Unsuspecting Love
Disclaimer: Yeah I Don't own One Tree Hill or any of the characters but I sure as hell wished I did.
Brooke moaned as Haley continued her kissing assault on her neck. Haley led a trail of hot kisses from the base of Brooke's neck up to her jaw bone and finally settled on her lips. Brooke ran her tongue across Haley's bottom lip and Haley responded by opening her mouth to give the demanding tongue access. Haley removed her hand from its position on Brooke's waist and headed southwards where she undid the buttons on Brooke's jeans, pulled down the zip and...
Beep, beep, beep. Brooke groaned as her alarm clock interrupted yet another dream of Haley. She rolled over, turned it off and slowly climbed out of bed as she made her way to her bathroom for a very cold shower.
"Hey P Sawyer" Brooke cheerily greeted her best friend as she walked up to her locker.
"Hey yourself" Peyton responded acknowledging Brooke's presence. "So what time am I picking you up tonight for Nathan's party at his beach house?"
"I was thinking that we kinda..erm..didn't go tonight" came Brooke's nervous response. Peyton turned to face Brooke with an questioning stare that seemed to last minutes between the two before deciding to ask Brooke after realising she wasn't about to explain.
"Let me get this straight, the Brooke Davies is passing up an opportunity to drink ridiculous amounts of alcohol and hook up with an endless list of guys?" Peyton asked wearing an amused expression.
"Erm...yeah?" Brooke answered as Peyton closed her locker door and adjusted the strap on her shoulder bag.
"So you gonna tell me the reason for the sudden Catholic School Girl act?" Peyton questioned wrapping her arm round Brooke's shoulders and leading them to the exit.
"Honestly?" Brooke sighed running her hand through her hair "Honestly i don't think i can tell you, at least I don't want to until I can sort out whats going on in my head" she finished softly.
"Okay" Peyton replied "But if you need to you know talk or whatever..."
"I know" Brooke finished for her, smiling sincerely.
"So what's on the agenda for tonight then Miss Davies?" Peyton asked breaking the silence that had fallen between them.
"I was thinking girly night in at your's"
"Only if there's gonna be ice cream"
"Oh theres always ice cream" Brooke smiled her trademark dimpled smile and opened the door to her VW Bug as she drove to Peyton's house with Peyton following in her own car.
Later on that night, Brooke and Peyton were eating their way through a tub of Ben and Jerry's after having finished their pizza whilst watching dvd's in Peyton's lounge.
"Okay, this has to be the most dull film ever made" Brooke groaned resting further into the couch.
"Just because it doesn't have cheerleaders talking about hair and make-up and cute boys for an hour and a half doesn't make it dull Brooke" Peyton retaliated.
"Whatever, i'm bored, lets do something fun"
"Firstly, girly night in was your idea and secondly, we could have gone to Nathan's party but you turned that down"
"Well i've changed my mind, come on Blondie go get ready"
"What happened to you sorting things out in your head, you sounded pretty serious before"
"Well maybe my head needs a break from sorting itself out" Brooke smiled trying to reassure her best friend that she was okay. Peyton, however, was not falling for hers friends bad attempt at trying to cover up how she really felt.
"Come on Brooke, tell me whats up, we've always told each other everything. You never know, I might be able to help with whats going on in that pretty head of your's."
Brooke sighed and adjusted her seating position so she was facing Peyton. Silence fell upon the two girls and Peyton knew that whatever it was that Brooke was dealing with, it was serious as it was obvious through Brooke's nervous behaviour. Peyton placed her hands on top of Brooke's to stop her fidgeting and tilted Brooke's chin so that she was looking at her.
"Okay" Brooke started shakily "what i'm about to tell you confuses the hell out of me and your probably gonna think i'm some sort of freak and never want to talk to me again but... but i need to tell someone, so here it goes" Brooke rushed before taken a deep breath. "I think i'm in love and I really don't think I should be in love with this person. I didn't even see it comming, I mean they've always been there but it's not until recently that i've started to notice everything about them and just being around them gives me butterfly's. Then there's the dreams which I never fail to dream every night. I just can't be in love with this person, its not as if they'd ever love me back and i'm just sick of feeling so helpless." Brooke finished softly looking in to Peyton's eyes silently willing her to say something.
"Erm..wow" was all Peyton managed to respond with. She'd known Brooke since they were nine and she'd never heard Brooke talk about being in love with someone like she just had. Brooke was never the type to fall in love and Peyton had certainly never seen Brooke act so helpless.
"Okay, so you're in love but I fail to see the reason for me thinking you're a freak and me never wanting to talk to you again" Peyton managed to say after finding her voice.
"You don't know who it is that I am in love with yet" Brooke whispered.
"No I don't, so are you gonna tell me who the lucky guy is?" Peyton enquired
"Thats just it, its not a guy"
Peyton for the second time in the space of ten minutes had lost the ability to speak. Since when did boy crazy Brooke start liking girls. Minutes passed as Peyton tried to comprehend what Brooke had told her. Brooke took the silence as a bad thing and stood to leave as tears welled up in her eyes. As the weight on the couch shifted Peyton broke out of her trance to see Brooke heading for the front door.
"Hey don't go Brooke" Peyton stood up grabbing Brooke's arm and turning her to face her.
"Why not, you're clearly completely freaked out by what I just told you" Brooke's voice broke as unshed tears began to fall.
"I'm not freaked out Brooke, its just a bit of a shock. If you think that you liking girls will get rid of me then you've got another thing comming" Peyton grinned hoping to lighten the mood. Brooke laughed half-heartedly as she wiped away a few stray tears.
"Thanks Peyton, I really don't know what I'd without you and besides its not all girls its just one." Brooke replied hugging Peyton. As she pulled away Peyton led them back to sit on the couch.
"So you gonna tell me who the lucky girl is then?" Peyton questioned
"Erm..erm.. well you see its ...erm.. Haley" Brooke stuttered turning her head to face away from Peyton. Peyton's head shot up at the confession shock written all over her features.
"Haley? Haley as in Tutorgirl Haley?"
"Yeah, I told you it was someone I shouldn't be in love with" Brooke started picking at the material on the couch. "You can never tell her though Peyton, it would ruin everything"
"I won't tell her Brooke" Peyton smiled sincerely "But you're going to have to eventually, otherwise you're just going continue to feel the way you do now."
Brooke only nodded as Peyton's advice rang through her ears. She was glad that she had finally told someone else and she was glad that Peyton had taken it so well. But telling Haley, that was something completely different. It could put Haley's and Nathan's marriage at jeopardy and it would most certainly ruin her friendship with the tutor. Besides why would she want to go through the painful experience of rejection. Telling Haley would just have to wait. For a very, very long time.