Nathan:
I was in the shower after a basketball play. I was the last one there, at least I thought so. Brooke walked in nothing but a towel.
"I tried" she said.
"You tried what?" I covered myself but she just giggled.
"I tried to stay away Nathan, but I can't. And anyway the girls shower doesn't have warm water" she just noted and let her towel fall down on the floor. I saw her perfect curves and I couldn't believe she walked right to me and put her arms around my neck to pull me into a kiss.
"Show me I didn't do a mistake" she whispered on my lips and I lifted her up, pressed her against the wall and trusted into her.
"Nathan" Haley's voice has waked me up.
I shook my head and realized that this was just a dream, but the bulb in my pants wasn't.
"I'm…I will be right back" I sad and walked into the shower: cold shower. I didn't take one of those for a long time now. Damn I had to explain it all to Hales. And how was I supposed to do that.
I walked out and she was still in bed, where I left her. It was a week or so that she decided to stay over for the night. And now this!
"I'm so sorry Hales" I said and sat down beside her.
"It's not your fault, I mean it's natural, right?" she said in her shy voice and it was killing me. Actually it was the first time that Brooke came into my mind for weeks. I tried hardly to stay away from her and worked on my relationship to Haley.
"I…" I didn't know what to say to this.
"I mean you respect that I want to wait and I love you for that" she said and then noticed what she just said.
"I mean you know not love like in I love you, just love like in I love cheesecake" she stuttered and blushed so sweetly that I just had to smile. I wanted to say it back so badly.
"I love you too" I said and it felt right. Maybe I liked the fantasy of Brooke, but loved the girl beside me in reality.
She just smiled and leaned forward to kiss me.
"I love you too" she whispered on my lips.
This was not the romantic kind of moment, but somehow it was perfect.
Brooke:
I woke up and watched the space beside me. Lucas was gone. He was probably gone for the kitchen; I put on the blanket around my body and walked to find him there with Peyton.
"Hey girl" I said surprised and she looked sad as she saw me.
"Hey" she said and Lucas watched her and then me.
"What's wrong?" I asked shocked.
"Nothing I just came here to give Lucas a CD back that I borrowed" Peyton said and smiled at me.
"Peyton" Lucas whispered and she just put a CD on the table and walked away.
"What was that all about?" I asked him.
"I don't know" he said and I knew he was being honest.
"Lucas, should I be worried?" I wondered and he shook his head.
"Nothing to be worried about, we are just friends" he said and I believed him once again.
"I wanted to hang out with Haley tonight if you are okay with that" he changed the subject and I nodded.
"Sure, gives me some time with my girls and maybe even with Peyton" I smiled.
"You can hang out with Nathan if you want to" he just added.
"I get along with him pretty okay now" he smirked at me.
"Well I guess I have to work on the cheer routine, if I want to win the classics next week" I grinned and I thought it was the best excuse not to see Nathan.
"Alright, but if you get bored you call me" Lucas suggested.
"And ruin all the fun?" I teased "no way"
He came closer and kissed my neck.
"You are a lot of fun too" he breathed against my skin.
"Oh" I kicked my eyebrow again and pulled him into a kiss.
Nathan:
"I used to spend time without you like all the time" I laughed as she worried what I would do all evening.
"But just in case" she said and gave me a hug.
"Alright if I am bored to death I will call you and ruin all the fun" I teased and she sighed.
As she left I sat down on the couch and thought what to do. Calling Brooke was out of question and I wasn't in the mood to spend time with Tim. So I decided to drive to the gym and practice on my lay down and my free throws.
As I changed and walked in I saw Brooke in her cheer outfit while the song "Huddle Formation" was playing. She was jumping up and down and pausing to write down the dance moves. She jumped up as she heard my steps.
"God Nathan you could have killed me" she screamed as she noticed me.
"Sorry" I said and looked down on her paper.
"New routine?" I wondered and she nodded simply.
"What are you doing here anyway?" she asked without looking up at me.
"I was about to practice my free throws if you don't mind" I asked and she laughed.
"Well aren't we very polite to each other?" she asked.
"What?" I didn't know where this was coming from.
"Nathan we almost kissed, but moment passed. You are happy with Haley and I am very happy with Lucas, so let us please try and be normal again" she said and stood up.
"Brooke Davis, cheer captain" she stretched out her hand and I took it.
"Nathan Scott, captain of the Ravens" I shook her hand.
"Nice to meet you Nathan" she smiled and then took her hand away.
"Okay and now?" I asked.
"Now nothing, you will practice and I will work on my routine. Like we would have before I guess" she smiled and pressed play.
I started to shoot the ball and she was practicing some steps for her routine.
Brooke:
"See this was easy" I told him as I watched him go for the hoop.
"Maybe you were right, we just overrated this whole thing" he said as he caught the ball and stopped in front of me.
"Sure we did" I smiled and took the ball from him "I didn't tried some free throws in like forever"
"Then it's time" Nathan grinned and showed me the way to the line.
I took a deep breath and threw the ball. It hit the hoop, but didn't go in.
"You totally need practice" he teased and I took the ball and threw it at him.
He caught it, as if it would be the easiest thing to do.
"That's not fair" I screamed.
"Let's play a game" he laughed "I try free throws with my eyes covered and you with your eyes open and we will see who gets more"
"Oh you so sure about your qualities" I looked at him "Dial"
"Dial" he said and took out his shirt and let me tie it around his head.
"Who tells me you aren't cheating?" I asked.
"Do something" he said through the shirt.
I started to dance around him.
"Alright I believe you" I smiled and took the ball from his hands.
Nathan:
Of course I won the game and now we were lying on the ground.
"See I am aware of my qualities" I said between breaths.
"Well well you won over a girl, so what" she laughed and got up.
"I should go Luke will be here to pick me up soon" she told me and packed her stuff.
"Things are going well with you guys?" he asked.
I turned around to face him.
"Yes" I looked at him "you?"
"Yes", he was facing me now.
And for the first time it felt like nothing had happened between us and that we were back to normal again.
