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Brooke didn't know if she had ever been so happy. Cheerleading practice seemed to be going to slowly and every few seconds she glanced over at her new boyfriend. Boyfriend… She'd never get tired of saying it. Her boyfriend, Lucas Scott!

Lucas himself was playing some of the best basketball he'd ever played. He seemed to be getting every shooting perfectly; no shots were missing the hoop! He suspected it might have something to do with the happiness he was feeling. Whenever he would glance over at Brooke, which he was doing frequently, he'd break into a smile; just seeing her made him happy.

Finally practice was over and an excited Lucas ran off with the rest of the guys to get changed. When he made it into the changing room he received many slaps on the back and 'Shot man's!'

Brooke, who was waiting patiently for him in the gym, was also besieged with questions from the other cheerleaders. Rachel, the girl she had accidentally knocked into the previous week, seemed to be the only one who disapproved of her new relationship. A few pointed comments from her were enough to make Brooke stand as far away from her as possible for the rest of the time in the gym.

Morgan, whose initial surprise had been replaced with glee, was congratulating Brooke, along with all the other older girls. Most thought the new relationship, to be 'cute' and' 'darling'. Finally the boys all emerged from the gym, Lucas in their midst. All eyes seemed to turn to the new couple.

Brooke, as usual, became embarrassed. Lucas, however, simply smiled. He was used to being stared at by his peers. Being good-looking, co-captain of the basketball team and smart, made him the centre of many people's gossip. Up until now, Lucas hadn't thought what effect this would have upon Brooke. Looking at her now, he wanted everyone to mind their own business, but then Brooke looked up at him and their eyes locked. Her eyes were shining brightly, a sparkling brown.

Not wanting to embarrass her further, Lucas walked over to her, wrapped his arm around her shoulders and led her out of the gym, casually saying goodbye to his friends at the same time. Brooke relaxed into his arm and snuggled into him.

"I'm sorry about all of them," Lucas whispered into her ear. "It seems like they don't have anything interesting in their own lives so they have to live through others. I'm sure it'll die down soon enough though. Let's just say, that I'm definitely taking you to school tomorrow."

"What, no Lucas, you don't have to do that!"

Lucas smiled at Brooke. "Baby, I'm always going to want to take you to school, apart from the fact that you look much better in my car than I do, you also live about thirty seconds drive from my house!"

That made Brooke smile. "Also," continued Lucas, "I'm always going to want to be there to protect you!"

As they opened the doors and walked outside towards Lucas' corvette, Rachel appeared in front of them. "Well, lookie here? Isn't the new Davis-Scott coupling sweet?"

"Hey Rachel," replied Lucas pleasantly. "Anything you want from Brooke or I?"

Rachel shook her head disdainfully and sashayed off. "Oh dear, she hates me!"

"No Babe, don't worry about Rachel, it's my fault."

"What, why is it your fault, it's not! It's my fault, she hated me ever since knocked into her last week!"

"No Babe, I'm surer it's me she's pissed at. Listen, last year, we dated for a while and…"

"You dated her?"

"Yeah well, it looks like a stupid choice now, but you weren't in the equation then! Anyway, so we dated for like a few weeks, but then I saw her true colours. Really she's immensely insecure and she kept accusing me of cheating on her. Eventually I broke it off and she's been annoyed at me ever since."

"Well," pondered Brooke, "I suppose that kind of explains it! In a way I kind of feel a bit sorry for her."

"What," spluttered Lucas. "You feel sorry for Rachel? Why?"

"Oh just because," answered Brooke. "Because you know, now you're unavailable again, and there is nothing that she can do about it."

With the arm that was slung around her neck, Lucas turned Brooke's face towards his and planted a kiss on her lips. "You're sweet, Baby! But trust me, I wouldn't feel sorry for Rachel for long if I were you. Unfortunately I'm pretty sure she'll be nasty to you at practice and at any other chance she gets from now on. Of course, I'll try and stop it as much as possible but…"

"Don't worry Boyfriend," responded Brooke cheerfully, "I'm not afraid of her."

By then they had reached Lucas' car and he walked around to hold open Brooke's door for her while she got in. She had to agree with him in an earlier comment that he had made. She did look good in red!

As they were driving out of school, they both noticed Peyton and Nathan walking out of school together. They were chatting amiably and looked to be enjoying themselves.

"Whoa!" Voiced Lucas, "Now that is one match I never saw coming."

Brooke grinned at him, "Really? I kind of thought they matched ever since they both met."

Lucas smirked over at her, "Well, I am a guy, what would I know about match making?"

"True," assented Brooke, a turned on the radio and started flicking through the channels. Finally she reached a decent song. It was 'Everybody's Changing' by Keane. Both Lucas and Brooke began to sing along when it reached the chorus. Hearing each other they both cracked up; neither one could sing in tune to save themselves.

"I'm thinking that we should maybe just listen," stated Lucas.

Brooke however just laughed, "Come on Lucas, it doesn't matter that we can't sing in tune, I mean really, that's half the fun!"

Lucas soon joined in and laughed so much that tears came to his eyes. Seeing this Brooke calmed down almost instantaneously. "Lucas, you can't see the road like that!"

That comment just made Lucas laugh more. Brooke's chastising voice made her sound so cute. Trying to enforce her statement Brooke pinched Lucas hard on the arm. He yelped, "Jeez Brooke, okay!"

Brooke simply pouted and glared at the window. Seeing Brooke like this, Lucas pulled the car over to the side of the road.

"Lucas," uttered Brooke frustratedly, "what are you doing?"

Without answering her verbally, Lucas simply pulled Brooke onto his lap and attached hid lips to hers. At first Brooke tried to resist by turning her face away. Lucas solved that problem by kissing her neck. Even a stubbornly frustrated Brooke couldn't help but gasp in pleasure and relax. Feeling this Lucas, Lucas moved his lips back to hers.

After a while, they broke away from each other breathing heavily and Lucas deposited Brooke back into her seat. He leaned on the steering wheel, "what are you doing to me, Pretty Girl?" He'd never kissed a girl like that before and felt so much. He knew that if they kept up sessions like that, he'd need a lot of self-restraint!

Turning to Brooke he saw her now smiling and meekly stated, "I'm sorry Baby!"

"I know," announced Brooke and she leaned across and kissed him once more before he started the car again.

When the finally reached Brooke's house they both got out of the car. They had decided that morning that they would have the tutoring session that afternoon at Brooke's house. Lucas had wanted to see where Brooke lived and was quite excited. Brooke, on the other hand, wasn't so thrilled. Both her parents would be home this afternoon as she had informed them that Lucas was coming over to tutor her. She hadn't actually told them that they had begun dating, well, she thought, in her defense she hadn't exactly had a lot of time to tell them.

As they walked up the drive Brooke stopped and placed a hand on Lucas's arm.

"What up, Baby girl?"

"It's just Luke, well, my parents don't know that we're dating yet."

"Oh, okay, so you don't want me to mention it?" Lucas tried not to sound surprised.

Brooke grimaced nervously, "no, I want them to know, I just wanted to warn you that they didn't know yet so when we go into the house and tell them they might, you know, be a bit surprised. It's just I haven't had a…" Brooke stopped; it was embarrassing telling him she hadn't had a proper boyfriend before, especially when she knew he'd had several girlfriends in the past.

Lucas ended her worry by taking her in his arms, "I know that you haven't had a boyfriend before Brooke, and trust me, it's nothing to be ashamed of."

Brooke grinned up at him thankfully, grabbed his hand and opened her front door.

"Mom, Daddy, I'm home," called Brooke as they stepped into the foyer.

Her father answered her call, "We're in the den Brookie."

Taking a deep breath Brooke gripped Lucas' hand firmly and led the way towards her parents. As they stepped into the den both of Brooke's parents looked up. Lucas could tell where Brooke got her beauty from; she was almost a carbon copy smaller version of her mother although she had her father's big brown eyes with hazel flecks.

"Hi Brookie and hello…"

Brooke's mother trailed off when she saw her daughter's hands joined with the boy that she had thought to be a tutor. She wasn't that naïve however and both her and her husband, Richard, had gathered that Brooke had liked her tutor.

Richard stood up, walked forward and held out a hand to Lucas. Letting go of Brooke's hand he shook it, "It's nice to meet you Sir, I'm Lucas Scott."

"Hello Lucas," Although he was slightly taller than Lucas, Lucas didn't feel threatened by him as he thought he might have done. Lucas could tell that all Mr. Davis was interested in was the well being of his daughter.

Mr. Davis continued, "Now Brooklyn here," Brooke blushed at the use of her full name, "told us that you were her tutor Lucas, but is it just me or am I wrong to point out that most tutors don't hold hands with their tutees?"

Broke groaned in embarrassment and muttered, "Daaad."

"Stop it Brooklyn, I'm simply asking Lucas a question."

Lucas grinned at Brooke trying to reassure her that her parents didn't bother him. "Well Sir, Brooke and I are dating. I hope that's okay with Mrs. Davis and yourself?"

Barbara smiled at the boy. She thought him to be very good-looking and his politeness towards her and her husband certainly was noticed. Looking at her daughter, Mrs. Davis could tell that Lucas meant a lot to her.

"Okay then Rick, I think you can stop with the inquisitorial inspection now."

Lucas smiled at Brooke's mother and shook her hand too. He then went back to Brooke and rested an arm around her waist.

Both of Brooke's parents smiled at this. All they cared about was the fact that Lucas was going to treat Brooke properly. Lucas realized this and found their love for Brooke endearing.

"So Mrs. Davis, I was wondering, what was Brooklyn named after?" He emphasized Brooke's full name.

Brooke groaned and elbowed him in the side. Lucas yelped and her parents laughed. "You've got to look out for the Davis women," Richard conspiratorially told Lucas in a loud whisper that could be heard by everyone. "They're dangerous when angered!"

This commented prompted his own wife to elbow him in the side. As he let out a loud yelp of his own the whole party burst out laughing.