Disclaimer: I dont own One Tree Hill.
Title is from a Mayday Parade song.
First brucas story and first story her
The Last Something That Meant Anything
Three Cheers For 5 Years
"I can't believe your doing this. As far as I am concerned this conversation is over. And so are we." Brooke fiercely but silently stated to the person she once called her Best Friend. She walked away not feeling any ounce of regret for what she had just told her. She exited the corridor and walked across the quad looking for Lucas who was nowhere in site. "Ugh, Damn it." She said as she reached into her purse and pulled out her cell phone.
"Hello?" Lucas answered on the other end.
"Hey are you coming with me or are you catching a ride with someone else?" Brooke asked almost cutting Lucas off.
"Yeah why wouldn't I?" he questioned.
"Well because I am at my car, and you are not."
"Oh right sorry, I thought that I'd give you more time since you left with." He answered as he gathered his stuff and started walking towards his girlfriend's car.
"Right well, hurry up then please."
"Ok…or not" Lucas said looking at his phone when he realized that Brooke had hung up already. He walked a little faster knowing that Brooke wasn't in the greatest mood and arrived at her car to find her sitting in the drivers seat with her cap and gown already off, and her head resting on the steering wheel. He opened the passenger side door and threw his stuff in the back, "Hey Pretty Girl." Without removing her head from the steering wheel instead just turning it to face him she mouthed 'Hi baby' back at him. Luke smiled at her as he got in the car removing the tassel from his cap and placing it on her rear view mirror where hers already hung when he was finished he leaned over and kissed her cheek while rubbing her back.
Sensing that he was about to question how she was feeling she asked him, "You maybe wanna go some place and talk?"
"Ok, sure."
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"Haley! Come on let's go!" Nathan yelled at his wife from across the room.
Haley turned around as she heard him and turned back to her tutoring student, "Don't worry just because I graduated it doesn't mean that you guys are going to fail ok? You're going to be awesome, I just know it," She said rubbing her favorite student Aiden's arm.
"I don't know Hales. I suck at math, like really I'm horrible. You know that." Aiden told her as she gathered her things.
"Hey, calm down. Your going to be great or else I have failed at me job." Se looked at Aiden's pleading eyes that were begging her to stay, "ok look I cant un-graduate but here is my number call me if things get really hard and I'll see what I can do, but you have to promise me that you're going to at least try ok?"
"Ok I promise, Thanks Haley and congratulations." He said with a smile as he turned and walked off.
"What was that about?" Nathan asked scaring Haley because she turned around and smacked him in the arm. "What the heck was that for?" he said rubbing his arm which now had a shooting pain originating from it.
"Because you scared me half to death." She said through her teeth.
"I'm sorry" He gave her the puppy dog pout, "Ok I'm sorry. Forgive me?"
Haley inhaled deeply, "Yes I forgive you now stop making that face at me!" she chuckled.
"So what was with that kid flirting with you anyways? Doesn't he know your married…to me."
"What is that supposed to mean 'to me' and yes of course he knows, and Aiden wasn't flirting he was begging me not to graduate which was kinda of stupid because I just did, but anyways I tutor him and he thinks that without me he'll be a trainwreck."
"Oh. Well are you hungry?"
"Starving." She admitted opening her eyes wide.
"Well would you like to go get something to eat? With me?" Nathan asked in a mockingly way.
"Oh with you? I don't know I'm married you know?" Haley answered as they started exiting the Gym.
"Um, you know I don't think he'll mind." Nathan answered with a wide smile.
"Well I suppose." She shrugged lacing her fingers with Nathans, "I mean what he doesn't know won't break his heart right?"
"Haley." Nathan said stopping dead in his tracks.
"Come here I'd never do that to you." She said pulling his arm dragging him along.
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Brooke and Lucas arrived at the River Court and walked over to the table hand in hand. Lucas had a funny feeling in his stomach that something was wrong but could tell that Brooke didn't want to talk about it. He didn't want to press the subject and make her mad so he made a mental note to ask her about it later. They sat down at the bench and Lucas wrapped his arm around her shoulder as she rested her head on his. She felt so safe. As if nothing could go wrong.
"Are you scared about the idea of having a family?"
He turned his face towards hers, "You're not pregnant are you." He asked with a nervous tone in his voice.
"No I'm not, but if I were how scared would you be?" she sid picking her head up off of his shoulder to look him in the eyes.
Lucas let himself breathe for a second, "Ok try to remember I have a heart condition there babe, but um if, if you were um,"
"Pregnant Luke you can say it" she said finishing his sentence as she realized that he wasn't going to
"Right, pregnant, well. I think I'd be terrified. Not that having a child with you would be terrifying but just bringing a child into the world it self is one scary thought."
She rested her head back on his shoulder, "It's just, I look at Nathan and I can see how scared he is. I don't think I could ever bring a child into the world, not right now anyways."
"Brooke, don't worry, we're safe and when we grow up and get married and have kids they'll have two parents that love them and a family that loves them, that's eno"ugh." He rested his chin on her shoulder to comfort her as he thought to himself, 'is she pregnant?'
"If," He removed his chin to look down at her with a questioning look on his face, "You said 'when we grow up and get married' and I'm saying If we grow up and get married." She finally looked up into his eyes.
"Brooke, what's wrong?"
"I had an interesting conversation with Peyton today." She puller herself away from his arms, "and, she told me about the library."
"Wha- what did she tell you?" Lucas asked.
"Luke don't play stupid with me." she got up and walked to the middle of the court, "She told me how you said that if we weren't together that you'd be with her."
"Brooke I-"
"So why aren't you?" she said slowly as a tear came to her eyes, "What's really stopping you from being with her?"
"Brooke!" Lucas said baffled.
"Luke, I just need to know if you want to be with me or if you want to be with her because if you already know who your planning on replacing me with, then what are we doing?" she said never removing her eyes from his.
"Brooke, I love you. If I really wanted to be with Peyton I would be." Lucas Closed his eyes tightly and turned away hitting his head with his fist realizing his mistake.
"So again I ask my question, why aren't you with her?" She asked walking towards him pointing at his chest.
"Because… Because I… Brooke, Why are you doing this?" He pleaded with her as he felt the tears come to her eyes as she slowly started to slip away from him.
She walked past where he stood and stopped at her car, "I'm going home. Do you need a ride?"
He walked over towards her car where she still stood. "Baby, I'm sorry. Please, please. It didn't mean anything. Peyton and me are just friends, ok real good friends."
"I bet," and with that she got in her car and drove away leaving Lucas standing there wondering what the hell just happened.
Brooke parked outside her apartment complex and reached in the backseat to get her stuff but instead grabbed Lucas'. She put her head against the head rest of her car and let herself cry as she held his jacket. After about fifteen minutes she finally decided to go inside, she walked into her apartment and dropped her stuff at the door when her phone started beeping.
Text Message From Lucas: Please don't be mad Pretty Girl. Please. I love you.
She closed her phone and walked to her room. She threw herself down on her bed as she started to cry again. She turned on her side and found herself looking at apicture that her and Lucas had taken when they first started dating. She picked it up and rubbed her finger over the picture, "I'm not mad Lucas, I'm not mad" she put the Picture down on her lap to where she could still see it and wiped her face and finally stopped crying. She looked at the picture one last time then put it back down on her nightstand, only this time she put it face down.
And I hope this makes you happy now,
That the flame we had is burning out.
And I hope you like your picture's facing down.
As even broken hearts may have their doubts.
ok first story here i hope you liked it! read and review please!
