| Points of Authority Chapter 23 |
| Brooke made her way into the hospital. The morning sun was shining, but it was a gloomy day. She walked quietly to recooperation. As she entered the waiting room she saw familiar faces of those she had spent the last couple of months with. It was time to confront them, she knew it. "Hey Everyone." She said trying to sound as if nothing had happened, but it was difficult. A lot had happened. "Hi" Everyone greeted her. They tried not to be angry. After all she was only doing her job. "Can I see Chris?" She asked hopefully for their approval. Lance stared at her apprehensively. "JC's in there now, but you can go over. Room 5." Lance said once he saw the hope in her eyes unfamiliar brown eyes. "Thank you." Brooke said then excused herself. As she walked down the hall she became nervous. What would she say? What would he say? Before she had time to think of what to say she had arrived at the room. She was about to open the door when it opened for her. She was faced with the bright blue eyes of JC Chasez. "Hi" She said nervously. "Uh hi. I guess you wanna see Chris right?" JC asked knowing the answer. "Yeah uh if that's ok with you." Brooke said looking down. "Why would you need my approval? It's a free country." He smiled and walked past her. Brooke pushed the door open and took a deep breath. As she entered the room her brown eyes met Chris' chocolate eyes which stared at her. "Hey Chris" Brooke said. "Hi, Riley" he said. "Brooke, It's Brooke, remember?" "Oh yeah, I forgot" he said quietly and looked down. "I'm sorry." She said quietly. "Why? You didn't do anything." "Exactly!" She said frusterated. "It wasn't your fault. So you aren't Riley. Anything else I should know?" Chris asked with a smile. He was taking this very well. "I'm 30. I have brown hair and I guess you noticed the brown eyes right?" Brooke said ashamed. "I like brunettes" Chris said and reached over and held her hand. Brooke looked down at it silently. She knew they couldn't be together. It was impossible. "Chris we can't be together." She said and pulled her hand away. "What do you mean? Why not?" He asked and sat up. It was easy since he wasn't attached to an IV. "Because, It's difficult-" "Isn't that what makes a relationship? Difficulties and getting through them?" Chris said. "No, this is different. You don't know me. Riley is completely different from me. She's nice and sweet and cutesy. And I'm mean and bitchy and sarcastic." Brooke said not wanting to look at him. "I can get to know you." Chris said. "No! You can't. I live in New York and we'll never see eachother again. It won't work." She said completely on the verge of tears. "We can make it work. Ri- Brooke I love you." "No, you love Riley." Brooke said as she held back tears. She slowly stood up. "It was nice knowing you, Chris." Brooke said took a deep breath and walked out of the room. "Brooke!" Chris said loudly. but she didn't turn around. She kept walking. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Brooke sat on the air plane. She had just gotten on her flight to New York. The tears were welling up in her eyes. "Why am I gonna cry? We don't belong together!" She told herself silently. "I'll never see him again!" The tears silently rolled down her cheecks. She would miss him. She would miss JC. She would miss Jill and her talks and her ability to make a person confess anything. She would miss Justin and his jokes. She would miss Sade and the way she always was on top of things. She would miss Joey and his sweetness. She would miss Lance even though he had been bitter to her in the hospital. She would miss Katie and her ability to make people smile when they were down. But most of all she would miss Chris. They way he held her close and kissed her forehead. The way he called her Princess and any other stupid nickname he made up that she would hate if anyone else called her that. She would miss him. She sat on the plane as it took of hoping that she would not have made the biggest mistake of her life. |