The thought of what Lucas said was still going crazy in her head. He wanted to be with her. What the hell what he thinking saying that to her, especially since they were on a date with other people. To say when they got back to the table things were weird was an understatement, but thankfully after some time Lucas had left saying that he had to go because his mom called but he would call Kourtney later, which made Brooke a little jealous she wouldn't lie. Yet she kind of knew that he couldn't just jump up and leave without promising a phone call.
Truth was Brooke was glad to be heading home, as most days she hated the big lonely house, right now she just wanted to crawl up in her bed and sleep so at least a short period of time her mind would shut up, but of course the world hates Brooke Davis so when she got home no other then Lucas Scott was on her door step.
"Luke?" Brooke called through the dark night at the person on her porch, "What are you doing here?" she asked trying to hide some of the happiness she felt by that fact.
"Proving things to you." He told her standing up walking over to her.
"You want to prove things to me at almost 12 at night?" she question raising an eye brow at him.
"What you have a curfew? Because I am almost certain you have been out later than this." he smiled and she just let out a small laugh.
"Maybe so but I was just on a date; what makes you think I want to go on another?" she smiled.
"I don't I was more hoping you would." He shrugged.
"Yeah but me going on two dates in one day with two different guys may make me a little sluty." She laughed.
"Fine," Lucas said pulling out his phone looking at it.
"What you doing?" she asked but he just put his finger to his lips.
"Shhhh…" he told her and Brooke just watched him with her arms crossed over her chest, "Ok…now…" he said putting his phone in his pocket and taking her hand walking off the porch.
"Lucas what are you doing?" she asked confused but with a small giggle.
"Well its 12:01 so it's officially a new day, so you can go on a date with me." He shrugged as they walked down the street.
"You're crazy you know that?" she laughed, but not turning to leave, just walking down the street with him.
"Yeah I know, but still." He shrugged as they walked.
Brooke kind of enjoyed the silence they shared as they walked down the dark street. She was extremely happy to be with him right now, but she wasn't going to let him know that, because he had to prove himself to her, and so far he seemed to be really sweet.
"I want to do something but I don't want to do it if you don't want me too. I mean I don't want to freak you out by it or anything." He told her and Brooke just looked at him confused, "I mean I don't think it would freak you out but some people don't like it I mean Peyton didn't really like it, but I guess you aren't Peyton but still..." he rambled.
"What is it Luke?" She asked kind of enjoying the nervous rambling he seemed to be doing.
"Can I hold your hand?" he asked all innocently and Brooke just smiled big at that, and how he was that nervous about just wanting to hold her hand, it was definitely cute.
"Sure." she smiled as he slid his hand in to her smaller one, then looking down at her and smiling. Lucas kind of liked holding her hand, Peyton was never one for the hand holding; she really wasn't into much of the couple thing, but he always kind of figured it was because Jake was around but he wasn't really sure. Yet Brooke was different, she was for the hand holding, kissing in public and being a real couple thing, he just had to get her to agree to be a couple. "So…" Brooke said and Lucas looked down at her "Where we going?"
"I don't know really, more of a little walk and maybe the River Court. Kind of talk some." He told her feeling kind of bad that he didn't have something better planned, but in his defense he had all of an hour to figure out something and everything he wanted to do with her he wouldn't have time too.
"That sounds perfect." Brooke smiled at him, she just wanted to be with him and talking worked for her, she didn't have to do some crazy fancy things just being with him was enough for her.
After arriving at the River Court they both sat there talking about nothing to serious just getting to know each other.
"Ok what's your favorite color?" Brooke asked as they laughed at the random questions. So far Brooke had learned his favorite sport was basketball (of course), his favorite food was some home cooking his mom made and that when he was 5 he was pissed his mom didn't get him a dog.
"Black…" Lucas told her as they both lay on their backs looking up at the stars, "What's your favorite color?"
"You totally stole my question." She laughed slapping him on the arm.
"It was a good questioned," he laughed. He was really enjoying the time he was spending with Brooke and that he was getting to know the really Brooke even if it was little things. Like her favorite ice cream was chocolate chocolate chip, that she loves heat lightening and that she loved summer more than winter because she hated being cold.
"Well then I guess my favorite color is red." She told him.
"That's a good color." He smiled looking over at her a second then back at the sky.
"I'm insanely jealous by you and your mom." Brooke confessed and he just turned his head and looked at her, but she stayed focused on the sky.
"Why?" he whispered and she turned her head to look at him.
"Because of how much she loves you. I wish my parents loved me like that, or even show for a short period of time they actually cared." She answered kind of nervously since she only told one other person that her whole life and that was her best friend Peyton, who both sadly would admit have grown apart a lot the past year.
"I'm sorry…" he sighed.
"Its ok." she smiled sadly at him.
"What else do you wish?" he asked her and she looked at him confused, "Well we are outside looking at the stars and there could be a shooting star at anytime, so what would else would you wish for?" he asked and she turned to look at the sky.
"Wow…" she said letting out a breath "No one asked me that before. I guess I would wish people would see the real me." She shrugged sadly at him.
"And what is that?" he whispered, and hoping he wasn't crossing a line by asking her that.
"That I am never as happy as I let on. I try to put on that happy everything is perfect smile but it's just a lie and I only know of two people who can see through that smile."
"Peyton?" he asked and she just shook her head no surprising him.
"She use to be able to but she really hasn't that much anymore, she doesn't see me being sad anymore. It's actually Mouth, and believe it or not Rachel." She told him looking over at him.
"Rachel?"
"Yeah, she comes across a little slutty and a bitch but she has a great heart. I wish people saw that. She doesn't let people in often but when she does she won't ever let them hurt, well she tries not to let them hurt." She told him and remembering the night Lucas hurt her so bad and Rachel was there to pick up the pieces and make her feel better.
"Yeah…" Lucas whispered looking back at the sky as they fell back into the silence much like they shared earlier.
"I wish people didn't think I was such a slut." She whispered but didn't look at him even when she knew he turned to look at her "At first I just let it go, pretend that the little comments people made or the looks some of the other girls gave me didn't hurt but they did, they do. I mean I get I flirt a lot, maybe too much and sometime I flirt with guys who have girlfriends, and maybe once I did stuff with a guy who had a girlfriend…" she paused looking at him as a tear slowly fell "But I'm not a slut." She whispered.
"I never thought you were." He whispered back wiping the tear and for the first time since he ever meet Brooke Davis he saw a vulnerable side, a side that showed hurt and pain and a side he knew no one else saw.. And he really was glad he finally saw it.
Brooke just nodded turning back looking away from him not believing she just confessed that to him, let him see her cry and let him see she wasn't as strong as she put on, and not knowing that the side she just showed him made him fall a little more for her.
"Are you hungry?" he asked trying to change the subject to something not so serious.
"Umm…I was just kind of on another date, he feed me remember." She teased and he laughed.
"Oh right, I forget. Guess that's why you don't have two dates in one night. Huh?" he laughed and liking that smile that formed on her face replacing the sad look from a few moments before, "Your cold." He told her noticing her shivering.
"No I'm fine." She said not going to admit that she was actually freezing for the fear if she did their night would end and she really didn't want it to.
"Yes you are." He said standing up reaching for her hand and helping her up, then pulling off his sweatshirt, "Here"
"Lucas I'm fine I promise." She lied.
"That's why you have goose bumps," he smirked and she just rolled her eyes "Look I don't have a disease, just wear it." He laughed.
"Fine." She said taking it from him and trying to hind the smile she felt by the warmth the sweatshirt brought her, not wanting him to know he was right. "Plus if you did have a disease I think I would have caught it from other things we have done, not a sweatshirt." She teased.
"True, true." He laughed, "But you are still cold, so what if I offered you some coffee."
"I would say lead the way Broody Boy." She smiled as they started walking back down the street and Brooke looped her arm in his, as she cuddled up to him some as they walked.
Lucas was enjoying the closeness she was to him, her warm body close to his for the first time in days. He was more than sure now that he was falling hard for her and his feelings for her were more than real and only growing stronger.
"Found it." Lucas smiled grabbing the spare key Lucas's mom leaves by the back door to her café and letting them inside. And Brooke was more than happy to feel the warmth of the small café. As much as she was loving the time they spent on the River Court she was freezing even if she wouldn't admit it and didn't know how much longer she would be able to stand the cold air.
"You love your sugar don't you?" Lucas teased as he watched her make her coffee.
"Oh yes, I am like a sugar fanatic, I have to have overly sweet coffee." She smiled taking a sip of her the warm drink and letting the hot liquid run down her throat "Mmmm…" she smiled and Lucas let out a small laugh. "What?" she asked to why he was laughing.
"What? Oh nothing…" he said as he fixed his coffee and walked over to the small couch by the front door of the café.
"People don't laugh for nothing." She told him as she took a seat neck to him on the couch and not even thinking when she placed her legs in his lap, stretching out. "So what makes Broody become Smiley?"
"Nothing just the look you just gave when you drank your coffee that's all." He shrugged taking a sip of his own drink.
"And why is my face so funny?" she smirked over her cup at him.
"It's not funny…It's just…well…"
"Well what?"
"Just the noise you made and the look you got is kind of the same noise and look you get when you…well you know." He told her and watched as she blushed.
"Oh…" she said a little embarrassed taking another sip of her coffee trying not to make any noise this time.
"Don't be embarrassed, it's cute."
"Me making a sex noise while drinking my coffee is cute?" she said raising her eye brow at him making him laugh.
"No I mean…I don't know what I mean, but don't be embarrassed I love that noise." He told her and then quickly realizing what he said and then felt his own face start to blush a little.
"Who is the embarrassed one now?" she teased, "So what noise is it that you love so much huh?" she asked sitting her coffee down, and looking at him "Is it the Mmmm…noise or something else?"
"Well…umm…" Lucas said embarrassed not wanting to talk about this anymore, it was fun teasing her about it but now when it was him, he was completely not for the talk, and not for turning all red.
"Oh I bet I know which one it is..." she smiled leaning over towards him "It's the oh Luke… or the god Lucas don't stop..." she said in a fake moan making him laughing. "Is it one of those?" she teased and he just shook his head. "That is it isn't it. You just love hearing your own name." she laughed leaning back on the couch picking her coffee back up.
"Actually, I like the one where it's more of a gasp." He told her honestly with a shrug, "Like when your right by my ear," he told her moving closer and noticed how she swallowed hard as he got closer taking her cup and sitting it on the table near them along with his "and bit my shoulder some and let out a small gasp and then you just whisper" he said getting closer to her ear then himself whispering "I need you." He told her then pulling back locking eyes, "That's the one I like to hear." He told her and she just nodded moving closer to his lips but he stopped her, "Maybe I should get you home." He whispered, not wanting for the night to end just the fact he didn't want them to sleep together. Not that he didn't love sleeping with her just he wanted to prove that it was more than that; he wanted more than just sex with her but the real thing.
"Ok…" Brooke whispered he took her hand helping her off the couch but keeping their eyes locked.
They both put their cups in the sink, then Lucas locked up the café and they made their way back to Brooke's house. Neither speaking just walking in silence afraid to admit the feelings they were feeling and that tonight was the first time in a long time that both felt happy, content and comfortable.
"I had fun Luke." Brooke smiled as they got to her door step.
"Me too." He smiled. "But I guess I'll see you at school?" he asked and Brooke nodded, and then he leaned in slowly giving her a gentle kiss that made her heart flutter. Truth being she felt more in that one little kiss then all the rough kisses they shared in the past, "Night Pretty Girl." Lucas smiled letting go of her hand then walking back to his car, looking over his shoulder as he walked with a big smile.
"Night" Brooke whispered back, as she turned unlocking her door and walking inside, and up to her room. Just then realizing she was still in his sweatshirt, but looking out her window she saw that he was already gone. Figuring she would just give it to him at school Brooke got ready for bed but never once did that big smile leave her face, then climbing into her bed still feeling the warmth of his sweatshirt and fell for the first time in a long time asleep feeling happy.
A/N: This chapter I know may make you think she is giving into him, but just heads up she is going to make him prove himself more before she lets that happen. But I hope you like this chapter and review please. :))