(I am debating whether to start this story so if you like the beginning please say so, because if you like it I will continue it)

(If I continue it, it will not be a normal Brucas story the first half a dozen chapters will be on Brooke and her mates. There will be a massive secret Brooke is unsure to give to her co-stars and Lucas!)

(It is a big secret)

Here we go……

Chapter 1 – July 2004

Brooke was sitting alone in her room covered with pictures of her and her mates;

'The Mismatches'

Well that is what Jake calls them, because they are so individual and unique they shouldn't fit as a group but they all do really well. She looked at the dozens of pictures of the group and then at the one of her and her parents that looked years old, they were both on mobiles and weren't even looking at Brooke. She began to tear up as she pulled the picture from her mirror and onto her lap; she looked down at it and began to cry uncontrollably. She moved the hair from her face and inhaled. Then she ripped the two sides off of the picture which were occupied by her parents and wiped her eyes.

'I have a room full of pictures and only one of my parents and they're not even paying any attention to me, what does that say about what they think about me.' She thought aloud.

'At least your parents don't insist on taking you and all your friends to camp!' Jake said trying to lift the mood as he walked in, she laughed slightly. 'Come here B.' He sighed as he pulled her into a hug. He felt her go weak in his arms, he hadn't seen her upset for a while and she hadn't been this upset since last year when Mike did what he did, that was a massive blow to her. He thought but still she carried on regardless being the Brooke he loved, strictly platonically of course but still he loved her and this teenager found it in her heart to forgive Mike and what he did. He made a promise to himself if anyone tried to hurt her he'd kill them. He couldn't let her get hurt like this again. He was fed up of all of it especially the tears her parents caused her regularly.

'They don't love me, they pay me off.' She cried.

'Brooke...'

'Don't; don't say that they do because we both know you'd be lying!' She whispered.

Jake inhaled heavily 'I'm sorry B.'

The car horn went off.

He knew what would happen next and it happened; she broke from his hug and gave her trademark dimpled smile, which he noticed was a more little broken today than yesterday. He saw her falling apart day by day and no one else seemed to noticed, he wasn't sure how much more pain she could take. Jake and Brooke were best friends, closer than most brother and sisters and he was the only one she showed her true emotions to 100 of the time. She wouldn't let any except him get this close to her and if there was any sign of someone else about to interrupt she would pretend everything was fine. The horn was the sign.

'Don't be' she paused, 'because I have a set of surrogate parents who are about to take you, me and the rest of the reject crew to summer camp!' She exclaimed trying to cover her feelings before any came to get them but she also felt energetic, she was getting excited by the idea of spending entire two weeks with all her friends. She grabbed her case off her bed and opened her front door, 'Come on, Jake!' She yelled.

'Coming.' He yelled back admiring the way she conducted herself after so many letdowns mostly from her parents.

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'Hey Tiger' Haley shouted.

'Haley, dear could you keep it down a bit?' Jake's mother asked.

'Sure, Mrs Jagelski.'

'Hey Brooke' Mike said

'Hey' she said avoiding his eyes, she still was a bit hurt by what he did to her, but she knew after this holiday they would go back to how it was before, when the group got along all the time and there were no arguments. Currently the only argument was between Jake and Mike. Brooke knew it was about her.

Brooke clambered into the back of the massive car past Jake, Skills and Mike and the front of the car, past Fergie and Mouth in the middle and into the back with Haley. She fancied some girl talk for the duration of the five minute ride to camp.

'Hey Skills, Fergie, Mouth, Nice welcome thanks, I appreciate it.'

'Sorry baby, I know you'll forgive me cause I'm your number one basketball player' Skills yelled obviously trying to irritate Fergie.

Fergie hit Skills with his basketball magazine 'We all know he stretches the truth, I'm obviously the number one, right Brooke!'

'Shut up man' Skills yelled

'Brooke, I so am, tell him!'

'I'm not getting involved!'

Brooke laughed at the conversation they were having.

Haley pitched in, 'What about Jake, he is really amazing' she knew she was stirring, 'but Mouth and Mike, obviously the best' she said knowingly that Haley was better than the two of them and Haley was bad.

'Come on be serious' Skills yelled

'Hales, who is the best player?' Fergie asked getting frustrated.

'Brooke' she answered honestly.

Brooke had always been better than all of them and was probably the best player out of the three different schools they went to.

'But…' Skills, Fergie and Jake tried to argue, Jake not wanting to be thought of as a worse player than a girl. They all knew it was true.

'It's true' Mike said simply.

'Thanks Mike' Brooke said genuinely, she knew that she would get over what he did.

'We're here!' Jake's dad yelled as everyone became quiet by the sight if the camp and more importantly the reforming genuine friendship between Mike and Brooke that the 'Mismatches' believed would tear them apart.

Next Up (if you guys like it and I continue)

The gang meet a new guy.

A bet starts off an interesting night of games

Quote from an upcoming chapter: Get off, No get off! Aaaaahhhhhhhh!