Brooklyn glanced over her shoulder as Harry drove away from her house and sighed. She made her way up to her house and paused when Brandon opened the door and raised an eyebrow at her.
"Hi," Brooklyn said.
"Hi," Brandon said lowly. "Who was that?"
"Um, Sasha," Brooklyn lied. "I stayed round her house last night, remember?"
"That's not her car," Brandon frowned.
"No? Oh... um, not it's not," Brooklyn said. "It's... her brother's car. Her's was getting serviced."
"Sasha has a brother?" Brandon questioned.
"Er, yeah," Brooklyn nodded. "He travels a lot so he's rarely home."
"What's he called?"
"Why are you so curious?" Brooklyn wondered and arched an eyebrow. "Somebody interested?" She teased.
Brandon gave Brooklyn a cold look and she laughed, walking past him and into the house. "What's his name?"
"You don't believe me," Brooklyn said and narrowed her eyes. "Why would lie to you, B?" Brooklyn made her way up the stairs and frowned to her self. She lied so easily. She didn't feel guilty. "...His name is Harrison."
*
Brooklyn grabbed her phone and checked the time. She had 20 minutes until her doctors appointment. Brooklyn made her way downstairs and greeted her aunt by kissing her on the cheek.
"Morning, you," Lisa said cheerily. "Did you have a good night?"
"It," Brooklyn paused, "was eventful."
"That's good, I'm so glad you're making friends so quickly," Lisa said sincerely as Brooklyn searched the kitchen cabinets for some aspirin.
"Yeah, the girls are really nice," Brooklyn nodded. "So is everyone else I've met." Brooklyn knew that wasn't exactly true.
"How's that boy?" Lisa wondered, smiling knowingly at her niece.
"What boy?" Brooklyn asked innocently, not looking at her aunt as she took the pills, washing them down with water.
"Don't lie to me, young lady," Lisa chuckled. "I know he dropped you home this morning. I know you lied to Brandon about it."
"What... how?" Brooklyn gasped and Lisa smiled.
"I was a teenager once, you know," Lisa said and raised her eyebrows. "Why did you lie to Brandon?"
"He... they don't get along," Brooklyn grumbled.
"You lied?" Brandon called and Brooklyn gasped, biting her lip as she turned to face Brandon. "So it was Harry."
"It wasn't Harry," Brooklyn blurted.
"He's an ass," Brandon fumed. "He's bad news, the whole lot of them are!"
"Do you know them? Actually know him?" Brooklyn questioned.
"Well enough to know that you shouldn't get mixed up with them," Brandon snapped.
"Oh, well- would you look at the time! I have an appointment!" Brooklyn said as she glanced at her phone. "Bye!" Brooklyn hurried past Brandon and rushed out of the house. She let out a breath when the door shut behind her and she quickly bent down to re-tie her trainers before setting off at a run.
She made it to the doctors surgery a few minutes before her appointment and took a seat in the waiting area, readjusting her pony tail that had come loose during her run.
Brooklyn rubbed her head as the pressure increased and she sighed. "Just go," she grumbled and crossed her arms over her chest.
"Miss Fox?" Brooklyn looked up as a man opened a door and smiled at her. "Please, come in."
Brooklyn stood and walked over to the doctor and entered his room. She sat down on the chair as he sat at his desk.
"I'm Doctor Collins, but please call me Doc. I work part time at this surgery. How can I help you today?"
"I er... I've been having this pressure in my head recently and it's not going. I was just wondering if there was any pain killers or medicine that would help."
"Pressure?" Doc wondered. "Does it hurt? Is it painful?"
"Not painful, it's just like someone is squeezing my head. Sometimes it's worse and sometimes it's just there, it disappears briefly but it comes back quite quickly," Brooklyn explained and Doc frowned.
"How long has this been happening?"
Brooklyn chewed on her lip. "Since I moved to this town."
"You moved here?"
"Yes, on Monday," Brooklyn nodded.
"So you've had this... headache for 5 days?"
"Yep."
"Have you tried any pain relief? Aspirin or-"
"I've tried," Brooklyn nodded. "It doesn't work. It's not a pain exactly, it's just super uncomfortable and really annoying."
Doc sat up straight in his seat and stared directly at Brooklyn. "Is it there now?"
"Yes."
Doc frowned. "I'll write you a prescription for some stronger medication. If that doesn't work then come back to me, but I'm sure it will go." Doc gave Brooklyn a strange look and she shifted uncomfortably in her seat as Doc looked off into the distance, completely ignoring her. After a few moments Doc coughed and reached for something on his desk. "I'm sure it's nothing," Doc said and smiled at Brooklyn.
Brooklyn nodded and frowned at Doc as he started writing something.
The pressure had gone.
*
"Where were you!" Sasha exclaimed as her, Alice and Violet joined Brooklyn at the diner. "You ditched us, why?"
"Harry," Brooklyn blurted. "And I didn't mean to ditch you!"
"You ditched us for the guy we're meant to be hiding you from?" Violet wondered.
"We're doing a shit job," Alice grumbled.
"He turned up outside my house on Friday and we wouldn't leave until I got in his car. And then he decided to not drive to school," Brooklyn explained.
"Where did you go?" Sasha asked.
"The beach."
"He took you to the beach?" Violet frowned. "That does not sound like him."
"And then on the way home we had an argument, I got out of the car and he left me in the middle of nowhere," Brooklyn added.
"Ah, that's more like him," Sasha nodded.
"He left you?" Violet gasped.
Brooklyn nodded. "But he came back and I was kinda freaking out and half conscious so when I woke up I was at his house."
"You went to his house!" Sasha gasped.
"I've not even been there and Kal lives there!" Alice exclaimed.
"I know he lives with Greyson, but Kal too?"
Alice nodded. "It's weird, I know."
"So, I didn't intentionally ditch on you guys," Brooklyn finished and smiled sheepishly. "Sorry."
"It's fine, as long as you didn't do anything with Harry. We can still hide you from his advanc- What did you do?" Sasha noticed Brooklyn's guilty expression and crossed her arms over her chest.
"I didn't do anything," Brooklyn defended. "He kissed me."
"Brooke!" Sasha whined. "I thought you wanted us to hide you from him!"
"I do!" Brooklyn said quickly. "I can't be near him, it's not good for me."
"Yet you always end up kissing him," Violet said and raised an eyebrow at Brooklyn who groaned and covered her face with her hands.
"It just happens!"
"It's like when I try and go on a diet," Alice nodded. "Eating chocolate; it just happens."
"Slightly different, A," Sasha chuckled. "Now, we need a plan."
"Good, I've been thinking about starting my diet again-"
"For Brooke, not you, idiot," Sasha said and rolled her eyes at Alice. "Operation Hide Brooklyn 2.0 starts now."
"Good luck you to," Brooklyn mumbled.