The Brooks Boys

Chapter Sixty Two

My ears betrayed my trust depriving me of the gift of hearing. The beating of my heart blocked every sound wave coming my way. My mind wasn't clouded like usual. It wasn't fuzzy or hard to read. It was gone. A black hollow box in it's place.

And in the box is each letter from every word she just said. They're floating.

Swimming,

Sinking in.

H e. H i t. H e r. Too.

He hit her.

H H H E E I T R

RTIEEHHH

I think it's time for me to pull the plug.

"Ellie? Ellie? Are you okay?"
...

"What the fuck did you say to her?!" Four fingers wave in front of my face yet I don't flinch, I don't blink. I stare into space. Hoping for once in my life that Yolanda wasn't telling the truth.

"Nothing. Nothing that she didn't need to know."

"You're a bitch. A motherfucking bitch."

"Hey! Hey! Calm down."

"The secrets, the lies, it's all over."...

Do they know I can hear them?

Do you know I can hear you?
Say it Ellie.

"Do you know I can hear you?"

"Eleanor?" They all turn around. Their expressions, horrified. My vision, blurred.

"You said she passed out you fucking idiot." My beloved speaks!

"No, I said I think she passed out." Yolanda throws herself onto the seat next to mine.

"Well I didn't." I speak again.

"Well what happened? What did she do to you?" Why doesn't he feel the need to act as though he cares? The game is over. I know what he did.

"No. The question is what did you do to her?" I speak again.
With venom laced through every word I look him dead in the eye. Pouring fear from my eyes to his.

"Do to who? Yolanda? I did nothing to Yolanda."

"Don't play fucking dumb with me." And again.
Dumbstruck. None of them said a word.

"Ellie, I don't know what you're talking ab-"

"Aislinn." Again..

"El I-"

"Tell me it's not true Beau."

"I- I... I can't do that." His head leaps into his hands. Finally the truth!

"Esme, April. By the lack of surprise on your faces I'm sure you both knew."

"Yes but-" They say in unison. It disgusts me.

"I do not want to hear any excuses. How and why would you keep it secret from me that my boyfriend was an ex woman beater?!" He winces at my choice of words but I'm far from done. "All this time, you were lying. The people that I trusted the most lied right to my face! I trusted you! I said that I loved you. I was so wrong. And you three have the audacity to come her today and throw me a 'party'! Who's idea was the 'Friends Forever' bullshit? Was it you Esme?" I stop for one second to clean my face before realising that maybe- "W-Wait. How many of you knew about this?"

"They all knew." Yolanda blurts out.

"Just as I thought." I shrug. "Was this your plan all along? Make the new girl fall in love with him. Then we'll watch from afar as he abuses her."

"Don't. It's not like that. I can explain everything, here come with me." He tries to take my hand. It's shaking, like his voice.

"Do not touch me; ever again. I don't want to hear you nor see you. And if you walk by me, be prepared for me to walk the other way. We're over." I feel nothing. Not a single beat of my heart. And I'm glad. I'm really glad.

"Ellie don't. You don't understand!" He thinks that raising his voice may make me stay. He's wrong.

"Yes, yes I do. You make me sick!"

"I have the tickets!" Some gasp, some don't. But I'm truly not surprised.

"Rip them. Shred them. Do what ever you want. But mark my words if you get onto that plane, I'm never ever coming back here. Ever. I wish I would have never moved in the first place!" I scream, scraping tears from my cheeks as I make my way to the exit.

~ Beau's P.O.V ~

She's gone.

"Let her go Bro. She needs some time."

She's already gone.
Say it Beau.

"She's already gone."

Hurt. No. Hurt is not the word.

Crushed, bruised, buried.
Dead.

My vision is blurred by an unfamiliar liquid.

It stings.
It hurts Ellie. It really does.

Hurt is not the word.

We are over.

W E A R E O V E R

Floating, swimming, Sinking in.
Drown.

We are over.
I am sober.

"One gin and tonic please."

::: Hey there munchkins!!! Long time no reads ;) Don't forget to vote and comment and stuff, it means a lot 💜 and by the way I just want to talk about how I MET ALFIE DEYES ON FRIDAY!!! And also about how IM IN HIS NEW VLOG!!! For those of you that don't know, ALfie Deyes (Pointless Blog) organised a book signing in Birmingham and I went along, just expecting to get my book signed and BAM. A member of staff comes out holding ALFIES camera up!! If you go watch it now, I'm the one screaming and jumping up and down with the beanie and SuperMan skirt on :') but yeah, one of the coolest days of my life 😌 anyway, a quick explanation on why this short chapter took so long.. I've been studying for exams :( and really haven't had the time.. they start tomorrow so I figured I'd slip in a quick update so I hope it wasn't too bad and that you all liked it.. Again, if you did, don't forget to vote :3 I love you all and have an awesome day!! 💜💜::: (One more thing!!! If any of you have Pollen, you can go follow me @Kayla_sx and I'll follow you back xxxx )