So I wasn't going to continue this, but then I looked at al of the reviews and decided too. So please review and let me know what you think! Thanks for reading 3
Later that night, Deb and Dan had a dinner party to go to.
"You three don't get into any trouble." She warned, mostly to Nathan "Leave a note if you're going anywhere."
"Okay mom, have a good time." Lucas said quickly, keeping his eyes fixed on the basketball game on the television.
After Deb and Dan left, Nathan stood up "I better go get Haley, we're going out for a while. Lucas, don't bore Brooke all night by watching basketball."
Lucas looked at Brooke and smiled "Don't worry, I won't."
Nathan left and Lucas turned off the game, standing up and walking over to Brooke "You wanna go grab a bite to eat? I could show you some good places in town." Lucas offered.
Brooke smiled "Yea, I'd like that." She said, walking to get her coat.
Lucas watched Brooke as she walked to the hall closet. He couldn't get her out of his mind. Everything about her. Her smile, her laugh, everything.
"Ready?" she asked, slipping her coat on.
"Let's go." He said, offering his hand. She linked her arm in his and they were off.
"So, where are we going?" Brooke asked as they continued to walk into the center of town.
"My favorite spot in the world." Lucas said, walking into the trees next to the River Court.
"What, is this when you kill me?" Brooke asked jokingly.
"Very funny." He said with a smile. They walked a little bit longer and stopped at a big oak tree.
"Here?" Brooke asked, confused.
"No. up there." Lucas said, pointing up the big, tall tree.
"No no no, I don't think so. I hate heights." Brooke said, stepping back from the tree.
"C'mon, it'll be fine. I wouldn't let anything happen to you." He promised, taking her hand and walking to the other side of the tree where pieces of wood were nailed on to make a ladder.
"Fine, but if I die, it's all on you." Brooke laughed nervously.
"You go first. I'll spot you." Lucas told her, helping her up to the first step.
Brooke nervously climbed all the way up to the top.
"Just don't look down." He told her seriously.
Brooke laughed "Don't worry, I wasn't planning on it."
Lucas brought her up one more branch and told her to look out.
"Oh my god." She gasped "No wonder you love it here."
Brooke and Lucas looked out and could see all of Tree Hill. The moonlight on the river shined bright, and the town was starting to become quiet since it was getting late.
"I'm not used to the quiet." She said "In Manhattan, no one knows the meaning of quiet….until you come to a place like this."
They stayed up there for what seemed like hours. Talking a little bit, but mostly sitting and thinking.
"Why don't we get home? My parents should be home soon." He told her.
Brooke agreed and they climbed down the tree.
When Lucas started to walk, it wasn't the way they had come, but Brooke followed anyways, without question.
A few steps later, Brooke saw a little pond that must have flowed into the river, she walked closer to it when she felt a drop of water on her shoulder and she catches on "Lucas! You are so dead!" she yelled as another drop of water splattered on her. Brooke put her hand in the water and splashed it towards Lucas. He dodged her but stumbled on the slippery grass. It was a chilly night, but they didn't care. She runs over to him to splash more water on him, but instead he wrapped his arms around her and spun her around. She smiled and laughed as he spun her around and around as it started to rain. They don't stop dancing until the rain starts to stop, by now they are both soaked. They finally fall onto the grass and laugh.
"You know, if I get hypothermia it's all you fault." Brooke said, trying to be serious.
"Oh yea?" he asked, amused.
Brooke crossed her arms and started to shiver "It's freezing.
"Come here." He said, swinging his arm around her and pulls her close, rubbing his hand along her arm.
Brooke sighed and closed her eyes, keeping her head rested in his chest. She lay there wondering if anything in her life had ever been this perfect, knowing that nothing ever has been. She was falling for him, and the feeling was even more wonderful then she would have ever imagined it to be.
They laid there for a while longer in silence, before Lucas spoke up "You miss them, don't you?"
Brooke turned her head towards him and looked him in the eyes "Yea, everyday."
"You know, you're pretty good at hiding it." Lucas said.
"It's easier that way. I mean I miss them like hell, but there's nothing I can do about it. So when I wake up every morning, I can either focus on what's holding me together….or what's tearing me apart. You can't just give up because things start to get hard." Brooke said quietly.
Lucas looked up at the night sky "It's gonna rain again soon." He said, pointing to the clouds.
Brooke stood up and Lucas put his arm back around her as they started to walk, but after a few steps, Lucas stopped and turned towards Brooke. She just looked up at him and smiled, expecting him to say something. But instead, he leaned in a kissed her. Not a small kiss, but the kind of kiss that people have when they are truly falling for each other.
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Lucas walked up to Brooke and handed her a drink.
"Thanks." She said with a smile.
"There's a living room upstairs, that's probably much less crowded then here, wanna go?" Lucas asked.
Brooke nodded and followed Lucas close upstairs.
Brooke, Lucas, Haley, and Nathan were at a friend's house where there was a huge party; probably one of the biggest parties of the year.
"The living room is right down that hallway. I just have to tell Ryan something and I'll meet you there." Lucas told her, walking down the opposite hallway.
Brooke walked down the hallway and as she did, she glanced into a bedroom, where she saw Nathan kissing a girl, but when she looked again she realized that this girl wasn't Haley.
Brooke turned around to go tell Lucas quietly, since Nathan is his brother. Brooke waited for Lucas to get down talking with his friend, then whispered in his ear what she just saw.
"Damn it." Lucas said, walking down the hallway to go get his brother. But before he got to the door, he saw Haley, already walking into the room that Nathan and the other girl were in.
"I got Haley, you get Nathan." Brooke whispered to Lucas.
Lucas stepped past Haley, barely acknowledging her, too mad at his brother. Brooke saw Haley's face and saw how upset and angry she was.
"Haley." Brooke said quietly as she walked up to Haley, putting her arm around her "Let's go in the other room."
But Haley had just got started with Nathan "You are unbelievable, Nathan!" Haley yelled. Brooke and Lucas stepped back, "You know, I thought the first time you did this you were really truly sorry, but then you do it again? When you do it the second time it's not a mistake anymore, Nathan! I just can't deal with this." By this time, Haley was calm. She wasn't yelling or upset, she was just telling him the truth. Nathan scanned her blank face, and she went on quietly, her voice shaking "I thought that maybe you'd love me standing by myself. Not when you have no one else to look to, but when you have all of your options opened, Nathan. But at the end of the day, you want me, and only me." She said, a single tear streaming down her face "I'm sorry Nathan; I just can't do this anymore."
Haley turned on her heel and walked quickly downstairs, and right out the front door. Ignoring Brooke and Lucas on her way.
Nathan couldn't even look Lucas in the eye, he walked past them and out another door "I'm going home." He said to no one in particular.
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Brooke and Lucas left the party right after the incident. They both decided it'd be best if Lucas went to go talk to Haley. That would leave Brooke home with Nathan, but she was okay with that.
"I'll meet you home later, okay?" Lucas told her, kissing her on the cheek.
"I'll be there." She said, getting out of the car and walking up to the house.
When she walked into the living room, Nathan was sitting on the floor against the wall. There was no sound in the house, everything was silent. Brooke walked up quietly and sat down next to him, not saying a word.
After a few moments of silence, Brooke finally spoke up "Do you know how unbelievably dumb that was tonight?" she asked, a tone in her voice that almost scared Nathan.
Nathan put his head in his hands "I know, I know. I just got carried away. It didn't mean anything."
"You try telling Haley that." Brooke said.
"I love her Brooke, I really do. I always have, since we were kids, and I shouldn't of done what I did." Nathan said sincerely.
"Then why did you?" Brooke asked
"I don't know Brooke, I just don't know." Nathan sighed.
"Look Nathan, Haley is a strong girl, and she doesn't need you to survive. So you either fight like hell for her, or you let her go. It's your choice."