Colorado Sunrise

Based on the song "Colorado Sunrise" by 3oh!3

Summary: Heath has had it bad for Brenna since the day he first met her. Everyone knows she likes him, too. But Heath refuses to believe that the girl of his dreams is actually interested in him, no matter what anyone tells him, no matter how she acts around him. Can he overcome his own insecurities to realize that she does care about him? Or is he going to ruin what they could have before it even happens?

"Man, I honestly don't understand what's wrong with you," PJ Lloyd breathed, shaking his head.

"Look at her, though. Brenna is amazing. She's beautiful, smart, funny, sweet…I mean, how could someone like her have any interest in me?" Heath Miller rhetorically asked.

"Well, personally, I don't find you to be particularly attractive, but she likes you," his friend reassured him.

"But she deserves better."

"You're a moron. Brenna doesn't want anyone else. She only wants you," PJ huffed, getting annoyed.

"Yeah, but…why?"

"Like I know? Listen, stop being stupid. The woman really cares about you. Just accept it, and everything will be just fine."

"Yeah…but…I'm uh…I'm not good enough for her. I mean, she can do so much better than me," Heath said, with a frown. "She should go for Stu or you or someone else."

"First of all, I have my own girlfriend, thank you very much. Secondly, you really have to cut this shit out. You're being insane."

Heath sighed, as there was a knock on the door. "Come in," he called. The door opened and in walked Brenna.

"Hey guys," she greeted with a smile.

"Speaking on the devil," PJ muttered, before giving her a wink.

"Oh. Hey Brenna," Heath greeted, immediately feeling nervous around the girl he had a crush on.

"Hey Heath, I actually came here to see you," she said.

"Oh really?" he asked.

"Well, I'll leave you two crazy kids alone. I've got myself a beautiful blonde waiting for me in catering for our lunch date," PJ said before exiting the room, leaving Brenna and Heath alone.

"So, you wanted to talk?" he asked, a crimson blush rising onto the Jinja Ninja's cheeks.

"Oh yeah. Um…so…I was wondering if maybe you wanted to drive to tomorrow's show together. I rented a car, but as it stands, it looks like I'll be alone…" she explained.

"Oh…um…I'm supposed to go with PJ and Barbie, but…I don't think that they'll mind going without me," he replied. "I'd love to go with you, Bren."

She smiled. "Really?"

"Yeah. Definitely," he replied, trying to seem calm and cool, though, inside he was completely freaking out.

"Awesome. I know it's kind of a long drive, and I definitely didn't want to have to make it alone," she told him. "Maybe we can even stop somewhere and grab dinner or something."

"That'd be really great."

"Cool. So, I guess I'll meet you here after the show?"

"I'll meet you in your locker room," he said, not wanting her to drag her bags all the way to his room, and then, back to the exit, passing her locker room again.

"Alright. There was an awkward silence between the two. "Um…you know, I'm really excited about the drive," she admitted.

"Oh?"

Brenna nodded. "Yeah. To be honest, I keep trying to hang out with you, but I feel like you haven't really wanted to."

"What? No! That's definitely not true, at all. I do want to hang out with you," he told her. "Very badly."

Brenna smiled, trying to not giggle out of nervousness and excitement. "Oh really? And why is that?"

A shy smile complete with crimson blush covered Heath's cheeks. "Well…you're a really cool gi-woman."

She took a step closer to him. "Well, we're gonna have a lot of fun on this drive. I promise you," she assured him with a wink.

Heath smiled. "I trust you on that."

"Good."