Gotta Be You: A Luke Brooks FanFiction

Chapter 14

Jade's POV

All I kept dreaming about was moving in with AJ and Dani. It would be so much fun living with them. If only that dream was a reality. I hate living with my parents and I couldn't find a way to get out of that damn house. As soon as I dream myself unpacking boxes into my dream room, I feel AJ shaking me awake.

"Must've had a good dream, I can tell!" AJ says happily.

"How come you're so happy and awake in the morning? I can barely eat breakfast in the morning without punching somebody in the face" I ask. AJ just laughs at me and throws me into one of the bar stools seated at the kitchen.

"So what was your dream about?" She asks. I was really hoping she wouldn't ask about it. I really didn't want to tell her that I was dreaming of moving in with her and Dani. That would make me sound like a lesbian. But at that moment I knew I had nothing to lose.

"Well, I know this may sound weird but I was dreaming of moving in with you and Dani. Not just dreaming about it in my sleep but in real life. I think it would be a lot of fun. The three of us living together, dating the Brooks' brothers, having the time of our lives." I say, blushing, trying to make it sound not so weird.

"Oh my gosh that is so weird. After you passed out on the couch last night, me and Jillian kept telling each other that we wanted you to move in. I'm so glad you said it. I guess you can move in with us. We do have that spare bedroom in the back of the apartment. I can call the boys in like 10 minutes and ask for them to help out." AJ says.

"That would be so great, I'll go get changed and then we can start getting my stuff" I say, running over to the bathroom to get changed.

When I came out of the bathroom, I saw the boys and Dani and AJ already waiting for me in the living room.

"Did I really take that long?" I ask, confused to see the boys already at the apartment.

"Nope! We were just so excited to hear that you were gonna be our new neighbor that we came over as soon as possible" Beau says, walking over to me and hugging me.

"So I guess the easiest way to do this would be me Jillian and Jade driving in my car and then you boys in your car so we can bring double the stuff over here faster." AJ says. We all agree and get in the car.

Five minutes later we arrive at my parents house and I find myself ringing the doorbell.

"Honey where were you last night? You weren't answering your calls and we were worried about you" My mom says, hugging me so tightly that I couldn't breathe. She quickly releases me from her monster grip when she shes the hoard of other people behind me.

"Oh, I wasn't expecting guests" She says, fixing her hair.

"Mom these are my friends, and Beau, which you already know. They are helping me move out. I am moving in with AJ and Dani" I say pointing to AJ and Dani.

"Alright then. I just can't believe this day is already coming" My mom says, with tears in her eyes. I ignore her and walk up into my tiny room.

"So this is my really really tiny room as you can tell. Luckily this room has like nothing in here so we should only have to take one trip to bring all my stuff to the apartment. So these are the only rules I have, organize all my stuff into different boxes such as fragile, clothes, and other shit. And if you don't know where stuff goes, ask me" I say, shooing everyone off into other parts of the room.

Luckily I already had boxes in my room because I knew this day would come sooner or later and I needed to be prepared for it.

Everything was going smoothly until AJ came up to me and asked me where I wanted my boxes of razors to go. FUCK! I forgot I still had the box. I cut myself and the last time I had cut was two days ago and I forgot to put the box away. I didn't know what to tell her. So I started coming up with a list of fake things to tell her.

"Amanda!!! EARTH TO AMANDA!" She yells.

"What do you want me to do with this box of... oh my god, YOU CUT YOURSELF?!!!" She yells in shock. At this point everyone was coming over to where me and AJ were standing.

"Ugh, um maybe" I wince, hoping they wouldn't make a big deal. "But don't worry, it's not that bad" I say, trying to cover it up.

"Yeah sure, let me see" She says. Before I can pull my arms away, she grabs them and pulls the sleeves of my sweater up and looks at all the scars.

"Amanda" She gasps, covering her mouth, too shocked to speak.

"Hey what's going on over there?" Everyone asks, walking over.

"Amanda, why do you do this to yourself?" Jai asks, almost to  grossed out to say anything.

"It's my ex boyfriend's fault. He wanted me to have sex with him but I said I wanted to wait until I was married but he just lost his temper and put a knife against my throat and said he'd kill me if I didn't. So I had sex with him and it was terrible. I went into deep depression after that and I had to go to therapy. I cut myself everyday and it was an escape from the real world. And then he started raping other girls and every time he raped someone else, I would lock myself in my room and cut. I've been trying to stop but it hasn't been working. It's only been two days since I last cut myself..." I would continue but the sounds of my sobs drowned out the rest of the words. I drag myself against the cold hard wall until by butt reaches the floor and I just sit there curled in a ball with my head hidden deep in my knees. I hear and feel Beau sitting down on the floor next to me, hugging me, but I just ignore it.

"But that's the past and we need to move on and get packing" I say, wiping away the tears and getting up from the floor, leaving Beau where he was.

"Hold on, it's only 8 in the morning, we got plenty of time. But before we continue I'm gonna make a deal with you. " She says, pulling up her sweater sleeve's, showing me all of her scars. "Last time I cut was last night. So about that deal. As long as I don't cut, you won't cut either" She says, wiping the tears from her eyes.

"Deal" I say, shaking her hand. "Now lets get rid of all these fucking emotions and continue packing. I would like to move in today, not in two weeks" I say, jokingly, getting back to the box that I was packing earlier.

*

By 10 we were done packing all the boxes into the car and I said my last goodbyes to my mom.

"Don't worry mom. I'll only be living 5 minutes away. I promise to visit you at least once a month" I say, giving her one last hug. I get in the car and I force AJ to drive away quickly before my mom could run to the car and beg for me to stay.

"Your mom really cares about you Jade" AJ says while giving me a small smile.

"Yeah she's only like that when I have friends over. She was such a druggie and an alcohol abuser when I was little. She used to lock me in the closet so I wouldn't see her but eventually I knew how to unlock the door without any bobby pins. She went to rehab and stuff later on but I never forgave her for what she did." I say.

"Oh" AJ and Dani say, surprised to hear what they just heard. Luckily we arrived at the house which broke the silence instantly.

"YAY I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU ARE OUR ROOM MATE!!!!! YAY" Dani yells, running out of the car, trying to grab as many boxes as she can without falling over.

We get all the boxes in the room and start to unpack. I actually ended up spending the entire day packing.

Just as I was about to go to sleep in my new room, I got a text from my good friend Ariana Grande.

A: Hey just wanted to let you know that I'm going to Australia in two weeks. Can't wait to see ya :)

My jaw dropped to the floor when I got that text. Ariana can't come to Australia. Not after what happened between her, Jai, and Dani. And Ariana would be so mad at me if she found out that I was living with Dani. What was I gonna do?