❪ 𝗕𝗟𝗨𝗦𝗛𝗜𝗡𝗚 ❫

𝖼𝗁𝖺𝗉𝗍𝖾𝗋 𝗌𝖾𝗏𝖾𝗇𝗍𝖾𝖾𝗇 ━━━━━━━━━━━━━
you're my brother. ╱ act one, chapter seventeen.
❛ you've been more of a brother than he ever has ! ❜

𝙋𝙃𝙊𝙉𝙀 𝘾𝘼𝙇𝙇 !

𝗜𝗡𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗖𝗔𝗟𝗟 𝗙𝗥𝗢𝗠
"𝗖𝗨𝗗𝗗𝗟𝗘 𝗠𝗨𝗙𝗙𝗜𝗡"

𝗔𝗖𝗖𝗘𝗣𝗧 𝗗𝗘𝗖𝗟𝗜𝗡𝗘

𝗣𝗢𝗢𝗞𝗜𝗘:
❪ yawning ❫
❝ Hey Talia what's up? ❞

𝗖𝗨𝗗𝗗𝗟𝗘 𝗠𝗨𝗙𝗙𝗜𝗡:
❪ sniffling ❫
❝ Dave he did it again. ❞

𝗣𝗢𝗢𝗞𝗜𝗘:
❪ rustling ❫
❝ Who did it again?❞

𝗖𝗨𝗗𝗗𝗟𝗘 𝗠𝗨𝗙𝗙𝗜𝗡:
❪ sniffling ❫
❝ A-Alex. ❞

❝ But he d-did something
worse this time, ❞

𝗣𝗢𝗢𝗞𝗜𝗘:
❪ sighing ❫
❝ What'd he do? ❞

𝗖𝗨𝗗𝗗𝗟𝗘 𝗠𝗨𝗙𝗙𝗜𝗡:
❪ sobbing ❫
❝ He s-stole a lot of
my stuff. ❞

𝗣𝗢𝗢𝗞𝗜𝗘:
❪ angered ❫
❝ He did what? ❞

𝗖𝗨𝗗𝗗𝗟𝗘 𝗠𝗨𝗙𝗙𝗜𝗡:
❪ loud sobs ❫
❝ H-He stole a ton of
my t-things and just
left. ❞

𝗣𝗢𝗢𝗞𝗜𝗘:
❪ angered ❫
❝ what did he take? ❞

𝗖𝗨𝗗𝗗𝗟𝗘 𝗠𝗨𝗙𝗙𝗜𝗡:
❪ loud sobs ❫
❝ A-All my filming e-equipment
and my computer and s-some money
I had i-in my purse. ❞

❝ A-And my guitar, ❞

𝗣𝗢𝗢𝗞𝗜𝗘:
❪ frustrated ❫
❝ did you call the police? ❞

𝗖𝗨𝗗𝗗𝗟𝗘 𝗠𝗨𝗙𝗙𝗜𝗡:
❪ sniffling ❫
❝ N-No. ❞

𝗣𝗢𝗢𝗞𝗜𝗘:
❪ angered ❫
❝ No?! Talia why
the hell not?! ❞

𝗖𝗨𝗗𝗗𝗟𝗘 𝗠𝗨𝗙𝗙𝗜𝗡:
❪ sniffling ❫
❝ C-Cause he's my
b-brother. ❞

𝗣𝗢𝗢𝗞𝗜𝗘:
❪ gruffly ❫
❝ me and Natalie are on
the next flight to LA. ❞

𝗖𝗨𝗗𝗗𝗟𝗘 𝗠𝗨𝗙𝗙𝗜𝗡:
❪ sniffling ❫
❝ David no- ❞

𝗣𝗢𝗢𝗞𝗜𝗘:
❪ sharply ❫
❝ don't argue with me, we'll
be at yours by like twelve. ❞

𝗖𝗨𝗗𝗗𝗟𝗘 𝗠𝗨𝗙𝗙𝗜𝗡:
❪ sniffling ❫
❝ okay, I'll see you then. ❞

𝗣𝗢𝗢𝗞𝗜𝗘:
❪ softly ❫
❝ Talia just...just be
safe for me okay? ❞

❝ just stay home and lock
your door for me, can you do
that? ❞

𝗖𝗨𝗗𝗗𝗟𝗘 𝗠𝗨𝗙𝗙𝗜𝗡:
❪ sniffling ❫
❝ yeah, I can do that. ❞

❝ I love you Dave, ❞

𝗣𝗢𝗢𝗞𝗜𝗘:
❪ softly ❫
❝ I love you too Tal, ❞

𝗖𝗔𝗟𝗟 𝗪𝗜𝗧𝗛 𝗖𝗨𝗗𝗗𝗟𝗘 𝗠𝗨𝗙𝗙𝗜𝗡 𝗛𝗔𝗦 𝗘𝗡𝗗𝗘𝗗
𝗖𝗔𝗟𝗟 𝗧𝗜𝗠𝗘: 𝟢𝟧:𝟤𝟧

𝙍𝙀𝘼𝙇 𝙇𝙄𝙁𝙀 !

TALIA SAT NUMBLY IN her living room, waiting by her phone for the notification that David was here. The apartment was eerily quiet with heavy tension flowing through the air. Talia's face was puffy and red from her tears but she couldn't care less. She stared blankly ahead at the black tv. There was a moment where the tears stopped and she just shut down.

After crying non-stop for four hours, Talia finally let anger shine through. She was angry at Alex, and at herself for letting it happen and majorly she was furious at herself for calling David and Natalie. With that one simple moment of weakness, she ruined their Christmas, she ruined their families' Christmas by taking away their siblings and children.

Guilt was just blooming in her chest at that sake of her selfishness, no matter how much Natalie and David told her it wasn't a big deal, it was. She was taking them away from their families on one of the biggest holidays of the year. Of course, she would feel horrendous guilt.

But no matter how many times she told them not to come, they boarded their plane at eight-thirty that night. It was twelve-fifty-six in the morning when they were on their way to Talia's apartment. Talia wrapped herself in a million blankets, in an attempt to cocoon herself away from the problem at hand.

She didn't know what to do about Alex, she knew she was never gonna see her stuff again. Fuck, she was never gonna see her guitar again. A rush of panic and sadness fell over her, at that moment she wanted to just curl up in a ball and ignore everything, maybe put on some Criminal Minds, that never failed to distract her.

Just as she was about to reach for the tv remote, a harsh pounding sounded through her apartment. The girl jumped lightly from the sudden noise but didn't fail to get up, carrying the mass of blankets with her.

Opening the door she was met with a frantic David Dobrik, who looked like an absolute disaster. From his very messy hair to his bloodshot eyes. It made her regret letting him fly to LA even more. But she noticed how there was one person missing.

"Where's Natalie?" Talia questioned stoically as she let David glide past her and into her apartment.

"I asked Natalie to go get some Mcdonalds, cause I know when you're sad you like to eat a shit ton of their fries and those stupid Mcflurries." David rambled while running a hand through his hair.

Talia lightly smiled, appreciating David's attempt to make her feel better, "Thanks David, it means a lot,"

David made himself comfortable on the couch and Talia did the same. There was a small quiet that fell between the two but David wanted to speak. He was hesitant to but he wanted to get it over with. "Look Tal, I know you don't want to talk about this, and I know how much you're hurting from what happened. So I wanna tell you that I'm replacing everything he took,"

Talia perked up and profusely shook her head, she would never imagine letting David do something like that, especially with how guilty she is about taking him away from his family. "David I absolutely cannot let you do-"

David cut her off, his once soft voice now stern, "You can and you will, I don't give a shit about the excuse you're going to give me, I'm going to do it. Because you're my best friend and I would do anything for you,"

Talia knew she would be losing the battle in this situation with how serious David sounded, so instead of arguing, she did the next best thing. And practically jumped on him and pulled him into a tight hug. She dug her head lightly into his neck, feeling a sense of safeness from David's hold.

David chuckled lightly, holding her equally as tight. A few tears were brimming in Talia's eyes, this time the tears weren't because of sadness or anger, it was relief. A relief that Talia knew she wasn't alone in this. A feeling of gratitude emanated from Talia, and in that moment she felt so grateful to have someone like David Dobrik in her life.

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AFTER A MASSIVE pigout of Mcdonalds and a binging of Criminal Minds, David's head was now resting in Talia's lap as he lazily watched the screen. Talia ran her hand through his hair blankly, waiting for sleep to overcome her. Natalie was next to her, passed out on the couch with a single french fry laying on her chest, which amused Talia to no end. The black-haired girl was content at that moment, putting the situation with her brother on that back burner. She was just happy that her two best friends flew all the way here just to support her.

And don't even get her started on David, this whole thing has taught her something about their relationship. After all this time Talia has always been trying to grasp onto the seemingly only brother figure she had, but there was one right in front of her the whole time.

Talia always had such a close connection with him from the start, as he did with her. From the time they met, they were inseparable. David always supported her through everything she did, and just gave her unconditional love. David was always the first one she'd run to when there was a problem. And when she broke up with her boyfriend of two years, David let her stay with him throughout the duration of her break up. And she was the first one he told when him and Liza broke up. They've always depended on each other.

"Hey, are you okay?"

Talia snapped her head down to David, as she came out of her thoughts. His eyebrows were furrowed in confusion and was soon sitting up as a slight concern bloomed in his stomach. She gave him a smile, "I'm just thinking,"

"That's never good," David remarked, causing Talia to slap his chest. He let out a soft laugh, being careful to not wake Natalie. "But seriously, what were you thinking about?"

"I'm not gonna say, it's cheesy," Talia replied, a light blush blooming at her cheeks from embarrassment.

David snorted, going in and pinching her cheeks when he noticed the light pink hue on them. "Now you gotta tell me, I won't make fun of you, I promise,"

"Promise?" Talia repeated.

David smiled cheekily, "Promise."

Talia rubbed a hand over her face, hating the fact that she was sharing her stupid emotions with him. "Fine, I've was just thinking about how you're like a brother to me,"

David cooed jokingly, making Talia give him a look of annoyance. "Tal, you're like the sister I never had,"

This time Talia laughed and flicked his forehead for the stupid comment, "David you have two sisters,"

"Those spawns of satan do not count,"

Talia chuckled in amusement, falling back into the couch, her eyes soon focusing back on the tv. "Whatever you say, Dave, whatever you say,"

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WOW DAVID REALLY BE OUT HERE BEING HER NUMBER ONE HUH?

we got a soft Talia in this chapter, gotta love that shit. David really is her best friend huh. They are probably my favorite friendship in this book.

But my dudes WE ARE MOVING ALONG WITH THIS PLOT. Luke my babies coming soooooooooon. I'm so pumped for them to meet. Talia and Luke are gonna be the most crackhead couple y'all have ever seen. BE READY.

BUT IMPORTANT THING.

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