Author's Note: I've never been a huge Brooke/Jake fan, but this idea came into my mind, so I decided to run with it. So, any suggestions or comments that you have will be greatly appreciated.
Summary: AU. Takes place after the cheerleading competition.
A Single Taste of Honey - Chapter 1
The clock struck midnight just as Brooke reached the bottom of the stairs. The wood felt beneath her feet, just as her heart felt inside her chest - cold.
She pulled the sleeves of her sweatshirt all the way down and cupped her hands inside as she walked the rest of the way to the kitchen. She had tossed and turned since she had gotten home from the cheerleading competition hours before, but sleep had failed to come to her. A few hours ago, she had been on top of th world and it made her feel happier than she had been in weeks, but that was over. Reality had set in - all of it.
Her parents were gone, as was her best friend and the boy she'd so recently given her heart to. Still, none of those people were the ones troubling her mind and her heart at the moment. These was someone much dearer to her that was on her mind. Everything else - Lucas, Peyton, her parents - were nothing but a temporary distraction from what really kept her awake at the moment. None of them could ever compare.
Brooke pulled a tea pot from the cabinet and filled it with water. She turned on the burner and closed the lid. While the water warmed, she walked to the living room and searched for a video. She ran her perfectly manicured nails across the several shelves that housed hundreds of her favorite movies. Finally, she stopped at the one she had been looking for an pulled it from the shelf. She had just removed it from it's case when the tea pot's whistle rang throughout the house. She inserted the video and walked to the kitchen.
She poured the steaming water into the waiting splatter-painted mug and absently reached for the honey. She squeezed a generous amount into the tea and stirred it lightly with her finger tip. She licked the warm tea from her finger and walked back into the living room.
The movie previews had already ran through by the time she sat down. She turned off the lamp and pulled the blue and white Ravens throw, embroidered with her name, from the wooden chest behind the couch just as the main feature came on the screen. Brooke pulled the soft fabric tightly around her body until she fit perfectly between it and the sofa. She reached for her tea and sipped it slowly as she watched the movie.
Brooke had seen it a hundred times, but she watched it as though it were the first. Finding something in every scene that she had never seen before. An event that made her re-think everything she had done those nine months ago and finally making her realize what it was she needed to change. What is was she needed to be happy and just hoping that she wasn't too late.
As the movie finished, she took the last sip of her tea - the taste of honey overtaking her senses. A sad smile fell across her lips as she stretched out across the sofa. Moments later, sleep finally came and her dreams took her back to where it all began.
Notes: The next few chapters will be Brooke's dream recalling th e events that took place between her and Jake and how they got where they are now. Please read and review!
Summary: AU. Takes place after the cheerleading competition.
A Single Taste of Honey - Chapter 1
The clock struck midnight just as Brooke reached the bottom of the stairs. The wood felt beneath her feet, just as her heart felt inside her chest - cold.
She pulled the sleeves of her sweatshirt all the way down and cupped her hands inside as she walked the rest of the way to the kitchen. She had tossed and turned since she had gotten home from the cheerleading competition hours before, but sleep had failed to come to her. A few hours ago, she had been on top of th world and it made her feel happier than she had been in weeks, but that was over. Reality had set in - all of it.
Her parents were gone, as was her best friend and the boy she'd so recently given her heart to. Still, none of those people were the ones troubling her mind and her heart at the moment. These was someone much dearer to her that was on her mind. Everything else - Lucas, Peyton, her parents - were nothing but a temporary distraction from what really kept her awake at the moment. None of them could ever compare.
Brooke pulled a tea pot from the cabinet and filled it with water. She turned on the burner and closed the lid. While the water warmed, she walked to the living room and searched for a video. She ran her perfectly manicured nails across the several shelves that housed hundreds of her favorite movies. Finally, she stopped at the one she had been looking for an pulled it from the shelf. She had just removed it from it's case when the tea pot's whistle rang throughout the house. She inserted the video and walked to the kitchen.
She poured the steaming water into the waiting splatter-painted mug and absently reached for the honey. She squeezed a generous amount into the tea and stirred it lightly with her finger tip. She licked the warm tea from her finger and walked back into the living room.
The movie previews had already ran through by the time she sat down. She turned off the lamp and pulled the blue and white Ravens throw, embroidered with her name, from the wooden chest behind the couch just as the main feature came on the screen. Brooke pulled the soft fabric tightly around her body until she fit perfectly between it and the sofa. She reached for her tea and sipped it slowly as she watched the movie.
Brooke had seen it a hundred times, but she watched it as though it were the first. Finding something in every scene that she had never seen before. An event that made her re-think everything she had done those nine months ago and finally making her realize what it was she needed to change. What is was she needed to be happy and just hoping that she wasn't too late.
As the movie finished, she took the last sip of her tea - the taste of honey overtaking her senses. A sad smile fell across her lips as she stretched out across the sofa. Moments later, sleep finally came and her dreams took her back to where it all began.
Notes: The next few chapters will be Brooke's dream recalling th e events that took place between her and Jake and how they got where they are now. Please read and review!