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Chapter 14 Saturday morning cartoon

Brooke stretched her arms over her head as a ray of sunlight moved onto her face. She never got the chance to close the curtains last night. Slowly, she opened one eye and peeked at the alarm clock: 7:10 amfar too early for her to be up on a Saturday morning. Brooke's left arm felt the spot next to her, looking for the boy who was there when she fell asleep, but felt nothing. She moved her head so her eyes could confirm that fact and it did. Worried that Lucas might have left, Brooke sat up in her bed searching for him. His clothes were still strewn about the floor and that's when she heard a noise coming from the kitchen.

Brooke got out of bed, grabbed her robe and headed down the hall. She found Lucas in the kitchen cleaning up the vase Brooke had broken earlier. He was in his briefs and his button up shirt that had previously made the kitchen floor its home. Watching him Brooke was sure she had never seen something so cute.

"What're you doing?" Brooke asked with a grin on her face.

Lucas jumped a little when she spoke and, still crouched on the ground, pivoted his feet so he was facing her. "Hey, I didn't wake you did I?"

"If I say yes will you come back to bed?"Brooke smirked.

Lucas laughed and nodded his head, "Just let me finish up real quick."

It's an odd thing when you meet someone that is unlike anyone you have ever come across. The way you approach them, talk to them and act around them happens in a completely different way; it can take some time getting use to. That is exactly what Lucas Scott did to Brooke. Here he was at 7 o'clock in the morning in Brooke's kitchen cleaning up a mess she had made. As if that wasn't enough, Lucas kept complimenting Brooke all the time: You're beautiful, Your apartment's great, That design is great, and on and on and on. To anyone else it would seem like the perfect situation and while Brooke loved being treated so great, she was never sure how to respond to Lucas' actions.

Brooke leaned down and placed a hand on top of Lucas', "Let the maid get it."

Lucas looked over at Brooke, "The maid?"

Managing to hide a smile, Brooke nodded and stood up. She opened a cupboard and grabbed a glass out of it. "Yeah, she'll be here in about an hour. She cleans up the mess in here, the bathroom, the guest bedroom but…she is not allowed to go in my room," Brooke said the last part sternly, "I totally don't trust her. Plus, I usually have a guy in there anyway."

It must have been in the way she said it or the way she almost smiled, either way Lucas realized she was kidding and decided to play along.

"What happens when one of them comes out here and the maid's here? I bet that causes quite a mess!"

Brooke laughed loudly and threw a hand in the air, "That never happens silly. I always keep em' busy." Brooke winked and turned around to get some water.

As Brooke walked away and the robe she wore sashayed with her hips, Lucas felt the urge to touch it. Swiftly he made his way over to Brooke and grabbed her from behind. There was no shriek or protests, probably because she was expecting him. Making sure he had a good hold on her, Lucas swung Brooke around in the air. This time evicting a laugh.

"Lucas…if… you're… not…careful…" Brooke tried to get out between laughs, "I'm… going… to…"

Before Brooke could finish there was a gasp and a loud smash as the glass she was holding fell to the ground. Lucas immediately stopped as the both stared down at the mess; an array of glass covered the ground.

"I guess the maid has her work cut out for her today." Lucas said into Brooke's ear.

Brooke turned around to face him and enveloped her arms around his waist; keeping them tucked on the inside of his shirt.

"I should probably give her a raise."

Lucas nodded in agreement, "Probably, but right now what do ya say we get back to that nice cozy bed of yours?"

Brooke smiled and took Lucas' hand in her own. Once they reached the room Lucas shut the door behind him. it was only then that Lucas saw what Brooke's room looked like. Her bed was far too big for her petite body, even with someone else in it. Across from the bed was an armoire which held her stereo and TV. Of course there was a master bath and a walk-in closet. The walls were adorned mainly with pictures of, what Lucas assumed, were family and friends. There was a picture of Stanford and another picture of Chicago.

Brooke led Lucas to the bed and pulled him down with her. The two fell deep into the comforter and Brooke snuggled up against Lucas.

"So, what's up with Chicago? Did you grow up there?" Lucas asked and began to play with Brooke's fingers.

A small laughed escaped Brooke's mouth, "Umm…not really. My nana lives there and I guess when I first went to visit her I fell in love with the city."

Brooke got out of the bed and quickly shut the blinds; there was no way she'd be able to go back to bed with the sun shining in. Once the blinds were closed, the room became darker and Brooke felt more at ease. She turned around and found Lucas staring at her; watching her every move. Before he could get another inevitable compliment out, Brooke eased herself back on the bed and kissed him. Without fail Brooke felt Lucas pull away just a bit so he could speak.

"I hate to tell you this Davis but you wore me out last night."

Brooke laughed, certainly not expecting those words to come out of his mouth. "Why would you hate to tell me that?" Brooke asked pulling away a little further.

Lucas waited a moment before responding. Brooke's hair fell over her face and Lucas reached up to tuck some behind her ears. She truly was beautiful and the way her dimples showed through and she bit her bottom lip as she smiled, made it hard for Lucas to breath. In that moment Lucas felt something he had never felt before and for the first time in his life he wondered how he had gone this long without feeling this good.

"I just didn't want you to get disappointed when I told you that I don't have any energy to do anything right now."

Brooke laid her head on Lucas' chest and intertwined her left hand with his right. "What if I said that I was happy doing just this?"

Lucas kissed the top of Brooke's head, "I'd say the same thing."

xxxx

Both Brooke and Lucas awoke with a startle; someone was knocking frantically on Brooke's door.

"Brooke! I know Lucas is in there with you, so please open up."

Haley's voice screamed into the apartment and Lucas immediately shot out of bed. Haley's voice was strained and frantic and it scared Lucas. He ran down the hall and, like an idiot, completely forgot about the shattered glass and stepped right onto a piece.

"Fuck!" Lucas screamed and fell over onto a dining room chair.

Brooke fell at his side but didn't stay there long; as the knocking at the door continued. Once Brooke unlocked the door, Haley bounded through.

"Lucas! Why don't you pick up your fucking phone? I've been calling you!"

Lucas looked up at Haley, still holding onto his foot. The shard of glass had gotten stuck in his heel and Lucas carefully pulled it out with a heavy groan. Brooke had left to get a rag and returned with one and some bandages.

Haley came over to Lucas and realized that there was glass covering the kitchen and some in the dining room.

"What the hell happened here?" Haley asked looking at both Lucas and Brooke.

Lucas turned his head up to Brooke and shrugged as if saying "do you wanna tell her or should I?" Brooke laughed and handed Lucas the rag.

"Well, I accidently hit the vase last night, which I will totally pay for by the way, and this morning I dropped a glass. Of course I blame Lucas for both of them." Brooke smiled.

Lucas finished cleaning off the blood and Brooke handed him the bandages.

"Do you have any ointment or antiseptic cream Brooke?"

Brooke thought for a second then quickly went back to her room.

"Haley, what is so important?" Lucas asked turning his attention to Haley.

Haley's face fell as she realized she hadn't told Lucas yet of what was going on. She pulled out a chair and sat by Lucas.

"Nathan's in the hospital."

It wasn't Haley's intention to just jump out and tell him but what's the point of beating around the bush? Eventually it would all come out and Haley would rather not dance around telling Lucas that his brother was in the hospital. Obviously, Lucas wasn't expecting any news like this.

"Is he ok? What happened? Is he ok?" Lucas asked, worried for his brother.

"He's fine Luke, he's at Fountain Pen…"

Haley hadn't realized her slip and was going to continue but Lucas jumped in, "What?!" Lucas jumped up, infuriated, "My brother is in the city and he doesn't tell me. He isn't playing here for two weeks, what the hell is he doing here?"

Haley stood up and put her hands softly on Lucas' shoulders, "Calm down, you're rambling like an idiot."

"Ha, I second that one," Brooke said as she came back into the room with the ointment. She walked over and handed it to Lucas, "sit down and put this on. It's not good for you to stand on your foot."

Lucas did as he was told but pushed Haley for more answers.

"Well, I'm not positive what he's doing here. Trust me I'm just as shocked as you are, usually I know if he's coming in…" Haley said the last part absentmindedly and then shook her head, "Anyway, I guess he was at a bar last night and got a little drunk. So he took a cab back to his hotel and on his way up the stairs he slipped and fell down. He's got a minor concussion and broke his left leg."

"So he's not really fine." Lucas pointed out.

Haley shrugged, "I guess I was comparing it to being dead. But if you're thinking in terms of "can he play next week?", then no, he's not fine." Haley answered, annoyed. "But he will be fine. His leg will heal."

Lucas stood up, "Well, I'm going down there."

Haley nodded and decided to throw in some light hearted banter, "You guys really had a crazy night, didn't you?"

Brooke and Haley laughed while Lucas blushed.

"I'm coming with you guys, just let me put something on." Brooke said as she headed back towards her room.

"Brooke's got the right idea, put some pants on Scott." Haley laughed and sat down in the comfortable couch.

This day was going to be very interesting.

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So??? I'm not sure why but this chapter took me some time to get out, so I'm dying to know what you think. Anyway, review and let me know!