Wanna Bet? (20 page)

“
I know, thanks for going
with me though”

“
No problem” she smiles but
then frowns “It was weird between you and Tucker as well what was
that about?”

“
I don’t know, I guess you
and everyone else was right when you warned me about him” I sigh
rubbing my face with the palms of my hands.

“
I’m sorry Brooke, Matt
said that you took five shots when you found out about him and Mel
and I saw you look away when they did their body shots, you told
him didn’t you?”

“
Yeah” I nod resting my
head in my hands.

“
Will you be
okay?”

“
I’m just sorry that we
won’t be friends anymore” I admit looking up at her.

“
You will” she looks
determined but something in my expression makes her change her mind
“won’t you?”

“
I don’t think so” I smile
sadly at her.

“
I’m sorry”

“
It’s fine, everyone was
surprised it lasted this long, it had to end sooner or later
right?” I smile at her.

Sophie goes to bed shortly
after but I stay up for the first time ever, really trying to
remember my childhood, something I have never allowed myself to do
before.

“
Shit! Brooke!”

I snap my eyes open and
lift my head up, Sophie is shaking me.

“
What is it? What’s wrong?”
I ask looking around for danger.

“
Are you okay?” she asks
searching my eyes.

“
I’m fine why?

“
You were screaming and
hitting the table” she says slowly.

“
Sorry for waking you” I
grumble standing up and stretching.

“
It’s fine, I thought you
were going to hurt yourself”

“
I’m going to go out for a
bit, get some fresh air, if I don’t see you in the morning I’ll see
you at lunch okay?”

“
Sure” she says before I
close the door after me.

Once I’m in my car I take
a deep breath and rest my head on the steering wheel. I don’t
remember the nightmare but I know it was a bad one because I’m
shaking. I know from experience that there are only two things that
will enable me to get back to sleep one is having Tucker stay with
me and the other is to get so drunk that I pass out. Tucker isn’t
an option so I start my car and head to the all nigh bar that isn’t
far from here.

“
Hey Luke” I say into the
phone as soon as he answers.

“
Whoa, why are you
shouting?” he asks me, I didn’t realize I was.

“
I’m not!”

“
Where are you?” he asks me
quietly.

“
Why are you whispering?” I
whisper back giggling slightly.

“
Oh my god” I hear him
groan and then I can hear voices in the background.

“
Are you with Sophie? Let
me talk to her” I demand

“
Sophiiieeee” I sing into
the phone

“
Brooke?”

“
Yeap” I hiccup “Come
party”

“
Who are you with?” she
asks laughing

“
The band, Dave found me
last night … this morning … at the bar and brought me to Jacks
house party, are you coming?”

“
I’ll see you all tomorrow”
I hear her say away from the phone and then hear keys jangling
about “I’m on my way” she laughs and hangs up.

“
Sophie’s here!” I scream
and run up to give her a hug but I’m stopped by someone lifting me
up in the air and spinning me around.

“
It’s your turn!” Dave
shouts carrying me back to the table, Sophie follows
laughing.

“
What are we doing?” Sophie
asks taking the seat next to me at the table.

“
We are playing ‘Liar’ you
have to say something about yourself it can be true or false but if
someone catches you out on a lie then you have to take a shot, if
anyone says you’re lying when your telling the truth they have to
take a shot” I explain handing her a shot.

“
I can do the splits” I
announce and grin when no one at the table calls me on
it.

“
Liar” Sophie declares
looking smug.

“
Fuck” I mutter and throw
my shot back.

“
I’ve had a boob job” she
smirks.

“
Liar!” both Dave and Jack
shout at the same time and she takes her shot.

The game continues and
Sophie looses badly not able to call anyone out on a lie but me and
being caught in them herself.

“
How are we getting home?”
I ask Sophie hiccupping.

“
I have no idea, ring Matt”
she laughs dancing on the coffee table as Dave sings one of the
bands songs.

I squint at the phone and
dial Matt.

“
Hello”

I frown at the phone to
make sure I dialed the right number. “Uh.. is Matt there please?” I
ask but laugh as my s’s sound more like sh’s and Sophie starts
cheering when Jack joins her on the table.

“
Brooke?” Tucker
asks.

“
Can I speak to Matt” I ask
again slowly this time.

“
I thought you were calling
Matt, who has his phone?” Sophie shouts over to me.

“
Oooh lover boy’s playing
away, want us to kick his ass?” Jack says loud enough to be heard
on the phone.

“
Who’s that?” I hear in my
ear.

“
Jesus” I rub my forehead
trying to work out who to answer first.

“
Brooke have you got my
boxers?” Dave calls out from the kitchen and I cant help but
laughing at that.

“
Yeah she’s wearing them”
Sophie calls back laughing after checking my outfit.

“
I won them fair and square
buddy!” I shout.

“
Brooke” He’s shouting at
me now.

“
What?” I snap into the
phone not happy with him shouting at me.

“
Where the hell are
you?”

“
Can I speak to Matt
please, we need to be picked up”

“
Hello?” Matt is finally on
the phone.

“
At last! Sophie asked me
to ask you if you could pick us up please, we can’t
drive”

“
Sure where are you and
what about your cars?” he asks.

“
Umm hold on” I say into
the phone “What about our cars Soph, mines still over at the bar?”
I call across the room.

“
I’ll give you a lift to
yours tomorrow Brooke and then you can drive Soph to hers” Jack
says and Sophie cheers and hi-fives him.

“
We got it covered” I say
into the phone.

“
Who is that?” Matt
demands.

“
Why don’t you both stay
here and then Sophie can drive you to your car?” Dave calls from
the kitchen.

“
Where the fuck are you
Brooke?” Matt shouts through the phone.

“
Umm Jack’s house, I’ll
text you the address now” I say then hang up before he can shout at
me anymore. I send him the address then give Sophie her phone
back.

“
You’re in trouble” I sing
tauntingly at her.

“
Who cares” she rolls her
eyes then pulls me up on the coffee table to dance with her, the
guys all surround us and start spraying us with champagne so we
start singing a drunken version of ‘it’s raining men’ The doorbell
rings and we all fall silent a freeze one of the guys open the door
and we all watch as Matt and Tucker take a step forward but they
also freeze as they take in the scene in front of them.

There are bottles and
glasses on every surface, Furniture has been moved around and
rearrange randomly, four guys are stood around the coffee table
holding empty champagne bottles and me and Sophie are stood on that
coffee table with our hands still above our heads, soaking wet.
Sophie has someone’s top on over her dress and I’ve lost my top but
now am wearing a tea towel as a boob tube which Sophie fastened at
the back with a safety pin and a pair of yellow boxers over my own
underwear.

“
Looks like we missed one
hell of a party” Tucker notes quietly but it’s so silent we all
hear him. His voice seems to bring us all back to the moment and
everyone starts moving away and the party starts back up as if it
was never interrupted.

Matt and Tucker help us
down from the table and grabbing our arms drag us out to Matt’s
car. He puts a towel down on the back seat and sits us both in
there, we spend the whole car journey home giggling and singing,
the boys don’t say anything to us but are talking quietly to each
other. They drop us off in our dorm and leave just before we both
collapse and pass out on Sophie’s bed.

“
Broke, your phone” Sophie
says from somewhere in the room.

“
Make it stop” I all but
cry.

“
Answer it” she calls back
I lift my head off the pillow to see her sat at the kitchen table
with Matt.

“
Hello” I say weakly into
the phone that I swear I’m going to throw in the bin.

“
Feeling like death
Brooke?” Someone laughs into the phone.

“
Do I know you?” I ask the
voice

“
Yes we met yesterday, you
were a little drunk but we got to know each other quite well
actually if you know what I mean”

I shoot up of the bed
“What?” I screech into the phone horrified.

“
Brooke, we had sex
yesterday” the voice says calmly to me

“
No … no … no …” I hang up
the phone and throw it on to my bed where it starts ringing
again.

“
What was that about?”
Sophie asks looking no better than I feel.

“
I have no idea who that
was, they didn’t even tell me their name but he said I had sex with
him yesterday” I walk over to join them at the table.

“
Aren’t you going to answer
it?” Matt asks when my phone starts ringing loudly
again.

“
No, make it go away” I
wince at the sound of my voice. “Uh … Soph what are you wearing?” I
frown at the top she’s wearing that has ‘tits, pussy, ass … who
cares as long as it’s in my mouth’ written across her
chest.

“
Trust me yours is no
better” Matt says dryly averting his eyes. I look down and I have a
tea towel across my chest that isn’t quite covering what it should
be and a pair of yellow sponge bob boxers on.

“
Oh my god” I whisper and
Sophie just nods at me removing her top so I can put it on,
thankfully she still has her dress her underneath it. “Please can
you answer it?” I beg Matt, rolling his eyes he gets my phone from
the bed and answers it.

“
I can remember almost
everything apart from having sex, I think I would remember that” I
whisper to Sophie who nods at me and then winces.

“
It’s for you” Matt says
looking amused holding the phone out to me.

“
You were supposed to get
rid of them” I glare at him. “Hello” I grumble into the phone when
he starts laughing.

“
Hey Brooke, I take it you
didn’t think my joke was funny”

“
Dave I could fucking kill
you” I scream when I hear him laughing in my ear.

“
Sophie’s cars gone, did
you get yours back too?” he asks still laughing but quietly
now.

“
Soph, your cars gone” I
tell her frowning, she doesn’t look like she could have driven
it.

“
Me and Tucker got both
your cars this morning” Matt tells us when she looks
worried.

“
Yeah we got them both
back” I say into the phone to Dave.

“
Okay, cool I just wanted
to check”

“
How are you so happy? I
feel like I’ve been hit by a bus” I pout even though he can’t see
it through the phone.

“
Easy I have to pick Dave
up from school in an hour, I have no choice” he laughs obviously
not feeling the effects of last night like I am.

“
Well have fun” I mutter
back making him laugh harder.

“
I’ll talk to you later” he
hangs up on me and I throw my head down on the table.

“
Remind me why I decided to
go on a twenty four hour booze binge” I beg the table.

“
That would be because you
couldn’t sleep” Sophie reminds me patting my shoulder.

“
Oh yeah … Tucker” I growl
his name.

“
What about Tucker?” Matt
asks and when I look up he’s frowning at both of us.

“
Nothing” I shrug and shoot
Sophie a shut-up look.

“
Oh … he’s coming over here
soon” Matt looks at us both when we both frown at him obviously not
understanding.

“
Why?” Sophie asks
him.

“
Why wouldn’t he? He’s
always over here” he frowns back at her.

“
I cannot deal with this
right now” I announce and walk into the bathroom ignoring their
whispering.

“
Brooke, you really are an
idiot” I mutter to the bathroom lowering myself into the hot bubble
bath.