𝓡𝓮𝓴𝓲𝓷𝓭𝓵𝓮𝓭

Vandalism?

Brooke's POV

Grinning at the bottle of perfume in my hand, I put it back into the box. It was the first perfume I had produced that my dad had released as part if his brand's summer collection. He said it had a freshness to it like freshly cut grass. I was over the moon and had definitely forgotten all about Josh now. It had been a while since he had approached me and I was more than happy with the distance. Suddenly, a figure bumped into me, making me drop the perfume. I let  out an irritated grumble and looked up at the figure in front of me. I was met with Josh's grinning face, his breath reeking of alcohol.
"Brooke!" He latched his arms onto mine and put his whole body weight onto me , causing me to stumble backwards as I pushed him off me.
"Ugh. Stay away from me Josh." His expression changed as quick as lightning as he absorbed my words.
"Stay away? Why should I? Don't you know, no one will ever love you as much as I do. You should be grateful for that. Fucking women, always whining about something or the other. "
"Fuck yourself Josh and stay the fuck away from me."
I stormed off, the perfume bottle long forgotten on the ground.

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Jake- Guysss S.O.S
Rhea- What?!?!
Jake- Mom and Dad's anniversary is next week and I haven't yet figured out what to get them 😭
Tyler- 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️
Jake- Let's meet at the mall this evening?!? Pleaseeeeee. I really need help!
Ryan- Fine fine.
Brooke- Does 6 work?
Jake- Yes!!!! Thankyouu so muchhhhh.

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We were all browsing a store in the mall checking out the various products. Jake was confused between two candles so I went over to help him out.
"I think you should go with the Golden Gardenia, it's got a light airiness to it and is definitely romantic. "
I grinned remembering how my parents had loved this scent. I liked making scented candles at home and was looking forward to being able to introduce a line of candles in my father's brand.
With a shake of his head he thanked me and walked towards Rhea who was checking out the personalized caricatures.
Jake finally bought the candle and the personalized caricature.
"I am so hungry, I can eat a horse." Raha said, rubbing her stomach.
Tyler scrunched up his nose. Noticing his reaction Raha leaned closer to his face and said. "Would you rather I eat you instead?" She said wagging her eyebrows with a devilish smile. Shuddering, Tyler turned her around and announced that we Definitely needed to go to the food court.
After getting seated with our food we were mostly silent, too busy devouring our food. Jake and Tyler being the fast eaters they were finished up quickly and started picking up fries from our trays. Smacking Jake's hands away I, gave him a glare.
"Jeez Brooke, okay, I won't touch your fries. You are one scary human."
With a satisfied nod I resumed eating, no one messed with my food.Ryan was done with his food too by that time. His hand started slowly inching towards my tray and I narrowed my eyes at him. He gave me his best puppy dog eyes as his hand continued to reach for my tray. My heart melted a bit at this sight and I gave in. With a roll of my eyes I let him have a few fries.
Jake upon noticing this grumbled about how I didn't love him. With a dramatic sigh I let him have a few too. Once we were done eating we made our way down to the parking lot.

I was listening to Raha talk about the upcoming cheerleaders competition and how she was excited about it when I stopped dead in my tracks. Parked a few cars away from mine was the Grey Mercedes I knew all too well. Ryan was quick to notice my reaction as he followed my line of vision and whispered.
"Is that his car? Do you want me to pop the tires?"
His support made me feel a bit better, I shook my head no and resumed walking.
Just then a familiar tune was whistled from behind me. Steeling myself I turned around and saw Josh standing near the exit if the mall.
"Hello, Brooke. Looks like we are finally meeting after you fled from the ice cream shop." He smirked as he took in the faces if my friends behind me.
Ryan stepped forward, a muscle in his jaw twitched as he tightened his fist.
"You little fucker. Stay the fuck away from her." He said with venom lacing his voice.
Josh laughed, looking thoroughly amused. "And who are you? Her little bodygaurd?"
"What if I am, what are you going to do about it?"
I grabbed Ryan's hand in an attempt to calm him. My voice quivered as I spoke out.
"Josh if you dare to take even one step near me, I'll have you behind the bars before you can say Hi"
He let out a slow kind of chuckle and rolled his eyes.
"I'd like to see you try."
In a flash Ryan was sprinting towards him. He punched Josh straight on the nose and raised his hand for a second punch when Tyler managed to stop him and dragged him back.
Josh clutched his now bloody nose in both his hands as he seethed in anger.
"You fucking-"
"Shut up ! Unless you'd rather I go to the police and have you behind the bars for breaking those restraining orders."
Raha draped her arm across my shoulder and guided me back to the car. I shuddered as I took in a breath, in an attempt to not burst into tears. I distracted myself by checking Ryan's hand for any injuries. Aside from being red, it looked mostly fine.
"You idiot! Did you have to hurt yourself to hurt him? What if he finds a way to hurt you even worse?" I shrieked at him.
"Jeezzz Brooke! A little less louder please? Rhea winced as she started the car.
I mumbled a sorry as I glared at Ryan.
"Come on Rose, you know he couldn't have hurt me even if he wanted to. Just the sight of him makes my blood boil. To think you put up with that piece of shit makes me even more angrier."
I sigh as he laces our fingers together.
"I know that it's infuriating, but trust me, I can handle him . Besides he can't touch me anymore remember?"
He simply nods and looks away.
"Thank you for looking out for me. Even if what you did was extremely stupid. Thank you."
His smile almost made me forget why I was upset in the first place, when I noticed that everyone had been weirdly quiet.
I took in a deep breath, readying myself to explain everything when Raha broke the silence.
"It's okay Brooke, you can take your time in telling us. You don't have to say anything if you're not ready yet. Just know that we've got your back."
The others nodded along and my heart warmed at their gesture.
I cleared my throat and told them the exact same thing I had told Ryan a few weeks ago. Everyone listened with rapt attention and finally Raha broke the silence that had ensued.
"That mother f***ing piece of shit! Boys like do not deserve to even lay their eyes on a woman. "
Everybody then began talking without listening to each other.
"Everyone shut up! Brooke, how about we take a little revenge? "
"Revenge? How do you mean?"
"Let's just spray paint his car pink and put glitter on it"
"No! Do you think that will really get to him?"
"Of course it will!"
Rhea smiled as she took a u turn and stopped in front of a stationary store. We both dashed in and made a grab for the pink spray paints and glitter packets.
"Won't this be considered as vandalism though?" I asked as we made our way to the cash register.
"We'll just wait for a good moment and strike when it's parked at a place with no witnesses and CCTV's."
I nodded and paid off for the supplies.
We then made our way back in the car and she began driving towards my house.
"STOP! STOP!!!!" Raha screeched at the top of her lungs as Rhea slammed on the breaks and parked near the footpath.
"What happened??" Tyler asked, mildly annoyed as he had dozed off.
"I swear that was Josh's car back there! Let's spray paint it now. There's no cctvs in the area and since this area is somewhat shady, no one comes here at this time. Let's do it right now!" Rhea took a u-turn and drove slowly upto the Grey car. I checked the license plate and it was indeed Josh's car. We all got off and grabbed the cans. We sprayed it onto the car, not leaving even a single surface uncovered, including the wind shield. Once done we grabbed the glitter packets and dumped them on top of the paint. We even managed to color his tires. Ryan came upto me with a goofy smile and held out his closed fist towards me. In confusion I bumped it. With a chuckle he shook his head and opened it. It was full of glitter, which he then blew directly towards me. Coughing as the glitter landed everywhere on me, I chased after him.
"I'm so gonna get you for that! Come back here!"
"Guys! Let's go back before anyone spots us. Come on."
We all piled back in the car as I took in the sight of Josh's now pink car.
We all laughed at each other's now glitter covered faces as Rhea began to drive.
"WHAT THE FUCK!"
Josh was standing beside his car  as he took in its state. I rolled down the window and lifted my middle finger in the air. For the first time in a while, I felt invincible. Like I could do anything with my friends by my side.