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The sun was shining through his window as Brooke woke up and felt a breathing warm body underneath her head. Her arms were on his chest as well as her head and her leg was on his. They were covered by a blanket and she squeezed her eyes and felt an arm tight around her. It was morning and she was still in Nathan's bed. Normally this wouldn't bother a girl and she would just smile and be happy in her boyfriend's arms, but this was the problem they weren't a couple and only couples could have done something like that. In their case waking up together was a bad sign. It only meant that neither of them bothered to get out of this bed and leave or make the other one leave. Brooke desperately searched for a reason that made her stay the night, but of course there weren't any. She should have been home by now, but she still was here in his arms. His strong and warm arms that made her feel so secure, just seconds ago. But this was before she realized the most disturbing thing. This was against their agreement and still she liked it, she noticed how good it felt and knew that she was falling for him. Yes, she was sure that some of her friends might have been right. Peyton once told her that there couldn't be just a physical relationship. Feelings would get involved sooner or later. And now she noticed that her feelings were getting involved, she just didn't know about him. Nathan noticed that her head was still on his chest and that the smell of her hair filled his nose. He smiled first, but then the feeling of being all cozy and warm was replaced with fear and something else that he couldn't name yet. Normally he wanted the girls to be out of his bed before he would bother to open his eyes again and it was different with her. She was different in all aspects that he knew and he couldn't find the reason why. The only thing he knew was that they were getting more careless with each day and that he didn't bother yet. Maybe he would be bothered one day and then it might be too late. He might already have some feelings for her, but he didn't want to fall in love with her. He just didn't, it wasn't his thing, if they stayed this careless than soon he had a decision to make. And they proved how reckless they became:
Brooke was still in his bed as they heard the door from the beach house open and someone walking inside.
"Nathan" his dad's voice was coming from downstairs and Nathan got up.
"Damn my car is parked outside" he whispered and Brooke also got up and searched for her clothes all around his room.
"Why is he here, and why did you let the car parked there?" she whispered, but he was preoccupied kissing her than thinking about the consequences of his car being parked outside.
"Don't know" he just breathed out and heard steps towards his room.
"Nathan, I know you are here somewhere and I also heard Lucas joined your team, we need a plan" Mr. Scott's voice was ringing and Brooke was almost completely dressed and threw Nathan his shirt that he hasty put on. Their hearts were beating like crazy as they heard the door knob being turned around and they were sitting at the table and both looked into the math book. The book was upside down, but they just hoped Dan wouldn't bother look at it. Brooke searched for some breath before she started talking.
"See that's easy, you just have to know one angle and with this formula you know the rest" Brooke said, though her voice sounded a bit rapid. She had no clue what she was talking about, but who cared anyway it was the best alibi they could have come up with and for now it seemed to work.
"Thanks" Nathan smiled before he turned to see his dad. He was trying to look bored by the things that Brooke said but his pulse was too high and he just needed to keep a straight face.
"Oh hello" Dan smiled. Brooke closed the book and smiled at Nathan again.
"I think you got it now and I have cheer practice, so I better hurry" she faked a smile at Dan and walked past him. Her heart almost flying out of her chest and she wondered if he had sensed anything.
"Bye Brooke, and thanks again" Nathan smiled politely as he watched the brunette walk away. Maybe their masquerade worked out.
"What do you want dad?" he asked after he closed the door behind Brooke.
"First I wanted you to make a plan on how to get rid of this kid and second" Dan smiled as he looked down to the bed at the red panties that were lying around there "I wanted to ask you what kind of tutoring the Davis girl was giving you" Dan smirked and Nathan rolled his eyes and was mad at himself.
"Well who said it's hers?" Nathan asked coldly and Dan laughed.
"That's my boy, never getting tied down by a girl" Dan told him and changed the subject towards Lucas. He wanted Nathan to make this boy's life into hell, because this way Dan could still dream of a Scott who plays in the NBA.
Yes, they were careless in the last few days, but Brooke never thought that she would become this careless and let her heart get involved in anyway. She wondered why she was feeling so good and bad at the same time about staying over this night.
"So today is your big game" she mumbled as she rolled away from him. She needed a topic that was at least neutral.
"Yes" Nathan said and sat up just to watch her again. He still wondered if he really cared that she spent the night here and if it really bothered him that this was against their agreement. He was Nathan Scott the player of Tree Hill and not the boyfriend type. He never has been and probably never would be the guy you want your parents to meet. And he didn't know if he could be the kind of guy that was faithful and caring. He liked his life the way it was. He didn't see a need to change it now or anytime soon.
"I need to play Lucas down today, he doesn't belong in my team" Nathan just said after he was silent for a while "Lucas doesn't want to play by my rules"
"You have rules?" Brooke wondered and zipped her dress up.
"Yes, the other guys listen to whatever I have to say, maybe not Owen, but everyone else" Nathan looked at her and she laughed. Owen was probably the only guy that Nathan respected on the team.
"Oh and he doesn't want to?" she mumbled.
"I think he wants to make a stand" Nathan rolled his eyes "and he won't succeed at that".
Nathan was really into this topic. He actually still had nothing really against the blonde guy, but he was getting scared by his dad and he just wanted to escape the pressure his father put on him.
"Okay, I'll see you at the game than, and we should forget this here happened" Brooke muttered and Nathan was already dressed and ready to drive her home. She just added the last part to make sure they didn't need to talk about this anymore.
"I should walk" Brooke whispered and Nathan shook his head.
"Don't be silly, this here didn't mean a thing" he lied and she faked a relieved smile. Yes this morning ruined it all for them.
Of course the Ravens won the game. Nathan was the star of the game and now all his teammates and her squad were gathered together in this school bus that he stole. Nathan also showed Dan that he was still the number one on the team, because he got Lucas benched after the break and the blonde guy wasn't on the play field since then. Brooke was sitting next to Peyton and Rachel was making out with Owen some seats behind them.
"We will really get in trouble for this" Peyton mumbled and Brooke laughed.
"I think this is the rush" the brunette grinned and Peyton smirked.
"You think that maybe Jake and Lucas were right about not getting in this bus?" the curly one wanted to know and Brooke thought for a moment. She knew that Lucas couldn't get in considering Nathan was the one driving and Jake was probably the one who thought this through.
"Do you really care P. Sawyer?" Brooke asked and her friend shook her head.
Nathan was driving and in the back mirror he saw Brooke talking to Peyton and he wondered if he could be the guy for her, or if she didn't felt what he felt. He needed to get her out of his head. This bothered him all day and only when he played he could concentrate on something else. Just in this second Kenzie was leaning towards him.
"You really look good behind the steering wheel" she whispered while her hands ran from his shoulder down his arm. This was the moment of truth would he stay away from her just because of Brooke. Nathan really thought about this for a second.
"I bet you are really good for a ride" Kenzie whispered in his ear.
Nathan's breath stopped and his eyes were still focused on the brunette in the mirror.
Brooke looked towards him and couldn't believe what she was seeing; he just started to kiss the blonde cheerleader of her squad. Her throat tightened and she didn't listen to Peyton anymore, all she heard were some distant mumbles, but her eyes were just focused on him and the blonde cheerleader that had her arms all around him. Brooke took a deep breath and tried to relax her rigid jaw.
"So yeah you could basically say Foo Fighters are my favorit band right now" Peyton went on about her music, but Brooke was hurt and had to do anything to change how she felt right now. The knifes that she felt in her stomach were killing her and she ran her eyes through the bus until they stopped at him.
"Would you excuse me?" she asked and the blonde nodded.
Brooke made her way through the bus until she stopped right in front of the blonde guy.
"Hey Vegas" she smiled and put her hands on his shoulder.
"Brooke" the blonde grinned brightly. He always had a thing for her and she knew this. She needed some easy victim and she was sure that he could have been the one.
She leaned closer to his ear.
"You know you really played good today, almost better than Nathan" she mumbled and it was more about hurting Nathan than building up Vegas.
"Sorry Brooke, Nathan has a new rule now" Vegas said and pulled away.
Brooke looked at him in shock. What was it about rules between teammates.
"No cheerleaders" Vegas said and Brooke's glare focused on Nathan and Kenzie again. They were still kissing each other and her stomach tightened.
"He is always the exception from the rule" Vegas said and she walked away pissed. She didn't even bother to throw Vegas an annoyed glare. How did Nathan dare put up a rule that was basically keeping her away from getting laid and made him have make out sessions with Kenzie.
She was sick and fed up by now. If he wanted them to be nothing at all, why would he forbid his players to be with cheerleaders – including her? If he wanted more than just a physical relationship, what was he doing with this girl over there? Brooke couldn't understand what was going on and she was tiered to feel betrayed, because this meant her feelings were involved.
She was standing in the crowd where all the girls counted their money again before Nathan was told to enter the stage. His music started to play and he noticed that all the girls started to cheer and yell.
Nathan never was nervous about this event, he knew that girls were going crazy over him and he enjoyed this, but Brooke was in the front row and he wasn't sure if he wanted her to win this or not. He was still confused about the morning that he woke up next to her. He missed her in the past two days she was avoiding him by finding new excuses. He started to miss her touch and her kisses and he wondered if she found someone new. He walked out and the girls started to scream.
"10 dollars" the first started to scream before he would have even bothered to smile or to put his sunglasses off.
"30" others screamed. But Brooke didn't say a word; she just stood there emotionless and watched him. He wanted to show her what she was missing, so he put his pants off and was there just in his basketball shorts.
"Smells like sex in here" Rachel whispered towards Brooke and the brunette ignored her friend. Rachel seemed to have caught the sparks between Nathan and her and already figured what was going on, but she never really voiced it and though Brooke noticed that her friend probably knew just hold her mouth shut.
"Oh you are so right, they go crazy in here" Peyton agreed.
Peyton lost a bet with Bevin, so she was forced to date anyone that the blonde would bid for. Peyton was scared to end up with Tim. So she nervously played with her hair and watched the other girls go crazy over Nathan Scott. Rachel already had Owen, so she was leaning back and watching the madness.
"45 dollars" were outbid by "50", but Brooke still wasn't impressed. Nathan was getting pissed that she wasn't affected by any of this.
"60" some other girl screamed and he flashed a smile at this girl and she almost fainted. Yes, he was still able to do this. He just needed to make Brooke bid for him, so he opened up his shirt and showed his bare chest.
Blue letters covered his masculine chest and she read "boy toy". She tried hard to keep herself from bidding, she couldn't lose control now. She needed to figure out what this was about and what was more important, where he was standing in this whole thing.
"120" a loud voice screamed and Whitey swung his hammer. Nathan was sold and he wondered who the girl was that he would spend the evening with. His blue questioning eyes found Brooke's, but she just shrugged at him without making any apology. Nathan couldn't understand a thing until Lucas Scott came out. He was this shy blonde guy who was not any different than other guys in Tree Hill, if he wasn't a basketball player no girl would have bid on him. But he was the underdog now, the rising star. Lucas was insecure and didn't make such a show as his younger brother. He was just standing in the spotlight and smiling at the crowd that was screaming numbers at him. He was totally overwhelmed by this and he seemed motionless. Now and then he smiled politely rather than happy. This whole event was over his head and he still found it hard not to look in the blinding lights. His numbers went slow from 10 to 40, but they also seemed to stop there. Brooke didn't just want to bid for him - she wanted him to go away with a higher price. All the other players that have been bought were standing there in a row next to Whitey and Nathan was joking with Owen. They both concentrated on the new Raven's player and she knew neither of them was fond of him. Brooke caught Nathan's eye and he saw something daring in there. It was like they were the only ones in the room and he concentrated hard on the expression in them. That's when he realized something. His own words hit him harder than anyone else's probably ever would.
"Lucas doesn't want to play by my rules". These words repeated over and over in his head and he couldn't hold her gaze anymore. He turned away and this was when he heard her.
"200" Brooke said and smiled at the blonde guy, who was totally shocked and looked down at her. Rachel and Peyton were in surprised as well next to her and Brooke smirked.
Nathan couldn't believe she just did this and he was trying hard to unclench his fists. This was probably a step too far. She didn't just bid for a player, but she also bid on his brother who was his rival for now and whom he wanted out of his team. He couldn't believe that she was able to do something like that. His stomach was aching and he couldn't believe how much self-control he needed to keep a straight face.
"Damn" he mumbled and Owen caught this, but he didn't understand why Nathan was so bothered by that.
"Sold for 200 dollars" Whitey said and Brooke smiled at Lucas who was still shocked about the amount of money that was spend on a date with him and as he saw Brooke he wondered why a girl like her would pay anyone to go out with her.