Monday morning and Brooke was getting released, she could not wait to get out. She knew she should have rung for someone to pick her up she didn't exactly have many options, there was no way she was calling Peyton, and she felt she had taken too much of Lucas's time already so that was a no and as for Haley and Nathan well didn't want to bother them again as they had already done so much for her. The nurse had called her a cab and pushed her in a wheelchair to the door. Her bag was placed next to her and she rested her crutches on the floor of the cab. Finally she got to her house, the driver got her bag and put it on the pavement, she got her crutches and got out of the cab slowly, her ribs hurt quite a bit when she moved suddenly at all so she was being extra careful. She got out of the cab and the cab drove away. She tried to pick up her bag and rest it on her shoulder, the only problem was that it was extremely heavy with all the stuff she had demanded Haley bring her and rather unbalanced her as she tried to move on the crutches. Why oh why did her path have to have steep steps. As she tried climbing the steps she found herself falling and ending up in a heap on the ground. Suddenly she felt someone put their hand on her shoulder. She turned around only to see a very familiar face
"Brooke are you ok?" Lucas asked, looking rather worried at her
"Yeah just got to get used to these crutches I guess, what are you doing here?" Brooke asked, rather confused as to why he was here
"I rang the hospital and they said you had left so I came straight over here and saw you fall over" Lucas said still rather concerned "Here let me help you up" he said. She still had pain etched over her face. He picked up here bag and handed it to her as she was still leaning on him.
"Right now I am gonna pick you up and carry you in ok?" Lucas said. She was about to argue back but before she even had the chance he scooped her up and carried her to the door. She rummaged in her bag and found her keys to get in. Lucas carried her in and placed her on the couch.
"Thank you Lucas" Brooke said, he was so sweet, it just reminded her of why she fell in love with him to begin with
"You know me, always saving people" Lucas replied, "Are you coming into school today or taking it easy here?" Lucas asked
"Well as much as I would love to skip school I actually think I would like to go, I don't think I can take anymore rest really" Brooke said, "You better get going too if you don't want to be late" Brooke stated realising what the time was
"Well how do you plan on getting there first?" Lucas asked
"Well I have got my car silly" Brooke replied and then looked at her leg "which I can't drive" she smiled she had totally forgot about that bit. "Lucas could you be a sweetie and drive me please if it's not too much bother" Brooke asked
"As if I could say no" Lucas replied
Lucas parked the car and before she even had time to open her door it was already opened by Lucas. "Now is there anything else I can do for you?" Lucas asked
"No I think I am ok thanks although you could carry my bag if you're offering" Brooke said as she looked at him with those pleading eyes.
"Sure anything for my pretty girl" Lucas said grateful that he could help.
Brooke handed over her bag to him. Had he just called her his pretty girl again? Clearly he still cared about her otherwise he wouldn't have been there at her house this morning and he wouldn't have brought her to school and he wouldn't be carrying her bad, would he???
Haley and Nathan walked up to Brooke's locker
"Hey you're back at school already" Nathan said rather surprised to see her, he was rather unsure if it was a good idea for her to be back so soon
"Yeah better than staying at home all day on my own I guess" Brooke replied sensing that Nathan didn't approve of her being back.
"Well we are all here for you if you need us so just take it easy Brooke ok?" Nathan said, clearly still worried about her.
"Nate honestly I'm fine, and I'll take it easy I promise" Brooke said, she knew Nathan meant well, he always looked out for her and she loved him for that but sometimes he worried far too much about her.
"Ok I got to go, but you have Nate in your next class and then you have me so I will see you then" Lucas said giving her a little kiss on the cheek. Did he just kiss her, Brooke thought to herself, sure it was just a peck on the cheek but that had to mean something surely? Nathan stood there unsure of what he had just seen, did Lucas, his brother Lucas just kiss Brooke, his friend Brooke, maybe Lucas really did still have feelings for Brooke.
As he was walking to class Lucas saw Peyton
"Hey Peyton" Lucas said trying to be friendly
"Oh hey Luke" Peyton replied hoping that Lucas may have reconsidered the whole on a break thing
"How are you?" he asked just making conversation, Peyton couldn't help but notice how cold he was being, why was he being like that, Peyton thought to herself
"I am good, I see that Brooke's back now" Peyton said looking further down the hall at Brooke and Nathan, she couldn't help but feel jealous, even though Brooke wasn't with Lucas she still had some hold over him, she just wished she could put an end to it.
"Yeah she is although I think it's gonna be hard to make her take it easy" Lucas said
"Yeah Brooke just does not know when to stop" Peyton replied, " Luke about this taking a break thing, does that mean we are no longer dating or seeing each other anymore cos I'm a bit confused" Peyton asked
"Well I guess we are just friends at the moment" Lucas replied
"Oh, does this happen to have anything to do with a certain Brooke Davis?" Peyton asked although there was little doubt in her mind about the answer.
"Partly" Lucas answered honestly, "I just need to work out what I want and Brooke needs me and it's just complicated" Lucas finished, oh no, it had not just said it was complicated had he? He was asking for trouble now.
"Complicated, is that what you call it? You know what I think Lucas? I think Brooke snaps her fingers and you just come running, well when she's done with you maybe you will realise what a big mistake you made, you see I love you Lucas, I would do anything for you and you just say 'it's complicated' , what the hell is that meant to mean? When was it not complicated!!!" Peyton spat out, how dare he say that, did she not mean anything to him
"Peyton don't be like this, I am just trying to do what's right" Lucas said, Peyton was clearly upset but what could he do, he couldn't make everyone happy and he couldn't lie to her, surely she would thank him in the long run.
"You know what Lucas I can forgive you and take you back but you have to stay away from her" Peyton said glancing over at Brooke, as long as Brooke was in Lucas's life she would never have him completely, Brooke was always going to get in the way, this was the only way her and Lucas were going to work. Sure Lucas had treated her bad and she was still mad at him but she loved him and was willing to do anything to have him stay with her.
"Peyton I can't do that and you know that, I can't believe you even asked me that, I thought you wanted me to be happy, clearly I was wrong, me and you just aren't going to work Peyton, I'm sorry if I have hurt you I really am, but the last few weeks I have done a lot of thinking about my life and I have to do what's right, and this is wrong" Lucas said, he cared for Peyton, he had thought he had loved her but it just was not working, he could never cut Brooke out like that, maybe Peyton would have seen things differently if she knew the full story but for now that would have to wait. Maybe he should have handled this whole situation better but what was done was done and there was no taking it back now.
"I guess its over then" Peyton said clearly disappointed by what Lucas had said. She knew Lucas was going through a lot right now but she hadn't thought that he would actually break up with her, they were only on a break after all and yet now it was over for good.
Lucas didn't want to hurt Peyton but he couldn't hurt Brooke anymore, he had to follow his heart and fix his mistakes even if that meant telling people a few truths.
It had certainly been a long day, Brooke's arms ached so badly from having to use those stupid crutches all day, she just had to wait for Lucas to appear and take her home.
"Hey sorry I'm late" Lucas said rather out of breath, he had run over so she was not waiting too long
"That's ok Luke, it's not as if I was going anywhere fast" Brooke joked
"Well lets get you home then" Lucas said helping her to the car. He was actually rather glad that Brooke was depending on him for these small little things, if he could prove himself by doing simple things like this then maybe there was a chance Brooke could really let him back into her heart.
Brooke sat herself down on the couch, while Lucas got her something to eat
"So how are you feeling now?" Lucas asked wanting to make sure she was ok
"I'm ok just really tired to be honest" Brooke replied, maybe it was not the best idea to have gone into school the day she was released after all.
"Brooke I know you are probably gonna think I am crazy here but do you think it's a good idea you living here on you own when you struggle enough just to get to your front door" Lucas asked clearly concerned
"What else am I gonna do Luke, move in with you" Brooke laughed, that would be totally ridiculous, living with her ex, her ex that had gone off with her best friend!!!
"Well yeah, I would have to clear it with my mum but I am sure she would be cool with it and its not like you would have to share a bed with me or anything like that as I could take the sofa" Lucas said thinking what a great idea it was
"Luke I am not gonna make you sleep on your sofa ok, I will be perfectly fine here?" Brooke said not quite believing how serious he was being, he had seriously lost it if he thought she would even consider moving in with him
"If you say so but you have to promise me that if you struggle to that you will consider moving in with me" Lucas said knowing how hard Brooke found it to ask for help.
"Ok I'll think about it" Brooke said, she didn't like living alone but if she moved in with Lucas then it was like they were a couple which was rather weird and she still did not trust him, he had lost her trust and he was going to have to prove himself all over again if he wanted her to let him back into her life and back into her heart. She had to say she would think about it just to get Lucas to stop nagging, she had always been rather independent and was not about to stop now.
Lucas finally left Brooke's about 10, he was never gonna let her down again, he just couldn't. He walked into the kitchen to find his mum waiting for him
"Hey mum what are you doing up?" Lucas asked surprised to see his Mum still up
"I just wanted to check you got home ok that's all, how's Brooke?"
"She's ok, I 'm just rather worried about it, I mean she's all alone in that big house and if anything happens she has no one to help her mum" Lucas said
"Well if she says she's ok then you can't make her" Karen added
"I know this is a lot to ask but if I can get her to move out then is there a possibility that she could move in here?" Lucas asked looking at Karen with desperation
"Well I guess we could make it work but there would be some ground rules" Karen said
"Mum I love you thank you so much" Lucas said relieved that his mum had actually agreed, he had thought it would have been far harder than that
"Luke she has not even said yes yet" Karen said reminding him of the reality
"I'm working on it though" Lucas said "I'll see you in the morning, night mum" Lucas said and with that he went to bed trying to think of a way to get Brooke to move in with him.
So I know the last chapter was rather short but figured it would be nice to bring Rachel into it a bit more. Anyway I hope this chapter made up for how short the last one was and I hope you enjoyed it. Please review and I will update soon
