17. Change Between Us

Brooke's POV:

I didn't know what was going on anymore. Everything had changed. But for the worse.

Last week was surreal. It was the best week of my life. And then suddenly, everything changed abruptly. It became a nightmare.

What? How? Why? When?

The questions jumped in my mind like freaking kangaroos. But there was no one to answer them.

It had been a week since it happened. The ignorance, the kiss, Jake's face when Claire slapped him. Everything seemed like a very bad dream that shouldn't ever come true. Did it really happen?

I wanted someone to tell me it was just a dream. I didn't want this.

For seven days I saw a Jake who was not his usual self and even Claire had changed. It was surprising how seven days can change things rapidly.

I saw Jake staring at Claire sometimes. I saw Claire staring at Jake sometimes. But they didn't talk at all. They were acting li