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I stared at Bradley shocked to see his face out in public again. I haven't seen Bradley in a while after the break up. I had fallen into a harsh depression again ever since he blocked me and cut me out of his life. I understood why but it hurt a lot regardless of the circ*mstances. But seeing him here I couldn't help but feel a twinge of relief that he was safe and okay. Or that's at least what I thought. I had no clue what was going on in his life since we hadn't kept in contact. I looked at his hand and searched for the wedding ring. When my eyes landed on it I softly smiled but I wasn't happy at all... "congrats" I pointed out the ring as he stared confused and looked at the ring. "How was the wedding?" I asked as I walked over and took a seat next to him. " we haven't had the wedding yet" he said closing the book he was reading. I was confused by this answer and asked "then what are you doing with a wedding ring?" I asked as he looked at his hand "do you mean my engagement ring?" He asked. I looked even more confused and chuckled softly "typically the men don't usually wear the engagement rings" I pointed out as he shrugged "not everywhere but where I come from they do" he said. I stared even more confused. "Wait.... Okay I'm gonna sound really stupid but are you... not European?" I asked as Bradley's jaw dropped. I blushed embarrassed immediately! I dated this man for almost 3 months and I never knew what his ethnicity was. " Max no!!! I'm not European!" He said as I covered my face embarrassed as hell. " oh god I am so sorry" I said feeling rude. This is the first time I see Bradley in forever and I felt like such a douche bag. " so... where are you from?" I asked curiously now. What he said shocked me a little " I'm Brazilian, my native language is Portuguese" he chuckled as I was left stunned. I didn't know that at all. "I can't believe you never knew this" he chuckled as I blushed embarrassed "it never came up in conversation that's why" I blushed horribly red as he chuckled. " jeez Max, be careful what you say you might offend someone" he teased as I felt myself fluster. After all this time Bradley still had me wrapped around his finger. " oh yeah, well I bet you don't know where I'm from" I mentioned as he quickly replied "Jamaica and your mom is from Korea" he said with no hesitation as I sighed "f*ck... now I feel like an ass hole..." I said as he chuckled "you're not, like you said it was just never brought into conversation" he tried to comfort as I rolled my eyes chuckling.
I smiled softly as I stared at him. He's still so cute. Just as cute as before. "So how have you been?" I asked. I wanted to know all about our time apart. "Um.... I've been better" he shrugged "and how is... Claire?" I asked. Bradley went quiet which confused me. "Bradley? You good?" I asked as he sighed "yeah it's just that... Claire has been missing since yesterday and everything been stressful. She isn't replying to texts and she's not answering calls. No one can get a hold of her" he said as I looked confused "really?" As he nodded "yeah she's just gone, like she vanished" he said. A little part of me sadly felt relieved that she was out but she was still a human being so it was concerning on how she just vanished. "Are police involved?" I asked as Bradley shrugged. "I assume so since I texted her father on where she was and he's texting me saying he worried about where she might've gone. I think they filed a missing persons report" he explained as I nodded. That's some dark stuff...
"How have you been Max?" He asked me. I perked up and rubbed the back of my neck "um.... I've been better as well. I've been practicing on my skating a lot more and I've gotten a few sponsorships now because X-games is coming back up" I said but flinched because I had forgotten Bradley was now disqualified from ever participating in the X-games. But instead of looking furious or annoyed he looked overjoyed. "That's amazing! I'm happy for you" he chuckled. I looked at him a little weary "are you sure?" I asked as he gave me a confused look "why wouldn't I be?" He asked me "well because you know..." I hesitated to answer as he shook his head "no no it's fine really, it doesn't bother me like it used to. The Gamma's are still participating and I feel like that's all that matters" Bradley said. I smiled softly. He's really grown ever since my freshman year. " I'm happy you're thinking about it in such a positive aspect" I mentioned as he shrugged "well skating isn't going to be in my life forever like how you're trying to make it a part of your life so I don't care personally. Why would I try to steal your thunder you know?" He asked as I chuckled and nodded "I did however like the competition you put up. That was fun" I mentioned as we both chuckled. " I'll admit it was interesting and all. Im still mad I lost to a freshman" he snickered as I rolled my eyes "holy f*ck Bradley get over yourself" I teased back as he smiled softly.
"I missed you a lot..." he said softly "I missed you too" I replied. The vibe changed slightly as we stared at each other. I wanted to kiss him so badly. Feel his lips on mine. I was leaning in slightly but I stopped myself. He's engaged I can't do this.... "It was really nice seeing you again.." I said awkwardly as he nodded agreeing "can you um.... Unblock me from your phone now please?" I asked as he perked up and blushed "oh god yeah I'm sorry" he said softly and took out his phone. His phone was new? why did it have so many cracks in it already "jeez what happened to your phone?" I asked. " my dresser fell and hit my phone last night. I didn't realize until this morning" he chuckled. I was shocked to say the least " how did you dresser fall?" I asked as he looked at me "my whole room is a disaster. We had a infestation or termites and I got so annoyed and ruined the whole room to kill them" he explained as I nodded. I couldn't help but feel like he was lying....
He unblocked me and started reading all the text messages I had sent him including this long ass love letter out loud as I blushed " SHHHH! STOP!" I shouted trying to stop him. He was blushing as well but laughing. God his laugh was so cute. But still this was absolutely embarrassing! "Oh come on. This is so adorable Max let me read it!" He chuckled as I hid my face in his shoulder " not in public come on!!" I whined as he snickered and continued to read it but to himself. As he read he pouted before his face turned to genuine sadness. He teared up as he looked at me and kissed my head. " I missed you too... I missed you so much Max don't think that I didn't think about you everyday..." he said softly.
From what I wrote, I was high with my buddies Bobby and PJ. I was so upset that night thinking about Bradley that I wrote over 10 paragraphs. Each paragraph listing one thing I loved about him and going into great detail on why, like his eyes or his smile or his laugh and personality or the way he gets all bashful at the tiniest things.
When I say it I mean it
And what I mean is that I really love Bradley
And I mean I REALLY love him.....
