A/N: PLEASE READ THIS BEFORE CONTINUING ON!
Okay, so I can't even believe I'm posting this. This whole fic stems from a dream I had, that later turned into a possible video series on my youtube channel but that would be too hard so I decided to write it instead. It's completely AU, so if that's not your thing, then this isn't the story for you. It's also a crossover between One Tree Hill, The Vampire Diaries, Glee, Pretty Little Liars and the new MTV show, Teen Wolf (btw, if you haven't already watched the first two episodes, I suggest you do because it's AMAZING!)
Moving on...like I said, I can't believe I'm posting this. I haven't written in a fic in the longest time and I literally just spent over an hour writing this and now I'm posting it. I think it's roughly 10,000 words, which is unbelievable to me. I don't think I've ever written a chapter that long! Please tell me if you like it and if I should continue because I have a lot of ideas for this and I would love to get a chance to write it...but I won't continue if nobody is reading. I will try to keep it as in character and canon as possible but like I said, this is AU so things are subject to change. I promise to explain and not make it too complicated though.
Each chapter will be told in one character's POV and be heavily revolved around said character and their relationships. Every one will cross paths at some point but I'm basically taking a Skins (the British television show) approach to it by having each chapter revolve around only a few select characters, instead of all of them. I won't include EVERY character from each show because that's way too much to write about, but you will know each character that I have chosen to write about and their backgrounds once their chapters are up.
Again, this is so crazy for me right now and I'm really nervous posting this. If anyone wants to BETA it, please let me know and I'll re post it once it has been edited. I'll stop rambling on and let you get to the story...I'm sorry it's so long, I kind of just let my mind go crazy with descriptions and such. Enjoy!
Chapter 1 – Brooke
Brooke Davis sat on the bleachers outside of Mystic Falls High School in Virgina, Georgia. She across the field of grass and saw the lacrosse team lining up for practice. She silently thanked God her on-again-off-again fling, Tyler Lockwood, preferred football.
She felt her cell phone vibrating in her pocket and took it out just to see who it was. She held back an eye roll and sighed when she saw that Tyler was calling her. She muted her phone and threw it into her bag, hoping he wouldn't try to find her...she wasn't in the mood for a fight.
After last period, they had gotten into another one of their brawls, which only consisted of them screaming at each other, pointing out each other's flaws. It was one of the reasons their relationship wasn't official, they couldn't go a few days without an argument.
It wasn't like it was ever Brooke's fault, though. Tyler was always so mysterious and cryptic and Brooke felt like he was hiding something from her. Whether it was his long nights at the gym, or helping his mother with one of her charity events, two of his most used bullshit excuses, he was never available. This angered Brooke because, not that she would ever admit it aloud, she just wanted to spend time with him. She wanted them to be a normal couple, like her friend from Ohio, Rachel Berry, was with her boyfriend, Finn.
The two girls had met a few years back while both their families were vacationing in the Hamptons, and kept in touch. She had received a detailed e-mail from Rachel the night before about how she had Finn went roller-skating together, something Brooke saw as really lame but thought it was sweet how Rachel explained Finn had helped her up when she fell and how they held hands rolling through the streets of their small town, Lima.
Instead of doing couple-like things like that, she and Tyler mostly just snuck off to the janitor's closet during study period and screwed each other's brains out. Not that she necessarily hated the thrill of sneaking around like that she just…wanted a little romance in her life, and Tyler didn't seem to pick up on that no matter how many hints she dropped.
Part of her even thought he could be cheating on her, but she tried to keep those thoughts in a box at the very back of her brain with the key thrown away. She had been cheated on once before, twice if you really thought about it, and she didn't want to go through that pain ever again. She wouldn't let anyone put her through that pain again. He did spend an awful lot of time with that Caroline Forbes though...he claimed they were just friends, but Brooke always suspected there was something more going on between them.
Brooke shook her head, ridding her mind of the thought. It was just her insecurities speaking. Despite Tyler's lack of commitment and romance, she knew he cared about her. He had told her this only once before, during their first fight. Brooke was furiously threatening up him down that she would ruin his reputation with girls so fast that he would have to change schools if he didn't admit his feelings for her before he told her he cared. And that was enough for Brooke, just knowing that he cared about her. It wasn't like she was getting much attention from her parents or even her friends for that matter. Sure, she was one of the most popular girls in school but the admiration and love she got from her peers wasn't real. They didn't actually care about Brooke as a person, they just cared about her social status and what benefits they would get being friends with her. None of them really knew her anyway, except for Nathan Scott, her best friend.
Well, technically he was Tyler's best friend but she and Nathan had gotten close since she started…whatever it is she was doing with Tyler. Tyler didn't know how to have friends anyway, he was kind of a jerk that way.
A whistle blowing distracted her from her thoughts and her head rose up, her eyes going to the field. She smiled when she saw Nathan walking towards her; he somehow always knew where to find her when she was feeling down.
"Brooke Davis," he said, his signature Nathan grin plastered all over his face, making his way up the metal stairs of the bleachers. "I thought I'd find you here." She smiled again as he leaned against the railing. "Let me guess, you and Tyler got into another fight?"
"How'd you guess?" She asked, sarcastically. It wasn't like her and Tyler fighting was a new thing or something that happened rarely and most of the time, Nathan got involved either to break them up, or stop Tyler from breaking something.
"Well, I just spoke to him and he seems pretty pissed off." He informed her. She rolled her eyes. Of course, he would be pissed off even though he was the one who canceled on their date! "Wanna tell me what happened?"
She turned to him. "Don't you ever get tired of hearing the details, Nate?" She asked, not meaning it to sound so rude. It was just that Brooke spilled the details of every fight she and Tyler had, give or take a few but they were almost all the same anyway.
"You're my friend, Brooke," he shrugged, not seeming to take her harsh question to offense. "Tyler's my friend. I don't like seeing you guys fight, so I just thought I'd help." She nodded. "If you want me to back off, just say the word-"
"No," she interrupted him. Nathan always calmed her down when Tyler got under her skin and if she pushed him away now, she would be pissed off for the rest of the night, maybe until tomorrow, without a solution. "He canceled our date again."
"Oh," he nodded, shifting uncomfortably. "Well, what was his excuse this time?"
"That he had to study," she rolled her eyes. "I'm Brooke Davis, I shouldn't be dealing wit this crap!" She shouted, but composed herself, realizing there were people around. "And you know, normally I'd believe that excuse but Tyler doesn't study. His father usually bullies his teachers into giving him a good mark if he fails anyway," she shrugged but then closed her eyes. She turned to face Nathan and opened them again. She couldn't believe she had forgotten. "So, that's why he's been even more of a jackass lately." She shook her head. "I can't believe I forgot," she sighed, as she started gathering her things and stood up. "Maybe I should go see if he's okay-" Nathan pulling her back down interrupted her. She looked down at him, questioning his grasp on her wrist.
"Do you really think that's a good idea?" He asked, letting her go. He only asked because the death of his father was a sensitive subject for Tyler, as it would be for anybody but especially Tyler. He never talked about it, and when someone brought up what a great father he had, Tyler left the room in a rage. Brooke and Nathan had witnessed this quite a few times. It had scared Brooke at first but as she got to know Tyler more, she understood. He may not have talked about his father much, but Brooke was able to pick up on the effect Charles Lockwood's verbal, and sometimes physical, abuse towards his son had on Tyler.
"I guess not," she sighed, sitting back down. She felt horrible for forgetting the two-month anniversary of Tyler's father's death, but that didn't excuse his douche-y behavior towards her. All she wanted was for them to work but Tyler was making that want almost impossible.
"How about I get your mind off it," Nathan suggested. She looked at him curiously, giving him a small nod to go on. "Let's go get some ice cream?"
She raised her eyebrow at his proposition. "In the middle of October, Nathan?" She asked. The weather in Mystic Falls was always up and down. It was either extremely hot or extremely cold and then there were the odd days when the weather was actually bearable. Unfortunately, today was not one of those days and Brooke had been bundled up in a cashmere sweater for the most part.
Nathan simply shrugged, still leaving the offer out on the table. She laughed at him. "I hope you know you're insane."
"Insane enough to make you laugh." He said, as he stood up. "Come on," he reached out his hand to help her up.
She smiled, quickly taking it and propped herself up. She gathered her things into her bag and threw it over her shoulder as they started walking down the steps.
"By the way," she said, with a smirk on her face. "What are you doing this weekend?"
"Uh, other than basketball practice… Nothing?" He shrugged. She smirked again. "Why?"
"My friend Rachel is moving here from Ohio and I think you two would make a great couple!" She said, excitedly. "I mean, she has a boyfriend now but how will that last considering the distance? I think she's perfect for you!" She clapped but frowned when she saw Nathan's less than thrilled expression. "Oh, come on, Nate! She's gorgeous!"
"That's what you said about the last girl and she was the furthest thing from gorgeous," he shook his head.
Brooke giggled. The last girl she had set him up with, Savannah, was a complete joke to get him back for forcing her to watch gory horror films on Halloween the year before, which Nathan never knew. The girl was sweet, but she wasn't exactly the prettiest girl in the world...well, she could be if she knew how to properly look after herself. Brooke still to this day mentally kicked herself for not convincing Savannah to let her give her a makeover.
"Besides, I don't need you to find me a girlfriend, OK Brooke?"
"Oh trust me, I know that you are very capable of getting girls on your own," she winked, hinting at that one weekend during freshman year he spent with not one but two cheerleaders who were seniors at the time, at his parents beach house. He smirked, remembering how the blond, Kyla Rottman, had taken his virginity. That was definitely a good weekend. "But, for some reason, you've been going through…a dry spell lately, I mean, when was the last time you had a girlfriend anyway?"
He looked at the ground, trying to remember the last girl he dated seriously enough to consider his girlfriend…He smiled upon remembering and looked back up at her.
"Last year," he said, smirked. "I dated Caroline Forbes, don't you remember?"
Brooke narrowed her eyes at him, knowing he brought her name up on purpose. They weren't even serious anyway, they went out on a few dates to restaurants or a movie and made out but both of them felt no real spark, or connection. So, they broke up but remained friends much to Brooke's displeasure.
"Yeah, well she's kind of a slut so she doesn't count," she said, crossing her arms over her chest. Nathan tried to stifle a laugh but couldn't hold it back. "Anyway!" She said, glaring at him. "Rachel is definitely you're type and I really think you'd like her so can you just… give her a chance?"
He groaned, throwing his head back. He hated Brooke's crazy blind date set ups, he had been through quite a few of them already during the past two years, but she was right…he hadn't really dated anyone in a while so what was the harm in one date? This Rachel girl, whoever she was, couldn't be that bad. "Fine," he said. "But one condition," she looked at him curiously. "You and Ty have to join us."
She snorted. "Like that'll ever happen!" She exclaimed, stopping in her tracks. "I can't even go one day without arguing with his stupid, arrogant self…do you really think I'll be able to get him to agree to go on a double date? In less than four days?"
"You're the one who wants me to have a girlfriend so bad," he shrugged, as he continued to walk. "I've already agreed to go, the rest is up to you, Brooke Davis!"
"Well, lucky for you, Nathan Scott, I just happen to love a challenge so…you're on!" She yelled, as she tried to catch up to him. "And slow down, will ya? I'm wearing heels, you know?"
He laughed. "Well, that's your problem, not mine." She glared at him as she whacked his arm. He pretended to wince in pain, knowing it would give her some sort of mental edge over him if she had inflicted pain.
As they continued walking down the field, they passed the lacrosse team, which included a friend of Nathan's, Jackson, and Brooke's younger brother, Scott.
She smiled and waved at her brother, who was only two years younger than her, and shot him a quick thumbs up, as it was the first day of tryouts, before she and Nathan exited the school's lot and made their way to the student-friendly ice cream shop a few blocks down.
A/N: So, that's the first chapter...I told you it was long! I'm assuming everyone is aware of the characters mentioned in this chapter but if not, you can check my page where I will post a character list with some background info on each other of them. And yes, I gave Brooke a little brother, Scott from Teen Wolf. I wanted to have at least one character related to another and I thought that was the most logical choice. And yes, everybody, except Rachel of course, lives in Mystic Falls. Like I said, everything will be explained in each chapter but if you have any questions, feel free to ask and I will gladly answer them! I hope you all liked this so far, PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE review if you want me to continue! I can't stress you enough how important reviews are to keep my motivation to update going and if you want to BETA, let me know in your review! Thank you so much for reading!