out of the way as a bicyclist rushed passed them Brad stepped back and found himself falling into the water. He pushed himself up and spit out the water that had managed to get into his mouth. He looked over at Naomi only to see her trying to stifle her laughter.
"Was this your wish." She shook her head as she covered her mouth, which did little to hide her shaking shoulders. "Do you mind helping me?" she reached over and pulled him out of the water and watched as he wrung his clothing out.
"Well come on you can take a shower at my place, and then we'll watch the movies."
"Alright."
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Brad draped the towel over his shoulders as he walked into the living room in his freshly washed clothes. He sat down on the couch and leaned his head back against the couch.
"Good you're out." he opened his eyes and peered at Naomi as she sat beside him wearing a tank top and pajama bottoms and holding a bowl of pop corn.
"Yeah. What movies did you get?"
"The Forgotten and With out a Paddle. I've heard it's pretty funny." Brad nodded and watched as she made her way to sit beside him. He found himself staring at her as she fumbled with the DVD case to open it. "I kind of want to watch The Forgotten first if you don't mind." She questioned as she popped the CD out of the case. She looked up at him, flipping her hair out of her face as she waited for him to reply.
"No that's fine. So if we don't have time to watch the other one tonight I just might have to come over again."
"I guess you will." She stood up and quickly put the CD into the player then sat back down and reached over to grab a hand full of popcorn.
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Brad new every time Naomi got nervous during the movie. Whenever it felt like something bad was going to happen Naomi's hold on his arm would tightened and she'd press herself even closer to him. At some time during the movie she had scooted closer till she was right next to him. He let himself look down at her as she stared at the screen. He looked back to the movie as the detective tried to convince Telly that she believed her. The detective was suddenly thrown into the sky and while that happened Naomi jumped and squeezed his arm again.
"Holy shit! I wasn't expecting that."
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Brad looked at the clock as the movie ended and sighed. It was already 8:00 and he knew Jack had something important to tell him about. He stood and looked down at Naomi as she stood up also.
"Do you have to go?"
"Yeah my roommate got something I gotta do."
"Oh alright." They walked toward the door and Naomi leaned against the frame. She smiled as Brad turned to her with his hands in his pockets. She found herself to be very attracted to his eyes. She also found herself drawn to him. He was so much different from the other guys. Most guys who had money thought they were better than everyone and deserved better. And yet here he was with his long hair and tiny Dorm room and it didn't phase him at all.
"I like you Brad."
"And why is that?"
"You're different you don't meet too many like you."
"I'll take that as a compliment." She found herself glued to the spot as he leaned forward. She watched him and found herself wanting to kiss him also. Just as she was about to touch his lips she heard a call from around the corner of the hall and turned her head as he quickly stepped back.
Brad sighed as Naomi's friends came around the corner. Naomi glanced at him apologetically and walked toward them.
"Hey guy's you're back early." Kris glanced behind Naomi and raised her brow.
"What is he doing here?" she questioned accusingly.
"Guys he was just keeping me company."
"Mmhmm and what else?" Brad walked toward them with his hands once again thrusted into his pockets.
"I'm gonna go now." Kris quickly put a hand on his chest to stop him.
"Hold on we haven't been fully introduced yet. I'm Kris, that's my sister Kelly, and that's Leena and you are?"
"Brad."
"Well Brad where you from? What are your intentions?" Naomi stepped in between them and glared.
"Guys what's with the 20 questions? Just let him go." She led him down the hall away from her accusing friends. "I'm sorry about that. I'll make sure they behave next time."
"Don't worry about it. I'd do the same thing."
"Really?"
"No not really." She smiled and nudged him lightly.
"Alright I'll see you later."
"K." Naomi watched him disappear into the elevator before leaning against the wall and smiling. She could hear her friends muffled voices as they conversed in the hall. She rubbed her temples dreading what she knew her friends were going to ask. She pushed away from the wall and made her way back to the pent house.
"Naomi what was he doing here?" she hadn't even reached them and they were already bombarding her with questions.
"He was keeping me company."
"Oh come on! Look how you're dressed." She looked down at her clothes and frowned.
"What it's night time?"
"Naomi! You can just stand there and tell us nothing happened. What about John?"
"Look nothing happened! Nothing was going to happen! We are friends!"
"Do you even know this guys?" Naomi threw her hands up in the air and stormed into the apartment. "Naomi!"
"Would you all just knock it off. OK!" she slammed her door shut and walked out onto her balcony.
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Jack looked up from his magazine as the door opened and Brad walked in. he collapsed onto his bed and stared across the room.
"Finally you get back! Where've you been?"
"I was with Naomi." Jack nodded and looked back down at his magazine. "So what did you need to tell me about?"
"You know that new night club Bit took us to the other day?" Brad nodded as he began taking off his shoes and shirt. "Well they hired us to play for them tomorrow night."
"Serious how much we getting paid?"
"Well since we're just starting out they offered 5,000. It's not as much as other bands get paid, but it works."
"Hey I've got no problem with that."
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Fox: Well so sorry for such a long wait, things are crazy right now. With sports and school. Not sure when the next update will be but I'll try to get it up soon
Kojisa: Yeah and I'll try to help!
Fox: for a muse you're not doing a very good job. Slacker.
Kojisa: I know. But anyway thanks much to
Alex Schira- sorry 4 not having any giant robots, but I'm sure there are plenty of good stories with giant robots, but I'm glad you like it
An1m3cH1Ck411- thanx for the review and Brad's gonna have his hands full already so I don't think the new lead singer needs to be adding to the growing list of problems lol.
BlackHole CO – so glad u like it!
SecretpersonShadowLiger- Brad just keeps causing more trouble for himself lol. Oh and I found out the Fuma team's names I just don't know how to spell them, but it's something like Koga Negora and Iaga.
Fox: well there you go and dont forget to review and try to ignore any mistakes -Ciao OH Yeah and happy Singles Awareness Day!