MIRRORBALL ; QUINN HUGHES

Twenty two

before you go
was there something i could've said

before you go ; lewis capaldi

QUINN

I WAS the most family orientated person I knew, I'd give my life for my family; especially my brothers. To think I'd be the reason one of them was hurting, destroyed me.

"Luke." I pounded my fists relentlessly against his door, ignoring the sound of the hinges squeaking. "Luke!"

Luke tore open the door, his chest heaving. Luke rarely got angry, even during a game or loosing. Luke wasn't an angry person.

"I don't want to talk to you." Luke attempted to shut the door, my body shoving it back open stopped him. "Quinn."

I slammed the door shut behind us. For once, I didn't know what to say. I considered my self to be the leader of the three of us, not just because I was older. Jack and Luke were always troubled.

"You're my brother." I started. "And I didn't mean to hurt you. I know you won't believe me when I say this but I kept you in the back of my mind the whole time. I should've told you."

"You should've." Luke agreed, pressing his lips together. "But you didn't. I mean, I knew you guys were acting weird all summer but this is the last thing I suspected."

I scratched the back of my neck, nodding. "Just don't be mad at her, please. It'll destroy her."

"I'm sorry, Quinn." Luke pressed his lips together, shaking his head. "I want nothing to do with her right now. I can't even look at you. This isn't something I'm going to get over-overnight."

"I get it." I nodded. "You have every right to be angry."

Luke paused, his demeanor switching. "So, what are you going to do?"

There was answers dancing around in my head, answers to a floating question that wasn't clarified. But I could only assume what he meant.

"About her?" I swallowed, Tate flashing through my mind. "About what we have?"

Luke nodded, silently.

"What do you want me to do?" I was willing to do anything to keep my brother from hating me. As much as I loved Tate, I'd give anything for Luke.

"I asked you from the beginning to leave it alone." Luke said with annoyance, rubbing his eyes. "So, leave it alone. She's leaving and I want nothing to do with her, you only saw her when she came to visit me or vice versa."

Luke was right-now that I thought about it, Luke was the reason Tate and I ever met. And now, he was the reason she'd have to become a stranger to me.

"Break up with her, Quinn." Luke ordered, his jaw clenched. "I mean it, okay? I don't care that I'm pissed at her right now, it's for her own good."

I wasn't a person that could be settled down, at least not at the moment. I was always a fast pace person, especially being the captain of a hockey team. I never stayed in one place permanently and I guess I compared that to my relationship.

Tate loved me more than I loved her. It killed me to know that was the truth but I couldn't change it. I was raised to love unconditionally, and I did.