The Bet

A new school year has just began at tree hill high and Lucas Scott was not ready, not only was he a social outcast but his only friend was Haley James.

He had blonde scruffy hair, large over bearing glasses and everything he wore was at least 2 sizes too big for him.

He opened his car door and stepped out dropping all of his books on the floor, he bent down to pick them up when he saw Pink sneakers appear under his eyes.

"Need any help?" a voice said above him , Haley crouched down smiling at him. Lucas smiled, "Thanks Hales".

They finished putting the last few books into his bag when Brooke Davis walked past completely stealing Lucas' attention. Haley laughed , "Yeah Luke. dream on".

Lucas laughed and shook his head. Haley looped her arm into Lucas' and they started walking , "I can't believe you're still driving that truck".

He looked down at her , "Hey , my dad gave me that truck". Haley continued, "Yeah i know, but it's not like you can't afford a new one. I mean that guy you're mom's

marrying is like really rich" Lucas stopped and turned to face her , "I'm not taking money from him, my mom may love him. But i don't have to".

Haley slightly laughed, "So how long have you been crushing on Bimbo cheer captain Brooke Davis?". Lucas replied smirking ,"Uh, ever since pre-school".

"Yeah , and you've never even spoke to her". Lucas put his arm around Haley, "Yeah , and i don't plan to". The School bell rang when they went into their assigned classes.

Lucas pulled his bag off his shoulder and slouched back in his chair, Brooke and the cheerleaders all entered the room and sat together in the back of the room.

Haley looked back at Lucas and smiled, he smiled back as the teacher came into the room shushing everybody. "Quiet down everybody" Mrs. Smith yelled as she sat in her chair.

"Miss. Davis, would you and you're squad separate please?". Brooke looked up and popped the gum that she was blowing up in her mouth , The teacher continued. "Well?".

Brooke looked up once again , "Well what?". "Will you move?". Brooke shook her head , "I thought asking made it optional" , everyone in the class laughed.

The teacher stood up , "No. I'm not asking, Now come and sit next to Mr. Scott ". Lucas lifted his head up and looked all of a sudden worried.

Brooke stood up and slid in the chair next to Lucas giving him a sarcastic smile as she sat down. He smiled back and looked her up and down hoping she wouldn't

see. Lucas looked over at her and smiled as she tried anything to avoid doing her work.

She tapped her broken pencil on the desk and whispered, "Passes". He looked up at her. "Yeah?" he replied sweetly.

"Do you have a pencil that i could borrow?", he nodded his head and passed her a pencil, as she slid it through his fingers he curled them up and smiled.

The bell went and Brooke closed her books, tapping Lucas on the arm she offered him his pencil back. "Uh , you keep it", he said packing up his bag.

She smiled slightly and stood up , "Thanks". The other cheerleaders followed her out laughing.

"Brooke?", they shouted as she turned around. Rachel approached her smiling , "Have fun sitting next to loser boy?". Brooke smirked , "Whatever".

Be vin interrupted , "So Brooke, who are you going prom with? , i mean now that you and Felix are over". Brooke shrugged her shoulders , "Not sure".

Lucas walked out of the room and almost fell on the floor , but he managed to regain balance. The cheerleaders started laughing , Brooke smiled. "You okay?"

He looked over for a second and nodded, as he continued walking. Rachel looked at Brooke laughing , "What about him?". Brooke raised her eyebrow in disbelief,

"You are kidding?". Rachel laughed . "No. not at all". Brooke started walking away , "No". The girls all followed and Rachel continued , "I dare you".

Brooke turned to her, "You dare me?. Rachel nodded "hmm". Brooke contemplated the idea and looked at the other cheerleaders who looked intrigued.

Brooke smiled , "You want me to go to prom with him? , that's it?". Rachel lifted her shoulders , "Make him popular. Then make his prom king".

She continued , "If you pull it off , I'll Give you 500 dollars and If not Vise Versa, Think you can do that Queen B?". Rachel has always been very jealous of Brooke, she was always prettier, better at sports and got the guys Rachel couldn't.

Brooke nodded her head smiling , "You've got yourself a deal". Bevin laughed , "Do you think he'll actually go with you?"

Brooke shook her head , "Please". she laughed as she walked away. Bevin looked confused , "Is that a yes or a no?". the girls just rolled their eyes.

A few hours later at lunch , Lucas and Haley were sat eating when Brooke walked over. "Hey, uh. sorry what's you're name again?".

Lucas pointed to himself looking very confused , "I'm Lucas". Brooke smiled and put her hand on his shoulder , "Can i talk to you for a sec?"

Lucas looked at Haley and stood up , "I'll be right back Hales". He stood up as Brooke lead him into the corner of the room. "So , you busy tomorrow night?"

He slightly laughed and unfolded his arms , "You're kidding right?". Brooke shook her head in confusion , "Uh...no , so are you busy?"

Lucas looked over at Haley, who was attempting to Lip read. "No. I'm not why?". Brooke nodded her head , "Great. So can you pick me up at 8:30?".

He looked confused and very happy at the same time , "Were do you live?" She slid her hand into her back pocket pulling out a small slip over paper and handed it to him.

"Here's my address and phone number". she leaned over and kissed him on the cheek. "Cya then". she walked away as Lucas smiled. He walked back over and sat down next to Haley completely dazed out. Haley looked at him and looked shocked , "Wow. What was that?"Lucas smiled , "I Have no idea".

The next morning Lucas woke up with a smile on his face , he jumped up and for the millionth time looked at Brooke's address and number.

He walked towards Brooke's door feeling very nervous , he knocked on and went over the words he wanted to say over and over again in his head.

Brooke opened the door , Lucas's eyes widened. "You- y look beautiful". Brooke smiled , "Thank you".

She looked over at his truck , "That's your car?". Lucas looked back a little embarrassed , "Yeah". She closed the door and followed him to the car.

Lucas started the car and looked at her , "So were are we going?". She pulled her seatbelt on , "Theresa's house , there's a party".

He nodded his head looking a little worried , when they were driving he looked at her. "Can i ask you something?". she nodded.

"Why did you Wanna go out with me?". She looked at him and searched for something to say , "Well , i sat next to you in English. And i kinda realized you're a nice guy".

"Really?" he questioned. "Yeah". "So are you upset about Felix moving away?" She shook her head, "No. I'm actually not. It wasn't working out anyway".

Lucas nodded , "The basketball team aren't doing too well without him are they?". Brooke laughed, "No. It's hard cheering for a losing team". They both laughed.

When they arrived at the party , everybody said Hi to Brooke but gave Lucas a weird look.

Rachel saw them walking in the door and tapped bevin on the shoulder , "Here she comes with loser boy".

Brooke grabbed Lucas' hand and pulled him towards her friends , "Hey Guys". Brooke said as everyone was focused on the unwanted boy behind her.

"Who's this?" one of the girls asked. "This.....Is Lucas" she said pointing to him. Lucas felt out of place and just kept quiet. He walked out of the room as he got nothing

but strange looks from everyone he passed. Brooke followed him outside , "Are you okay?". He nodded his head, "I don't belong here". Brooke crouched down to him,

"Says who?". Lucas looked up, "Everyone in that room". She put her hand on his and lowered her tone. "Do we honestly care what they think?" she continued....

"Come on , lets go back inside". She pulled him to his feet and patted him on the back. "It's gonna be okay". she re-assured him as they re-entered the party.