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content from the space bot's memory unit and we are all going to be watching it as the day goes on. This space bot has been gone for quite some time so it will probably take all day, so come and leave at your leisure and enjoy witnessing history!"
    I smiled as I watched everyone clap for her. She was especially excited today and I was happy to see more people as excited as I was, though all of the clapping was beginning to hurt my head. I moaned and put my hand up to my temple.
    "Need an aspirin?" Brandon asked me, leaning over.
    I nodded, "Oh yes please" I said as I turned to look at him. He pulled an aspirin bottle out of his jacket pocket and shook it until a couple of pills spilled out.
    "Here you go" he said holding his hand out to me. I happily opened my hand as he laid the pi lls down into it. As he was pulling away, his fingertips grazed against the palm of my hand. Sparks of heat flew through my body at the unexpected touch. I quickly pulled my hand away and tried to pretend as though nothing had happened.
    I looked up at Bran don and his eyes were locked onto his hand with an odd look on his face. It almost looked like he was surprised and as confused as I was. He looked up at me and our eyes met, his blue eyes widening as he surely saw the heat in my brown ones.
    I cleared my t hroat, "So, thanks for the aspirin, I am going to go and grab some breakfast. I'll see you later" I said quickly, turning to run away before I was even finished speaking.
     
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    I peeked back into the conference room, hoping that Brandon would be off talking to someone else so that I could sneak past him with my work. I looked around and saw that Brandon was not anywhere in the room. I sighed in relief and took a seat in the corner of the room and pulled out my computer from my purse.
    I had known Brandon sinc e we were kids and through all of the years I could not remember one time before today that had ever been awkward, or where I had tried to actually avoid him. I could still remember the first time I had noticed that Brandon was actually someone of the opposite sex and that he was someone that I was very attracted to.
    We were in our freshman year in high school and Brandon decided, against his parents' wishes, that he was going to try out for the Baseball team. I argued with him that sports were stupid, but I could see that it was important to him, so after my science club meeting I walked out to the baseball field and sat in the stands ready to cheer him on.
    There were a few older girls sitting down in front of me on the bleachers when I overheard them talki ng about a new hot player that was trying out for the team. I looked around curious as to who this new hot guy was and I spotted the guy they were talking about running toward the stands. He was actually really hot and I felt the first tingles of attraction to someone.
    He turned and looked directly at me and waved, his blue eyes bright. It was then that I realized that the hot guy was in fact my best friend Brandon. The girls that were sitting in front of me all turned to see who he was waving to and they all smiled at me, obviously thinking that I was dating him.
    It was from that day on that I did my best to keep my feelings for Brandon completely secret, hoping that he would never find out about them. I sighed wishing that I would have grabbed him and kiss ed him right then and there before too many other girls realized that he was hot and single. Maybe things would be different now, had they been more than friends all along.
    "Penny for your thoughts" Brandon said, sitting down in the chair next to me, dropp ing a wrapped sandwich and a bottle of water down next to me on the table.
    I felt myself blush, "Oh, um I was thinking about the space bot of course" I said, trying to hide my face from his probing eyes.
    He smiled, "Wow, you really are excited about this thing aren't you?" he asked, looking up at the screen to check on the position of the space bot.
    I nodded, "I am,