Brooke called her father and asked if she could hang with Terra and Jack. Her dad was pleased that she had made friends so fast. "Don't go doing any drugs or anything though." Frank joked. Brooke laughed, she wasn't the type of girl to do that stuff. "C'mon lets go." Terra said. Brooke hung up the phone and walked to where they were meeting. "Hey guys." Terra smiled. "Sup." Reid and OZ replied. "Where's Reggie and Jack?" Brooke asked, she really only cared to know where Jack was but didn't want to raise suspicion. "Dunno….hey Oz you got the shit?" Reid asked. Oz smiled and patted his coat pocket. "Just enough." He said. Brooke was curious as to what they were talking about but decided she's leave it alone.
Jack was at his locker getting his books. He didn't tell his friends but, he was a good student, who did his homework and got good grades. He just happened to be high while doing it. He really hoped that Brooke wouldn't say anything about him tutoring her. He didn't want the rest of them know. Jack looked at the photo in his locker of his mom. She was so kind and wonderful. He always felt guilty when he was off to do drugs because he knew his mother would hate it. She always told him that he shouldn't do that. Not anymore. "You're safe now Jackie." She would say. Jack shook himself out of his guilt. "I want to do this shit. I like to do it." He said quietly to himself. He grabbed his bag and closed his locker.
"Hey Jack." Reggie said as she came up behind him. "So do you like have a thing for the new girl?" she asked. There was more than a hint of jealous in her voice. Jack laughed. "I've know her for one day. She's alright. Why?" Reggie shrugged. "No reason, but you'd tell me right? I mean we're friends." "Yeah, sure. Now c'mon we're late." Jack really wouldn't tell Reggie anything. She wasn't trustworthy. She was a little bit crazy at times. "Alright." Reggie said. She didn't believe Jack. But she wouldn't argue. He sometimes had a bit of a temper.
They arrived where the group was supposed to meet. They exchanged greetings then caught the bus to their hang out spot. It was a run down old building. That was graphitised, and destroyed, but no one could find them their, and no ever care there except them, so it worked just fine. Brooke couldn't help but wonder why this place hadn't been torn down. After walking a little ways into it, she saw a place set up with a stereo, three couches and a card table. "it isn't much, but it's home." Oz said. They all sat down on their couches. "I'm using the can." Reggie declared as she walked away. "Where's that?" Brooke asked Terra. "Just over there, it's and actually toilet, with a sink and soap." Brooke sighed with relief. Reid and Terra were sitting together on one, Oz was on another and Jack was on another. Brooke wanted to next to Jack, but didn't want to seem eagear or too forward. Jack smiled at her, he patted the seat beside him. "If you want." He said. Brooke beamed with excitement. "Alright." She sat down and got herself comfortable. "So what do you guys do here?" she asked. She thought they played cards and listened to music. She was wrong. Oz stood up and turned on the music.
Oz took out a plastic bag from his coat pocket. In it was pot and cocaine. Brooke stared at the stuff. Oh shit. She could not do drugs. She wasn't that type of person. She was a good girl. She had good grades, did homework, didn't do drugs or smoke, and she only drank on New Years eve. This was major. Jack looked over to Brooke, she looked scared. He didn't want to peer pressure her. "You don't have to do it if you're scared." He said to her. He meant it to be nice, and compassionate. But Brooke took it like a contest. "I'm no scared." She was offended. Did he think she was a chicken? No, she wasn't. Fuck him. She could do it. "Light it up." She said to Oz. They all smiled. Brooke would do pot, okay but not cocaine, that was way to major. And that shit is addictive.
Jack up a joint, for them to share. Reggie entered the room and sat beside Oz. She gave Brooke a dirty look. "Wow you're actually doing drugs?" "Only pot." Brooke replied. She started to feel calm, very calm. She laughed for no reason. Jack smiled. Reggie did not like what was happening. She made two rails of cocaine and snorted them. "Fuck yes." She said. After a little while, they all sat there listening to music. It was kind of fun, surprisingly. Brooke wasn't scared but she did feel horribly sick. She stood up, but could barely keep herself up. "Shit." She said, she wobbled out the door. When she was a little ways away she puked. "Fuck." She said, then she collapsed. Thank-fully Jack had followed her and he caught her in mid fall. "Fuck, guys!" He yelled. They all came out. "Sup dude?" Reid asked stupidly.
Terra gasped when she saw Brooke passed out in Jack's arms. "I'm taking her home, bye guys." Jack lifted Brooke up. The others waved bye and went inside. Jack wasn't scared. Everyone has a bad trip once in awhile. But he did he feel bad for her. Her first time and she passed out. That's shitty. Jack's first time was when he was 9, he was in this foster home and he caught the man who was supposed to taking care of him, smoking. They ended up smoking all night. The man beat Jack the next day. Jack shuddered at the memory. Brooke started to awake. She looked up Jack and smiled. "You're hott." She giggled. "Yeah and your high. But cute." Jack told her. Brooke smiled. She felt like shit but she was very aware she was in Jack's arms. "Don't take me home. Dad'll kill me." She mumbled. Jack nodded. "Don't worry."
Brooke closed her eyes. Jack took her back to his place. He looked over at Brooke's house, no one was home. Thank-fully no one was home at his place either. He took her into his room, he laid her down on his bed, and when t o go get water. She slept for about and hour. She woke up perfectly un-high, with a slight head ache. She sat up and looked around. The room had posters of rock bands on the walls, clothes on the floor and two guitars. Jack was lying of he floor asleep." What time is it?" she thought. He looked over at the clock. It was only 7pm. Wow. She went to stand but then Jack woke-up. "Hey." He smiled. Brooke blushed. "Hey…i'm sorry, I acted pathetic, and I'm so embarrassed, I'm sorry. Thank-you for taking care of me." Jack stood up. "Have some water." He handed her a glass. "You know when I was 13 I had this really bad trip when I took some E. I thought I was being chased, so I screamed and ran right into a wall. I broke my nose. I was with my brother Bobby and he still wont let me forget it. "Jack laughed. Brooke smiled. "Thanks." Jack sat down on the bed beside her.
"I feel stupid." She said. She hadn't meant to say it out loud. "You've never done drugs right? So if you do them again, it wont be as bad." Brooke laughed. "I think next time I do drugs I want to be somewhere safe yeah know? Maybe with just you or something. Less people to laugh at me." Brooke laughed. Jack wanted to hold her. He wanted to put his arm around her. He felt this connection with her he had never felt before. It was like he could sense her emotions. But why? This was all new to Jack; the only people he really cared about were his brothers and his mom and maybe Reid occasionally. But with Brooke he wanted to protect her. "I'd better go." Brooke stood up "Thanks again. I'm sorry." She walked out the door. "Bye." Jack said quietly. She ran into Jack's brother Angel and his girlfriend Sofi. He smiled "Hey neighbour." "Hi and bye." She said as she walked out the door. "Jackie you had a girl in your room?!?" he yelled as he ran into Jack's room. "Shit man I'm proud!" Angel hugged Jack. "Fuck you, it wasn't like that. She isn't like that." "She's not a lesbian?" Angel asked. Jack hit him in the shoulder. "Go bang your Latina lover." Jack said. Angel laughed and left.
Brooke walked over to her house. When she got inside her Dad had left her a note. "Gone to McDonalds with the twins, we'll bring you back something" Brooke wasn't hungry, actually that was a lie she was starving, maybe she had the munchies? Either way she didn't want food, she wanted to think. She went up to her room. She sat at her desk and typed her friend April an e-mail. She also added Terra, Oz, Reggie, Reid and Jack to her msn. Terra messaged her asking is she was ok. Brooke told her what happened. "But don't tell anyone, promise?" she asked. Terra replied "not a soul." Brooke resisted to urge to look over into Jack's window. He was lying on his bed listening to his head phones holding his guitar, thinking about Brooke.
Not anything special about her. Just about what she would feel like in his arms? What it would be like to talk to her? Maybe he could tell her the shit he's always wanted to tell someone. Maybe she could help him feel better. He seemed to smile more when she was around. Was she a virgin? Probably. Maybe he could be her first, they could share their souls emotionally and physically. Jack laughed at himself. He was such a deep romantic. If he told his friends or his brother they would kill him. But he could tell Brooke. She would understand. Hopefully.
At the same time Brooke was thinking about Jack. Whether he was good kisser, and how cute they would look together as prom dates. Maybe they could have those al night conversations she always dreamed about. But there was one problem; Reggie, she was madly in love with him. Was Brooke? He seemed so troubled, it was sexy yes, but scary. Brooke had never really known people who had such sad, rough lives. But maybe if they got together everything would work it's self out.
The next few weeks nothing special happened. Brooke would hang with them at their spot, but wouldn't do any drugs. She and Jack both thought about each other non-stop, falling more and more in love every minute. But they were both so shy, and were afraid of what everyone would think nothing happened. Terra knew the entire time, and she was determined to get them together. She put her master plan into action at a grad-class-bonfire, in December.
