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Brandon and Callie: Outlaws- Chap 26

Brandon was sitting by the piano when Callie came in. "You've been here a lot lately," she said, pulling out a chair and sitting opposite to him.

"I love this place. Haven't I been here this past year?"

"Not really."

"You've also been coming here a lot."

"Well, I look for you, and then I realize that you're probably here, and I come."

Brandon smiled. "You come here just for me?"

"Well…" Callie smiled. Brandon's smiled grew. He felt something, he couldn't explain it, but it was something.

"So, about that kiss," Brandon said. He saw that Callie wasn't excited by the topic. "What was happening that day?"

Callie knew that she couldn't hold off the topic much longer, so she decided to just come clean. "It was your moms wedding and I had just yelled at you about something, and I was feeling really bad, so I took you to the back and I-"

"And you apologized and I said something about you being beautiful, and kind, and smart, and…"

Callie looked at him. "You remember?"

Brandon smiled. "I do," he said, then laughed, as did Callie.

"That's great," she said standing up to hug him. "I'm glad."

"Me too."

Callie sat down again. "Do you remember anything else?"

"The whole day. I remember everything. Every word. Every feeling."

"I'm so happy for you."

"I remember how I felt about you that day. I remember how when I was standing there with you, my heart was pounding, especially when I said those things, and when you kissed me… I just knew," he said. Callie waited to see if he would say something else. "I knew that I wanted to be with you."

Callie smiled, but then the bell rang. "During lunch maybe we can try to jog your memory some more?"

"I'd love that," Brandon said, packing up his bag. "See you here?"

"Okay, see you."

"What?" Mariana said when she answered the phone.

"Can we talk," Matt said. "Please."

"Sure, come by my house after school. And if you're not honest with me, I will trow you out again."

"That seems fair," he laughed. "See you."

"Good."

"So…" Callie said, trying to think of something else she could help him remember. "I don't know."

"Just tell me about a few days after the wedding."

Callie looked down. "I can't really do that… I wasn't home."

Brandon shook his head. "Where were you?"

"I sort of ran away after our kiss."

"Jude saw us."

"Yeah, I didn't want to ruin his adoption, considering I've ruined everything else."

"You haven't"

"Yes I have. With Liam, it was my fault we had to leave, and if we told that you and I kissed, we'd be sent away again and i just couldn't do that to Jude."

"So you ran away? Isn't that…" he said, but drifted off.

"But isn't that what?"

"I remember something from that day, after the wedding. I remember hearing Jude in your room, running around like crazy. I asked what's wrong and he said that you had run away."

"I think something like that happened."

"And then Jude and I were doing the laundry and we started talking about the… and he accused me of just like Liam, but I said…"

"But you said?"

"I told him that I was nothing like him. That I loved you."

Jude had never told Callie that Brandon had told him he loved her, or that he had said that he was like Liam. She was too shocked to say anything.

"Please say something," Brandon said, getting anxious.

"You'll have to ask Jude about that."

"Do you think he'll talk about it?"

"I think so, if it'll help you remember," she said. "I'm gonna go. I have to get something before class."

"I made this awkward didn't I?"

"No no no. It's not that, I just… I need to do something before class."

"Callie."

She packed up her lunch and stood up. "You didn't do anything. See you back home."

He tried to stop her but she was already at the door.

"What's your big excuse today? That you had a lot of tests to do?"

"No, please, just let me explain."

"That's what I wanted last week, but you refused to tell me anything," Mariana was starting to sound angry. "Calm down," she said to herself.

Matt wasn't sure what to say. He wanted to be honest, but he couldn't be. He was sworn not to say anything. "Look, my parents don't want anyone to know this, but they're getting a divorce."

"What?"

"They sort of sprung this on me as soon as I got back and you were so happy, and I didn't want to ruin it."

"Matt, you're supposed to ruin it," she said, walking closer to him. "I'm your girlfriend, and I love you, which means that you're supposed to talk to me about this. And you not being honest with me, nearly ruined our relationship."

"I know, I know, but my parents made me swear not to tell anyone."

"But you told me now."

"Because I love you. I told you now because I love you."

"And you didn't love me before?" Mariana joked and then hugged him.

He didn't know what to say. He didn't know if she was being serious or not.

"Relax, it was a joke," she said and then kissed his cheek. "Come on."

"So, I did say it?" Brandon asked Jude. He wanted to make sure that the memories he was getting back were real.

"Yes. You told me you loved her."

Brandon was surprised. All he remembered was saying it. He didn't remember how he was feeling when he was saying it or even what he was thinking.

"I'm sorry, if you didn't want it to be true," Jude said.

"No, it's not that," he paused. "I just, when I got my last memory back, I remembered how I was feeling, what I was thinking, and everything else, but now, this memory, I don't remember anything but saying those words."

Jude didn't know what to say.

"Sorry for bursting this all on you little man."

"It's fine. It means that you're starting to think of me as a brother."

Brandon smiled. "You are my brother."

"So, you did say all those things?" Callie asked. She was confused, she didn't understand why he was telling her this.

"Apparently."

"I don't understand why Jude never told me. Or you for that matter."

"Unfortunately I can't say why I didn't," Brandon said. It was getting easier to talk about his memory loss, especially joke about it.

"You will remember everything Brandon, I know you will."

"Hope you're right."

He was sitting there, waiting to remember something. He didn't want to rush it, but he knew that something was coming. All of a sudden, Callie was there.

"Callie, what are you doing here?" he asked her.

"I came to help you remember."

"Remember what?"

"I don't know. Just tell me and I'll try to help you in any way that I can."

Brandon looked at her, totally confused. He stood up. He didn't why, but he did. He walked over to her and kissed her. When they separated she whispered, "Remember."

Then he woke up, gasping for air. It didn't seem like a nightmare, but it felt like one. He turned around and closed his eyes, he quickly fell asleep again.

"Morning sleepyhead," Stef said.

"Sorry, I overslept and now going to be late for my shift at the diner. Can you yell at me when I come home?" Callie said, she had forgotten to set her alarm.

"I'm not going to yell at you, I just wanted to remind you that we need to go to the judge today to see what he decided."

Callie had forgotten all about it. "Right. Again, so sorry, I completely forgot. What time?"

"Three o'clock."

"Damn, my shift ends at six. I'll ask Daphne to cover for me," Callie said, she was getting even more stressed. "Brandon, come on," she yelled.

"Coming, coming, coming," he said. "Take it easy."

"I can't be late."

"Okay," he put on his last shoe. "See you later mom."

"Where are you going?" she asked.

"I'm driving Callie to the diner and I'm gonna apply for a job. But can we please talk about that later? She's really stressed out," he said, halfway out the door. "Love you," he added and then shut the door.

TO BE CONTINUED…

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