Part 8- Living in a Nightmare
We walk around the house calling her name.
"Brooke?" Lupita calls.
"You see her?" I ask looking into a room.
"If I see her, why would I be calling her name?" She jokes.
"Hurtful." I joke back putting my hand over my heart. She laughs and grabs my arm to continue looking for Brooke. We go upstairs and I knock on one of the bedroom doors.
"Brooke you in here?"
I open the door and see her sitting on the ground with her back against the bed.
"Hey kiddo." Lupita says going over to sit next to her.
"Hi." She says.
"Wanna explain what you did to Louis downstairs?" I ask while closing the door.
"No." She sighs.
"Brooke." Lupita says.
Brooke sighs and buries her face in her hands.
"During lunch the other day..."She starts.
Lupita and I look at each other with questioning faces.
"Louis started a rumor saying the we slept together cause someone told him that I had thing for him. Which I do...well did. I just got so mad when I saw him tonight. I don't know why I threw the water in his face. It just came over me." She finishes.
"Why didn't I know about this earlier?" I wondered.
"I don't know. I'm surprised you didn't." Brooke replied.
"I guess you're good at covering up you're feelings." I say giving her a hug.
"Why didn't you tell us?" Lupita asks.
"I just...I didn't want you guys to think that I was a whore or something." Brooke said with tears in her eyes.
"Brooke you're our best friend. We would never think of you like that." I try to comfort her.
She starts crying and Lupita and I just hug her.
"I'm sorry I didn't tell you guys sooner." She manages to get out.
"It's okay. Don't worry about it." Lupita smiles.
"Yeah. Louis is a complete asshole." I say.
"Hell yeah he is." Brooke agrees.
We all laugh and continue talking about random things until we hear a knock on the door. Our heads turn to look at the door. I look back at the girls.
"I'll get it." I say while getting up.
