Disclaimer: I don't own anything! The title of the story is "When it All Falls Apart" by the Veronicas. I know it's short, but I'm working on it...This is my first story... Enjoy. :

She couldn't believe it had happened. One minute she was sitting with her mom in bed, talking about graduation, prom, and what she was going to be doing after the year was over, and the next she's sitting in front of her mother's grave, not knowing what happened.

(Flashback)

Brooke called up the stairs to her mom; she needed to talk to her about designing a dress for her to wear for prom, even though prom wasn't for another 5 months. Brooke had everything planned, from what she was going to wear, to who her date was going to be; her long time boyfriend, Chase Adams. Chase and Brooke had been together since they were in junior high. They both grew up in Sacramento, California. They were meant for each other, both smart and attractive, he was the star quarterback, and she was the captain on the cheerleading squad. To them, everything was perfect. Brooke was sitting at the bottom of the stairs when Riley, her mom came down and was trying to get her attention.

"Brooke…Brooke…Brooke!"

Brooke looked up realizing that she had been in a day-dream about Chase again, it was typical for Brooke to be day dreaming. She shook her head, and remembered what she needed her mom for when she looked down in her lap looking at the design she had drawn. She stood up, and handed the design to her mom.

"You think we could make this for prom?"

Riley looked over the design, being a fashion designer she had the final approval of all the dresses and clothes that got made. She knew that Brooke wanted to follow in her footsteps, and realized that Brooke was going to be a better designer than she was.

"Yeah, this is amazing Brooke. When did you draw this?"

Brooke smiled, and gave her mom a hug. She was so excited that her mom liked what she was doing. She always looked up to her mom and hoped to be as good as she was one day.

"I had some spare time earlier, and I wanted to show you it so we could start making it"

She heard someone knock on the door, and she knew it was Chase. She had made plans with him earlier to go catch a movie, and some food. She hugged her mom, kissed her on the cheek, said her good-byes to her mom, and ran out the door.

(End of flash back)

She didn't bother to wipe her tears off her face, she knew her make-up was all over the place, but that didn't matter to her at that moment. She took a deep breath, and let it out slowly. She needed her friends, and her boyfriend, and she really needed her mom back. She started crying again just thinking about her. She started coughing, and felt a hand on her back. She got up slowly and turned around. It was her mom's fiancé, who Brooke adored and admired so much. It hurt to see him because she wanted him in the family so bad and now he wasn't going to get his chance. He pulled her from the ground and wrapped his arms around her. He towered over her, he was just about seven feet tall, and Brooke was a little less than 5'6". She looked up at him, and he wiped her tears away. She couldn't believe her mom was gone. She wasn't going to be able to wake up the next morning and see her mom. Her mom was gone forever; Brooke wasn't going to be the same person again.