A week went by without any messages or phone calls from Taylor. Every time I saw her in class, she just walked by and kept going. I called after her and she just ignored me and kept walking. I have no idea what went wrong...
Brandon sat down just thinking of everything that could have gone wrong. And nothing came to his mind until he saw that annoying girl he hooked up with three weeks ago coming his way. Her name was Bridgette. She was most guy's dream on the outside - tall with legs like a model, the prettiest green eyes and long brown hair. But she had the worst personality ever. She was clingy, possessive and an airhead. The only reason they ended up hooking up at that party was because Brandon was shit-faced drunk and she couldn't wait to claim him as hers. He'd been ignoring her texts and calls since the night it happened. He regret doing it so bad every time he saw her number come on the screen and now her coming towards him.
"Hey babe, finally you are alone." She said winking.
"My name is Brandon and we are not together...wait, what do you mean alone?"
"You have been with that short little black girl and I told her about us!" She said smiling.
"Why the fuck would you tell her that? We are NOT together! We just hooked up once when I was fucking DRUNK Taylor! I don't want to be with you!" He said steaming. He got up to start walking and she stopped him.
"Wait! Brandon! I have been calling you because I have something to tell you!" She said with the worst sad face act that he has ever seen.
"I don't care what you have to say Bridgette." He said trying to get out of her hold.
"I'm pregnant."
He stopped dead in his tracks.
*******
Taylor was at home reading the messages that Brandon had left for her. She just didn't understand why he would lead her on like this just to break her heart. He was her first date, first kiss, and could have possibly been her first boyfriend. She called her only friend Rhian to talk about everything. Rhian comforted Taylor and said the usual best friend stuff like
"He doesn't deserve you"
"You will find someone else better"
"Don't worry about him"
But that was the only thing that Taylor could do - think of Brandon. She even found herself listening to Kendrick Lamar's album because it reminded her of him.
A few weeks had passed and the calls stopped, the messages stopped and now when she saw him around campus, he looked at her and then turned away like she did something wrong. Taylor was extra confused. All she wanted to do now was confront him and ask why he has been acting like that. Maybe he gave up on her, Taylor thought. She saw him with Robert and started to walk up to them and then turned around once she saw him look into her eyes. She couldn't do it. She couldn't confront him for some reason. She slumped her shoulders and kept on walking to her next class.
"Dude, what happened? I never see you anymore with Taylor!"
"I know, I guess it was just a dare Rob" Brandon looked down.
"Wow, so you don't have any feelings for her anymore bro?"
"Um, nope. Hey, I gotta go!" Brandon said and walked away.
Robert wondered what happened between the two. He just completely stopped talking about her like she disappeared off of earth. Maybe he didn't like her? Robert thought. He ran to catch up with Taylor.
"Taylor!"
Taylor turned around to see Robert and she was so caught off guard that she ended up dropping her notebooks.
"Let me help you with that!" He said with a smile.
"Oh...um thanks Robert." She said with a small grin on her face.
"No problem!" He said standing up handing her the books. "So, I noticed that you and Brandon aren't talking anymore?"
"Oh did he say something to you?"
"No, no, he hasn't said anything...I was just wondering because, well...I think it's kind of rude to let a pretty girl like you be forgotten like that." He said moving closer to her with a charming smirk.
Taylor laughed nervously. Did he just call her pretty? "Thank you Robert." She said looking down nervously. "I just don't really know what happened...one day things were great and then the next I hear he has a girlfriend?"
"A girlfriend – wait who?"
"Some gorgeous tall brunette...everything I'm not." She whispered that last part to herself.
"Tall? Maybe not. But gorgeous? Definitely!" He said flirting hard with her.
"Haha wow! Thank you Robert, really...I know you are just trying to make me feel better."
"I don't know who you are talking about but I'm just telling the truth."
"He hasn't told you anything about his new girl?"
"Wait - tall, skinny and brunette? Are you talking about Bridgette?"
"Well, I don't know her name!" Taylor said biting her lip and looking down.
Robert noticed her shyness and was immediately engrossed by her cuteness. She was so different from all of the other girls that he had been with. And the best part was that she didn't know how sexy she was. He wanted to take all the pain that he saw in her eyes away. He put his hand on her shoulder.
"Hey, don't worry about him. I know he's my friend but he's been acting weird for weeks now, and I don't think he deserves you to be honest. You are beautiful do you know that?" He said moving her chin up to his face.
Taylor felt his sincerity and looked into his eyes. She never imagined any of this happening today and had the sudden urge to kiss Robert. She quickly shot up to his tall stature for a kiss and bumped into his nose instead.
"Oh my gosh!" She whispered to herself as she looked down and bit her lip again. "I'm so sorry, I didn't meant to do that."
"No, no, there is no reason to apologize for wanting to kiss me."
Robert pulled her chin up to look into his eyes and then went in for a kiss. His lips landed on hers and he felt a spark as his lips crashed into hers. Taylor pulled away and just stared at Robert for a second.
"Wow, um...I think I should go." Taylor said turning to walk away. She was so confused right now.
"Wait!" Robert grabbed her arm and turned her around to kiss her again. She instantly closed her eyes and felt the same spark that she felt the first time. He wanted to invade her mouth with his tongue at that moment but decided to save it for later. Robert pulled away.
"Now, how do you feel about going out with me later?"
"Um...um" She stuttered. "Yeah, we can do that. I really have to go now!" She said looking into his eyes again before running away to her next class that she was now late for.
Robert just stood there watching her run away admiring the sway of her hips. He couldn't believe that they kissed just like that. This was bad and he could already tell. He felt something when they kissed and he knew he wasn't alone. This was so wrong, he thought.
*****
Brandon had almost gone into depression when Bridgette told him that he was going to be a father. This was the worst thing that could have happened. He was too young and definitely didn't want to bring anything into the world with Bridgette. He thought about Taylor every second and how bad he messed things up. Their whole relationship started with a lie and now he was avoiding her at all costs because he couldn't bring himself to tell anyone about the pregnancy. Luckily, Bridgette wasn't showing yet but it would only be a matter of time until she did. He felt so much guilt and was scared of telling her everything. He only wanted to be with her ever since the moment he saw her open that door on their first date. Now, he was stuck with a woman that literally trapped him into becoming a parent to their unborn child.
"Babe, my feet hurt can you massage them?" She said in a whiny voice.
