Hello, sorry for the late update, I was busy with homework and my other story. Anyway, here is the next ch.
I woke up from a sound. An alarm? No, it was an alarm clock. It was time for me to wake up, eat my breakfast, dress up and leave for school. Wait, that alarm wasn't mine. I was sure of it.
I opened my eyes slowly. I was...on the floor. Oh yeah. I slept here tonight with Brandon. Yeah. Brandon….
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OH MY FUCKING GOD, I SLEPT WITH MY SUPER OMG SECRET CRUSH!
Now that I was awake, I realized what I did last night. I looked at my phone nearby, I had put an alarm at 7.00 o'clock. Then I looked around, and saw Brandon sleeping quiet like a sweet puppy.
He was shirtless, but he was covering himself with his shirt like a blanket. The poor guy, he must be so cold! I decided to wake him up.
"Brandon. Hey Brandon." I said, pushing him a little. Brandon woke up.
"Mmm? Nikki? Yawwwn...What time is it?" he asked.
"Time to get up for school." I joked.
"Mmm..I don't want to..." he murmured.
"Sorry, but you have to." I said.
"Alright… he said and got up. He put his shirt on and smiled at me.
"Eh hmm, about yesterday here...I want you to know that I was sorry. If, you didn't want to do it. You know."
"What, no Brandon, I didn't have problem at all! It...it was...fun, actually." I said trying not to explode from inside.
"Really? Well, you could say so." he smiled. After some hour we got out from the janitor's closet and were ready for the students to come. We talked a little, we laughed.
When the lessons started, I couldn't stop myself from focusing on my next move. I had to talk to Mr. Winston.
At the lunch break I decided to go to his office. I was pretty nervous, I had never talked face-to-face with the principal before. I wondered what his reaction would be. When I got outside his door, I took all the courage I needed and knocked.
"Come in." a voice said from inside. I opened the door and saw Mr. Winston sitting in front of his desk.
"Mr. Winston? Do you have a moment?" I asked.
"Well, I am pretty busy, but I can develop five minutes. You are..."
"Nikki Maxwell. Yes, well, um...I-I wanted to talk to you about Brandon..." I said, picking the words right.
"Brandon? Oh, you mean the photographer! What's about him?" he asked.
"I know what he is doing! After school, every day! Mr. Winston-"
"How do you know? He told you?" he asked me, and I swore that he glared at me!
"Well..um, I just found out, and after asking him, he told me too! That's not the point, I want to ask you why he does all this? Why you can't skip his fee issue?" I asked.
"I see..so you are the girl Brandon mentioned." he smiled.
"Yes. I- I am. Mr. principal, I want to save my friend. I feel terrible about this, I feel that is all my fault! What should I do to help him?"
"First of all, if you think I am the bad guy in here, you are wrong. I just told Brandon that he can't stay here any longer, and the best choice was to go at a public school. He didn't want to listen. He said he wanted to stay here. So, I told him a way to pay his fees without money. He accepted it, I didn't forced him to do it."
"I...understand." I said. In conclusion, it wasn't principal Winston's fault.
"So, what can I do?"
"I order to pay his fees? I don't see any way..." he said. I lowered my head. So there was no way out at all?
"But.."
I TAKE THAT BACK!
"Yes?!" I asked a bit, no, very hopefully.
"There is an upcoming drawing event at school. Like the last one. The winner is scholarship for the whole time the child is at school. That means if you win the contest, Brandon can stay here for the rest of his studies." he said.
I felt like I was having the train syndrome. This was exactly what I was hoping for! Now, I can finally save Brandon from his cruel fate! YAYYYYYYY!
"But. You of course have one chance and you can only submit one painting. What I want to say is, that if you fail in the contest or you come second...Brandon won't be saved." the principal said. Those last words of him dragged me back to reality.
I had only one chance. If I succeed, Brandon would be free and happy again. If I failed...then I couldn't forgive myself. Then the bell rang.
"Thanks mr. Winston. I..should be going now...I have class." I said and exited his office.
"Okay Nikki, you have one job to do, and luckily for you, it's a drawing contest. You have to put your soul into it, for Brandon!" I thought and walked down to the halls like nothing happened at all during the lunch break.
Then i bumped up on Chloey and Zoey.
"Nikki! Where the hell have you been? We were looking everywhere for you!" Zoey said.
"Yes! What's going on with you? You seem upset about something." Chloey said.
"Look, it's nothing really, i am just stressed with my homework. Nothing serious!" I lied.
"You can may fool Zoey but not me, mrs. Liar! Tell us the truth right now."
"But-"
"Now!" Chloey said with her half serious- half sarcastic face.
"Fine..." I sighed. "But not now. Meet me at the janitor's closet at the break, alright? I promise I will tell the truth."
"Hmmm fine. Oh, and don't miss the part with Brandon! I know you two have something hidden!" Chloey said walked with Zoey to their class.
"Yeah, sure.." I said. Like everything haven't got to do with Brandon.
Hey, um, sorry if this chapter was small. And sorry for updating it after a long time. But now I am in the middle of tests at school, I have four hours a day tutorial and a bunch of homework. So...yeah. The next chapter will be updated late too, like in Christmas vacation. Thanks for your patience though!