Wanna Bet? by R. S. Burnett

Matt
and Luke are the only ones and now you”
    “ They know and
they haven’t done anything?”
    “ I told you,
there’s nothing that can be done”
    “ Brooke, you
don’t have to go through this alone. Talk to Sophie she loves you”
he says softly.
    I lay back on
the bed and close my eyes “The saddest thing is there are a so many
people in my life that claim to love me but how can any of them
mean it when none of them completely know me?” I ask
sadly , realising how alone I
truly am in this world. I feel the bed dip when Tucker lies down
next to me and wraps his arms around me.
    “ I’ll stay
with you every night if it means that you don’t have to live
through whatever keeps you awake at night” he tells me and kisses
my forehead.
    “ I’m glad I
met you” I curl myself deeper into him.
    We both jump
up off the bed when the door bursts open.
    “ Oops sorry,
didn’t mean to interrupt” Beth smirks at us before she closes the
door again.
    “ Promise me
you won’t tell anyone anything that I’ve told you tonight” I ask
and search his eyes.
    “ I promise” he
smiles at me and I can see the determination in his eyes but see no
sign of a lie.
    “ I suppose I
better go talk to Sophie” I sigh standing up and straightening my
top and jacket.
    “ Yeah, do you
want me to stay with you tonight?” he asks getting up from the bed
himself.
    “ No, I think
Sophie and I need a night to sort things out, thanks though” I
smile at him as I leave the room to find Sophie. After trying to
hunt her down I find out she’s already left so I head back to our
room hoping she’s there.
     
    S omeone joining me in
my bed wakes me up.
    “ Tuck?” I ask
quietly.
    “ No it’s me, I
just got in. Sorry for what I said earlier Brooke. I was tired and
stressed , I shouldn’t have
said what I did it was wrong of me. Of course Tucker can still stay
in our room if it helps you”
    “ It’s okay, he
knows now, I told him everything earlier”
    “ You’ll be
okay but promise you won’t go back there” she asks quietly settling
down next to me bed.
    “ I promise. He
wasn’t there today, just my mom” I whisper as the sleep takes me
once again.

Chapter Seven
     
    “ I had sex
with your boyfriend last night” I look up to see Beth staring at me
with a smug smile on her face.
    “ Who’s my
boyfriend?” I ask truly confused.
    “ Tucker” she
says turning to look at him I follow her eyes and see he is
watching us both.
    “ He’s not my
boyfriend” I say for what feels like the millionth time this
week.
    “ Sure,
everyone knows you are in love with him, he’s not in love with you
though because he slept with me , so that shows you how much he cares”
    “ He can sleep
with who ever he wants, we ’re
just friends, I wish people would start realising that that’s all
we are, I’m getting bored with all the accusations now”
    “ Please, I’ve
seen the way you look at him” she says smugly . I resist the urge to roll my eyes.
    “ What do you
want Beth?” I ask bored now
    “ To let you
know that no matter who you love or what ever it is you call it, I
will always be there, and they will always choose to have sex with
me over you”
    “ Beth really,
everyone knows how easy it is to get you in to bed”
    “ I can’t help
it if men like me, just like I couldn’t help it when Jason liked me
when you were with him” she says smugly again
    “ No honestly
its just because you are a guarantee lay, the only problem is, they
do it because they know that you will definitely put out where as
it you do it because you are so insecure that you need a cock
inside you to feel something because without that you are
empty”
    I wasn’t
expecting the slap, I don’t think I even realised it happened until
I could taste the blood in my mouth as the cut on my lip is ripped
back open from the force.
    “ Did you feel
anything then?” I ask her, I know I’m just encouraging her, but
this girl really gets on my