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[ chapter five, family feud ]
( episode one ; pilot )

— warnings: arguing ??

⠀ SUNRISE WAS CLOSE BY THE TIME THE PARTY came to an end. And all the people that hadn't left during the night slowly made their way either back to their cars, bikes, or simply began walking to their homes. Staring around the street with her arms wrapped tightly around her body, Brooke's stomach began to turn when she realized Maddy's car wasn't where they'd parked it.

Feeling her phone buzz in her purse, Brooke fumbled in a panic to get it out, already expecting the worst.

"Oh, fuck..." whispered Brooke up seeing just how many calls she'd missed, face id barely recognizing her behind wonky false lashes and smeared lipstick.

maddy
Missed call (3)

kat
Missed call (7)

•••

iMESSAGE
from kat

kat
hey! where are u?

maddy's freaking out
— 2:45 am

hey mads wants to go
we can't find u
— 2:48 am

waiting in the car
— 3:02 am

brooke we gotta go!!
— 3:14 am

brooke !!
— 3:17 am

BROOKE
— 3:18 am

did u leave?
— 3:24 am

ANSWER ME !!
— 3:25 am

i can't find u

lmk if u got home safe or
i'll come get u
— 3:35 am

brooke
omg kat im so sorry

fuck im still here

and xander's gone

tbh i would not get in
his car even if he was

kat
fuck

its ok tonights been weird

do u want me to come
back n get u?

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KAT WAS A GOOD FRIEND FOR OFFERING THAT CAUSE, like, I personally would struggle going back to a party that I left for a good fuckin reason.

I mean, I also don't drive so like, nobody asks me for a ride anyway but still... go Kat, right?

Anyway, Brooke never liked taking advantage of Kat. She was a good friend too. And, unfortunately for her, she did have a ride. With the asshole that she was forced to live under a roof with...

Brooke could already feel tears pricking her eyes at the fact that her friends had just abandoned her there. But if the rumors of what Maddy had done to want to leave the party so quickly were true then she understood why she wanted to get the fuck out of there. Still didn't stop it hurting like a bitch.

Looking up from her phone, Brooke scanned the cars surrounding her for some kind of familiar face until, finally, her eyes landed on the very last person she wanted to see.

Nate.

Leaning against his truck with a smug look on his face knowing that Brooke had no choice but to get a ride with him because that was the only way she could guarantee she'd be safe.

'Safe' being a rather generous word considering he was beyond over the limit and Brooke was high as a kite so there was no way she was getting behind the wheel. Not that Nate would fucking let her anyway.

Rolling her eyes, Brooke took a deep breath and adjusted the strap of her purse draping over her shoulder so she could stand up straight to approach her brother. Confidence in her stride, she waved her hair from her shoulder only to shoot her older brother a warning glance, "Not a fucking word,"

Smirking, Nate slipped into the driver's seat, the gentle pull on his door contradicting his sister's harsh and angered slam.

•••

iMESSAGE
to kat

brooke
no that's ok

i got a ride

omw home <3

kat
ok stay safe!

brooke
ily !

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NATE AND BROOKE ARGUED PRETTY MUCH THE whole drive home. Thing is in a house like theirs you learn how to truly fucking fight. Cause real fights aren't all yelling. They're hitting the other person where it deeply hurts, screaming match or not.

And, from what I've come to learn, the scariest kind of Jacobs is one that's so angry they go quiet.

Which is why, for a while, neither of them raised their voices. They just let their rage fester and boil and build up until, inevitably, they'd wake up the rest of the fuckin house with their screaming match.

Which wasn't an irregular occurrence because, like, Nate and Brooke disagreed on literally everything. So, by the time they got home, their argument had gotten to the point where...

Harsh glare shot in her brother's direction, Brooke slammed the car door as she walked backward toward the house

"What the actual fuck is wrong with you?"

Nate groaned in misogynistic exasperation, "It was a joke!" strides far bigger than his much shorter sister, Brooke had to jog to catch up, fire in her eyes

"It's not a fucking joke, Nate, it's harassment,"

"Oh, fucking christ, here we go," muttered Nate, pausing at the front door when Brooke swatted his wrist away to stop him from opening the door

"Yeah, here we fucking go!" she replied in a suppressed yell, so far attempting not to wake their parents at whatever time in the morning it was

"Just leave me the fuck alone, alright?"

Brooke narrowed her eyes in challenge but Nate didn't bite, aggressively swinging open the front door and pushing his way past Brooke, "You are such a dick!" she yelled, Nate ignoring her as he reached the bottom of the stairs, "You know Maddy's not your fucking possession, right? She doesn't belong to you,"

"What are you talking about?" he asked, turning back to face his sister as she slammed the front door

"She can dance with, kiss, fuck whoever she wants!" Nate let out a wry chuckle, finally angry enough to walk toward Brooke just like she wanted

"Oh, I'm sure you'd like that, huh?"

And Brooke laughed at him. Because, the funny thing was, he wasn't wrong. All he knew was Brooke was very into Maddy, and he had control of her. Not Brooke. She was far more involved than he'd ever imagined and that's what was so funny. But Brooke was a fucking actress. And she used her skills to gaslight her asshole brother whenever she pleased, "God, you are so fucking paranoid! She's my friend!"

"You looked pretty fuckin close dancing with her,"

Scoffing, Brooke sneered as her arms folded across her chest, "And what about the guy she was literally fucking in the pool?" voice lowered to a low, hoarse tone as, eyes filled with rage and head shaking in disbelief, Nate's jaw clenched before he finally turned back up the stairs. Brooke smirked at how she'd gotten under his skin, "'Cause they sounded pretty fuckin close to me!"

"Brooke, stop fucking talking, I swear to fucking god!"

"Or what, Nate?" she chased after him, although she'd yet to pass him as they reached the top of the stairs, pausing as their rooms were at opposite ends of the hall, "Come on, big guy!" Nate ignored her, walking towards his room yet once reaching he just stood there frozen, hand ok the doorknob, "Gonna hurt me? Huh?" grip tightening as his sister yelled till her cheeks turned red with rage, "Like Jules? Or Maddy? You gonna hit me, Nate?"

Turning back for the last time, Nate swung his door open, yelling at a volume that would surely wake the street let alone their parents in the bedroom next door, "Fuck you!"

"Fuck you!" Brooke and Nate slammed their doors to finally block each other out, shaking the wall enough to tilt the photograph of the beautiful, smiling family the Jacobs ones were.

we love sibling drama!

also finally finished the pilot now! idk if i'm gonna do 5 chapters for every episode (especially the ones that aren't concentrated on maddy's storyline cause that'll be where most of the brooke content is) but this ep felt like it needed it to be split into that many lol

anyway ty for reading! and also ty for the votes and comments theyre v much a confidence booster and really help my motivation writing this book <3