A month has passed since Agnes stayed in the house of the Mitchells. Every time Brooke sees her, it’s as if all of her problems are gone. Yes. Agnes has a great impact to Brooke. It’s as if Agnes was the older person who guides and washes away all the worries of Brooke. Maybe Agnes couldn’t understand everything that is happening in Brooke’s life but one thing’s for sure: she knows that she’ll do whatever it takes to make her cousin Brooke happy.

Even if Brooke is happy living with Agnes, all of her problems go back whenever she is at school. Luke transferred to her school. They are classmates in all subjects. For most people, Luke is a prince charming that they have been waiting for or maybe the man of their dreams. But for Brooke, Luke is a nightmare that she needs to get away from.

As much as possible, Brooke sits with one of her friends. Whenever she goes to the washroom, library, canteen, or any place in their school, she always asks someone to accompany her. Her friends are sort of becoming suspicious already why all of a sudden she acts like that but whenever she’s asked if something’s wrong, she always says that everything’s fine.

“Brooke, tell me the truth. Is something bothering you? Come on. Tell me. I’m your bestfriend for Pete’s sake!” Leslie told Brooke while they are at the washroom.

Brooke just shrugged and didn’t answer the question of Leslie. She looked at her reflection on the mirror and just like that, tears started flowing from her eyes. Past events had a sudden flashback on her head that made her cry even more.

“Brooke. Brooke, what’s wrong? Why are you crying?” Leslie held Brooke on both shoulders and made Brooke face her.

“I-I don’t want to be the same girl in the past. I want to forget everything that happened between us. I can’t continue pretending that everything’s fine and that everything’s gonna be alright because it won’t be that way. I know he came back to get some revenge. Leslie, my life is at stake here. I can’t do this anymore.” Brooke said and cried some more. Her knees became so weak that Leslie needed to make Brooke sit on one of the chairs beside the sink.

“Brooke, I can’t understand what you’re talking about. Please enlighten me. I swear I won’t tell anyone about this.”

“I’ll tell you everything later. I don’t think this thing would be safe in this place. Just go with me after school okay?”

“Okay. Let’s go back to our class then.”

“Alright.” Then Brooke and Leslie left the washroom and went back to their class.

During their class, Luke kept on looking at Brooke. Brooke, on the other hand, avoids meeting the gaze of Luke. But Luke is persistent. He kept on passing nasty notes to Brooke. Brooke is pissed off already but she doesn’t want to cause any trouble so she just keeps her mouth shut.

I thought you are a b!tch.

How come I don’t see that?

Hey. Where did the fierceness

that I saw last time go?

I like you with that attitude more.

Hey. If you continue acting that way,

I might tell the whole school what

happened between us.

Brooke is holding her temper. Leslie knows that she might burst anytime so she held Brooke on one arm. Brooke looked at Leslie and Leslie gave her a smile of assurance. Assurance that she will be there and she won’t leave Brooke. With that, Brooke calmed down and tried to focus on their lesson once again.

Dismissal came and Brooke fixed her things at once. Leslie waited for her outside the classroom. Brooke was about to leave the room but someone held her back and made her sit down once again. Yes. It was Luke.

“Hey. Why aren’t you talking to me? It’s been a month already. Aren’t you used to me yet? You used to be fond of me. Remember?” Luke asked.

“Stop this will you? Don’t even bother bringing up the past because that’s non-sense and that’s bullsh!t. Now if you’ll excuse me.” Luke was shocked with what Brooke said and was silent. Brooke then left the room and led Leslie to her car to go home.

Brooke and Leslie went straight to Brooke’s bedroom to talk. They both sat down on the bed of Brooke. The bed cover was color pink. The mattress was soft and was very comfortable to sit on.

Leslie removed her shoes and made an Indian sit. Brooke did the same thing as well. They are facing each other. Brooke looks uneasy so Leslie made the first move.

“Brooke, tell me what happened. I swear nothing would come out from the four corners of this room.” Leslie said while raising her right hand, assuring Brooke that what she said is a promise that she wouldn’t break.

Brooke sighed then looked at Leslie’s eyes. Her look made Leslie more anxious than ever.

“Brooke, I’m listening.”

“*sigh* Alright. I’ll begin now. Luke and I met way back when we were in Middle School. He was in the 7th grade while I was in the 6th grade. Obviously, we didn’t become classmates. But he was persistent that time. He said he likes me so much. 

During that time, I was still the normal Brooke. The girl who easily falls. The girl who’s happy-go-lucky. The girl who becomes the model student. So when he told me his feelings, I felt butterflies on my stomach. Yes. I liked him as well during that time.

We started dating for 2 months then we became an official couple. I was the center of his world and he was the center of my world as well. People envied us because we were considered the perfect couple. We didn’t get into any fights. We were always in synch.

I honestly thought we would remain like that. But when the new school year came, everything changed. He changed and it’s as if I didn’t know him anymore.

He became touchy already. Whenever we were alone, all he wants to do is to kiss me on the different parts of my body. At first, I thought the kissing was kind of sweet of him. You may call me stupid but I believed that. I believed that until the unexpected happened…”  Brooke stopped talking and tears started rolling down her face. Leslie wiped away those tears and held the hand of Brooke. She comforted her until Brooke had the courage to continue talking about her past.

“It was his birthday so I decided to surprise and went to his house. He lives alone so I know how much he needs company on his special day. I even asked my mom to cook food for him. I went there and asked my parents if I could stay in Luke’s place for the night. They didn’t see anything wrong with that since they met Luke before and they liked him so they allowed me.

I went there and brought all the things that I need for his birthday. Since he gave me the spare key in his house, I used that one to get in. The moment I went in the house, I knew that he was still sleeping. So I just placed all of the food in the dining area and went to his room to wake him up.

It was around 1 pm already. I know that he’s really a sleepyhead so I told myself that I’ll wake him up and then we’ll have lunch together. I didn’t bother knocking in his room. I just opened the door and went straight to his bed. I tapped him for a couple of times then he opened one of his eyes. I immediately greeted him a happy birthday. He smiled then he straightened up. I told him that I brought food and that we should eat already. He followed what I said.

We ate lunch then I washed all of the dishes. He left me alone while I was washing the dishes. He said he’ll be taking a bath. Then he told me that after I wash the dishes, we would watch a movie together in his room. I did what he told me. I went back to his room after washing the dishes. To my surprise, the moment I opened the door, he grabbed me by my waist and kissed me on the lips.

At first, the kiss was one sided. I mean, he did all the kissing. I was kind of shocked that he kissed me on the lips. That was my first kiss so I didn’t know what to do. But after a couple of seconds, I realized that I want to kiss him back and so I did that. 

We were kissing for a couple of minutes already when I realized that Luke began touching different parts of my body. At first, he was just touching my back but then his hand moved down my butt. The other moved on my breast. At that moment, I knew something was going on so I pulled back already. But then he pulled me in again and he brought me to his bed.

I wanted to push him and stop him from doing whatever he’s supposed to do. But he was too strong. He held me on my wrists and his weight was not helping as well. He kissed me again. He kissed me on my lips, on my cheeks, on my neck, you name it. After a while, he stopped kissing me. I thought he was done already. But I was wrong. 

He removed my clothes one by one until I was completely naked already. He did the same thing to himself. After that, he started kissing me again and…and…and…” Brooke was crying so hard already. Leslie moved Brooke closer to her and gave her a hug.

“Sssh. I’m here Brooke. It’s alright. You don’t have to continue telling me what happened. I know that it’s hard for you to do this. We’ll think of a way to stop him from bugging you alright? Be strong Brooke. We’ll get over this together.” Leslie said but that didn’t stop Brooke from crying. It’s as if all of the bad things that she said happened all over again. 

She wants to get over this but how would she do it?

That’s the big question now.