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Sorry this is like A YEAR late. I totally forgot about this story and then I kept recently getting emails of reviews and then I remembered! It's you guys who kept me going. Enjoy this chapter :)
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I was in my room when I got a knock at the door. It's breathing was loud. It's footsteps were impatient. It's voice was annoying and high-pitched with a best friend called Miss Penelope. It could only be one person.
Brianna.
"WHAT DO YOU WANT BRIANNA?" I called as I flipped another page of my old diary, reminiscing in the life problems of my middle school days. The door flung open, and Brianna, who was now 8, had a surprised expression on her face. "How did you know it was me?" she asked. "I don't know, lucky guess?" I said for her benefit.
"Whatever, Nikki. But your super weird mind guessing power isn't going to matter after you hear this," Brianna said, whipping out a card covered in gold lace. She opened it up and read: "Dear Nikki. I luvvvv u soooo mich. Lettuce get mirried. Luts of luv, Branden." I raised my eyebrow, "That's not what it says," I said, "Give me that."
It was in fact, a card from Brandon to me. Though, of course he wasn't asking to me to marry him with a pun in the same sentence. Instead, it said:
Nikki, I think it would be fun for us to go out together today. You can bring your adorable little sister too, she cracks me up. Meet me today at Queasy Cheesy, her favorite place at 1:30 PM today.
Sorry I couldn't text you, I broke my phone, long story. I'm going to get a new one today, I just didn't want to send you this invite last minute in case you might not get it.
I probably have a new phone by the time your reading this, with the same number, so call me or text me if you can't make it.
I'll see you there, hopefully.
- B
"It doesn't say that all, Brianna," I said. "But it is still a REAL LETTER. So please DO NOT invade my personal business," I said. "What makes you think I'm going to do that?" she asked me in her snotty little way. "Because you want to come with Brandon and I to Queasy Cheesy today to hang out. And I won't take you if your rude and you invade my personal business."
"What?" she asked. She grabbed my card, "IT SAYS MY NAME!" she yelled, her eyes roaming over it. "It takes me SO LONG to read it. I HATE READING. Read it to me, Nikki, or I won't come."
"What makes you think I want you to come?" I asked her, mocking her earlier tone. "Because Brandon probably wants me to come, doesn't he?" she said. I glared at that evil, manipulative little girl I called my sister. But I sort of admired how she turned that around on me.
"Fine. I'm only reading the first part, okay? And that's the part about you, so just be happy with it. It says 'Nikki, I think it would be fun for us to go out together today. You can bring your adorable little sister too, she cracks me up. Meet me today at Queasy Cheesy, her favorite place at 1:30 PM today.' "
"What does 'she cracks me up' mean?" she asked. She sort of sounded like me. If I was in middle school, I would be trying to figure out if 'she cracks me up' means that I'm funny, or if I'm just some sort of big joke. But Brianna's small, and she probably doesn't know what the phrase means in the first place. "It means, he thinks your funny," I said.
"Oh," she said, considering it. "I guess I am a funny person. I don't blame him for liking me."
I rolled my eyes. For such a small person, she sure had a big ego.
Later that day, when we arrived at Queasy Cheesy, I found out that I had no trouble in trying to figure out where Brandon was, because his total hotness just stood out. I'd have to shoo away flirty girls while just hanging out with him, anywhere. I also realized he had a young boy about Brianna's age sitting in the chair next to him.
"Hi, Brandon," I said as I came over. He got out of his chair to hug me. "Hey, glad you could make it," he said. I leaned in to kiss his cheek, but stopped myself midway and blushed at my mistake.
He grinned at me in a way that made me want to slap him and kiss him at the same time. Trying to avoid what just happened, I pointed out the little guy next to him. "Who's that?" I asked.
"Oh, right. That's actually a third cousin, once removed. I have to look after him today for his parents, because they're in town and they have a friend's wedding to attend to. I wanted to hang out with you, and I thought Brianna could come too, so he has some company," he explained. Then he leaned in and whispered in my ear, "And I wanted some alone time with you."
Butterflies lifted in my heart as he said that. He stepped aside from me and smiled at Brianna, "Hi, Brianna. I'm so happy to see you here! I want to introduce you to someone," he said, and the little boy got up from his chair to face Brianna.
"Brianna, this is Mark. Mark, this is Brianna. I thought you two would make good friends, and Brianna, you could keep Mark company today," he said. Brianna looked Mark up and down, smirked, and looked up at Brandon. "Me? Hang out with him? Brandon, you crack me up," she said.
I slapped my hand to my forehead and groaned. "Brianna, be nice. Just hang out for an hour and we'll go home, okay?" I said. She pouted, "Fine. But you better me worth my time...Mark." I then convinced Brianna to take Mark to the mall playground and come back in 20 minutes, after putting up with a lot of tantrums.
"She's really something, isn't she?" said Brandon, laughing as we sat down to order. "That she is," I said, feeling annoyed at Brianna.
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Okay so that entire chapter was technically dedicated to Brianna. It's just that she's one of my favorite characters, with her sass, ego and humor and I can't believe I missed her for 8 chapters of this series.
There will definitely be more Nikki and Brandon in pt 2 :)
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