Hey it's StrawberryAngel, and just to let you know, I looooooooooove squirrels. And Cody Simpson. And Greyson Chance's new haircut. Well, actually I liked his hair better before but he's adorable anyway. And if you like Kamille/Greyson and Brianna/Cody or Brianna/Greyson and Kamille/Cody there will be alllll sorts of pairings in this story, as you can already tell. Except for Cody/Greyson, because .. And we used an icarly quote in here with Kamille/Greyson, so see if you can spot it! No copyright intended, BTW…Oh! And go re-redid the end of last chapter. We changed it. Again. 143!
Brianna and Greyson sat, staring at the stars as Brianna thought about what she had just witnessed. Cody was a jerk. There was no other explanation for it.
Or was there?
"I want to go home, Greyson," Brianna whispered.
"Home to my house or home as in out of California?"
Brianna shuddered, remembering her boring small town life. "Home as in to your house."
"Let's go," Greyson called a car, and they rode back in silence. Once home, Greyson went to hang out with Kamille and Brianna went to bed.
One love forming, another love dying.
O O
"Hello?" Kamille picked up her phone. She and Brianna were sitting on the floor in the living room with the baby. Greyson was in the shower, and Cody was at the recording studio. He had not stopped trying to talk to Brianna, but she wouldn't pick up her phone.
"Who is it?" Brie asked, watching Kamille feed the baby who turned out to be Justin Bieber's kid. Apparently, he had had a baby after all but it was kept from the public. The rumors were true, and Justin paid Kamille to watch him (without the knowledge of Selena) until his mom got out of jail…
Long story.
"Yeah, of course I'll go out with you," Kamille said into the phone. "…Sure. I'll be there in twenty!"
Kamille thrust the baby into Brianna's arms.
"I'm going out with the kid who looked like Carlos from that party thingy we went to," Kamille shouted, slipping on her DC's.
"Wait, do you even know him?" Brianna asked anxiously rocking the baby in her arms. Her cheeks were pink with nerves.
"Nope, but we met and he was hot and that's all that matters," Kamille said, and then raced out the door, leaving a speechless Brianna with Justin Bieber's baby screaming in her arms.
"I know you're just a baby, but how about we go grab a milk shake or something and talk about why you're screaming so much?" Brianna asked the baby as if he would understand. He blinked up at her, and his crying stopped for a second.
"There," she sighed, and he stared up at her expectantly. She smiled down at him for a moment, and then he started to scream again.
"Oh right!" She said, bouncing him in her arms. "I'm sorry. I promised you a milkshake, didn't I? Strawberry or vanilla?"
"Brianna make the baby quiet down," Greyson said, running down the stairs as he towel dried his brown locks.
"I'm trying! Here, you try!"
Greyson took the baby, and cooed down at him, burping him until he fell asleep. Then he handed him back to Brianna, who put him in the crib.
"See?" He asked. "Not so hard…You'd make a good mom."
"Kamille's rubbing off on you, isn't she?" Brianna rolled her eyes.
"That hurts me here," Greyson said, gesturing to his heart.
"Well I'm about to hurt you everywhere else."
Brianna grabbed Buffalo the Turtle and started to hit Greyson with him. All over. Everywhere.
"Ow, Brie!" He gasped. "Ow!"
"Oh my God, did I really hurt you Grey?" She asked, throwing Buffalo onto the ground and kneeling in front of Greyson.
"Yeah," he said, his voice shaking. He fell down onto the ground. "I feel…Almost like I'm…Transforming."
"What are you talking about?" Brianna asked. "Greyson, what do you mean? Are you okay?"
He slumped flat on his back and closed his eyes.
"I mean…" His eyes snapped open. "TICKLE MONSTER IS BACK!"
Greyson sat up and pushed Brianna onto the ground, where he straddled her and then started to tickle her again.
"Greeeeeyyyysooon!" Brianna wailed. "You scared me again. This is getting old!"
"Yeah, I saw that," Greyson shook his damp hair all over the girl under him like a sheepdog.
Brianna mustered up all of her strength, sat up and reversed positions with Greyson so she was on top of him.
She simply caught her breath, fixed her top and brushed her sidebangs out of her eyes. Then she stared at him.
He stared back, chocolate brown eyes melting into caramel brown ones.
"You got me," he finally said.
She nodded in agreement.
"What are you gonna do next?"
"Make you listen to my relationship problems."
Brianna took a deep breath and prepared to tell him about everything with Cody, how sometimes he was so sweet and other times he was so mean. How he pretended to love her and then showed her another side…
"I do that anyway," Greyson said sweetly. "You don't need to sit on me…Not that I mind."
Brianna sighed and slid off of him onto the floor. He phone buzzed Cody's special ringtone, but she ingnored it. Again.
(A/N While I was typing this, White Horse by Taylor Swift came on randomly, and it kind of fit the scene, so listen to it while you read this! It makes it better!)
Brianna buried her head into her hands and her light brown hair waterfalled all around her, shielding her face.
"What's wrong? Brie, do you want to talk to me?"
She shook her head, and he collected her in his arms like he had the night before. She buried her face in his chest and a couple of tears fell onto his plain white t shirt. Greyson shushed her and rubbed her back.
They sat in silence for an hour until Greyson spoke, his voice remarkably soft.
"Do you want to talk about it, baby?"
Brianna looked up at him, her eyes sparkly with tears.
"Yes," she whispered hoarsely. "Greyson…It hurts so bad…"
"I'm sorry," he said. "I can't imagine…I don't know why he's doing this to you…"
"I never want to see him again!" Brianna said, her voice rising with each syllable. "How could he do this to me?" She went on, her voice going higher and higher until she was nearly screaming hysterically.
She pushed Greyson away. "I hate him!"
Tears spilled from her eyes, furiously and she grabbed the nearest object she could find, a hairbrush, and threw it as hard as she could into the mirror on the wall.
It crashed and the glass shattered onto the floor with an angry tinkling noise. The mirror broke into as many pieces as Brianna's heart.
The brown haired girl fell onto the ground amongst the shining glass and sobbed. Her tears sparkled as much as the fragments of glass they fell onto.
Greyson walked over silently and lifted her above the glass, his arms locked around her hips. He brought her over to the couch and sat her down as she continued to sob.
He cuddled her despite her feeble attempts to push him away.
"You'll never enjoy your life living inside the box, you're so afraid of taking chances how're you gonna reach the top? Rules and regulations force you to play it safe. Get rid of all the hesitation, it's time for you to seize the day," Greyson sang quietly under his breath.
Brianna's sobs quieted down as Greyson snag to her softly. Her eyes closed eventually, and she fell back against the pillow her face puffy and her cheeks tearstained.
Exhausted from crying and broken, Brianna fell into a troubled sleep.
"Don't wanna have to force you to smile, I'm here to help you notice the rainbow because I know what's in you is out there," Greyson continued to sing as he put a blanket over Brianna's sleeping body.
"Goodnight and sweet dreams, Brie," he said once he finished. He cleaned up the broken glass fragments on the ground and sat down on the couch.
Two minutes later, the door crashed open and Kamille came in.
"Hey princess," she said cheerfully.
"I'm not a princess," Greyson mumbled. "And keep quiet. Brianna and P.J. and both asleep."
"I know you're not a princess," she said, almost kindly. "Why's Brianna asleep anyway?"
Greyson explained the traumatic afternoon they had had, and Kamille cracked her knuckles, her pretty face menacing.
"I hate that guy," she hissed, her dark hair swinging into her face.
"I don't like him very much right now either," Greyson said. "He just doesn't make sense. He's not usually like this…Maybe he can't think straight with Brie around…"
"I'm gonna beat the crap out of him," Kami stated, and Greyson smiled at her.
"You're not so tough, are you?" He asked.
"What's that supposed to mean, Chance?"
"It means that you want to do the right thing deep down," he said. "And I really admire that. You're pretty nice inside, aren't you Kami?"
"Shut up," Kamille's cheeks glowed red.
"How'd your date go?" Greyson changed the subject.
"It sucked. I left."
"Why?"
"Mind your own business," Kamille said heatedly. "How's the baby?"
"Good. He's asleep." Greyson studied her a moment, and then smiled again. "You really care about things, don't you?"
She didn't respond, just stared at the floor. Greyson put his arm around her. She glowered down at it for a moment, and then looked up at him.
"Don't…kill me," Greyson said, bracing himself for pain.
"I won't…It's kind of…nice…"
Suddenly the door burst open and Cody came in.
"Hey guys," he said, breathlessly. "I only just finished recording. Where's Brie?"
"Cody, get the hell out of here," Greyson stood up abruptly. He had seen his best friend in pain over this guy, and there was no way he'd be happy.
"Huh?" Cody looked utterly confused.
"We know you kissed the Disney skank," Kamille said. "And no one wants you here. Leave."
A look of understanding crossed Cody's face.
"You guys didn't see what happened for real," he said. "She kissed me, I didn't kiss her. She was coming onto me and I told her I had a girlfriend, but she-"
"Get out," Kamille repeated, and Cody's eyes widened. Kamille hated to be disobeyed.
"Please," Cody pleaded. "I love Brianna, and I'd never-"
WHAP!
Kamille had punched Cody in the face. Cody looked affronted and grabbed his eye, which was remarkably swelling already.
Greyson looked impressed.
"Wow. You've got hard knuckles."
"No kidding," Cody mumbled. "Look, Greyson, if I could just explain. You know I'd never kiss another girl, especially with Brianna. You know how much that girl means to me. I told you that I was-"
He was interrupted again by Greyson blowing a raspberry at Cody's face.
"Dude, did you just spit on me?"
"Sure did," Greyson tried to sound all manly.
"…Okay…"
Suddenly a cry came from the couch as Brianna threw off all the blankets and twisted in agony. "Cody! No!"
She was clearly having a nightmare.
Cody's jaw dropped as he ran to her. He shook her awake.
"Brie! Wake up! It's a nightmare, just a dream! Brie!"
Brianna's eyes opened and she focused on Cody.
"Cody…" she said faintly.
"Hi, Angel," he said, always happy to see her.
"Don't you dare call me that," she snapped, sitting up and pushing him away. "Cody, we're over. What part of that don't you get?"
"Brianna, you need to hear me out," Cody said. "I didn't kiss her. I shouldn't have gone over to talk to her to begin with, but that's the only mistake I made! She started to hit on me and I told her about you, but she kissed me anyway!"
"Cody, freaking save it!" She yelled. "Who do you think you are? You can't just treat me this way and expect me to say it's okay! I'm not just another girl! I have feelings and I hate you!"
Cody's eyes watered up, and he felt his heart break.
He deserved this, he thought to himself. He shouldn't have talked to her at the party. She wouldn't have kissed him if he hadn't, and Brianna wouldn't be broken. But she hated him. She hated him she said, and that was the worst pain he'd ever felt.
"Brianna, please," he said, weakly. "I'm so sorry…But…"
"Cody, get out!" She screeched.
"Brie…"
"OUT!"
Cody's eyes watered as he got up and left without another word.
Brianna watched him go, her face expressionless. She looked around at Kami and Greyson, shook her head slowly and walked upstairs.
"I think she just went emo," Greyson said.
Kamille nodded in agreement.
A note slipped under the door Cody had exited, and both Greyson and Kamille walked over to read it.
Dear Brianna,
I need you to know that I love you more than anything. I didn't kiss her, she kissed me but I'm sorry anyway. The video's up on YouTube, someone posted it if you don't believe me. I'm sorry for every single bit of pain I have ever caused you and I don't expect forgiveness, but if you could find it somewhere in your heart to just not be sad anymore that would mean the world to me. Please just go back to being yourself. Knowing that I broke you is a terrible, terrible feeling and I want to know you're okay. I can't not love you even though you hate me and I need you to be happy again. I'd give the world for you.
-Cody
Even Kamille teared up reading the note, and she quickly looked for the video online. She watched it and saw Cody deny Bella Thorne, telling her that he had a girlfriend he loved. But Bella pulled him in anyway.
"Brianna!" Kamille screeched, running up the stairs to tell her cousin the good news. She opened the door to Brianna's bed room, and the sight made her mouth drop.