"Love is an untamed force. When we try to control it, it destroys us. When we try to imprison it, it enslaves us. When we try to understand it, it leaves us feeling lost and confused."
― Paulo Coelho
Wait. I mutter quietly near her ear. A feeling surges inside me. Im moving to fast and it would be wrong to do it right now, I just heard about the Liam thing a couple of weeks ago, damn that bastard. Every time I remember the Liam incident I get a feeling of disgust, how could he do that to Callie? And then I get this feeling of anxiety that worries and overwhelms me, I really feel the need to protect her and I want to make her feel loved, she certainly deserves to feel better than how she is feeling right now, she can act and hide how she feels all she wants but just by looking into her dark mocha eyes I can see everything and every time I see her in pain a little piece of my heart shatters. She deserves everything good this world could give and Im going to make sure she gets it.
"We dont have to this right now, Callie" I say looking straight into her eyes.
She nods softly staring at the floor. "Im sorry" she whispers.
"Don't be. It was both of us" I say grabbing her warm hand slowly.
"You know I'm here and you can tell me anything" I say with a trustworthy voice.
She leans on my shoulder and I can feel the warmth of her forehead in my neck. I smile and rest my cheek on the top of her head. I can feel her starting to sob which makes me teary eyed. The world is upside down and society is so screwed up and the best people living in this world are the people who suffer the most.
I hold back my tears and try to talk in between the knot in my throat. "When you are ready you should tell me what's wrong so you can feel a little better, you don't deserve to feel this way, Callie" I finish and a hot teardrop that I really wanted to hold back comes running down my cheek and into Callie's head. She starts to calm down and I wrap my arms around her nestled position.
"Please don't leave" she says.
"Don't worry, im not going anywhere" I say.
"I feel safe" she mutters. "I feel safe here with you, and I know I am safe." "Thank you Brandon."
She lifts up her face and I stare at her, swiping away all of her tears with my thumb.
"I dumped Wyatt. Turns out he's just like Liam" she says holding back some more of her tears.
I freak out.
"Did he touch you?" "D..did you stop him?" "Did he force you?"
"I stopped him, but barely. Ive been wanting to break up with him for a few weeks now. I can't be with someone I don't like or love. I feel terrible because he was going through a rough patch and I was the only person he had to count on and I feel he really started to develop feelings for me, I felt bad for him and I care for him but I can't keep lying to myself. I care about you and I'm into you, not him. I want you" she says.
"I want you too, so badly" I say gripping her chin.
"But first I want you to feel good with yourself and I want you to be happy, Im going to make you be happy" I say smiling.
"And if wyatt ever touches you again I swear I'm not going to control myself because nobody has the right to force you to do anything and..." She stops me.
"Brandon, I stopped him and I'm going to be okay" she whispers forcing a smile.
"I've got you" she says smiling.
"I'm not letting you go, I'll always take care of you I promise" I say as I wrap my arms around her waist, bringing her closer to me.
Callie sighs.
"What are we going to do Brandon?"
"About what exactly?" I mutter.
"Everything"
I sigh and look down. "I really hate that we can't be seen in public together because of the foster sibling rule, god I hate that rule now, but unfortunately we can't do anything about it for now" I say.
"We're gonna figure it out somehow" she says quietly.
I kiss her cheek softly and she giggles.
I laugh and start tickling her stomach.
"Brandon, brandon stop it im going to pee myself" I say between giggles.
I smile and kiss her softly in the lips. "Sorry" I say smiling.
My smile fades quickly. "Ive gotta do something about Wyatt" I say with a serious tone.
"Let it be. Don't worry, if he starts bugging with me again I'll tell you, but seriously, I am fine here with you, nobody can hurt me here. We will deal with Wyatt on monday, for now let's just enjoy the weekend" Callie says.
"If you are hurt you don't have to hide it from me, its normal to be bruised in some way after what happened, I admire your strength, I really do, but don't feel embarrassed or scared to cry or to be hurt in front of me because in those moments it's not that good to be alone." "Be you with me, show me all of your colors, I'll be here and I'll listen" I say looking into her eyes.
"Its like you can read my brain or something" she mutters.
"You're eyes" I say smiling.
"Brandon, Callie, we're home!" Stef shouts.
We get up fast off the bed, put our normal faces on and head down stairs, as if nothing ever happened.
"God Jesus you stink, go get in the shower quickly" Lena says.
"Skating practice gets me all sweaty" Jesus says.
"That's disgusting!" Mariana says with a horrified face.
"The ladies dig it" Jesus says and heads upstairs to shower.
"Hi moms" Brandon says smiling.
"Brandon! Callie! What have you been up to?"
An electric shock of guilt runs through my body and I feel like Im paralyzed.
"Oh, Brandon has just been teaching me how to play some new pieces in the guitar so we can play together, you know.." I stop her.
"Yeah I play the piano and she completes the piece with the guitar" I say.
"Nice, maybe we should get Callie into some guitar lessons" Stef suggests.
"That would be fantastic mom" I say excited.
"Oh, don't worry, your son here's a pro. He can teach me all I need to know" I say smiling.
"We'll work something out!" Stef says. "Well kids I'm going to go to bed, I'm exhausted, see ya in the morning."
"Night mom" I say.
"Goodnight" Callie says quickly after me.
"I actually think I'm going to bed too, so..." She says.
CALLIE POV
Brandon looks at my lips and then at my eyes. "Goodnight, Callie" he says smiling with his hands in his pockets. He mouths 'I love you' and I feel my heart is about to melt. I smile and run back up stairs, I didn't realize it was this dark!. I enter Mariana's room quietly although she is waiting outside the bathroom for Jesus to finish his shower so she can shower too. I slip under the covers of my bed and smile.
"He loves me" I mouth for me.
My phone beeps.
Its brandon. "Hey there, I miss you"
I laugh. We were together about 5 minutes ago, he's so sweet.
"Me too :)" I text back.
"We could do something very risky tonight when everyones asleep" he texts.
"God that totally didn't come out right" he texts again.
"Haha, what exactly are you suggesting?" I hit the send button.
I get his reply fast "Just try to sneak in to my room when everyone's in bed".
"I'll be there" I type and hit send.
I don't know what this is about but Its Brandon and I trust him. I lay in my bed with my eyes wide open waiting for everyone to be asleep. Two hours pass and it seems like forever, I cant wait to be with Brandon, the risk that we are taking is dangerous but it gives me a weird pleasure that I can't explain or ignore. I stand up quietly from my bed and Mariana turns around, I freeze and hold my breath, she doesn't say anything. I sigh in relief when I notice Mariana's still sleeping. I open the door slowly and walk into Brandon's room very quietly, not even the floor creaks. I get to Brandon's room and close the door quietly.
He's sitting up in his bed and when he sees me his eyes become all glowy and just perfect.
"Hey." "Come here" he says tapping the empty space in his bed besides him.
I smile and run up to his bed, jumping on top of him and wrapping my arms around his neck.
We laugh quietly and then fall back into his mattress.
"Why did you ask me to come here" I ask quietly.
"Do you want to sleep here, with me?" He asks looking at me.
I nod happily and get under the covers.
We are both under the covers and we both know that we could be doing other stuff under his sheets right now, but we aren't doing anything like that right now. I've always thought that the reason most couples and marriages split up is because they lack of friendship and that most of their love was mainly built out of only physical contact and meaningless sex. I really hope that doesn't happen to me one day.
We are both under the covers and he wraps his strong arm around my waist, keeping his face close to mine. For the first time in many years, I feel safe and sheltered. Every time Brandon moves I feel a lingering shock in my whole body, I've never experienced this.
He kisses my neck softly. "You have no idea what you do to me, Callie" he whispers in my ear sending me warmth. "Sleep good" he says and I can feel him smiling.
MARIANAS POV
I open my eyes fastly and feel like something's missing. A voice is telling me "crap Mariana stop being so stupid and go back to sleep you've got a big bio test tomorrow you can't fail" and another voice is telling me to follow my intuition and fill out that emptiness that's missing, maybe I dropped a necklace on the kitchen floor and my intuition is telling me to go get it before someone accidentally breaks it, whatever Mariana just get up and deal with your weird feeling I think. I stand up and notice that Callie isn't there, that was missing! A weird feeling runs through my stomach, did Liam kidnap her? The window is closed and I would have heard it. I discard that horrible thought fast. Callie has lately been like my sister and I can really relate to her in many ways. I run to the bathroom, open the door and no Callie.
"What the hell" I mutter to myself.
Maybe she's with Wyatt or something, but that would be weird because I saw her in her bed when I got in bed, maybe she snuck out, but maybe she didn't. I don't know why but this is really worrying me. If I want to get a nice good night sleep I'm going to need some peace of mind. I doubt that Jude knows anything and I wouldn't want to worry him too and just asking him would wake up Jesus and that's double trouble.
I bet Brandon knows, they have been spending quite allot time together and I can see that Callie trusts him. I bet he knows where she is. I walk fastly towards Brandon's room and knock his door softly.
"Brandon, are you there?" No response.
"Brandon!" I mutter loudly.
"I'm coming in" I say.
Ooooooooooohhhh cliffhanger sorry! I will update very soon thank you for all the reviews you really make my day seriously I love you all I hipe you like the story.