To write love on her arms [17] Brendon Urie
"What is your problem? I just meant it as a joke."
"Yes and you only meant it as a joke when I told you I loved Nell and Nell loved Brendon."
Conner looked puzzled,"What are you talking about. I would never joke about that."
"Yeah well, than why did I see our sweet, little Nell make out with that Ryan kid in his car." Aiden spat and Conner's eyes widened a bit.
"Ryan and Nell kissed?" They heard a voice behind them say and they turned around. "Oh hey Brendon. What's up?"
“What do you mean they kissed?” Brendon asked again.
“Aiden saw them in Ryan’s car making out. You seem shocked to hear that?” Conner said and the light bulb in his head went on a bit to late. He could’ve used this as a very good situation.
“What? No,no… Ryan didn’t mention it, but that’s great right?”
“Of course.” Conner said, Aiden wisely kept his mouth shut but couldn’t help but scoff and return inside without saying anything to Brendon.
”What’s his problem again?” Brendon asked confused and Conner shook his head, “Don’t mind him. He’s been a prick lately. Why don’t you come with us?” Conner asked and Brendon nodded.
Aiden quickly walked inside to get to Sarah before she would see it and luckily for him she had just came out of the changing rooms.
“Oh Sarah..; your loverboy is here…” he whispered and her eyes went wide, “I do hope you’ve already told him. Because this could be an ugly situation.” Sarah turned to him, silently pleading him not to do anything. But all Aiden could do was smirk evilly.
”Hey guys look who I found.” Conner yelled but frowned when he didn’t see Nell.
Emma and Bart said hello and Brendon walked up to Sarah and pecked her on the lips.
“Hi sweety.” She whispered and Brendon smiled.
The noise of a curtain being drawn open broke their private moment and they looked at the person standing outside. There was Nell wearing a beautiful broken white summer dress that fit her petite frame perfectly and was bound in her neck, leaving her back bare.
Sarah noticed how Brendon’s breath stocked in his throat as he let his gorgeous hazel eyes travel over Nell’s appearance, but he wasn’t the only one who focused on Nell, Aiden was also unable to turn his gaze away from his best friend.
Conner smiled at Nell, this was the girl she was. The girl he met when he was 4, who grew up and placed everyone else before herself, who never failed to smile, who he would protect no matter what.
”Nell you look amazing!” Emma squealed, breaking the trance everyone was in and releasing Nell from her rather uncomfortable state. Nell smiled at Emma, fidgeting with the dress, “Are you sure?”
“Of course I am, Sarah what do you think?”
Sarah smiled, taking in Nell, “You look really beautiful in that dress Nell.” Sarah said trying to hide the crop in her throat. She was losing. Looking at Nell, at Brendon and at Aiden she realized she was losing the game she had so perfectly planned out and intended on winning at the very beginning.
But no one except Conner seemed to notice that sad tone in her voice and he wasn’t the kind of person to just leave it be.
Conner turned to look back at Nell and she looked at him expectantly. It was typical Nell to seek for his approval. But then again she saw him as her big brother, the only one who understood her. Although lately she felt as if she was pushing him away, she couldn’t talk to him about her dropping grades or about Brendon. Because she felt embarrassed for feeling that way, for telling him that they had kissed when he came over that one night so she kept her mouth shut and wished it would all go away.
But it wasn’t going to go away. It was going to keep on haunting her, just like Brendon wasn’t going to disappear out of her life, even if she tried. Because he was dating Sarah, and Sarah was her friend. Who was happy, with him, with the guy she actually loved so badly that it hurt.
And that’s when she spotted him and he was looking at her with a look she couldn’t place.
”Ehm, I’m going to change.” And with that Nell left again to the confines of the changing room.
Brendon had joined the group chatting away with Emma and Bart, his arm securely round Sarah’s waist as if afraid to lose her. Conner was walking with Nell who seemed to be less upbeat than before, of course he knew why but in the presence of everyone else he couldn’t exactly comfort her now could he? Emma though did a great job to keep Nell busy, dragging her in every story where she claimed to have found something Nell like. Emma noticed the less upbeat tone of her friend and tried to fix it, even if it meant spending her allowance for 2 months in one day. Aiden also noticed (Nell really stopped doing her best in hiding her sadness) and as much as it killed him not to say anything about it, it pained him even more to know that even though Brendon was the cause of all this, Nell would never blame him.
”Hey guys, I’m hungry.” Bart said and as if his stomach heard him it started rumbling, something even Nell could laugh about.
They all agreed on Pizza. Nell and Emma immediately excused themselves to go to the bathroom, because Emma found it necessary for Nell to put on her dress, after all it was yet another hot day in Vegas. Conner, Brendon and Bart went to order leaving Aiden and Sarah alone at the booth.
”You do know it would be a shame to spoil this beautiful day with nasty news, right?” Sarah glared at Aiden in the hope that the saying glaring daggers would actually come true.
“For claiming to not be jealous you sure can’t stand me being with him.” Sarah hissed and Aiden’s smirk turned into a grim line.
“Well you two look awfully annoyed with eachother.” Emma said when she came back with a big smile plastered on her face. Nell stood there to pull on the hem of her dress, being a little bit uncomfortable with the dress. They had bought 4 dresses for Nell because even she agreed that she had too little dresses. But the one dress she had was special to her, and with lacking other dresses an unique piece in her wardrobe.
”Everybody sit down! Foods coming!” Bart yelled, all to eager to sink his teeth in a slice of pepperoni pizza. “Did someone die while we were away?” Conner asked when he noticed the pressing atmosphere at the table.
”As usual Aiden and Sarah were biting each others head off and Nell put on her new dress.” Emma said cheery and Conner slid in next to Nell “You look very pretty.” He said and she smiled before yawning.
“Sorry, I’m tired.” She said apologising to everyone. Brendon smiled, “Well Emma did drag you across the entire mall and back.”
“Hey now don’t you blame it all on me, your little cupcake over there just had to look at Dibbs.” Emma said laughing but Sarah couldn’t really laugh with it, “Well if it was too much for you than why didn’t you stay with the others.” Sarah snapped dampening the mood and surprising Emma.
“Sarah…” Nell started, feeling that this whole ordeal was once again her fault.
” Don’t you start… I can’t take it anymore! Why don’t you ever yell! Why can’t you ever stop playing Saint!” She yelled, not only earning the attention of Bart who had been gorging down his meal and could be considered to be on another planet, but also that of the other customers.
Nell sat there silently, with a shocked expression on her face.
“Sarah.” Emma started.
”No. Why can’t you ever react! You just sit there and let others point out someone’s fault. Why can’t you just tell me to shut the hell up! You’re incapable to react! I started dating Brendon and you still didn’t say anything about it even though I knew you liked him a lot!”
Conner’s eyes went wide and wanted to spring up and yell at Sarah but Nell did say something, “you knew?” was all she could say in a whimper, forgetting that Brendon was now staring at her.
“Of course I knew! I’m not blind like half of the people here! I know you like Brendon just like I know how Aiden likes you! In fact I’ve been using Brendon just to get Aiden jealous and to ruin you! And did anyone notice? NO I saw you waste away these past months and no one said a word! I was a bitch to you and you didn’t say a word! You’re driving me crazy and…”
”You used me?” Brendon said, stopping Sarah’s crazy ramble. With wide eyes she looked down to see Brendon sitting with a very hurt expression on his face and her entire face drained of colour.
“Brendon… I… “
”You used me to get him jealous? Did you ever even like me?” Brendon looked at Sarah waiting for an answer and hoping it wasn’t what he expected it to be but when she kept quiet for a while he sighed, stood up and walked out of the pizzeria.
Everyone at the table looked at Sarah, half of them with wide open mouths and even Aiden was looking at her with compassion, not exactly how he was picturing this moment, he had anticipated this moment to be hilarious for the vixen was finally getting what she deserved, but now all he could do was pity her.
“You…” Nell said, standing up to come to the same level as Sarah was standing now, to actually get a reaction out of Nell wasn’t what Sarah had counted on and she was looking at her in some sort of fright, even the others were looking at Nell, waiting for what she was going to say.
“Now that I should yell at you… and actually want to yell at you, I can’t even find the words.” And with those words and a look of disappointment, something Sarah found even les tolerable than a glare she actually expected, Nell manoeuvred past Conner out of the booth and followed into Brendon’s footsteps and left the pizzeria and walked straight home, knowing she would be home alone because her mother was working her nightshift at the hospital and the minute the door locked behind her she started to cry.
Not only was her biggest secret out for all her friends to know, Sarah had known all along and tormented her with cuddling and kissing Brendon in front of her eyes even when Aiden wasn’t around! Nell cried, tears were falling on her new dress, when someone rang the doorbell. Nell blinked her eyes, wiped the tears from her cheeks and stood up to open the door.
She was surprised to see two gorgeous but sad brown eyes and a small sad smile adorning his perfect round lips.
“Hi, can I come in?”
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