The Only Reason- 5SOS Little Sister

Chapter 9

I heard a door slam but I didn't open my eyes. "Mikey be quiet! Brooke is sleeping!" I heard Calum whisper loudly.

"She is? Sorry." I heard Mikey say.

"I'm here ladies!" I heard Ash yell.

"Quiet, Ash!"

"Sorry." Ash apologized. I flipped over onto my other side, annoyed, still laying against Cal.

"Have you even showered yet?" Mikey asked Calum.

"I've been here with Brooke, so no." Calum said as if it was the most obvious thing in the world.

"Ew, you little nasty ass." I heard Ash say as he walked into the room. "Is she sick?"

"Period." replied Calum. "I need a shower." He tried to move out from under me but I gripped his knee and made a whining noise.

"Just get up and I'll sit down really fast." Said Mikey. Calum got up and Mikey sat down so now my head was in his lap. I opened my eyes and Ash was right infront of my face. I screamed. He fell back onto Luke who was laying on the floor. Luke groaned in pain but Ash didn't care. He saw my bag of Starbursts and crawled over to them, his eyes excited. I shut my eyes again.

"Hey, Brookie?" Ash said poking my cheek. "Can I have some candy?" He asked. I nodded. Michael nudged me.

"Yeah?" I muttered, opening my eyes.

"When do you want to have mom and dads funeral? If you even wanna have it." He asked quietly. Everyone in the room watching me now.

"Uh.... I don't know. Whenever I guess. And I want it to be just us there. I don't want other people there. " I said.

"Okay. We can talk about it later?" I nodded. I looked over at Luke and he was smiling at his phone.

"Lukey... Who ya texting?" I teased.

"Um. A person." He said as a slight blush ran across his cheeks. I smiled at him and got up to go into the kitchen. I rummaged through the cabinets and pulled out a box of cereal. I walked back into the livingroom and plopped down next to Mikey. I opened it and starting eating it right out of the box. Ash turned his head a little to the side with a confused look on his face, still eating my Starbursts.

"Ew, go get the Cinnamon Toast one, that one is so much better." Ash casually mentioned.

"She's allergic to cinnamon. Did you not notice I threw out basically everything that has cinnamon in it? I told you this before she even got here." Mikey angrily said.

"Mike why are you getting angry?" Ashton tried to defend himself.

"Guys." I tried to interrupt.

"Because! What if you gave her something with cinnamon in it Ashton?! What if you bought something that had it in it and didn't read the label and she ate it? She would have to go to the emergency room! She gets horrible hives!" Michael yelled. I slapped the back of my hand into his arm. He looked at me.

"Mikey. Why are you yelling at him? He forgot. It's not life threatening or the end of the world. why are you worrying?" I asked softly.

"Sorry I freaked out. I guess I can be a little... Worried over her." Mikey apologized to Ashton.

"Well... I'm going to lay down. Don't bother me." I headed up the stairs and to my comfortable, warm bed that was calling my name.

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"Brooke! Could you come down here for a second?!" I hear Michael call, causing me to jump awake.

I groan in annoyance. Didn't I say to leave me alone? "Yeah!" I call back. I slowly walk down the stairs, annoyed and tired. I heard a girl voice. I looked into the livingroom and there was a girl sitting next to Luke on the loveseat. She was absolutely gorgeous. She has long brown curly hair and had freckled skin that made her green eyes stand out. She wore one of Lukes sweaters. She stood up and took a couple steps towards me to shake my hand. I just waved in response.

"You look so much like Michael. You are gorgeous!" She said, smiling and looking down, her eyes flicking back to me. I'm guessing she was shy.

"Thanks. You're very pretty as well." A slight blush ran over her cheeks as she nodded to me.

"I'm Paige."

"Brooke."

Luke wrapped his hand around her shoulders as she sat down next to him. "Look at you, I knew you'd get along." He exaggerated a sigh, Paige and I awkwardly smiled at each other.

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*2:49 A.M.*
The nightmare. The same one. I screamed.

"BROOKE!" Ash shook me awake. The light was on and all the boys were watching from the doorway, Paige was standing behind Luke, wide eyed. I was a spectacle. I wrapped my arms around my stomach and layed back down, wide eyed. I clung to my stuffed cow and didn't look at any of them, not hearing Ashton talk to me. I didn't respond when Mikey tried to pull me to him. Not when they Calum offered to stay on my floor. Not when they all decided to leave me to rest. I couldn't stop hearing my mother screams. I savoured the weight of my blanket. What was wrong with me?

I could feel it. I was breaking.