Forever my cheerleader

The seasons fast approaching

Brooke's PoV

The last four weeks have been hard. Beaus shut down slightly ...since Dans return she's thrown herself back into her training. Dont get me wrong...there's nothing wrong with our relationship...it's as strong as ever but ...she looks like she has the weight of the world on her shoulders. We spend most nights together, most of the time I lay there worrying about everything...worrying about Beau and about my mother who I have had zero contact with since I fired her. Beau also has been keeping herself busy when it comes to Haley...she should never have blown up at Beau the way she did that night ...but haley knows that...you can tell she does when she talks about it or about Beau.

Just before I moved back here, I'd registered with a company to help young children and babies that required medical treatment here in the US. Right now I'm being evaluated by someone to see how eligible I am. "Anyway I attended the orientation, so I took the liberty of drawing up a statement of my financial worth, I think you'll be very pleased with..." "how old are you Brooke?" She cuts me off, as she scribbles down in her notebook. "Um 22. But I lead a rather accelerated lifestyle with the fashion line and the magazine and I did read somewhere that 25 is the average age for a woman to..." I reply as she cuts me off again "do you own your own home?". "Mmhmm" I nod as she continues to question me "are you sexually active?". "Yes...maybe too active" I laugh as she raises her eyebrows at me "sorry...yes I'm in a relationship". "Do you drink?" She looks down at her notepad not really giving me any clue of what she's thinking. "Sorry?" I ask her as she points towards her to the minibar "I noticed the bar" "oh em ...some. Not really. The bar is more for my roommate". "And that would be peyton sawyer correct?" She flips through her pages as I nod "you should see her knock them back she's a champ". She looks up at me full of judgement and seriousness again as I try and pull back slightly "the boy that she loves recently almost married someone else, and kind of went AWOL so unlike me, who is perfectly stable and normal...she's struggling a bit. I guess that's what happens when you fall in love. She can totally move out if it's a problem". "What about your relationship? It says here you were single at the time of applying" she asks me looking down at her paperwork. "I was in a similar situation to Peyton...but thankfully my girlfriend came back to me. Her names Beau James ...professional basketball player...she played last year for the Los Angeles lakers and she's recently signed with the Charlotte Bobcats. I'm very much in love with her" I smile thinking about Beau...as the woman stares at me blankly breaking me out of my day dream.

Beaus PoV

"So how are you feeling?" I push up for my last push up before collapsing to the floor. "Fucking tired...that was brutal" I pant as my trainer places out her hand for me to take. "Your doing well please don't think you aren't" she smiles as I stand up and take the bottle from her hand. "I just want to be at the top of my game...especially starting in this new team" I gulp down my water as she walks over to her iPad and picks it up. "The team are excited about you being here so don't worry about them and Beau you're great...honestly your stats are great, your timings are amazing and physically your so impressive so please just focus on your training ...the training we have arranged and I promise you by the time the first game comes around you'll be running rings round your opponent" I nod and grab my towel to dab my face. "Thank you I really appreciate all your help Lauren" I smile as she blushes and places the iPad down "you're welcome. I'm going to grab the heart monitor so I'll be right back". As Lauren leaves I'm left on my own in the training room looking down at my teal training top.

Brooke's PoV

"Was your home life safe and caring Brooke?" She asks me leaning her head on her hand. "No" I reply keeping it short and not wanting to spill all my mother issues to this lady. "Do you think you'll ever get married?" She asks as I smile "Beau and I dated for a couple of years ...we both had a lot going on and we broke up for three years ...in that time I think we both grew up a lot...Beau went and began her basketball career whilst I built my company...and now we have come back to each other...the love was there all along so ...yes i hope that one day Beau and I will be married".