AN: Oh my Gosh! We've reached 200 reviews!!! I can hardly believe it! I am so grateful to you guys and I'll make sure to give some personal responses on my next update! I was planning on doing it this time, but I think I delayed this update long enough as it is. Again I just want you to know how much I appreciate your comments! You guys make my time worthwhile! Thank you so much! hugs

So…in one of my reviews you suggested I get a beta. I've been considering this for a while myself and I think it would be a very good idea. Now the thing is I have no idea how to find one! LOL

So if anyone of all of you who are reading this story would be interested in becoming my beta and helping me out with this story please send me a personal message and I will contact you for details. Hm…what would I expect from my beta? Well, mostly to be strict and actually find flaws in what I write…an easy task I might add:D I would like help with the storyline and my writing style as well as with grammar and stuff, yeap with pretty much everything! About my update rate…I think I'm doing a good job with it, but I wouldn't expect from you to have the free time I have so no rush in that department…I'm sure we'll be able to work something out. I guess if you're writing something yourself it would be much better. Oh…and I guess this is mostly addressed to the brucas fans out there cause obviously this is going to be brucas…somehow! LoL

Now…that's what I would like from my beta, whoever is interested can tell me what they want from me :)

On with the next chapter…finally!

Chapter 14

Looking for the Perfect You

Brooke groaned burying her head into her pillow as her alarm clock kept piercing her ears. She knew she had to get up and hurry to get ready for school. That's right, Monday was finally here and Peyton would be soon there so they could go together. Yesterday evening this was all they talked about both excited to be in the same school again. At least that it was all they talked about after Peyton had finished giving her the third degree about her date with Nathan. Brooke was more than happy to provide all the details except for a convincing reason on why she was acting like she was drunk. She should have known Peyton would be able to see through her but she was so preoccupied with Lucas's reaction she…well…she simply forgot about it. First she started acting clueless and accusing Peyton of being crazy. After a while she sort of admitted it, saying she did it without realizing it. Then she just said she didn't want Nathan to push her into anything…that in particular got a lot of laughs out of Peyton. Finally she became desperate and used Broody as an excuse. Yes, you heard it right Broody. She told Peyton she wasn't sure what she wanted to do yet with either of them, not until seeing Broody again, and this way she could have her fun and still maintain her options open. That of course caused a lot of scolding from Peyton who turned all protective towards Nathan, but heck…better protective of Nathan than jealous-hurt and angry about Lucas.

When Peyton had left her she had spend her time thinking about the ride with Lucas and what she was going to do when she saw him again. She regretted telling him what she did of course. She was feeling awfully towards Peyton. After the thrill of the game had passed she realized that what she did and what he did…well, they were already hurting Peyton. It was her fault; she provoked it, and looking at Peyton's eyes listening as she talked worriedly about Luke's bad mood was more than she could take. But she managed to comfort her and only cried her eyes out in shame after Peyton had long gone away. Since feeling ashamed and sorry for herself didn't make anything better, Brooke came to a decision. This game with Lucas was the first and last she played. No matter what he did she wouldn't let him get to her again. But since fighting with him all the time would probably drive her up the walls making sticking to her decision very difficult she decided something else as well. She would have to make nice with Lucas. Who could tell, maybe it would actually work.

"So?" Brooke asked getting out of Peyton's car taking a tentative look at her appearance.

"You look bitching, ho!" Peyton said with approval. "What about me?"

"Same there, Blondie"

"Good" Peyton nodded. "So are you ready?"

"Let's go get them!" Brooke exclaimed while interlacing her arm with Peyton's.

The two girls left the parking lot and started walking confidently to the school's entrance. Peyton with her mini skirt showing off her long legs and a causal t-shirt with some emo band on it and Brooke with a pair of low hanging jeans and a tight top made quite a few heads turn their way. They started towards their lockers walking right in the middle of the crowded hall commanding with their eyes the bystanders to spread. However they were hardly able to make a few steps as they were blocked by a lot of excited students that obviously recognized Brooke.

"Oh my God! Brooke?"

"Davis is that you?"

"Hey girl, how have you been?"

"Brooke! It's so good to see you again, girly!"

"Davis, looking good as always!"

Brooke gave sweet smiles to everyone, well almost everyone, the ones she considered worth her attention at least, and returned their greetings. It was not like anyone insignificant would dare to talk to her anyway.

At the other end of the corridor Haley was standing with Jake, Lucas and Nathan. All four of them could hardly miss the commotion that the two girls' appearance had provoked.

"Oh, God! Look at her!" Haley groaned.

"Yeah…me and every other guy around…" Nathan said sounding annoyed as he took notice of all his fellow students eyeing Brooke and Peyton appreciatively.

"She has you acting all jealous already?" Jake asked chuckling.

"Yeah man, we would see how cool you would be if that was your girlfriend out there!" Nathan said.

"She is not your girlfriend Nathan!" Both Lucas and Haley interrupted with fervor.

"Whoaa...what are you two synchronized or something? She may not be my girlfriend just yet but if I have anything to say about it she will be very very soon"

"So I take it your date went well?" Jake asked being the only one of the three that wasn't looking at Nathan open-mouthed after that statement.

"It went great. Brooke is really amazing. We had a very good time"

"Great, dude. Well…good luck with her"

"I don't think I'll need it" Nathan said with a cocky smirk.

Jake smiled nodding in approval. Haley looked disgusted and Lucas tried to ignore his brother and just stared at Brooke who was now being cornered by a bunch of football players. Peyton was there beside her and she was attracting some wishful looks as well, but mostly they were occupied with Brooke. Nathan apparently noticed this as well.

"Ok…now they are getting too close" He said irritated watching as the group of guys almost hid Brooke who was standing in the middle.

"Like she's not enjoying every single moment of it" Haley said dejectedly.

"She's not doing anything, they're the ones breathing down her neck" He protested.

"Get real, Nate! She's causing all this!"

"Well, I don't care. I think I will go interrupt. C'mon man, aren't you the least bit annoyed?" He said turning to Lucas.

"Me? Why? What do I care who's coming on to Brooke?" Lucas asked looking surprised. Was he that obvious?

"Not Brooke you idiot! Peyton. These guys are all over both of them." Nathan explained chuckling.

"Uh? No…they know Peyton is with me. Why would I be worried?" He replied absent-mindedly as the circle around the two girls tightened even further.

"Well, they don't know that Brooke is with me. So bout time they found out" Nathan said resolutely and approached the group of guys that had encircled the two girls making his way next to Brooke by mostly pushing the others out of his way.

"Good morning, B" He said with a smile.

"Good morning, Hotshot!" Brooke exclaimed cheerfully.

"I'm here too, Nathan!" Peyton said pretending to be mad.

"Yeah…morning Pey…Luke is over there" He said pointing to the others standing by the lockers.

Both Brooke and Peyton laughed.

"I would say you're trying to get rid of me" Peyton said mockingly.

"And not only you…" Nathan mumbled not that discretely shooting some glares to the guys that had still to get the hint and leave.

Peyton shook her head and Brooke giggled.

"Ok guys…we'll talk later…" She said smiling to the disappointed guys around her. "Come on, Hotshot, Blondie, let's join the others"

"Sure" Nathan said putting his arm around her waist and pushing her gently through the still lingering guys not forgetting to throw some threatening looks at them on his way.

Lucas watched the scene silent wondering if he was more jealous of Brooke's random admirers or of Nathan acting all jealous and protective. As soon as he saw his arm settle at her waist he concluded it was the second. The three of them joined them and they all greeted each other while Peyton gave a soft peck to Lucas.

"That was very sweet of you, Natey" Brooke told him smiling.

"What?" Nathan said pretending not to understand.

"Oh Nate, you were so obvious!" Peyton said laughing.

"Oh, back there? I did it for Luke's sake"

"Right!" Brooke said smirking while Peyton continued laughing.

"What? They were all over you, Pey. I had to defend my brother's honor!"

"Cut it out, bro!" Lucas finally spoke.

"Please…They were only interested in Brooke…I was just an innocent bystander" Peyton replied "Besides, Lucas is not the jealous type, right baby?"

"I have no reason to be, do I?" He asked taking his eyes off Brooke at last.

"Of course not!"

"Good" He affirmed giving her another chaste kiss.

"So, what do you have for first period, Pey?" Brooke asked wanting to get away from there fast.

"Chemistry, you?"

"Calculus…what a great way to start my week…" Brooke whined.

"Hales and I have the same class" Nathan intervened.

"Really? Well, maybe calculus won't be that boring after all! Shall we go, handsome?"

"Of course. See you later guys…" Nathan said while Brooke laced her arm to his offered forearm and turned to go satisfied. As an afterthought he turned back and added "Coming Hales?"

Haley huffed and after giving a chaste kiss to Jake followed after them while the other three also dispersed towards their respective classes.

Lucas scanned the school yard one more time when he spotted her sitting on the grass under a tree alone. She seemed to be scanning the crowd on the yard as well, but she was probably not looking for him like he had been doing since the start of their first period. He had got the information that they shared their free period from Peyton who he had questioned as discretely as possible. Taking a look around to make sure none of their closest friends was around he started towards her taking small hesitant steps. Somewhere half distance she looked his way but either she didn't see him which was quite improbable or she just acted like she hadn't and turned her head the other way. Great… Well, it was not like he was expecting her to greet him with open arms. The last time they'd talked, alone that is and really they barely said hello in the morning, had been in his car when he drove her back home on Saturday after her date. So it was obvious that they had left things kind of…well they hadn't exactly fought which must have been a good thing. But he guessed they weren't exactly on good terms either. Actually, he couldn't decide how they had left things. Pretty much he had admitted that he was jealous of her and she had admitted that not only she knew but she did it just to get him to act that way. She had also sort of admitted that she hadn't done anything with his brother because of him. So how were they supposed to act around each other now? Taking a deep breath and bracing himself for the worst, he decided that it was about time he found out, closing their distance even further.

He stood in front of her and she raised her head looking at him in question and not at all surprised confirming that she had seen him approaching before. Well, at least she hadn't run away.

"Hey, Brooke" He said giving her a small smile.

"Hello, Lucas" She responded but without the smile.

"Look, before you start yelling at me and tell me to get lost, just let me say that I came to give you the heads up on Haley, just in case she confronts you we would need to get our story straight" He said defensively without pausing for a breath afraid she might find a chance to interrupt him.

Brooke bit her lip and broke out in a wide grin. He looked so cute the way he was squirming in front of her.

"So…are you just gonna stand there? My neck hurts, Broody!" She said looking up to him and pointing to a place next to her with her eyes.

Lucas looked at her with wide eyes. No yelling, no get right to the point and…Broody? What the hell?

"Erm…yeah thanks" He said as he lowered himself at her side leaving a good distance between them.

"So, how is your day going so far?" She asked letting her eyes wonder around the other students in the yard.

"What? Erm…good I guess" Lucas responded still looking extremely confused.

"Well…mine was a total bore…I mean honestly…first day in school and I had to start with calculus….and then physics…who finds that stuff interesting anyway?"

"Oh…" He said looking at her like she had grown a second head.

"C'mon, Broody! Don't look at me that way!" She said giggling at his confused face.

"Sorry…I just…" Lucas mumbled looking at her even more confused than before.

"Have I been that much of a bitch to you, Broody?"

"What? No, no!" He quickly denied.

She raised her eyebrow at him and he chuckled.

"Ok…maybe a little"

Brooke laughed as well.

"So let's try this again, how is your day so far?"

Deciding to not question whatever miracle had caused this change he started to play along.

"You mean besides having to listen to everybody talking about the return of the amazing Brooke Davis?"

"Well…I am pretty amazing…" Brooke agreed teasingly.

"Of course…"

Brooke stung her tongue out at him.

"Well…it wasn't that boring as you make it sound. But c'mon I'm sure you're more than enjoying this"

"What, classes?" She asked surprised.

"Well…no, I meant everybody talking about you. I wasn't in a single class where I didn't hear your name" He said chuckling.

"Ahh…that. Yes, it's kinda fun" Brooke giggled.

"I bet" He said shaking his head.

"They won't do it tomorrow, it's just that I'm news now, so…"

"I have a feeling you, Brooke Davis, always find a way to make news"

"Hm…are you somehow offending me now Broody, cause I am not that smart as to get it!" She told him mockingly.

Lucas laughed.

"Nope…I'm not offending you Cheery. I'm just stating a fact. And trust me, you are that smart"

"Well, tutor-girl would certainly disagree"

"Who?"

"Tutor-girl…Haley or Hales?"

Lucas started laughing.

"Oh, she's gonna love this one!" He said shaking his head.

"I know!" Brooke giggled again. "I can't wait to see her face!"

"When did you come up with it anyway?"

"Hm…during calculus"

"So you found a way to have fun in class after all"

"Of course, I was talking with Nathan during class…"

"Oh…" Lucas muttered.

"So he told me he was gonna need a tutor this year if he wanted to keep his grades up to be in the team…and he also said that Haley was one of the best here…so….don't you think it fits her?"

"I think I'll call the 5th on that"

"Admit it! It fits her!"

"Fine! It does…but if you tell her that I said this…"

"She probably won't believe me anyway…" Brooke shrugged smiling.

"Yeah…about that…" Lucas said turning serious.

"Ok…let's have it. What did the cheer-slut do to you, Broody-boy?"

"Cheer-slut?" Lucas repeated frowning.

"Me of course!" Brooke said with her patent smile.

"Brooke…please…I already feel like crap…you don't have to make it worse you know" He replied seriously.

"Hey, I'm kidding! Really Lucas, you shouldn't feel bad, this was a decision we made together."

"Yeah…but I was the one that said all that crap about you" He said with a sigh.

"Now I am curious. Come on, spill"

"Promise you won't get angry?" He asked hesitantly.

"I will if you won't start talking already!"

"Fine, well…I told her we met at my mom's café."

"I thought it was your step-mom's cafe" Brooke interrupted.

"Yes…well…it was hers. But when she left, Deb took over"

"Really? That's weird."

"No, not really. She and Deb were quite close friends. I'm assuming you know about...erm…" He started saying a bit uneasy.

"Yeah, Peyton told me" Brooke interrupted, giving him a small smile.

"Anyway, I told her you came there while I was working and…"

"You work at the café?"

"Yeah, I sometimes pull some shifts there. It helps with my allowance and it sure as hell beats working at the dealership or at the garage. So…"

"Your dad's dealership?" Brooke interrupted once again making him smile.

"Yeah…" He said with a nod.

"And the garage?" She inquired again.

"It's Keith's"

"Ah…your uncle" Brooke said in understanding.

"Exactly." He agreed and was about to start his story again when Brooke interrupted him one more time.

"But you went there on Thursday, when I came to the café to see you guys"

"Well, sometimes I help Keith around" He said amused with her constant questions.

"You know about cars?"

"Uh-huh. Since I was a kid, Keith used to take me there and teach me stuff. I've learned some things through the years. Nathan helps around as well"

"Really? I would never picture Nathan under a car's hood"

Lucas shrugged.

"You think I can go on now?" He asked her with a smile.

"Oups! Sorry! I didn't let you talk! I keep interrupting! I hope you don't think I'm too nosy! I mean…"

"Brooke…it's fine." He said stopping her nervous ramble. "Anyway, I told her…" He started again but this time he stopped himself. They were getting along just fine and he was afraid what he had to say might ruin things again.

"Yeah?" Brooke prodded.

"That you were …erm…a difficult customer"

"Broody, if you're not gonna give me any details I don't think it will do us any good…"

"Right. I told her that you had me waiting for your order for a long time and…"

"It usually takes me a while to order" Brooke giggled.

"And then you just ordered a coffee" He continued while playing with his fingers staring at his hands intently.

"Did I?"

"It's not just that…" He continued without raising his head.

"What else did I do you?"

"You complained about the coffee so I had to bring you a new one…"

"Ok…"

"Five times." He mumbled.

Brooke just broke into laughter.

"Oh this is good! Go on, Broody"

"This is about it…then I just threw you out…"

"That's it? There is no way I would let you throw me out without…"

"You threw your coffee at me" He said looking at her with guilt.

"Oh my God!" Brooke said erupting into uncontrollable laughter.

"I'm really sorry, it's all I came up with at the time and…" He started apologizing as he had done too many times around her already when she stopped him mid-sentence with the most irrelevant of questions in his opinion, as she had done all the times before.

"Was it hot?"

"What?"

"Was the coffee hot?"

"I don't know…I didn't say…what does it matter if it was hot or not?"

"It would have to be hot, steaming hot. Otherwise I would have taken the ice-cold water" She said assuming a thoughtful expression.

"Then it was definitely steaming!" Lucas chuckled.

"Good" Brooke nodded in approval.

"So you're not mad?"

"Why would I be?"

"Well…"

"Maybe because you described me like a totally spoiled bitch?"

"See!" Lucas said groaning.

"Cheer up, Broody! I'm kidding. Actually…though a bit extreme…I'd say I could actually see myself doing this!"

"Nah…" He objected but without any conviction, after all that was what he thought as well.

"Oh yeap! Especially if my waitress was tutor-girl!" Brooke said with a smirk.

"I say you wouldn't"

"And I would say you're scared of pissing me off!"

"Hm…that as well." He admitted smiling "Tell me Cheery, what brought this change of attitude? Not that I'm complaining but…"

Brooke looked at him thoughtfully.

"I guess…we will hang out a lot together whether we like it or not, with you being Peyton's boyfriend and…"

"You and Nathan?" He asked softly.

"Perhaps…I don't know, it's too soon to tell" She said avoiding his gaze.

"Yeah" Lucas nodded half-heartedly.

"So…it would be easier if we tried to get along, right? I mean we did get along when we met…it shouldn't be that difficult. It doesn't have to change, does it?" She asked him looking in his eyes.

"No, it doesn't. You're not that bad of a person, Cheery"

"How nice of you to notice, Broody!" She said sarcastically.

"I guess I could put up with you…if you stayed away from any particularly hot liquids" He said acting all serious.

"Oh, you're such a jerk!" Brooke said as she pushed him causing him to almost fall back.

Their eyes met again as Lucas had grabbed her hands and was dragging her with him on his way down. Despite their pleasant mood and the smiles they had plastered on their faces they could each discern sadness into the other one's eyes. They quickly settled back to their places and Lucas continued looking at her hopefully.

"So I guess this means a truce, right?"

"We were not at war, Broody…it was just…"

"Complicated" Lucas tried.

"It took us by surprise" She agreed and they both stayed silent for a while.

"So what were you doing before?" Brooke asked breaking the silence.

"Looking for you obviously"

"Oh, yeah? I've been here since the start of my free period"

"Needed some relaxing?"

"Relaxing? I was in the middle of a very important business" She said assuming a serious expression again.

"Really?"

"Yeap!"

"A very important business sitting under a tree in the yard?" He said raising his eyebrow skeptically.

"But of course, until you interrupted me that is!"

"Okay….and what might that serious business I interrupted be?"

"Well…I've been looking for a Broody" Brooke said in all seriousness.

"You've been what?!" He said in wonder.

"I've been looking for a Broody…" She repeated.

"A Broody? How many of us are out there?" He asked squinting his eyes in confusion.

Brooke giggled.

"I'm hoping for at least two of you at the moment" She continued.

"Am I supposed to understand any of this…?"

"C'mon Broody! I thought you were smarter than this! I have to find a Broody to show to Peyton!"

"Ahhh…" He said in understanding.

"See, it wasn't that difficult!"

"Right…so how are you exactly supposed to find a broody?"

"Well…I'm currently looking through the guys coming in and out of here trying to spot someone that will be suitable"

"Any luck yet?"

"No! I've been here for half an hour and no one will do! I mean seriously how difficult is to find one hot blonde guy in the entire basketball team?" She whined pouting her face.

He was distracted by her adorable pout but still a particular word caught his attention.

"Hot?" He asked with a smirk.

"Argh…decent looking?"

"You said hot." He repeated still smirking.

"No I didn't. You must have heard me wrong"

"You think I'm hot" He insisted.

"See usually, I would blame this on the low lighting in whatever hole it was we met…"

"Usually, huh?"

"or my drunken state…"

"But…" He encouraged her.

"But…since we met in broad daylight and I was totally somber…how about I plead temporary insanity?"

"If that's what you like to say to yourself" He said shaking his head.

"You're so enjoying this!" She said with another pout.

"I would be…if I didn't have to find a Cheery myself"

"For Nate?"

"Yeap…"

"Well…what do you say we help each other out with this one, Broody?"

"You want me to help you…how?"

"For one…I wouldn't have to go and ask each remotely cute blonde guy I see whether he's in the team or not!" Brooke said frustrated again

"You did that?!" He asked between laughter

"Four times…" Brooke muttered. "And why would anyone think that this question is actually my way of showing I'm interested…it's completely beyond me!"

"Oh Brooke!" Lucas exclaimed hardly being able to talk through his laughter.

"What? Damn…why did I have to get into so many details!" She groaned.

"So let me get this straight…we are looking for a hot…"

"Decent looking" She corrected.

"Hot…blonde player of the basketball team?" He repeated again smirking.

"Hm…yes…plus one that I wouldn't have met before" She relented.

"I think we have ourselves a problem" He said seriously.

"Why? Peyton said half of the basketball team is blonde!"

"Yeah…but no one is as hot as I am"

That last sentence earned him a hard smack on his arm.

"If you keep this up Broody, I think I might reconsider the whole being nice to each other thing!"

"No…no…ok, I'll help…I'll try…if you help as well that is" He said smiling.

"Sure…what did you tell Nate about me?" She asked intrigued.

"Luckily, I didn't give as many details. We are just looking for a new girl in school…no color preferences"

"A hot new girl, right?" She corrected kinking her eyebrow at him.

"Did I say that?" He asked playfully.

"Broodyyy!" Brooke whined.

"Fine, fine…you could say a hot new girl" He paused "an amazingly beautiful new girl" He concluded staring into her sparkling eyes.

"Lucas…" Brooke whispered quietly feeling her breath catch in her throat.

"Sorry" He said averting his eyes.

"So…anyone in mind?" Brooke said after a while with a casual tone again.

"What?"

"Any of your team mates that would do for the job?" She explained. "Oh, and they have to not know Peyton that well either, I wouldn't want them to give it away"

"Not someone both of you wouldn't know…Maybe I should think of some of the younger guys…they don't play much of course but they might do"

"I could always say he lied…maybe that would be better." Brooke shrugged.

"And after we find them, a broody and a cheery ...what are we supposed to do with them?" He asked her looking puzzled.

"What do you mean, what are we supposed to do with them? We are going to show them to the others, from a safe distance preferably"

"That's it?"

"It would be good if Peyton actually saw me talking to him, but I think that won't be difficult"

"And she's going to be satisfied with that? She won't ask you to introduce him to her?"

"She might…but it was just a guy I hardly talked with…I don't think she will insist. You can do the same for Nathan" Brooke said biting her lip nervously. She had thought of what she would say to Peyton again and decided to use Nathan as an excuse this time around and say that she was no longer interested in any broodies! She would just hope that Peyton would buy it.

"And won't she wonder why you lost interest in him this fast?"

"I never said I was interested in you...him!" Brooke objected.

Lucas looked at her with meaning.

"Fine! I will just say I hadn't figured out what a jerk he was when I met him at first...but luckily I realized it soon enough! Not far from the truth now! Satisfied?" She almost yelled at him with fire in her eyes.

Lucas gulped and nodded his head sadly. Brooke sighed and turned her head away from him. He was afraid he had ruined the whole being nice to each other effort and tried desperately of thinking something that would take them back to where they were minutes before. Teasing her seemed like a good idea.

"Hm…hey…there is a new girl" He suddenly said training his eyes on a rather chubby looking girl in the distance.

"Where?" Brooke asked not very interested but still scanning the people around them.

"Her, over there" Lucas said trying to point discretely by tilting his head that way.

"The one with the blue shirt?" Brooke asked shocked, forgetting the fight that had been about to erupt.

"Yeap. I think she could pass off as Cheery" He replied looking amused and feeling relieved this was actually working.

"Lucas! She is fat!" Brooke protested.

"She's isn't that fat"

"She is nothing like me!"

"I still think she would make a good Cheery" He said with certainty.

"Are you saying that me and her are alike? Are you calling me fat, Broody?!"

"I wouldn't dream of it" He said teasingly.

"Ha!…How about him?" Brooke said pointing towards a guy she had just spotted ready to retaliate.

"Who…?" Lucas said searching towards the direction she was pointing.

"That one! He has a nice body…is he in your team?"

"No that's…heyyy that guy has pimples!" Lucas said indignantly.

"So?" Brooke asked innocently.

"So? You think Peyton is going to believe you fell for that guy?"

"What?!" Brooke screamed.

"What?" He repeated confused.

"What did you just say Lucas?!"

"What did I say?" He asked again trying to figure out why she was suddenly looking so pissed off again!

"You said I fell for…I didn't! Why would you say something like that?"

"I didn't. I…it was just an expression. I meant…" Shit! How did that came out anyway?

"Hm…just watch out, Broody" Brooke said shooting him a glare.

"I am!" He exclaimed frustrated.

"What's that supposed to mean again?" She asked with a scowl.

"It means you certainly know how to keep me on my toes, Cheery" He said exhaling heavily.

Brooke kept staring at him in question.

"I'm afraid that if I say the wrong thing…or you get what I say wrong…you might…" He trailed off.

"I don't bite!" She protested with a pout.

"Yeah…don't know about that…yet" He chuckled "but you can certainly hit hard. Really for a girl? Whoaaa" He said rubbing his arm.

"Are you afraid of me Broody?" Brooke asked teasingly.

"Honestly…I don't know what to expect from you. Take this for example. I never thought after the way we left things on Saturday that we would be here now talking and laughing…and not…well you know…yelling at each other!"

"Don't get too used to it." She said with a smirk.

"Nah…I know it's just a momentarily lapse"

"Well…if you're good, it may last…"

"See…keeping me on my toes…" Lucas said shaking his head with a laugh.

"Is that a good thing or a bad thing?" Brooke asked looking rather confused.

"Until I met you, I would have answered that it was a bad thing for sure…"

"At least you're not bored with me!" She pouted.

"Bored? I don't think anyone could be bored around you, Brooke Davis"

"Why thank you, Lucas Scott…" Brooke said beaming at him.

Across the school yard sitting at a picnic table a dark haired well-built latino guy was observing Brooke and Lucas who were talking and laughing with each other.

"Who's that?" He asked the girl that was sitting with him at the table reading a book pointing with his eyes towards them

"Who?" She asked raising her head from her book.

"That girl, the one sitting with Scott" He explained.

The girl spotted the pair and started explaining.

"Uh…that must be Brooke Davis"

"Who?"

"She's Peyton's friend, she used to live here but moved away before we came and now she's back for senior year"

"Mhmmm" He said licking his lips.

"I don't wanna hear it, Felix" The girl said turning her attention back to her book.

"What? I didn't say anything" He shrugged innocently.

"I know that look" She said tiredly.

"Well…she is one fine piece of ass" He said devouring Brooke with his eyes.

"Do you think you could not talk this way in front of your kid sister?" Anna, who was the girl sitting with him, said disgusted.

"Sorry, sis. So what's the deal? What's up with her and Scott?" He asked looking very interested.

"You're right something is up with her and Scott but not that Scott"

"What do you mean?" He asked again.

"I mean Luke is Peyton's boyfriend and she's her friend…so they're just hanging out I guess"

"I say he's interested in much more than hanging out with her" Felix objected with a smirk.

"Just because you're an ass that doesn't mean Lucas is as well"

"Oh sis, when are you gonna get over your crush on that jerk?"

"I am over him!" Anna protested.

"Ha…just like he's not into her" Felix said with sarcasm.

"I'm outa of here" she said closing her book with a loud thud and getting up from her seat.

"Wait…Anna" He stopped her.

"What?" she asked still annoyed.

"What did you mean about something is up but not with that Scott?"

"Rumor has it, Nathan is into her. I heard they had a date in the weekend and today Nathan just about threatened some guys in the hall because they were merely looking at her" Anna shrugged.

"Is that so?" Felix said looking at Lucas and Brooke suspiciously once again.

"Yeah…Rachel is being a total pain today, constantly bitching about that Brooke and Nathan"

"Well…I think I should meet with this Brooke really soon"

"Felix, Peyton and her gang hate you. There is no way you stand a chance with her. Not to mention that she's apparently got her eyes set on Nathan"

"We will see about that kiddo, we will see" Felix said smirking at his sister and returned his attention to the pair sitting in the distance.