Chapter One.
summary: Chapter One, Y/N is at home. Goes on a drive to her friends but makes a small stop on her way. Your guess who that stop is. Keep in mind, it's only the beginning of a story.
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A/N: So, here it is! Seemed like you guys wanted it so I made the beginning today. This is only chapter one. I am currently in the process of writing chapter two. Big possibility that is going to be posted on Sunday. I have no clue yet how long this story is going to be. Would love if you all would stick with me!
You were standing in front your bookcase, staring at the ten journals you had written full. Completely full. You couldn't quite pinpoint how you had written in all of them already. It had only been a year since you had gotten them for Christmas. Ten journals, yes. Why your mother and father had given so many of them was still unknown. Well, you had thought of a few reasons. Before you were owning all these journals you were writing all over the place. Your parents would find scribbled words everywhere in the house.
On little notes, in your homework, on your desk even. You wrote everywhere. You couldn't remember when you had started writing. In your memory you always had. Just as you always had liked girls. Yes, this topic had never left your side. Never ever in your life. It was always around. Luckily, you had been very open about this. At least, towards your parents you were. To the rest of the world as well. People knew, that's all that mattered.
''Y/N, dinner is ready!'' you could hear your mom yell up the stairs. Walking towards your door, standing in the doorway you looked once back at the bookcase. It was something special, the writing. It was part of you.
Dinner had been rather ordinary. Dad asking how your day was. You basically telling him that it was just as normal and quite stupid as ever before. Him grinning at your remark. Somehow he was always appreciating of your comments. Alas, not in arguments.
Your mom on the other hand had only been telling you what you had forgotten today. Which included, forgetting to put on the dishwashing machine, leaving the television on as you had left for school in the morning and, of course, forgetting to lock the front door.
Yeah, your mind was a messy place when your thoughts were consumed with lots of other things. Ideas for your writing, your friends, school, Audrey. It was just how your teenage-y brain worked.
After dinner you had agreed with your parents that you could go over to Brooke's, using 'doing homework' as an excuse. A classic, even though it was Friday night. You loved you could still pull that off. You left your house right after dinner. You didn't live that far away from Brooke put you took a different route. You had taken this route ever since you figured out your feelings towards Audrey and that was only about a month and a half ago. Right after Halloween.
Audrey had been looking at you with this different look in her eyes. Somehow it had switched something inside of you. Since that look, you had been falling really, really hard for the short black-haired girl.
The two of you had common friends, like Emma. And Zoey, who now dated Noah. So the two of you had been spending more and more time together, since all of you sat together at lunch and in the study hall. Before, you hadn't really disliked each other but there wasn't much of a friendship to be found as well.
But now. Now everything had changed. She only had to look at you and you could feel your heart beating harder, faster. You were glad that your body didn't show any sort of embarrassing behaviour whenever you were around Audrey. Oh man, were you happy about that. You could be cool on the outside, whilst freaking the fuck out on the inside.
As you were driving past Audrey's house you could see her sit outside on her porch with her hands in her hair. Looking frustrated, confused. You stopped your car, not able to help yourself to just move along. Audrey looked up when you shut your car door. ''Hey'' you said as you walked over to her, stopping when you noticed how weird this was.
''Hey?'' she said. Looking rather confused at your now flustered face. ''Wha- what are you doing here?'' she said with a bit of a broken voice, clearly questioning you. ''Oh… Yeah, no I was driving towards Brooke but I saw you sitting out here by yourself. Thought I'd stop for a bit and say hi?'' you said, as you stood in front of her putting your hand in your pocket. Playing with your keys in the other before putting them in your jean jackets pocket. ''Isn't Brooke's place much faster to reach when you don't drive past here?'' she said in a matter of fact manner.
Your eyes widened as you started to explain yourself, ''I, I took the wrong turn. So, so that's why I drove past here.'' You said, your hands talking with and for you. She nodded, seeming not sure if she believed you. ''Mind if I sit?'' you asked her whilst you walked over to her and sat down on the porch next to her. She nodded again.
''So, tell me. Why are you sitting out here?'' You asked, trying to keep the conversation going. ''Sometimes I just like to sit out here. Doing nothing really.'' She said as she looked at you, putting up a small smile. Continuing, ''No filming, not even watching the one-thousandth slasher movie Noah picked out.'' She laughed lightly. ''Yeah, I get that.'' You said in a small voice, flustered by the way she looked at you.
You were never going to find out how that night might have ended because as soon as you tried to speak up again you heard your phone. Someone was calling you. ''Oh shit.'' You said ''Brooke.'' As you pulled out your phone from the back-pocket of your jeans. You mouthed the word sorry when you picked up the phone. Audrey only put on a smile, grinning for a bit.
''Y/N!'' you heard Brooke almost yelling from the other side of the phone, ''Hi Brooke.'' ''Don't 'Hi Brooke' me Y/N.'' she continued in her oh so Brooke way. ''You were supposed to be here fifteen minutes ago. We're having a girls kind of night. Emma's already here, and you're late!'' Brooke said again. ''I know Brooke, I'm on my way. See you in ten, all right?'' you said as you looked back at Audrey who was still grinning. ''All right.'' You heard Brooke sigh on the other line. Before you could speak again Brooke had hung up the phone. Clearly, slightly, pissed.
You looked back at Audrey, ''I'd better go if I were you.'' She said, putting up serious but not so serious face, making you laugh. ''I should, shouldn't I?'' you said. She nodded firmly but ended up with a smile on her face. You stood up from the porch, ''Bye then.'' You said, ''Bye.'' Audrey said in return. You walked back to your car but you stopped and turned back towards Audrey whom was looking at you leave. ''See you Monday?'' you said. She nodded, ''Monday.'' You smiled back at her, turning around again and walking to your car. Leaving Audrey behind.
Minutes had passed when you had finally arrived ad Brooke's house, or as Noah and Audrey called it, 'the Maddox Mansion'. Which seemed appropriate since the house was huge. You walked inside, not knocking since you had been coming here since you were about six or seven years old. The more time you spent in 'the Maddox Mansion' the more it felt as a second home. You walked to the spiralling stairs and up to Brooke's room. Knocking on the door whilst you were entering you were greeted with ''Y/N, finally.'' From Brooke. ''Hi Brooke, I'm fine. How are you?'' you said sarcastically.
''No time for that Y/N. You and Emma need to help me plan this new year's eve party.'' She said, grabbing your arm and pulling you further into the room. ''You are throwing a new year's party?'' you said whilst you were greeted by Emma, who was sat on the bed, with a smile.
Brooke looked at you as if you just said the most ridiculous thing ever. ''Yes, Y/N, of course I'm going to throw a new year's eve party.'' She said, with a slightly annoyed sigh. ''Don't you know me like, at all?'' she said. ''Alright then.'' You said widening your eyes, looking at Emma who was laughing silently at the situation the played in front of her.
''Is Zoey coming?'' you asked to no one in particular whilst you took off the jeans jacket you always wore. ''No. She is not.'' Emma said, ''Of course she isn't.'' Brooke said as she sat down on the bed next to Emma. ''She's with Noah again tonight?'' you asked. Both girls nodded, the three of you were getting slightly annoyed with the missing part of your friend group. Since Zoey had completely fallen in love with Noah over the summer, she had been spending more and more time with him and forgetting you all at times.
''Well, that's her choice.'' You said, trying to avoid any more talking about it. You knew Zoey would turn back around one day. Not that her and Noah were going to break up, but you thought she'd noticed by now that you all missed her.
Moving on from the topic, the three of you started talking about new year's party. What kind of drinks you would be getting, who you would invite. Brooke insisted on inviting the entire junior and senior classes. But you settled on inviting only the senior class, because it was your own class and it would be your last year together as a group. It kind of had to be only the senior class, much to Brooke's disappointment. But she understood.
''So, Jake's coming. Kieran, Zoey and Noah.'' Brooke began, ''Audrey.'' You said, playing with a pen in your hand. Making sure Emma wouldn't forget putting her name on the list. ''Y/N, she is on the list. You said her name three times already.'' Emma said, looking up from her laptop. ''Oh, okay.'' You said, not really knowing what to say. Emma and Brooke were sitting on Brooke's bed and you were sitting on Brooke's desk chair with your feet upon the end of her bed.
''Why are you making sure she's on the list? I mean, you know she's going to come.'' Emma said, questioning you. ''It's not important.'' You said to Emma and Emma moved her head to the side. Not knowing what you meant by it's not important. When Emma tried to speak again, Brooke interrupted her. ''So, one last time. We have us, the group and the rest of the seniors all on the list now?'' Emma scrolled through her laptop, ''Yes. I believe so.''
''Good.'' Brooke said. ''What else do you want Brooke?'' you asked her. ''Well, I want lots of champagne. And fireworks, of course. They need to be seen over the lake.'' She said, already imagining it. ''Why don't you ask Jake about that? We don't know anything about fireworks.'' You said. ''I was planning too.'' Brooke said. ''And I want everywhere in the house, and on the patio, little Christmas lights.'' She continued, moving her hands as if she was imagining it already.
''Didn't know you were such a romantic, Brooke.'' You were laughing at the comment that Emma had made. Brooke did not respond to the comment, clearly not amused. ''I bet it will look cute though.'' You said, earning a smile from Brooke.
''Now that this is all settled, can we please move on to the real 'girls night' you promised us Brooke?'' you said after everything was taking care of. Emma shut her laptop and said, ''Yeah Brooke, what did you have in mind for us?''
''You girls want wine?'' she said, smirking, not giving you and Emma a chance to answer as she already pulled out a bottle and three glasses from under her bed.
You and Emma laughed at her and gracefully accepted the wine, you could use some. I had been a long week with school and Christmas preparations. A long week as well since one certain person wasn't able to leave your mind.
The same person you kept thinking about for the rest of the 'girls night'.
A/N: Sorry for any grammer mistakes! Keep in mind that English isn't my first language. Thanks for reading all of this though! Hope you liked it and I really hope you are able to stick around for the next chapter! (Thanks for all the support you guys have given me already. Really appreciate it!)
