Chapter 4
Brooke pulled on her jacket and checked herself in the mirror. 'Knock knock', Lucas smiled opening the front door. Brooke grinned and checked her watch, 'Hey Luke, late as always'. He pulled himself down and sat on her staircase, 'I was helping my dad with the move'. Brooke nodded and sat next to him, 'I'm sorry about your parents, Lucas'. He turned to her and smiled, 'It's okay, we always knew this would happen didn't we'? , 'Yeah, we always heard them arguing'. Brooke gently stroked his shoulder, 'Are you sure you want to go tonight?' Lucas slowly stood and looked down at her, 'Yeah, its tradition, anyway I need something to keep my mind off things, pulling her to her feet.
'Where do you want to sit?' she asked linking her arm with Lucas'. He smiled and pulled her along with him, 'Yeah, right at the back'. Brooke moaned, 'why do we always have to sit at the back?', He laughed and plonked her into her seat, 'Because, the front is for nerds'. Brooke rolled her eyes and glared up at him, 'Can you get me some popcorn?' Lucas nodded, 'Yeah I'll be right back'. He walked to the popcorn stand, 'Can I get medium popcorn and a coke please?' Rachel approached Lucas and linked her arm in his, 'Hey sexy'. Lucas turned and grinned, 'Rachel, I didn't know you were gonna be here'. She shook her head, 'well you didn't call me about tonight, I was wondering if you wanted to do something'. 'Would you like regular or diet coke?' the guy at the popcorn stand asked. 'Uh, regular, Brooke hates diet'. Rachel raised her eyebrows, 'uh, so what do you say?' 'I'll get back to you', he said before scurrying away towards Brooke.
'Hey', he whispered sitting next to her. 'Oh, you didn't get me diet did you?' she asked taking the drink from him. 'No, you hate diet', he grinned. 'I do', she smiled taking a sip. Later, when the movie finished, they walked back to Lucas' car. 'Didn't you have a date tonight Casanova?' Brooke asked opening the car door. 'I decided not to go out with her', he replied starting up the car. 'And why is that?' she questioned. 'I don't know she's a little too... 'Rachel', Brooke interrupted. Lucas laughed, 'Yeah'.
The next morning, Lucas woke up and headed down for breakfast. 'Morning mom', he smiled pouring himself some cereal. 'Hey sweetie, did you sleep well?' He sat at the breakfast bar and yawned, 'Yeah, I'm ready for tonight's game'. 'Good', she smiled. 'I'm gonna go and get ready for work, I'll see you tonight', she smiled kissing him on the cheek. 'Okay mom', he replied eating his breakfast. He flipped open his phone, when he heard his ringtone. 'Hello?' he said effortless. 'Lucas you didn't get back to me, do you want to go out with me or not?' 'Hey Rachel, I'm really sorry about that I just had some stuff to take care of'. Rachel smirked, 'its' okay, so do you want to do something tonight?' 'Yeah sure, I'll meet you after the game', he replied before hanging up.
Arriving at practice, he ran into the gym and jumped at the end of the line up. 'Mr Scott, we have a scheduled time for practice, I would appreciate it if you would abide by those rules'. Lucas nodded, 'Yes coach'. Nathan looked over at him and grinned, 'Late night buddy?' Lucas shook his head, 'Yeah, but it's not what you think. I wasn't with Rachel I just couldn't sleep'. 'Why not?' he asked. Lucas shrugged his shoulders, 'I don't know, just thinking about Brooke and how you guys asked if I ever thought about being something more than just friends with her. Maybe, I don't know... maybe I do want to be more than just friends with her.