Brittany tapped her feet impatiently. This was not how she thought her date with Damian would go. She thought that he would at least take her to a restaurant or the movies or a secret spot where no one knew about. Yeah she was comparing the date to all the times she and Seth had hung out...but still! You don't take out a girl on the first date to a frickin' nerd convention.
"It's actually Brainaics Tech Fest Seminar" her conscience corrected her and she rolled her eyes, "Same thing!" she frowned and fixed her face when she saw Damian running towards her. He had not worn suspenders today. He was wearing black slacks and a dark blue shirt with long white sleeves. His usual sleeked back hair was not present, he had it natural and it made him look his age and around his neck was an ID card.
"Where did you run off to?" Brittany asked and he smiled, "Some guys had little problems with their car, I just fixed it" he said and she looked at his white-clad forearms. She'd kill to see Damian with rolled up sleeves fixing a car. "So you know about cars?" she asked and he nodded, "Cars are the only things I know about after books. I'm such a bore" "You're not" "Yes I am. I brought you here on our first date".
"At least he knows" her conscience scoffed. "Relax! We're not dating. If it makes you comfortable, take it that we're just hanging out...as friends!" she smiled and he smiled back. She held the ID card, "What's this for?" she asked with a smirk and he gulped, "I'm part of the technical committee, so it's just a little something to show it. It also grants me access to parts other people are not allowed" "Oh" was all she said and she played with it.
"Damian?" someone said and they turned and saw a redhead in a pleated skirt and a blouse. She also had glasses and freckles. "Chloe!" Damian said and he turned away from Brittany and went over to the redhead. What the fudge? Brittany thought and went to where they stood.
"I didn't think I'll see you here" he said and Chloe smiled, "I'm giving one of the talks here" she said. "Wow! You've grown!" he said and she touched his forearm, "You've gotten cuter too" then she noticed Brittany. "Who's your friend?" she asked, the smile fading away and Damian turned and smiled at Brittany, "This is Brittany" he said and Brittany scrutinized what Chloe was wearing; knee-length pleated skirt? Please no one wears those anymore, she thought.
"Brittany, this is Chloe, we went to summer camp together" Damian said and Brittany smiled as she offered a handshake to Chloe, "Hi!" Chloe looked at her hand and then looked at Damian, "It was nice seeing you again Damian. I hope it won't be the last time" she said and walked away then she looked over her shoulder, "Nice meeting you... Brittany" she said and left.
"The nerve of that girl!" Brittany said and kept her hand back. "She's usually nice, maybe she's just having a bad day" he said and Brittany thought about the wide grin on Chloe's face before she came along. Definitely having a bad day, she thought sarcastically. "Or maybe she's jealous" Brittany said and he looked at her, "Jealous? Of me?" "No! Of me!" "Why would she be jealous of you?" he asked and she sighed. Could Damian have not seen the way Chloe smiled at him? Or the way she touched his arm tenderly? Well he was a nerd and needs were pretty dense when it came to stuff like this.
"No reason" she said and saw people heading towards the auditorium, "Come on! It's about to start!" he said and grabbed her hand and pulled her. She smirked, ignoring the empty feeling her hand still felt, "Feeling bold, are we?" she teased and he looked at their intertwined hands and quickly let go, "I'm sorry!" he said and she held his hand and smiled, "I never said you should let go!" she said and he smirked and continued dragging her. His smirk wasn't cocky and dimple-showing like Seth's own...but it still made her feel light-headed. Was she falling for two guys?
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Seminar one was over and the only thing on Brittany's mind was home. She wanted to go home. During the seminar, she realized that she was the only normal dressed person. Everyone else was dressed like they were in the 90's but according to her, only Damian was able to pull off the look.
"Here!" Damian said as he handed her a hot dog and a bottle of cola, "Thanks!" she said and sunk her teeth into the hot dog. "Damian!" Chloe said as she waved and walked over to where they were, "Hi Chloe!" Brittany said politely but Chloe did not even spare her a glance. Wow! she thought, "What a bitch!" her conscience said "You know, if you're going to be living rent-free in my head, we need to set some rules, especially about your use of swear words" she said in her head.
"I checked the agenda and your seminar is next?" Damian asked and Chloe giggled, "Yeah!" she said. "Well, you're gonna kill it!" he said and she tilted her head, "You sure? I feel nervous" she smirked at Brittany who rolled her eyes. That's not the smirk of a nervous person, Brittany thought. "I know you will. You've always known what you wanted and you've always gotten it" Damian said "Well not exactly. I mean I don't have a boyfriend yet!" she laughed and Brittany just looked at her like she was a fool.
"Well when you get one, he'll be a lucky guy!" Damian said and Chloe laughed too loudly, earning few stares, "Oh Damian you're so funny!" she said as she hit his arm and played with her hair while biting her lip seductively. Oh my God! You're throwing yourself at him. You don't do three flirty moves at the same time, it would make you look desperate, Brittany thought and looked at Damian who shifted back uncomfortably, "I am?" he asked and she rolled her eyes, "Then again, Damian is dense" her conscience said and she nodded in agreement.
Chloe and Damian started talking about nerd stuff and Brittany could not chip in because they were using words she had never heard. What the hell is tetraoxosulphate VI acid? And who uses it in a normal conversation? Brittany thought as she left to the bathroom.
"Did you see that girl with Damian?" some girls whispered and Brittany rolled her eyes. Of course they'll gossip about her, she was a star afterall and also, she was the only one wearing skinny jeans and a green crop top. The other girls were wearing...well, they were wearing nice clothes but according to Brittany, they had no fashion sense.
"She doesn't belong here. I hope Chloe shows her her place" another girl said and Brittany opened the stall and stepped out to wash her hands. The girls scoffed and left. Brittany scoffed, "They could have at least tried to flush my head down the toilet so I can show them the Super Brittany hand-chop!" Her saying that made her remember when she had saved Seth from those giants.
She wiped her hands with paper towels and crumpled it then she threw it in the bin. "He could have chosen his words wisely, knowing I had saved him and I have the skills to hand-chop him to death!" she said as she left the bathroom.
She walked for a few minutes before she realized that she had no idea where she was and how she had gotten there. I think I'm lost, she thought "Ya think?" her conscience said and she raised her hands in surrender, "Aren't you supposed to know how we got here?" she asked "I'm not your brain sweetheart, I'm just your conscience. Know the difference!" her conscience said and she shrugged. "I should just call Damian!" she said and took out her phone but then she remembered that he was with Chloe. God! I hate that girl! she thought and her conscience hmmed in agreement then she was about to keep her phone when she changed her mind and decided to call Damian. Unfortunately, there was no service.
"Are you kidding me? In a whole nerd convention, there is no service" she said and kept her phone in her pocket. Trusting her instincts, she kept walking till she came to an open place. "Where the fudge is this place?" she shouted and a black motorcycle pulled up beside her.
The rider took off his helmet and ran his hand through his shaggy black hair. From the dark eyes, few freckles on his nose, lips she had almost kissed, she knew who it was. Seth freaking Williams.
"Cute censoring!" he smirked "What are you doing here?" she asked "Well, I just finished having the best sex of my life and was just driving home but then I heard your cute censoring and I just had to come tease you about it" he said cockily and she rolled eyes and turned to go back to wherever she came from but his hand around her wrist stopped her. "I'm sorry Brittany. I was just kidding! I have not had sex in like...a week? Not sure and---" "Seth, what are you doing here?" she asked seriously and he rubbed his nape nervously.
"I...I..." he was saying and she scoffed, "Save it! I'm not interested!" she said and turned to go but he held her hand. The familiar feeling crept back into her palm and it felt warm but she pushed it aside. She was still mad at him. She flung her hand from his and he looked up at the building, "Princess, I think the real question is what are you doing here" he said and looked at her, "What's that supposed to mean?" "Don't get me wrong, but this isn't the type of place you go to" "And what do you know about me?" "Like I said, don't get me wrong. This place is for nerds and... you're anything but a nerd" he said as his eyes trailed up her body.
"I'm on a date!" she said reluctantly and he burst out in laughter but he stopped when he realized that she was not kidding. "Oh you're serious?" he asked and she rolled her eyes, "What kind of guy would take a girl out to a nerd convention for a date?" he asked and thought for a while then he smirked, "Was it that nerd that follows you around?" "Damian doesn't follow me around" "Do you like him?" "We're good friends!" she said and he sniggered, "I mean more than a friend. He is your type afterall".
Brittany thought she could befriend Damian and eventually fall in love with him...but it was harder than she had imagined. Her biggest obstacle was the fact that Damian did not make her feel giddy while Seth brought out her worst side while giving her tiny caterpillars in her belly. The caterpillars had not yet grown into butterflies and she hoped it stayed that way. There was no way she was going to fall in love with Seth Michael Williams.
"You don't have to answer that" he said and hopped on his motorcycle, "...for now" he completed with a smirk then he tapped behind him, "Let me kidnap you for a while" he said and she squinted her eyes at him, "If you want to be romantic and kidnap me, do it in the night...and besides, I came here with someone" "But I don't see him around here...and you look like you want to be anywhere but here" "Even if I wanted to leave here, what makes you think I want to go somewhere with you?" she asked. "Let's just push aside the fact that I'm Seth and you're Brittany. Right now, I'm Michael and you're Hope. Would you really break Michael's heart just because you want to see Seth suffer?"
When he put it like that, it sounded cute and it made her heart flutter. Mental note, see a cardiologist later. We are not catching feelings for Seth Williams, she thought and stretched out her hand. He smirked and held her hand, "Ew! Dude, I mean the helmet!" she said and his cheeks turned a slight pink, "Sorry" he said as he handed a pink helmet. "Why is it pink?" "Did I ever tell you about a girl that painted my motorcycle pink? I was able to wash the paint off my bike but the pink was stuck to the helmet so I----" "Oh shut up!" she said and as she wore the helmet and tried to strap it but she could not. He sighed and removed her fingers from the strap then he strapped it under her chin gently. She gulped and his eyes widened at how pretty her neck was. She was not wearing one of her matching set which comprised of a long sleeved crop top and a short skirt, but she was still distracting him. Her cute belly button was just tempting him to swirl his tongue inside. He shook the thought out of his head and leaned back. "Thanks!" she managed to say and climbed the bike with her hands on his shoulders.
Without him telling her, she put her arms around his waist. He stiffened under her touch. She noticed how stiff he was, "Is this not what girls do in movies? I don't know, I've never ridden a bike before so I don't know how to----" she was saying as she removed her arms from his waist but he held her arms back around his waist, "It's fine! This is what girls do" he said and she felt him relax.
"Should I hold tight or---" "Hold tight! I like going crazy fast!" he said and she rolled her eyes, "Of course you do. Just tell me when you're going to start so I can--- Arrgghh!" she screamed as Seth drove off in full speed without warning her.
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Brittany got down from the motorcycle, her heart still beating crazy fast, her throat hurting from all the screaming she did as Seth drove her to her death, her mind exhausted from all the 'We're gonna die!'she screamed in her head(She was pretty sure she wasn't going to hear from her conscience for a few days, maybe a week) and her legs jelly from the squeezing of her thighs around Seth's thighs and his motorcycle. That death trap! she thought as she fell on the ground.
"You okay?" he asked and she glared at him, "Is it that you're deaf or you just choose to ignore what people say?" she asked and he smirked, "The latter" he said and helped her up. She studied their surroundings; rocks, great view of the ocean, clear blue sky, few trees...and more rocks. It was a cliff.
"You brought me to a cliff so you could push me" she joked as she pushed some strands of her hair away from her face. "I've thought about a lot of things concerning you Brittany, but killing you is not one of them" Seth smirked and her face heated up. Was it bad that she wanted to know the things he thought of about her?
"Apart from that lake, this place is my other comfort zone" he said and kicked a stone. "I come here to watch the waves rise and fall, it's kinda soothing" he said and sat down. "Did you bring me here to brag that you have a better hiding spot than me?" she asked as she sat down and he laughed, "Nothing could beat that little spot you found. It's serene and peaceful. How did you find it?" he asked and she folded her legs.
Could she tell him? It wasn't really a big deal. On seeing her fiddling with the hem of her crop top, he said, "You don't really have to tell me, it's none of my business anyways" "My mom always took me there when I was little. It was like our hiding spot. My dad came with us whenever he wasn't busy with work...but now I'm the only one that goes there... till you came along!" she said and pushed strands of her golden locks from her face.
"Why does only you go there?" he asked and she chuckled, "Don't you think that's too personal?" "I'm sorry" he said and she smiled, "Mom died when I was nine, dad is too busy to spend time with me, so it's just me and Lisa! And please, don't say you're sorry" she said. "I'm sorry" he said and mentally hit himself, she laughed, "Guess you couldn't help it?" "I'm sorry" he repeated and cringed, "I'm sorry----Shit!" he said and she threw her head back as she laughed out loud. Her echoes being thrown back at her.
"I love it when you apologize. It's cute" she said and was about to brush her hair away from her face but Seth beat her to it. He tucked the fallen strands on her face, behind her ear, "Then I guess have to be apologizing often" he said huskily. Brittany noticed that whenever he wanted to get really close to her face, his voice drops.
Her eyes flicked down to his lips and she licked hers. They had gotten real close. "Brittany, I fucked up when I said those awful things to you. It was a dick move. You're not a bitch, you're just annoying and..." she leaned closer to him, her hand on his hand. Few more inches away from each other's lips, Seth paused and muttered, "I don't want to treat you like other girls" then he leaned back and stood up.
Brittany held her crimson red, hot face. She was embarrassed and somehow disappointed. A little part of her wanted to know how Seth tasted. She stood up and cleared her throat, "Well thanks for showing me... your...your hideout and I'll be going now!" she said and turned to go but he held her hand, his face flushed.
"Are you really going to leave like that?" he asked as he let go of her hand "What do you mean?" "Princess, you came to one of the best echo places" he said with a cocky smirk, "Don't you want to hear it?" he asked and yelled. His echo was thrown back to him louder. Brittany had to admit, it was a waste of time and what a fool would do...but it was dope!
Seth yelled again and the echo came back. He looked at her and smiled, "Give it a try!" he encouraged and she shouted. Her echo came back. "A little girly but it was your first try so" he analyzed and she rolled her eyes, "Oh shut up!" she said and they started yelling, their echoes coming back.
Seth stopped jumping and just watched Brittany jump and yell. The veins on her neck showing from all the shouting, her hair tousled up by the wind. He was surprised that she had not worn hair extensions and that the shoulder-length hair really suited her. It was better than the long blonde hair.
He wanted to kiss her so bad. Before, the only thing he could think of about her was shoving her face into a toilet, but now, he was having other thoughts. He really wanted to kiss her but he could not. She liked nerds and he was someone that did not deserve her and falling in love with her meant winning a free ticket to heartbreak. But it still did not erase the fact that he wanted to cup her face in his hands and kiss her till she became a blushing mess.
She stopped jumping and just admired the view. Fuck it! he thought and closed the distance between them then he brushed hair away from her neck and planted a kiss on her exposed flesh.
The hairs on her neck sprang up and she looked at him in surprise, "Let's go!" he said and started walking away. She recovered from her shock and ran to him, "What was that for?" she asked and he smirked, "Felt like!" her cheeks reddened at that, "Hey!" she yelled as she tried to keep up with him.