"I can get home without a guy, thanks."
He turned on his heel to walk away when he heard her say "Wait, I don't want to walk." Lucas holds his hand out to Brooke while she is turned away. She turns back and looks at his hand hesitantly. She starts to get up without Lucas' help but struggled in her dress. "It's just a hand." he smiles. Brooke gives in and reaches for his hand. When they touched they felt the electricity run through their veins. "Thanks" she whispered afraid to let him know what she felt. Lucas just nodded his head and walked away.
They walked around to the front of the beach house in silence. "Damn!" Lucas said causing Brooke to jump. "I came with Anna, Nathan and Haley. He has my keys...I'll just go in and get them." He started back up towards the house. "Lucas!" Brooke shouted. He loved how she said his name. Lucas turned around to face her. "It's ok, we can just walk, I'm ready to get out of here." She spotted Felix in the house and knew he would start something if Lucas went in. "Are you sure?" Lucas asked. "Yea let's go."
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"So how are things with you and Anna?"
Brooke was the first one to break the silence. It was very uncomfortable for her. "You just had to break the silence didn't you?" Lucas asked playfully. " Well, you were brooding...plus it was uncomfortable." she explained. "You were too, I saw you." he argued. " I was not!" Brooke said as she lightly hit him. They both realized they had stopped walking so they awkwardly started again. They were silent for a while until Lucas said "Well, to answer your question from earlier, um...I'll put it short, she wanted to go fast and I didn't." "Wait, Lucas Scott refused sex!" Brooke said shocked. "Shocking, isn't it?" Lucas asked. Brooke shook her head. They both laughed. "But seriously though, I wanted to be in love the next time and we were just starting to get to know each other." He said. There was another silence, this time it wasn't awkward. "Well, I think you'll be happy to know that I broke up with Felix tonight." Brooke broke the silence again. Lucas nodded. "All you have to say is a head nod?" Brooke asked. " What do you want me to say, I think that's great Brooke!" She just stood there. "That's what I thought, yea I didn't like the guy Brooke, none of us did, but you were happy again and I especially didn't want to take that away from you." Lucas said looking at her. "But Lucas I don't think I was really happy, there was something missing." She said shocking them both. "Wow, I've never said that out loud, I've thought it, but never said it."
The rest of the way to Lucas' house was in silence. Both of them were thinking about their previous conversation. When they got there Lucas invited Brooke in and he left his mom a note.
Hey Mom,
I borrowed your car, I'll be back soon. Call if you need anything.
Lucas
"Do want something to eat?" Lucas laughed when he saw Brooke scarfing down two cookies. "YES! I'm starving!" she said spitting crumbs everywhere. "ok, I don't want any cookies." Lucas said wiping his shirt. They walked out the door. "Who knows you could even save my night." Brooke said flirtily. Lucas raised and eyebrow as he shut her door causing them both to laugh. As he started the car Brooke leaned over and whispered "I know we just got in the car but I really really have to pee." "ok" he said turning of the car. "Can I borrow some clothes too? this dress is a tad annoying." "I guess, you can use my room if you want? I'll be in the living room" He said walking off. "Thanks Luke..." Brooke trailed off. He turned around smiled and nodded.
Brooke walked into Lucas' bedroom and instantly felt at home. She looked around for a bit and stopped at the mirror. There were pictures all along the sides. One was of him and Haley when they were younger and another of them from now. They looked like they really were best-friends. Like her and Peyton. There were a couple of him with Keith and him with his mom. There was also the strip of him and Anna from the mall. For some reason Brooke felt a little jealousy towards her. The last one caught her eye. It was of the whole group after a concert at Tric. Lucas was standing behind Haley and next to Nathan. She was standing on the other side of Haley with Peyton behind her. They all looked happy. She noticed Lucas wasn't looking at the camera, but at her. He wasn't really smiling, it didn't go to his cool blue eyes. If you looked at his eyes he was sad. Brooke looked at herself in the picture and she also looked sad. There was no sparkle. She looked around a little bit more then turned to rummage through his closet. She settle on a pair of his jeans, a belt, and the famous Scott Body Shop sweatshirt. Brooke walked out into the living room. "You ready?" Lucas asked smiling. He noticed that she had gotten the sweatshirt she used to wear when they were dating. "Yea" she noted to herself that in that smile he had the sparkle in his eyes. She smiled a genuine smile back which she hadn't done forever. "Alright, after you." Lucas said as he held the door open for her and walked out.
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"What are you doing?"
"Trust me it's ok, come on."
"UGH! Fine but this trust thing is a little hard for me." huffed Brooke "considering last time!" she added.
Ouch that one hurt, thought Lucas as he unlocked the back door to the cafe. "This way come on" "Where are we going?" Brooke asked wearily, she didn't particularly like the dark. "You'll see when we get there," said Lucas as he left. "Lucas where did you go? I DONT LIKE THE DARK!" she yelled. He grabbed her arm and she instinctively shrieked. "SHHHH! Come with me" Lucas said.
They walked up some stairs for a little while. "I sure am glad that I changed." Brooke said trying to sound annoyed. "I knew you would," he answered back. "Ok, we are here." Lucas said as he opened the door to the roof of the cafe. "Wow" Brooke gasped. "I know Haley and I built it." Lucas explained. "This was our little hideaway freshman, sophomore, and part of junior year." Brooke looked at him questioningly. "I thought the River court was your little home away from home." she asked. "It is, but did you know that this was up here?" "No" "But you knew where the River court was didn't you?" Brooke nodded her head finally putting it together. "See up here everything was ours and nobody could take it. I still come up here to think even if Haley can't" Lucas said. "You mean brood?" "NO, I meant think." They just stood there looking at Tree Hill's skyline. "You miss her don't you?" Brooke asked sincerely. "Yea, I miss a lot of thing Brooke," he answered looking at her. "But that's just a part of life, right?" he stated more that asked. "Do you mind me asking why you were out on the beach by yourself when there was a perfectly good party inside?" he asked. "I could ask you the same thing." Brooke said avoiding the question. "Brooke..." "I'm sorry Lucas, I'm not ready to talk about it, at least not with you." she looked up and saw the look of hurt flash across his face. "Ok," he said. "But if you need anything, just come find me. I'll probably be here or the River court. I think i can share this place with someone else." he laughed. "Thanks Luke, I better get going" she said walking towards the exit. "Ok, just bring my clothes back washed!" he joked as she left. Lucas turned and watched he walk down the street and sighed.