Becoming Brooke

8.

Last period of the day, and Ally is ready to go home and take a nap. She's also ready to get away from Lauren.

"So you got ten more minutes of your last first day, I hope it went well Brooke." Lauren tells her.

Ally nods, "I actually did...thanks to you." And she meant it, Lauren being this kind to her made each class period easier.

Lauren faintly blushes, "Uh Ye-Yeah no problem...so where did you come from anyway? You an army brat?"

Chuckling, Ally shake her head, "No, I just couldn't go to my private school anymore."

"Private school huh? Was it Ike an all girl school?"

"Yes, a Christian all girl school."

"So you probs never seen a dude before." Andre interrupts , and Him and his friend Beck turn around. "We are dudes." Beck adds, and they both laugh.

"Ignore these idiots, they're barely dudes." Jade tells Ally, making the group laugh.

"Anyway, how come you had to move? I hope nothing too serious." Lauren asks.

"No no, just my parents job had to be closer to home since they both got a promotion."

Lauren understands, and checks her phone. "We got two more minutes, the longest two minutes of my life." Lauren groans and buries her face into Ally's back pack.

"Hey! You can't use my bag as a pillow!" Ally laughs and tries to pull it back. Lauren grabs her hand, "It smells nice, and it's the comfy Vera Bradley back pack, it's practically a pillow."

Giggling, Ally doesn't think , and lays her head down on her back pack too, inched away from Lauren's face. "You're right, it is comfy."

Lauren couldn't respond, she was so entranced by her pretty face. But the entrance was broken when Lauren's face felt the table. Ally had snatched her backpack once the bell rung and laughed.

"Oh that's just cruel Brooke." Lauren laughs And follows her out the room.

They walk side by side, and see Dinah and Normani at the end of the hall. "God it must be so lucky having seventh period off." Lauren complains.

"Yeah it has its perks, I can eat Normani out before I come get you losers and also before practice." Dinah jokes.

Lauren gags, and Normani hits her shoulder, "Babe not right here."

. "How was your day, Brooke." Dinah asks, putting a little too much empathis on her name.

Ally raises a brow, noticing how Dinah said her 'name' but she answers, "It was good, I think I'm gonna like it here."

"Yeah it's as if you've been here before." Dinah adds, and Ally can feel herself tense up.

Normani and Lauren laugh, oblivious to what Dinah is doing. "We all think that you're just so familiar it's weird, I think it's because you fit in so well with us." Normani explains.

'That's what you think' Dinah says to herself.

"Actually, I wanted to show Brooke something in the girls restroom, give us a sec?" Dinah tells Normani and Lauren, and pulls Ally into the nearest restroom.

"Okay spill bitch, are you a spy? Do you work for the government? I know your real name is Ally." Dinah tells her and Ally nearly laughs at the first part of her statement.

"No Dinah, I don't work for the government and I'm not a spy either, I just...I couldn't come back as myself knowing that there was still a risk of me being tormented like I was during my freshmen year."

"Tormented?" Dinah's confuses, but it immediately snaps. "You're talking about Laur-...Holy shit I remember that day you didn't come back And you threw the book at her she swore she'd kill yo- I'm gonna shut up." Dinah notices how uncomfortable how Ally is.

Hugging the smaller girl, Dinah smiles, "Look, I'm not gonna tell a single soul, if you want to have a total glo-up and be a different person to avoid any confrontation from your freshman bully, who am I to judge?"

Ally hugs Dinah back, "Thank you Dinah, you haven't changed one bit."

"Thanks...I do think it's funny that she has the fattest crush on you."

Ally rolls her eyes, "Goodness Dinah, I don't think that's true, she likes Brooke, not Ally."

"Maybe one day you tell Lauren who you really are, and don't worry I didn't tell Mani, she'd blab in a second....but I have to ask, do you think she's hot?"

"Dinah I don't like Lauren."

"I didn't ask that, I asked if you thought she was hot, and your answer tells me everything I need to know." Dinah grins and pulls Ally out of the restroom.

Walking out the restroom, the hallway is empty, and they see Normani and Lauren talking. "K, let's go y'all, my momma wants me home in a bit." Normani says.