Right so this is chapter 21, I hope you like it. I had this chapter for a while but, I had to sort it out and finish it before I could post it on the site. I know you're going to be, I know you're going to think Brooke is a bitch but, she isn't really. So I hope you like the chapter. So this story is coming to an end soon, I loved writing this story but, stories have to come to an end sometime right. I think there might be another 4 or 5 chapters to go yet or I might change my mind and do another 2 or 3 chapters let's see where it goes hall we???
Brooke walked to her locker at the end of the day, she was meant to go out with Lucas but, she called it off because she needed to think a lot since the conversation she had with Nathan at lunch. Brooke was taking all her books that she needed out of her locker.
"Hey Brookie" Brooke looked up and saw Nathan leaning on the locker next to hers
"Oh hey Nate" Brooke didn't want to smile but she couldn't help it
"Oh so there's the smile I love so much" Nathan commented when Brooke's dimpled smile broke out
"What do you want Nate?" Brooke asked trying to change conversation
"To see you, I wanted to make sure you got the message at lunch time" Nathan responded
"Yeah I get it, you're going to fight for me and you're the guy for me blah blah blah" Nathan laughed a bit dryly
"I meant what I said Brooke, I'm going to get you back and when I do I'm going to make you even happier I promise" Nathan told Brooke
"And why should I believe your promises?" Brooke questioned
"Because I mean it this time and I've changed Brooke. I miss you and I love you so much" Nathan replied, Brooke's eyes sparkled and Nathan just knew he had to get her back
"I'll believe you when I see it Nate and now if you don't mind I need to get home" Brooke shut her locker and walked around Nathan
"Brooke" Nathan shouted out
Brooke turned around and smiled a little when she saw his sky blue eyes looking at her "Yeah Nate"
"Can I walk you to your car please?" Nathan waited for her to show him her answer
Brooke nodded forgetting that Lucas was on his way to walk her to her car "Yeah come on then Natey boy"
Nathan laughed by the way she said that and walked with her to her car. Haley was walking out of the tutor centre when she saw Brooke and Nathan laughing and joking walking towards the entrance.
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Lucas was walking down the hall when he notice Brooke was nowhere in sight, he saw Haley and ran up to her
"Haley, Haley" Lucas bellowed through the school halls
Haley turned around and saw Lucas "Yeah, may I help you?"
"Erm... you haven't seen Brooke by any chance have you?" Lucas asked
"Yeah actually I have, she was walking to the entrance with Nathan. I heard him ask her if he can walk her to her car and she said and I quote 'Yeah come on Natey boy'. Then they walked out" Haley told Lucas
"Oh okay, I guess I'll talk to her later then. Thank you Haley" Lucas looked upset and turned around and walked away.
Lucas was crushed, Brooke is meant to be his girlfriend; she was meant to wait for him and not go off with Nathan. Lucas left the school and headed for his car.
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Brooke was at home thinking about Nathan even thought she knows that it's a bad idea but, she is starting to gain feels for him again. She was looking at all their old pictures, when they were so happy and she couldn't help but feel butterflies in her stomach and she gets a funny feeling when Nathan looks at her. Brooke jumped when someone knocked at the front door. Brooke ran down the stairs and answered it.
"Hello Brooke" Lucas spitefully said
"What's wrong Lucas?" Brooke replied
"Well let me see, 1 you left me at school, 2 you left me and went with Nathan and 3 I was meant to walk you to your car and you let Nathan instead" Brooke got a funny feeling at the sound of Nathan's name
"Well I didn't know I had to be joined by the hip by you Lucas, I didn't know I have to wait ages for your ass to show up late so yeah Nathan walked me to my car big deal Lucas" Brooke defended herself
"I'm your boyfriend Brooke not Nathan, Nathan cheated on you; his jackass and you should hate him" Lucas told Brooke
"What I should be able to do is feel foe myself, what I should be able to do is like who ever and what I should bloody be able to do is like and dislike who ever I bloody well want" Brooke was getting angry
"No Brooke, you are mine and you should know that" Lucas stepped towards Brooke
"I AM NOT YOURS LUKE AND I DON'T CARE WHAT YOU THINK BUT, I LIKE NATHAN AND NOONE IS GOING TO STOP ME, NOT YOU, NOT HALEY, NOONE" Brooke had tears in her eyes from anger, she couldn't believe Lucas and what he was saying
"You like Nathan huh? Maybe you should get back with him huh?" Lucas looked at Brooke and he could see she was going to erupt
"YEAH MAYBE I SHOULD, MAYBE I WILL" Brooke bellowed and slammed the door shut; she was so mad at Lucas that she ran up stairs and called Nathan.
"Hello" Nathan said down the phone "Brooke"
"Hey Nate, I need someone to talk too and you are the only person I can think off" Brooke cried down the phone
"Okay what about Peyton?" Nathan asked
"She's in LA and she won't be back until the summer because she has to deal with something" Brooke told Nathan
"Broke have you been crying?" Nathan questioned
"Yeah I have but, only in anger Natey don't worry" Brooke responded
"Brooke are you okay?" Nathan was worried a little
"Yeah I'm fine I just need to talk to someone" Brooke replied "Can I come over and we can talk"
"Yeah course, I'll see you in a bit" Brooke couldn't believe it she was actually going to talk to the guy who broke her, she didn't know what was going on in her head all she knew is, she has still loves him and can't stop.
"Yeah okay, see you then Natey boy" Brooke smiled and hung up; she grabbed her coat and left for Nathan's house.
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It began to rain heavy and Lucas was at the river court playing basketball, he took out his phone and rang Brooke for the 5th time; all he got was her answer machine. Hey you've reached Brooke; you know what to do; so do it after the beep. Beep. Lucas left her another message and then put his phone back in his pocket 'DAME' Lucas shouted
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It was pouring down with rain and Brooke got out of her car and ran up to the door. Brooke knocked on Nathan's door and waited for I'm to answer; she was soaked all the way through, she knows she shouldn't have run to Nathan but, she didn't know what to do. She misses Nathan and Nathan misses her; she was debating it at first but, something told her to ring him and she couldn't control it, so she did and here she is at Nathan's house waiting for him to answer the door. Then the door opened and Nathan was standing there.
"OMG Brooke, your soaking wet. Come in let me get you a towel" Brooke walked inside the house and waited for Nathan to come back with the towel. "So what's up? You sounded like you were crying on the phone"
"Erm... well Lucas and I had an argument and well I wanted to talk" Brooke answered
"Why did you call me and not Peyton or someone else?" Nathan asked "Brooke I thought you hate me, I thought you weren't going to talk to me again like you did with the other guy who cheated on you?"
"First of all Nathan it is different with you then it was with the other guy and second of all Peyton is with Jake and I don't know where Lucas is and I don't even care" Brooke answered
"Wait what do you mean it's different with me?" Nathan was a little confused
"Nathan I-I should go, I shouldn't have come" Brooke went o the door and opened it but, got stopped by Nathan
"No you ring me asking to see me, then come to my house after a fight with Lucas, you tell me you want to talk so I let you in; you're soaking wet and I get you a towel, then you tell me I'm different without an explanation and now you're going to leave me wondering" Nathan told Brooke who had tears forming in her eyes
"I shouldn't have come Nathan, your right I done all those things to you just now but, I can't stay here I have to go and sort my head out before I can say the next thing I was thinking okay, I'm sorry Nathan; I'll see you tomorrow at school. Bye Nathan" With saying that Brooke ran out of the house and to her car driving off fast
Nathan watched her leave with a confused look on his face he didn't understand what has just happened. He loves Brooke and he is going to tell her tomorrow at school
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Brooke was driving around thinking about everything that had gone on tonight with Nathan and Lucas. She had a fight about Nathan with Lucas and she confused Nathan all in one night, she was confused herself. Her phone kept bleeping, she looked down at her phone and it showed 10 missed calls from both Nathan and Lucas.
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It was the next day and Brooke woke from the sound of her phone ringing, she rolled over to her bed side cabinet and looked at caller ID scared if it was either Lucas or Nathan but, it wasn't it was Peyton.
"Hello" Brooke sounded tried
"Hey Bessie" Peyton said all joyful
"What's up Peyton, you're all jolly this morning and that is wired since you are never happy in the morning" Brooke sat up in her bed and looked at the time, it was 6:45
"First of all I'm with Jake and second of all we have our first game today since the big crisis with our school and the bear creek warriors a month ago" Peyton was giggling
"Wait on minute are you and Jake doing it while you're on the phone to me?" Brooke laughed
"No just playing" Peyton chuckled
"You so are P Sawyer" Brooke couldn't believe it Peyton was actually having sex while on the to her it was normally the other way round
"Anyway changing back to the subject are you excited about tonight's game?" Peyton asked
"Yeah totally you know I am, it is going to be fun and it's an away game too" Brooke replied
"Yeah so I'll see you at school then okay, bye B Davis" Peyton told Brooke
"Yeah see you at school. Bye P Sawyer" Brooke hung up the phone and buried her head in pillows, she had totally forgotten about tonight's game. 'What am I going to do' Brooke thought to herself
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Lucas woke up early because he wanted to ring Brooke but, when he tried it was engaged. He went to the bathroom to get ready for school.
"Lucas you awake" Karen shouted down the corridor
"Yeah I am mom thanks" Lucas shouted back
Luca got ready for school and went into the kitchen to eat his breakfast before heading out, he felt really guilty about what happened between him and Brooke last night; he said things he didn't mean and now he thinks he might have lost Brooke for it.
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Nathan was up early because he wanted to go to the river court to play some basketball before he had to go to school. He was thinking about last night and what happened between him and Brooke last night, he wanted to know what Brooke meant by him being different and he wanted to tell Brooke something else. He came out of his thoughts when his phone began to ring; he looked at the caller ID and picked up
"Hey"
"Hi"
"So what you doing now?"
"I got up early to go for a run about at the river court I need to think about stuff. What about you?"
"Nothing much just getting for school and all, I have cheer practice today at lunch you know before the game tonight. You look forward to the game tonight?"
"Yeah we can finally bet the bear creek warriors and get it over with"
"Yeah and we can beat them at their routine, since Brooke is the best captain and all"
"Yeah so I have to go and get ready for school, speak to you later Haley"
"Yeah okay bye Nate"
Nathan was shocked when he got a phone call from her because they haven't talk in ages and then out of the blue she rings him. Nathan got back into his car and drove home to get ready for school.
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Brooke was walking towards her locker, she was trying got avoid Lucas and Nathan because she can't deal with them right now. Brooke opened her locker to get out the books she needs when she saw Lucas walking down the hall towards her. Brooke slammed her locker when she saw Lucas coming. Lucas was running towards her and Brooke walked the other way to get away from him; then she heard him calling her name.
"BROOKE, BROOKE" Lucas barked
Brooke carried on walking pretending she couldn't hear him until he catched up to her and grabbed her by the arm to spin her around so he could talk to her
"Brooke please stop and talk to me" Lucas pleaded
"No I won't not after last night Lucas, now leave me alone" Brooke turned around and saw Nathan at the double doors watching them; she ran passed him and ran to find Peyton.
"Brooke, we need to talk at some point" Lucas shouted after her but, she ignored him and tried to find her best friend Peyton.
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Nathan wanted to talk to Brooke but her decided to do it when the time is right and it wasn't yet because she just had a run in with Lucas and it didn't want her to push him away too so he's going to wait until later. Nathan was walking to English when he saw her again talking to Peyton outside the class room he could see she was upset and angry at the same time. He walked up to her and Peyton and smiled a little
"Hey Brooke, Peyton" Nathan walked pass them and into the classroom; he looked back and saw her smile at him
"Hey Nate" Both girls said at the same
"So what's the deal with you and him the Brookie?" Peyton asked
"Nothing" Brooke replied
"Really then why were you smiling at him even though you're upset because of Lucas?" Peyton knew something was going on and she wanted to know what is was
"Fine okay so I think my love for him has come back and I crave him a lot Peyton, after my fight with Lucas I called him because I needed him and when I got to his house he asked me all these questions and I freaked so I left and now I'm confused and I don't know what to do Peyt, I need you to help me" Brooke confessed
"Okay Brooke, we are going to the game tonight and you have two choices of what to do" Peyton told Brooke
"And they are?" Brooke was confused what Peyton meant
"Well you can either ride the bus with Lucas and the rest of us or you can catch a ride with Nathan like you would of done if you were dating still" Peyton looked at Brooke and saw how the face lit up when she said Nathan's name
"Okay and I have to decide soon because the game is tonight right?" Brooke looked into the classroom and saw Nathan talking to Vegas but, she saw him glance over at her and their eyes met for a few seconds until she looked back at Peyton "I know what I'm going to Peyt, thank you. Love you do you know that?"
"Yeah I know you do and I love you too" Peyton told a smiling Brooke
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It was now lunch time, Nathan was on his way to practice when he saw Brooke come from the bathroom, he ran up to her and tapped her on the shoulder, and she turned around and smiled when she saw Nathan standing behind her.
"Hey you" Brooke smiled
"Hey Brooke, how you doing?" Nathan asked
"Fine now your here" Brooke bit down on her lip and Nathan smirked
"So you on your way to cheer practice?" Nathan questioned Brooke
"Yep, Nathan I need to ask you something about the game tonight" Brooke told Nathan
"Yes I am driving to the game like I do every year and I know you're not going to be in the car with me this year because where not together" Nathan knew Brooke was going to ask him about that
"Actually yes I will be with you in the car to the game if you'll have me" Brooke grinned at Nathan when she saw his shocked face
"W-What I thought but, what about Lucas. You're dating him. What will he say about this when he finds out?" Nathan was astonished
"I don't care what Lucas says or thinks Nathan. It's our tradition and we are going to keep it going okay" Brooke knew Lucas was going to find out but, she didn't care because she would be with Nathan and she was so sure she is still in love with him
"Okay cool. Erm meet me by my car at the end of school and we'll head to the game" Nathan old Brooke
"Okay, so let's go to practice then" Brooke and Nathan headed for the gym
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Brooke and Nathan walked into the gym laughing and joking, no one was expecting them to walk in together or at all because off what happened 8 months ago. Everyone watched them including Lucas, Haley and Peyton. Brooke and Nathan parted separate ways. Brooke went to one side of the gym and Nathan went to the other side.
"So you look happy again B" Peyton whispered to Brooke when she approached her
"Yeah I am thank you, I feel fantastic" Brooke looked over at Nathan and smiled
"Could you be happy because of some brunette head boy who you just happened to walk in the gym with" Peyton asked
"Yeah actually it is, I decided to go to the game with Nathan, so I'll meet you there okay" Brooke told Peyton
"Oh wow, so you too are like dating again?" Peyton looked a little confused and a little happy
"No, it's just our tradition and I don't like braking them" Brooke put the down her bag and got out her pom poms
"Yeah whatever you say Brooke" Peyton laughed
Brooke looked over at the other end of the gym and smiled at Nathan who was looking at her; Lucas could see them looking at each other and he didn't like it because 1 he and Brooke are still dating and 2 he didn't like Nathan
"Okay girls, let begin" Brooke stood up from the bench "Everyone get in a line"
All the girls done as they were told, there was a game after school and Brooke needed to make sure everyone of them knew the routine
"Okay, twirl once, charlotte you do your flip, Haley and Peyton you do high kicks and I get thrown in the hair; then Theresa and Abby turn twice and kick. Okay does everyone know what they're doing?" Brooke asked and instructed at the same time.
"Yeah!!!!" all the girls shouted at the same time
"Okay let's go" Brooke stood in the front and leaded the cheerleaders through the routine
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An hour had gone pass, everyone had done the routine perfectly. Haley and Brooke worked together for the first time in 8 months. There were no fights just practice and Brooke was proud of her team. Brooke took a gulp of her water and stopped the practice
"Okay a girls, that's enough for today. So as you all know we have a game after school today, were playing the bobcats. I hope you are all ready for that since they're hasn't been a game since the big crisis" Brooke announced "Thank you all for coming to practice and I'll see you all in the car park later. You are all free to leave"
Brooke walked over to her bag to put her things away. The coach stopped his practice 5 minutes before Brooke did. Brooke wanted to see Nathan but, she couldn't at the moment since she had to end things with Lucas once and for all.
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Brooke got dressed and left the locker room with Peyton and Abby. She saw Lucas waiting for her at her locker, she was going to turn and walk the other way but, she knew she had to do it at some point.
"Hey Brooke" Lucas smiled when Brooke walked towards him
"Hey" Brooke said quietly
"So Erm you going to sit next to me on the coach then and maybe we can talk about everything" Lucas asked trying to make conversation
"Luke about that the thing is I normally ride with Nathan to the games, it's like our tradition so I told him I would ride with him" Brooke stopped at her locker and opened it
"But, you're my girlfriend not his, he lost you the day he slept with Haley" Lucas was getting a bit frustrated
"I know but, I don't want to brake traditions and plus I need to talk to you about the us thing" Brooke shut her locker and turned to look at Lucas
"Oh really, what's up?" Lucas knew what was coming but, he hoped she wouldn't say it
"Were not really working out, I can't do this anymore and I don't want you to get hurt, so I'm going to break up with you and let you move on without me" Brooke blurted out
"B-But you said you love me" Lucas was getting really angry
"I do, I did but the thing is I'm in love with Nathan and I think I never stopped loving him Lucas. I think I was in love with the idea of you and not actually in love with you" Brooke responded
"So you're dumping me for someone who cheated on you with one of your best friends" Lucas was now angry and Brooke could see his anger in his eyes
"Yeah I am and I am really sorry if I hurt you Luke" Brooke went to touch him but he backed away "I hope we can still be friends"
"Be friends with you never, I hate you Brooke Davis and thank you very much for the heart break, you two deserve each other" Lucas turned around and walked away
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Nathan had the last lesson free; he was bored so he decided to go to the library to do his essay so he had the whole weekend to do whatever. Nathan sat down at the computer and began doing his essay when he heard someone crying behind the bookcase. Nathan stood up and walked towards the crying.
"B-Brooke you okay?" Nathan asked as he saw her crying in the corner
"Do I look okay Nate? Well do I?" Brooke stood up and looked at Nathan
"Sorry I know stupid question. Okay I'll try this instead, what happened?" Nathan questioned
"Lucas and I broke up, actually I broke up with him and now he hates me" Brooke confessed
"Brooke I don't think he hates you and anyway why do you say that?" Nathan wiped a tear from Brooke's eyes
"Because he told me he did Nathan but, I didn't mean to hurt him I really didn't" Brooke cried a little harder
"So why did you break up with him for anyway?" Nathan was curious to know
"Well Erm... I told him I'm in love with you and I have always been in love with you know matter what you have done or what I do I just can't let you go Nathan Royal Scott" Brooke replied "You said you were the guy for me and you said someday I am going to realise it but, did you mean it?"
"I did mean it Brooke, I did" Nathan responded
"I don't know Nathan, how can I be sure you mean it this time? How can I be sure you won't hurt me anymore? How do I know I can trust you?" Brooke questioned
"I can show you all those things; I can show you how much I love you Brooke Penelope Davis" Nathan told Brooke
"And how you going to do that?" Brooke asked
"You'll see" Nathan turn around and went back to his computer, he logged off and left the library
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Lucas was walking down the hall and heading for the library to grab a book. He walked through when Brooke was walking out.
"Hey Luke" Brooke smiled but Lucas just walked pass her "Lucas please don't"
"Don't what Brooke huh? Don't what?" Lucas stopped and turned to face her
"Don't hate me like this. I did like you Lucas and I know I told you I loved you but, you have to understand that this is hard for me too" Brooke responded
"You have broken me Brooke, I have to go sorry" Lucas turned and walked into the library leaving Brooke standing at the door with tears sliding down her face
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It was the end of school and the basketball and cheerleading team were leaving in half hour for the game, everyone was rushing out of class. Brooke was looking for Nathan but, she couldn't find him then the screen above the door switched on and Nathan appeared on the screen, everyone stopped to hear what he had to say. Brooke saw Haley in one corner, Peyton just walking in and Lucas just coming out of the library.
"Hi fellow students, I have an announcement to make. You see there's this girl in my life that I can't get over and who means the world to me even thou I hurt her, she is beautiful, she has the most gorgeous sparkly brown eyes, she is head of the cheerleaders and she was once my girlfriend" everyone turned around and looked at Brooke, Brooke saw Lucas glare at her then turned back to the screen "I love this girl and as you all know she is Brooke Penelope Davis. I hurt her once and I wouldn't do it again because I realised I lost her to Lucas Scott and it pained me to see them happy and then I understood what I lost, now that they have broken up I would love to have a second chance with you Brooke. I won't hurt you again, I won't cheat again and most importantly I will not take no for an answer, I love you Brooke. I'm the guy for you Brooke Davis and now you know how I feel, it's all up to you" Nathan smiled hoping Brooke saw the whole speech "If you are watching this Brooke, I love you with all my heart and I don't want to lose you again, will you do me the honour and become my girlfriend again?" With saying that the screen turned black and Nathan was gone. Nathan walked out of the class room and smiled at Brooke who had tears running down her face again "Well?"
"Yes Nathan Royal Scott I will be your girlfriend again" Nathan pulled Brooke's face up and kissed her lightly on the lips everyone in the corridor cheered including Peyton. Brooke saw Haley looking and then she turned and saw Lucas who glared once more before leaving "I'll be back Nate" Brooke ran after Lucas, she needed to talk to him and apologise once more
"Lucas stop, Lucas please just listen to me" Brooke ran up to him and stopped him
"Brooke what do you want?" Lucas was angry
"I wanted to apologise again and say I'm sorry for everything" Brooke looked at him and she could see what she had done to him and she was now feeling the guilt
"Well apology not accepted Brooke now will you leave me alone, I don't want to talk to you. I love you Brooke but, you pick a cheating bastard instead of me. I could have made you happy Brooke" Lucas started walking again
"I know you love me Lucas but, I love Nathan and I can't stop loving him not matter how much I would try. I can't help but feel like this for him Lucas" Brooke told him as he walked away "Were you going, the coach isn't here yet" Brooke shouted
"I'm driving there, nice speech Nathan gave huh? You two deserve each other, your both heart breakers and you both ruin people's lives. I hope you two are very happy together" Lucas walked to his car and sat there until it was time to leave while Brooke went back to her now boyfriend Nathan.
So the story is coming to an end soon and I don't know if I am going to do a squeal yet. In the next chapter it will be the game and you will see Lucas lose it to Nathan because he got Brooke and Lucas didn't also Peyton and Jake will be in it and so will Haley, plus Nathan tells Brooke something and she has to debate whether or not she will do it