Hey! Here's another chapter...I hope you guys like it...it's gonna get very interesting...trust me! Anyway enjoy!
23TutorGirl23
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ON THE PLANE
Here she was, sitting there thinking about everything that had happened lately in her life. The boy she loved finally told her that he loved her and she took off. He called her about a million times and she never answered. Her parents ignored her the whole summer. Oh and she slept with someone else and then called and broke his heart.
Brooke Davis sat on a plane, and had been sitting there for a good two hours. She was on her way back from Califronia and she knew that her life wasn't going to be the same when she got back. Her and Haley were fighting because of what she did to Lucas.
At first Brooke thought that it was unfair for Haley to be mad at her but after that call she realized Haley not only had a right to be mad but she also had a right to fight for what she believed in. What Haley had said about her loving Lucas was true. If she did love Lucas like she knows she did, she wouldn't have done those things. Although Brooke was mad at Haley for leaving without saying good bye, she was more mad at herself for causing Lucas pain. She never wanted to hurt him. She did love him. And she always would. Always.
"Hey, you ok?" A male voice said beside her. She looked over at the boy beside her and nodded.
"Ya, i'll be ok. " She said and looked out the window. He reached over and gave her a hug. She hugged him for a second before breaking away. She smiled at him and then looked back out the window again. Yep, things in Tree Hill would never be the same.
LUCAS' HOUSE
"So okay, here's the deal, My mom isn't coming home for another week and she says that it's ok if you stay." Lucas said walking into the livingroom with a bowl of popcorn. Haley looked up and smiled brightly.
"So I take it things are going well with Andy?" Haley asks, grabbing some popcorn fron out of the bowl. Lucas shrugs.
"Guess so...anyways what movie?" Lucas askes while holding up two movies, "The Ring Two? Or The Wedding Crashers?" Haley looks from one to the other and points at the wedding crashers. "Thought so ya big baby."
"You know I hate scary movies Luke." Haley said and Lucas rolled his eyes. Haley grabbed the popcorn off him and sat back down on the couch. He put the movie in and sat down. They watched the movie and eventually both fell asleep.
It was around 3am when Lucas woke up sweating and panting. He had just had a nightmare of something he feared most. He had a nightmare about losing Brooke. He loved her so much and the nightmare was so real. It was about ten years down the road and him and Brooke were married. She was pregnant and they couldn't be happier. But then they were in a car and a truck swirved and hit them. It killed Brooke, and it killed the baby.
Lucas shook his head and closed his eyes for a moment. His heart was racing and he could feel a sharp pain run through his chest. He breathed deeply, in and out, and his heart slowly staedied its pace. It was then that Haley woke up. She looked over at him and noticed that he had his eyes closed and was breathing heavily. She sat up and felt his forehead. Hot as hell.
"Jesus Luke, you're burning up. Do you need some aspirin or something?" She asked worridly. He kept his eyes closed and shook his head. Haley kept looking at him. He was sweating and shaking. "Luke, what's wrong?"
Lucas didn't answer he just kept his eyes closed until he was sure that his heart was at his normal speed. Finally when he was sure it was safe he opened his eyes to see his worried sister-in-law looking at him. He noticed that right now, Haley was like his mother. She would make a good mother some day.
"I'm okay, Hales. I just...I just had a bad dream that's all." Lucas replied and Haley nodded before getting up. She walked out of the room and came back two minutes later with a glass of water in hand. She passed him the water and he took it appreciativily. He drank it within a minute and enjoyed the cool liquid in his throat. "Thanks."
"Your welcome." She said still worried about him, "So you wanna fill me in on what has got you so worked up?" She asked and Lucas hesitated. Did he really want to tell her? He knew her and Brooke weren't really on good terms and he didn't know if he wanted to bring her up.
"It...it was about..." He paused and looked into her eyes, she nodded understandingly and he sighed, "I...oh my god Hales it was so bad. I just...I can't lose her." Lucas said, a tear rolling down his face. Although Haley couldn't see the tear due to how dark it was, she knew that he was upset. So she did the only thing she knew how to do, she leaned over and hugged him.
She understood how much he loved Brooke and she didn't know what she'd do if she lost Nathan. She wouldn't be able to live without him. She broke away and looked at Lucas. Here he was, a boy who just wanted to be loved back, having nightmares about someone that obviously doesn't love him. It pained her to know that the truth was, Brooke did love him but she was just scared. To most people it would seem that Brooke didn't love Lucas and was just doing this to hurt Lucas. To Haley, it was just a desperate, but failed, attempt to get over him.
"You won't lose her Luke. You won't." Haley comforted him. She could feel him tighten his grip on her and she sighed. She could also feel her shirt being soaked. Either from sweat or from tears, Haley didn't know. But what she did know was that he was never going to get over Brooke Davis.
AIRPORT
Brooke Davis stepped onto the ground after a long flight from California. She looked around and breathed in the Wilmington air. It was good to be home. A home where she belonged. She walked into the airport and walked over to the baggage claim. Just before she could grab her bag the boy that she had spent most of her summer with grabbed the bag.
"I can carry that, ya know. You don't need to go breaking a nail or anything." He said chuckling a bit. She smiled and punched him lightly on the arm.
"Shut up Nate. I can carry my own bag thank you very much. " She said smiling and grabbing the bag out of his hands. He threw his hands up defensivly.
"Fine, fine. I just thought I could be a gentleman and carry your bag for you." He said and she rolled her eyes.
"Since when are you ever trying to be a gentleman?" She asked with her famous kinked eyebrow , Nathan thinks for a moment and shrugs.
"Since just now. Anyway, you walk to slow so I thought I could save us some time by just taking the bag for you." He said and grabbed the bag off her again. She rolled her eyes again and started walking away from him. He smiled and followed her. She was walking in front of him when all of a sudden she stopped dead in her tracks. Nathan ran into her. "What the hell, why did you stop?" He asked irratated.
He looked up to see what she was looking at and smiled as she started to squeal.
"P. Sawyer!" She said running over to her best friend. Peyton smiled brightly and nearly fell back when Brooke jumped on her.
"B. Davis! I didn't think you were coming back until tomorrow." Peyton said smiling at her best friend. She looked behind Brooke and saw Nathan walking up to them smirking. "Hey Nate."
"Sawyer." He said and nodded at her. Peyton looked from one to the other and was slightly confused until Brooke piped up.
"Hey, so I heard you went to Europe or something. So how was it?" Brooke asked looking at Peyton for an answer.
"Well..." Peyton paused and nodded her head to behind Brooke. She turned around and her mouth nearly dropped to the floor.
"Jake!" She shouted and ran to him. Jake looked at Peyton a little scared, causing her to laugh, as Brooke launched into Jake's arms. "Hey!" She said and he laughed.
"Hey to you too." Jake said smiling at the brunette. She let go of him and they walked over to where Peyton and Nathan were. Brooke hugged her best friend again and whispered to her.
"So did you guys do it again yet?" Brooke asked and Peyton turned a bright red and Brooke squealed and clapped her hands. Peyton sighed and laughed. Nathan and Jake nodded at eachother and slapped eachother on the back.
"Ok, now that everyone has seen everyone, can we go?" Nathan asked. He really didn't want to spend most of his day here at te airport. After all school did start the day after tomorrow.
Everyone agreed and headed out to get a cab. They all decided that they were going to head to the cafe in seperate cars because they all had to much luggage. they all piled in their cars and agreed to meet at the cafe at 1 or so. They all wanted to see how everything was going there.
CAFE
The cafe was dead. Nobody had been there all day so Lucas had closed it and him and Haley were cleaning up around it so that they would be prepared for tomorrow. Lucas was coming out front to ask Haley if she was finished with the counter when he stopped and shook his head, a small smile forming on his lips. Haley was sleeping peacefully on the counter. He smirked and twirled the cloth he had in his hand around in a circular motion and whipped her with the cloth. She jumped up and whirled around to see the eyes of her best friend. She glared at him.
"Sleeping on the job I see, well Missy, I just can't have that." He said smirking at her. She nodded as if to say oh really? . She then grabbed a cloth herself and whipped him on the leg. He faked shock and she at him. He smiled at her and whipped her again, this time causing her to scream a little.
It was then a winner-take-all situation. Each were taking their cloth and whipping eachother and chasing eachother around, trying to out do the other. Both were having the time of their lives. Lucas was on the ground and laughing so hard he was going to cry. He looked up and saw that Haley had a big piece of cake and was about to throw it at him when he grabbed her legs and tripped her.
"Haha, who's the winner now...huh? Got nothing to say...ya that's what I thought." He said smiling triumphantly. She shook her head smiling and groaned.
"Ugh, get off me you cow. What do you weigh? 500,000 billion pounds?" Haley said laughing as she attempted to push him off. Truth be told, Lucas had lost pounds and gained muscle. Ever since he had found out about Brooke he had started over training. Lucas smirked and just lay there. Haley groaned again. "Lucas don't do that. Stop being a dead weight, you know I can't get you off when you do that."
"Say that i'm the best ever." He said and she rolled her eyes and groaned again. She mumbled the phrase and he could hear it but he wanted to make her mad. "I'm sorry, I didn't catch that."
"Oh, you didn't, did ya? Oh well here, let me clean your ears out." She said before licking her finger and putting it in his ear. He laughed but made a disgusted face. She laughed and that's when the bell above the door sounded causing the two teenagers to look up at the door.
Lucas and Haley couldn't believe who they were seeing at the door. It was the two very same people that broke their hearts. The two very same people that have had their hearts broken by them. It was the two very same people that they both loved dearly.
Nathan and Brooke looked at the two on the floor. It was the two people that have held their hearts for so long and both were in a comprimising situation.
"Nathan?" Haley was the first to speak. Her voice was hesitant and a little bit broken. What was he doing with Brooke? She pushed Lucas off her as he just sat there looking at Brooke who was looking straight back at him with a hurt expression. Nathan looked at Haley and she looked at him. Brooke noticed that Lucas had definitly bulked up since she last saw him and Nathan thought Haley was more beautiful then ever.
"So I see you decided to dump Chris Kellar and then go for my brother. Smart Move." Nathan said sarcastically. He knew that what he walked in on was nothing like that. He had seen the two be like this before and not once did they ever make googly eyes at eachother but he just wanted to hurt her like she had hurt him.
"Hey man, shut up! She didn't do anything!" Lucas yelled angrily, getting up and putting a protective arm around Haley, who stood there rooted to the spot. Nathan was a bit shocked by Lucas' outburst yet took a step closer to him. He was about to swing at Lucas but was stopped by Brooke who had an arm put out to stop him. He looked at her and by the pleading in her eyes, he stopped. Haley looked on at this and felt a pang of jealously run through her.
"Oh, so you're like Brooke's lap dog. Huh." Haley spat out. Nathan and Haley stared eachother down. Brooke sighed.
"Relax Tutor Girl." Brooke said and Haley glared at her.
"DON"T call me that." Haley said to her sternly. Lucas shook her slightly causing her to look up at him. She sighed and glanced at Nathan once again.
"Huh, you two are pretty close...be careful not to cheat on her too." Nathan spat out and that was it for Lucas. He lunged at Nathan and grabbed him by the scruff of the neck. Haley and Brooke stood around them trying to get Lucas to let go. Nathan was actually scared when Lucas lunged at him. Lucas never got mad like this over one little comment. Nathan tried to struggle free but was surprised when he couldn't even move. Lucas was somehow stronger then he was.
"Listen here, Little Brother, " Lucas said with sarcasm, "I'd watch your mouth around me and my sister if I were you. " Lucas pulled him closer to him and then pushed him back against the wall, causing both girls to jump a little.
"Luke, let him go...please." Brooke said, her voice soft. She gently touched his arm and as soon as she did he fliched it away like it had burned him. He let go of Nathan who fixed his collar and looked at Lucas. Lucas breathed deeply and looked at Haley, missing the hurt expression Brooke got when he flinched away from her. He turned around and started to walk out back when he stopped and turned to face them.
"Both of you get out." Lucas said in a angry tone. He then softened his voice as he looked at Brooke. "And don't call me Luke. It's Lucas." He said and walked out back. Brooke was more beautiful then ever. Her hair was cut a little shorter then he had last seen it and she had on a cute little dress. Her hair cascaded down her shoulders as if it were a blanket. He was gonna show her what she'd been missing and he was gonna show Nathan what he was missing too. Haley looked after him and then looked at the two in front of her and shook her head.
"Just go, you're only causing trouble." Haley said and turned around and walked out back with Lucas.
Nathan felt guilty about what he had said and the things he did. He looked over at Brooke who looked heartbroken staring at the doorway that Lucas and Haley had walked into. He put an arm around her shoulders but she didn't move. After a few seconds she shrugged it off and walked out of the cafe. Nathan ran after her.
OUTSIDE THE CAFE
"Hey B!" He yelled to her but she kept walking. He caught up to her and grabbed her arm. She viciously turned to looked at him.
"What?!" She yelled at him. He was a bit taken back but none the less continued.
"What's wrong?" He asked and she scoffed at him and shook her head angrily.
"What's wrong? What's wrong is that you're the biggest ass in the world Nate! You were mean as hell to them and let me refresh you on the fact that we were the ones who left them!" She spat out venomiously. He looked at her and opened his mouth to speak but was cut off by her. "No...I don't want to hear all the oh but she left on tour with Chris Kellar crap. She was following one of her dreams and you were suppose to be a supportive husband but you weren't!"
Nathan looked at Brooke shocked but knew she was right. He looked down at the ground and suddenly found his shoe interesting. Brooke sighed. She got his attention and he looked up at her.
"I'm sorry...it just hurts." He said and Brooke nodded. She went and hugged him and he hugged her back.
"I know...I know." She whispered. They stayed like that for a couple more minutes before going back to Brooke's apartment that she had rented.
BACK AT THE CAFE
Haley walked out back after the confrontation with Nathan and Brooke and saw Lucas sitting on the counter staring at nothing. She smiled sadly and hopped up beside him.
"Ya know...I hate him so much." Lucas said without even looking at her. She nodded.
"He didn't mean it, he just..." Haley trailed off not knowing what to say because he probably did mean it. Lucas breathed in deeply and closed his eyes before letting a frustrated groan. Haley was about to say something when the bell above the door rang and Lucas glared at the door and before Haley could grab him he ran out the door. She jumped off the counter and stopped in her tracks when she saw who it was.
"Peyt! Jake!" Lucas and Haley both said at the same time. Jake laughed as Haley jumped on him giving him a big hug. Lucas went over and hugged Peyton. Then Haley walked over to Peyton and Lucas walked over to Jake.
"So...do you hate me?" Haley asked and Peyton shook her head and Haley smiled. She opened her arms and Haley smiled while hugging her.
"Welcome back to Tree Hill man." Lucas said clapping Jake on the back.
"Ya...it's good to be home." Jake said smiling at him. He clapped him on the back, "Geeez man, what happen to your skinny ass, is there a couple of rocks under there?' Jake asked jokingly. Lucas smiled and shook his head. Just then Lucas phone rung.
"Hello?...Oh hey...Really?" Lucas' expression changed into a serious one and everyone got a little worried. Then he smiled again. "That's great...ya ok, i'll tell her...ok see ya then, love you too." Lucas said hanging up with a smile on his face.
"Who was that?" Haley asked walking over to him.
"It was mom. She's staying until Christmas so she says that you can stay as long as you want Hales." He said smiling at her. She smiled and nodded. Peyton and Jake had confused faces on. "Oh, Hales has been staying at my place since she had no where to live." Lucas said smiling at them as well.
"Hey you guys want some hot chocolate or something?" Lucas asked looking at Peyton and Jake. They nodded and headed over to where Lucas and Haley were and sat at the counter. "I'll be right back, i'm gonna go make the hot chocolate. " Lucas said and walked out back. Peyton, Jake and Haley sat there in complete silence not knowing what to say to eachother. Haley, always being the polite one decided to break the ice.
"So how was your summer guys?" Haley asked looking at the two who were holding hands. She was glad that they were back and that they were together.
"It was great actually...I went to Paris to find myself and it just so happened that he was there to see his cousin. It took us awhile to finally get back together but we did and we're happy." Peyton said smiling. Haley smiled, genuinly happy for the couple. She was also glad that Peyton wasn't mad at her about going on tour. "What about you? How was your summer?"
"It was really great actually. Luke and I spent most of it together. We got to be who we were a year ago." She said smiling softly. It really was great, except for the night when they would breakdown or get angry for no reason.
"That's great...so how is he anyway?" Jake asked looking at the door to the kitchen. "He didn't look to good when we got here."
"He's been better. I mean, Brooke leaving caused a lot of damage, not to mention the fact that she slept with someone else.." Haley started to say but was interupted.
"What!?" Both Peyton and Jake said. Brooke had never told them this. Haley nodded sadly.
"Ya, she called awhile ago and was talking to him and we heard a male voice in the background, Lucas freaked and left and I yelled at her. I wasn't sure that it actually happened until she admitted it to me." Haley said looking at the floor. Peyton shook her head disappointidly. She couldn't believe Brooke would do that to Lucas.
"Whoa...that's...whoa." Jake said unbelievingly. Just then Lucas walked out with four cups of hot chocolate.
"Here you go guys." He said setting them down. He looked at everyone and could feel the pitty radiating off of them. He turned to Haley. "You just had to tell them didn't you?" He said calmly to her. She continued to look at the floor but nodded.
"I'm sorry Luke." Peyton said getting up and giving him a hug. He sighed and Jake got up and slapped him on the back.
"Ya man, that sucks." He said and Lucas nodded. He didn't like talking about that.
"Ya, so anyway I gotta go..ugh...I just gotta go. I'll see you at home later Hales." He said grabbing his coat. "It's nice to see you guys again. I'll see you tomorrow. We should all hang out, just the four of us." He said and walked out of the cafe without another word.
Haley sighed. She didn't mean to tell Peyton and Jake about what happened with Brooke and Lucas, it just slipped out and she thought they already knew. Guess not. Haley sipped her hot chocolate and talked with her two friends for the rest of the day. Catching up with Peyton and Jake was fun and Haley was so happy to see them happy. It was about time. It was only when the dreaded subject came up did she want to leave.
"So how did it go with Nathan?" Jake asked which earned an elbow in the ribs. He yelped and then looked at Peyton. She glared at him and he winced. He forgot about the whole thing with Haley going on tour.
"Ummm...well..." Haley stuttered. She really didn't want to talk about Nathan because everytime she did her heart hurt. Peyton saw this and decided that it was best if they avoided the subject of Nathan.
"Oh my god look! It's raining out. I...ugh...I love the rain!" Peyton said smiling brightly and looking out the window. Haley chuckled a little, relieved that the subject was changed.
She then looked out the window and worry surrounded her. Lucas didn't have his car and by the looks of it out, he wouldn't be able to put one foot infront of the other. It was poiuring out and she hadn't even noticed it until now. She turned to Peyton and Jake and said that they all better leave before it got worse. They both agreed and they all headed out the door. When Haley got home she then pulled out her cellphone and dialed a number she had dialed so many times.
"We're sorry but the number you are trying to reach is not available, please try ag..." She snapped the phone shut and silently cursed to herself. Lucas' cellphone wasn't working. She sighed and hesitintly started to dial another familiar number.
"Haley?"
"I...ya, it's me. I just...do you know where Lucas is?" She asked nervously.
"No...why? Is he not there with you? Huh, I warned you about the cheating bastard, didn't I?"
"Look Nathan I don't have time for your little snotty remarks. I need to find him, this is serious. You making comments about him isn't going to help me any." She snapped at him and he sighed.
"Fine, I'll ask Brooke if she knows where he is." He said and Haley felt jealous. Why was he with Brooke? It took a couple of minutes before he came back. "No, she doesn't know where he is." Haley sighed and muttered a quick crap before finally knowing where he was at.
"Actually I think I hear him now." She said and then hung up before he even had a chance to reply.
Haley knew where Lucas was and she was going to get him. She didn't want Nathan to go out in the stormy weather so she decided to lie to him. What was one more lie? She had already done enough of it, so what would it matter? She grabbed her coat and keys and head out the door.
There it is...next chapter is going to have some very funny, yet interesting stuff in it and I know Lucas is probably a little out of character or will be but that's because, the way I see it, he was really sad about the whole Brooke thing and decided he needed a change so, he's going to be very tough and his guard is going to be up. So I guess, you can maybe switch Brooke and him around. She loves him and wants him and he wants her but is just scared to let her in. So ya, reveiw, it would mean a lot to me!