DISCLAIMER: I OWN NOTHING OF ONE TREE HILL!!
P.s.: I'm hoping you like this it's mostly Fluff so enjoy!
Brooke sat in class and found herself staring at Haley yet again. She looked up at the clock above Haley, then looked back at her. She was so pretty it was crazy. Brooke silently yelled at her thoughts. Stop it! Stop it! Stop it! She commanded. The ball rang and it signaled the end of class and lunch! Brooke walked up to Peyton's locker. "Hey P. Sawyer" she let out a dimpled smile. "Hi Brooke." Peyton sighed.
"Gee…thanks that makes me feel so good" Brooke said the sarcasm dripped off of her voice.
"No…I just…I'm so depressed!" Peyton yelled out. 9th graders passed by staring at her. "What?" She yelled at them and the short kids scurried off.
"O-Kay" Brooke smiled as she clapped her hands together. "What the hell was that?"
"They were looking at me."
"Is it that time of the month?" Brooke asked giggling. Peyton slapped her playfully on the arm. "No."
"What's wrong?"
"Forget it."
"Peyton" Brooke stopped the girl as she walked away. "Just tell me" Brooke smiled again. "I think I'm in love." She said quietly to Brooke as they walked to Brooke's car.
"What?" Brooke was now immediately intrigued. "This guy, he's so cute. And he gets me. And he's so nice!"
"So what's the problem?" Brooke asked her eyebrows arched.
"I can name three… 1. He has a girl friend I think.
2. He's definitely not into me
And 3. He's Luke." Brooke nodded along to Peyton. "He has a girlfriend?" She asked
"Yeah"
"Who?"
"I think it's that Haley girl. The one that's always around him and is like super smart." Peyton continued. "She's pretty nice but definitely not someone you or I would hang out with." Brooke felt a pain in her heart. "What do you mean by that?" Brooke said defensively. Peyton looked at her weirdly. "Well, she's quiet and doesn't drink"
"Just because she doesn't drink doesn't mean we couldn't talk to her. I mean she's smart but so are we, we just aren't open about it!" Brooke ranted but stopped as she saw the look Peyton was giving her. "I mean…yeah"
"O-Kay" Peyton dragged out the word. "That was weird" They climbed into the car and Brooke started it.
"Where do you want to eat?" Brooke asked glancing at Peyton. "I don't know. Pizza?"
"Sure" Brooke said trying to forget about her little rant. "You know Lukas is probably at his mom's café." Brooke raised her eyebrows suggestively.
"And?"
"We should eat there." Brooke responded. "Okay. I guess so" Peyton blushed.
The girls stepped into the café and walked to a booth in the corner. Haley saw the two girls and sighed. Gee…thanks for making my day worse. Haley stepped towards their table. "Hi, welcome to Karen's Café, What can I get you?" Haley said trying to smile. The two girls looked up at her. "I didn't know you worked here." Brooke smiled. Haley's heart melted for some unknown reason. "You don't know my name either." Haley blurted out accidentally. "I'm sorry I didn't mean…sorry" Haley tried to explain. Brooke laughed at her as Peyton watched completely entertained. "I'll take your orders now." Haley smiled and Brooke felt her heart skip a beat.
"I'll have a burger and fries, oh and a milk shake" Peyton said keeping her eyes on the menu. "Same here. Haley" Brooke smiled at Haley. Haley whipped her head around at the use of her name. She blushed a little not realizing why. Peyton looked up at the two girls and smiled to herself. "I'll go get that then!" Haley said after a short silence. She walked off towards the kitchen. She came back out moments later and began to take other orders all the while staying under Brooke's gaze. Peyton waved her hand in front of Brooke's face. "Earth to Brooke." She said loudly. "What are you looking at?"
"Nothing." Brooke replied quickly "Look there's Luke," she said desperately trying to change the subject. Peyton turned her head and saw Lukas sitting at a booth reading a book called 'New Moon'
"You should go talk to him." Brooke suggested giving Peyton her full attention. Peyton shook her head. "Nope"
"Yes"
"No"
"Yes"
"No"
"No" Brooke smiled.
"Yes!" Peyton said loudly. "Wait what?"
"You fall for it every time." Brooke looked pleased as Peyton walked slowly towards Lukas. "Hi" She smiled.
"Hello." He looked up at her obviously wondering what the hell is going on. "Can I sit?" she asked his face lit up and she took it as a good sign. "Yeah. Sure." He smiled. Peyton felt her heart beat fast.
Brooke watched as Peyton sat down and started talking to Luke. Something hit Brooke; Peyton really was seriously in love with this guy. You could tell, it wasn't everyday that she went around acting…acting like… acting like a girly cheerleader. Brooke smiled to herself. Then the food came. "Here you go" Haley smiled as she set the food down on the table. "Um… how long do we have until we have to be back to school?" Brooke asked.
"I'd say about 45 minutes." Haley replied.
"Do you want to sit down?" Brooke asked sheepishly.
"I have to work." Haley said sadly. "Just for a few minutes." Brooke assured. "Okay" Haley laughed and sat across from Brooke.
"Why are you working during lunch?" Brooke asked quietly. Haley said "I do this everyday, I come here and work for an hour before I eat lunch here then I go back to school. It's sort of my routine."
"Oh…" Brooke said her voice trailed off. "Why did you come here?" Haley asked politely. "Excuse me?" Brooke asked confused.
"I mean I know I don't know you very well but I know that you and your friends usually go out for Chinese or sushi or stay at school." Haley desperately tried to explain herself.
"Oh…see Peyton saw someone here and wanted to come in." Brooke lied. Haley was a little disappointed at this answer but her face certainly didn't show it. Brooke shifted in her seat. "So are you and Lukas a thing?" Brooke asked smiling devilishly. Haley laughed. "Yeah right. He's my best friend in the whole world." Haley's eyes lit up.
"Oh, really? What's Mr. Scott's most embarrassing moment?" Brooke pried excitedly.
"Well when we were little he… I don't think he would like me telling you that."
"Why not?" Brooke looked disappointed.
"You might tell Peyton." Haley immediately regretted what she had said. Brooke raised her eyebrows. "No way. He likes Peyton."
"No. I mean. Yes. I mean… Uh I have to go!" Haley jumped up to leave but Brooke grabbed her arm and pulled her back gently. Haley felt a shiver run down her spine at Brooke's touch. She sat back down. Brooke looked at her. "I won't tell a soul." She promised. Brooke smiled and her dimples deepened. "Tell me more." Brooke pressed.
"Haley" Karen's voice bellowed. "I'll be right there." Haley smiled at her best friends' mom. "I've got to go." Haley said Brooke nodded and tried to hide her disappointment.
She started to nibble on her French fries. Peyton walked back to the booth.
"Hi P. Sawyer"
"Brooke." She said happily. "Oh… What happened?" Brooke asked excited.
"I have a date… for Saturday." Peyton laughed at Brooke's expression. It was a scrunched up look. "Saturday?"
"Yeah why?"
"We have a thing for Saturday remember?"
"Oh my God. I'm sorry. I totally forgot." Peyton said as she picked up her burger. Brooke was a little disappointed in Peyton ditching her. She put her hands down on the table then smiled up at her best friend "I'll find something else to do." She glanced at Haley who was with a little boy and his mother.
Peyton didn't seem to notice Brooke's wandering eyes. She just bit into her burger and sucked through the straw in her milkshake. Brooke looked up at the clock above the counter. "I think we should go" Brooke suggested. Peyton gave her a weird look.
"We just got here!" She protested. "No we got here 25 minutes ago." Brooke explained.
"If we go now we can squeeze in a few seconds of a cheer meeting." She explained. Peyton sighed. "Let's go" Brooke gave a victory smile and walked to the cash register to pay for the meal. Brooke waited for Haley to tell her how much it was and paid her. For the brief second that their hands met, There was a spark. Brooke smiled at Haley blushing.
Lukas watched from the back room as Haley said good bye to Brooke Davis. "What was that?" He asked as she walked into the room.
"What?"
"That. You were flirting, With Brooke Davis. Who's a girl, She was flirting back!" He laughed out loud. "When did you decide to join my team?" He asked her in a joking tone. "So what if I did. Not that I did but, so what?"
"Well, I probably wouldn't mind because let's face it that would be hot… Are you?" The last part of that sentence became much more serious then the rest of it. "No!" Haley yelled at him. She smacked him in the back of the head as she tried to untie the boy of the apron. "I'll get it." He smiled and walked behind her. He started to untangle it then paused. "Haley?"
"Yeah?"
"You know I would be okay with that right?" Lukas asked sincerely. Haley turned around and looked him in the eye searching for anything that resembled a joke.
"I know," She said truthfully. I do know, You're my best friend. We talk about everything, but I doubt we can talk about this. Haley said to Luke in her head. He turned her around and untied the rest of the tangled up knot. "Let's go back to school, I'll walk you there." Haley smiled up at the tall blonde boy standing in front of her. "Yeah sure." He smiled down as they linked arms.
"You know I have a date this Saturday, I was hoping that you wouldn't mind me screwing with our Saturday movie night." He was hopeful but could tell that Haley was sad about this they usually discussed stuff like this. Not that they had to but it seemed that if some girl asked Luke out Haley could tell him what she heard about said girl in the locker room. The same went for Haley, though she didn't really date anyone, she was offered before but never actually dated. "Sure. Is it Peyton?" Haley asked giggling at the thought of Luke on a date. "Yes. Why?"
"Nothing." Thoughts of Brooke consumed her mind and she was surprised at the thoughts that went through her head. Brooke is so pretty. Have you seen her eyes?
Yeah actually I'm youShut up.
Whatever, you like her.
Yeah she's nice.
No you like her.
What are you insinuating?
You're in love with the damn girl, Jesus Christ and people say we're smart!Shut up I am smart and no I'm not in love.
Brooke's has nice dimples but I've seen better.
No you haven't they're gorgeous just like her and her smile is perfect and she's a great person and I don't want you…me to ever say anything bad about her! She has the nicest personality and that's why we…
Love her!
Haley's face fell as that last thought replayed in her mind. "Oh my god" She muttered.
"What is it?" Lukas asked.
"Nothing, I'm fine let's go." Lukas just stared at his friend and shrugged it off. He shook his head as Haley led the way to the door.
"Brooke you were weird back there." Peyton told her best friend with as much truth as she could. "When you were ordering you looked at Haley weird and when I told you about Saturday you stared at her." Peyton continued.
"Your point?" Brooke pressed
"You hate her." Peyton finished. Brooke sighed in relief at Peyton's solution. "I definitely don't hate her." Brooke smiled.
"Then what?" Peyton asked suspiciously. Brooke looked at Peyton and decided that she wasn't ready to tell her about these not so sudden feelings.
"I think that she's a good…person. I think we should make an effort to be her friend." Peyton's face fell. She was surprised and confused. "What the hell?"
"Yeah I mean, She could help us with stuff and we could help her with stuff" Brooke said and it still wasn't clear to Peyton. Peyton stared at Brooke expecting a further explanation when she didn't get one she said, "care to elaborate?"
"Not really." Brooke replied her face scrunched up a little bit. Peyton laughed at her.
"Fine let's just go to class." Peyton finally said as Brooke pulled into the back parking lot of the school. Luckily Brooke's favorite parking spot was open, most of the other students knew Brooke liked that spot so they didn't park there. She pulled into the space and stepped out of her car. Peyton quickly followed.
"We can squeeze in a 15 minute cheerleading meeting." Brooke explained "You go get the squad I'll meet you in the gym 5 minutes." She instructed. Peyton could only nod before Brooke took off.
Brooke walked through the hall everything was silent. No one was there and it was creeping Brooke out. Then Brooke heard a faint voice in the distance. She walked towards the door of the Library. She peered through the window and saw Haley listening to music and singing along.
"Know all aboutAbout your reputation
And how it's bound to be a heartbreak situation
But I can't help it if I'm helpless
Every time that I'm where you are
You walk in and my strength walks out the door
Say my name and I can't fight it anymore
Oh I know, I should go
But I need your touch just too damn much
Loving you isn't really something I should do
Shouldn't wanna spend my time with you
That I should try to be strong
But baby you're the right kind of wrong
Yeah baby you're the right kind of wrong
Might be a mistake
A mistake I'm making
But what you're giving I am happy to be taking
Cause no one's ever made me feel
The way I feel when I'm in your arms
They say you're something I should do without
They don't know what goes on
When the lights go out
There's no way to explain
All the pleasure is worth all the pain"
Brooke stepped into the room and started to clap her hands. Haley whipped her head around and ignored the pain it caused. "Brooke!" Haley screamed out raising her hands up. "That was great." Brooke said sincerely. "You scared me!" Haley said as she picked up her books. "I'm sorry I didn't mean to" Brooke continued smiling "I never knew you could sing" Brooke's smile grew by the second. Haley started to blush wildly.
"I can't really" Haley muttered. Brooke looked at her surprised. "Yeah well I heard you and I'd say you can sing pretty damn well." She said, louder then she would have liked.
Haley blushed again. She was getting more nervous every second she was with Brooke. Worse of all Brooke could tell and Haley knew it.
"I have to go." Haley muttered. "Yeah we have a meeting in the gym for cheerleading" Brooke told the short girl. Haley nodded then made her way to the exit followed by Brooke. They walked down the hall together in a comfortable silence.
"Oh Crap!" Haley said searching her pockets.
"What?" Brooke became alarmed. Haley looked back at the Library.
"I think I left my ipod in there." Haley said.
"I'll get it."
"Really?"
"Yeah. I'll be back in like two minutes." Brooke yelled over her shoulder as she jogged to the room they were in previously. Haley smiled trying to keep her stare away from Brooke's really, really nice ass. It seemed that as soon as Brooke left her cheer hos came, minus Peyton of course, Which Haley guessed was looking for the rest of the squad. Haley focused her eyes onto the floor. "What's the matter Tutor Girl?" One of the meaner cheer hos asked her "You lost? The Library is that way." She pointed to the door that read 'Library'. "She was probably going to find her friends, Oh wait that's right she has none." Another jerk piped up. Haley hated them. She usually took this and let it be but not today. "Hey, how about you guys go focus on throwing your pom-poms around or better yet drooling over some random guy?" Haley couldn't believe what she just said and obviously neither could the cheer hos. "What was that?" A brunette hissed at her.
"I told you to go screw yourself." Haley said confidence and courage raced in her veins.
"I think your forgetting who you are."
"I think your forgetting that there's such a thing as other people and that I'm a human being just like you. Oh yeah except I'm not a leggy, mindless drone so you don't like me well that's just too damn bad isn't it. Oh well. I'll move on." Haley's chest rose and fell frequently she was getting really angry. "You're not even worth it." A girl from the back muttered. "Yeah I guess not. Buh-bye now." Haley said waving at them like they were children. They definitely didn't like that. One of the girls managed to yell out.
"Bye tutor bitch!"
"See you later Cheer Hos!" Haley exclaimed after them. They paused but she guessed that they couldn't think of anything else to say and they just moved towards the gym.
Haley turned on her heel to see Brooke standing there gaping at her. Haley was so embarrassed not only did she tell the cheerleaders they were hos she did it in front of their captain. "I…sorry" She managed to get out. Brooke passed her the iPod and smiled.
"That was cute." Brooke whispered in Haley's ear before she took off down the hall to the gym. Oh god. She thinks I'm cute!
She thinks our wit is cute
I hate you!
Ha Haley hates herself!
Shut up! You suck weren't you the one telling me I love her.
Yeah but I'm also the one that's telling you the harsh reality
Which is?
She'll never love you back.
Way to kill a mood.
Thanks I take great pride in our mood killing ability.
Leave me alone! Get out of my head.
If I could I would I mean you're a crazy chick.
Go to hell!
You think conversations to your self! You need help! And WE need Brooke and you know it!
Yeah but she'll never love me back just like you said.
You never know if you don't try.
Uh god shut up okay! You're so damn confusing! I'll make a reasonable effort but just leave me the hell alone!
I love it when I win…
"Alright" Brooke said clapping her hands together. "We suck. You know it. I know it. Let's not put ourselves in denial." Brooke said smiling down at the cheerleading squad. She stood in front of them and glared at the girls who were snickering.
"So. We are going to start practicing every day after school." Brooke smiled happily at the response. A group of annoyed sighs rang out through the gym. Even Peyton was pissed off at her friend but Brooke didn't care because more practices means more mid-practice breaks which means more time to go see Haley in the Library.
Shut up Brooke! She thought to herself. The rest of her squad was staring at her or rather at the intense look on her face. "That's pointless." Peyton blurted out cutting away the silence. "What?" Brooke asked
"Us practicing all the time! We don't suck sure we could use a few extra practices here and there but we don't need this" Peyton argued along with the nodding heads of the team.
"Too bad that you are co-captain and I'm captain other wise we would probably be on vacation, So guess what Practice everyday this week!" Brooke yelled at them just as the first bell rang. The girls groaned then walked out the gym doors.
"You'll thank me later." Brooke promised as Peyton playfully gave her the finger.
"I'll see you in class" She smiled at Brooke. "Yeah you might." Brooke said evilly.
Haley walked to her next class and remembered she has that class with Brooke! Haley had all of her classes with Lukas because he was too lazy to even think about High School courses. She walked into the classroom looking for Luke who obviously would be late. She set her books down on the desk she usually sat at and waited patiently for Lukas to come to her rescue. The cheerleaders were giving her dirty looks and glared at her; at least if Lukas was there they would be drooling over him. He walked in just before the bell went. About 5 minutes later Brooke stepped into the room.
"You're late," Mr. Boid said. He was the substitute for the next 3 days. He was much closer to their age then the other teachers. Brooke looked at him and smiled. Her dimples showed and Haley felt her knees wobble it was a good thing she was sitting down. Yet once again Brooke had gotten out of being late. Instead of sitting at the desk she usually did across the room by the jocks she put her books next to Haley.
"Hi." She smiled pulling out a pencil. Haley stared up at her. Then managed to choke out
"Hi"
Brooke sat in class completely aware of the affect she had on Haley. She made the Tutor stumble on her words and made her say things she wouldn't normally say, and she loved it. Brooke glanced at Haley, who didn't notice, she looked the shorter girl up and down until her eyes fell on Haley's eyes. They exchanged a look that sent shivers down their spines. That look gave the other hope. That look made them both happy and that look told them they were falling in love.