AN – Set in high school Brooke and Nathan are dating. I love the idea of a Brathan romance but the story will end up being Brucas. Please read and review. Any comments are welcome and any ideas for the story will be greatly appreciated. I hope you enjoy
There they were the King and Queen of high school. The girls wanted to be her, and the boys they wanted to be with her.
He slung his arm over her shoulders, letting them all know that she was his girl.
The students pretended not to watch as the couple made their way through the crowds to the gym, but they knew that all eyes were on them. The way it always had been.
"Hey, you nervous superstar?" she kinked her eyebrow, knowing that Nathan Scott didn't get nervous
"No, we're undefeated and it's going to stay that way!" He smiled as she laughed at his confidence.
"Well even though I'm sure you don't need it, good luck Natey! I'll see you out there!" She ran off to the rest of the cheer squad before he had chance to reply.
Nathan wiped the smile off his face as he saw a blonde boy staring at Brooke from the doors.
He wasn't the jealous type, ok that's a lie he was very jealous. But Brooke was his, everyone knew that.
He really didn't appreciate his half-brother checking out his girl!
Lucas Scott had recently joined the team and he'd done nothing but try and get with Brooke.
Ignoring all the threats Nathan had given him.
Nathan felt the anger building inside of him, and that's what he wanted.
He needed to impress the scouts that were there to watch the game.
His grades weren't exactly good so without a basketball scholarship he could say goodbye to college.
Brooke smiled at him from across the gym and gave him a cheeky wink.
He smirked and ran to join the rest of his team.
"Come on Ravens!" He heard the cheer squad cheer from the side lines.
This was going to be a good game, he could feel it.
'There's 5 seconds left on the clock, Nathan Scotts got the ball, he shoots, he scores! The Ravens win!"
The cheer squad scream and run across the gym, Brooke ran straight into Nathans arms.
Leaning on her tiptoes she drew him into a long kiss
"You were amazing!" she whispered when they finally parted
"Yeah you're not too bad yourself." He joked making her laugh the laugh that he loved to hear "Come on let's get out of here!"
He grabbed her hand and pulled her out of the crowd that had surrounded the team.
As the gym doors slammed closed Nathan pulled her into his arms
"You look beautiful, have I told you that today?"
She smiled and looked deep into his eyes,
"Yes, but a girl never tires of hearing something like that".
Nathan drove the 10 minute drive to his house, not bothering to ask if Brooke wanted to stay.
She practically lived with him lately, only going home to grab some more clothes.
He loved waking up to her every day, the way her hair spread out over his pillow, the way she smiled every time she opened her eyes.
He'd never told her that and although he wanted to, he couldn't. He didn't know how.
One day, he promised himself, one day I'll tell her that I need her.
He closed the flat door behind them, shocked that for a change his house was empty.
Usually all his friends were here hanging out.
He grabbed Brooke into his arms and kissed her passionately
Running his hands down her perfect body he deepend the kiss
They were inturpeted by a knock on the door
"I swear I'm going to punch whoever is on the other side of that door!" he mumbeled as he walked towards the door
Nothing could prepare him for the shock of seeing Lucas casually leaning against the wall outside.
"What the hell are you doing here?" Nathan blurted out, feeling the anger once again building up inside him
"don't be an ass. We need to talk." Lucas lightly pushed past Nathan and strolled into the flat, Nathan was too shocked to even respond
Brooke came out from the kitchen, and nearly fell over when she saw Lucas Scott causally sitting on the sofa
She slowly walked over and sat on Nathans lap and felt how tense he was
She slipped her hand into his, hoping it would calm him down
They both looked at Lucas who now looked a lot more uncomfortable than he first did
"I guess you both are wondering what I'm doing here. Well Keith just told me something that I think you need to here." He paused, waiting to see if Nathan would say something, when silence followed, Lucas continued
"Keith just told me that the Doctors rang him this morning to tell him that they had Dan's blood test back. Dan hadn't answered his phone so they rang Keith and…"
"Luke get to the point!" Brooke interrupted, surprising herself at how impatient she was being
"Sorry, basically Dan has a heart condition, it's genetic. The chances of us having it is ½. That means one of us have a heart condition which if we don't get on the right medication will kill us. "
Nathans eyes went blank, he was stunned into silence.
"Look, I know we aren't friends, hell we don't even admit we're brothers but I think we should go to the Doctors together tomorrow morning. Keith said he'll drive us."
Nathan nodded, which surprised all three of them.
"Where's Dan?" Nathan questioned
"I honestly don't know, I haven't seen him since he came to see my mom about two weeks ago and I punched him in the face." Luke shrugged like it was no big deal.
Brooke giggled and got up.
"You two need to talk, I'm going to bed." She leant down and kissed Nathan softly on the lips before slipping out of the room.
As she walked into the bedroom she shut the door and fell apart.
Her and Nathan had been together since they were 5. They'd grew up on the same Street. He was her first everything.
First friend, first kiss, first love, first time.
She couldn't lose him.
Hours passed before Nathan crept into bed and wrapped his arms around a now sleeping Brooke.
"Brooke, I know your sleeping and can't hear me, but I'm scared.
I'm scared of having this heart condition and having to give up the sport that I love.
I'm scared of Luke having it and me never getting the chance to have a big brother.
I'm scared of losing you.
I'm scared of how much I need you right now and I promised myself that one day I'd tell you how much I love you, I think that should be today.
You're my everything Brooke Davis and I love you.
I love your smile and the way you kink your eyebrow when you're being sexy.
I love your laugh, oh god I love your laugh. I love you baby."
Nathan kissed her on the head and pulled the blankets closer around the two of them before closing his eyes knowing sleep wasn't going to come.