Annoying the Stubborn

t w e n t y o n e

"It's the girl of your dreams, Y/N. I'm cur—"

"Ugh," Brooke groaned, putting her phone in her bag in defeat. "That's the fifth time I got her voicemail. It's Saturday morning. What could she be doing at this time?"

Strong arms circled Brooke's waist, causing her to jump lightly. "Hey, babe. What did your sister say?"

Brooke rolled her eyes, turning around to look at her boyfriend's eyes. "I can't reach her. Keeps sending me to voicemail. Maybe we should go and surprise her?"

Chris Tillman, a guy who had a textured top sandy blonde hair, was Brooke's current boyfriend that he met four months ago. It was his idea to fly to Cincinnati with Brooke for Christmas since he doesn't have anything to do and he wanted to meet Y/N too.

"Going here on the first place is a surprise already." Chris chuckled. "You told her that you're visiting for Christmas, right? Tomorrow's only the first of October. You're months early for Christmas."

"I miss her," Brooke simply said, sighing before smiling up at Chris. "I'm sure she'll like you."

"Yeah?" Chris grinned as Brooke ruffled her hair.

"Let's go figure it out?"

"I'd love to."

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The pair entered the gates of the mansion, Julia assisting them inside.

"It's nice to have you back, Ms. Brooke," Julia said politely, smiling warmly at the woman.

"Don't be silly, Jules," Brooke told her with a giggle before pulling the maid into a hug. "No need to treat me with such formality. You're family to us."

Julia's cheeks blushed and nodded happily. "I'll have someone carry your things upstairs."

"Yes, thank you," Brooke replied absentmindedly, her eyes roaming around the mansion. "So, where's my little demon? She isn't returning my calls."

"I think she's still sleeping in her room," Julia answered, somewhat nervous. "I'll go get her."

"Oh, no," Brooke quickly cut in. "I'm gonna do it myself. Chris, can you stay here for a bit?"

Chris's head snapped to their direction, previously admiring the fashionable interior of the house. "Uh, yeah, sure."

"I'll get you something to drink," Julia volunteered before disappearing to the kitchen.

Brooke headed upstairs, smiling when the corridors were dead quiet. She couldn't help but think of what could Y/N possibly did last night to have her sleeping until this hour. Standing in front of her sister's door, she quietly turned the door handle and pushed herself inside. Y/N's room was indeed spacious and once her eyes reached two familiar figures on the bed, entangled on each other, her mouth flew open.

"Holy shit!"

Y/N was alarmed when she heard the strong voice of her sister and thought for a second that she was dreaming. However, when she opened her eyes, Brooke was actually there, her face in horror as she met her angry gaze.

"Y/N Ryford!" Brooke yelled, positioning her hands on her hips.

Lauren was woken up by the noise and started shifting too. Before Brooke could say anything else, Y/N swiftly got out of Lauren's hold and jumped on her feet to cover Brooke's mouth with her hand, pushing her out of the room.

"What the fuck are you doing here?" Y/N asked angrily, her mood shaken by the rude wakening.

Brooke's blue eyes were wide as she looked at Y/N, trailing down to her nude frame but the latter didn't care. Brooke slapped Y/N's hands off of her mouth and hit her sister's chest continuously.