Times change...people shouldn't, chapter 11
Adrienne held the door open as Brooke slowly walked into the drugstore with her head held low. She looked up to read the signs that hung above the aisles to tell her where to go. She felt her stomach flip flop as she found the one that said "Family Planning." She took a deep breath as she walked down the aisle. "I feel like everyone is staring at me." Brooke said to Adrienne, while her head still hung low. "Their not honey don't worry." Adi said rubbing her back as they stopped in front of the pregnancy tests. Brooke grabbed one of those digital ones so there wouldn't be any confusion of having to read lines and dashes, paid, and ran for the door.
"You can use my bathroom if you want." Adrienne offered as she backed out of the parking lot. "No, im not going to take it right away." Brooke said looking down at the bag in her lap. "Brooke, you have too. I mean don't you want to know so you can at least function without worrying?" Adi asked confused. "Yea but...." Brooke trailed off "I think im just going to wait till we land in Paris." Adrienne nodded at fixed her attention back to the road as they drove back to the hotel in silence.
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When they pulled up they saw everyone outside waiting for them. "Sorry babe we hold you up?" Adi said walking over to Billie. "Nahh we just got out here now...were waiting for the limo." He said pulling out a cigarette only to have Adi snatch the box away from him "Billie stop. You're going to kill yourself one day " "Am not." he said shoving his hands back in his pockets.
Meanwhile, Brooke quickly shoved the bag into her purse and hopped out of the car to join the rest of them.
"Where did you and Adi go?" Estelle asked as she saw Brooke walking up to meet them. "The store she uh wanted some uh...candy, for the plane." Brooke said panicked as she made up some lame excuse. "O...ok." Estelle shrugged as she went on talking to Ramona about how she couldn't wait to get back home so she could show her this boy she liked.
Brooke folded her arms across her chest as she put on her over sized black sunglasses to help hide her worried expression. She jumped a mile in the air when she felt a pair on arms creep around her waist. "Jesus Joey Give me a heart attack why don't you?" she snapped. "Sorry baby, I didn't mean to." he said resting his chin on her shoulder. "Where did you go before?..I came back but Estelle said you went out with my mom." he said. "Nowhere Joey, just
forget about it." she sighed not really responding to his signs of affection. "Are you mad me? Did I do something?" he asked pulling away and facing her. "No..I mean yes....maybe..I don't know Joey " she said adjusting her bag. "Ok..." Joey said hurt as he walked over to his brother and Frankito.
"What was that all about?" Ramona said walking over, watching Joey as he kicked a few rocks around. "What was what about?" Brooke asked back. "That whole snapping at Joey thing..." Ramona said with that 'duh' expression on. "O that...it was nothing...I'm just tired." Brooke lied pushing her sunglasses over her smooth hair as she saw the limo pull up. "Are you sure cause.."
Ramona started but Brooke cut her off "Come on the limo is here." Ramona shrugged as she grabbed her suitcase and handed it to the driver.
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"Would you like a pillow Mam?" The flight attendant asked Brooke who had her head against the plane window, trying to sleep. "Yes, Thank You." Brooke said gratefully taking it and going back to her position against the window with her back towards Joey. "You ok Brooke?" He asked rubbing her back. "Im fine Joey...I'm just tired ok?" she sighed. He nodded as he lifted up
the arm rest between the two chairs and curved his body to fit her's as he nuzzled his nose into her neck. "I'm sorry." he muttered. Brooke opened her eyes and sat up a bit. "For what?" she asked. Joey shrugged "For whatever I did.....I don't really know what that is, but you seem pretty mad at me so im apologizing." Brooke couldn't help but feel bad for yelling at him before, she leaned in and gave him kiss on his forehead. "You didn't do anything babe......I'm just tired." she said with her cheek pressed against his. "Ok...try to get some sleep." he said laying her back down on her pillow. She nodded as she closed her eyes and thought about what to do......
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"Wake uppppppppp" Tre said as he used her head for his drums. "Treee" Brooke whined as she lifted her head up. "Ok ok I'm up now..can we stop with the drum solo?" he giggled, "Nope..I like your head." Brooke just laughed and grabbed her bag that still contained the test that could change her life.
*at the hotel*
"Hi we have reservations under the name Dirnt." Mike said to the plump older woman with rosy cheeks and white hair sitting at the main desk. "Hmm..What did you say the last name was dear?" "Dirnt." Mike replied. "O my, it seems your late and we gave your rooms away, luckily we have 3 suites left on the 6th floor." Mike sighed and scratched the back of his head. "I guess that's ok." "Wonderful, here are you key cards, rooms 1010, 1011, and1012." The woman said handing him the cards. "Thanks." He said as he turned around to explain the situation to the others. "Ok so I guess me and Adi will take a room, Tre and Mike can share, and we have to shove the kids all into one." Billie said handing out the room keys. "Ok but you better not jump on the beds again" Mike said to Tre. "Hey it wasn't my fault their ceilings were too low and they hung expensive shit from it " Tre said smiling, remembering the last incident. "Let's go." Mike said trying to hide his amusement as they headed towards the elevator.
"We better go unpack." Estelle said picking up her bags and heading towards the elevator. The rest of the teenagers all agreed as they went up to the 10th floor and dropped their bags at the door. "I call one of the beds!" Frankito said running and doing a belly flop down on the queen sized beds, leaving one more up for grabs. Joey, Brooke, Jakob, Estelle and Ramona all looked at each other and ran at the same time towards it. They laughed as the wrestled trying to push one another off. "OW!" Brooke screamed grabbing her side. They all jumped off her and the bed stood back. "O my God you ok?" Jakob asked leaning down. A smile came across Brooke face. "Ha Ha got you. Looks like I have a nice bed to myself" she said and stuck out her tongue. "Little Bitch." Joey said moving her over and plopping his stuff down next her's. "Ok so it looks like the love birds are in a bed, which means Ramona can bunk with Frank-.." "EW NO!" Frankito said cutting in and sitting up, crossing his arms. "Well then you can sleep with Jake..I'm sure that would make you happier anyway." Estelle teased. "OOOO Frankieeeee I love you too!!!!" Jakob said pretending to be a little southern girl and tried to kiss him. "Ok ok I'll take my sister." Frankito said giving up and leaning his head against the headboard, closing his eyes. "Good." Estelle giggled. "That means me and Jake will pull out the couch and share that." she finished slumping into a chair. "Sounds good....you guys wanna grab something to eat now?....I'm starving" Brooke chimed in grabbing her stomach. "Yea sure." They all agreed as one by one they filed out the door with Brooke and Joey last. "Brooke wait up." he said grabbing her arm. "What?" she questioned looking up at him. Ramona (who was in front of Brooke before) held the door waiting for them. "It's ok Ray...we'll meet up with you." Joey said as she shrugged and nodded "call my cell and I'll let you know where to meet us." Joey nodded as he waited for the door to close. "Joey why did you do that?..I'm hungry." Brooke asked confused. "I wanted to talk to you...wait are you still mad at me?" Brooke shook her head and cupped his face in her hands "I was never mad at you hun." she gave him a quick peck on his lips and turned towards the door. "Now come on..I wanna eat." She said eagerly. Joey grabbed her arm again and spun her into his frame. "Joey.." Brooke giggled as she squirmed around in his arms. "I miss having you." he said seductively as he licked his lip and swept some hair out of her face and tucked it securely behind her ear. Brooke blushed and looked down only to have Joey pick her chin back up in between his thumb and index finger. He pressed his lips hard against her's and let his hands wander down to her hips. Brooke felt guilty for making him think she was mad at him and she even felt guilty for kissing him when he had no idea that she may be pregnant but she didn't stop him, she couldn't. If she did he would know something was wrong and worry. Wouldn't he? I mean the test could be negative and then she would have gotten them both worried for no reason....but what if it was positive? And she had a baby in her body right now? Emotions of every kind ran through Brooke's body as she felt Joey pry her mouth open and slide his tongue in and out, she didn't stop him at first, she kissed him back with passion. But the passion was not stemmed from love....but from worry. Joey's hands left Brooke's hips and trailed up her shirt. She began to feel more and more uncomfortable as he continued without a clue and she finally pulled away. "Joey...we um better go catch up with them now." she said very quietly and cautiously. "Why..they can wait." He said with a smile leaning in to kiss her again but Brooke turned away. She wanted to, but she couldn't...it wasn't fare to him....she had to find out. "Why don't you go down to the lobby and call Ray and the others so we know where to go ok? I'm just going to go to the bathroom." She said leaving him and walking over to pick up her bag. "Um...ok" he sighed as he left the room confused and slightly hurt at her attitude.
Once she was sure Joey was gone, she went into the bathroom and locked the door. She carefully took the pregnancy test out of the bag and started down at it. 'Come on Brooke...you can do this.' she said to herself as she took a deep breath and opened the box.
"You can use my bathroom if you want." Adrienne offered as she backed out of the parking lot. "No, im not going to take it right away." Brooke said looking down at the bag in her lap. "Brooke, you have too. I mean don't you want to know so you can at least function without worrying?" Adi asked confused. "Yea but...." Brooke trailed off "I think im just going to wait till we land in Paris." Adrienne nodded at fixed her attention back to the road as they drove back to the hotel in silence.
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When they pulled up they saw everyone outside waiting for them. "Sorry babe we hold you up?" Adi said walking over to Billie. "Nahh we just got out here now...were waiting for the limo." He said pulling out a cigarette only to have Adi snatch the box away from him "Billie stop. You're going to kill yourself one day " "Am not." he said shoving his hands back in his pockets.
Meanwhile, Brooke quickly shoved the bag into her purse and hopped out of the car to join the rest of them.
"Where did you and Adi go?" Estelle asked as she saw Brooke walking up to meet them. "The store she uh wanted some uh...candy, for the plane." Brooke said panicked as she made up some lame excuse. "O...ok." Estelle shrugged as she went on talking to Ramona about how she couldn't wait to get back home so she could show her this boy she liked.
Brooke folded her arms across her chest as she put on her over sized black sunglasses to help hide her worried expression. She jumped a mile in the air when she felt a pair on arms creep around her waist. "Jesus Joey Give me a heart attack why don't you?" she snapped. "Sorry baby, I didn't mean to." he said resting his chin on her shoulder. "Where did you go before?..I came back but Estelle said you went out with my mom." he said. "Nowhere Joey, just
forget about it." she sighed not really responding to his signs of affection. "Are you mad me? Did I do something?" he asked pulling away and facing her. "No..I mean yes....maybe..I don't know Joey " she said adjusting her bag. "Ok..." Joey said hurt as he walked over to his brother and Frankito.
"What was that all about?" Ramona said walking over, watching Joey as he kicked a few rocks around. "What was what about?" Brooke asked back. "That whole snapping at Joey thing..." Ramona said with that 'duh' expression on. "O that...it was nothing...I'm just tired." Brooke lied pushing her sunglasses over her smooth hair as she saw the limo pull up. "Are you sure cause.."
Ramona started but Brooke cut her off "Come on the limo is here." Ramona shrugged as she grabbed her suitcase and handed it to the driver.
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"Would you like a pillow Mam?" The flight attendant asked Brooke who had her head against the plane window, trying to sleep. "Yes, Thank You." Brooke said gratefully taking it and going back to her position against the window with her back towards Joey. "You ok Brooke?" He asked rubbing her back. "Im fine Joey...I'm just tired ok?" she sighed. He nodded as he lifted up
the arm rest between the two chairs and curved his body to fit her's as he nuzzled his nose into her neck. "I'm sorry." he muttered. Brooke opened her eyes and sat up a bit. "For what?" she asked. Joey shrugged "For whatever I did.....I don't really know what that is, but you seem pretty mad at me so im apologizing." Brooke couldn't help but feel bad for yelling at him before, she leaned in and gave him kiss on his forehead. "You didn't do anything babe......I'm just tired." she said with her cheek pressed against his. "Ok...try to get some sleep." he said laying her back down on her pillow. She nodded as she closed her eyes and thought about what to do......
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"Wake uppppppppp" Tre said as he used her head for his drums. "Treee" Brooke whined as she lifted her head up. "Ok ok I'm up now..can we stop with the drum solo?" he giggled, "Nope..I like your head." Brooke just laughed and grabbed her bag that still contained the test that could change her life.
*at the hotel*
"Hi we have reservations under the name Dirnt." Mike said to the plump older woman with rosy cheeks and white hair sitting at the main desk. "Hmm..What did you say the last name was dear?" "Dirnt." Mike replied. "O my, it seems your late and we gave your rooms away, luckily we have 3 suites left on the 6th floor." Mike sighed and scratched the back of his head. "I guess that's ok." "Wonderful, here are you key cards, rooms 1010, 1011, and1012." The woman said handing him the cards. "Thanks." He said as he turned around to explain the situation to the others. "Ok so I guess me and Adi will take a room, Tre and Mike can share, and we have to shove the kids all into one." Billie said handing out the room keys. "Ok but you better not jump on the beds again" Mike said to Tre. "Hey it wasn't my fault their ceilings were too low and they hung expensive shit from it " Tre said smiling, remembering the last incident. "Let's go." Mike said trying to hide his amusement as they headed towards the elevator.
"We better go unpack." Estelle said picking up her bags and heading towards the elevator. The rest of the teenagers all agreed as they went up to the 10th floor and dropped their bags at the door. "I call one of the beds!" Frankito said running and doing a belly flop down on the queen sized beds, leaving one more up for grabs. Joey, Brooke, Jakob, Estelle and Ramona all looked at each other and ran at the same time towards it. They laughed as the wrestled trying to push one another off. "OW!" Brooke screamed grabbing her side. They all jumped off her and the bed stood back. "O my God you ok?" Jakob asked leaning down. A smile came across Brooke face. "Ha Ha got you. Looks like I have a nice bed to myself" she said and stuck out her tongue. "Little Bitch." Joey said moving her over and plopping his stuff down next her's. "Ok so it looks like the love birds are in a bed, which means Ramona can bunk with Frank-.." "EW NO!" Frankito said cutting in and sitting up, crossing his arms. "Well then you can sleep with Jake..I'm sure that would make you happier anyway." Estelle teased. "OOOO Frankieeeee I love you too!!!!" Jakob said pretending to be a little southern girl and tried to kiss him. "Ok ok I'll take my sister." Frankito said giving up and leaning his head against the headboard, closing his eyes. "Good." Estelle giggled. "That means me and Jake will pull out the couch and share that." she finished slumping into a chair. "Sounds good....you guys wanna grab something to eat now?....I'm starving" Brooke chimed in grabbing her stomach. "Yea sure." They all agreed as one by one they filed out the door with Brooke and Joey last. "Brooke wait up." he said grabbing her arm. "What?" she questioned looking up at him. Ramona (who was in front of Brooke before) held the door waiting for them. "It's ok Ray...we'll meet up with you." Joey said as she shrugged and nodded "call my cell and I'll let you know where to meet us." Joey nodded as he waited for the door to close. "Joey why did you do that?..I'm hungry." Brooke asked confused. "I wanted to talk to you...wait are you still mad at me?" Brooke shook her head and cupped his face in her hands "I was never mad at you hun." she gave him a quick peck on his lips and turned towards the door. "Now come on..I wanna eat." She said eagerly. Joey grabbed her arm again and spun her into his frame. "Joey.." Brooke giggled as she squirmed around in his arms. "I miss having you." he said seductively as he licked his lip and swept some hair out of her face and tucked it securely behind her ear. Brooke blushed and looked down only to have Joey pick her chin back up in between his thumb and index finger. He pressed his lips hard against her's and let his hands wander down to her hips. Brooke felt guilty for making him think she was mad at him and she even felt guilty for kissing him when he had no idea that she may be pregnant but she didn't stop him, she couldn't. If she did he would know something was wrong and worry. Wouldn't he? I mean the test could be negative and then she would have gotten them both worried for no reason....but what if it was positive? And she had a baby in her body right now? Emotions of every kind ran through Brooke's body as she felt Joey pry her mouth open and slide his tongue in and out, she didn't stop him at first, she kissed him back with passion. But the passion was not stemmed from love....but from worry. Joey's hands left Brooke's hips and trailed up her shirt. She began to feel more and more uncomfortable as he continued without a clue and she finally pulled away. "Joey...we um better go catch up with them now." she said very quietly and cautiously. "Why..they can wait." He said with a smile leaning in to kiss her again but Brooke turned away. She wanted to, but she couldn't...it wasn't fare to him....she had to find out. "Why don't you go down to the lobby and call Ray and the others so we know where to go ok? I'm just going to go to the bathroom." She said leaving him and walking over to pick up her bag. "Um...ok" he sighed as he left the room confused and slightly hurt at her attitude.
Once she was sure Joey was gone, she went into the bathroom and locked the door. She carefully took the pregnancy test out of the bag and started down at it. 'Come on Brooke...you can do this.' she said to herself as she took a deep breath and opened the box.
