Chapter Four: A New Home
I honestly haven't been in much of a mood to update, I don't mean to bitch but I was very disappointed in the lack of Reviews I got for the last chapter. It saddened me that the only one I got was from my beta! I was so excited about the last chapter adding in a lot of your suggestions, I was hoping for tons of feedback, but its whatever.
Now that I'm done ranting, I hope you do enjoy this chapter and I do appreciate everyone who is reading this!
Brooke and Nathan hung out at the hotel for two more days. Nathan spent most of it in bed while Brooke watched over him. He was doped up on his medication for most of the time and Brooke actually found herself enjoying being his so-called nurse maid. She found it especially funny when he would whine about having a fresh ice pack applied. He just reminded her of the little boy he had been when they first met.
While Nathan was asleep Brooke indulged in her favorite past time and went shopping. She was in her element as she bought her and Nathan new clothes shoes and accessories. Today they were going to go house shopping. The upside was, Nathan was feeling better and was well enough to go with her.
Brooke walked out of the bathroom in a yellow sundress and white strappy wedge heels. Nathan was wearing khaki shorts and a matching yellow polo shirt. He saw her in the reflection of the mirror and couldn't help smiling.
"We look country club-ish," Nathan told her as he still looked at their reflections in the mirror. "And also like we're a couple with the matching yellow. I suppose I should be thankful that it's not pink."
"We have to look the part. They won't take us seriously if we show up looking like two teenagers that ran away from home," Brooke said as she grabbed her white bag. "Now come on they have an open house for this amazing beach condo in New Port. I want to hurry and get there!"
Nathan rolled his eyes and followed her to the door. It felt great to him to be able to move around again without being in pain. They headed to the elevator and didn't have long to wait until the car arrived. They climbed in and were grateful to have it to themselves as they headed to the ground floor. They exited the hotel and stood on the side walk as Nathan tried to hail a cab.
"We seriously need a car. It's impossible to get a cab here." he complained.
"You're just not doing it right." Brooke said as she walked up beside him and hiked her dress up a little.
She brought her fingers up to her mouth and let out a loud whistle. Then she jumped up and down waving at the upcoming cab. Of course they stopped. It was true sex sold. Brooke and Nathan got into the cab as Brooke told him the address and he drove off.
"So I talked to my parents." Brooke said casually.
"Really?" Nathan said sounding surprised as he gave her a sideways glance.
"Yep. I told them I was in California and that I was staying here." she confessed.
"Did you tell them I was here?" Nathan asked.
"I did and they were pretty understanding. I explained that you were in some trouble at home and under no circumstance were they supposed to let anyone know you were with me," Brooke explained. "My dad kind of guessed what trouble you were in. I asked him how he knew and he said he could tell when you were younger. Anyway long story short they are going to pay for the condo and buy us a car. And they're getting the rest of my stuff from the apartment."
"Wow really! They don't have to. We have a lot of money I'm pretty sure we still have about three hundred thousand dollars." Nathan said causing the cab driver to swerve a little. Brooke and Nathan both looked up at him. He had obviously been listening to their conversation. He gave an apologetic smile.
"Yeah but now we don't have to get a job. We can just relax. Plus they don't mind," Brooke replied. "I mean could you really see me working?"
"Okay," Nathan replied as he smiled. "This could be great. And no I couldn't imagine the great Brooke Davis working."
Brooke and Nathan pulled up outside of the Condo. They climbed out and Nathan instantly saw that there was a new black mustang in the drive way. That and the fact that the sign said sold on it.
"I'm sorry Brooke it looks like were too late." Nathan said giving her a sad smile.
"Yeah don't get mad at me, but I kind of already bought the house and the car." Brooke confessed as she smiled.
"You did." Nathan said looking at her. He really couldn't believe Brooke Davis. She was definitely something else. He was glad he had run into her before he left Tree Hill, otherwise he had no idea where he would be right now.
"It was a great house and someone else was going to get it so I had to move fast. And I figured if we got a car we wouldn't have to waist money going back and forth places in cabs." She told him.
"Well then let's see our new house." Nathan laughed putting his arm around her shoulder.
Brooke unlocked the door and Nathan couldn't help noticing that the cab was still waiting. He quickly moved his attention back to Brooke and the house, when she opened the door and began to lead him inside. They walked in to a very open living room full of natural light.
"The place was already furnished," Brooke said. "That's what makes it such a great deal."
"I trust your judgment." Nathan said as he nudged Brooke playfully.
The place looked great and Nathan was impressed at his surroundings. They walked through the back doors where there was an in ground pool with a spa.
"You see those two rooms with the sheer curtains hanging there?" Brooke asked him.
"Yes." Nathan said as he looked to where she was pointing.
"Well that's the bedrooms." Brooke smiled.
"That's awesome," Nathan said as he walked towards them. He went inside and looked around. "This house must have been expensive."
"I really don't know my parents paid for it." Brooke said as she laughed.
"Brooke you do realize that you can see through these drapes right?" he asked as he looked as them. Instead of a wall the two bedrooms were only separated by the sheer drapes that were also at the window. He smiled as he asked. "Aren't you worried of what I might see?"
"It's not like you haven't seen it all before Nate." She told him with a laugh.
"Well I wish you would have told me before, we could have brought our stuff from the hotel." He said as he laughed at her response.
"Yeah I already took care of that too. Our stuff was already packed. So I told the bell hop to go grab it once we left the room." Brooke told him. Her plan to surprise Nathan was brilliant
"Okay. Then how did you get the luggage in the car?" He questioned. Brooke smiled at the cute, confused expression he had on his face.
"The bell hop had it loaded into the cab at the side entrance. Then he text me the number of the cab," Brooke told him. She then teased him by saying. "You on the other hand just really can't hail a cab. Speaking of, we better go and get our luggage."
Nathan followed her back out to the front of the house and found the cab driver still waiting. Nathan grabbed their luggage from the trunk as Brooke paid the driver. He then closed the trunk and carried the larger cases into their new home. Brooke carried the smaller things.
"Okay that's amazing. When did you have time to do all of this?" Nathan asked incredulously as he dumped the bags down. At this point they had seen the whole house so Brooke led them out to the beach, where they sat in lounge chairs there.
"Well when I went shopping two days ago I got us new cell phones." She told him and smiled slyly.
"You got us new cell phones and didn't give me mine yet!" Nathan said as he pretended to be mad.
"Oh please, who are you going to call? Because we both know it's not anybody at home, and you have no friends here yet," She said as she taunted him. "You're not the all round social butterfly like I am."
"Whatever." he replied playfully.
"Any ways, I called my parents and told them my predicament. My mom had her real-estate agent email me different places for sale around here and when I saw this one I fell in love with it and knew you would love it."
"Well thank you Brooke. You did a great job!" he told her with a smile.
"You're welcome." She smiled as she nudged him.
"Now where's my cell phone!" Nathan whined. He sounded like a twelve year old getting a cell phone for the first time.
"Well its nothing fancy just the basic phone. Something to use for emergencies. It definitely doesn't have any bells and whistles." Brooke said seriously. She was dying to laugh.
"You sound like my mom. Just give it to me." Nathan said holding out his hand.
"Okay. Close your eyes," Nathan rolled them but did what Brooke said. She then laid the skinny flat square phone in his hand. "Open your eyes."
Nathan did. There lying in Nathan's hand was an iPhone.
"So much for no bells and whistles." He laughed as he looked at it.
"I went ahead and took the liberty of adding some apps for you." Brooke said as she smiled.
Nathan eagerly looked at what she had added on his phone. The phone had every ESPN app, apps to keep track of the NCAA games, and finger basketball.
"Enjoy." Brooke told him as she smiled widely.
"Thank you for everything." Nathan said. He got out of his seat and enveloped her in a tight hug.
"You're welcome." Brooke told him. After a few minutes they ended their hug and they both went back into the house. They unpacked their things and then went grocery shopping. Now the two were cooking supper.
"Brooke are you sure you know how to cook Salmon?" Nathan asked as he watched her slice the fish. "Because I don't want to get food poisoning from undercooked fish."
"Yes Nathan I do," She told him as she shook her head at him. "Believe it or not when I was younger my live in cook taught me how to cook and I paid attention."
"Okay." Nathan said trusting her.
"Now will you please cut the vegetables?" Brooke said motioning to the zucchini, squash, and carrots.
"What are these for?" Nathan asked. It was pretty obvious he was a novice to the whole cooking concept.
"Steamed vegetables." Brooke replied with a laugh.
"How are you going to steam them?" he asked with a puzzled frown.
"How many more questions are you going to ask?" she asked as she shook her head in bewilderment. "With a steamer."
"Oh, so what are we having?" he asked with a cheeky grin.
"Wood grilled salmon, steamed veggies, and baked potato soufflé," she told him. "And if your good and eat all of your food, there will be a special dessert."
"Okay! And you do realize where my mind went with that last comment right?" Nathan smiled cutting the vegetables. Brooke just laughed at him and the look he had on his face. The two then continued to cook together in silence. Well Brooke cooked Nathan just mostly watched.
"Go sit down," Brooke said as she plated the food. Nathan took a bottle of red wine to the table and Brooke brought the food. She put Nathan's plate down in front of him as he poured the wine. She then nervously said. "Okay, I can't eat until you take a bit and tell me how it is."
Nathan cut his salmon and took a bite. He chewed for a minute then the biggest smile crept across his face. He got an incredulous look on his face as he said.
"Brooke this is amazing!" he said as he eagerly ate some more.
"Really?" She asked surprised.
"Yes, who knew you could cook so well," he said as he continued to devour the food in front of him. "This is probably the best salmon I've ever eaten."
"Well what about the veggies how are they." Brooke asked as her face lit up at his praise. Nathan took a bite and nodded his head.
"They're perfect, not mushy but not raw." he said through a mouthful of said vegetables.
"Okay now try the baked potato soufflé. This is my own master piece." She told him. Nathan eagerly dug into the creamy potatoes with melted cheese and bacon on top.
"Brooke seriously you should open a restaurant this is great!" Nathan said. It was clear he was in culinary heaven. The look on his face and the appreciative noises he made, had Brooke feeling proud.
"Thank you." Brooke said pleased with herself.
"Eat, enjoy what you've done." Nathan said motioning to her food.
Brooke dug in and they ate together laughing in casual conversation. Once they were finished they cleaned up the mess together and made their way to the couch to watch some TV.
"So what's the special dessert?" Nathan asked as Brooke flipped through the channels. He then chuckled as he said. "Go get it before I lower the tone of the evening with some dirty talk!"
"Oh, well let me go get it," She said as she smiled. Brooke walked into the kitchen and returned a few minutes later with a basket of strawberries, a bowl of whipped cream, and a bowl of chocolate sauce. "My favorite dessert in the whole world."
"So what are we going to do with all of this?" Nathan asked as Brooke handed him the whipped cream. "Plus this isn't helping me trying not to lower the tone."
"Eat it, unless you can think of something else." Brooke smiled her devil grin.
"I can think of a lot of things to do with it but it would mean we have to evaluate our friendship." Nathan replied as he gave her a mischievous look.
"I think we can do that," Brooke said dipped her index finger into the chocolate and licked it off slowly. Nathan had no choice to watch her and swallowed slowly as he did. "I was thinking a friends with benefits thing."
"I like the sound of that!" Nathan said quickly and eagerly. He did a little happy dance inside that his groin was no longer painful. "What brought this on?"
"Pretty much seeing you walking around for the past few days in nothing but swimming trunks and underwear has made me horny," Brooke confessed. "Plus seeing everything you had to offer in the hospital didn't help. And hello I've been helping you look after your crotch!"
"I could definitely say the same. I mean your swimsuits don't leave much to the imagination," Nathan said as he dipped a strawberry into the bowl of cream and fed it to Brooke. In the process getting some on her upper lip. She quickly ate the delicious fruit. "You got some…"
Nathan trailed off as he leaned in and kissed the cream from Brooke's lip. Brooke deepened the kiss and Nathan had no complaints. They somehow managed to place the chocolate and cream onto the floor without spilling a drop. They both then moved so they were lying on their sides on the sofa.
They kissed on the sofa for a long time, before they got braver and hands began to roam. Brooke took the opportunity to shed Nathan of his shirt and Nathan decided that if he was losing clothing, Brooke had to as well, so her dress met the same fate. She had a bikini on underneath.
As Nathan was pulling it over her head, they fell off the sofa and landed in a heap on the floor. Both giggled and were thankful that they hadn't knocked the chocolate and cream over. Brooke got an idea in her head as she saw it and smiled that devilish smile again. Nathan looked at her quizzically as she straddled him. She then laughed as he gasped as the still cold cream met the heated flesh of his abs.
"God Brooke! That's co-oh!" his protest turned into a moan as her mouth moved over where she had placed the cream. She then stopped and Nathan looked at her confused.
"Hmm there's something missing," she said as she pulled a thoughtful face. She then added some of the chocolate sauce before she continued her previous actions. "Mm that's much better. It definitely beats strawberries."
"Oh really?" Nathan asked with a grin. Brooke nodded. "Well two can play that game."
Brooke squealed as Nathan moved suddenly so that she was below him. He looked down at her mischievously as he studied her for a few moments.
"Hmm, where shall I choose?" he asked quietly. Brooke just looked up at him with the same expression on her face as what he had on his. "I know where. Seeing as though I'm naked from the waist up, it's only fair that you are too."
Brooke just giggled as he quickly stripped her of her bikini top. He took the opportunity to tickle her for a while and she squealed as he found an extra ticklish spot on her side. He tickled her for almost ten minutes and she had tears running from her eyes due to her constant laughter by the time he had finished. He then looked down at her as she regained her breath.
"Hmm, now which one shall I sample first?" he asked as he gave her a cocky grin. "The left one or the right one?"
He decided to go for both. Brooke couldn't help but laugh as he covered her chest in the cream that was left and then poured the remaining chocolate sauce over her. He then proceeded to clean her off. When he had finished he raised his head and looked down at her. She burst out laughing as he did.
"What?" he asked curious.
"You have chocolate all over your face!" she said through her giggles.
"Well I won't be the only one," he told her as he resumed kissing her. Sure enough, a few moments later she too had chocolate on her face.
The two then spent the night kissing and cuddling in the lounge, before they showered and went to bed. They did not have sex, which was something that they weren't ready for. And it was almost like the agreement had been made between them without saying anything. They just kissed and cuddled some more, before falling asleep in each others arms.
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