Runs In The Family

Brooks Taylor

TRIXIE'S POV:

Her hair was a dirty blonde colour, the same as his. The complete opposite to my brown hair. She had blue eyes and a smile that made me wanna throw myself off a cliff. I wanted to hate her, but I couldn't.

I looked down at their hands intertwined. She was prettier than me, slimmer than me, probably even smarter than me. But she wasn't me.

"What are you..." my voice trailed off as Jason stepped into the house, pulling her in behind him. I felt sick, slowly closing the door until I heard someone call my name. I looked out and saw Brooks running towards my house. I awkwardly opened the door again and let him in.

"My bad" he panted "I tried to stop him". I looked at him as he gestured towards Jason and shrugged my shoulders.

"It's whatever" I said quietly.

That's how it had always been. Me- Trixie Polibio, Jason Carter, Brooks Taylor and Molly Flores. We'd been best friends since we could barely speak. Somewhere along the way, two of us fell in love but if I'd have known my heart would get broken in the process, I would've never let myself fall. It was a mistake. We were a mistake.

"Anyway" said Jason, clearing his throat. I looked over at him as the girl looked at him with a smile.

"Aren't you going to introduce me, baby?"

"Of course I am" he said to her. I looked Brooks who shook his head at me. He reached forward and took my hand.

"Let's get outta here" he said "you don't need this"

"It's my house, I'm not going anywhere" I said, he narrowed his eyes at me as I nodded my head to reassure him "I promise I'm fine". I looked back at Jason and the girl next to him.

"So who the fuck are you?"

"Trix-"

"No" I said, cutting Jason off "you don't get to walk into my house with another bitch and try to humiliate me. Now answer my question"

I watched him gulp slightly, his eyes looking anywhere but at me.

"I'm Kaylee" she said, before glaring at Jason "we've been dating for 5 months". I felt my stomach twist as I backed away a little from Jason. He had a small grin on his face as he sunk one of his hands in his pocket. I felt my eyes heating up but took a few breaths to compose myself.

"So you've been cheating on me" I said finally. Jason rolled his eyes and shrugged his shoulders.

"If we're being honest here" he said "I fell out of love with you months ago, we were...boring". It was like someone had given me a low blow. Did I really let myself fall in love with a man who spoke to women like this?

I gave him a cold stare before turning around to Brooks and pressing my lips against his.

Yes I acted on impulse and I didn't mean for it to go on for as long as it did. But I liked it somehow. I felt Brooks' muscular arms make their way around my waist and pull me closer so the heat between our bodies only amplified the kiss.

I pulled away when I heard Jason clear his throat, giving Brooks a small smile as my cheeks flushed a bright shade of red.

"Was there any need for that?" asked Jason. Brooks was still staring at me with a grin on his face.

"Shut up, Carter" answered Brooks, keeping his eyes locked on mine as he tucked a stand of hair behind my ear. I pressed my lips together, trying to fight the urge to kiss him all over his face.

You're friends, Trixie.

I spun myself around, staring coldly at Jason and his girlfriend who were looking extremely uncomfortable. She tugged on his arm to leave but he stayed in his place, glaring at Brooks.

"What?" said Brooks, standing beside me and wrapping an arm around my waist. I watched as he placed his spare hand in his pocket.

"You cheated on her" said Brooks "did you expect her to wait on you or something?"

I watched the two argue as Kaylee started getting worried. Usually, I love drama, I'm all for it. But Jason was still a friend to me and Brooks was one of my best friends too. I didn't want them to ruin their friendship over this.

"What the fuck does our relationship have to do with you?" said Jason, taking a step towards us.

"What relationship? She's done with you" said Brooks, taking a step in front of me and facing Jason. Jason's face turned red when he ran out of comebacks but as much as I wanted to laugh at him, them arguing wasn't right.

"Stop it" I said, taking Brooks' arm and pulling him back towards me. He was still facing Jason and i cupped his cheek with my hand, turning his face towards me.

"Stop" I repeated, getting him to look at me. He sighed, nodding his head as I looked over at Jason.

"Now get the fuck outta my house" I said coldly. He opened his mouth to say something but closed it. There was a lot he could say but he'd already caused enough damage. He took a hold of Kaylee's hand and walked out the house, closing the door behind him.

Brooks smiled at me before kissing the top of my head. I was about to say something but I heard someone cheering above us.

We both looked up to see my Mom jumping up and down whilst clapping her hands, Dad and Levi were both staring at her in annoyance. She looked at Dad whilst pointing at me.

"That's my girl"

A/N: lmk how y'all finding the story, ily 🤍