Times change...people shouldn't, chapter 10
"I'll get it." Brooke said reluctantly getting up and wrapping the sheet around her limber dancer's body. "Nooo, don't leave me here!" Joey said pretending to pout, and prancing out of bed. "Joey.." Brooke giggled as he crept behind her and forced her to drag him along. "Hel.. Lo" Brooke said into the phone, still laughing. "Hello to you too." she heard a snotty voice say. "M.. Mom?! " Brooke said with her eyes widening, as Joey dropped his arms from her waist. "Nice to talk to you too dear, enjoying your time with little punk boyfriend and his darling little family?" her mother responded, still nasty as ever. "Mom, what do you want?" Brooke said with her patience running thin. "Well, I just thought I would call, seeing as you didn't have the decency to tell me you were fucking leaving.. I had to hear it from your father!" Brooke didn't know what to say, her mother was right.. She didn't tell her she was leaving and she did have her father call to tell her. "I can't believe how irresponsible and stupid you are I thought I raised a good child but yet again all you do is disappoint me! When you finally trail yourself home, get your shit and leave, because your not coming back into this house!" and with that her mother slammed the phone down, leaving Brooke with tears and a dial tone.
"Baby?" Joey said wiping a tear from her eye. "She... She.. Kicked me out. She said I was a disappointment. " Brooke said trying to sound like it was nothing as she held her tears back and hung up the phone. "Don't worry, it will all be ok I promise, she'll come around, just give her time. Let's just enjoy the time we have here ok?" Joey said hugging her tight. "Ok.." Brooke said into his chest before pulling away and adjusting the sheet around her. "I'm going to get something to drink, I'll be right back." she said giving him a quick kiss and walking to the kitchen.
Brooke walked over to the fridge, grabbed a bottle of fruit 2o water and took a seat. She placed the bottle on the counter and buried her head in hands. 'What am I going to do? I just lost my virginity, got kicked out of my house and I can't even talk to any one aside from Joey. ' Brooke thought to herself, she then reached for her phone to call a friend at home but remembered they would totally turn against her. When she told Lauren about the first time she hooked up with some guy she called her a slut. Of course she was joking then, but Brooke could tell she did see her differently, so how is she suppose to tell anyone she wasn't a virgin anymore? Let alone the fact that they weren't protected. "O God" Brooke muttered into her hands wiping a few tears away. She heard a door creak open but figured it was just Joey coming out of the bedroom. "Brooke?" she heard a voice say. "Yea babe?" she muttered into the counter top. "Babe huh? I like the sound of that." the voice said. "Joey what are talk-." she cut herself off when she looked up and saw Jimmy standing there. "Jimmy?.. What are you doing here?" she said springing up and suddenly smiling. "I could ask you the same thing... But I think I already know.." he laughed pointing at the thin sheet that was still around her. "O... I... Was... Just.. Ummm..." Brooke said biting her lip and blushing as Jimmy laughed "Go get changed you dirty girl and grab Joey for me." Brooke nodded and jogged back to the room trying to hold the sheet up.
"Joey..." Brooke said as she shook his sleeping body a little. "Mhmmhm" he grumbled into the pillow. "Joey, get up Jimmy is here and he wants to see you." Brooke said leaving the bed and walking over to her suitcase to put some clothes on. "Jimmy?" he asked propping himself and rubbing his eyes. Brooke nodded as she pulled on her light blue jeans and black tank top. "Come on babe, get up." she said giving him a quick kiss and going back outside.
***At a small outdoor café***
"So Jimmy what are you doing here?" Joey asked while stirring his sugar in his coffee. "We have family in England so my parents decided that we should go on one last 'family trip' since next summer will be all prepping for college and shit." Jimmy said leaning back into his chair with his donut. "So how's your little Eurotrip adventure going?" he added. "Pretty good." Brooke said smiling at Joey. "I could tell" he chuckled to himself. Just then Brooke heard her phone go off to the tune of Jesus of Suburbia at the bottom of her bag. She dug for it as the boys continued their conversation that really didn't interest her to much, she finally found it and saw Ramona's number across the screen. "Hey." Brooke said cheerfully, for some reason she was in one of those hyper moods where everything makes you happy. "Hey yourself." Ramona said amused. "We decided to go out tonight, Jake, Frank, and their little "friends" are staying here so it's just me and Estelle, wanna come?" Brooke was going to say yes but then remembered she was here with Joey and Jimmy "I would love to but I'm out with Joey and Jimmy." "Jimmy? As in Jimmy, Jimmy?" Ramona said shocked. "Yea, he's here with some family or something and dropped my hotel room earlier." "Well tell them to come.. We won't see Jimmy all summer anyway." Brooke nodded "ok, I'll tell them." "Great, meet us on Doe Court." "Will do... Bye."
Brooke shut her phone and turned to the boys. "You guys wanna go out with Estelle and Ramona tonight?" Jimmy shrugged, he really was never fond of Ramona to begin with and ever since the way she acted toward Brooke, he basically ignored her. "Come on Jimmy, I made up with her and forgave her... So can you." Brooke said placing her hand over his, Jimmy looked down at it and smiled "ok ok... Come on let's go."
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"Hey guys! " Estelle said stomping out her cigarette and waving them over to her and Ramona. "Hey" Jimmy said nodding in their direction "we gunna stand out here or go inside?" he said shoving his hands in pockets. "Yea he's right... Let's go" Joey said wrapping his arm around Brooke's waist and pulling her close as they walked inside. Jimmy watched the two of them and couldn't help feel a pang of jealousy rim through him. He liked Brooke... A lot, but he never had the chance to tell her, even when they first met she was already sort of with Joey. He decided to keep his feelings for her bottled up inside... For now.
Once inside they all made their way to the bar and ordered a couple of pitchers of beer and found an empty table. "So how are those girls that the boys met?" Brooke yelled over the loud music. "They're ok I guess... We didn't have as much fun as you and Joey though..." Estelle said playfully as she brought her cup to her lips. "I.. Um... Don't know what you mean.." Brooke said looking the other way and blushing. "O please! The whole floor must have heard you guys! And lucky us.. Our living room wall is right next door to your bedroom!" Ramona said trying to stop herself from laughing at her own remark. "O..." Brooke said with a smirk, still blushing. "Um.. Brooke... Wanna dance or something?" Joey said trying to avoid them walking even further into embarrassment. She nodded as she hopped off the stool and lead him to the dance floor.
"So Jimmy, how long you here for?" Estelle said taking Ramona's cup from her hands and filling it more for her. Jimmy didn't really hear her though. His eyes were intently fixed on Brooke, who was dancing playfully with her boyfriend to the beat of the booming club music. "Jimmy... Hello.." Ramona said as she waved her hand in front of his face. "Huh? What? Sorry I didn't hear you." He said shaking his head. Ramona giggled "That's because you were to busy eyeing up your best friend's girlfriend." "I don't know what your talking about.." Jimmy said avoiding eye contact as he finished off his beer. "Please, your thing for Brooke is soooo obvious. Just tell her you like her, you won't get with her or anything but at least she knows your true feelings and you don't wander through life thinking what if.." Estelle said. Jimmy just shrugged and downed another cup of beer. "Come on, one of you better dance with me so we can show up those two lovebirds over there." he grinned as he extended his hand and waited for one of the girls to take it. Estelle smiled as she gripped it tight "Let's go." he said smiling down at her as they bumped Joey and Brooke out of their way playfully.
***One week later***
"Jake... Your stuff packed?" Joey called from across the suite. "Yea, I'm going over to Frankito's room to help him pack and hang out." "Ok... C ya." Joey said zipping up his suit case.
It was their last few hours in England before they hopped a plane to Paris and then back to the U. S. A. For a few more gigs.
"How bout you baby?" Joey said to Brooke who was piling in her last few articles of clothing and makeup. "Yup, all ready!" Joey smiled and walked over, sneaking his arms around her from behind. "So, we have a few hours... What do you want to do?" he asked seductively. "Hmmm one could only imagine what YOU would want to do Mr. Armstrong." Brooke teased as she turned around to face him. "What can I say?... I'm good like that!" he joked, pulling her closer. Brooke smiled as she hung her arms around his neck and brought her lips close to his so that the surface was only barely touching. He leaned in to kiss her but she pulled away, smiling. "I LOVE to tease you!" she joked as she moved her suit case closer to the door. "You know you're going to have to pay right?" he said with a smiling dancing across his face as he walked closer to her. Brooke laughed as he scooped her thin body into his arms and walked her over to the bed and threw her down. He climbed on top and started to tickle her mercilessly. "Joey... Stop... My ribs... Hurt!" she said between fits of laugher. He smiled down her once again, stopping and pinning her arms above her head leaning in for a gentle kiss, which this time she allowed. He took his hands off her's and trailed them down to her back as she brought her's to the back of his head and pulled him closer. Just then, there was knock at the door. "Ugh, I'll get it." Joey said rolling off her and bounding to the door.
"O hey Mike, what's up?" Joey said opening the door and greeting his father's oldest friend. "Hey man, not much. You dad wants you to help us bring some stuff down to the lobby ok?" Joey sighed "fine... Brooke, I gotta help my dad. I'll be right back!" he called into the bedroom, he got back a distant "ok" and shut the door behind him.
***Meanwhile***
As Joey got off Brooke and head off to open the door, she stayed laying down flat across the bed and sighed. She hadn't been feeling good lately. She had been so tired and got these massive pounding headaches. She didn't really think of pregnancy, Joey said it was ok, cause it was her first time so it couldn't be that right? Brooke chewed her bottom lip nervously as she began to second guess those thoughts. She finally decided to get off her ass and talk to some one who she could relate to, Adrienne. Being that she was the only one here who had been pregnant before and she was girl, so right there was two things that Joey couldn't know about.
Brooke walked across the hall and knocked on Billie and Adi's door. "Come in.." she heard Adi say from inside. "Hey.." Brooke said silently slipping in. "Hey Brooke! What's up?" the older woman replied while packing a few toiletries into a small bag. "Not much.. Well actually... Could we talk?" Brooke said looking down at her high heeled sandals that showed off her nicely done french pedicure. "Yea sure." Adrienne said sitting down on the bed and patting the space next to her. Brooke slowly walked over and joined her boyfriend's mother.
"Um I have a question." she said still looking down, only this time in her hands. "Shoot." Adrienne said turning to face her. "Well you see, my um friend called me and she told me about how she... Um slept with her boyfriend for the first time. But she said they didn't use protection because it was her first time and nothing could happen. Is that... Ya know... True?" Brooke asked nervously, looking up at Adi for her response. "O wow... Um as far as I know you can get pregnant on your first time or your 50th time... If you didn't use a condom or if your not on birth control then your at risk." Adrienne said rather bluntly. "O..." Brooke said slowly turning her head the other way and rushing for the door. "Well I have to go uh... Finish packing and stuff so thanks Adi." "Brooke wait!"
Adrienne called out to the older teenager. "Is there something else you wanted to talk about?" she asked looking Brooke directly in the eye. "No." Brooke said quietly setting her gaze away from Adrienne's, who just stood there and waited for Brooke to talk. "O God Adi!" Brooke said running into her arms and crying. "Shhh, it's ok Brooke. Just tell me what happened and why your really here." Adrienne said rubbing her back. Brooke pulled away and let out a few more sobs and nodded. "Me and Joey had sex and it was my first time so I asked him if we should use anything before he... Ya know. And he said since it was my first time nothing could happen so I believed him, even though I knew in the back of my head you could get pregnant, and now I've been feeling so tired and off and I'm really scared Adi... I'm really scared." Brooke said with wet eyes.
The mother of 17 years pulled Brooke in for a soothing hug. "Are you late yet?" she asked still calming her down. Brooke nodded "only by a day though." "Well, your first time can make you late by a day or two so we don't have to jump to conclusions just yet." Adrienne said, still offering her warm advice and knowledge. "Do you want me to come with you to go get a test?" she offered looking down at the distraught young girl in her lap. Brooke nodded gratefully, as Adrienne grabbed her bag and headed downstairs with her.
"Baby?" Joey said wiping a tear from her eye. "She... She.. Kicked me out. She said I was a disappointment. " Brooke said trying to sound like it was nothing as she held her tears back and hung up the phone. "Don't worry, it will all be ok I promise, she'll come around, just give her time. Let's just enjoy the time we have here ok?" Joey said hugging her tight. "Ok.." Brooke said into his chest before pulling away and adjusting the sheet around her. "I'm going to get something to drink, I'll be right back." she said giving him a quick kiss and walking to the kitchen.
Brooke walked over to the fridge, grabbed a bottle of fruit 2o water and took a seat. She placed the bottle on the counter and buried her head in hands. 'What am I going to do? I just lost my virginity, got kicked out of my house and I can't even talk to any one aside from Joey. ' Brooke thought to herself, she then reached for her phone to call a friend at home but remembered they would totally turn against her. When she told Lauren about the first time she hooked up with some guy she called her a slut. Of course she was joking then, but Brooke could tell she did see her differently, so how is she suppose to tell anyone she wasn't a virgin anymore? Let alone the fact that they weren't protected. "O God" Brooke muttered into her hands wiping a few tears away. She heard a door creak open but figured it was just Joey coming out of the bedroom. "Brooke?" she heard a voice say. "Yea babe?" she muttered into the counter top. "Babe huh? I like the sound of that." the voice said. "Joey what are talk-." she cut herself off when she looked up and saw Jimmy standing there. "Jimmy?.. What are you doing here?" she said springing up and suddenly smiling. "I could ask you the same thing... But I think I already know.." he laughed pointing at the thin sheet that was still around her. "O... I... Was... Just.. Ummm..." Brooke said biting her lip and blushing as Jimmy laughed "Go get changed you dirty girl and grab Joey for me." Brooke nodded and jogged back to the room trying to hold the sheet up.
"Joey..." Brooke said as she shook his sleeping body a little. "Mhmmhm" he grumbled into the pillow. "Joey, get up Jimmy is here and he wants to see you." Brooke said leaving the bed and walking over to her suitcase to put some clothes on. "Jimmy?" he asked propping himself and rubbing his eyes. Brooke nodded as she pulled on her light blue jeans and black tank top. "Come on babe, get up." she said giving him a quick kiss and going back outside.
***At a small outdoor café***
"So Jimmy what are you doing here?" Joey asked while stirring his sugar in his coffee. "We have family in England so my parents decided that we should go on one last 'family trip' since next summer will be all prepping for college and shit." Jimmy said leaning back into his chair with his donut. "So how's your little Eurotrip adventure going?" he added. "Pretty good." Brooke said smiling at Joey. "I could tell" he chuckled to himself. Just then Brooke heard her phone go off to the tune of Jesus of Suburbia at the bottom of her bag. She dug for it as the boys continued their conversation that really didn't interest her to much, she finally found it and saw Ramona's number across the screen. "Hey." Brooke said cheerfully, for some reason she was in one of those hyper moods where everything makes you happy. "Hey yourself." Ramona said amused. "We decided to go out tonight, Jake, Frank, and their little "friends" are staying here so it's just me and Estelle, wanna come?" Brooke was going to say yes but then remembered she was here with Joey and Jimmy "I would love to but I'm out with Joey and Jimmy." "Jimmy? As in Jimmy, Jimmy?" Ramona said shocked. "Yea, he's here with some family or something and dropped my hotel room earlier." "Well tell them to come.. We won't see Jimmy all summer anyway." Brooke nodded "ok, I'll tell them." "Great, meet us on Doe Court." "Will do... Bye."
Brooke shut her phone and turned to the boys. "You guys wanna go out with Estelle and Ramona tonight?" Jimmy shrugged, he really was never fond of Ramona to begin with and ever since the way she acted toward Brooke, he basically ignored her. "Come on Jimmy, I made up with her and forgave her... So can you." Brooke said placing her hand over his, Jimmy looked down at it and smiled "ok ok... Come on let's go."
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"Hey guys! " Estelle said stomping out her cigarette and waving them over to her and Ramona. "Hey" Jimmy said nodding in their direction "we gunna stand out here or go inside?" he said shoving his hands in pockets. "Yea he's right... Let's go" Joey said wrapping his arm around Brooke's waist and pulling her close as they walked inside. Jimmy watched the two of them and couldn't help feel a pang of jealousy rim through him. He liked Brooke... A lot, but he never had the chance to tell her, even when they first met she was already sort of with Joey. He decided to keep his feelings for her bottled up inside... For now.
Once inside they all made their way to the bar and ordered a couple of pitchers of beer and found an empty table. "So how are those girls that the boys met?" Brooke yelled over the loud music. "They're ok I guess... We didn't have as much fun as you and Joey though..." Estelle said playfully as she brought her cup to her lips. "I.. Um... Don't know what you mean.." Brooke said looking the other way and blushing. "O please! The whole floor must have heard you guys! And lucky us.. Our living room wall is right next door to your bedroom!" Ramona said trying to stop herself from laughing at her own remark. "O..." Brooke said with a smirk, still blushing. "Um.. Brooke... Wanna dance or something?" Joey said trying to avoid them walking even further into embarrassment. She nodded as she hopped off the stool and lead him to the dance floor.
"So Jimmy, how long you here for?" Estelle said taking Ramona's cup from her hands and filling it more for her. Jimmy didn't really hear her though. His eyes were intently fixed on Brooke, who was dancing playfully with her boyfriend to the beat of the booming club music. "Jimmy... Hello.." Ramona said as she waved her hand in front of his face. "Huh? What? Sorry I didn't hear you." He said shaking his head. Ramona giggled "That's because you were to busy eyeing up your best friend's girlfriend." "I don't know what your talking about.." Jimmy said avoiding eye contact as he finished off his beer. "Please, your thing for Brooke is soooo obvious. Just tell her you like her, you won't get with her or anything but at least she knows your true feelings and you don't wander through life thinking what if.." Estelle said. Jimmy just shrugged and downed another cup of beer. "Come on, one of you better dance with me so we can show up those two lovebirds over there." he grinned as he extended his hand and waited for one of the girls to take it. Estelle smiled as she gripped it tight "Let's go." he said smiling down at her as they bumped Joey and Brooke out of their way playfully.
***One week later***
"Jake... Your stuff packed?" Joey called from across the suite. "Yea, I'm going over to Frankito's room to help him pack and hang out." "Ok... C ya." Joey said zipping up his suit case.
It was their last few hours in England before they hopped a plane to Paris and then back to the U. S. A. For a few more gigs.
"How bout you baby?" Joey said to Brooke who was piling in her last few articles of clothing and makeup. "Yup, all ready!" Joey smiled and walked over, sneaking his arms around her from behind. "So, we have a few hours... What do you want to do?" he asked seductively. "Hmmm one could only imagine what YOU would want to do Mr. Armstrong." Brooke teased as she turned around to face him. "What can I say?... I'm good like that!" he joked, pulling her closer. Brooke smiled as she hung her arms around his neck and brought her lips close to his so that the surface was only barely touching. He leaned in to kiss her but she pulled away, smiling. "I LOVE to tease you!" she joked as she moved her suit case closer to the door. "You know you're going to have to pay right?" he said with a smiling dancing across his face as he walked closer to her. Brooke laughed as he scooped her thin body into his arms and walked her over to the bed and threw her down. He climbed on top and started to tickle her mercilessly. "Joey... Stop... My ribs... Hurt!" she said between fits of laugher. He smiled down her once again, stopping and pinning her arms above her head leaning in for a gentle kiss, which this time she allowed. He took his hands off her's and trailed them down to her back as she brought her's to the back of his head and pulled him closer. Just then, there was knock at the door. "Ugh, I'll get it." Joey said rolling off her and bounding to the door.
"O hey Mike, what's up?" Joey said opening the door and greeting his father's oldest friend. "Hey man, not much. You dad wants you to help us bring some stuff down to the lobby ok?" Joey sighed "fine... Brooke, I gotta help my dad. I'll be right back!" he called into the bedroom, he got back a distant "ok" and shut the door behind him.
***Meanwhile***
As Joey got off Brooke and head off to open the door, she stayed laying down flat across the bed and sighed. She hadn't been feeling good lately. She had been so tired and got these massive pounding headaches. She didn't really think of pregnancy, Joey said it was ok, cause it was her first time so it couldn't be that right? Brooke chewed her bottom lip nervously as she began to second guess those thoughts. She finally decided to get off her ass and talk to some one who she could relate to, Adrienne. Being that she was the only one here who had been pregnant before and she was girl, so right there was two things that Joey couldn't know about.
Brooke walked across the hall and knocked on Billie and Adi's door. "Come in.." she heard Adi say from inside. "Hey.." Brooke said silently slipping in. "Hey Brooke! What's up?" the older woman replied while packing a few toiletries into a small bag. "Not much.. Well actually... Could we talk?" Brooke said looking down at her high heeled sandals that showed off her nicely done french pedicure. "Yea sure." Adrienne said sitting down on the bed and patting the space next to her. Brooke slowly walked over and joined her boyfriend's mother.
"Um I have a question." she said still looking down, only this time in her hands. "Shoot." Adrienne said turning to face her. "Well you see, my um friend called me and she told me about how she... Um slept with her boyfriend for the first time. But she said they didn't use protection because it was her first time and nothing could happen. Is that... Ya know... True?" Brooke asked nervously, looking up at Adi for her response. "O wow... Um as far as I know you can get pregnant on your first time or your 50th time... If you didn't use a condom or if your not on birth control then your at risk." Adrienne said rather bluntly. "O..." Brooke said slowly turning her head the other way and rushing for the door. "Well I have to go uh... Finish packing and stuff so thanks Adi." "Brooke wait!"
Adrienne called out to the older teenager. "Is there something else you wanted to talk about?" she asked looking Brooke directly in the eye. "No." Brooke said quietly setting her gaze away from Adrienne's, who just stood there and waited for Brooke to talk. "O God Adi!" Brooke said running into her arms and crying. "Shhh, it's ok Brooke. Just tell me what happened and why your really here." Adrienne said rubbing her back. Brooke pulled away and let out a few more sobs and nodded. "Me and Joey had sex and it was my first time so I asked him if we should use anything before he... Ya know. And he said since it was my first time nothing could happen so I believed him, even though I knew in the back of my head you could get pregnant, and now I've been feeling so tired and off and I'm really scared Adi... I'm really scared." Brooke said with wet eyes.
The mother of 17 years pulled Brooke in for a soothing hug. "Are you late yet?" she asked still calming her down. Brooke nodded "only by a day though." "Well, your first time can make you late by a day or two so we don't have to jump to conclusions just yet." Adrienne said, still offering her warm advice and knowledge. "Do you want me to come with you to go get a test?" she offered looking down at the distraught young girl in her lap. Brooke nodded gratefully, as Adrienne grabbed her bag and headed downstairs with her.
