Daddy's Not So Little Princess
Chapter 11
Anna was excited. It was Friday night, and she was going to have her first official date with Andrew. He promised that it was going to be perfect, but it really wasn't her date that she was excited about.
She had worked all week to set up her dad and Brooke with the help of Haley.
Anna had asked him to meet her at a fancy restaurant. It would be her treat. She had then told Brooke to meet her at that same restaurant. The trick would be the fact that she wouldn't be attending. She knew that they would be upset with her, but she was willing to take any punishment her dad wanted to give her. She knew she was making the right decision by putting them together.
She heard a knock at the door. Andrew was right on time. He was always very punctual, and she liked that about him. "Well hello…" She opened the door.
He smiled. She was wearing a cute black dress that her dad would say was way too sexy for his daughter to wear, but she didn't care.
"You look amazing."
"Thank you very much. You look okay I guess."
He gave her a quick peck on the lips.
"So what do you have planned for us?"
"That's for me to know, and for you to find out when I'm ready for you to find out."
"I don't think I like you very much."
"I think I'm okay with that." They laughed and walked out of her house hand in hand.
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Lucas arrived at the restaurant Anna had requested that he meet her at. She said she would be a little late, and he was coming from one of his meetings so he would just meet her there.
He wasn't really sure why she wanted to eat at this particular restaurant. She was much more of a burger and fries kind of girl. This place was more Brooke's style.
He sat at a table and waited for his daughter.
Brooke walked upon the restaurant. Anna had asked her to take her out to eat. She wanted to spend sometime with her favorite Aunt, and Brooke was definitely up for some Anna time. She had gotten a babysitter for most of the night. She was ready for some girl time.
She walked in, and told them Anna Scott reservations. When she walked to the table she saw Lucas sitting there.
"What are you doing here?" Brooke asked him. "I'm supposed to be meeting Anna."
"I was about to ask you the same thing. I'm supposed to be meeting Anna."
A waitress came over to the table. "Here you go," she handed them a card.
Lucas looked at Brooke and then he read the card. "Hey guys…As you probably know I'm not coming. I just thought you guys deserved to have sometime together. After you eat a fabulous dinner that I paid for in full….You guys can thank me later…the waitress will give you another card that will lead to another destination….Have fun…I love you guys."
"This was a set up," Brooke was the first to speak.
"Great…I'm going to kill her."
"Well I guess I'll just go home and let the babysitter go."
"No," Lucas motioned for her to stay. "She's paying we might as well stay."
"Yeah…" Brooke agreed.
"I wonder why she did something like this."
"I'm guessing she wanted us to spend sometime together."
"Yeah well I cancelled dinner with Emily for this."
"Right…well you can still call her or something if you want. She could join us." She was hoping she wouldn't be joining them.
"No…I want to spend sometime with you, and besides I'd like to see what my daughter has up her sleeve."
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Anna was blindfolded. Andrew was walking behind her. "Are we there yet?"
"Yeah," he untied her blindfold to reveal that they were at the river court, but it didn't look anything like the river court. There were candles all around the court and a table set for two.
"Oh my Gosh….this is amazing…"
"You told me that this place was important to your dad, and how it was where it all began for your mom and your dad…I thought maybe it could be where it all began for us."
Anna had tears in her eyes. This was the perfect date, and it hadn't even really started. Andrew really listened to her and knew the real her. He knew how to make her happy. It was unbelievable. He was unbelievable.
She leaned in and kissed him. "If you are trying to make me fall in love you it is working."
"Oh you haven't seen the best part…" He took her hand and led her over to the table. "Burgers and fries…your favorite…."
"You're right…the burger and fries is the best part…"
"Well after dinner there is one more thing…."
"I couldn't ask for anything else….and just so you know you could have taken me to McDonalds and I would have been happy because I was with you…But this has to be the most romantic thing that anyone has ever done for me…."
They kissed again before sitting down to eat.
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After eating Anna's card led them to the beach. "So what does the card say we have to do?"
Lucas read, "Just talk about high school, how you use to love each other, and how you still do."
"What?"
"Anna seems to think that we still love each other." Lucas was a little surprised, but Brooke wasn't. "What we had was a long time ago."
"Yeah," Brooke couldn't say much.
"Brooke are you still in love with me?"
"Yes…I love you Lucas…That's why I stayed in Tree Hill when Julian begged me to move to Los Angeles."
Lucas couldn't believe it. He hadn't thought about Brooke in that way in years. "I…I…" he didn't really know what to say.
"I've always loved you Lucas. I let you go when we were in high school because Peyton was my best friend and she loved you and she needed you more than I did….She had lost so much in her life I thought she deserved you."
"Why have you waited sixteen years to tell me how you feel?"
"Because I was with Julian and I didn't want to disrespect Peyton's death. But I do love you Lucas. I have never stopped loving you."
Lucas couldn't help himself. He leaned in and kissed her as the waves splashed on their legs.
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Andrew took Anna to the tutor center. "What are we doing here?"
"This was technically where we had our first date so I thought that it was suitable that our date end here."
"Okay so what are we going to do here?"
He pulled out a picnic basket. "We're going to have dessert, and then we're going to study."
"What?"
"Each other…"
"Okay that's weird…"
"We're just going to talk and eat our dessert, and I'm going to tell you that I love you. And that I fell in love with you the night I saved your life." He kissed her. "I love you."
Those were the best words she had ever hurt. "I love you too."
They kissed again.
"This is the best first date ever."
"I totally agree."
"You are going to have a lot to live up too."
"That's okay with me. You're worth it."
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Brooke and Lucas made it back to his house. He kissed her before he went to open up the door.
"Lucas…" Emily called out as she walked up to the porch. "Luke…" Before he could say anything she ran off back to her car.
"Emily," Lucas called out. "I've got to go after her."
Brooke was heartbroken as he got into his car and drove away.
Lucas followed Emily to her house.
"Just go away Lucas…Go be with Brooke."
"Emily I care about you."
"I want you to go home and think about things Lucas. And if your heart leads you back to me then I'll be here waiting, but if not then I guess this is goodbye." She gave him a kiss on the cheek. "I really hope this isn't goodbye."
Lucas walked out of her house. He had no idea what he was going to do.
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