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</div><b>Name:</b>Brook Allen<br/><b>Age:</b>21<br/><b>Sexuality:</b>Heterosexual<br/><b>Hometown:</b>Malibu, California<br/><b>Date/Time:</b>Sunday 4th, July 2021 (evening - recoupling)<br/><b>Location:</b>Villa Backyard |  Fire Pit<br/><b>Wearing:</b>see image to the right<br/><b>Coupled With:</b>...<br/><b>Tagging:</b>Danny (<a class="username" data-user-id="2019" data-username="Mellifluous" data-xf-init="member-tooltip" href="https://blackdahliaroleplaying.com/members/2019/">Mellifluous</a>) | Laura (<a class="username" data-user-id="2019" data-username="Mellifluous" data-xf-init="member-tooltip" href="https://blackdahliaroleplaying.com/members/2019/">Mellifluous</a>) | mentioning others   |  OPEN<br/><b>Vibe:</b><a class="link link--external" data-proxy-href="/proxy.php?link=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3Dm9fMBJn0TUM&amp;hash=04a798a80050e9ccb571afcb57c6ec06" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9fMBJn0TUM" rel="nofollow ugc noopener" target="_blank">Simple Plan - I'm Just A Kid</a><br/><hr class="bbc-hr"/>It had been a really nice day, Brook was happy. She was almost always happy but she was extra happy. She had a great connection with an amazing boy and she couldn't get enough of him and wanted to know everything about him.<br/><br/><br/><i>Later that evening, the text came...</i><br/><br/><div style="text-align: center"><span class="fixed-color" style="color:rgb(136, 80, 213)"><b>---- YOU'VE GOT A TEXT ---</b></span>​</div><br/>Brook dashed off to get dolled up for the night. Little black dress with dragon motif, check! Fresh nails, white... check! A little war paint, aka makeup... check!  The final touch, nude 6" heels... check! She was ready for war. Brook even slipped on an oversized set or rings that belonged to her mother for good luck.<br/><br/>When they arrived at the Fire pit, Brook took a seat next to Danny and gave him a nervous smile. In her head she was going over the little speech she needed to give about why she was choosing Danny. The real problem was narrowing it down. He was kind, sweet, thoughtful, and so damn cute. Her biggest concern was that she liked him a bit too much already. This was Love Island, it's not like you can take anything slow since everyone was piled practically on top of each other. As they said in the UK, you just had to crack on... It even said on the kitchen counter...<i>- Eat, Sleep, Crack On, Repeat- <br/>
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Coupling ceremony...</i><br/><br/>Brook hadn't really been paying attention to the couples of the villa. She saw them last evening mostly gathered around the bar playing the game of Never Have I Ever... then during the ceremony. It all looked like a lot of fun to her, everyone laughing and joking around, crazy kisses often over the top. She knew there was some drama going on, in fact she had been caught off guard by some drama herself when her and Leon had an exchange but that was all in the past. He had walked away from it and so had she. Danny had helped her put it all behind her, she was content and excited to move forward. So as couple after couple formed up she clapped when prompted, smiled at people, and so on.<br/><br/>Arisa had stole Matt, she turned to Grace when that happened and her heart sunk. The stunned look on Grace's face almost made Brook want to cry herself. But she just moved on and hoped they could talk when it was all over. Couples happened and the recoupling moved along.<br/><br/>Then it suddenly was all over. All over for Brook... Olivia's turn came up, Brook had sort of put it out of her mind that Olivia had been cracking on with Danny earlier. Or at least she had forgot all about it until Olivia called out Danny's name.<br/><br/>A moment later, Danny wrapped his arm around Brook and whispered<i>"We'll have to talk after, okay?"</i>Brook nodded an agreement to him. She had no words. His hug felt good but as he whispered and she nodded it was like she was watching it all from outside of her body. Drifting away from the surreal scene that was playing out.<br/><br/>Numb... Brook went completely numb like the rug had been pulled out from under her. All that happiness turned dark suddenly. Like a void opened up and threatened to swallow her whole.<br/><br/>Mind's play funny tricks on it when under duress, the stresses fracturing our perception of the world around us. Earlier, Brook's mind had tricked her into forgetting her concerns about Olivia, before that she had swept thoughts of Leon away as if she had never been coupled with him and now... Now her mind replayed the scene in the kitchen over again... Olivia sitting next to Danny and Danny in the kitchen cooking with her. They looked happy, Olivia had looked super happy. Oh god, Brook thought... She had read it all wrong. Danny had connected with Olivia and she didn't even see it because she wanted to believe that it was Danny and herself that would be a couple. Mentally, Brook chastised herself. What the hell is wrong with me? How did this happen to me? I'm just kid... I should have known better... Brook's hand trembled a little as she fought back the wave of emotions that now threatened to wash the void of numbness away. She wasn't thinking straight.<br/><br/>Nothing registered as Cassie was up selecting her boy... Not until the moment that Laura said,<span class="fixed-color" style="color:rgb(136, 80, 213)"><b><i><b>“Brook, it’s time for you to make your decision.” </b></i></b></span><br/><br/><b><i>There was only one boy left...</i></b><br/><br/>Like a robotic pageant girl, Brook got up and strode over next to Laura. She twirled with a graceful pivot to face the crowd. Teeth showed as she turned to them all with a broad smile that she wore like a suit of armor. Years of having judges pick apart your every flaw and everyone on the sidelines whispering for you to smile.... Just keep smiling Brook. It doesn't matter who wins or what the press says. It doesn't matter if your agent thinks your ass is too fat or your boobs are too small... No one has a perfect complexion... Just smile Brook and hold your head up high. Years and years of it.. over and over... even her acting work was the same way.. Just show up and smile.. be the happy perky blond that the casting agents selected you to be... Swallow your emotions.. life is a nightmare.<br/><br/>...<br/><br/>Brook's voice went up an octave and she almost got herself the tiniest bit of a Louisiana twang to it that she had held onto from her parents... Pageant judges loved the southern girl next door vibe, even if she was Californian born and raised.<br/><br/><b>"Well, Laura, Let me tell you...,"</b>Brook said with perky upbeat tone that was maybe just a little too exaggerated.<b>"He's one helluva a looker with those deep dreamy eyes and dark complexion."</b>She turned and dropped her jaw as she looked to Laura and back to the group. The big smile a moment later splitting her face flawlessly.<b>"I can scarcely believe that we have circled right back around to us again. It's like a dream come true!"</b>She meant nightmare.. in fact she wanted to scream that... perhaps if anyone was reading between the lines they would hear the word nightmare instead of dream. Sarcasm at this point was dripping from every word.<b>"I can't wait to share a bed with him this evening and get to know him on this journey... That's what you want me to say isn't it? Well there you go, I've gone and said it. So make room on that couch for me, big fella... It's every girls come true to be forced to share a bed with the boy that she just broke up with and who scares the living hell out of her. I can't wait for him treat me like I'm his personal property again"</b>Yeah, the sarcasm wasn't even attempting to be hid any longer. Brook was trembling from head to toe even with that big stupid smile still plastered on her face.<b>"He can wrap that big suffocating arm of his around me and pull me in real tight and make me feel like there is no escape... "</b>She nodded towards Laura<b>"I look forward to the verbal and mental abuse as someone's property. I mean hell he already threw me away like I was nothing, he might as well just scrape me off his boot heel so he can do it all over again. Women don't have rights, right? I make really pretty arm candy."</b>She batted her eye lashes, small tears flicked off the ends of them as she did it.<br/><br/>Brook didn't say his name... She couldn't. This felt so much like being forced back into an abusive relationship. There was no way in hell that anyone under any circumstance was going to make her do that again. That man had pissed on her like a fire hydrant then he got self righteous when she called him out on it and he threw her away... She hadn't made that decision he had... there was no apologies from him and he had made no attempt at seeing it from her perspective. He had just dumped her on the spot. Brook wouldn't let herself be treated like that again.<br/><br/><b>"Do whatever you want, but I won't go back with that man."</b>Raising her hand, Brook flipped the bird to each camera she could spot, one by one.<br/><br/>Crossing her arms across her chest, Brook stood there and waited to see what the host and producers would do.