You and Andy Fowler were best friends for years before losing contact six years ago. What will happen when you bump into each other again.
Highest ranking - #4 ryebeaumont
Started - 22nd November
Ongoing.
It was someone banging on the door. I have no choice but to open it. I do so and the figure at the door falls from the sudden movement of the door opening. They land on top of me. "What the fuck?" "I'm sorry. I needed to wake you up." I stare up at Brook for a moment before I hear a door down the hall open. We glance over to see an old woman peering out. "And all the neighbours apparently." "I'm sorry ma'am!" "Kids!" she huffs and slams her door. "Oops..." Brook murmurs, then looks back at me. "Anyway, you need to come with me." "Why should I?" He cheekily smiles at me. "For our date of course!" "Its two fucking am, I've had the shittest day possible, I've lost my best friend, I cried myself to sleep, you woke me up and want me to come on a date with you?" "Yes..?" "No." I shut the door. I'm fed up of his jokes. "No?" He clearly wasn't expecting this reaction judging by the hurt in his voice. "Go away, Brook." I sigh. "Why? What have I done? Please let me in..." Debating with myself, I give in and open the door. He walks in before I can shut him out again. We walk into the living room and sit on the sofa. "I'm giving you ten minutes before I'm kicking you out." "Can you please explain to me why you were all up for this date two weeks ago, but not now?" "Because, that was two weeks, nearly three weeks ago Brook. You clearly don't care about me as you haven't messaged me a single time during those weeks and aired me when I did text you. The few times I've seen the boys, you were the only one who never showed up 'because you didn't feel like coming out'. God, even Sonny showed up and his girlfriend hates me. That's risky. Then you show up all of a sudden in the middle of the night saying I have to go on a date with you. I don't have to do anything. You could have been there when I was going through shit and you weren't. Kathryn's moved out leaving me to pay the bills on my own and I can't afford it, my own brothers blocked me and none of you guys wants to hang anymore. Andy cancelled plans on me four times this week. I can't-"
I get interrupted as Brook leans over and kisses me. The world slowly started to disappear around me. Brook sighed as he deepened the kiss, feeling my involvement. The kiss was so innocent, yet so intimate and electrifying that only the lack of air caused me to stop it. We looked into each others' eyes, silently sharing all of our deep feelings. I nearly forget everything that's happened, until it all comes rushing back.
"No..." I whisper. "No..?" "No, you don't get to do that." "I know. I'm sorry." "Brook you're going to break my heart." My eyes glaze over. "Hannah... if I did, I'd only break mine too." I look up at him through the film of tears in my eyes. Blinking softly, one runs down my left cheek. He gently wipes it away. "You can't let me fall in love with you." "Ditto." He looks at me with pure emotion. I lean into him and silently sob. It takes him a moment before wrapping his arms around me, holding me tightly. After a couple of minutes, I pull away and look into his eyes. "Let's go." "Where?" "Wherever you were going to take me at 2am in the morning." He laughs and takes my hand, leading me out of the door.
I gasp at the sudden cold air as we walk out of the door. Looking down, I see I'm still in my pyjamas - shorts and a tank top. I bet my makeup is rubbed all over my face too. "One sec!" I shout to him and run back inside. I exchange my shorts for scrunched up jeans that were thrown on top of the laundry basket and chuck my denim jacket on, the one with the fluffy insides. I wipe the makeup off my face and scrape my hair back into a messy bun. Funny how when I don't even try, it ends up looking cute. I pull on some shoes and take my place beside Brook outside. I slip my hand in his and he interlocks our fingers. We start walking in silence.
After a while of walking, we get to a massive park, which looks like a private garden. The only way in is a large pink iron gate with a lock on it. The gate is overgrown with rose bushes. Brook releases my hand and unlocks the gate. I won't ask how he knows the combination. We sidle inside and I stop in my tracks. The whole place was breathtakingly beautiful. There were flowers lining the paths into the centre. Fairy lights hung from tree to tree, lighting the place up.
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In the centre of the garden, there was a huge fountain. Brook leads me over to it and sits on the side. In doing so he picks up a guitar. I take a seat next to him as he starts strumming.
"Oh, there you go again Every morning it's the same You walk on by my house I wanna call out your name I want to tell you how beautiful you are from where I'm standing You got me thinking what we could because I keep craving, craving, you don't know it but it's true Can't get my mouth to say the words they want to say to you This is typical of love Can't wait anymore, I won't wait I need to tell you how I feel when I see us together forever In my dreams, you're with me We'll be everything I want us to be And from there, who knows, maybe this will be the night that we kiss for the first time Or is that just me and my imagination."
My eyes become glassy again and I smile. I can't believe he'd sing a song to me. It was so gorgeous, I couldn't have asked for anything else. Brooklyn looks at me nervously and I hug him. "Hey! Watch the guitar." He sets it down before hugging me back. I know I shouldn't, I know the consequences but I can't help pulling Brook in for another kiss. Somehow, it's even better than last time. Maybe, just maybe, this could be something real.
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A/N
The song used in this chapter is 'Imagination' by Shawn Mendes. I love this song as it's so raw, and thought it fit perfectly.
The story got quite depressing, but it can only get better from here. Stay tuned to find out what happens!
