Author's Note: Here we go with another one guys! I'm hoping you enjoy this one as much as the others! Your reviews make me so happy so please keep them coming!


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OTHRavensBabe23 - Thank you so much for your continued support! I wanted to start off small and then things will get worse as the story progresses, as all do abusive relationships. I hope you stick with me!

SophiaDavis - Nathan is incredibly jealous ;) thank you so much for your review! Honestly, the more reviews I get, the faster it makes me want to update!

One line that Brooke has in this chapter is based off a One Tree Hill episode whenever a guy tries to hit on her at the bar. And of course the episode of the sex tape! Just giving credit where it's due!


Chapter 4:


Mouth dribbled his fingers alongside of his desk as he waited for class to be over. He kept sneaking glances over at Lucas, who was writing down everything that was on the board in front of them into his notebook. Lucas caught Mouth's eyes and gave him a confused look, but then gave him a smile before shifting his focus back on the chalkboard. After what seemed like hours, the bell finally rang relieving them for lunch. Mouth got up from his desk and walked after Lucas.

"Lucas!" Mouth yelled after him.

Lucas turned around and smiled. "Hey Mouth, what's up?"

"Do you wanna meet up at the River Court later?"

"Uhhh," Lucas began as he scratched behind his ear.

"I was just wanting to practice my commentary and I thought it would be awesome to hang out," he told Lucas.

"Honestly, tonight's no good for me man. But sometime soon for sure!" Lucas said as he patted Mouth on the back and started to walk away.

"This wouldn't have anything to do with Peyton, would it?" Mouth called after him.

Lucas turned around to face Mouth, but didn't say anything. His face was a hard as stone and unreadable.

"What did you just say?" Lucas asked as he began walking toward Mouth again.

"I saw you, Lucas. In the janitor's closet." Mouth explained.

"You didn't see anything," Lucas said with a shrug.

"I saw you, Lucas! How could you do this to Brooke? Again?! After I helped you win her back?" Mouth asked angrily.

Lucas guided Mouth into an empty classroom and shut the door behind them. He immediately grabbed Mouth by the shirt and slammed him into the wall of the classroom.

"You didn't see a damn thing, Mouth" Lucas growled out, Mouth's shirt were in still in Lucas' fists.

Mouth was too shocked to say anything at all. He was surprised by Lucas' outburst, he had never seen Lucas act this way before. Lucas eyes were usually a light blue, but his eyes now... his eyes were dark. He didn't recognize this person.

"Alright, Luke" Mouth said with his hands up in surrender, but Lucas still held him tight against the wall.

"I'm serious, Mouth. You better not say anything to anyone or it will get bad for you. Do you understand?" Lucas said threatening Mouth.

Mouth hesitated, but nodded and Lucas released him and pushed away from the wall. "I'm glad we could straighten this out. You didn't see anything. Got it?"

"Got it, man. Sorry." Mouth apologized and Lucas walked out of the classroom, jerking the door so hard that it banged against the wall when he stepped out. He hated what Lucas was doing to Brooke, but he also didn't want to fight Lucas. He would get his ass handed to him and he knew that. Lucas was 6 feet tall and towered over him.


Nathan sat down in Biology in his usual seat behind Brooke and opened his book to page 45. The lesson was going to be on Human Reproduction. Greeeeeat. Something he was an expert on. He smirked when Tim came and sat in the desk beside him.

"Check it out, man. The lesson is on Human Reproduction, today" Nathan said as he laughed showing Tim the pictures in the textbook.

"Dude! Who knew vaginas could be so ugly?!" Tim exclaimed.

"Tim, stop. You're being weird." Nathan said with a laugh.

Nathan's voice ceased when Brooke entered the class and took her seat in front of him. She offered him a small smile, but he quickly looked away. He couldn't be friends with her. Not anymore.

"Alright, class, settle down. Today we'll be discussing Human Reproduction and the anatomy of the female," Mrs. Roberts addressed the class.

"She doesn't have to explain much to you, my man" Tim whispered to Nathan.

Nathan laughed and it caught the attention of Mrs. Roberts.

"Nathan, Tim? Is there something you'd like to share with the class since it's obviously so important that you have to interrupt my class?"

"I was just telling my boy, Nathan, here that he didn't need to sit in for this lesson since he knows all about the female anatomy," Tim responded and the entire class howled with laughter. All except Brooke. Brooke scowled and rolled her eyes.

"Brooke, what's gotten your panties in a wad?" Tim asked her.

"Everyone knows Nathan has been around. There's no need to announce it to everyone. Some of us actually want to learn today," Brooke snapped back.

"I've been around, huh? Is that jealousy I hear? Upset that I never slept with you, Davis?" Nathan asked her and the whole class said "oooooo".

Brooke scoffed, "In your dreams, Scott. Which still wouldn't happen there because even your fantasy version of me isn't interested in your small package."

The class howled with laughter again and Nathan left it alone. Her comment actually took a blow to his ego. She thought he was small?!

Truth was, Nathan was absolutely amazing in bed. Brooke was just jealous to hear about him with other girls for some odd reason. But she squashed the feeling and forced it down.

"Nathan, Tim, and Brooke, that's enough! Do not interrupt my class again or you'll be given a detention," Mrs. Roberts yelled.


"Davis!" Nathan called after Brooke when the bell rang dismissing the class.

Brooke turned around and rolled her eyes, "Anything I can help you with, Scott?"

"Yeah. Why did you embarrass me like that in class?"

Brooke laughed as she made her way to her locker, "You're joking, right? Mr. 'Brooke Davis is sad because I'd never sleep with her'?"

Nathan looked down. "I'm sorry for that comment. I was out of line."

Brooke put her books into her locker and Nathan noticed a bruise on Brooke's arm. "Don't worry about it, Nathan. We're not friends."

"What happened to you?" Nathan asked her pointing to the bruise on her arm.

Brooke looked down at the bruise on her arm from where Lucas grabbed her, "Oh nothing major. Silly me. I ran into a doorway with my arm."

Nathan raised an eyebrow. "A doorway shaped like fingers?"

Brooke slammed her locker shut and huffed. "Yes, I ran into a doorway. It's none of your damn business anyway. I was nothing but a pathetic sexual encounter, remember? Oh wait, you said it wasn't worth remembering."

Nathan watched her walk off. If she said the bruise was nothing, then it was nothing. He hurried off to his next class before the tardy bell could ring.


Brooke went home and took a long, relaxing bubble bath. She had tried calling Lucas several times, but there was no answer. She sighed and closed her eyes, relishing the feeling of the hot water relaxing her muscles. Her thoughts drifted to Nathan.

Brooke was sitting on the couch at Nathan's beach house when he came to sit beside her.

"I'm drunk," she said.

"Peyton just dumped me." Was his reply.

They both looked at each other and that was it. Their lips were molded together and they were stumbling to find their way to the bedroom. Brooke's heart was hammering in her chest as he led her inside the bedroom and shut the door behind him, locking it.

"You can back out if you want, Davis." He told her.

"Are you and Peyton really broken up?" She asked him.

He nodded. "Yeah we really are." That was all Brooke needed to hear. She immediately took her shirt off, revealing her red bra as she went over to kiss him again. He broke their kiss to take off his shirt as well, but then met her lips once again as he set her down on the bed before laying on top of her. He kissed her hungrily before pulling back and looking behind him at the video camera.

"Hold on a second," Nathan said as he sat up on the bed to turn on the video camera.

Brooke laid there on the bed, propped up on her elbows. "What are you doing?"

Nathan pressed some buttons on the video camera, "Oh, just having a little fun."

Brooke smiled, "Promise you'll erase it?"

He smiled back, "You got it." He climbed back on top of her and captured her lips in another kiss.

Brooke snapped from her thoughts and sighed. She shouldn't be thinking about Nathan Scott. He clearly didn't enjoy their encounter so why was she thinking about it? Yes, she claimed she was drunk. But she remembered everything. She remembered every kiss, every caress, every whisper. He made her feel incredibly loved that night. She had never felt that way sleeping with anyone else. He had been absolutely amazing to her that following morning as well. Fixed her breakfast, gave her some aspirin for her headache. Even gave her some clothes of his to wear home instead of wearing her own. So yes, she knew the real Nathan Scott.

She jumped when her phone rang, and she dried her hands before picking it up. Lucas. She answered it.

"Hello?"

"Hey baby. You tried to call?"

"Yeah, I was just wondering where you were."

"Oh I'm sorry pretty girl, I've been with Mouth." He answered.

"It's okay. What are you doing now?"

"I'm about to pull into your place if that's alright?"

"Yeah! Give me five minutes!"

Brooke pulled the plug in her tub and got out and dried her body off before slipping into a tank top and shorts. She ran downstairs to unlock the door and Lucas walked right in giving her a kiss.

"Hey pretty girl," he said as he kissed her again.

"Hey handsome," she smiled after she kissed him back.

"I gotta talk to you about something," Lucas told her.

"What is it?" Brooke asked him concerned.

"Why are you talking to Nathan?" He asked her. It was like he immediately flipped a switch and he wasn't the normal Lucas anymore.

Brooke looked confused. "What are you talking about?"

"Someone told me they saw you two talking in the hall and I saw him staring at you during basketball practice." Lucas growled out.

"Lucas, there's nothing going on between Nathan and me." Brooke protested, but Lucas didn't care. He grabbed her by the shoulders and slammed her against the nearest wall, knocking the breath out of Brooke.

"I don't like Nathan looking at you. You tell him to stop talking to you." Lucas told her as he placed his hand around her throat.

Brooke was terrified, tears filling her eyes. She nodded. "Okay, Lucas. Just please let me go."

Lucas let her go and she slid down to the floor and wrapped her arms around her knees as she cried silently.

And like Lucas flipped the switch back, he was down on the floor scooping Brooke up in his arms apologizing profusely. Brooke was confused. She was hurt. She felt numb.


The next day at school, Brooke purposely avoided Nathan. She didn't want to make Lucas mad again. Nathan kept looking at her like he was concerned, but she looked away every time. Why did he care? He really needed to mind his own damn business. Lunch came around and I decided to sit on the bench alone outside.

"Hey Brooke," Mouth greeted as he sat beside her.

"What's up, most special guy in my life?" She teased him.

"Nothing much. How are you doing?" He asked her, hoping that Brooke had a hint of something going on between Lucas and Peyton.

"I'm great!" Brooke said cheerfully.

Mouth was about to respond until he saw Lucas heading their way. And he didn't look happy.

"See ya Brooke!" Mouth said as he walked off towards the school.

"What did he want?" Lucas asked her, watching Mouth walk away.

"Just chatting. You know how Mouth and I are friends." Brooke told him with a smile on her face.

"Yeah. He didn't say anything else?" He asked her, pressing for more information.

"No, silly. Is he supposed to say something?" She asked him.

"No. Just curious." Lucas replied. "Well I have to get off to my next class. I'll catch up with you later, pretty girl." He kissed her on the head and walked away.


"Mouth!" Lucas yelled down the hall trying to catch up with him.

Mouth closed his eyes and sighed. He turned around and put on a straight face, "What's up?"

"Why were you talking to Brooke?" He asked.

"I was just seeing how she was. I didn't say anything to her, I swear." Mouth replied.

"Good. And you better not ever," Lucas threatened him. "Better yet, just stay away from Brooke all-together. Got it?!"

Mouth nodded and walked away. He needed to tell someone about the way Lucas was behaving.


It was fifth period and Nathan sat down in his seat in Biology. He was hoping he could get Brooke to talk to him. She walked in, dressed in a purple dress, breathtakingly beautiful as usual and sat down in front of him.

"Looking good, Davis" Nathan said lowly.

Brooke ignored him and opened her book to the assigned chapter.

"Brooke." Nathan called out to her, but she still ignored him again.

"Brooke Penelope." Nathan said louder.

Brooke turned around and snapped, "Will you please leave me alone?!"

"What's crawled up your ass?" Nathan asked her.

Brooke sighed and teared up. "Please, Nathan. Just stop. Please stop trying to talk to me. It's causing problems between Lucas and I. He doesn't want me talking to you, okay? And I figured it was a small request considering you and I aren't friends."

Nathan was baffled. "My brother doesn't want you talking to me?" Brooke shook her head sadly and shifted her focus back onto her book.


Basketball practice was rough. It was rough because Nathan was pissed. Every time he had to throw the ball to Lucas, he threw it way harder than need be and sometimes Lucas missed the pass. It was pissing both Lucas and Whitey off. They ended up having to run extra laps for the mistakes.

After they hit the showers, Nathan didn't speak to anyone. He grabbed his bag and immediately got into his car and sped off. Lucas followed him home.

"Nate!" Lucas called out when he entered the house. Nathan was sitting at the bar, eating a bowl of cereal. Nathan ignored him.

"Nathan? What the hell is wrong with you?" Lucas asked him angrily.

"You don't want Brooke talking to me?!" Nathan replied.

Lucas' eyes turned angry. "So she spoke to you, huh?"

"Only because I forced her to and she explained why she's been ignoring me. Why can't she talk to me, man? What's your problem?" Nathan asked as he stood up from the bar stool and stood toe to toe with his older, but smaller, brother.

"My problem is the pathetic little crush you have on her, man." Lucas replied.

Nathan felt like he had been punched in the gut. "What are you talking about?"

"Don't play dumb, Nate. I can see the way you look at her. But guess what? She belongs to me. You'll never have her," Lucas said cockily.

Nathan stayed silent.

"Just stay away from her. Okay? I'm glad we could have this talk. Now I'm headed over to Brooke's." Lucas smiled evilly.


Brooke had ordered Chinese takeout for dinner, since it was always Lucas' and her favorite. She lit some candles. She wanted tonight to go perfectly so she didn't set him off. She dressed in his favorite black dress and wore the pearl necklace he had bought her for her birthday. The birthday before she found out he cheated with Peyton the first time...

Lucas didn't even knock and he entered Brooke's house. "Brooke?"

Brooke came around the corner and flashed him a famous dimpled, Brooke Davis smile. "Hey handsome."

"Are you really going to stand there and think I don't know?" He asked her.

Oh no. Brooke's stomach dropped and she felt weak. He was going to snap again.

"What are you talking about?" She asked him.

"You spoke to Nathan again today. I thought we had an understanding?" Lucas growled out as he came near her.

"I tried ignoring him, Lucas. And when I did finally speak to him, I explained I couldn't talk to him. That's all." Brooke touched his arm to assure him.

He pulled his arm away from her and began to walk away. Brooke walked after him. "Lucas, please.." she grabbed his arm, but he yanked out of her grasp and backhanded her hard across her face. Brooke stood there, holding her face, eyes widened in horror. He had just hit her across the face. As soon as he realized what he had done, he immediately rushed over and picked her up in his arms and hugged her tightly.

"I am so sorry, Brooke. Please forgive me! I didn't mean to. And I'll never do it again." Lucas kept chanting to Brooke over and over as he held her.

Brooke stood there with Lucas' arms around her, but her arms remained by her side. She felt nothing. She felt empty. She felt worthless. Her eye had already began to swell up and Lucas tried kissing the pain away, but it was too late. The damage was already done. To Brooke's face. To Brooke's soul. And to Brooke's heart.


I hate to make Lucas the bad guy, as much as I really don't like him. But as someone who was in an abusive relationship, I felt the need to write about it.

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