?Written by Authoress Kamara
Episode 25
?Elsa?
“I never meant to hurt Brie”.
Brie? Who’s that?
“Who’s Brie?”.
Tears rolled down his cheeks. “Brie Lawson”.
“She was everything to him and I took her away”. He sniffed. “I didn’t mean to”.
“Bryan, its okay. You can tell me”.
“I can’t okay?”.
I stood up. “Just tell me what the fvck is going on? Is that too much to ask?”.
“Did Kyle tell you anything?”.
“What if Kyle told me something? You know, I’m beginning to believe Kyle”.
“What?”. He asked in surprise.
“Maybe Kyle is right after all”.
“Brie caused it all, if she hadn’t treated me that way then maybe all that wouldn’t have happened”.
I sat next to him. “Bryan”.
He looked away. “Elsa, maybe you should leave”.
I scoffed. “Really? You are kicking me out of your house?”.
“I’m just trying to protect you from the truth”.
I flared up. “What stupid truth? What the heck are you hiding?”.
“I do not want you to get involved in all this”.
“I never knew you were such a liar. I thought we had something special and no secrets between us”. I fired at him.
He stood up. “I’m a liar? You haven’t even heard the truth and you are criticizing me”.
“Why won’t I? You are hiding something and maybe its as bad as Kyle painted it to be”.
“Yes, Elsa, its really bad and I can’t tell you but don’t you have secrets too?”. He asked.
My breath hitched as I remembered my own secrets.
“You also have secrets”. He continued. “I prefer my secrets to be kept in the dark because I do not need anyone to pity me when I tell them all I’ve gone through”.
“I don’t even want you to tell me anymore”.
“Fine suit yourself”.
“I will”. I told him. “And maybe I’ll go to Kyle maybe he can tell me the truth”.
His eyes crinkled. “Elsa, stay away from Kyle”.
“Stay away from Kyle, thats all you ever say. But you never give me enough reason why”.
“That is because I do not want you to end up like them, dejected and used like all of them”. He explained.
I paused. “I will never allow Kyle to use me”.
“And thats why I said you should stay away from him because he’s worse than you think”.
I crossed my arms. “How am I sure that you are Kyle is the bad guy here?”.
He cupped my cheeks. “Elsa, just stay away from Kyle”.
I removed his hands. “Give me a good reason why I should trust you”.
“I like you okay, like really like you”. He said. “I think I’ve fallen in love with you”.
“That is not going to suffice because if you really love me then you will tell me everything”.
He didn’t say anything.
“I thought as much”.
I turned to go but he held me back hugging me from behind. He laid his head on my shoulders.
“Elsa, please don’t leave”. He said.
Is it me or do I feel tear drops on my shoulder.
“Elsa, please you said you wouldn’t judge me”. He cried on my shoulder.
I shrugged out of his hold and ran out of his house without looking back.
I stepped out of the gate and the tears that I’ve been holding back fell freely. I squatted on the floor as I cried the more.
I’m so sorry Bryan but you have to tell me the truth so I will know the real you. I really want to know why happened between you and Kyle.
I can’t be with you if they are secrets involved.
?Beverly?
“Lets just say something happened to Brie that made Kyle develop a hatred for Bryan”.
“Did Bryan do something bad?”. I asked curious.
“Whatever he did back then, he was not in his right state of mind. I really don’t care about it anymore because he’s my best friend and whatever happened is in the past”.
“What happened to Brie?”. I asked curious.
“Can we please talk about something else?”. His voice was low.
“Okay lets go batting again. I want to hit a home run into a fence”. I told him.
He chuckled quietly. “Lets see you try”.
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I really like batting, like really like it. It was so much fun!! And I wasn’t too bad, i mean I couldn’t actually play baseball but at least I can hit the thing.
That by itself was an accomplishment so Carl took me out again to celebrate. Its like maybe another date but at a restaurant.
Carl had taken me to this cute little bakery hidden in the midst of downtown. I’ve never heard of it, much to Carl’s shock.
“So you’ve never been here before”. He asked again.
“Yes whats the big deal?”.
“And you are sure that you grew up in SpringCity?”.
I crossed my arms. “Whats the big deal?”.
He shook his head negatively. “Nothing, just surprised”.
“How do you know about this place?”.
“Back then, Mia always took Bryan and I down here every weekend to eat cupcakes because their cupcakes were the best and it still is”. He explained.
I took a bite from my chocolate chip muffin and stopped when I saw Carl videotaping it.
“Carl!! You don’t need to do that”. I objected covering my face.
“You’ll want to know what your face looks like when you try the best thing in the world. Now uncover that pretty face of yours and eat your muffin”. He told me.
“I can’t eat with your phone in my face”.
“Sure you can, just pretend you are not looking at me”.
“But I’m not”. I argued.
“Use your imagination. I’m sure you imagine me every time you close your eyes”.
I blushed at what he said. “You are cr@zy”.
“I’m so adorably cute”. He replied.
“Yeah, you are so adorably cute”. I said dreamily.
He chuckled softly and I snapped out of it immediately. But I mean, Carl is really adorably cute, you know.
“Beverly, you are stunningly gorgeous”. He complimented me. “You know, if we were in Hollywood, we would be the golden couple”.
“Too bad. I’m not going to Hollywood, what about you?”. I asked him.
“Definitely going to maybe Chicago. Fame, fortune and Sports? I’m there”.
“Don’t forget the girls!!”. I joked.
“You were the only girl I need”. He replied.
I rejoiced inwardly as butterflies danced around in my stomach at what he said.
“You are corny”. I told him.
“If you are cheesy, we could be popcorn”.
I laughed at what he said and took a bite out of my chocolate muffin. And boy it was so good.
“This is wonderfully delicious”.
“Told you. Now do you want to see your face?”. He asked me.
I gasped. “Hey!! You distracted me”.
He shrugged. “It worked, didn’t it?”.
“I suppose … “. I trailed off.
Carl replayed the video for me and when it was over, i lunged for his phone which he slipped into his pocket smoothly.
“Delete that”. I screamed.
“Relax, Beverly”. He told me. “They are other customers here”.
I rolled my eyes. “Carl, just please delete it”.
“Or ..?”.
I thought of what to say.
“Or I won’t sleep with you”. I told him off.
“So you are saying, if I delete this then you will sleep with me?”.
“No!!”.
“Then I’m not deleting it”.
“You are blackmailing me”.
He smiled staring at me.
I sank my teeth into the moist chocolaty heaven, pouting. I smiled too as I watched him.
“Okay I’ll delete it”. He said.
I exhaled in relief. “Thank goodness”.
He pressed something on his phone before he dropped it on the table.
“So lets talk”. He said.
I raised my eyebrows. “About what?”.
“You, me and us. Something like lets know more about each other”.
“How about secrets? And it must be the truth so you start”.
He nodded. “I really like you Beverly and I hope that you would go into a relationship with me”.
My eyes beamed. “For real?”.
“Yeah”.
I giggled. “Awww, thats so sweet”.
“Okay? Your turn”.
I cleared my throat. “I’ve had a crush on you ever since I joined the cheerleading team”.
“I knew it!!”. He interjected.
“Excuse me?”.
He grinned. “I knew you had a crush on me but I just wasn’t sure”.
“Oh really? How did you know?”. I asked in disbelief.
“Okay. Freshman year, Gym class. You always stared at me”.
I blushed red at what he said, he was really saying the truth. I always stared at him all the time, probably stalking him.
“Okay fine, i had a crush on you. Back to your turn”. I said taking a bite out of my muffin.
He sighed. “Brie Lawson is dead”.
I paused. “What?”.
He looked at me. “She died four years ago”.
I dropped my muffin. “Is there more to this?”.
“Brie was the perfect girl, charming, sweet, jovial, an A+ student and also jovial”. He told me. “Which was why I liked her along with Bryan and Kyle”.
“Then what happened?”.
“Well we all tried our luck but Brie only liked Kyle and she accepted him then they began dating”.
I stared at Carl as he talked.
“I felt dejected and sore that I was refused by a girl, I got over it but Bryan never did”. He continued. “Kyle always taunted Bryan rubbing it in his face that he was better than him”.
I reached across the table and took Carl’s hand squeezing his palm softly.
“Bryan still wanted to show Brie that he really liked her so he took the risks of telling her in public but she humiliated him in front of everyone and everybody”. Carl explained. “He was laughed at by Brie and her friends along with Kyle”.
He exhaled calmly. “That party night, Brie did it again. She embarrassed him badly, she .. “. He trailed off.
“Its okay if you don’t wanna tell me”. I said softly.
“I do want to tell you so that you can tell Elsa so she would know that Bryan is a good person, he’s just caught under bad circumstances, thats all”. He said wistfully.
“Oh”.
He was about to talk when his phone rang interrupting him. I watched him as he stared at the screen weirdly.
“Mia”. He said as he picked the call.
Who’s Mia? He made mention of her before, probably his sister.
He looked at me. “Yeah, i’m busy with my girlfriend right now”.
Awww, he called me his girlfriend.
“No, Bryan hasn’t called me”.
I could see his face change to worry as he listened to whatever the Mia person said.
“What happened to him?”. His voice sounded hoarse.
He listened for a while before he slowly dropped his phone.
“Carl? What happened?”.
He ran his hands through his hair nervously as his face etched with worry. “Its all happening all over again”.
“Carl?”. I called softly. “Did something happen?”.
His beautiful eyes looked sad. “That was Mia, Bryan’s sister”.
“Why did she call? It sounded urgent”.
“Bryan is no where to be found”.
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