It was dark so dark. She couldn’t see a thing only the stars that dotted the sky. “Hello?” She called cautiously into the dark.
“Paige.” Whispered a voice. Paige whipped around but no one was there. The voice sounded familiar but she couldn’t tell who it was. “Paige!” This time it was louder and the voice sounded frantic and scared. Paige whipped around again from side to side trying to see where the voice was coming from.
“Brooke?” She called into the darkness.
“Paige!” This time the voice screamed her name. It was a terrifying scream that brought tears to her eyes.
“Brooke where are you? Brooke!” No answer just sobbs. “Brooke?” More sobbs. “Brooke answer me!” Paige screamed, blindly searching for her crying sister.
“Paige wake up!” Paige’s eyes snapped open and she sat bolt upright in her bed.
“What!” She gasped.
“You were screaming in your sleep.” Chloe exclaimed. Paige brought a hand up to wipe her eyes, she was crying. “Are you okay? Do you want to talk about it?” Paige looked at Chloe for a moment and thought about her dream then she shook her head.
“What time is it?” She asked.
Chloe checked the clock. “7 in the morning. I have to leave for dance soon.” It was then that Paige realized that Chloe wasn’t in her fluffy pink pajama pants and tank top she was in her dance clothes. A pair of black booty shorts and a Zebra print crop top. Her hair was in a high ponytail, swaying from side to side.
“When do you have to leave?” Paige asked as Chloe pulled on a pair sweat pants and her ALDC hoodie.
“I should probably go now I have a ballet private in 20 minutes but I could be a little late if you wanted me to stay and talk.” She offered.
Paige shook her head. “No I’m fine go. Have a good class.” Chloe gave Paige a hug before grabbing her dance bag and turning to leave. “Wait!” Paige stopped her. Chloe turned and looked at her best friend curiously. Paige suddenly felt very nervous. “A..are you going to come over again later?” She stuttered.
Chloe gave Paige an understanding look. “Sure, I could sleep over again if you want?” Paige nodded and smiled at her gratefully, that nightmare had really freaked her out and she didn't really want to be alone. “Alright see you later.” Chloe waved to her and hurried out of the room.
Clobird: Done dance, going home to grab clothes. Be there in 15.
Paigeymack: KK
Paige put her phone back on the coffee table and went back to half paying attention to The Hunger Games. Ten minutes later the doorbell rang. Assuming it was Chloe she went to answer the door instead of her blonde friend waiting at the door was to brunettes.
“Hey Paige how are you?” Asked Maddie giving Paige a hug.
“Okay.” Paige answered. Maddie let go and Kendall took her place giving Paige a tight hug before letting go.
“I hope you don’t mind we just really had to see you.” Maddie looked at Paige with worry plain on her face. Neither of them had heard from their friend since the funeral and they really needed to see if she was doing okay.
“Its fine.” Paige assured. “Do you want to come in?” She invited. Maddie and Kendall happily accepted her offer. Then another knock came from the door and Chloe stepped inside.
“Hey Paige.” She’s shocked to see Maddie and Kendall there but gets over it quickly. “Hey guy’s”
“Hey Choe.” They all say.
“So what should we do?” Maddie asked.
“Do you care if they read the diary with us?” Chloe asks Paige. Paige thinks about this. At first she thinks it might be an invasion of Brookes privacy but then remembers what she had written on the note,
Read it alone or with friends, it doesn’t matter.
She shook her head and Chloe began to explain to the confused girls what they were talking about. “Paige found Brooke’s Diary and she wanted her to read it so we’ve been reading it together. Do you want to read some of it with us?” Both brunette eagerly nodded their heads and Paige lead everyone up to her room where the diary waited.
Once up in her room Paige retrieved the diary under her bed and sat at the head off her bed. Everyone else sat around her in a semi-circle on the bed and listened as Paige read,
September 7th
Dear Diary,
Sunday, the day of starbound competition. Abby asked Payton to come along, Yahhh(Sarcasm). As if having her torture me at school wasn’t enough she has to torture me at dance too? Abby gave Payton a solo and she’s in the group dance, I also have a solo. Payton was okay for the first couple of days she just called me names nothing I couldn’t handle. Sticks and stones, right?
Then she got really mean, hiding my stuff all around the den (how elementary, am I right?). She put salt in my water bottle, and not just a little it tasted like the ocean! I threw up all over Nick who I was talking to at the time. It was so humiliating. It’ll be miracle if he ever talks to me again. She put glue in my hair brush yesterday. It took forever to get it out.
She did stuff like this all week, it was relentless. I seriously considered faking sick so I wouldn’t have to see Payton. But then I would have missed dance and that would just make Abby hate me more. So I sucked it up and I went to dance.
Now i’m sitting in a bathroom stall writing in you with tears rolling down my cheeks. I just performed my solo and I forgot most of it. I’m not brave enough to go back into the dressing room, Abby’s going to yell at me and I can’t take it right now.
The girls walked in a little while ago looking for me, I didn’t answer their calls. I kept as quiet as possible so they wouldn’t know I was here. Then I heard Payton say, “Did you see her face onstage? It looked like she was going to cry, what a baby!” Then they all laughed. “Your so right Payton, she’s 15 and she still forgets her dance?” That was Maddie. I thought Maddie was my friend I guess I was wrong. “Brooke is such a cry baby.” Kendall. There goes another friend I thought I had.
Well I guess I better go, I can’t hide in here forever.
Love
Brooke
Paige remembered that day, after Brooke had run off the stage Paige, Chloe and Nia had went to side of the building to look for her and Peyton, Maddie and Kendall went to look at the other side. When they had met back up at the dressing room neither group had found her. A few minutes later Brooke had shown up and all hell broke lose. Everyone wanted to know where Brooke had disappeared to and the Abby entered the room. She had yelled at Brooke at the top of her lungs, it seemed like years to Paige until Abby finally stopped.
It had scared Paige so much she had never seen Abby so mad before. And all Brooke did was sit there and take it, with absolutely no emotion. It had amazed and worried Paige at the same time. She had asked if Brooke was okay and tried to give her a hug but Brooke had pushed her off and gave a harsh “I’m fine” before going behind the curtain to change.
Maddie and Kendall exchanged guilty glances. The same thought swirled around both their mind, they didn’t know Brooke was in the bathroom.
Paige glared at them from her spot at the head of the bed. She passed the book to Chloe and pulled her knees to her chest. Chloe took the book and began reading the next entry.
