Ava's pov

      Last night Brandon left after we worked for a while and I was so exhausted I just went to sleep. This morning I got up and took a shower. I left my hair natural and slipped on a black long sleeve shirt and a red leather skirt. I made a smoothie for breakfast and ran out of the house. I drank my smoothie on the way to school and parked in my normal spot.
      School was boring today. All of my teachers had the same idea to lecture us today. At lunch I sat down with my friends and Pricilla looked at me.

"Shopping, after school, all of us," she said. I looked away from her.
"I can't," Melody gave me a scared face.
"What? What do mean you can't?" She asked.
"I have to work on the project," I said a little quieter.
"Ava, come on you can do that another night," she said.
"No I can't, I'm sorry, I already made plans," I snuck a look at Jesica. She knew it was with Brandon. Pricilla rolled her eyes at me just as Anthony walked up to our table.
"Can I help you?" Pricilla asked. I gave her a look and smiled at Anthony.
"Pricilla I was wondering if you wanted to go out with me?" He asked. Aww he's so sweet. I gave a look at Pricilla. She better say yes.
"No way, get lost," she said. He nodded and walked away.
"What the hell? That was so mean?" I said.
"You would have done the same thing," she said. I saw Melody's jaw drop. I turn my head and see Anthony with Jack and Brandon. Brandon meets my eyes and I mouth 'I'm sorry' to him. He nodded and walked away with Anthony and Jack. I didn't speak to Pricilla the rest of lunch. When lunch ended I went to my next class without a word. As I walked to class my phones buzzed in my back pocket.

Brandon: Meet me at my house after school to work on our project
Me: okay

I slid my phone back in my pocket and continued walking to my class.

      After school I headed to Brandon's house. I don't know why I was so nervous. Maybe because I'm meeting his family? I get out of my car and walked to the front door. I rang the doorbell and waited patiently. Brandon opened the door and smirked.

"Come on Ava," he smiled. I gave him a weird look and walked in his house. He was right his house was a lot like mine. As soon as I walked in a boy that looked almost like Brandon came running towards Brandon.

"Ava, this is Luke, my brother," he said running his fingers through his dark hair. I smiled at Luke.
"You're pretty," Luke said.
"He's right about that," he said. I looked at him and just when I was about to say something a woman behind me cut me off.
"Brandon?" A shorter woman came up to us.
"Mom this is Ava, she lives next door, she's my lab partner," he said putting his hands in his pockets.
"Hi, Ava, it's nice to meet you, I don't think we have ever met, my apologies, we have lived next to each other for so long," she said.
"That's okay Mrs. Meyers," I said. She smiled at me and Brandon cleared his throat.
"Right, well you too go study or work on whatever you are working on," she said taking Luke by the arm and dragging him out of the entryway. Brandon led me upstairs to his bedroom. It had dark blue colored walls and his bed was messy. He had shelves on model cars on them and a big desk in the corner. I examined the shelf.

"You really like cars don't you?" I asked looking at his collection.
"Yup, everyone needs a hobby," he said. I smiled and sat down it he floor and pulled out our papers for our project and we started to work.
We worked for a long time in Brandon's room on the carpet. We had a few minutes left when Brandon's mom told us that dinner would be ready in 10 minutes. Brandon sat up and he noticed that I was looking at his car collection.

"Hey didn't you say that you had a Mustang?" I asked still laying on the door.
"Yeah.....you want to see if?" He asked. I sat up and smiled. We both go up and I followed him down to the garage. When he opened the door to the garage I saw a rusty red mustang. It looked in pretty good condition.
"Wow," I said walking inside. "Does it run?" I asked. He shook his head.
"It's getting there," he said opening the drivers door and sitting inside it. He looked focused and so much in his element. I stood in front of him as he reached for the key. He turn it and the car made a few sputtering noises and then it went dead.
"I think I know what's wrong with it but I'm waiting on a part in the mail," he said.
"So that's what you spend you're money on, car parts," I concluded. He grinned and stepped out of the car.
"So, where is this pool you've been talking about?" I smiled. He laughed.
"You want a tour Ava?" He smiled. I laughed as he opened the garage and we walked around to the side of the house to the gate. He held it open for me and I walked through. The pool lights were on because it was already pitch black outside. The lights reflected the glow of the pool. The pool was big. Way bigger than I thought. I want a pool. I bent down and felt the water. It wasn't cold but it wasn't warm. I felt someone behind me and I quickly got up.
"Were you going to push me in?" I gasped. He laughed.
"What? Don't you want to get in?" He laughed.
"Yes, but if you pushed me I would have killed you," I smiled.
"So, get in, jump," he said. He thinks I won't do it. I give him a look and slip off my shoes. I reach for the button of my shirt.
"What are you doing?" He smirked.
"Getting in, duhh," I said sliding my skirt off. I took my shirt off last and then I was left in my black bra and underwear. I dove into the water and popped my head up.
"Aren't you coming in?" I challenged. He smiled and took his shirt off and I watched his bird tattoo in the pool light reflection. Then he slid his jeans off and did a cannonball. I squealed when he jumped in because the water went everywhere. He came up and flipped his hair out of his face.

"I didn't think you would do it," he said swimming towards me.
"Well then,-" I started but he cut me off.
"Yeah yeah yeah, I don't know you at all," he rolled his eyes as he came closer to me.
"You should try harder," I said. He smiled. We were close now and everything around us was quiet. I thought for a second he was going to kiss me but something caught my attention. The lights on the porch were flickering. It was Brandon's mom.
"Looks like your mom caught us," I smiled. He wasn't about to kiss me right? Would I have missed him back if he did? I swam to the edge. Luke ran out of the house and set some clothes and towels on the table and ran back inside. I hauled myself out of the pool and ran to the table because I was freezing. I wrapped a towel around me and threw Brandon one when he got out of the pool. I picked up the clothes and slipped them on quickly. It was a black t shirt and grey sweatpants. I think they were Brandon's.

"You look like me," he said slipping a shirt on. I rolled my eyes. We both go inside and Brandon's mom has dinner for us on the table.

"Brandon next time you want to get in the pool maybe let me know so I can turn of the heater so you don't get hypothermia," his mom said. I looked at Brandon and smiled. He smirked and sat down at the table.
"Ava, Brandon tells me it's just you at your house?" She asked sitting down. I nodded.
"Yeah."
"Well, you are welcome to come over any time for dinner," she said.
"Thank you so much," I smiled.

      Just as we finished eating the front door shut loudly and a man came in. I assume was Brandon's dad. I know a drunk person when I see one and he was definitely drunk.
"Dad, nice of you to show up," Brandon comments.
"Brandon I think it's time our guest leaves," his moms aid making eye contact with him. It was definitely an awkward situation. I stood up and handed Brandon's mom my plate.
"Thank you so much for dinner Mrs. Meyers," I thanked her.
"Anytime Ava," She said with a smile. Brandon stood up and I followed him out of the house.

The air was cold outside but somehow I felt warm in Brandon's clothes. We walked silently across the lawn to my house.

"I'm sorry about my dad," he said as we approached my house.
"Brandon, it's fine, really," I assured him. He turned to me.
"Thanks for showing me your car and your pool," I said. He smiled.
"I guess I'll see you tomorrow?" He said putting his hands in his pockets. I nodded.
"Goodnight, Ava," He said walking away.
"Goodnight."

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