Okay well if you don't like this story so far I'm sorry! It is about to get VERY messed up indeed and I am not sure if I should do it for I could get flamed. Shrugs. I openly accept them as 'helpful criticism' so please flame if you need to!

Also this is Brand's chappy so I can introduce one more character.

This story also has a messed twist so BEWARE!

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Chapter 5

Brand's Side of Life

Grunting Brand lifted his weights thinking once again about Andy. There was nothing else on his mind it was all her. How he wished he had some other obsession, but no it was still her. He pushed the weights up to hard and the barbell flew off and hit the ground with a crunch.

Mikey hearing the bang ran over and looked at the hole Brand had made.

"Damn Brand. You're a little too strong of your own good."

"Shut up you adopted wuss!" Brand yelled as he got up and slammed Mikey to the ground.

"I'm no adopted wuss!" Mikey yelled rubbing his backside.

At the bottom of the stairs Brand swung around the banister and made his way outside. After the flattest thing in the world incident with Mouth he had gotten Mouth to buy him new tires. Getting on his bike he started riding to nowhere in particular. He was a senior the big man on campus and yet he didn't feel the part. As he was turning the corner he didn't notice a girl skate boarding around it as well. At the same time coming around Brand's wheel slammed into the front of her board she was flown into a bush while Brand slammed into a post. He looked at his bike in dismay as he got up off the ground. It was destroyed the wheels were both bent and the chain was almost in two.

As he turned he saw what he had run into it was a skateboard that had its wheels destroyed and like Brand's chain it was almost in half. He looked around for the person that was on the skateboard. He didn't have to look long because he saw someone climbing out of a tangle of bushes. He was expecting to see one of Troy's jock friends, but instead he was standing face to face with a tan girl around 5'7". Brand stared 'A girl skate boarding?' he thought. 'That is something new.'

"Hey." She said brightly trying to untangle a large piece of the bush out of her brown hair. It was dull brown though it was a light caramel rich brown that had natural blond high lights that framed her face nicely.

"Hi."

"Sorry about that."

"Hey its my fault."

"No its mine."

"Do you want to come to my house? Its only a few houses down."

"Okay." Brand agreed eyeing a rather large scratch on his arm and he felt a bruise forming where he had hit his head. They walked slowly avoiding each others eyes and trying not to be the first one to talk.

"Well here we are." She said raising an arm to a small house.

"Wait." Brand said quickly. The girl stopped and turned.

"Yea?"

"What is your name?" She laughed and Brand smiled wincing at the pain apparently he had a cut on his lip too.

"My name is Sidney, but everyone back home calls me Skeds. Who are you?"

"Brand."

"What grade are you in Brand?"

"Twelfth. You?"

"Twelfth."

"Really how come I haven't seen you?"

"Well I am new and I don't really have any friends."

"Have you met anyone?"

"Yea a two girls Andy and Stef they are nice." Brand cringed.

"All right lets get inside before anyone sees us." Brand nodded and followed her up the steps. Right when they stepped inside he heard some girl jabbering away on the phone.

"Aw come on Patience I don't talk that much! Oh all right I talk a little too much." She paused for a minute. "Any crushes? Hmmm well there is a kid named…" She paused when she noticed Skeds.

"Hold on." She whispered into the phone. "What do you want Syd?"

"Nothing I was just…"

"Who is that?" She said motioning to Brand with her thumb "And what happened to you guys did you fall off a cliff?" She said apparently trying to be funny.

"This is Brand. And I crashed into him while skating."

"Ah ok suuuurrrreee." She drew out the sure to get her point across that she didn't believe them.

"Who are you?" Brand asked.

"She is my sister Cathlynn, but call her that and you die." She whispered.

"I heard that! You can call me Lynn."

"Okay thanks for that I wouldn't want to be killed by a 10 year old." Apparently this was the wrong thing to say because her eyes turned stone cold from their sky blue warmth.

"Ten." She growled. "Ten, you call me ten again and see what happens." And with that she walked back over to the phone to continue conversing with her friend.

"Brand come with me." Skeds said leading him upstairs. As they did so Brand faintly heard.

"Yea they are LOVE birds. They are going upstairs!"

In the bathroom Brand looked at himself he had a small cut on his lip and a slight gash on his chin and as he suspected a lump was forming on his forehead.

"So where are you from?" Brand asked her.

"San Diego, California." She said sighing. "I miss it so much."

"Why did you move to Astoria if you lived in California?"

"My Dad and Mom wanted to get away from it all whatever that means."

"Hmmm" Brand was off in his own world while she helped him clean his cuts.

"Well I've got to go."

"Ok by Brand."

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Brand walked into his room in a daze.

"Whoa what happened to your face!" Mikey exclaimed.

"I ran into someone."

"Who?"

"A girl by the name of Sidney 'Skeds' Robins she has an annoying little sister."

"ROBINS?"

"Yea I think her sister is called Lynn."

Well hoped you liked it WOW it is kind of long w00t

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