There were groups. Two groups. The 'loser' group, and the 'popular' group. The loser group consisted of Lucas Eugene Scott, Haley James, Antwon "Skillz" Taylor, Marvin "Mouth" McFadden, Fergie, and of course, Junk. The popular group had Brooke Penelope Davis, Nathan Royal Scott, Peyton Elizabeth Sawyer, Tim Smith, Theresa, and Bevin. They were the rivals of the town Tree Hill. Even though there were brothers, cousins, best friends when they were little, and the same people on the basketball team, they couldn't stand each other. But they never made a big deal about it. They never spoke, never looked at each other, or heard each other. But all of that came tumbling down when Karen Roe, Lucas Scott's mother, moved to New Zealand, without Lucas.
"Mom, that's bullshit, and you know it!" Nathan Scott screamed to Deb Scott. The whole family was in the kitchen, eating breakfast, with Nathan's girlfriend, Brooke Davis. They were the power couple of Tree Hill High. While they were eating eggs, and bacon, they were discussing (or yelling about) Lucas Scott moving in.
Deb swallowed a sip of her coffee. "Nathan, don't be harsh. Karen moved away, it's our responsibility to take Lucas in!"
The person at the head of the table scoffed. Dan Scott. He was the father of both Lucas and Nathan, and that's how they were related. He was the definition of evil. All he cared about was Nathan's basketball career, money, and his number one priority was to make sure Lucas wasn't a problem, for him, or his family. He chopped up his eggs with his fork. "No, Deb, Nathan is right. Lucas shouldn't be our responsibility!"
Brooke Davis rubbed Nathan's hand with one of her hands, and ate eggs with the other. As she chewed, she whispered, "Well you're the one who had sex with Karen."
Nathan glared up from his eggs. His girlfriend was the definition of hot. But sometimes Brooke was a little ditzy. He couldn't believe she just said that. She knew the problems Nathan had with his family, why would she bully Dan like that? Dan followed Nathan's move and glared at Brooke. "Well, Ms. Davis, how many people have you slept with other than my son?" he asked.
Nathan now directed his glare towards his father. "Dad! That's uncalled for!" Nathan shouted. "Don't treat my girlfriend that way, or me and you will have more than one problem."
Brooke smiled. "Nate, I think we should get going to school, we gotta study for that test."
Nathan ate three more bites of his breakfast while Brooke put on her coat and said goodbye to Deb. "Bye, mom." Nathan said as he ran out of the room.
Dan speed walked to the door before Nathan walked fully out of the house. He grabbed Nathan's arm and pulled his ear to his mouth. "Let's not get too whipped. Basketball season is just getting critical," Dan whispered.
Nathan jerked his shoulder out of Dan's grip. "Dad, don't ever say that to Brooke ever again. We've only been dating for two months. She doesn't need to see how big of a jackass you are until at least six months."
"You think this relationship is going to last six months? Sure, she strangled you with that leash for two months, but do you think you can handle it?" Dan said. "Focus on basketball, Nathan. It's the one thing that won't betray you in the end…"
"Like you betrayed Karen?" Nathan said, and then walked away. He hated his father.
Brooke started the car when Nathan sat in the passenger seat of her blue buggie. "What was that about?" Brooke asked.
He shook his head. "Nothing, babe. My dad was being a jackass," he insisted.
Brooke nodded, and backed out of the driveway. She never liked getting in Nathan's way when he was upset, but she wanted to get to know him. Nathan never opened up. It seemed like their relationship was only for parties, and to be seen together. Everyone in Tree Hill thought that they were the perfect couple, but if they actually looked deep inside the relationship, they would find so many problems. Ultimately, Brooke wanted Nathan and her to have a deep relationship.
They got to school. Nathan got out of the car, took Brooke's waist, pulled her in, and kissed her. Brooke wrapped her arms around Nathan's neck. Brooke let go of Nathan's lips, but held his neck. "I've wanted to do that all morning," Brooke said with a smile, which was sort of fake. She wanted Nathan to realize that she had a problem with something, she wanted him to care. Nathan laughed. He let go of her waist, and grabbed her hand instead. They walked into school.
"Lucas, why aren't you listening to me?" Haley James shouted. They were at their lockers. Lucas shut his locker and threw the strap of his basketball bag over his right shoulder. He and Haley started walking to the courtyard together.
Lucas sighed. "Haley, I am listening, I'm just a little preoccupied."
"You're thinking of Nathan aren't you?" she asked.
"Of course Haley. I have to move into his house after school. I still can't believe that I'm Dan's responsibility. I would rather live in Fergie's house before I live in Nath—"
He hit his shoulder on someone else's. Her books came tumbling down. "Oh, sorry," Brooke said. They both bent down to pick up the books. Brooke looked up to see it was Lucas. "Oh…" she didn't know what else to say.
"Sorry about hitting you. I was in the middle of a rant," Lucas said, trying to smile.
They stood up. Lucas handed her a history textbook. They stared at each other for a while. "About Nathan?" Lucas laughed. Brooke smiled. "Yeah, thought so."
At that point, Nathan came up behind Brooke. "Brooke. Lucas," he said in a stern tone.
"Oh, hey Nate," Brooke said, relieved that Nathan interrupted.
He looked at her with a serious face. But then he looked back at Lucas. "Lucas," he said once more. "Don't choke tonight, or I swear to God, Whitey is gonna cut you." He took Brooke's hand and pulled her past Lucas and Haley. As he was passing Lucas' ear, he said, "By the way. Don't touch my girlfriend, ever again."
Nathan kept dragging Brooke; she turned her head around, and mouthed, 'I'm sorry'. Lucas watched her leave. The only good thing about moving in with Nathan is that Lucas can see Brooke whenever he wants.
"Wow that was, a lot. Are you sure you don't want me to help you finish packing after school?" Haley asked. Lucas was her best friend; she'd do anything for him.
Lucas smiled and flung his arm over Haley's shoulders. "No, but thanks, Hales. I don't want you to be forced to be in that house until I've lived there for at least a week…" The bell rang, and they went their separate ways to class.
"Peyton! The Boy Toy Auction is in a week, you have to figure out who you want to buy!" Brooke shouted at her best friend, Peyton Sawyer.
Peyton laughed. "Brooke, I'm not too concerned about that right now."
Brooke rolled her eyes. "Okay, at the game tonight, we'll scout out some cute boys."
Walking through the halls would make you a fan of the Ravens. Everything was blue, white, or black. The cheerleaders were wearing their cheerleading tops, and either black sweats that had Ravens printed on the butt, or their cheerleading bottoms. Boys had to wear suits with a blue tie.
After school, Lucas went straight to his old house, and packed boxes into his car. He was dreading today more than any other day. The only thing that he was looking forward to was the game tonight. He got to Nathan's house, and parked his truck in the driveway.
On the top floor, Nathan was looking out of the window, staring at Lucas. His arms were crossed, and his eyebrows scrunched. Brooke came up behind him, rested her head on his shoulder, and hugged his body. "Well, we're gonna have to hide that car now, aren't we?" she said with a smile. Nathan turned his head and laughed. "Don't think about that now, you should get in your zone for tonight." She forced Nathan to turn his whole body to face her. "And after that, maybe you should get ready for the after party at Tim's." Brooke winked.
Tonight was the night. Even though Nathan was the player of the school, and Brooke was the slut of the school, they haven't had sex yet. They agreed (or Brooke forced Nathan to agree) that if they wanted this relationship to work, they would hold off on the sex. "I can't wait to finally be with you, Davis." Brooke smiled. She hoped that the sex would help Nathan communicate, and commit to the relationship. They started to kiss.