Everything

25, Shawn

I walk into the bathroom and Brooke has her head in between her legs.

Damnit.

"Brooke..." I put my hand on her shoulder, she looks up at me. She's crying. She stands up.

"Why were you with her? She could've ruined your fucking life!" She sobs and I begin to feel my chest tighten.

"Brooke, I had to pay them to keep their mouths shut." I say, running my hand through my hair.

"What will your dad say when he sees all that money come out of his bank, ey?" I hang my head and she clicks her tongue.

"What the hell happened down there?" I ask her and she sighs.

"Maria, she went too far." Her voice cracks and she begins sobbing again, "she talked about me not coming out to my parents and started laughing and-" she's cut off by another sob. She buries her head in my chest, I feel my eyes begin to burn. I wrap my arms around her. I'm not used to this quite yet, "she even talked about Brianna's ex." My stomach twists and my face burns red.

"Are you fucking kidding me?"

"Don't worry about it, I just," she takes a deep breath and looks at me, "what happened over there with Maddie?"

"I just gave her the 5k and told her nothing more. She didn't care honestly, I think she's done with me. Even though what happened wasn't my fault." I sigh and Brooke's eyes are wide.

"Dude, 5k? Your dad will say something." She says, putting her hand on my arm.

"He knows what happened. He knows it's not my fault, he wants no one to know because it'll ruin his rep and can send me to jail, even though I didn't fucking do it." I say and she nods.

"I think I'm going to go back home with Jake." She says, squeezing my arm before grabbing a tissue and wiping her face.

"Jake?" I ask, trying to keep calm.

"Yeah, you should tell your brother about it." She suggests and I glare at her, "stepbrother." She corrects, I roll my eyes.

"Can I ask you something?" I ask Brooke while she throws the wet tissue in the toilet, she nods, "what's going on with Daniel and Brianna?" I clear my throat and she stares at me, mouth open slightly.

"What?"

"You heard me, Brooke." I say, putting my hands in my pockets.

"Nothing, they've been hanging out recently though." She says and I feel my chest aflame.

"Fuck." I whisper and Brooke tilts her head.

"Shawn, I think you should stop whatever the deal was with you and Brianna. She's obviously happy with Daniel, so stop playing her." She demands and I don't know what to say. I forgot it was a deal, "your only making her life more confusing." She says, sitting on the toilet seat.

"Brooke, I just don't want her to end up with some fucking asshole like Daniel. You saw what he did to Sofia." I say and sit down on the bathtub.

"Well Shawn, there's no point in protecting her if you don't even like her. I mean, you fucking hate her. You left her in the rain for god sake."

"I went back." I mumble and she crosses her arms.

"You still did it. She even cried about it. You've put her through hell already. Just give it up." She begs and I groan.

"Brooke. I don't know what's going on."

I don't want Brianna with ANYONE.

"What could you possibly be confused about Shawn? You're the one who started the whole thing in the first place." She reminds me and I nod.