N E V E R • B E • T H E • S A M E (Book 1 of the AT3 Series)

8.

*Author's Note: lets pretend that Brooke is Tessa in this pic*

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brookelynnmendes Call me overdramatic, but I think its time. Its time to leave the Team 10 house. Don't get me wrong, I love all the time I spent in the house, but things aren't working out anymore. Plus, I'm also homesick, so I think it's time I lived with mom and pops, until I can figure everything out. For now, I'm probably not going to be posting as much. Thanks to those who stayed by my side and supported me and is still supporting me. I love you all! ~ xoxo Brooke

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It was about 3 days after the fight I decided to leave. I'm not leaving just because of Anthony. I'm leaving because I miss my family. I'm not lying, there. I having seen them since I left the first time a few months back. I told everyone on Instagram my plans. Some where supportive some weren't. Some, including Tessa and Chance, had really horrible things to say, so I disabled my comments. I begin to pack up my things and I hear everyone yelling. I assume its another fight. I peek outside my door and Kade sees me.

"Brookelynn! Look whose here!" I walk slowly to the top of the stairs and peered down. Low and behold, there he was smiling up at me with his cute dimples.

"Hey, so I heard someone was having a mid-life crisis because they missed me so much." He said. I ran down the stairs, almost tripping. I jumped into his arms. I missed him.

"Awww" Erika and Tessa said together. I looked right at Tessa gave her a dirty look. How dare she say that when she treated me like crap these last few days. Everyone began laughing. Anthony picked me up and put me on the trampoline.

"Okay. Brace yourself." He said.

"What?" I looked over to Erika who was trying to hold in a laugh.

"It was a prank." He said and everyone started cracking up laughing.

"What?" I was still confused.

"It was all a prank. Everything. The fight. The bruises. Everything. We didn't tell anyone our plans because we thought it would get ruined. It also made everything look more real on camera. Well except the fact that no one knew you were going to react the way you did." Chance said.

"That's the exact same face that I made when I found out." Jake said, "None of it was real."

"You mean, I was upset for 3 days for nothing? I got mad at my best friend for nothing? I didn't eat for nothing? I barely slept for nothing!" I yelled.

Anthony's smile left his face "yeah, I guess."

I got of the trampoline and out of Anthony's embrace. "Well Chance and Anthony, Fuck you." I walked back into my room slamming the door.

That night, I sat in bed thinking. I decided to call my mom. I dont care what time it was in New York. I needed to talk to her. 

"Brooke! Its 3am here? Whats wrong!" my mom says very  groggily. 

"I need to talk to you. Is dad there?" I say 

"Yeah but hes sleeping. What do you need?" she says impatiently.

"Can you get out of the room? Please!" I say.

"Sure, hold on?" the line goes silent "Okay sweetie, whats bothering you."

"I dont really know. You know that Anthony guy? The guy from Team 10?" I ask.

"Yeah, why?" she asks, this time she seems more happy, "What happened, spill the tea." 

"Well he and his friend pulled a dirty prank on Team 10 saying that he was leaving. They got into a big argument and he left. The thing is, I couldn't bare with myself. I cried, I got mad at everyone. I really missed him I guess. What I dont understand is why would I cry for him. Its not like we were anything." I explain.

My mom laughed, "Sweetheart, is it possible that you could have a crush on Anthony?"

"What? No way! Hes like a brother to me!" I say a little to loudly. 

"Well, Brooke, to be honest, I can tell the way he looks at you in your videos. He certainly has one on you. Maybe, just maybe, you might have one on him." I could tell she was smiling while saying that. 

" Mom, I love you, but you are crazy. There is no possible way I like him. Goodnight." I hang up the phone really quick before she has a chance to speak again. 

Just then I got a text from Anthony 

Toner😂🔥: Hey, are u talking 2 yourself in there? 

Brooke👑💕: No, I just got off the phone with my mom. Y r u still up?

Toner😂🔥: I had to use the bathroom and I passed by ur room.

Brooke👑💕: oh, did you happen to listen to what was said?

Toner😂🔥: Not really, I was still kinda half asleep. 

Brooke👑💕: oh okay. 

Toner😂🔥: Im sorry for the prank. I didnt mean to hurt you. 

Brooke👑💕: No its fine. I wasn't really that hurt.

Toner😂🔥: Your lying. You seemed very hurt. Chance and Jake were telling me how you reacted. in my opinion, hurt was an understatement. Where you planning on leaving Team 10 for me?

Brooke👑💕:  No. I wasn't hurt. No, I wasn't planning on leaving team 10 for you. I didnt react that bad to you leaving. Goodnight, im tired.

Toner😂🔥: Goodnight, by the way, your smile lit up the room when you came down to greet me. It was really cute😉

I put my phone down on the table next to my bed. Would I really have left Team 10 just because of Anthony? Sure I missed my parents, but I wouldn't leave to go back to them. And sooner or later, if Tessa and I get into a fight, we would forgive each other. But if Anthony left because of something another member did... I dont know. I have to stop thinking about him. The way that his cute dimples showed when he smiled. The way he never gave up on anything. The way that his muscles flexed when he worked out. Like honestly, he was pretty cute. No he was handsome in every possible way.  Most importantly, I thought about who I felt around him. The way my heart melted when he smiled. The way he was always there to hang out with me. What about that kiss? Although to him it was in order to make his  ex jealous, to me, it was my first. I didn't realize it then, but I do now. I really enjoyed that kiss. He made me feel a different way, a good way. He was my perfect idea of a boyfriend.