Times change...people shouldn't, chapter 2
Great just great. Leave it up to Brooke to fall for her celebrity crush's son She made her way through the mass crowd of people and into her english class, in which she sat next to Dave. "Great, I sit next to the punk kid who wants to kill me..." she muttered on her way over there. "Hey prep " he said in a taunting manner as she sat down. "Um hi." she said pulling out a notebook and pen. Dave looked her over a couple of times in a way that made Brooke feel uncomfortable, and then laughed quietly to himself and didn't look back for the rest of the class.
When fourth period came she got nervous...lunch. There was the ever existing worry of where to sit. She decided on wasting some time by getting on the very long lunch line, hoping that by the time she got to the front the bell would ring. She stood there, looking around in taking her environment when he felt someone tap her shoulder from behind. She turned around to see Joey standing behind her. "O hey " she said turning fully to face him. "Hey..how's your first day going so far?" Brooke shrugged "ok I guess..im not used to all these people though." Joey looked confused "your old school didn't have a lot of people?" "Nope..it had maybe half of the people here and my school before that only had about 300." "Are you kidding me? " he said with his jaw almost dropping to the floor causing Brooke to laugh at his expression. "Nope..I went to private school my whole life...this is my first time in a public school environment." "O0o so not only am I dealing with a prep but I also have a private school angel." he teased nudging her. "Shut up." she smiled back as she moved up in the line and reached the food. She looked down at what was in front of her and then over to Joey "umm what is this?" she asked the lady serving the food. "What does it look like?" she said in a rather rude tone "it's food princess" Joey whispered into her ear and laughed. Brooke looked at the "public school food" one last time before declining and waiting for Joey outside. "Not hungry?"he said coming out and sprinkling some salt on his fries. "Yea but...I guess im used having catered food in a cafeteria." Joey laughed "God, where did you come from?...Catered lunch food?" Brooke nodded and stole a few fries from him. Joey shook his head and tossed his arm around her "Welcome to the real world Brooke " he smiled and lead her off in the direction he sat with his friends.
They all stared at her when she walked up with him. "Guys this is Brooke" Joey said sitting down and offering her a seat next to him. "Hi" she said offering a warm smile. "Hey." a few mouthed to her. She could tell they were wondering why Joey was with her. She noticed a girl that was dressed pretty punk but not to hard core on the other side of the table and who was approaching her. She sat down next to her and put out her hand "hi..im Ramona." she said. Brooke smiled "Brooke" she said taking her hand. "So your new here?" Ramona asked. "Yup..just transferred from St. Mary's Bay." "Really? cool." she smiled. Brooke knew she was familiar.......Tre's daughter That sly smile runs in the family. Brooke sat quietly in taking all the different people in the school and listening to small conversations that were going on..one consisted of a party that Billie and Adi were having tomorrow. "You uh wanna come?" she heard some one ask her. "Huh? Sorry I wasn't paying attention." Brooke said turning to see Joey again. "It's ok...my parents are um having a party Saturday..well tomorrow....wanna come? Ramona and all my friends are going." Brooke smiled at Joey who was looking down at his shoes and had his hands shoved in his pockets. 'God he looks just like his dad ' Brooke thought before she answered. "Yea, sounds like fun." Joey shot his head up and smiled. "Great" he said reaching in his pocket for a pen "here's my number...gimme a call when you need directions and stuff like that." he said writing it down on her palm. She looked down at the number on her hand. "Ok" she locked her green eyes with his for minute before they were interrupted by the bell. Brooke grabbed her stuff and started to walk out. She could hear Ramona teasing Joey. "You so love her ..Joey loves a prep ...." Although she didn't like the idea of being called a prep she liked the idea of Joey liking her. Maybe this whole public school thing wasn't so bad...maybe she'll get to be the person she always wanted to be and finally have the kind of guy she wants...
*after school*
Brooke made it out of her first day of public school alive. She breathed a sigh of relief as she got her keys out of her bag and made her way to the parking lot. She noticed Joey, a shorter boy who looked a little like him, Ramona, and another boy next to her by the bus stop. 'Didn't they have their own cars?' she thought as she made her way over to them. "Hey guys." she said. "O hey " Ramona said turning around with Joey and the rest following. "This is my little brother Frankito, and Joey's little brother Jakob. Their freshman" she said ruffling her brother's hair. "O hey guys im Brooke." she said to them. They waved and went back to talking about their classes and teachers. "So you guys want a ride?" Brooke asked looking at Joey. "Yea that would be great " Ramona said with a smile. "You sure it's ok?" Brooke smiled back. "No problem..I don't have any where to be for a while." "Cool" Joey said trying not to look at happy as he really was. "Ok...im parked over there." Brooke said pointing in the direction of her car as she lead the group off with her.
Brooke climbed into the drivers seat as Joey sat next to her and Ramona, Jakob, and Frankito piled into the back. "Nice " Jakob said upon noticing the drop down tv and dvd mounted to the ceiling. Frankito pulled it down as Jakob flipped through the book of dvds and decided on watching Dazed and Confused. The 3 sat in the back and watched the movie happily as Brooke pulled out of the school and talked with Joey. "So you bus here and home?" she asked. "Yea..I mean I have my own car and everything but with the crowd I hang out with..... I can't really come pulling up to school in my new BMW that daddy paid for ya know?" He said turning to her. She nodded as she waited for Joey to direct her to his house. "O sorry" he said as he pointed to the right and she turned. They made their way to a shady small road with a lot of trees that lined it. "So.." Joey said "what made you come here anyway?" Brooke took her eyes off the road for minute and turned them to him. "I don't know...every one was the same ya know? I mean all they cared about was money and themselves. They all looked liked they were wanna-be's from Brooklyn too" Joey cringed "ugh now I see why you left." Brooke blushed and pulled into his driveway. "Well, now I know how to get to your house for tomorrow." she said as Joey and the rest piled out. "Yea...do you um wanna come in for a little while? Ramona, and Frankito are staying for dinner and Tre is going to drop by later so it shouldn't be a problem." "O well I wouldn't want to intrude or anything..." Brooke said. "Nahh, my house is always full with people by parents won't even notice." Joey joked as he walked around the car and opened her door, pulling her out. Brooke laughed as he dragged her all the way to the front door and dropped her on the porch. As she got up and looked around she felt like she was going to faint. She just remembered who's house this was.......who's house she was about to stay for dinner at. She swallowed hard as Joey opened the door and she walked in. "Mom...Dad?.....We're home " Jakob called through out the huge house as they all dropped their backpacks by the door and ran to the kitchen where Adrienne was. Brooke followed Joey, and Ramona as they walked in and sat down at the island. "Hey adi." Ramona said as she got up to get herself something to drink. "Hey Ramona" she said turning around to face them. "O, new friend?" She said smiling in Brooke's direction. "Yea..this is Brooke she just transferred to our school." Joey said grabbing the drink out of Ramona's hand right before she was about to drink it. She stuck her tongue out at him as he made a face finishing her drink and handed her back the empty cup. Adi smiled and shook Brooke's hand. "Hi Brooke....Im Adrienne. Make yourself at home." "Hi, Adrienne. Thank you." Brooke said a little intimidated. It wasn't everyday that you meet your favorite band's lead singer's family. Joey must have noticed how nervous Brooke was and decided to save her. "Where going up in my room k?" he said to his mother as he and Ramona started to walk upstairs. Adrienne nodded "Nice meeting you Brooke." she said as Brooke began to follow them. "You too, Mrs. Armstrong." she responded. "Call me Adi." Brooke smiled and nodded as she jogged up the stairs to catch up with the others.
When they got up they heard soft music coming from one of the rooms. "Dad must be working on a new song." Joey said turning down the hall and opening up the door to his huge room. The walls were gray with posters covering it. Most of them from bands that his parents were friends with. He had a few framed pictures of him with Gerard, and the other MCR boys, along with a few from Fall Out Boy. He had a couch in one corner with a big screen tv, a computer, huge stereo system, and a large portion of his rom was dedicated to his music. He had two guitars in their stands, a few amps, and a set of drums.
"Wow" Brooke said walking in. "Your room is really nice." she walked over to the guitars and plucked one of the strings. "You play?" Joey said turning on his tv and plopping down on the couch. Brooke shook her head. "But I love to watch people play and listen to their lyrics." Joey smiled "Ray..grab me one of the guitars." he asked Ramona, pointing to them. She grabbed him his replica of his dad's 'Blue' and handed it over. Joey strummed a few chords and played one his own songs. "Doesn't sound like my dad's stuff but its ok I guess." he said setting it back down. " I loved it " Brooke said sitting next to him on the couch. "Really?" he said with his eyes lighting up and looking deep into hers. Ramona's face turned sour as she banged the wall. "O Joey I think Jakob fell....go see if he's ok." She said quickly. Joey gave her a look like she had 10 heads "Ray if want me to go just say so..." he said getting up "im going to grab something to eat" Ramona nodded and shut the door behind him. Brooke gave her a strange look as she walked over to her and sat down. "So..do you um like Joey?" she said fiddling with her thumbs. "That's a little off topic." Brooke joked as Ramona nudged her. "Im serious" she said smiling but still looking down. Brooke nodded. "Yea I think so..he's really nice....not mention really hot." she laughed. Ramona nodded "I know.." her expression suddenly began to get a little more intense. " But he wouldn't like you. You're not his style..he's puck and he likes punk girls. That's just how it goes..sorry." she said looking pleased that she got the point across that Joey was hers and to back off. Fortunately for Brooke she was experienced with girls who claimed guys were theirs even though they didn't stand a chance. That was the one good thing about dating jocks who all the cheerleaders wanted. "Ramona honey....last time I checked Joey was a person. Not some item you could claim to be yours. So if I want to talk with him I will....if I want to flirt with him I will....and you really aren't going to stop me." Brooke smiled her perfected 'ha! I win you lose!' smile at her right before they heard Joey coming up the stairs.
When he came back, they watched a movie and Joey played around a little with his guitar, which Brooke used to her advantage. "Joey you think you can show me how to play?" she asked at he flashed him a flirty look with her eyes. "Yea sure....come here." He pulled her into his lap and showed her how to put her hands and all that as Ramona looked on with jealousy. She was just about to say something when they heard Adi call from downstairs. "Guys ...dinner "
Everyone ran down and sat around the table. "Jake, where's Dad?" Adrienne asked as she served. "In his studio" he said with a mouth full of baked ziti. "I tried knocking but its like sound proof so he's not going to hear us." he added finally swallowing. Adi sighed. " I know I know" She finally got herself a plate and sat down with everyone else. "So how was school everyone?" she asked all motherly, in return she received and echo of ok's. "Brooke was today your first day?" She nodded as she set her drink down. "Well, im sure you'll like it." Adi tried to add over the sound of Billie playing loudly upstairs. "I love it how it makes sure no sound can get in, but sound can certainly get out." she said sarcastically. Joey tried to change the subject "Mom I invited Brooke to the party tomorrow ok?" "That's fine." Ramona looked up and gave Joey and Brooke a nasty look, but then a fake smile when she noticed the rest of the table staring at her. Brooke sat there very quietly, "Joey, I should get home. My um mom might start to worry." Joey nodded "I'll walk you out." he said standing up. Jakob and Frankito laughed at him, but only got hit by him when he got around to their side of the table.
Joey walked her outside and shut the door behind him. "So I'll um see ya tomorrow?" he said hopefully. "Yea, what time?" she asked leaning up against her car door. "The party is at 8 but me, and a few friends are going out before hand and then going to my house to drink since we can't get into bars yet. I can come pick you up if you want." Brooke smiled as he kicked a few rocks around that were by his feet. "I'd like that." she said as she grabbed a pen and a piece of paper out of her car and jotted her number down. "Call me later ok?" she said handing it to him. He looked at it and nodded and lifted his head up so his gaze met her's. She leaned in and gave a kiss on the cheek "bye." she said opening up her car door and getting in leaving Joey the happiest kid ever, and Ramona with an idea of revenge...
When fourth period came she got nervous...lunch. There was the ever existing worry of where to sit. She decided on wasting some time by getting on the very long lunch line, hoping that by the time she got to the front the bell would ring. She stood there, looking around in taking her environment when he felt someone tap her shoulder from behind. She turned around to see Joey standing behind her. "O hey " she said turning fully to face him. "Hey..how's your first day going so far?" Brooke shrugged "ok I guess..im not used to all these people though." Joey looked confused "your old school didn't have a lot of people?" "Nope..it had maybe half of the people here and my school before that only had about 300." "Are you kidding me? " he said with his jaw almost dropping to the floor causing Brooke to laugh at his expression. "Nope..I went to private school my whole life...this is my first time in a public school environment." "O0o so not only am I dealing with a prep but I also have a private school angel." he teased nudging her. "Shut up." she smiled back as she moved up in the line and reached the food. She looked down at what was in front of her and then over to Joey "umm what is this?" she asked the lady serving the food. "What does it look like?" she said in a rather rude tone "it's food princess" Joey whispered into her ear and laughed. Brooke looked at the "public school food" one last time before declining and waiting for Joey outside. "Not hungry?"he said coming out and sprinkling some salt on his fries. "Yea but...I guess im used having catered food in a cafeteria." Joey laughed "God, where did you come from?...Catered lunch food?" Brooke nodded and stole a few fries from him. Joey shook his head and tossed his arm around her "Welcome to the real world Brooke " he smiled and lead her off in the direction he sat with his friends.
They all stared at her when she walked up with him. "Guys this is Brooke" Joey said sitting down and offering her a seat next to him. "Hi" she said offering a warm smile. "Hey." a few mouthed to her. She could tell they were wondering why Joey was with her. She noticed a girl that was dressed pretty punk but not to hard core on the other side of the table and who was approaching her. She sat down next to her and put out her hand "hi..im Ramona." she said. Brooke smiled "Brooke" she said taking her hand. "So your new here?" Ramona asked. "Yup..just transferred from St. Mary's Bay." "Really? cool." she smiled. Brooke knew she was familiar.......Tre's daughter That sly smile runs in the family. Brooke sat quietly in taking all the different people in the school and listening to small conversations that were going on..one consisted of a party that Billie and Adi were having tomorrow. "You uh wanna come?" she heard some one ask her. "Huh? Sorry I wasn't paying attention." Brooke said turning to see Joey again. "It's ok...my parents are um having a party Saturday..well tomorrow....wanna come? Ramona and all my friends are going." Brooke smiled at Joey who was looking down at his shoes and had his hands shoved in his pockets. 'God he looks just like his dad ' Brooke thought before she answered. "Yea, sounds like fun." Joey shot his head up and smiled. "Great" he said reaching in his pocket for a pen "here's my number...gimme a call when you need directions and stuff like that." he said writing it down on her palm. She looked down at the number on her hand. "Ok" she locked her green eyes with his for minute before they were interrupted by the bell. Brooke grabbed her stuff and started to walk out. She could hear Ramona teasing Joey. "You so love her ..Joey loves a prep ...." Although she didn't like the idea of being called a prep she liked the idea of Joey liking her. Maybe this whole public school thing wasn't so bad...maybe she'll get to be the person she always wanted to be and finally have the kind of guy she wants...
*after school*
Brooke made it out of her first day of public school alive. She breathed a sigh of relief as she got her keys out of her bag and made her way to the parking lot. She noticed Joey, a shorter boy who looked a little like him, Ramona, and another boy next to her by the bus stop. 'Didn't they have their own cars?' she thought as she made her way over to them. "Hey guys." she said. "O hey " Ramona said turning around with Joey and the rest following. "This is my little brother Frankito, and Joey's little brother Jakob. Their freshman" she said ruffling her brother's hair. "O hey guys im Brooke." she said to them. They waved and went back to talking about their classes and teachers. "So you guys want a ride?" Brooke asked looking at Joey. "Yea that would be great " Ramona said with a smile. "You sure it's ok?" Brooke smiled back. "No problem..I don't have any where to be for a while." "Cool" Joey said trying not to look at happy as he really was. "Ok...im parked over there." Brooke said pointing in the direction of her car as she lead the group off with her.
Brooke climbed into the drivers seat as Joey sat next to her and Ramona, Jakob, and Frankito piled into the back. "Nice " Jakob said upon noticing the drop down tv and dvd mounted to the ceiling. Frankito pulled it down as Jakob flipped through the book of dvds and decided on watching Dazed and Confused. The 3 sat in the back and watched the movie happily as Brooke pulled out of the school and talked with Joey. "So you bus here and home?" she asked. "Yea..I mean I have my own car and everything but with the crowd I hang out with..... I can't really come pulling up to school in my new BMW that daddy paid for ya know?" He said turning to her. She nodded as she waited for Joey to direct her to his house. "O sorry" he said as he pointed to the right and she turned. They made their way to a shady small road with a lot of trees that lined it. "So.." Joey said "what made you come here anyway?" Brooke took her eyes off the road for minute and turned them to him. "I don't know...every one was the same ya know? I mean all they cared about was money and themselves. They all looked liked they were wanna-be's from Brooklyn too" Joey cringed "ugh now I see why you left." Brooke blushed and pulled into his driveway. "Well, now I know how to get to your house for tomorrow." she said as Joey and the rest piled out. "Yea...do you um wanna come in for a little while? Ramona, and Frankito are staying for dinner and Tre is going to drop by later so it shouldn't be a problem." "O well I wouldn't want to intrude or anything..." Brooke said. "Nahh, my house is always full with people by parents won't even notice." Joey joked as he walked around the car and opened her door, pulling her out. Brooke laughed as he dragged her all the way to the front door and dropped her on the porch. As she got up and looked around she felt like she was going to faint. She just remembered who's house this was.......who's house she was about to stay for dinner at. She swallowed hard as Joey opened the door and she walked in. "Mom...Dad?.....We're home " Jakob called through out the huge house as they all dropped their backpacks by the door and ran to the kitchen where Adrienne was. Brooke followed Joey, and Ramona as they walked in and sat down at the island. "Hey adi." Ramona said as she got up to get herself something to drink. "Hey Ramona" she said turning around to face them. "O, new friend?" She said smiling in Brooke's direction. "Yea..this is Brooke she just transferred to our school." Joey said grabbing the drink out of Ramona's hand right before she was about to drink it. She stuck her tongue out at him as he made a face finishing her drink and handed her back the empty cup. Adi smiled and shook Brooke's hand. "Hi Brooke....Im Adrienne. Make yourself at home." "Hi, Adrienne. Thank you." Brooke said a little intimidated. It wasn't everyday that you meet your favorite band's lead singer's family. Joey must have noticed how nervous Brooke was and decided to save her. "Where going up in my room k?" he said to his mother as he and Ramona started to walk upstairs. Adrienne nodded "Nice meeting you Brooke." she said as Brooke began to follow them. "You too, Mrs. Armstrong." she responded. "Call me Adi." Brooke smiled and nodded as she jogged up the stairs to catch up with the others.
When they got up they heard soft music coming from one of the rooms. "Dad must be working on a new song." Joey said turning down the hall and opening up the door to his huge room. The walls were gray with posters covering it. Most of them from bands that his parents were friends with. He had a few framed pictures of him with Gerard, and the other MCR boys, along with a few from Fall Out Boy. He had a couch in one corner with a big screen tv, a computer, huge stereo system, and a large portion of his rom was dedicated to his music. He had two guitars in their stands, a few amps, and a set of drums.
"Wow" Brooke said walking in. "Your room is really nice." she walked over to the guitars and plucked one of the strings. "You play?" Joey said turning on his tv and plopping down on the couch. Brooke shook her head. "But I love to watch people play and listen to their lyrics." Joey smiled "Ray..grab me one of the guitars." he asked Ramona, pointing to them. She grabbed him his replica of his dad's 'Blue' and handed it over. Joey strummed a few chords and played one his own songs. "Doesn't sound like my dad's stuff but its ok I guess." he said setting it back down. " I loved it " Brooke said sitting next to him on the couch. "Really?" he said with his eyes lighting up and looking deep into hers. Ramona's face turned sour as she banged the wall. "O Joey I think Jakob fell....go see if he's ok." She said quickly. Joey gave her a look like she had 10 heads "Ray if want me to go just say so..." he said getting up "im going to grab something to eat" Ramona nodded and shut the door behind him. Brooke gave her a strange look as she walked over to her and sat down. "So..do you um like Joey?" she said fiddling with her thumbs. "That's a little off topic." Brooke joked as Ramona nudged her. "Im serious" she said smiling but still looking down. Brooke nodded. "Yea I think so..he's really nice....not mention really hot." she laughed. Ramona nodded "I know.." her expression suddenly began to get a little more intense. " But he wouldn't like you. You're not his style..he's puck and he likes punk girls. That's just how it goes..sorry." she said looking pleased that she got the point across that Joey was hers and to back off. Fortunately for Brooke she was experienced with girls who claimed guys were theirs even though they didn't stand a chance. That was the one good thing about dating jocks who all the cheerleaders wanted. "Ramona honey....last time I checked Joey was a person. Not some item you could claim to be yours. So if I want to talk with him I will....if I want to flirt with him I will....and you really aren't going to stop me." Brooke smiled her perfected 'ha! I win you lose!' smile at her right before they heard Joey coming up the stairs.
When he came back, they watched a movie and Joey played around a little with his guitar, which Brooke used to her advantage. "Joey you think you can show me how to play?" she asked at he flashed him a flirty look with her eyes. "Yea sure....come here." He pulled her into his lap and showed her how to put her hands and all that as Ramona looked on with jealousy. She was just about to say something when they heard Adi call from downstairs. "Guys ...dinner "
Everyone ran down and sat around the table. "Jake, where's Dad?" Adrienne asked as she served. "In his studio" he said with a mouth full of baked ziti. "I tried knocking but its like sound proof so he's not going to hear us." he added finally swallowing. Adi sighed. " I know I know" She finally got herself a plate and sat down with everyone else. "So how was school everyone?" she asked all motherly, in return she received and echo of ok's. "Brooke was today your first day?" She nodded as she set her drink down. "Well, im sure you'll like it." Adi tried to add over the sound of Billie playing loudly upstairs. "I love it how it makes sure no sound can get in, but sound can certainly get out." she said sarcastically. Joey tried to change the subject "Mom I invited Brooke to the party tomorrow ok?" "That's fine." Ramona looked up and gave Joey and Brooke a nasty look, but then a fake smile when she noticed the rest of the table staring at her. Brooke sat there very quietly, "Joey, I should get home. My um mom might start to worry." Joey nodded "I'll walk you out." he said standing up. Jakob and Frankito laughed at him, but only got hit by him when he got around to their side of the table.
Joey walked her outside and shut the door behind him. "So I'll um see ya tomorrow?" he said hopefully. "Yea, what time?" she asked leaning up against her car door. "The party is at 8 but me, and a few friends are going out before hand and then going to my house to drink since we can't get into bars yet. I can come pick you up if you want." Brooke smiled as he kicked a few rocks around that were by his feet. "I'd like that." she said as she grabbed a pen and a piece of paper out of her car and jotted her number down. "Call me later ok?" she said handing it to him. He looked at it and nodded and lifted his head up so his gaze met her's. She leaned in and gave a kiss on the cheek "bye." she said opening up her car door and getting in leaving Joey the happiest kid ever, and Ramona with an idea of revenge...
