Author's Note: Bam! There you go. I have wanted to work on this multiple times over the last week but I've just been too damn busy with the musical. It is done and over with though tear. I know it's short but I thought I'd leave it where I did. I promise that the next ones will be longer! Not too many more big surprises I want to whip out and leave you hanging with. I also promise I will have more time now. Especially with us getting off of school in a bit. BAM! Enjoy.
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"What?" he heard her stutter. He wasn't looking at her. He was looking at his hands. Maybe he shouldn't have told her. Maybe she really didn't need to know. There was no use looking back now. What was done was done. "You're joking, right? They can't do that."
"I'm not joking Brooke." He finally let his eyes meet hers. He wanted to let her know that he really was serious. He also wanted to let her know that it was going to be alright.
"But they can't do that! What about us? What about me?" Everything was going to be alright. Telling her was almost like a formality. It meant nothing. It wasn't going to mean anything until after they were both out of college. Nothing would have to change now. Later yes. But not now.
"Nothing has to change, Brooke. Everything's going to be fine." Why won't she believe that everything was going to be fine? Dammit! Why did he even tell her?
"What do you mean everything's going to be fine? You're engaged! How the hell does nothing have to change?" Couldn't she see? Of course she couldn't! How could she? She just found out that her boyfriend has a previous engagement. Literally. She had every right to be mad. Didn't she?
"Nothing's going to happen until after we're out of college. Right now we just want to live normal lives."
"But that makes no sense!" Now he was just making her mad. Why couldn't she understand? Why did she have to be so difficult? She was acting as if he had done something wrong! He had done nothing! There was nothing he could do about it!
"It may not make any sense to you, but it does to us. Please Brooke! Let's just forget about it!" He shouldn't have told her. He really shouldn't have. He should have known that she wouldn't get it.
"Why would you even tell me if you wanted me to forget about it? Why did you tell me?" She had a good point. God, he didn't even remember the reason he told her! She was just making him so angry! Why did she have to be like this?
"You know what? I don't even know why I told you! Maybe I did it because I thought you should know." Now he remembered. He did have a reason. He did need to tell her. She did need to hear it. "Maybe I told you because she's coming to stay with me next week and I thought I might fill you in on what was going on!"