Srry I haven't been updating guys! I've been working on the first chapter to "Forgotten Secret" which is the sequal to my story "Cheated". Okay, so remember how I said that nothing exciting really happens in this chapter? Well, screw that sentence! luv me xoxo GossipGal gave me this idea, so check out her review for last chapter if you can't wait to find out what it is :)
Oh yeah, and did I mention that "Brandon's Brothers" will be making an appearance in this chapter? You'll know what I mean when they come... :)
...Brandon (After the Dance)...
Brandon walked through the door to his empty house sighing. He had just gotten back from the dance and in his eyes, that was relief in a bottle. Troy's cousin had almost gotten raped and if it wasn't for him, Isabelle would be in an abusive relationship with Josh. He remembered back to the horrifying moment.
FLASHBACK (30 Minutes)
Brandon was slow dancing with Amy when With You came through the speakers. Even though they said that they were taking a break from each other, they just couldn't resist that song.
"I'm gonna go to the bathroom. Be back in a few minutes, okay?" Brandon told her and she nodded. He walked off to the men's' bathroom and the whole time, he could hear strange sounds coming from the janitor's closet next to the bathrooms. When he finished, he walked outside and was about to walk back to Amy when he heard an ear piercing scream coming from the closet. After that, a smack and three harsh words: "Shut up bitch!!!"
Brandon ran to the closet and, making sure not to make his presence known, opened the door and stepped inside. There, lying on the floor, was Isabelle and Josh. Josh had her pants off and was going for her underwear while he was in nothing but his boxers. Isabelle had tears streaming down her bleeding face and was trying to push Josh off of her neck. She opened her mouth to scream, but Josh just punched her again and kissed her hard on the lips to prevent any sound at all.
When he successfully removed her underwear, he went for his boxers and just as he was about to fully rape the blonde, he felt a hard kick in his side. Screaming, he fell off of Isabelle and grabbed his hip, closing his eyes tightly. Isabelle looked up and all that could be soon was a silhouette. Brandon held out his hands and Isabelle grabbed them quickly, hoisting herself up and not caring that she was half naked. Brandon grabbed her underwear and jeans and handed them to her, which was when she remembered. Turning a deep shade of red, she turned to her savior and quickly got herself dressed again, hearing Brandon repeatedly keep Josh on the floor.
When she gave up looking for her bra, she turned to Brandon and asked "Who are you?"
Brandon shook his head and kicked Josh again, replying "Doesn't matter. Just run directly to Troy and go home as soon as possible! I'll keep Josh distracted. Just go!"
"But-"
"GO ISABELLE!" Brandon shouted, punching and kicking Josh again and again.
Isabelle saw Josh punch Brandon in the stomach so hard, Brandon fell to the floor, letting Josh loose from his grip. Josh lunged at Isabelle and just as he was about to grab her, Brandon took hold of his leg and pulled him back, letting Isabelle go. She let out a blood curdling scream and ran out of the closet, holding up her top that Josh had ripped off her body. She ran through the pack of frozen students and searched for Troy. When she finally found him, she bombed into his arms and felt Gabriella move out of her way.
"What the hell happened to you?!" Troy shouted, holding her tightly.
Isabelle mentally debated weather she should tell him or not. She finally replied "Grey- Greyst- JOSH!!!"
Back in the closet, Brandon and Josh were in a full thrown battle. Brandon was winning, but he still hadn't fully beat Josh. He had a few cuts on his face, but they weren't bad at all. Josh had a huge gash on his chest, leading all the way up to his neck. His nose was bleeding as well as his busted lip. He had received a black eye and had large bruises all over his arms and shoulders. Still, after all of this torture, he refused to back down.
"Give it up Montez!" Josh crooned "I'm gonna bang that bitch eventually!"
Brandon threw another furious punch at Josh's head, screaming "Leave her alone Greystone!"
"Make me!"
Brandon shrugged and kicked Josh in his sensitive area. When Josh doubled over on the floor, Brandon grabbed him by his shirt that he had managed to put on and punched him in his stomach multiple times. When he felt the blonde teen falling limp, Brandon threw him to the floor and with one final blow to the head, knocked him out cold.
"Like I said, don't mess with Isabelle." Brandon mumbled, throwing Josh into the corner, ripping his shirt a little and not noticing the thread getting tangled with his fingers.
As soon as he walked back out to the dance without anyone noticing him, he saw Isabelle getting swooped into Troy's protective arms and being walked out of the building, Troy eyeing him suspiciously the whole time. He didn't care though. All he wanted was for Isabelle to get to safety.
He didn't know why he cared so much. It was probably because he hated seeing any girl getting hurt by Josh. He was the school's biggest playboy and bully who was completely merciless to everyone. He was hated by every boy in the school and half of the girls. The other half just didn't care. And that's what scared Brandon. Those who didn't care weren't careful and ended up getting hurt by Josh. It broke the Montez's heart to see the girls crying on their friends' shoulders after a Josh attack. It all just brought bile to his throat.
END FLASHBACK
Brandon sighed again and flipped back to Isabelle. She had the most petrified look that he had ever seen in her beautiful blue eyes that made Brandon's heart skip a beat. He felt a spark start to burn a fire when he grabbed her hands to pull her to her feet. She also seemed to be his good luck charm since he didn't get beat by Josh. All that mattered was that Isabelle was safe at Troy's house. Josh could never get her there. It was way too crowded with Troy, his parents, Isabelle, Sarah, Olivia, and Gabriella. It was the biggest relief ever to Brandon.
The black haired teen shut the door to his room and remembered how he and Gabriella would go out for pizza and ice cream after a dance in middle school. After that, the two would head back home and watch a funny movie. Gabriella would often fall asleep on Brandon's chest, so he would just let the movie play to the end and tell his mother to turn the movie off when he finally fell asleep as well.
But those days were over. All because of he and what his cousin Kevin would call his "Fists of Fury". Kevin's brother Nick would just make the joke "Don't forget the furious mouth of his!"
Brandon growled in frustration and, flopping onto his bed, groaned "What would Kevin do?"
"Why, I don't know," came a sudden voice within the room. "Why don't you ask him?"
Brandon shot up like a rocket and gasped when out stepped his 20 year old cousin Kevin. Brandon jumped out of the bed and rushed over to his cousin, shouting "Kevin! What's up man?! What are you doing here?"
Kevin hugged Brandon back and replied "Your mom called us up and said that you've been depressed lately."
Brandon, confused, repeated "Us? Who's us?"
Behind Kevin came a mini version of the two boys. Nick greeted "Don't tell me that you forgot about me Montez!"
Brandon laughed and answered "What can I say? You're just not important enough."
Nick rolled his eyes and gave his cousin a hug. Brandon smiled, his crushed spirits finally lifting.
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"So are you and Amy still together?" Nick asked Brandon as they scrolled through Brandon's iTunes library, checking out his music.
Brandon shrugged "I guess we're kinda on a break right now."
Kevin scoffed "For what? The 50th time?"
Brandon corrected "42nd. I've been counting."
Nick rolled his eyes and almost replied, but a song on iTunes caught his eye. "Oh! Just So You Know by Jesse McCartney! I love that song!"
The curly haired 15 year old double clicked on the song and as soon as he did, Brandon's face paled.
I shouldn't love you but I want to
I just can't turn away
I shouldn't see you but I can't move
I can't look away
I shouldn't love you but I want to
I just can't turn away
I shouldn't see you but I can't move
I can't look away
And I don't know how to be fine when I'm not
'Cause I don't know how to make a feeling stop
Just so you know
This feeling's taking control of me
And I can't help it
I won't sit around, I can't let him win now
Thought you should know
I've tried my best to let go of you
But I don't want to
I just gotta say it all
Before I go
Just so you know
"Turn it off! Turn it off!" Brandon pleaded the space bar to stop the song.
Nick complained "Dude! What the hell?!"
Brandon paced back and forth, mumbling to himself angrily.
"Brandon, is there something wrong?" Kevin carefully asked, placing a hand on the confused teen's shoulder. Brandon thought for a while longer before finally speaking "Is it possible to gain feelings for someone that you've only known for a week?"
Kevin shrugged "Maybe. It depends on how much you know her. Who is it?"
Brandon hesitantly sighed "This girl named Isabelle Johnson. I can't talk to her though."
Nick asked "Why? Are you shy? Because you're the last person alive to be called shy. You're still fighting Troy, right?"
Brandon nodded "That's the thing. Isabelle's Troy's cousin. I saved her tonight."
"From what?"
"Rape."
Kevin and Nick's mouths dropped to the ground, their eyes wide. "Who tried to rape her?! Is she hurt?!" Nick exclaimed, not believing his ears.
Brandon shook his head "I don't think so. Josh dragged her into a closet at the dance and right before he did it, I found him and kicked him off of her. When I grabbed Isabelle's hands to pull her up, I don't know. I just felt something there. Like I wanted to get to know her better or something. I feel guilty because I'm dating Amy, but I still just... I don't know. She makes me feel different."
Kevin nodded, walking up to his cousin and sitting them both down on the bed, Nick sitting next to Brandon also.
Kevin said softly "Do you want to talk to her?"
Brandon nodded slowly "More than anything."
Kevin then replied "Then go for it! Troy's the only one holding you back, right?"
Brandon nodded "Yeah, pretty much."
Kevin gave him a knowing look and said "Then what are you scared of? If you get in a fight, then you get in a fight. Don't you always fight Troy?"
Brandon shrugged "I don't want Isabelle to think any worse of me. I want to put on a good image and I don't think that beating up her closest cousin would help me."
Kevin laughed shortly and replied "Yeah, that wouldn't do you any good, would it?"
Brandon laughed at his comment and heard Nick say "Guys, this subject's giving a headache. Let's get Gabby in here. She'll light up a room any day."
Brandon's face fell as he saw Nick stand and start for the door. "She's not here." He muttered, looking up at his cousin.
Nick shrugged and replied "Oh, well when's she gonna be back? 10:00?"
Brandon shook his head and answered "Nope, more like a week."
Nick stopped short and turned around to face Brandon. "What do you mean she won't be back for another week? What happened?"
Brandon felt his eyes well up as he explained "Her and Troy are dating and she's living with him for a week or two. I need to get used to it and I can't do that if they're always around here making out and stuff."
Kevin rose and eyebrow and asked "What aren't you telling us? That's not a good enough reason to move out."
Brandon sighed and closed his eyes, saying "I got angry that she was hanging around Troy and I just... lost control and punched her."
Nick gasped while Kevin shook his head sadly. "Did you break her nose?"
Brandon shook his head. Kevin stood and asked "How long has she been gone?"
Brandon answered "About a week. It's been the loneliest week of my week of my life though. This house is so empty and lifeless right now without her."
Nick joked "Seems like it could use a lady's touch."
Brandon shoved "Shut up. Kev, I seriously don't know what to do about Isabelle. If it weren't for Troy, I wouldn't have a problem, but I'm just scared. What do I do?"
Kevin seemed to be thinking for a few minutes before advising "Look Brandon. Me and Nick know how serious you are when it comes to having feelings for someone. Remember how you couldn't stop smiling when you first met Amy? You thought that you were in love."
Brandon gave a small laugh at the memory. That was the week that he had failed his mid terms and even then he couldn't stop smiling!
He replied "Yeah. Troy thought that I was on drugs or something. He threw a bucket of water on me when I didn't answer his question for the tenth time that week. Good times, good times..."
Kevin watched him space out and asked "You miss being his best friend, don't you?"
Brandon nodded "More than anything. I still don't know why he just lied to me like that. We were like brothers and he promised that he would always be by my side in life. I don't know what happened."
Nick added "Yeah. I had a friend like that, but it turns out that he was just trying to protect me. He cared about me so much that he died for me."
"What happened?" Brandon asked.
Nick answered "This guy named Brick wanted me to die for breaking up with his niece Marissa or whatever her name was. But before he did, he found out that me and Billy were best friends and that I depended on him so much. Brick forced him to end our friendship or both of us were dead. After about a month or so, Billy couldn't take it anymore and told me what happened. Brick found out and put the gun to my head, but Billy stabbed Brick knee and got shot in the throat instead. Brick's still out there, but he's over me. I heard that he's after someone else now."
Brandon worriedly asked "Who is it?"
Nick shrugged "I don't know and I don't really care. I just hope that he dies soon for what he did to Billy."
Kevin rubbed his little brother's back and comforted "Don't worry Nick. At least Brick's not after you anymore."
Nick nodded and turned back to Brandon, saying "Brandon, take my advice and try to find out why Troy lied to you. You'll feel a whole lot better, trust me."
Brandon mentally kicked himself as he remembered something. "Shit! Gabby was about to tell me why but I punched her instead! Stupid, stupid me!"
Kevin piped up "Brandon, don't you think that you can ever just forget it and forgive Troy?"
Brandon didn't reply. He just looked off to the side and thought to himself "You have no idea how many times I've tried to do that..."
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...At the Bolton House...
When Troy and Isabelle arrived home, they found that Taylor's car was already in the driveway.
"Okay, they're already here. Do you need me to carry you again?" Troy concerned, eyeing the bruise under the hole in Isabelle's jeans.
Isabelle shook her head and whimpered "I think I can walk. He didn't really hurt my legs that much."
Troy nodded and exited the car, sprinting over to Isabelle's door. She got out of the car and rested on the side for support, getting a little dizzy. She took a few steps before concluding that she was fine. She grabbed Troy's arm and dizzily walked to the door, entering the house. Before the two were even a foot into the house, Lucy came running to them and shouted "ISABELLE!!! OH MY GOD, WHAT HAPPENED?!?! DID JOSH HURT YOU?!?!"
Isabelle shook her head and accepted the hug that her aunt gave her. "No Aunt Lucy, I'm fine. A little dizzy, but I'm good. I just need to sit down for a little while."
Lucy nodded and led her to the living room couch where the rest of the gang was. The blonde sat between Taylor and a sobbing Sharpay, who was crying into Zeke's chest.
"Shar, what's wrong?" Isabelle asked her, getting worried.
Sharpay threw her arms around Isabelle and cried "Izzy, I'm so sorry! I feel like it's all my fault! If I had just stayed with you, then-"
"Sharpay! It's not your fault. It's nobody's fault. It was just a bad luck moment. You did nothing wrong." Her words seemed to calm Sharpay down a little bit, but she was still letting tears free. "Okay, but I still feel guilty."
"Look, who's fault it was doesn't matter. The important thing is that Isabelle's okay and no one got hurt." Gabriella interrupted.
"Yeah, everyone except Josh." Chad furiously added. "I swear, I'm gonna kick his stupid ass the next time I see that little mother fu-"
"Chad, calm down," Isabelle stopped him from storming out of the house. "Josh already got half of what he deserved. He already got beat up."
"By who?" Jason asked, his arm around Kelsi.
"I-I don't know. Whoever saved me, I guess. I just wish I know who did it." Isabelle replied sadly, checking out a cut on her arm.
Troy, looking at the ground, piped up "I know who saved you."
Every head in the room snapped towards Troy, wanting to know who Isabelle's savior was.
"Who was it?" Sarah asked, taking off Isabelle's sweater that she let Sarah use. Sarah threw it over to Isabelle to put on.
"It was... it was..." Troy stammered, trying to answer.
"SPIT IT OUT ALREADY!!!" Sharpay screamed, wanting to know who saved her best friend from tragedy.
"IT WAS BRANDON!!!" Troy shouted.
CLIFFHANGER!!! Sorry about that. I just thought that this was getting kind of long and I needed to end it somewhere. Anyways, what do you think's happening to Brandon? Will the same thing happen to Isabelle or will she have different feelings? REVIEW!!! Thnx :)
Another clue to Troy's reason was in this chapter. See if you can find it :)
Rachel :)
Trivia:
- Kevin and Nick weren't planned to know that Gabriella was living with Troy
- The chapter preview from last chapter was actually supposed to happen (My bad...)
- This chapter wasn't supposed to end as a cliffhanger
There's more trivia for this chapter, but I can't tell you without giving next chapter away. Now, I PROMISE that something exciting happens next chapter. Trust me, you'll be like "WTF?!?!" :)
Rachel :)