Brooke walked into the house behind Lucas. He had to surpress a loud laugh because she looked so scared and cute at the same time.
Rachel and Nathan on the other hand seemed to be totally relaxed. Nathan was talking to Keith and Rachel was hugging Cooper all the time.
They all looked like a little family and like it was totally normal to be like that. While Haley helped Karen bringing the food outside, Lucas decided to ask Brooke:
„What is wrong?".
Brooke looked shyly up at him. It was just a weird situation. She was not even his girlfriend and now she was meeting his parents.
„Umm...I...what...I...", this time Lucas could not help but burst out into laughing.
„You don´t have to be scared. My parents will like you."
She looked up into his beautiful eyes like a child.
„You think?"
Lucas nodded proudly „No, I don´t think, I know it."
In this moment Karen came to them and smiled at both of them.
„Can I borrow your girlfriend for a moment?". Brooke turned red immediately. Girlfriend? Lucas on the other hand answered so proudly.
„Of course mom. You can borrow my girlfriend. But not too long, ok." Karen nodded and Brooke walked after Karen.
All the others were sitting outside at the table and enjoying the weather and company while Brooke and Karen went into the kitchen.
„I just wanted to know whether you´re okay again honey?", Karen had to smile at Brooke. She looked so small and scared that her motherly instincts immediately started to come up.
„Umm...", Brooke did not know what Lucas´mother excactly meant and stumbled.
„I mean your bruising. You were in a pretty bad shape the last time I saw you. And now I just realized that it must have been my son hitting you."
Brooke turned red again.
„Umm..thanks for asking. I feel...feel great again...it does not hurt any more.", Brooke hated herself for stuttering but could not stop it.
„That´s great. Could you take this outside.", Karen decided to end this conversation because she could feel that Brooke was not feeling comfortable at all with her.
„Yes of course. Do you need more help?" Brooke offered but Karen shook her head. Finally Brooke took her courage „Umm...thank you so much that I could come as well. I mean...I...you...don´t know me...and...welll", Brooke breathed deeply one more time.
„Well, thank you." Karen smiled at Brooke´s shaking body and had the urge to hug her. Without warning she did it and Brooke was shocked.
Karen could feel how her heart was racing and the realized that the girl was really stiff. „What is wrong honey?" Karen asked Brooke again and smiled at her.
„Um...nothing. I...am fine.", Brooke lied.
In reality she felt so unsure at their house.
Karen realized how young Brooke looked and vulnerable at the same time.
She knew a lot about the Scott family. It´s not like she hated the Scotts.
But she knew Dan and how he could be to other people and she definitely knew about Deb´s drinking problem and that she was in rehab. Again.
Karen took Brooke´s hand in hers and said nothing but squeezed it a little and then took an arm around Brooke and went outside with her.
The others looked confused at them.
Karen looked like she wanted to protect her.
Rachel laughed and whispered to her brother:" See, everyone will like poor little Brooke the most."
Nathan had to laugh at that comment and was glad when finally everyone was sitting at the table.
Everything went great. They were talking about stuff and laughing.
„Well, I hope I´ll get the opportunity to play pro. Playing basketball is really my thing.", Nathan laughed and took his arm around Haley. Keith immediately answered:
„Why don´t we play a bit after we´ve eaten."
„Yeah sure. That would be great. We can go four on four.", Lucas joined the conversation. „And you Rachel? Do you know what you are going to do after school?" Rachel had to think for a moment.
„I have some opportunities to model for a while but I don´t want to be a model full-time. I would love to study fashion. And when my sister gets out of school we want to open up a fashion store."
Brooke nodded. That had always been their idea.
„So you are going to be a designer and I am going to sell great books", Lucas smiled proudly.
„Yep.", Brooke nodded.
„So we have three seniors, Haley´s a junior and Brooke, are you with Haley?"
Before Brooke could say anything Cooper looked confused
„How come you´re even at highschool when you just turned fourteen." he suddenly realized. He had never thought about that before.
Keith and Karen looked shocked at Lucas and Brooke.
„Fourteen?", Karen asked confused. Brooke blushed in the darkest red and wanted to answer but somehow everyone else was doing that for her.
„Ooops. Did I say fourteen to you?", Rachel looked smiling up at him.
„She just turned 16.", Nathan then answered for Brooke.
Karen and Keith had to surpress a laugh when seeing that Brooke´s older siblings talked for her every time, so Karen directly asked Brooke.
„So, you´re a freshman or a sophomore, right?" Brooke looked embarassed at her „Um...yes, I am a sophomore."
„My favourite sophomore at school.", Lucas added which made Nathan roll his eyes.
Of course he could not say anything but he was still not fond of their bond. He really wanted to support Brooke with her first relationship but he could not just forget his brotherly instincts. Those instincts told him to hide her from all the pain and definitely from men.
Cooper looked at Rachel and laughed „Why did you tell me that she was 14?"
Rachel coughed and searched for an answer. She could not just tell him the truth. „Um...I...", he already knew the answer and laughed hard. He suddenly squeezed Brooke´s cheek to show Rachel that he would definitely never look at Brooke the way he looked at his girlfriend.
„Although you sure do look like fourteen.", he went through Brooke´s hair and Brooke looked shocked at him. Sometimes Cooper really treated her like a baby and this was definitely going on her nerves.
Lucas slapped his hand away from Brooke´s cheek.
„She does not.", he said laughing and took his arm around her to protect her from his uncle.
He felt very comfortable in this round but realized that Brooke was still a little shy in front of his parents and so he hugged her a little tighter.
Brooke loved this gesture but on the other hand she did not want him so close to her when his parents were sitting in front of them. So, she moved a bit away.
Lucas looked a bit confused at her and then just took her hand under the table and squeezed it tightly.
„How about a game now?", Keith suggested. „Let´s play Flaggy.".
The Scotts looked confused at him. They did not know what flaggy was.
„Two teams. Two colours of flags. Everyone has five little flags on their clothes and has to protect them. If you loose all your flags, you are out."
„So it´s like flag football?", Nathan smiled and Lucas nodded.
„Yeah but without a ball".
Rachel was not really looking forward to play such a game. „Um...but where do we play it. Your garden is a bit...small, right?".
„Let´s go to the park. I already packed some fruits and drinks.", Karen smiled and all of them agreed.
In the park Cooper smiled happily „The youngest and oldest get to vote."
Brooke and Keith stood besides each others. Keith looked at the girl and whispered.
„My team will win." Brooke looked shocked at him „umm...ok.", she said and then thought how dumb it was too just say that.
„How about boys against girls?", Karen then suggested and the boys started laughing. „Well, then you have not a chance.", Lucas said and high fived his uncle.
„You think so.", Rachel bitched back and took her arm around Brooke.
„Brooke and I are unbeatable and I bet Karen and Haley can beat your asses easily." Karen and Haley laughed hard and walked over to the sisters.
„Ok. Then it is. Boys against girls but don´t cry when you have a little bruise.", Nathan laughed hard and especially looked at his sisters.
Brooke and Rachel sticked out their tongue at him and then the girls made a circle and whispered to each others.
Karen looked over at Brooke and was glad that she finally was talking a bit more.
„Okay, how about we hide and then catch one man at a time?", Haley suggested and the others looked stunned at her.
„That´s a brilliant idea.", Rachel smiled. Brooke on the other hand rolled her eyes. „That´s not a brilliant idea. There is no way we are going to win this game. They are faster, bigger and stronger."
„Oh shut up Brooke.", Rachel slapped her sister softly.
„What? It´s the truth."
„How about threatening them with something they cannot get if they take our flags."
The girls looked stunned at Karen´s idea and especially Rachel laughed loud.
„Well, that´s what I call brilliant." So, they went over to their men again.
Rachel whispered something into Cooper´s ears. He looked shocked at her.
„Oh. You wouldn´t." but Rachel smiled evily at him and walked away in the sexiest way she could „Trust me. I would."
When Haley whispered into Nathan´s ears Nathan looked shocked at her.
„That´s mean. I need tutoring." But she just raised her eyebrow. „Well, you can have it if you play along with it."
Meanwhile Keith complained „But honey. That´s my favourite meal.".
Karen laughed hard and went back to Rachel and Haley.
Brooke was still standing a bit unsure in front of Lucas. With what should she threaten him? Lucas looked down at her and burst out into laughing when seeing her deep in thoughts.
She looked confused up at him. „What?"
„You are sweet when you´re brooding."
She rolled her eyes. „I am not brooding. You are the broody one."
„Yeah right cheery.". Brooke slapped him softly at his chest and went to the girls.
„Okay, I guess you all were threatened by your girls, right?", Cooper asked and all of them nodded instead of Lucas.
„What. My sister did not threaten you?", Nathan burst out into laughing. Lucas shook his head and did not know whether this was a good sign or a bad.
He looked over to the girls who were laughing hysterically. Even his mom could not stop laughing.
„Okay, so I guess it means that noone can chase after his girlfriend but the others still can. How about everyone of us chooses one, this way it will be faster."
„Okay, then Nathan you take your sister Brooke, Cooper you take your sister Karen, Lucas you take Rachel and I take Haley.", Keith suggested and all of them agreed.
„I bet they have the strategy to hide and then take us all.", Lucas whispered.
„They can hide as long as they want. We will win anyways." The boys high fived each others and laughed hard.
The game finally started. All of them had to turn around and could hide until they all had counted to 100 and started looking for the others.
The girls all hid behind a big stone while the boys were running around and looking for them. They surpressed a laugh when they did not find them.
„This is kinda scary.", Brooke whispered and suddenly screamed when Keith stood in front of them.
Haley was so shocked that out of instinct she just ran away while the other girls tackled him and took of his flags.
„You´re out honey.", Karen kissed Keith softly and he tried to look sad.
„That means you´re making my favourite dinner tomorrow, right?" She rolled her eyes and then ran away when she saw Lucas approaching.
„We´ll see." Of course their screaming had drawn the boys´attention to the stone.
„Noooo.", Haley screamed. She tried to run away from Lucas and Cooper but they were faster and Lucas took his arms around her and tickled her.
„Arrgh...help", she looked pleadingly at Nathan but Nathan just stood in front of her.
„I am sorry. Boys against girls.", he said but did not take a flag.
But Cooper took them all.
So it was three against three. Nathan, Cooper and Lucas against Brooke, Karen and Rachel. Haley had managed to get two flags from Cooper, Nathan and Lucas, so the girls had a better chance of winning right now.
„There they are.", Lucas pointed at the girls who tried to find a hiding spot.
„Shit, they saw us.", Rachel took Brooke´s hand and pulled her along.
„Climb up that tree.", Rachel ordered and Brooke looked disgusted at her.
„No. Definitely not.", she answered. There was no way that she was climbing up that dirty tree.
„Boooo.", Nathan sprang in between them and his sisters managed to scream so loud that everyone in the whole park was looking in their direction.
Rachel and Brooke managed to get each a flag of Nathan and ran into different directions. Nathan ran after his twin sister and tackled her to the ground. Not very softly. „Oww. You idiot. That hurt.",she complained and tried to get her hands free to take the next flag but he was faster and took all of hers.
Karen and Brooke hid behind a bush.
„Karen. It´s three against us two.", Brooke whispered and laughed. „We will never get their flags."
„How about I distract them and you come from behind?", Karen suggested.
Brooke nodded happily and then Karen ran out of the hiding place and screamed. The three boys immediately ran after her and Brooke after them. They managed to get all of Karen´s flags and Brooke managed to get some from the guys but not enough.
She still had five but each one of them had one.
So it was now one against three. „Shit.", she yelled when the attention was drawn to her and the three ran after her.
Brooke ran as fast as she could and she was a fast runner. When Nathan tried to tackle her she jumped to the side, so that he fell to the gras and she could keep on running. „Ruuuuuuuun.", the girls screamed from the side.
Brooke screamed all the time and laughed. „Aaaaaaaa...", Cooper was right behind her. „C´mon kiddo. You know you have no chance."
Unfortunately she did not see Lucas speeding up and ran in front of her, so that she ran into him with her full force and fell backwards.
„Owww...", she screamed surprised. He hoped that he had not really hurt her but when she laughed at his worried face he knew that she hadn´t. Immediately he sat down on her stomach and there was no escape for her.
„If you take just one flag I promise you, you will never touch that body again.", she laughed how shocked he looked down at her.
„Wow. I won´t touch any flag.", he said immediately.
„Nathan, Cooper. I need some help.", Brooke looked to the right and tried to get free from under him but he was to heavy.
„Nooo.", she screamed when they ran towards her. She managed to take all of his flags off but he still sat on her stomach.
Nathan and Cooper looked down at Brooke and smiled heavily. They wanted to take her flags but she managed to fidget so much that they had difficulties.
„Get off me. You are out of the game Lucas.", she protested and he looked down.
There was really no flag left.
„Oh you...", he got off her and she tried to run away but this time Cooper took a leg of her and she fell down again.
She kicked hard and actually managed to kick her brother into his stomach. He groaned for a moment and then tried to help Cooper.
„Woaw. She is feisty.", Cooper said and Nathan laughed hard and nodded.
„No. Nooo...", Brooke kicked as much as she could but Nathan knew her soft spot and started tickling her.
„I tickle you take the flags."
„Noooo...", Brooke screamed but Nathan sat down on her stomach and started tickling her very hard.
„Stop...it.", she managed to say but as her big brother he had no mercy. „Llllluuuucas...heeelp.", she screamed but Lucas shook his head.
„Sorry, you are on your own.", he looked down at the laughing Brooke. Cooper took of her flags and then the boys stood up again and Keith went over to them and they made a little winning dance.
But only until Brooke stood up too and looked over to the other girls and showed her last flag.
„Well, well. Looks like you cannot count boys.", she showed them her flag and then showed that she had all of their flags in her other hand.
„What?", Cooper and Nathan looked down at them.
„How?", Cooper was surprised.
„She needs to be punished.", Nathan then screamed and Brooke knew what that meant when her brother said that and wanted to run to the girls to get help but this time Lucas blocked her way and just threw her over his shoulder.
„NOooooo.", she screamed again when Lucas started tickling her feet and Cooper her hollow of the knee and Keith hold her arms while her brother tickled her under her arms. She had no chance of escaping. She could not even talk because she was tickled too much and was upside down.
„Weeee heeeelp you.", Rachel, Haley and Karen came running to Brooke and attacked their men.
It was a wild wrestling show in the park while Brooke was still laying over Lucas shoulders.
Her arms hanging down and breathing heavily, totally exhausted by their tickling attack.
She looked at his butt and thought that this was definitely a good view and suddenly bit him. He let go of her and both of them fell to the ground.
„Did you just bit me?", he asked her amused and she shook her head „I would never do such thing.", she lied.
„Yeah right.", he said back.
Two hours later all of them were saying goodbye to each others. It had been a great day and the Scotts drove back home while Karen decided to talk to his son.
„She is a cutey.", Karen said and Lucas blushed.
„Mom."
„Don´t mom me. I know it is not my business but she is really young Lucas."
Lucas looked confused at his mother.
„I am only two years older.", Lucas defended himself. He hated it when his mom was getting on his nerves and right now she was. Then his father came into the room as well. „We know but we want you to take it slow."
Lucas widened his eyes. Now his father got on his nerves as well.
„Mom. Dad. Please. We are taking it slow."
„We trust you Lucas and we know that she is only two years younger but sometimes two years mean a lot. Don´t push her into anything, ok.", Karen said and looked at her son who was shocked.
„Are you my parents or hers?", Lucas laughed.
„I have never pushed anyone into anything."
„Son, we know you had a lot of short girlfriends before her.", he smacked Lucas playfully on the shoulder which made Lucas blush even more.
„Oh my god. I cannot believe that we are having this talk now.", he took his pillow on his face and whined. „Just be careful with her, okay."
Karen and Keith cuddled in their bed.
„She is really a cutey.", Keith said and Karen nodded.
„I cannot believe that my brother and my son are dating the Scott daughters and Haley the Scott son.", she rolled her eyes.
Deb, Karen, Keith and Dan had been in school together long time ago and were never getting along very well.
„Me neither. But I think they are making all of them happy."
„Oh god. What if Cooper marries Rachel one day and Brooke Lucas. That would mean that we have the same grandchildren like Dan and Deb have. This is weird."
Keith suddenly lauhged.
„Have you seen how nervous Brooke was. It looked like she was peeing her pants when she greeted us."
Karen nodded, laughed and snuggled clother to Keith and soon they fell asleep.
Thanks for reading!
(The next chapter is already written (Major Brucas scene). Just have to look through it if people are still reading. Sorry that you had to wait a bit longer!I have too many stories to update at the moment and not enough time. I already stopped thinking about new ones. Which is not easy ;))
