The Tattoo

"Moved on that quickly?" Derek sneered. My eyes widened. How could he? He's the one who has a mate now, not me.

"Derek I.." I started but he interrupted.

"I came over here to try and comfort you because I thought you might be having a hard time with this. I guess you found someone else to do that for you. I never pegged you for a slut." He glared at Brandon then at me again.

Brandon stepped out from behind me, shoving Derek back toward the door. "Get out. Now." He said, rather calmly. The steadiness in his voice was enough to give anyone chills.

Derek threw one last glare my way and then left, slamming the door behind him.

I sighed and slid down the wall till I was sitting on the kitchen floor. When Brandon was sure that Derek was gone, he joined me.

"Listen, you're not a slut. I shouldn't have even allowed you to kiss me. You already said you wanted to wait for two weeks and I really should have respected that. I guess the thought of you wanting me too just overwhelmed me. I'm so sorry." He whispered, sorrow clear in his eyes.

I reached over and intertwined my fingers with his bring his knuckles to my lips. "Don't worry about it, I wanted to kiss you."

He smiled slightly placing his hand on the side of my face and started leaning toward me when the dryer buzzed causing us both to jump back.

I sighed and got up, retrieving his shirt. I handed it to him and he pulled it over his head. "Thanks."

I nodded at him and turned to get something out for dinner.

"I should go. Two weeks?" Brandon asked.

I laughed and turned around to face him. "Two weeks." He smiled and leaned down placing his lips on my forehead.

"I'll see you tomorrow." With that, he was gone.

***************

The next day, I got up around 4am not being able to sleep anymore. I took a quick shower and pulled on some shorts and a cute strapless top from Rue 21. At school, we didn't have a super strict dress code. As long as you didn't dress super slutty, you'd be fine. I applied mascara and some eye shadow. Finishing of my look with some coral lipgloss. I looked good for the first time since everything happened with Derek and honestly, I felt a lot better.

It was still early and I had about 45 minutes before I had to leave so I grabbed my laptop and logged onto Facebook. The first thing I saw was that Kendra and Derek were now Facebook official. Just to be a smart ass I put my mouse over the like button and clicked. I smiled to myself, logging off.

I skipped downstairs, bring my laptop with me. I opened iTunes and started dancing around the kitchen, singing along with the lyrics.

"You're insecure,

Don't know what for,

You're turning heads when you walk through the door,

Don't need make-up,

To cover up,

Being the way that you are is enough,

Everyone else in the room can see it,

Everyone else but you,

Baby you light up my world like nobody else,

The way that you flip your hair gets me overwhelmed,

But when you smile at the ground it ain't hard to tell,

You don't know,

Oh oh,

You don't know you're beautiful,

If only you saw what I can see,

You'll understand why I want you so desperately,

Right now I'm looking at you and I can't believe,

You don't know,

Oh oh,

You don't know you're beautiful,

Oh oh,

That's what makes you beautiful

So c-come on,

You got it wrong,

To prove I'm right,

I put it in a song,

I don't know why,

You're being shy,

And turn away when I look into your eye eye eyes,

Everyone else in the room can see it,

Everyone else but you,

Baby you light up my world like nobody else,

The way that you flip your hair gets me overwhelmed,

But when you smile at the ground it ain't hard to tell,

You don't know,

Oh oh,

You don't know you're beautiful,

If only you saw what I can see,

You'll understand why I want you so desperately,

Right now I'm looking at you and I can't believe,

You don't know,

Oh oh,

You don't know you're beautiful,

Oh oh,

That's what makes you beautiful

Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na

Na Na Na Na Na Na [x2]

Baby you light up my world like nobody else,

The way that you flip your hair gets me overwhelmed,

But when you smile at the ground it ain't hard to tell,

You don't know,

Oh oh,

You don't know you're beautiful,

Baby you light up my world like nobody else,

The way that you flip your hair gets me overwhelmed,

But when you smile at the ground it ain't hard to tell,

You don't know,

Oh oh,

You don't know you're beautiful ( Oh)

If only you saw what I can see,

You'll understand why I want you so desperately (desperately),

Right now I'm looking at you and I can't believe,

You don't know,

Oh oh,

You don't know you're beautiful,

Oh oh,

You don't know you're beautiful ( beautiful) ,

Oh oh,

That's what makes you beautiful."

I smiled to myself as I finished the song. I really did like One Direction. I'm my opinion, they're kind of amazing. It wasn't till I heard the clapping that I realized I wasn't alone. I turned quickly and there stood Brandon, grinning hugely.

"The booty shake during Harry's solo was definitely my favorite part." He joked.

I stuck my tongue out at him. "How long have you been here?"

He laughed. "Since the beginning of the song. Need a ride to school?"

I thought about it and then nodded, following him out the door and locking it behind us.