C'mon," Brianna said, pulling Neely away from her new-found blonde friend.
"No, Bree, wait just five more minutes!" Neely pleaded.
"In five more fuckin' minutes the damn bank is gonna be closed, so let's go." Brianna once more tried to pull her friend off of the blonde.
"Go without me," Neely said, pulling away from Brianna.
"What?" Brianna raised her eyebrows. "Okay Neel, if that's the way things are, I will go without you. Have fun getting a ride home." Brianna smiled at Neely before storming out of the room and trampled up the stairs, into the bank. She cashed her check and ran out to her car, surprised to see that Neely wasn't standing there. Thinking about going back into get her, Brianna had second thoughts and drove off without her friend. Sighing as she walked into the apartment, Brianna tossed her keys onto the kitchen counter before continuing into the living room. She was surprised to see Kayli sitting on the couch, leafing through a magazine.
"Kay!" Brianna said happily, as she half ran, half walked over to Kayli.
"Hey!" Kayli said cheerily as she stood up and hugged Brianna.
"I thought you didn't come back 'till September fifteenth," Brianna said once they'd sat down.
"Well, we finished up early.. the cd's gonna be out on October 31st!"
"That's great!" Brianna clasped her hands together. "Now we have a reason for a party."
"Speaking of we, where's Neely?"
Brianna withered into her seat. "I left her at the bank."
"Why?" Kayli questioned, her eyes getting big.
"Because those Backstreet Boys were there signing shit for teenie-boppers, in the floor above the bank, and she was hanging around the blonde one. I told her to come on, cuz the bank was closing in ten minutes. She told me no, and for me to go without her, so I told her I would and that she could have fun getting a ride back."
"She's never gonna forgive you for that," Kayli said scornfully.
"Yeah she will." Brianna held up a piece of paper.
"What's that?" Kayli asked, grabbing for it.
"Nothing of your concern," Brianna teased, waving it around. "A certain AJ from a certain boy band gave me a certain number.."
"He gave you his phone number?" Kayli cried.
Brianna nodded, smiling ear-to-ear. "She'll forgive me."
Chapter 4
