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Without further talking on to chapter 10
Chapter 10: It's a wonderful life.
I'm lying in bed with my arms wrapped around the most perfect girl I've ever met, when it hits me. My life is pretty much perfect right now. Sure my mom is leaving for Italy today, and I have more enemies at school then I can count. But when I'm holding her close to me, I realize that all that bad stuff in my life has led me to Brooke. So it's kind of hard to be angry about it all.
I'm running my hands up and down her arm, and wanting so much to pull her face to mine and kiss those perfect lips. But watching her chest move up and down so beautifully I can't bare to take her away from her sleep. Her tired eyes are becoming more obvious every day, and I feel helpless.
The morning I found her sleeping in her car outside my house was the first alarm that went off, but it sure wasn't the last. And tonight when I was awoken by the sound of my girlfriend knocking on my door, I can't help but feel lost as to how to help her.
Any time I try and get her to talk about her parents she'll either change the subject or downplay what she's feeling. That kind of avoidance might work on everyone else, but I know her too well to fall for it. When I feel her arms close around me a little tighter, and a small frown cross her lips I start really wishing I was a mind reader.
I realize now that sleep is a fight I'm definitely not going to win tonight, so I might as well get some reading done.
My intent was honourable.
I simply wanted to busy myself with something so I didn't wake up my tired girlfriend.
Unfortunately when I reached for the book I knocked my lamp off the table. She of course bolted up like a spooked dear.
"What was that" It pained me that she was already wide awake. I guess it wasn't as deep a sleep as I had hoped. I quickly started rubbing her back
"Nothing baby."I gave her a peck on the cheek. "Go back to sleep." But unfortunately before the words are even out of my mouth she's already leaning her back against the wall, and resting her head on my shoulder.
"I'm not tired"
"Brooke. Please talk to me."My eyes are pleading with her to open up to me. And her eyes look so defeated it hurts.
Just as she opens her mouth to speak I hear a knocking on the door. At the sound of the knocking I jumped up which unfortunately caused Brooke to go flying off the bed. At the sound of Brooke falling off the bed the door opens to reveal a very tired looking Keith, and my mother looking anything but happy.
"Hi mom."She tilts her head to the side in response to my foolish greeting
"Lucas."She crosses her arms, and I know she's waiting for me to explain.
"So Keith, do I still work on Wednesday?" Even I feel stupid when I say it.
Keith lets out a chuckle which gets him an elbow in the rib from my mom. He quickly removes the smile from his face and returns to the matter at hand.
"Lucas do you really think this is the time to ask your uncle if you're working?"
"Well I don't know what else to talk about..."I pause and look at my alarm clock. "At 2:30 in the morning."
"How about you explain why poor Miss Davis is lying on the floor."She does her whole head tilt thing again and if not for the seriousness of the situation I might start laughing at Keith's attempts to stop himself from laughing.
"It's actually a funny story."Her head tilts again and I'm pretty sure if I don't explain soon she will break her neck."Well maybe funny isn't the right word for it exactly."
"Well then what words would you like to use. Perhaps breaking curfew. Or maybe breaking the lamp your grandmother gave you."
"Those work."With this my uncle's face can no longer hold in the laughter and he starts laughing. When my mom elbows him again in the side, and he lets out a pained yelp everyone's attention is drawn to the pile of blankets to the side of my bed which are now shaking with the laughter of a certain brunette girl.
"Care to join us Brooke?"It comes out as a question but from the tone it's very clearly not a question.
"I think I'll just stay here Karen." The fear in her voice causes both me and Keith too start laughing.
"This is not funny."My mom glares between me and Keith which causes us both to immediately stop laughing. In my peripheral vision I see Brooke poke her head out of the blankets, and it takes all my strength not to take her right there and then when I see her beautiful face again."Now we will be discussing this before I leave for Italy you can guarantee that Lucas Scott."
And with that she stomps away back to her bedroom. Keith after sending me a sympathetic smile shuts the door and follows her.
With the door now closed I turn around to look at Brooke whose hand is covering her mouth in a failed attempt to stop her from laughing.
"Can you believe our luck Brooke?" Her face loses a little of the smirk before she responds
"I learned a long time ago there is no such thing as luck." The look in her eyes tells me her lack of belief has more to do with the way she was raised.
"Have your parents ever been around?"She starts to get back onto the bed and brings the blanket with her before patting the spot beside her. "Come on Brooke just talk to me. There's nothing you could say that would make me love you less."
"Is it simply impossible for us to just sleep and when I feel comfortable to talk about it, we will?
"Of course it is Brooke. I just don't want you dealing with it all by yourself." I bring myself to lie down beside her, and she quickly brings her head to rest on my shoulder before turning and looking up at me.
"And I'm not am I? I have you now." Her hand gently caresses my cheek.
"Is that right?"I give her a playful look back
"Yep" And with that she scoots closer to me and closes her eyes.
I finally feel ready to slip into sleep.
I finally wake up to a knocking on the door. I'm at least relieved that Brooke is actually in a deep sleep since she barely even budges. Looking over at the clock I'm surprised to see it's already 7:30, after finding the will to walk to the door I open it up, yawning as I do.
"Haley now is not a good..." I'm shocked when my eyes see that it is not Haley but instead Peyton."What are you doing here Peyton?" When she looks down I remember I'm shirtless with only my boxers to cover the inevitable morning problem
"Well by the looks of your friend there I'm not unwelcome" I quickly cover myself, and gently lead her back outside, before shutting the door behind me.
"This has to stop Peyton. What were you thinking coming here?" She moves closer to me, and I try to move back but my shutting of the door has me trapped.
"I'm here for what we both want Lucas." I jump when I feel her hands work their way into my boxers, and surround my hardness."There's no denying you want this just as much as me." She leans forward to kiss me when a rattling at the door causes her hand to bolt from my morning wood, and lay itself on my shoulder.
"Peyton?" Brooke opens the door and looks shocked to see her. Or she might be shocked to see her as well as me nearly naked. She shuts the door behind her "What are you doing here?" She's so happy to see Peyton and that's the most disgusting thing about it.
"Oh I thought I'd ride with you guys today, if that's ok?" She turns and looks at me "Is that ok with you Luke?" In my peripheral vision I can tell Brookes a little confused why she would ask me but she quickly ignores it pulls Peyton into a hug
"Of course it's ok best friend" Peyton hugs her back but her eyes remain very much on me. And I take this as my opportunity to go inside and get dressed.
After finishing getting dressed I go back outside to find Peyton and Brooke sitting on the chairs talking.
"She has got some nerve talking to me that way."
"What does it matter what Riley thinks Brooke. You've never been able to be alone, that's not your fault." I see the look of pain in Brooke's eyes but once again she quickly removes it from her face and brings the smile back. Though I know it's not real when I don't see her beautiful dimples.
"Yeah I guess." When Brooke spots me she jumps from her chair and kisses me quickly on the cheek." You too wait out here I have to get ready." She opens the door" I'll be ten minutes. Don't do anything I wouldn't do." She smiles before closing the door.
"That doesn't narrow it down much does it Luke."She runs her hand up my chest for a second before I push it away.
"What's wrong with you?" For a moment she looks hurt but quickly goes back to normal
"She takes everything. It's not enough that she could buy whatever she wants or have any guy she wanted. She just had to have my boy too."
"Peyton you need to accept the fact that I love Brooke. If you don't stop I will tell Brooke what you've been doing." She scoffs at me
"She wouldn't believe you. Don't you get that?" You're a momentary amusement for her. Judging by what I felt earlier she might ride you for a little longer than the others but in the end it will be just the same."
"That's not even close to the truth, and..."
"Oh and how would you know? I've known her for years. Do you know how many times she's been at a party and joined in when they were trash talking you?"She gave me a smug look.
"I don't believe you Peyton, how can you be so cruel to her?"She paused for a second before looking back at me.
"Fine."She remained standing there just staring at me.
"Fine, what?"I'm downright confused at this point.
"I'll treat Brooke better if you do something for me." Her look changed to one of manipulation.
"What do you want?"She stepped closer to me
"For you to make love to me. Just one time, and if you don't feel the love for me that I feel for you then I will step aside and everything will be fine."She asks it as if it's the most normal question ever asked.
"You must be crazy." Just as I said that the door began to open
"Trust me Lucas I will get what I want anyway." She whispered it seductively in my ear. And I'm positive a month ago I might have exploded from that, but now it just felt wrong.
"You two ready to go?" Brooke came out looking absolutely gorgeous, and my heart nearly skipped a beat.
"Sure Brooke." Brooke skipped down the pathway to the car and Peyton put her hand on my chest and stopped me.
"Think about it Lucas. At least this way she won't leave you because of what she finds out."
"What does that mean?"
"It means that I'm not the only one who has a problem with Brooke. It would be a shame if something were to come out that would just break her poor heart."
"Whatever you think you have, I won't let you hurt Brooke." She laughed quietly at me, before looking over my shoulder.
"Too late Luke. You already played your part." With that she winked at me and started walking towards the car.
Fuck I hate her
When we arrive at school Peyton quickly looks into the backseat where I am.
"We better get going Lucas, we have to present first and I want to get set up." She gives me a manipulative smile.
"I want to talk with Brooke for a bit I'll just meet you there."
"It's ok Broody, we can make out at lunch." She blows a kiss at me and while that makes me smile, I really wish she would sense my uncomfortable vibe and let me stay. Before I can respond I'm interrupted by Peyton scoffing from the front.
"Some girlfriend you are Brooke." Before I can say anything Brooke snaps back at Peyton
"What the hell Peyton."Brooke definitely isn't going to ignore this one. I see the same fire she had when Riley confronted her.
"Well I know all your other relationships. "She says relationships with a laugh before continuing. "Have been completely about sex but maybe Lucas actually wanted to have an emotionally discussion. Some people have actual school work they need to keep up on."
"Peyton just leave, you have no right to talk to Brooke like that. She always makes sure..."Before I can finish Brooke silences me by putting her finger to my lip.
"She right Lucas." I'm too shocked to continue
"She is not right baby. Not even close to it." I put my hands on her both sides of her face and she shrinks her face into my hands. And I feel a tear fall down her cheek
"Yes she is. I'm never serious when you need me to be."
"Brooke I love you. Please don't talk like that."
"I love you too Lucas." As I go into to kiss her she pulls back and opens her car door. "I'll see you at lunch." She says it with so much sadness that I'm literally contemplating punching Peyton.
"Brooke don't leave I need to..."
"It can wait Luke." She softly smiles at me before shutting her door and walking towards the school.
"Well I guess we can go now."Peyton chuckles while she says it
"Fuck you Peyton. Seriously stay the fuck away from me." I get out of the car and start walking towards the school
"Lucas wait."No way in hell am I stopping, and thankfully she doesn't follow me.
My already furious mood isn't made any better when I see Riley leaning against the wall beside the doorway.
"Having a good morning Lucas?"
"I DO NOT HAVE TIME FOR YOU!"I yelled it at her and even I have to admit I was shocked. I tried walking by her but she stood in my way.
"There's no reason to get feisty Luke. I simply wanted to know how your last good morning was going."
"What are you talking about now?" I tried to sound confident but the memory of her car at Peyton's told me I was in trouble.
"Simply that you blew it. Do you have any idea what kind of shit you caused Nathan because of what you did?"
"What I did. Maybe if he wasn't a complete moron he wouldn't be in any trouble." I tried walking by her again but she stood in my way once again.
"Do not talk about Nathan like that."
"I call them like I see them. It's really not my fault that he has such little going on in his life that he has to break school property."She looked hurt which confused me, but it was when she turned around and started to walk away that I got really confused. "What nothing else to say?"
Now I've seen Riley for years.
The angry Riley
The cruel Riley
But this Riley was something else all together. She looked broken. And by the way she was looking at me I'd wager a guess she felt I was the one that broke her.
"I'm tired of this. You just won't leave well enough alone."A tear came down her cheek and she quickly moved her hand to her face to wipe it away."You have no idea what you've done. "Her face composed a little and I guess that allowed her bitch face to return."But you're going to feel the consequences of what you've done soon enough." She opened the door and walked inside.
The rest of the morning was a blur.
I waited for Brooke at our usual table. 5 minutes went by. Then 10 minutes.
I tried texting her. I tried calling her but there was no response. After 30 minutes I got a pathetic one line response from her
Busy with the cheerleaders. Sorry. Xox
In the short time I've been with Brooke I was nearly positive this wasn't a good sign. There was no naughty talk to distract me. No beautiful smile to reassure me. There was simply the emptiness to keep me company. As I was formulating a response I got another quick text from her.
Don't worry I won't miss you rock your game tonight xox
Well at least she was attempting to talk me down from the ledge.
When my two attempts to call her were met by her voicemail, I walked alone to class and waited for this day to end.
Sitting in the dressing room waiting for Whitey to come in and take us out is the longest 20 minutes of my life.
It seems like half the players are sending me dirty looks because they blame me for Nathan not playing.
And the other half send me dirty looks because they think I suck as a replacement for Nathan.
So that isn't good.
I can hear Jake talking to me, but I'm far too nervous to make a good conversation. I tried to nod and say yeah whenever it seems necessary but he must think I'm insane.
If the hateful stares of my teammates, and the butterflies in my stomach weren't enough I have to cope with Nathan.
He's sitting in the corner of the dressing room looking very much like the bizzaro Nathan. To be honest I can only assume that's what I might have looked like. His face is in his hands and he's wearing a ravens beanie on his head.
Whenever he looks up.
Which isn't often.
His eyes are filled with a sadness and turmoil that if he was a different person I would feel sorry for. Of course I don't feel bad for him. Why would I feel sorry for him. He made his bed and now he has to lay in it.
My inner monologue is interrupted when Whitey comes rattling through the door.
"Alright boys. Now I know some of you are feeling scared about how we're going to cope without Nathan. You might be feeling like this is a night you can take off. And if you had a different coach that might be true. But if I see so much as a whimpered sigh I'm going to sit you so far down the bench they'll have to pump air into you."As he stared around the room I noticed amongst the shocked expressions of my teammates that Nathan sat unmoving. Head still in his hands. "What are you waiting for a parade, get on the floor boys." As quickly as the words had left his mouth the team got to its feet and headed to the floor.
As I was almost out of the dressing room I turned around and got one last look. Whitey had his hand on Nathan's shoulder and appeared to be talking to him. Before I might have been caught I pulled myself out of the room and onto the floor.
The gym was filled.
I suppose that's normal though. It's a small town, and this is the best show in said town. As I take my practise shots I try and scan around for Brooke, but of course she's nowhere to be seen. For that matter the whole cheerleading team is missing in action. I take a shot, and it misses the net completely. I look around the room and feel confident that no one saw it so I go back to shooting. When my mom and Keith enter the gym they send me a nice wave which of course I return. As I return it I spot Haley. She's has her legs draped over two seats in what I can only assume is a Haley attempt to hold them for Keith and my mom.
She puts on a good front but I know her enough to know her smile for them is phony. There is nothing happy in her eyes anymore.
And it's for that reason almost above all others that I feel nothing for the sad looking Nathan who now sits pouting on the bench.
I take a shot and it goes in. Of course with my luck it bounces off Jakes back and goes rolling into the sidelines.
"Hey man!"Jake pretends to hold his back in pain.
"Oh get over it sissy boy."
"Sissy boy? Did you really call me a sissy boy?"He laughs at me, and my return laughter is silenced by a loud cough from Whitey.
"I'm sorry boys. Are we interrupting your hugging time?"He looks at me sternly
"No sir."We both say in complete army sounding tones. Give us some army uniforms and whitey a whistle. Well he does have a whistle. But that doesn't particularly matter right now.
"Go get that ball and then finish warming up."
"Ok Whitey." I quickly scamper off to find the ball which has somehow managed to roll down the hallway. As I bend down to find the ball I hear a whistle come from behind me.
"Very nice broody boy." I jump back up and snap back around to look at her. She's absolutely perfect.
"Brooke where have you been?"I rub my hands gently along her chin while staring into her eyes.
"I'm sorry Luke."
"Brooke, I'm not mad at you I just want to know what happened today." I can tell she's fighting a battle with herself. One side fighting to tell me the truth and the other side...well who actually cares what the other side is fighting for. As her mouth opens to declare a winner she's saved by a totally saved by the bell kind of moment.
"I told you to find the ball and return. I did not tell you to molest poor Brooke Davis."Whitey says it with a stern tone but his eyes are laughing. Of course Brooke has to break the tension in a patented Brooke Davis method. She runs her hands up my chest and says
"Trust me coach he was not dealing with an unwilling victim."
"That's enough you two, get out on the floor." He gives me a quick stink eye before returning to the floor. The bell then goes off to tell us warm up is over.
"Time for you to rock Luke."Her eyes are filled with such caring that for a moment the nerves melt away. I give her a quick smile before starting to the floor."Luke wait."She's quickly in front of me. "I'm sorry, I just felt like the worst girlfriend in the whole world for messing up your presentation with Peyton, and then I was making you miss meeting your group at lunch. I just really didn't want to screw anything else..."Before she can say anymore I silence her with my lips. At first shocked her lips quickly deepen the kiss and her hands wrap around my neck. I'm only awakened from my Brooke induced haze when I hear Jake calling my name. She pulls back and smiles at me before playfully pushing me towards the court. "I love you Luke."
"I love you too Brooke Davis."
The start of the game is a battle.
It's not so much of a battle between Tree Hill and Seneca. It's more of a battle to have my teammates admit I exist.
At the end of the second quarter I'm starting to get beyond frustrated. I've made all 6 of my shots but the only time I can get the ball is when I steal it from Seneca, or when Jake passes it to me. The rest of the team completely ignores me.
The second half doesn't start much better but then the miracle happens.
Like they say it's the small things.
As Tim is running around the perimeter trying to find a way to pass it to someone other than the wide open me, the ball accidently slips out of his hands and hits a Seneca player. It bounces off the players back and goes right to the wide open me. When I make the shot the whole Tree Hill team is in shock. From where they were it looked like Tim had made a deliberate pass to me.
And like blind sheep following a silent command the rest of the team begins following the non-existent order.
The rest of the game continues like this.
I can't say the most enjoyable part of the game is my game leading 27 points. Or the 6 assists I get. It isn't the cheers of support I'm getting from Keith, Brooke and my mom. It's not even the fact that I hit the game winning shot at the end.
Its Dan's face.
He looks like a guy who just bet the house on a losing horse. His face starts off as disbelief when I get the Tim back pass. But by the time I hit the winning shot his ears are nearly smoking he's so mad.
When the ball goes in I'm nearly obliterated by Brooke who crashes into me with a power that her small frame should not have. Other then Jake the rest of the team sort of stands around not sure how to react. It's only when Nathan gets up and walks out of the gym that they start slapping my shoulder and congratulating me.
As the crowd disperses I see Dan standing on the bleachers with a look I can't distinguish.
For a moment I hope it's his proud face. However pathetic that makes me.
Of course before I can further dissect his facial features I'm again attacked by Brooke. This time it's her lips, and I'm much less pained by this. As I deepen the kiss I'm interrupted by a cough. This one is considerably less Whitey sounding. At the sound of the cough Brooke bolts off me and playfully slaps me.
"Lucas this is not the place for that."I laugh at her and though her face doesn't her eyes are in near hysterics.
"Did I teach you nothing in life Lucas?"My mother's hands are on her hips and I can tell she wants to more upset then she is.
"I'm sorry mom." Before more can be said about that topic Keith steps in.
"That was quite the site to see Luke." He holds his hand up and I return it with a manly back pat hug.
"Thanks uncle Keith."
Then the voice I never thought I'd hear. To be honest I can't believe she has the courage to join in. Of course my inability to have my mother have any resentment for Haley has allowed her to stay close.
"He's right Luke you played amazing." She looks so small when she says it and it takes all my strength not to hug her.
"Thanks Haley."
"Tutor girl is right you played like frigan Wayne Gretzky Luke." Everyone lets out a chuckle except Brooke who looks so clueless as to what she said.
"As surprised as I am that you knew who Wayne Gretsky is. He played hockey."
"Who cares you know what I meant." She playfully smacks me on the chest and I feign pain.
"So Luke I know it's late but I thought we could all go back to the cafe and have dinner. This is the last night before I leave for Italy." Before I can say anything Brooke jumps in
"We'd love to Karen "And with that Brooke grabbed my hand and started to pull me out off the floor.
"Alright we'll see you at the cafe mom." With that everyone disperses. Including Haley who says her own goodbyes to my parents before starting to walk alone outside.
Its times like this that life is hard.
It's so easy to hate someone. It might be the easiest thing in the world to do.
What's hardest in life is loving someone. Even when they don't deserve it.
I'm broke out of my inner thoughts by Brooke's voice.
"Go get her Luke."I try to pretend to not know who Brooke is talking about
"Get who Brooke?"
"The girl you've been watching walk away for what seems like forever."
"Why should I?"
"Because you love her."She gives me a smile and then gives me a sweet kiss on the lips. "I'll wait for you two at the car." She gives me another kiss on the lips before grabbing her bag from the floor and skipping away.
I swear to god that girl will be the death of me.
I run out the doors and see Haley walking down the pathway.
"Haley!"Her eyes fill with such hope as she turns and walks towards me. When she reaches me she speaks in a voice that I know she's trying to make sound happier then she really is.
"What's up Luke?"
"Do you want to come to dinner?" I try to ask it with as little emotion as possible. She looks pained for a moment before she answers.
"Do you want me to come?"
"That's not fair of you to ask me. Not after everything you've done."
"I know. I'm sorry Lucas, I just...I don't know."She's clearly fighting an inner battle.
"You know my mom would be heartbroken if you didn't come."I know that will get her.
"Fine. But that wasn't fair Luke."She smiles and I can tell from her eyes she wanted me to reciprocate, but I'm in full bitterness mode and that's not happening. She starts turning around and walking towards Brookes car.
But I stop her
"Haley." She turns around clearly prepared for the onslaught she knows is coming. But in that moment I cave. I fail to find the words to tell her. To make her feel as terrible as she made me feel. So instead I say what has to be said.
"This doesn't change anything Haley. You need to know that." Her eyes begin to fill with tears but she uses all her will to stop them. When her head lifts back up her eyes aren't sad. There just empty.
"I know Luke. Trust me I know."And with that she starts walking to the car.
I stand there for a moment before I start walking too. It's then that I remember that while everyone else has their stuff. I'm still in my uniform. I would be nervous but Dan and Nathan already left, so what is there to fear.
How wrong I was.
Walking inside the gym I quickly bee line for the dressing rooms. It doesn't take me long to see the small figure sitting head in hands in the hallway. As I walk closer and realize who it is I prepare for the worst. And unlike usual I'm not going to be hit first.
"If you're waiting for Nathan he already ran away." But she doesn't move. And I refuse to let her bring me down from my victory high so I continue walking.
The voice that follows me is one I've never heard before.
It's a voice that's obscured by what I can only imagine was a considerably long time spent crying.
"You happy now?" As I turn around and look at her face I really don't know how to react. Her makeup is running. I didn't see her on the floor after the third quarter so who knows how long she's been crying. I also see what appears to be a black eye forming on her left eye. I quickly control my emotions and respond.
"Happy that I won? Because Yes I am happy."
"At what cost?"
"That's some ego you have. Like you've spent even a single moment thinking about the cost to me all these years." She whispers something just low enough that I can't hear. "What?"
"It doesn't matter what I say does it. I'm pathetic. I'm stupid. It's all ruined..."I can tell she's going to keep going so I interrupt
"I have no idea what you're going on about."The look of anger in my face must shock her because her sad face is replaced by a hurt look.
"Did we do this to you?"
"Are you serious right now?"Her head lowers and I walk into the dressing room. Quickly grabbing my stuff and putting it all in my bag I head back only to be stopped by Riley standing in the doorway.
"I'm sorry Lucas."Her eyes are pleading with me to hear her.
"Are you high right now Riley?"
"I tried. I really did try. You will never understand how hard I tried."Her arms are now on my shoulders clearly attempting to comfort me. I quickly pull away from her arms.
"Well as much fun as all your cryptic talk is I'm going to be going." As I walk by her she grabs my arm and stops me.
"I really am sorry Lucas."Finally caving into her craziness I respond
"Sorry for what? The years of abuse. Or the years I wished you would have just pretended I never existed." Her face looks so pained, and there are now tears running down her cheeks. But she manages to respond in a tear filled voiced
"That. And..."Her mouth goes to continue but no words come out.
"Just finish it so I can go." I try to turn around but her arms hold me in place.
"I'm sorry for..."Her mouth tries again but fails
"That's it I've got better things to do then..."She interrupts me before I can finish.
And a big part of me wishes I would have just left well enough alone.
"I'm sorry for tomorrow." She stares at me for a second before turning around and starting to walk out.
"You say that and now what. You're just going to walk out."
"I'm so sorry Lucas It's too late."Her eyes look filled with so much regret that I feel more worried then I was before.
"What's too late Riley?"
"It doesn't matter anymore."
And with that she walks away. And all I'm left with is the sounds of her shoes hitting the ground and the feeling that I'm not going to like tomorrow.
Author's Note: Hope you enjoyed the chapter that took me many months to release lol
Next chapter is Drama, Drama, and for a little change some more drama.
MyNameIsCaitlyn: Thanks a lot. My main goal was to go with something new.
queen08 : Your email actually pulled me out of a ridiculously busy school and work schedual to get back into this story. I now have chapter 11 finished as well. In the process of writing chapter 12.
softballer33 : Way more then a month now lol.
SnowboarderGirl2009 : There was some brucas fluff but probably not as much as hoped snowboarder.
moonkisss : He really does have to get out more. I hadn't even noticed until you mentioned it. After the drama hes got some romancing to do.
As for the anger of Nathan and Riley. There is a lot of shit going on in the background that Lucas cant see. Thats obviously not an excuse but its a reason.
BDavisLScott23 : I love your reviews. I actually changed a significant part in chapter 11 because of your reviews.
EliteDarkLord-DragonSlayer-3.1 : They have issues ya
This wont be a heavy brucas drama story. There will be bumps but I dont forsee a long problem after this
To everyone else hope to hear your reviews, the updates will be much more frequent now.