"So Uncle Lucas me and mom were talking about you." Grace smiled as she watched the team run suicides.
"Cool" Lucas said as he blew his whistle not paying too much attention to his niece.
"Yup…" Gracie rolled her eyes realizing her Uncle wasn't paying too much attention to what she was saying she smirked "oh Uncle Lucas been in any pools lately?" she grinned as his whistle dropped out of his mouth with a stunned look. "That got your attention" she grinned.
"She didn't?" Lucas asked a little embarrassed.
"She did."
"Nate take over please I'm going to talk to our niece over here." He pointed to a corner of the gym by the back door. "So umm… what did she say?" Lucas asked scratching the back of his neck.
"That you were the best lay she ever had." Grace grinned at the look on his face.
"What?! Really?" Lucas said kind of pleased with that.
"Umm…no" Grace giggled.
"Ha Ha you're so funny." Lucas said rolling his eyes at her.
"No, but she did say she loves you." Gracie smiled as she walked over to the cheerleaders.
"You mean loved…" Lucas yelled at her.
"Nope I said what I meant." She spun around and smirked.
Lucas stood there and smiled. "She has a smiled just like her mother" Lucas heard as he spun around to the person behind him. "Well well Lucas Scott." The smug voice grinned.
"What you doing here?" Lucas asked but didn't get his answer as a voice called him.
"Uncle Lucas?" Grace called as she ran over to him. "You think that I could maybe possible use your car. I have to go to the store to get more paint for the posters and my car you know is well invisible."
"Hey" the man smiled.
"Oh hey." Gracie said but then realized to recognized him "Wait I remember you. You find the office ok?"
"Yes you were lots of help umm…"
"Gracie" she smiled shaking her hand.
"Oh nice to meet you Gracie I'm…" he started but Lucas cut off.
"Here you go Gracie" Lucas said handing her the keys.
"Thanks Uncle Lucas you're the best." She smiled as she kissed his cheek and started to run back to the girls.
"Be careful." He yelled to her.
"Aren't I always careful" she smirked placing her hands on her hips.
"No you're not." Lucas said in a matter of fact tone.
"Ok that was one time and you saw it the mailbox practically pounced it came out of nowhere." Gracie shrugged.
"Gracie we were in a neighborhood."Lucas laughed.
"Not the point Uncle Lucas." Gracie laughed as she ran out with Daneel, Hilarie and Kelly waving the keys excitedly as the girls ran out of the gym.
"That's nice of you. I mean to play daddy to my daughter."
Lucas spun around to face him "Sam what do you want?"
"My daughter and maybe even Brooke." Sam smirked.
Lucas felt his body tense up and he clinched his jaw and fist. "You know…" Sam started as he leant closer to Lucas "I will always be her dad and when you are long gone I'll be the one she remembers" Sam said as he turned and walked out of the gym. Lucas just stood there not sure what to do as he heard the words he said almost 17 years back.
Lucas had been sitting there all night watching Brooke dance with Sam and it killed him. His hands rubbing up and down her sides as he would kiss her neck. Lucas hated Sam and wanted nothing more but to go knock him out right then and take Brooke with him but he couldn't he knew he couldn't. He had no right he broke up with Brooke even if she didn't understand it he did but it just hurt how quick she moved on. Still there was nothing he could do but stand there drink and watch as the girl he loved dance with someone else.
"Lucas…" Rachel smiled as she hugged him.
"Hey Rach." He said not taking his eyes off Brooke.
"Luke come on leave it alone…" Rachel sighed following Lucas's gaze to where her best friend was.
"I don't know what you're talking about Rach."
"I'm talking about Brooke. If you want her go get her otherwise leave her alone." Rachel said like it was that easy.
"I can't Rachel she is with Sam now." He said taking a sip of his beer.
"Yeah but he can't compete with you. I mean she loves you and last time I checked you broke up with her. Which means your feelings stopped for her" Lucas just glared at her. "ok or they didn't but either way you ended it she didn't wake up one morning and her feelings stopped she woke up one morning and you dumped her, but you will always be something he won't and have something he can never be…"
"And whets that?" Lucas said turning to look at her.
"You were her first the first guy she ever slept with, the first guy she gave her heart and body too. No matter how many guys follow a girl will always remember her first." Rachel smiled as she rubbed his back and walked away.
Lucas couldn't help but smile at what Rachel told him it almost made him feel better knowing Brooke would always remember him no matter what.
"Hurt doesn't it." Lucas spun to see Sam.
"What hurts?" Lucas asked not really in the mood for Sam.
"Me and Brooke I mean she is hot and well I'm sure you know what she is like in bed." Lucas just took another sip of his beer trying his best not to punch Sam right there. "I mean I can't wait to take her home but if he can't wait maybe I'll just go upstairs I mean you know I'm sure there is an open room somewhere in this house. I may go get on that I mean after I get me another beer."
Lucas looked up at Brooke who was talking to Peyton and Rachel. Brooke turned to look at the boys talking and Rachel just smiled at Lucas and he smiled remember what she said.
"You know…" Lucas said leaning towards to Sam. "You know it should hurt but I will always have something that you never will."
"And what is that?"
"I will always be her first. No matter who follows after or how many, when your long gone and trust me you will be, I'll be the one she remembers because I will always be her first." Lucas pulled back and looked at the Look on Sam's face and smiled. "Here have my beer you seem to like my seconds." He smiled walking away.
"Thanks Rach" Lucas smiled as he passed Brooke, Peyton and Rachel as he headed out the door.
Rachel just smile and nodded.
"What was that about?" Brooke frowned.
"Oh I just gave him some amazing sex." She smirked but it faded when she saw Brookes face. "Relax Davis I was kidding don't get jealous."
"I'm not jealous I don't care what he does or who he does." Brooke lied looking past Rachel and to where Lucas just left to.
"Yeah sure and Rachel is a virgin." Peyton laughed.
"Hey…yeah I guess your right but anyway let's go dance." Rachel said pulling them to the living room.
"Luke" Nathan yelled bringing Lucas out of his thoughts. "Come on man" Lucas just shook his head of all thoughts as he walked over to them.
"Thanks again for letting me use your car." Gracie smiled as they walked outside of the gym to his car.
"No problem Pretty Girl." He smiled.
"So who was that guy you were talking to?" she asked. Lucas didn't know what to say he knew it wasn't his place to tell her it was Brooke's but how would he talk himself out of this one.
However, lucky for him Gracie's attention span is just like her mothers and soon she was taking about something else ignoring whatever her first thought was.
"Umm… is your mom dating someone or seeing anyone?" Lucas asked thinking about what Sam said about being back for maybe even Brooke. Did Brooke already know he was here? Were they seeing each other?
"No why" Grace said pulling him out of his thoughts.
"No reason just wondering." Lucas shrugged.
"Umm...Uncle Lucas…" Grace said as she stopped walking and grabbing his arm to stop him.
"Yeah?"
"She would kill me if she knew I was saying this but I do think mom still loves you. I mean after you left she was lost even if she wouldn't admit it. I heard her talking to on the phone with Aunt Rachel about you…" she said looking at the ground.
"What would she say?" he asked pulling her chin to look at him.
"Just that she missed you and sometimes she wished 'that night' she said yes to you not no but at the same time she didn't want you to give up your life and dreams."
"Oh" was all Lucas could say.
"Uncle Lucas..." Gracie called as he turned to look at her.
"What is she talking about 'that night' what night? What did she say no to?"
"Brooke" Lucas said surprised to see her outside his door. "What you doing here?" she just walked past him and sat down on his bed. He could see the tear stains on her cheeks and he eyes were all red and puffy just like the last time she showed up on his doorstep. It made him think of the night she came and they broke up. He walked over to her and got down on his knees so he was eye level with her. "Brooke what's wrong?"
"I'm pregnant." She said in a low whisper.
"What? Brooke I can't hear you. What's wrong?" he asked again wiping away a tear.
"I'm pregnant." She said where he could hear her this time.
"Brooke…" he said pulling her into him as he felt her sobs into his chest. "Shh…baby it's ok" he whispered as he kissed the top of her head. "Is it umm…I mean..."
"It's Sam's."
"Did you tell him?" she just nodded and fell back into him and started crying again.
"It's ok just breath…what he say?" Lucas said trying to calm her down but failing.
"He left me." she cried.
"What?!" Lucas said raising his voice in anger.
"He said that it isn't his that I was just a whore it could be anyone's." Lucas pulled away and look at her as he brushed a hair out of her face. "Luke it couldn't be anyone else's he is the only person I have ever been with other then you." She said as more tears fell down her cheek.
"Well he is just pissed I'm better in the sake then he is," He joked which made Brooke laugh. "There is that gorgeous smile I love."
"Yeah you can always make me smile." She said looking up at him.
Even all red eye and crying she still looked beautiful to him. He wiped away a tear with his thumb as he started to lean towards her.
"Lucas…" she started but was stopped by his lips hitting hers. She missed his lip, his hands and everything about him, she just missed him. They fell back onto her bed as she pulled his shirt over his head and he started to suck on her neck right below her ear.
"Lucas…" she moaned out until she realized what they were doing and the situation she was in "we can't do this" she said pushing him off her.
"Brooke…." He said grabbing her hand pulling her back into his lap and kissing her lips then neck.
"God" she said as she felt his lips on her neck and his hot breath. "No…no…stop." She said pushing off him again.
"Why?" he said frustrated as he tried to pull her back to him.
"Because it's wrong…" she said grabbing his shirt off the ground "here put this back on." She said throwing him his shirt resisting him was hard enough with his shirt on with it off she knew she wouldn't be able to stop him.
"How is it wrong Brooke." He said pulling the shirt over his head.
"Luke I'm pregnant!" she yelled.
"So…"
"With someone else's baby."
"Brooke…" he said grabbing her hand pulling her to sit next to him, "I love you I always loved you and I have never stopped. I want to be with you Brooke and the baby." He said as he cupped her cheek with his hand.
"Lucas…" she said getting off the bed "I love you too and I love that you want to help me but I can't let you do that. This isn't your fault…none of it."
"But…" he started but she stopped him.
"Shh…" she said putting her finger to his lips. "No. Lucas you…you broke up with me." she said as she started to cry again.
"Baby please don't cry I'm sorry I know I shouldn't have and I'm so so sorry." He said wiping her tears.
"No I'm saying you broke up with me because you want to give me what you thought I deserved you didn't want me to give up my dreams and I didn't understand it completely until now." She cried.
"Brooke…" he started again as she took his hand.
"I love you so much god do I love you, but I can't let you give up everything for me." she said as she took her hand and ran it through his hair then taking it and placing it on his cheek. "You will do great things Lucas Scott." She smiled as she stood up and kissed him one last time as she walked over to his door to leave.
"Brooke…." She turned around to face him tears pouring down her face "I'll be here ok. When you decide you are ready to be with me I'll be here for you and the baby, I don't care if it's this week, next week or next year I will be here. I'm the guy for you Brooke Davis and I will always love you." Brooke smiled at the boy sitting in front of her. God she loved him and want so bad to walk over and kiss him and tell him she wanted him but she knew she couldn't it wouldn't be fair so she did the only thing she could do and that was smile nod and walk out.
"What about now?" Grace asked.
"What you mean?"
"You said next week, next year. What about now 16 years? If she would tell you right now she was ready would you take her back?"
Lucas stood there shocked by the question but then smiled "In a heartbeat." He said wrapping his arm around Grace as they walked to his car.
"Good" Grace smiled.
