THINGS WE DIDN'T KNOW
Background
They in the last year of high school…
BROOKE: Brooke is the captain of the cheerleading squad… She is the most popular girl in the school… She is considered to be the bitch, slut and queen icy… Something that wasn't true… except for the slut part… she used to sleep with a lot of boys until she started dating her best friend…
LUCAS: Lucas is the captain of the basketball team… He is the most popular boy in the school… He is a jerk, who doesn't care about girl… he just sleeps with them… He used to be a great guy, but something changed him… He was Brooke's best friend since they were 3, but now they date…
NATHAN: Lucas' twin brother… he plays in the basketball team too… He is a great young man… he isn't like his brother…
HALEY: Haley is a tutor. She is Nathan's girlfriend and Brooke's half best friend. She joins the cheerleading squad too….
PEYTON: Peyton is Brooke's other half best friend. She is a cheerleader too… She has passion for the music…
These five kids are inseparable…
Dan and Deb are Nathan's and Lucas' parents…
CHAPTER ONE: Non existent nothing…
At school…
Today was a great day. It was the first game of Ravens and everyone in the town was talking about it. They all waited to see Lucas Scott and his brother Nathan stepping on the court.
Brooke had just arrived at school. She was late as usual. She parked her expensive car at the parking lot of the school and made her way inside to find her boyfriend. All the eyes were on her. For one more time she looked beautiful… She was wearing some tight jeans and a purple top (nothing special), her long brown hair was straightened and she had a few make up on her face, something unusual for her.
After walking some meters of the corridor she spotted Lucas. He was with Nathan, Tim, an annoying co-player whom Lucas was forced to talk to by Dan since his parents were powered people, and Jake, he was nice but not wealthy enough to be a friend to a Scott. The boys were talking about the game…
BROOKE: Hey boyfriend! (kisses him) Hi guys!
LUCAS: Hey pretty girl!
Lucas kisses Brooke softly on her lips…
LUCAS: Always late. (He winks at her)
BROOKE: I am not always late. (she emphasized the word always) So… ready for the game tonight?
TIM: Oh Brooke, we were born ready!!
Brooke rolled her eyes. She didn't like Tim. He was stupid, but she knew that if Lucas wasn't "friend" with Tim, Dan would kill him, so she tried to ignore him…
BROOKE: How about you Jagelski?
JAKE: May the better win!
Brooke smiled at him. She liked him, he was always sweet and never a jerk. He was a father to a lovely little girl and he liked Peyton; but they were not friends, she wasn't allowed to hang out with him…
BROOKE: That's right, but someone over here is nervous… (she looks at Nathan)
NATHAN: Yeah, a bit. You know, the first game of the season; we have to win. And Dan is going to be here…
BROOKE: Nate it's ok! I am sure you are going to be the best (she said playfully to him)
LUCAS: Are you sure Brooke that he is going to be the best? (looking at her devilish)
BROOKE: Yes I am… (she told him proudly)
LUCAS: Then I guess you have to pay!
Lucas started tickling her…
BROOKE: L..u..cas… pleeeease stooooooooooop…. (she managed to say)
Lucas didn't stop. Brooke escaped his hold and started running down the corridor but Lucas chased after her. While Brooke was running, she looked behind her to see if Lucas was following her. Suddenly she hit on something; well actually on someone. Brooke fell down…
JULIAN: Ugm… I am sorry…(he was panicked, he just had fallen on Brooke Davis) Are you ok? (he kneeled to help her)
BROOKE: Yeah, I …
LUCAS: What the hell man? (he pushed Julian, who lost his balance and fell down) Are you stupid? Huh?
BROOKE: Luke, it is my fault…
Julian stood up and turned around to leave. Lucas touched his shoulder.
LUCAS: I am talking to you, you freak. (he said angrily)
The whole school has running to where they were. Lucas was ready to punch him, but Nathan was there and stopped him.
NATHAN: Lucas! What the hell man? Today is the game. You don't want to be expelled…
Lucas looked at Nathan. He was right. He let his hold on Julian.
LUCAS: Stay away from her or I 'll kill you(he threatened him) Got it?
Julian just nodded and left full of embarrassment; but first he looked at Brooke. She was sorry about Lucas' behavior, but she couldn't tell anything because Lucas would get angry. Just then the bell rang and the students started to go to their lessons.
LUCAS: Pretty girl are you ok? (he asked her concerned, offering his hand to help her stand)
BROOKE: (she declined to take his hand, she was pissed off) Yes…
She stood up and started walking to her locker because she had to take her books for the first period. She didn't want to talk to Lucas…
LUCAS: Hey, what's wrong…?
BROOKE: (yelling) What's wrong? Why are you acting like this Lucas? Since when do you punch people without a reason? (she was really angry)
LUCAS: I didn't punch him. (Lucas started yelling too)
BROOKE: Because Nathan stopped you!
Peyton and Haley were walking to their first period when they saw their friends arguing.
PEYTON: Hey, guys, stop yelling!
HALEY: Yeah. Brooke calm down.
BROOKE: Don't tell me to calm down.
PEYTON: Wow! Nothing happened Brooke. Just let it go…
Brooke shot Peyton a warning look.
HALEY: Peyton I think we should go. ( Haley knew better than stay there and start a fight with Brooke)
When they left…
LUCAS: Brooke I am sorry. I don't know what got into me. (He was sad; he didn't like it when he fought with Brooke)
BROOKE: Luke, it is not the first time you act like this; (concerned) since you came back from holidays you do things you would never do before… (she looked in his blue eyes trying to find an answer)
LUCAS: I don't know what you are talking about. (he looked away)
BROOKE: We are going to be late for first period. (She knew that Lucas wasn't ready to talk about what happened during the summer that changed him so much and since today was their first game she didn't want to push him) See you later! (she gave him a peck on the cheek)
Lucas looked at her with pain. He wanted to tell her but he couldn't…
In the classroom
Lucas, Nathan, Peyton and Jake had the same lesson… Nathan was sitting behind Lucas, Peyton was sitting beside Lucas and Jake was sitting two seats behind Peyton… They all were bored. They had geography. The teacher was so boring; he was talking and talking and talking about countries, rivers, lakes… No one in the class was paying attention in what he was saying. They were all just waiting the bell to ring. Lucas was staring out of the window, thinking back of what happened some minutes ago… What the hell was that? I tried to help Brooke and she got mad? Ok… Maybe I overreacted… Is she still mad at me? What did she mean "since you came back from holidays you do things you would never do before…"? Maybe I should tell her… No… there is no way I could tell her. Have I changed? How cou…
His thoughts were interrupted by Nathan.
NATHAN: Hey, Luke, are you ok?
LUCAS:Yeah, just thinking…
NATHAN:…of Brooke, I bet.
LUCAS: Yeah. You think she is still mad at me?
PEYTON:She won't remember it until the next break.
LUCAS:Do you think so?
PEYTON: Luke, stop worrying… She 'll be fine. She just overreacted as usual.
LUCAS: But she was really pissed off…
Peyton rolled her eyes. She couldn't understand her two friends… Well, actually, she couldn't understand Brooke; she was acting weird when she was with Lucas lately. She got mad at him for stupid things, she yelled at him, she then cried a lot. Although Brooke was her best friend since they were ten, she thought that Brooke was kind of pretending. Why is Lucas still her boyfriend when she treats him like crap? She thought. Truth to be said, she was a bit jealous of Brooke. Peyton always liked Lucas, but Lucas never looked at her like this. They were friends; not even best friends. Peyton was jealous of the relationship, Brooke and Lucas had… They seemed to understand each other without saying a word, they could feel what the other felt… Peyton remembered when she first saw Lucas… She could never forget these piercing blue eyes! She blushed because of the thought…
NATHAN:Hey, Blondie, what are you thinking of?
PEYTON: Ugm, nothing…
LUCAS:Yeah, sure, that 's why you were blushing…
PEYTON:I wasn't…
NATHAN: (whispering even more) Seems that you were not the only one blushing, Peyt.Look at Jagelski… Man, he has fallen hard for you.
PEYTON:Nah… he is just nice to me…
NATHAN: Why don't you… you know…
LUCAS:Yes, Peyt. He is a great guy…
PEYTON: Then, why isn't he your friend?
Peyton was suddenly mad at Lucas. The boy she liked since she was 10 had told her to go out with someone else? He was supposed to ask her go out; well, if he knew she liked him. She hadn't told anyone all these years, even not to Brooke. But even if she had, Brooke was Luke's girlfriend now. Maybe it was time she should move on with her life. She looked at Jake. He was a great guy. Jake waved at her and she waved back.
Peyton took a piece of paper out and wrote something down. When she finished writing she passed it back to Jake. Jake was surprised that Peyton send him a note… He looked at her, smiled and then opened the note…
PEYTON: Hey… How are you doing? Anxious about the first game?
JAKE:A bit… Just because you are going to watch…
PEYTON:Hey… you are making me blush… So what are you doing after the game?
JAKE:Umg… Nothing, I guess. Why?
PEYTON: I was thinking, if you want, to hang out... but if you don't want it 's ok…
JAKE: So, P. Sawyer is asking me to hang out and I will say no… No way. Sure I want to go out with you.
When Peyton read his answer she turned round and smiled at him…