Chapter 9

*Payton's POV*(Payton's room in slot to give you guys a visual)

I was watching Brooklyn Nine-nine which I don't think helped me forget about Brooklyn because of the title. I sighed and looked for something else to watch. Hearing, a familiar ding, my phone goes off.

From;Fuckboy #5 (Brooklyn)Come outside

To;Fuckboy #5 (Brooklyn)K

I make my way downstairs and open the front door, finding Brooklyn waiting for me, sitting on my front steps.

"Hey." I say coldly.

"Hey.."

"Did you want something?" I say sitting down next to him, but keeping my distance.

"No, just wanted to chill and all of my friends were busy," he said.

"Oh," I say looking out at the sunset.

"Listen.. do you still like Kaden?" He asks, looking directly at me.

"What?"

"When I was looking through your phone, even though I know I shouldn't be snooping.. you were still texting him." he said with his jaw clenched.

"Why do you care anyways?" I scoff.

"Because you and I sort of had a moment yesterday.."

"You're right. We did But that moment you had with that girl last night seemed way better," I said winking and getting up to leave.

"Payton wait..." he said, taking hold of my hand. "I didn't mean for that kiss to happen," he said.

"How do you accidentally kiss someone?! Please, tell me. I'd love to know," I said, raising my voice.

"I did it because I liked you." he explained. I sighed and laughed a little.

"Do YOU think this is going well right now?" I looked at him. He rolled his eyes and explained.

"After I kissed you Payton you've literally never left my mind. That's never happened to me before. Every time you touch me, I feel like I just kicked in the winning goal at a tournament. I've never had feelings for anyone, they were all just meaningless flings, but with you, I think I've caught feelings. That's why I invited that girl over.. I was scared because I've never felt this before," he said.

"I'm not gonna be your side hoe, Brooklyn." I rolled my eyes and started walking back inside again.

"I don't want you to be a side hoe, I want you to be my girlfriend." he said, coming up to me and putting his hands around my waist. I stopped for a second, letting the words sink into my brain.

"I'll have think about it," I said. He rolled his eyes, dropping his hands from my waist, and walked away.

"Brooklyn." I shouted before he got too far.

"I'd love to be your girlfriend," I said running up to him. I grabbed his shirt and pulled him closer to me, our lips smashing together. I felt fireworks inside me, just like I had before. A few amazing minutes later, something startles me.

"Don't swallow each other," I hear from behind me, followed by chuckling from more than one person.

I detach myself from Brooklyn and look behind me. It was Sean, Kaden, Matt and Josh. And they all just saw that. Send help.

"Hey.." I say awkwardly.

"So you guys are dating now?" I hear Matt asking us. I look over at Brooklyn to see how he wants to play this. I exchange glances with Kaden and look down at my feet.

"Yeah.." Brooklyn answers.

"You told us she was off limits Sean.. otherwise I would of hit on her first," Josh winked at me. I smiled sarcastically and flipped him off.

"Sean, you're my best friend and all, but honestly, I don't give a fuck about what you said,"Brooklyn laughed.

"Brooklyn, you're my best friend and all, but if you hurt my sister, I will chop your balls off."

"Sean.." I said loudly. "You done now?" I asked, and couldn't help but smile. It was really sweet that he was overprotective over me. He just rolled his eyes and went inside, then we followed, and the other guys right behind. Walking up the long driveway, Brooklyn pulls me into him, my head resting on his shoulder as we entered the house(pic in media slot). This caused the guys behind us to cheer, all but Kaden who looked annoyed.

"Ayyyy Brook gettin some," Josh winked. Without even turning my head I flip him off in the air.

I went into the kitchen alone to make snacks for everyone and get some water for myself. I go out into the living room and see that the guys are having a push-up contest. Out of all the things they can be doing with their time...

"Idiots," I mumble, but apparently loud enough for them to all turn to me, looking offended.

"Kaden and Brooklyn. Go." Matt shoved them onto the hardwood floors. Damn you, Matt. He obviously knew what was going on between all of us and wanted to fuck with us just for his entertainment.

They got down, ready, and I slide under Brooklyn(pic in media slot). He looks at me funny, and I explain.

"Motivation," I smirk, "Every 10, you get to kiss me," he laughs at that, and Sean says go. They're going into the 60s and don't look like stopping anytime soon. "Get to 90 and you can stay over tonight," I whisper so no one can hear. They keep going, Brooklyn still pecking my lips after every 10. He passes 90, and he smirks. Not even tired, he gets off me, and rolls down right next to me.

"Why'd you stop?" I ask.

"I've already won," he winks at me.

"Kay keep it PG Payton," Sean jokes. I roll my eyes and get up off the floor with Brooklyn. He picks me up and throws me over his shoulder.

"Put me downnnn," I whine.

"Nope, we're gonna watch a movie now," he tells me, walking to the stairs.

"Ooh, what movie?" Josh asks like a little kid.

"You've already seen it," Brooklyn says and I laugh. I mouth sorry to Josh upside down.

"Yeah... they're not watching a movie," Josh smirks. We reach my room, and he opened the door and turns on my dim lights. I'm set down on the bed gently, and he kisses my forehead. I smile, and get up to go change. I walk over to Brooklyn and turn around.

"Can you unzip?" I ask him to unzip my navy blue lace dress.

"S-sure," he stutters. I move my hair and he unzips my dress from my neck down to my low back.

"Thanks," I say, walking away to the far end of my room and changing. I take off my dress revealing my Black Victoria's Secret laced bra and underwear set(pic in media slot), while Brooklyn plays with his phone. I go to get Brooklyn's football sweatshirt that he gave to me a few nights ago, that's laying on the end of my bed. Brooklyn looks up from his phone and bites his lip. I laugh and put on the sweatshirt, and crawl over to Brook on the bed, laying down beside him. He's goes back to his phone, and I grab my phone and tweet a picture of him.

'Babe' I captioned it and tagged him. Within a matter of seconds he looks up at me, smiling. Pulling me close, he kisses my forehead, taking a picture without me even noticing(pic in media slot). Then my phone goes off, and I look at it. I see the picture, captioned 'mine', retweet it, and move closer to Brook. I go through my texts, answering them.

•Cara•Hey babe, heard you were in London! Let's hang out tomorrow. xx Cara

Cara was my best friend when I did VS shoots, and still it, but we lost touch since I was in La. I answered a quick yes, and moved on.

•Kaden•Can we talk about whatever the hell's been up with you the past few days? I thought we were good?

I texted back, and within a matter of minutes, he responds.

•Payton•We were until you ditched me for Britt, who I'm pretty sure wasn't your old best friend because I was? I haven't seen you in how long? And you couldn't of canceled with her? I've never heard of a Britt for the multiple years we've been friends for, so I'm pretty sure she wasn't an old friend, more like a girl you met or whatever. Didn't think we were lying to each other too..

•Kaden•I just didn't know how you'd handle it. Britt's a friend, really, I thought we would've caught up later since she was only in town for yesterday and you moved here for good. I didn't think it was a big deal until you started flipping out on me, and you're quick to move on too..

•Payton•I didn't 'move on', you didn't really expect me to wait around for you for 2 years, especially since you were obviously busy with girls here anyways.

•Kaden•I didn't expect you to wait around, but at least for us to try and leave off where we left off. I've missed my best friend, a lot more than you know.

•Payton•We'll talk about this tomorrow. Night.

•Kaden•Night..

I didn't notice until now, but Brooklyn's been looking over my shoulder this whole time.

"You're still talking to Kaden?" Brooklyn said, obviously looking a bit irritated and jealous.

"Aww, is Brooklyn jealous," I teased.

"No, I just wanted to know."

"Yeah, sometimes, but rarely anymore since I've moved." I said, "you trust me, don't you?" I whispered looking up at him.

"Yeah, of course. I don't trust him though.." He said coldly.

"Brook, you have nothing to worry about. I promise. We never even dated," I said, frustration in my tone.

"Yeah." He said going back on his phone. I turned away from him and faced the other way, trying to go to sleep. I heard a sound, like a phone being set on a table, and arms wrapped around my waist, turning me around. I was about to ask what he was doing when I felt lips pressed against mine. A few seconds later we both pulled back. I looked at him confused-like.

"I'm not letting you go to sleep mad," he says kissing my forehead. "Just the thought of your ex not being 5454miles away does make me a little jealous. Makes me scared of losing you to someone you've already been so close with." he explained.

"You won't lose me," I say, drawing circles around his hand. "You know the exact number of miles?" I asked.

"Yeah.. It's how far you've always been from me. Once I met you, I had to know what's kept me from being with you all this time. 5454 miles." he blushes.

"5454." I repeat, thinking about it. "Now there's 0." I smile, pulling myself closer to him, laying my head on top of his chest.

"Good night beautiful."

"Good night Brook."

And with that, we were fast asleep.