Can love save a life? (Mc romance)

11 - He's Back

Brooke wandered into the kitchen, a huge smile on her face. Today was the day she was seeing the people she classed as family.

She was in a world of her own as she poured some coffee and didn't see Xavier at the kitchen table.

"Stealing my clothes again are we?" Xavier chuckled as Brooke spun around flipping him off.

"Well maybe if you didn't leave your room unlocked I wouldn't be able to go rummaging through your draws" Brooke sassed making Xavier smirk at her feistiness. "It's like you are asking for me to steal your clothes"

Brooke was just about to say something else when a voice appeared behind her.

"Babygirl what have I told you about stealing people's clothes"

Xavier squinted at the guy that just walked into his kitchen, calling his bumble bee babygirl.

He was ready to kill.

He watched as Brooke spun around so fast he wasn't sure how she didn't give herself whiplash, she ran into this guys arms with a giant grin on her face.

"I can't believe you came Nate" Brooke giggled as she wrapped her legs around Nate's waist and her arms went around his neck.

The look in Nate's eyes made Xavier want to vomit.

"Well I see you have found her already" a female voice laughed taking Brooke's attention from Nate.

"Shit Lex" Brooke squealed as she landed on the floor just in time for her best friend to tackle her. "I missed you bitch"

"Not as much as he did" Lexi smirked "I swear to god he had been like teenage girl moping about ever since you left"

"I do not mope" Nate huffed folding his arms across his chest, making Brooke raise her eyebrow at him "okay maybe I just missed you"

Xavier couldn't sit back and watch the two of them flirt, so he left. Bumping into his father on his way out.

"Son, where are you going?" Alex asked.

"Out" Xavier snapped slamming the front door behind him.

"Sorry about my son" Alex said to Bret and Rachel "he can be a bit temperamental at the moment"

"Trust me we know what that is like" Rachel sighed.

Craig was already biting his tongue, he knew that she was talking about his little girl, it didn't sit well with him nor did he like them bad mouthing her in front of him.

"Where is Brooke anyway?" Rachel said looking around the place. "I hope she's not causing trouble"

"She's in the kitchen" Lily smiled, holding her arm out towards the open door, guiding them through the house.

"Alex I'm gonna punch someone soon if she doesn't stop bad mouthing my daughter" Craig said to his best friend.

"You and me both brother" Alex nodded, squeezing Craig's shoulder in support.

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As the day went on Brooke was getting more pissed off, everyone could see it but Rachel kept poking the fire by making comments. She was moments away from snapping.

Every chance Rachel got she was making some comment about the club house or the people here. But she didn't care who she pissed off.

"So I can see where the attitude comes from now" Rachel said. And that was it Brooke snapped.

"Can you shut the fuck up please?" Brooke shouted, making everyone look at her.

"That's not the way to talk to the person that raised you" Rachel said in shock.

"You may have raised me but it's obvious you hated me" Brooke said through gritted teeth. "I'm actually glad you sent me away because I found my real family. I should have seen the signs you didn't care about a long time ago. When I can to you about the nightmares and you told me to stop being a baby and go back to sleep"

"They were just nightmares," Brett nodded.

"No they weren't just nightmares" Brooke hissed "you didn't care so you didn't know the shit I went through at a young age. The nightmares are real, they are my memories but you didn't give a shit"

"Bumble come on calm down" Xavier whispered pulling her into his arms.

"How can I calm down Xav?" Brooke sighed "they didn't care about me"

"We did and do care about you Brooke" Rachel said "it's just your behaviour we couldn't cope with, you were constantly acting out"

"Have you ever thought that was her trying to get some fucking help" Xavier spat.

"Watch how you talk to her ok dickhead" Nate spat.

"Oh hell no" Xavier huffed letting go of Brooke and squaring up with Nate.

Alex could see things were getting extremely heated and if he wasn't careful his son would put Nate in a coma.

"ENOUGH" Alex shouted slamming a pan on the counter "we brought you here so Brooke could see you but now I think that's a bad idea."

"Do you know what I'm done" Brooke shouted, "I don't care if I don't see you again for the rest of my life. At least I found my family and they actually give a shit about me"

Brooke had retreated to the corner of the kitchen as she received a text.

A text that made her want to throw up.

And she wished she never read the text.

Tears pricked her eyes, as her breathing became erratic. Blinking at the words of the text she let her phone fall from her hands causing everyone to look up at her.

She couldn't take this not again. So she did what she did best and ran.

She was finally getting her life back on track, and that bastard was going to tear it apart again.

Nobody said anything as they heard her bike roar into life before the sound disappeared into the distance.

"Shouldn't someone go after her?" Bret asked.

"She needs her space" Craig nodded.

"But where will she go?" Bret asked.

Xavier and James looked at each other and nodded.

"The willow tree" James said softly as Xavier picked up Brooke's phone to see why she had bolted.

His face paled as he read the words on the screen. She didn't run because of the argument she ran because she was scared. Running his hands over his face he took a breath.

"I'm know you are back, your time is running out"

"Guys we have a problem" Xavier breathed walking over to his father, Craig and James. "He's back"