After getting the biggest bombshell dropped onto me about my family's past I returned home for some time to think. Thankfully Ashley was still out with her friends because there was no way I would be able to tell her about this. How can you even bring something like this up to someone let alone your girlfriend? Yeah guess what, you're dating the next leader of a fucking mafia. I had no idea what I was going to do so I called Pamela over since I needed someone to talk to. Pamela arrived shortly as I let her into the house. "Brooke, what's up? I haven't seen you this worked up like ever." She asked me worriedly.

"Um. Promise you won't judge or leave me or hate me for eternity?" I asked. "I would never." Pamela gasped, offended. I took a deep breath before looking Pamela in the eye. "I'm the next leader of the Mexican Mafia." I confessed slightly afraid of her reaction. "Shut the front door." Her mouth was open as she stared at me. "Yeah." I rubbed my arm sheepishly. "Brooklyn! This is so cool! I've never had friend in the Mafia before!" She smiled excitedly. "That isn't usually something you should have." I raised an eyebrow. "You're rich! Oh my god! This is amazing!" She squealed wrapping her arms around me leaving me stunned.

"Pam. How am I supposed to tell Ashley? She's gonna freak!" I paced in my living room. "Are you kidding? Ashley completely adores you. She's been by your side through everything. I'm sure she'll stay by you through this as well. Hell, she might even join your gang." Pamela said watching me pace. "You don't know that! She could just leave me just like that! What if she goes back to AJ? What if she goes back to Andrade? I can't lose her again Pam! I just can't!" I sobbed falling onto the floor in fear of losing Ashley. "Hey, hey. Ashley wouldn't do that to you again. I won't let her. If she leaves you she'll have to deal with me." She spoke seriously.

A car pulled up outside as Hunter ran to the window and started running around in circles. "She's home!" I screamed. "Calm yourself Brooke. Remember, Ashley loves you. Just tell her what happened and you'll deal with it together." Pamela reassured me and gave me one last hug before leaving. Ashley walked in and placed her things down. "Hey babe." She smiled. I quickly ran to her and wrapped her in the tightest hug possible. "I'M THE NEXT LEADER OF THE MEXICAN MAFIA!" I screamed. "Woah. Hold on. What?" She asked confused. She held me by my shoulders and put me at arms length. "I'm the next leader of the Mexican mafia." I spoke more slowly, my eyes glistening with tears.

Ashley stared off into space and I knew that this was a mistake as I couldn't tell what she was feeling or thinking. "Ash. Look at me." I said snapping in front of her face to get her attention which I never got. "I knew it. I shouldn't have told you." I looked down hugging myself. "You're a mafia leader." She spoke after many minutes of silence. "Don't leave me Ash. Please." I whimpered. My whimpers managed to snap her out of her little trance as she took me into her arms and held me tightly. "Never babe. I would never, ever leave you." She kissed my forehead and stroked my hair making me feel a sense of security and peace. At that moment, I knew I could get through this as long as I had Ashley by my side. After about an hour of being comforted by Ashley we started talking about our next steps.

"So, I'm assuming you'll be leaving WWE to go lead the mafia." Ashley started which made me sigh. "Yep. It looks like it's going to be a full time job that isn't optional for me to take." I sat in a chair across from her. "So, how are you going to do it?" She asked. "Do what?" I looked up at her in confusion. "Lead. I love you babe but you are just too sweet and innocent to lead a mafia." She pointed out. "Don't worry about that. My father's men will be helping me out the whole entire way." I said making her raise an eyebrow. "His friends in the group. They're very experienced with this stuff so they'll be teaching me how to run a mafia." I reassured her. "Then what about us?" She asked catching me off guard. "What about us?" I repeated slightly confused. "How are we going to work?" She asked.

"It's up to you babe. If you don't want to be together then that's fine. We can just remain friends." I spoke and forced a smile hoping she wouldn't choose that option. "And if I want to be with you?" She asked. "You would probably be involved with the mafia and leave WWE." I said causing her eyes to widen and look down. I took a deep breath and held her hand as she looked up at me. "I know how much you love wrestling." I started as she nodded. It was true, wrestling was her whole world. I love Ashley so, so much and I would never sacrifice her happiness just to be with me. This was the moment that I've been dreading so much. I looked away as my eyes started to glisten with tears but I held them back. "I would never ask you to give up what you love just to be with me." I said but choked up at the end as Ashley reached towards me, her eyes filled with tears as well.

"You're one of the things that I love babe." She cried and it broke my heart. I hated making her cry. "It pains me to do this but it's either wrestling or me." I looked up at her as she was full on crying now. Now I absolutely hated myself for asking her that. What the fuck was I thinking? My phone dinged as I reached over to see a text from my father. He wants me to go over the meet the crew. I didn't want to leave Ashley completely broken like this but this was something that I had to do. "Ash, I gotta go." I whispered making her look up at me. "R-right now?" She blinked at me. "Yeah, my dad texted me saying he wants me to meet the guys and-" I started until she cut me off. "You're actually leaving me? Now of all  times." She snapped making me flinch back. "Ash, I don't want to but this is my job now." I tried to explain but she was too angry to listen.

"First you make me choose between the love of my life and wrestling and now you're leaving me!" She yelled. I already felt like crap before but with her yelling at me now made me feel even worse. I looked down feeling extremely guilty as the tears started falling as Ashley's face softened. She reached for me but I backed away from her. "Brooke, I didn't mean to yell." She said but I shook my head. "I have to go. If you choose wrestling that's fine since it technically was your first love. Bye Ashley. See you later." I walked out the door leaving a stunned and heartbroken Ashley behind.
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