After All This Time

Don't tell anyone

Dear me,

Me and Brooke have been hanging out all week basically. I've grown so much closer to her and I'm having so much with her. Me and Chloe haven't really been spending much time together which makes me sad. Chloe can't stand Brooke, I don't know what happened to them but I want to know. Chloe warned me about hanging out with Brooke so much but I don't really understand why she suddenly doesn't like me hanging out with Brooke because she gave me her number.

Brooke is over right now. We're watching a movie. Some movie she likes. I don't really like it. We're both sitting in silence when suddenly my phone starts ringing. I look at the caller ID that says it's Chloe. I walk out of the living room so I won't disturb the movie. "Hey babe." I say when I pick up the phone and also making sure no one could hear me say babe.

"Emma, are you busy?" She asks me. "Just hanging out with Brooke why?" I tell her. "I miss you." Chloe says. Chloe went to a party with some of her friends. We've both been spending a lot of time with our friends and not much with each other.

"I miss you too." I say meaning every word. I wish we could spend more time with each other. "Can we do something tomorrow? Just the two of us?" I ask her. "Yes of course we can, already looking forward to it." Chloe says. "I gotta go now, I love you sweetheart." She says and I smile. "I love you too babe." I say and we both hang up.

I walk back into the living room where Brooke was sitting and she was scrolling through her phone. The movie had ended. "It's over." Brooke says and I nod. "Yup. Do you wanna sleep over?" I ask her and she nods her head. "Sure why not." She says and I smile.

We go upstairs to my room. I lay down a mattress and a blanket for Brooke to sleep on. Brooke gets in pjs of mine and so do I. I have been wanting to ask Brooke what happened between Chloe and her and why they're not friends anymore.

"Brooke?" I ask her as she's just got under the blanket. "Yes?" She answers. "Chloe had told me you and her used tob e friends but now Chloe seems to hate you, what happened?" I ask her nervous about her answer.

"Oh well It's complicated but um Chloe and I used to date and we didn't break up on good terms." Brooke confessed. Brooke and Chloe dated? I think Chloe could have mentioned that before. Did Brooke break Chloe's heart? Brooke doesn't seem to hate Chloe that much so that's a logical explanation. I wish I knew.

"Oh." I say awkwardmy and lay with my back down staring up at the ceiling. "Are you okay?" She asks me. No obviously I'm not alright. My best friend, my only friend, is my girlfriends ex. "Yeah I'm fine." I say and turn on my side looking at the wall. We both soon fall asleep.

I wake up the next day remebering what Brooke said to last night. I can't believe Chloe never told me. Speaking of Chloe, I look on my phone and see a text from her. 'Can't wait to hang out with you today, come to my room when you wake up.' The text says. Brooke is still sleeping. I get out of my bed and walk over to Chloe's room.

I knock on her door and I hear her say come in. I walk into the room and see Chloe sitting on her bed with her laptop. "Hey cutie." She says when she sees me and she puts her laptop away. "Before you start kissing me I wanna ask you something." I say. I don't want to start the day without talking about what Brooke told me last night.

"What's up." She asks. I sit down next to her on her bed. I take a deep breath. I hope this will go alright. "Why have you never told me you used to date Brooke?" I ask her and she sighs. I don't think she saw this coming.

"How do you know?" She asks me and looks at me. "Brooke told me last night." I say calmly. It's not that I'm mad at Chloe for never telling me but I honestly really want to know what happened tot hem. "Well yeah we dated for a while and she broke up with me and she broke my heart. I don't know why I've never told you I'm sorry." She says honestly.

"Is that why you've been warning me about her?" I ask and she nods. "Why did you even give me her number then?" I ask and she sighs. "I wanted you to have a friend." Chloe tells me. "You know someone to hang out with when I can't and now that I see you laughing and having fun with Brooke it makes me happy but also jealous because I'm scared she's gonna hurt me again by taking you away from me." Chloe says sad. "No one is going to take me away from you Chloe." I say and take her hand. She smiles and I smile too.

"If you don't want me to hang out with Brooke that's fine." I say. I actually don't want to stop hanging out with Brooke. It's nice to finally have a friend. "No, she seems to make you happy and all I want is for my baby to be happy." She says. I smile. "Thanks."

"By the way Brooke slept over last night." I say waiting for Chloe's reaction but she stays calm. "I know. I wanted to kiss you goodnight but you were already asleep and I saw Brooke so I didn't but it's alright don't worry." She says. "Well kiss me now then." I say smirking. "Don't have to ask me twice."

She puts her hand on my cheek and leans in closer to me to kiss me. I kiss her back. It gets a little heated as we start making out. Her hands go under my shirt. I flinch a little when she touches my scar and I stop for a second. "You alright?" She asks me. I nod. "Yeah I'm fine." I say and start kissing her again. Her hands go around my back as I could feel her fingers touching all of my scars. She hasn't seen all of them. She only saw the one on my stomach. She has never seen my back and I'm really insecure about it still. I try to not let it bother me.

"Umm hello." A voice speaks. s**t it was Brooke. Chloe and I stop kissing. Chloe looks towards Brooke and I look the other way, too scared to face her. s**t s**t s**t s**t. This is not good.

"What are you doing in my room." Chloe says getting her rage on. "I was wondering where Emma was and well now I found out." Brooke says. "This is why you acted so weird last night when I told you me and Chloe used to date." Brooke says and laughs a little.

I finally turn around and face Brooke. "Please don't tell anyone." I beg her. "I won't don't worry. I know how much trouble it would get you into because she's your foster sister and all." Brooke says and I sigh in relieve. "Thank you!" I say and I get up and hug Brooke.