HELLO BROOKLYN

CHAPTER EIGHT - SLEEPOVER

Friday, May 2nd, 2014
8:17 pm

I was on the couch waiting for my friends to arrive. I was so excited because I haven't seen them in a month. I kept on getting up every five minutes to check if they were here yet. After a few minutes, I heard a knock on the door. I ran and opened the door to reveal my friend Kora.

"Kora!" I yelled and hugged her.

"I missed you so much!" She said.

"Me too, come inside." I say letting go of her and pulling her in the house. I closed the door and we made our way to the living room. We sat on the couch and started talking.

"So everyone else hasn't gotten here yet?" She asked.

"Yeah, I'm not surprised though. They on BP time."

"That's true." She nods her head in agreement. "How was your first day back?"

I sighed in response.

"Damn, what happened?"

"When I got here, I realized my mom and Blue weren't so I called her and she told me she was at a hotel."

"Why was she at a hotel?"

"I asked the same thing. So she told me to go there so she could explain. So when I got there, she told me my dad had cheated on her."

"What?!" She yelled.

"Shh, my dad will hear you."

"How did he cheat on fucking Beyoncè when he looks like that?!" She whispered.

"Okay not too much on my daddy now, he is not that ugly now."

"Yeah right..."

The doorbell rang and we ran to the door. I opened it to reveal Jasmine and Reagan. We jumped and screamed at each other. We ran to the living room and started chatting.

"I missed you guys so much!" I said.

"We missed you too! It feels like we haven't seen you in forever." Jasmine said.

"Tell us everything that happened." Reagan said.

"So you guys know when I told you guys that Sade wanted me to go to her wedding. After that, I decided to go to the wedding and tell her that I would be able to start a relationship with her. Tell me why she said she didn't do anything wrong?"

"I have never met your mom but she always finds a way to get on my nerves." Jasmine said.

"Literally, after that conversation, she took me dress shopping  and  'apologized'" I said.

"What do you mean  'apologized'?" Kora asked.

"She said I'm sorry that you took offense at what I said. I was so close to spitting on her face. Hell, I was about to beat the bitch up in that store" I said, thinking back.

"Um, maybe eat and watch the movie now." Reagan said.

2:56 am

After eating, playing games, and watching movies, my friends fell asleep in the living room. I tried sleeping but always ended up having a nightmare after ten minutes. I ended up in the kitchen drinking warm milk and sitting in the dark. Thinking back at the nightmares, I couldn't help but start crying. I couldn't get him out of my head since the wedding. I hate the effect he has on me and he's not even in the same room. The light turned on and quickly wiped my tears.

"Brook, why aren't you sleeping?" I heard my dad ask.

"I'm not tired."

"Yes you are. I can tell from the bags under your eyes. Are you having nightmares again?"

"Yes. Like the ones from last time."

"Do you wanna talk?"

"No, I just wanna sleep."

My dad opened the medicine cabinet and grabbed the melatonin gummies. He gave me one and he took two.

"Dad?"

"Yes?"

"Can I sleep with you tonight?"

"Sure." He said with a smile.

He turned off the lights and we went to his room. I climbed in the bed and started dozing off as soon as my head hit the pillow. My mind went back to when I was little and having nightmares. Sleeping with my parents always made them go away. Never understood why though.

Word count: 679

Decided to write something quick lol.