Happy Ending (A Monchele Story)

Big Brother

I already wrote half this chapter in a previous story of mine "Forbidden Love." It just fit well in this story too. So enjoy! This entire chapter is a flashback and a flash forward chapter and in Jasmine's point of view.
Jasmine
Dear Diary,
Today is the day I finally get to bring Katie Hudson to life seven years ago I went over to LA with a duffle bag and a dream. I honestly thought I was just some kid lost in the shadows since I kinda blend in after my mom went a wall after my birthday that year, my dad however got arrested for looting when I was five. My cousin took me in just as I turned ten. Couch surfing was great and all but that's not what I want for me, I was just barely getting by, a kid from Harlem on a greyhound bus, a bottle of the sweetest Jack Daniels whiskey, some money and "food" and then just plain food. Lived in a shelter for a couple months met this boy named Riley when I was well um a little high sitting on a bench. He noticed and then took me with him to his house he was 12 at the time and gladly accepted his friendship, I then proceeded to breakdown and told my life story to his mom who just so happen to know some people and long story short eight year old me somehow by a miracle got casted as Katie. Yes I'm musical, anyway seven years later and here we go, wish me luck!
Dated 10/20/08
Love, J x
I close my notebook and walk out of my trailer and head to set when I see this tall guy so I look at my call sheet thing and head to the first location. He notices me staring so I quickly look away. "Hey, I'm Cory what's your name Katie?" He smiles, I chuckle a little. "I'm Jasmine Rosemary sorry I say my middle name too it's a reflex I guess." He chuckles and I just start laughing. "Ok then." He says trying not to laugh. "Wait! Oh my god I know you remember fro yo?" We both say in unison without realizing it. "So how you been? I haven't seen you in awhile." I smile. "We're gonna keep pretending we don't know each other?" I ask "Nah, we're good I just wanted to use your improv skills to help you relax." I laugh he's like my big brother I met him the same year I met Riley we're really close. Always checks in on me and and Mikayla, my cousin who's a few months younger than me. "How's Riley doing?" I smirk and he nudges me gently. "Good even though I should be asking you that because, he's living with you. How's my older brother doing?" I ask referring to Shaun. "We're both doing good, I made it here right?" We both chuckle as we finally step into a rustic looking house. After the first week we manage to finish the pilot, we then watch the first thirteen episodes in January, it took us two months to complete season one side A.
Dear Diary,
It's now been 3 months since the pilot premiered on Fox on my birthday might I add. This is gonna be something special we can just feel it! I have had Don't Stop Believing stuck in my god damn head for about a week straight. Oh well :D
Dated 8/19/09
Ps. download the song on iTunes now!
Love, J x
I close my notebook and head to the den and sit on the couch and just chill, I am so exhausted, about an hour into much needed nap I hear a knock on the door. I groan rubbing my head and gulp down my drink. "Hello? I'm coming, ugh my head." I stay stumbling to my feet and walking to the door. "Who is it?" I ask "Cory." I smile and open the door hugging him tight. "Brother!" He smiles as Mikayla walks in. "Hey Mikey!" He says and Mikayla just nods and hugs him. "You woke me up bro!" I say walking as normal as I can and lay back on the couch. "Sorry kid I was just checking in on you." I groan and toss a pillow at him. "Where were you when I needed "the sober police" last night? Huh?" I tilt my head, and he raises his eyebrow. "Carrying your ass to Jonah's moms house." My eyes go wide. "Aw bro what the fuck, you trying to get me on Amy's bad side?" I ask getting up to get something to drink. Amy is Jonah's mom, and kinda like my mom now I guess, Cory knows that she hasn't seen me "crazy" before. Well not anymore anyway. "How many did you have today?" He examines the room. "Um five?" I say. "How many?" He asks pointing to the table. Dammit! "Twice." He comes over to me and takes the cup out of my hand. "Why didn't you call me?" I feel tears come down my face. "Oh because how am I supposed to tell you, I didn't call because the last time I did, you bummed half my smoke, which I'd been fine with if you weren't in recovery. I'm not saying I'm a person whose clean, obviously. But last thing I want to do is force you into a tempting environment." "You still could've called, last thing I want to hear from my little sister is the hospital on the other end now please take it easy will you?" I nod and clean up the table. "Does it ever get better, I mean this whole life thing?" He takes a seat on the back of the couch. "Try and do the next right thing." He says and I look at him. "I will." I laugh at the memory it's the first time since Riley passed, that I laughed. I smile as C walks in my room. "Ok Mikey, I'll give you my comp ticket just so you can hang with Chord." He laughs as she hangs up. "Hey bear, how are you?" He nods and looks at my desk. "I'm doing ok. How are you today?" He asks sitting in my beanbag. "I'm doing ok. I mean my body aches, my heart is gone, but I'm ok, or at least I hope I'll be ok eventually." I say blinking my tears back for what feels like the billionth time today. "I'm right here." My brother says wrapping me in a bear hug. He is my best friend. "Can you sing?" He nods zipping my luggage up for me. We start the tour tomorrow and I'm excited well "excited" is a loose term at the moment. Then C starts singing. " You can be amazing
You can turn a phrase into a weapon or a drug
You can be the outcast
Or be the backlash of somebody's lack of love
Or you can start speaking up
Nothing's gonna hurt you the way that words do
And they settle 'neath your skin
Kept on the inside and no sunlight
Sometimes a shadow wins
But I wonder what would happen if you
Say what you wanna say
And let the words fall out
Honestly I wanna see you be brave
With what you want to say
And let the words fall out
Honestly I wanna see you be brave
I just wanna see you
I just wanna see you
I just wanna see you
I wanna see you be brave
I just wanna see you
I just wanna see you
I just wanna see you
I wanna see you be brave
Everybody's been there, everybody's been stared down
By the enemy
Fallen for the fear and done some disappearing
Bow down to the mighty
Don't run, stop holding your tongue
Maybe there's a way out of the cage where you live
Maybe one of these days you can let the light in
Show me how big your brave is
Say what you wanna say
And let the words fall out
Honestly I wanna see you be brave
With what you want to say
And let the words fall out
Honestly I wanna see you be brave
Innocence, your history of silence
Won't do you any good
Did you think it would?
Let your words be anything but empty
Why don't you tell them the truth?
Say what you wanna say
And let the words fall out
Honestly I wanna see you be brave
With what you want to say
And let the words fall out
Honestly I wanna see you be brave
I just wanna see you
I just wanna see you
I just wanna see you
I wanna see you be brave
I just wanna see you
I just wanna see you
I just wanna see you
See you be brave
I just wanna see you
I just wanna see you
I just wanna see you
I just wanna see you
I just wanna see you
I just wanna see you, be brave." I smile and start singing. "When we were young we were the ones
The kings and queens oh yeah, we ruled the world
We smoked cigarettes man no regrets
Wish I could relive every single word
We've taken different paths
And travelled different roads
I know we'll always end up on the same one when we're old
And when you're in the trenches
And you're under fire I will cover you
If I was dying on my knees
You would be the one to rescue me
And if you were drowned at sea
I'd give you my lungs so you could breathe
I've got you brother-er-er-er
I've got you brother-er-er-er
I've got you brother-er-er-er
I've got you brother-er-er-er
Oh brother, we'll go deeper than the ink
Beneath the skin of our tattoos
Though we don't share the same blood
You're my brother and I love you that's the truth
We're living different lives
Heaven only knows
If we'll make it back With all our fingers and our toes
5 years, 20 years, come back
It will always be the same
If I was dying on my knees
You would be the one to rescue me
And if you were drowned at sea
I would give you my lungs so you could breathe
I've got you brother-er-er-er
I've got you brother-er-er-er
And if we hit on troubled water
I'll be the one to keep you warm and safe
And we'll be carrying each other
Until we say goodbye on our dying day
Because I've got you brother-er-er-er
I've got you brother-er-er-er
I've got you brother-er-er-er
I've got you brother-er-er-er
If I was dying on my knees
You would be the one to rescue me
And if you were drowned at sea
I would give you my lungs so you could breathe
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
I've got you brother-er-er-er
I've got you brother-er-er-er." He hugs me tight. Tomorrow will be hard but my brother will help me through it all. I then climb in my bed, falling asleep.