"Brendan!" I yell as he closes my biology book.

I've been trying to study for the past hour, but Brendan keeps distracting me. In the past twenty minutes, he has managed to close my book five times, throw my pen across the room, and tickle me so badly that I've fallen off my bed.

"Come on, Victoria! This is our only day we get to spend together before we have finals." He pouts.

"That's exactly why I'm studying! Finals are tomorrow and if I don't keep my grades the way they are now, then my father will kill me." I reopen my book to the correct page and begin copying notes again.

"You're obviously stressed, so let's go to dinner." He scans my face as he waits for an answer. I stay focused on my notes. "You have to eat sometime!"

"Yes. I do. That's why I have food here." I say, referencing the dorm room I share with Aria.

"But Aria is letting Alex take her to dinner." He whines. "I just want a real date with you."

"Well, I'm not leaving this room unless it's to take my finals." I look up at him as he lays in front of my book on my bed. "So I guess you'll have to think of something." I smirk and think about the possibilities Brendan could come up with.

"I guess I'll have to." He sighs as he stands from my bed. "I'll be back in a little bit." He leans down and kisses me before pacing out of my room.

A few hours after I feel somewhat confident about going into my final exams, Brendan returns to my room.

He doesn't say a word, but enters nosily as he carries a box of pizza and several blankets with pillows. He sets the pizza down on the table and lays a blanket out in front of the TV, and placing the others in a bunch on top of it while also setting the pillows up.

He takes the box of pizza and puts it down in the middle of the blanket. Once he finishes, his gaze turns to me.

"Is your intense study session done yet?" He asks sarcastically.

I brush my hair out of my face and look up at him from my book. I wince slightly as I tell him, "Just ten more minutes."

"Nope." He says. "I think you've studied enough for today." He walks over to me, while I expect him to close my book.

Instead of tickling me, closing my book, or throwing my pen away from me, he picks me up by my waist and carries me to the pile of pillows and blankets he made.

"Brendan! Put me down!" I scream.

"Okay." I can almost hear him smirk as he lets me fall on all of the pillows that sit on one side of the blanket.

I sigh as I place my messy hair in a ponytail to get it out of my face.

"When was the last time you ate anything?" He pulls the pizza box closer to us and opens it.

"I don't know..." I pause. "Breakfast?"

"Victoria!" He scolds.

"What?" I say defensively.

"Here." He hands me a piece of pizza. "You have to eat."

While I eat my piece of pizza, he pulls out a DVD from the mess of blankets.

"Look what I brought." He shows me the movie and I gasp. "I know it's your favorite."

"The Notebook?" I ask.

"Of course!" He says. When he puts the movie into the DVD player he comes back and leans onto the pillows next to me.

I hear the familiar opening music to the film and wonder how I got so lucky to have Brendan in my life.

I lean against his chest while wrapping my arms around his torso.

"Thank you, Brendan." I close my eyes in relaxation against his chest.

"Your welcome." He kisses the top of my head as we watch Noah and Allie meet for the first time.

"This couldn't have been a better first date." I say before I find myself drifting to sleep to the sound of Brendan's heartbeat.

"I'm glad I can make you happy." Brendan says while pulling the blanket up over both of us.

•

The sun shines brightly through my window as I slowly wake up from last night. Brendan's arms are wrapped around me as I hear him breathe softly.

I stretch out my arms and reach for my phone.

11:21 a.m.

My eyes go wide and my heart stops.

"Brendan!" I scream before I stand up and start to search through my clothes. "Brendan, wake up! We're late!"