not
forgetting that first time I sat next to you in English and poked
you in the side, imagine my surprise when my finger went about
three inches into your top before I actually came into contact with
your side. Add that to the fact that I’ve seen you wear a seatbelt.
Oh and I saw you in your bikini on the beach last weekend while you
were running around chasing after a little boy.”
“ Guess I
didn’t realise that you would catch on” I mutter as I remember all
the times that I have given myself away, as we have become friends,
I seem to be doing the unconscious things that I do around
Sophie.
“ So what
happened?”
“ I broke up
with Jason when he told me fat girls are amazing in bed, I kind of
lost it and stripped in front of him”
“ Bet he loved
that” he nods at me as if the situation was completely normal, for
him it probably is.
“ Well yeah
until I walk ed out on
him”
“ So no more
Jason?” he asks
“ Nope” I shake
my head to confirm it
“ Wrong here he
comes” I look to where he is gesturing with his head and sure
enough a drunk Jason is stumbling towards us.
“ So this is
why would didn’t sleep with me, you was sleeping with Tucker the
whole time after
all”
“ Let
the real rumours really
begin” I mutter trying my best to ignore him Tucker just nods,
smiling.
“ Well it’s
only fair that you should know I had a threesome last night” he
says proudly, watching for my reaction to his news of cheating on
me.
“ OK, let me
guess, it was your penis, your hand and your imagination… yeap that
sounds about right”
“ You know, you
were so much more attractive when I thought you were fat” he sneers
ignoring my comment.
I don’t
bother replying as I notice that slowly my body is starting to shut
down, well that’s what it feels like at least, my movements are
becoming sloppy, my vision is swaying giving me the impression that
I’m not standing I’m hovering slightly, I stumble a little and
Tuckers arms tighten around me. I look up at him and try to figure
out which one is the real him out of the two in front of my
eyes.
“ You okay?” he
asks but it sounds like it’s coming from further away than I know
he is.
“ I should have
known you were a whore” I hear Jason snap at me.
“ Right that’s
it I’ve..”Tucker starts to say but he is cut off by Sophie, when
did she get here? I look around at them slightly
confused.
“ She’s not a
whore darling, whores get paid, Brooke gives it for free ... Well
not to you” she informs him as she grabs my arm and pulls me away
from the dance floor.
“ Sam’s in the
bathroom, if you want to go you have to go now” Sophie tells me,
frowning down at me when I make no reply “there’s a taxi out the
back for you”
“ Where am I
going?” I ask but I’m not sure it comes out properly because Sophie
just looks confused and worried. I can feel my eyes closing as my
eyelids student feel too heavy, my legs give out but there’s
something stopping me from falling, I look down amazed and there’s
an arm around me. There are some fuzzy voices floating around me as
I’m pulled through a door and put into the back of a car. Fighting
to stay awake is too hard now so I give up and succumb to the sleep
that’s calling me.
* *
*
“ Brooke”
I fling my
hands in the air to make the noise stop.
I’m actually
enjoying sleep for once and I don’t want it to end. My eyes fly
open when I come in contact with skin. My hand is splattered over
Tucker face covering his mouth and nose.
“ What do you
want?” I grumble pulling my hand away.
“ How are you
feeling?” he asks amused.
“ I was fine
until you woke me up” I snap but take in my surroundings “Where am
I?”
“ In Matt’s
dorm” he frowns at me.
“ And what am I
doing in Matt’s dorm with you?”
“ Brooke how much of last
night do you remember?”
I sort through the
memories from the night before but come up empty “Last thing I
remember
Tessa Dare
Julie Leto
Barbara Freethy
Alethea Kontis
Michael Palmer
David M. Ewalt
Selina Fenech
Jan Burke
Brenda Novak
J. G. Ballard