THE RED DOOR
by Linkie
A/N: It's my first OTH story, so please be indulgent! I already wrote tons of stories about another TV show 'Higher Ground' (starring canadian actor Hayden Christensen) which was cancelled a few years ago after only one season.
Disclaimer: I, of course, don't own anything... The song's James Blunt's...
Characters: Lucas, Brooke, Haley, Nathan, Peyton, Jake, Karen, Dan, Andy, Keith, Deb, Rachel, Mouth and maybe Jake...Okay story background:
Set during season 2: Brooke's father lost their money and has to sell the house of Tree Hill. Brooke doesn't want to join them to California so she goes to live at Peyton's. She is friend with Peyton, Nathan, Haley, Mouth, and recently with Rachel.
Lucas Roe and Nathan Scott are still brothers but they don't know each other. Nathan knows that his father had another child before him but doesn't even know that it was with Karen, or that it is a boy, or anything else. Nathan is still married to Haley but their relationship is veryunstable.
Karen Hargrove came back numerous times to Tree Hill alone so Dan concluded she had lost their child before it was born. Lucas, a very pregnant Karen and Andy leave L.A. to go to live in Tree Hill.Karen told Andy about the fact she wanted her son to know who his realfather was and this one agreed with her.
Deb is still married to Dan, but is having an affair with Keith.
Chapter 1: Tears & Rain
Brooke Davis looked at the red door with a bittersweet feeling of sadness. This was probably the last time she would enter her house. She couldn't help but being mad at the world. She always had had everything: money, good looks, great clothes, friends… everything except the love of her parents of course. Talking about them, they had left her all alone in Tree Hill, and had flight to California for her father to take the job he had found there. Could it really be like that? Why the hell did he have to find a job this far? Had he done this on purpose? There was no doubt for her, he just had to…it was a question of pride. He was ashamed of what had happened to his society. Losing money was something in the Davis' family. Neither of them could think of something worse. Love didn't even take the half of the place money had…it was sad but Brooke was taking the same path that her parents had… How would she do otherwise? She didn't have any siblings, her friends were all similar, except for Peyton Sawyer, the tortured artist… and then there was Nathan Scott, her ex-boyfriend… he was just as spoiled and arrogant as she was, but was slowly changing…probably because Haley James had broke up with him a year ago, showing him he wasn't the best. It was the first time a girl had dared breaking up with him. Brooke Davis kind of admired the girl. She was strong, knew how to cope with Nathan and even Dan Scott, his frightening father.
How I wish I could surrender my soul;
Shed the clothes that become my skin;
See the liar that burns within my needing.
How I wish I'd chosen darkness from cold.
How I wish I had screamed out loud,
Instead I've found no meaning.
Brooke looked behind her as she heard footsteps but didn't see anybody. She pulled her coat closer to her body and entered her house for the last time. You would see that the walls were nude of any of the painting Brooke had cherished all over the years…there weren't any furniture left, anything at all. What she would miss most was probably her bedroom… it had been her sanctuary, her place of peace, where she could be herself without fearing to be hurt. She pushed the door open and was stuck when she found people taking the turn…there were already people in her house, ready to take it over and call it their home. The estate agent looked at her oddly and stopped talking to the couple.
"I'm sorry, but you are?" The woman questioned and Brooke sighed, running her French manicured nails through her wavy brown hair.
"Oh excuse me. Brooke, Brooke Davis, that is…uh, was my house." She said and the couple noticed her soul was filling sadness. "I'm sorry; I didn't know there were visits already." She added and was about to turn and leave when she heard a voice coming closer. The time she took to turn on her heals was the time Lucas Roe took to enter the bedroom, and crash into her. Brooke looked up as soon as her head hit the muscular chest of the boy and her eyes met his stunned blue ones. She mumbled some excuses and quickly ran out of the house, never looking back once.
I guess it's time I run far, far away; find comfort in pain,
All pleasure's the same: it just keeps me from trouble.
Hides my true shape, like Dorian Gray.
I've heard what they say, but I'm not here for trouble.
It's more than just words: it's just tears and rain.
"Who was that?" Lucas asked slightly confused at the girl's outburst and looked back at his mother and stepfather. Andy shrugged, not really caring and carried on his conversation with the estate agent. Karen went to stand next to him and wrapped an arm around his broad shoulder.
"It was the girl whose parents sell the house. So what do you think?" She asked with a bright smile and he instantly knew she wanted the house. He shrugged with a small smirk, looking around them again. "Of course, you don't have to tell me now. We'll talk about it once we'll be out. You know it's a huge decision to take."
"Yeah…but mom, if we take the house, we absolutely have to do something about that red front door. It's really hideous." He replied with a chuckle and Karen couldn't help but laugh a little bit.
"I kinda like it; it makes the house looking more personal." She responded and Lucas raised an eyebrow, smiling mischievously at his mother and watched the room where they were in… The room was quite spacious and knowing it was only a bedroom amazed him. He already knew how he would dispose his own things if he were to live in here… He would have to repaint the walls and maybe add some posters of basketball players and music bands. His mother absolutely wanted to live in Tree Hill…apparently it was her native town but she had never come back before, with him, at least. It looked like Andy had already made his decision, the house would be theirs soon… he didn't even discussed things over with his wife and stepson and Lucas was kinda indignant they hadn't been consulted. Andy shook the reddish woman's hand and this one left without even saying goodbye to Karen or Lucas. She was the biggest bitch Lucas Roe had ever seen.
"So? What do you think?" Andy asked casually, wrapping an arm around his wife's large waist. Karen leaned against his touch and relaxed slightly.
"Why do you care anyway? You already agreed with the woman without asking us first." Lucas narrowed his eyes at him and let a scoff out.
"Look Lucas, if you had been here just before you came back, I asked your mother about it and she said 'yes'. So stop being so bitter about everything." Andy said and Karen sighed. Why wouldn't they just stop being so uncivil with each other? At least for her sake…
"Do not give me orders. I'm not your son." Lucas said and took off, leaving the couple behind. He was mad he had to be there, mad he had to leave his friends, and mad that his mother had to marry Andy. They had been so good, the two alone, without another man than him in the house…why had she began to feel lonely? He looked back at the house and that stupid red door before deciding he needed to take a walk and discover what the wonderful town of Tree Hill had to offer him…maybe he'd be surprised after all?
How I wish I could walk through the doors of my mind;
Hold memory close at hand,
Help me understand the years.
How I wish I could choose between Heaven and Hell.
How I wish I would save my soul.
I'm so cold from fear.
He turned off his cell phone and pulled his i-pod out of his pocket. He needed to hear something that reminded him of his old life…
"Hi." The blonde girl said tentatively as she watched him walk by. She was sitting on the steps, and appeared to be writing something on a bloc. Lucas pulled his earphones out as he noticed the girl's lips moving. He looked around to be sure they were alone on the street and turned back to her.
"Did you say something to me?" He asked kind of surprised and the girl blushed softly. She wasn't used to talk to strangers but the guy…there was something about him that attracted her…not romantically of course.
"I just said 'hi'. I never saw you before, where are you from?" She asked then got up, leaving her bloc on the steps and meeting him on the sidewalk. He pulled his hands inside his pockets and she smiled kindly.
"How do you know I'm not living here?" He asked confused and she let out a small laugh.
"Tree Hill isn't that big and if you were, I'd have seen you at school." She said with a chuckle and he looked back at her, smiling back. So, he had seen Tree Hill wasn't quite a city. When his mother had told him that they were going to move there, he had done some research on the net. The little town wasn't even as big as his last neighbourhood.
"You're going to Tree Hill High School, right?" He questioned her with scrutinizing eyes and she nodded, lifting a hand to her hair, and pulling a strand out of her face. That girl seemed nice but he wondered if she was trying to flirt with him or not. Because if it was the case, he was doing it pretty badly.
"It's actually the only high school of the town, so I don't really have the choice. So, what are you doing here, wandering in the residential area?" She curiously asked him and he nodded, smiling a little as the wind hit her face. She groaned and decided to take her hair into a ponytail.
"My mother, step-dad, and I were visiting the big house with the red door…I don't know if you know which one I'm talking about?" He spoke up once he had her attention again. She nodded and bit her bottom lip softly…so he was Brooke's replacement, if it wasn't something interesting? His parents might be rich because no one could afford the house at Tree Hill.
"It's my friend Brooke's old house."
"Ah, is she that brunette I saw in the house?" He asked now slightly interested. The girl that had crushed into him had seemed hot to him, even if their 'encounter' had been too quick to really watch her…
"Probably…" She shrugged and Lucas turned his head as a car passed the house. He turned back to her with a small questioning look.
"So, uh, what can people do here, in Tree Hill? Is there somewhere fun or cool?"
"The guys always meet at the River Court. And there's this cool club my mother in law owns."
"You're married?" He asked frowning a little at the statement. How old the girl/woman was?
"Yeah, Nathan and I did get married last year…" She said quietly and Lucas nodded, a bit confused though.
"But, didn't you say you were going to school?"
"Yeah…uh, look, we kinda got married at 16."
"Whoa…kind of unexpected. And I thought you were flirting with me!" Lucas exclaimed with a chuckle and she couldn't help but laugh at him. The guy was so full of himself! She didn't even have done a slightest thing to show him she had a tiny interest!
"Yeah I know, surprising." She smiled warmly and he let out a breath.
"Kind of, yeah…sorry…"
"Oh, I forgot to introduce myself: Haley James Scott." She said and stuck out her hand for him to shake. He pulled a hand out of his jeans and shook it gently then dropped it quickly. No sparks between them…totally platonic. Even the spicy brunette of earlier had made him feel more by hitting him…
"Lucas Roe. Nice to meet you." He said and followed her eyes as she watched a car pull out on the driveway and a woman passing her head out of the window to call him.
"You're the son of Karen Roe?" Haley asked and Lucas nodded, slightly confused.
"You know my mom?"
"Uh, well, who doesn't here?"
"What?"
"Well, everybody knows she bought the Café."
"What Café? What are you talking about, and how come I'm not aware of this since I'm her son?"
"You'll just have to ask her yourself…uh, I think I should go, bye."
I guess it's time I run far, far away; find comfort in pain,
All pleasure's the same: it just keeps me from trouble.
Hides my true shape, like Dorian Gray.
I've heard what they say, but I'm not here for trouble.
Far, far away; find comfort in pain.
All pleasure's the same: it just keeps me from trouble.
It's more than just words: it's just tears and rain.
So, that was the first chapter... I really hope you liked and that you will review in mass! I'm sorry if there are some spelling mistakes, but I have an excuse! English is not my mother tongue!
So, I know it's gonna be Brucas, but what about the other couples? Tell me what you do think you would prefer:
1: Naley and Jeyton (Not sure about Jake though, it could be someone else...)
or
2: Jaley, Pathan
or
3: Any of those?
Oh, and if you have questions, if something wasn't clear, don't hesitate, ask me, I'll answer!
Linkie