Brooke & Lucas- Long Way Back
Summary: BRUCAS BL season 6- my interpretation. How will Brooke cope with her feelings about Angie leaving and something else..and who will be there to save her? WARNING: IF YOU HAVEN'T READ SEASON 6 SPOILERS OR YOU DON'T WANT TO KNOW ANY SPOILERS DON'T READ THIS FIC! Enjoy!
Flashback
Brooke holds Angie in her arms, with tear-filled eyes.
"I love you little girl," Her voice is soft and shaky "And I always will, okay?" And you're gonna have a
great life. Don't forget me, okay?"
She hands Angie over to a lady in the airport, fighting her urge to break down and cry,
she has to be strong, until they leave.
Once she is alone, she turns around, still in a big croud in the airport. Lucas.
Standing in front of her, with a sad look in his eyes, is Lucas.
End Flashback
Brooke sits in her living room alone. Well, not for long. Lucas makes his way in
to see Brooke quickly wiping her eyes. He sits by her, not saying a word but
gently takes her in his strong arms and comforts her.
"It's gonna be okay.." He whispers soothingly in her ear.
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(LUCAS POV)
I watch as she shakes her head.
"Brooke it will. I'm here for you, ok?" I say to her, making sure my words sink in.
"Luke, I'm fine, no need to be here."
I watch as her face becomes unemotional, with a fake smile to add and I
know exactly what she's doing. "Brooke stop. Don't do that."
"Don't do what?" She asks me, clearly playing dumb.
"Don't pretend like everything's fine when I know better. So do you. Angie's
gone. And I know it's killing you, but you have to let me in, so I can help
you." I look at her with concern in my eyes, and I feel like I'm getting through to her
when I see her facial expression turn to sadness.
"I miss her..." She admits and looks me in the eyes with tears in her own.
"I know..." I answer quietly and gently take her back into my arms, so she can
let it all out. I console her, and my heart breaks for her.
"I miss her smile, and her laugh, and even her cry, I miss the way you two looked
so cute together." She lists and I keep a firm hold on her, I know she needs it.
She keeps crying into my chest as I hear the door open, to reveal a very pissed
Peyton.
Peyton looks from me to Brooke a few times before rolling her eyes with anger,
and throws her arms in the air.
"Well, what's going on here?" She asks coldly.
Yeah she definately hasn't noticed that Brooke is crying.
"Peyton this isn't.." I start to say when she cuts me off.
"What it looks like?" She finishes my sentence
"I was going to say that this isn't a good time..." I say back and turn
my attention to Brooke.
"Brooke look at me.." I whisper as I hear her crying slow down.
She silently looks up at me.
"I'm not gonna let you deal with this alone." I say with a seriousness
in my voice. And I meant it with my heart.
I rub her back until I hear Peyton let out a cold laugh and I look to see glare
at the two of us.
"Isn't this just too sweet? Is this a new way to hurt me, huh Luke? You
two together now? Lindsey who, right? My best friend, BEST
friend, and the boy I love, nice one, real nice."
I start to get angry. "You know, Peyton, sometimes things just
aren't always about you." I know it sounds a bit cold, but
it's the truth. I mean, who does she think she is? She
doesn't own me. Not to mention that Peyton never even acknowledged
that Brooke was hurting. She didn't come in wondering what was wrong
with her best friend. And that upsets me. I feel Brooke's head lift
from my chest.
"Peyton.." She starts, but I cut her off.
"Don't worry about it, I'll handle this." I reassure her. "You don't
need this right now." I lead her into the bedroom. "Get some rest."
I close Brooke's door and walk back to see Peyton's face with
a guilty look. I guess she finally noticed that Brooke was crying.
"Is she okay?" Peyton asks me.
"No, I'm sure she could use her BEST friend." I say coldly.
She looks down to her feet. "Luke, I just felt threatened.."
I shake my head, she still doesn't get it. Does she?
"Look Peyton, she needs us to be there for her. Can you put
your problems aside and help her? Be the kind of friend she
is to you?" I don't like the side of Peyton Sawyer I'm seeing
for the first time right this moment.
"Yeah." She answers quietly.
I nod and step into Brooke's room. "Good night. I'll stop by
tomorrow." I whisper and she nods. I give her a hug and step
back out of the room.
"Bye." I say quietly to Peyton and leave.
(NOT LUCAS POV)
Peyton steps quietly into Brooke's room.
Brooke looks up at Peyton sadly. "I'm sorry, Luke
was just being a good friend, we weren't doing anything. I
promise."
Peyton looks down at the floor. "I know, you don't have to apologize."
She walks over to Brooke and sits by her on the bed. "How you
feelin?"
Brooke looked away as tears formed in her eyes. "Not so good."
Peyton wrapped her arms around Brooke. "Shh..it's okay." She
comforted Brooke.
"I miss her so much." Brooke sobbed, drenching Peyton's shirt
with her tears.
"I know ya do.." She held Brooke."
"She was supposed to stay for 8 more days. We were gonna
go to the beach." Brooke sniffed.
"I know honey, but you need to get some sleep."
"I can't." Brooke shook her head.
"Alright, why don't we lay here until you fall asleep, we can
talk about it..or whatever."
Brooke silently nodded.
The next morning Lucas showed up bright and early with coffees.
Peyton was already at work and Brooke was asleep in her bed.
Luke walked into her room and tapped her. "Hey Lazy Girl, I
brought you some coffee." He smiled as she blinked her eyes
a few times and pretended to glare at him.
"I am not lazy." She took the coffee and sipped it.
"Believe whatever you want." He joked. His smile grew when
he saw her beautiful dimples accompany her beautiful smile.
"You are not funny Lucas Scott. Shut up and drink your coffee."
She pushed his shoulder lightly and he laughed.
"So how are you this morning?"
"I'm good.."
"Brooke." I gave her a pointed look.
"Luke, I'm strong, you know that."
"Yeah, and I also know that sometimes you're not as strong as
you let everyone believe."
"I'm fine. Of course I still miss her, but I'm hanging in there. So
I've got to get to that business of mine.."
"Are you sure you can handle that right now?"
"Of course..."
"Brooke, maybe you should take the day off, hang with me."
"No, I'm going to work. I need to work on sketches. But thanks
for caring."
"Brooke, don't go to work..." He followed her out.
"I need to. Don't worry, I'll be fine." She plastered a smile on
her face.
"Brooke-" He called out, but she had already took off.
It was 7:00, closing time at Clothes Over Bro's. It was already
dark outside. Brooke grabbed her sketchbook an turned off her
lights. That was probably the roughest day at work that
Brooke had ever experienced. All she wanted to do was go
home and cry. She took one last look at her store to make
sure everything was in its palce, then she stepped out. She
grabbed her keys and started to lock up. As she put the key
in the hole, she felt someone watching her. She went to hurt her
head, but when she did it was too late. All she saw was a fist
coming to her face and felt herself being knocked to the ground.
She tried to get up, her vision was blurry. She had no luck as she
felt another fist plunge into her stomach, knocking her unconscious.
Up Next: Will Lucas be able to save Brooke?
What secret is Brooke hiding?