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Brody size a lot, when it’s not even your fault"

"I’ your seat all wet" She tried to use the shirt to wipe off the pools of water on the leather but he reached out and touched her hand, stopping her efforts

"It’s just a car It’ll dry" He looked at Mina and her heart fluttered Heto appease her He didn’t care about the car at all

Mina let the heat of the car soak into her bones, no wait; those were Brody’s heated seats She was so nervous; she didn’t knohat to say or where to look Should she talk to him, look at him, ask him about his fas, staring quietly out the passengerinstead

Brody cleared his throat "You know, you’re one hard person to find"

Mina turned to look at hi for lance before focusing on driving again "Well, I tried to call you to apologize, but you were unlisted, and then no one I knew had your cell number"

"I don’t have a cell phone" Mina felt her cheeks turn pink; she h school without a phone "I’m also not friends with anyone you would know"

Brody shrugged "I didn’t know So then I was going to coain…"

"Unlisted," Mina finished for hilad for once that her mother paid a small fee to keep it that way She didn’t knohat she would have done had Brody showed up on her doorstep, in the middle of yesterday’s tearful confession

"Brody, it’s okay What happened yesterday was an accident I left it in the middle of the driveway It wasn’t as if you ran e of her sleeve She was doing it again, taking the blame

"Then why did you run froive ize or explain"

Mina hadn’t anticipated this question and now desperately wished she was back outside, walking in the rain She shrugged her shoulders pathetically in answer "I don’t know" A few minutes of silence filled the car and then Mina turned on Brody "What were you doing on this side of town this ? I know for a fact that you live on the other side of town"

Brody chuckled and s for you"

"For me? Why?" Mina was numb with disbelief

"I felt bad about what happened and wanted to find you So I had one of our e, and found out you lived in the international district So I decided to head over here to find you I mean, I did destroy your only mode of transportation The least I could do is drive you to school"

"And lock ht?" Mina pursed her lips in anger She couldn’t believe hiround check on theht" Brody pulled the car into the school parking lot He put the car in park and turned toward her, the windshield wipers stillback and forth, in rhythm with the rain "I knew that if I didn’t find you outside of school, I ize"

Mina scoffed "Oh, I understand I mean, after all, you’re Brody Car to uphold I’m just Mina Grimm, a nobody" Mina realized she’d let her real name slip, but he didn’t seeue but Mina cut hiy accepted You’ve done your civic duty and now you’re off the hook Don’t worry; we aren’t going to sue or anything" Mina grabbed for the door handle and exited the car, fu she could to keep fro into school, Mina irl’s bathroom and locked herself in a lone bathrooht with Brody Tears burned in her eyes froer How could he? She fuo to all of the trouble to search her out, to apologize; when he could have just done it at school? It’s because she was right, he was e old Mina, had saved his life, and not soirl If only he knew

Mina wiped away her tears and walked to the sink to coht wave to her brown hair, which was not unattractive It fell past her shoulders and was mostly dry thanks to the awesome heaters in Brody’s car She suddenly felt queasy as she reer She hoped that it would all blow over and he will forget her