Chapter 21- You're Gonna Love Me
The next couple of weeks went by surprisingly fast. What was even more of a surprise was that Brooke and Lucas had actually stayed in their respective states. They had been getting along really well ever since their little fight. They made sure that they communicated, so that they didn't have anymore stupid little fights. Nathan stayed busy with work, as usual. Haley's baby bump was growing, and beginning to peek out a little, which made Brooke very excited. Tanner was talking even more, and still getting into lots of trouble. Jake made sure to stay in contact with all of his friends, seeing as Peyton wouldn't talk to Brooke or Lucas. Jenny was excited for school to almost be out, and Brynlee was starting to talk more every day, even if you couldn't understand her the whole time.
Brooke was sitting in her office, finishing off the minor details for the fashion show coming up. It was for the summer line of Clothes Over Bro's, which was her teen line. She had started it up in High School, and she had faithfully kept it going. It was nice because it was more affordable, and she liked designing clothes for young girls. This line of clothing always made her think of her High School years. She couldn't lie; High School treated her very well. She was class president, cheer captain, hung out with the popular crowd, was dating the hottest guy in school, and always went to the best parties. It was when High School was over that things in Brooke Davis' life got complicated. Thinking of that always made her think of one day in particular that turned her perfect life upside down.
Flashback
It was a Saturday and Brooke and Peyton were shopping. Brooke and Lucas had gotten into an argument a couple of nights ago and she hadn't talked to him since. The best way for Brooke to get over a fight was a little retail therapy, and Peyton was more than happy to help Brooke feel better, even if it did mean shopping for hours on end.
"That was just the stupidest fight ever; Lucas just needs to stop nagging. He acts like I am some little puppy that is just going to follow him around and I'm not" Brooke said, as she flipped through some shirts on a rack. Peyton was following behind her, taking the ugly clothing that Brooke kept grabbing out of her hands and putting them back on the rack.
"What was it about anyways Brooke, you haven't even told me" Peyton sighed, following Brooke over to a table where there were halter tops in every color imaginable.
"It was just dumb. We were hanging out at his house, and he was looking through the pictures on my camera. I should've deleted some of the pictures from when I visited my stupid parents in California but I didn't even think about it…ooo I like this one!" Brooke squealed, picking up a cream colored halter top with beading around the neck. It was funny how she could be totally engrossed in a story, but seeing a cute top could just take her right out of it.
"So he was looking through your camera and…" Peyton said, waiting for Brooke to continue with the story.
"Well he found these pictures of me and these guys on the beach. I mean they were totally innocent pictures; they were my parent's friend's sons. We were all just sitting around a bon fire no big deal. But Lucas has to make everything a big deal. So he started freaking out about the guys, and I told him I just hung out with them that they were just friends, I mean my parents were there. So he was getting all butt-hurt about it and said that I shouldn't have went to California to begin with and that I wouldn't like it if he was just hanging out with random girls. So I yelled at him and told him that I wasn't going to stop having a life because of his insecurities and I left. He was the one that got mad at me first though" Brooke pointed out, grabbing a pair of denim gaucho Capri's from a shelf along the wall.
"Yeah, that is really stupid. You guy's and your fights" Peyton laughed, shaking her head. Brooke knew how to push Lucas' buttons, and Peyton knew that he would be upset about those pictures, and then Brooke had to go and tell him he was insecure…that definitely wasn't gonna help.
"So these pants and this shirt would look really cute with some wedges!" Brooke exclaimed, holding up the Capri's and halter top, totally ignoring Peyton's last comment.
"Yeah I like it. So have you talked to Lucas yet?" Peyton asked, she hoped Brooke was at least talking to him not making him feel worse by giving him the 'Brooke Davis Silent Treatment'.
"Well he tried to call me last night, I didn't answer though. He left a voicemail saying sorry and then something about some party at Nate's beach house though. I shoulda just went for the free alcohol" Brooke shrugged, walking up to the cash register to pay for her clothes, grabbing some cute brown bracelets on the way.
"
Just as Peyton and Brooke walked out of the store, some girl that was walking in smiled at Brooke, not a nice smile though. Brooke just wrinkled her face, and then the girl ran straight into her.
"Excuse me" Brooke said, turning around, her perfect brunette curls flipping behind her as she placed her hands on her hips. She hated girls like this, the tall skinny plastic type, always out to cause trouble. That was Brooke's job.
"Sorry" the girl said in a bitchy tone, "Oh wait, you are Brooke Davis." The girl smiled, acting as if something had just clicked in her head.
"Yeah…" Brooke said, starting to walk away until the girl stopped her.
"Just wanted to tell you that your boyfriend is great in bed, and that beach house, ya know his brother's beach house. It's gorgeous" the girl smirked then continued walking.
"What the hell" Peyton said, obviously pissed off that the girl would say something so absurd. She walked up to the girl and pushed her from behind.
"Look blondie, you shouldn't be taking this out on me, she should be taking it out on Lucas" the girl smiled, pointing at Brooke who was clearly in shock.
"Come on Peyt, let's go. This skank isn't worth our time" Brooke said as she hurried out of the mall, closely followed by Peyton.
Brooke was confused, for some reason she believed that girl wasn't lying and it scared the hell out of her. She decided to drop Peyton off, even though Peyton really didn't want to leave her alone. She needed to go think and then confront her boyfriend. This was the last thing she needed. And looking up at the grey sky, damn was it gonna rain tonight.
End Flashback
She could still remember everything about that day. Most of the times she wished she could forget it. Luckily those days were over now, and she had even found her way back to Lucas, her high school sweetheart. It was just too bad that those days still came back to haunt her.
Lucas was sitting in his office, writing a new article. He was writing about sports legends, one of his favorite articles yet. He was having a hard time finishing up the article though because Ryan kept interrupting him. And when Ryan wasn't interrupting him, his mom was calling him. When his mom wasn't calling him he was thinking about Brooke. He was thinking about things he and Brooke could do together, and thinking of old memories with Brooke. For some reason, one memory kept popping back into his mind, and he didn't like it.
Flashback
Patty Sue was a small town beauty
Lucas had woken up with one of the worst hangover's he had ever had. Luckily his mom was out of town, or else he would be a dead man walking. He had spent most of the day lying in bed, wishing that he could forget about the night before. He had gone to a party at Nathan's beach house; Brooke hadn't been talking to him since their little fight so he went alone. He was still pretty upset about their fight so drinking seemed like the right thing to do. Somehow he had ended up with some girl, some random girl that didn't even go to Tree Hill High. He recognized her though from some cheerleading competition he had been to for Brooke. She was from another school, but he was too drunk to even remember which one. She was okay looking, and at first he just talked to her. He had been brooding to her all night, complaining to her about Brooke. She even acted like she cared and understood. But one drink led to another and before he knew it they ended up in an empty bedroom. After that everything went blank. But when he woke up early with no clothes on, it became pretty obvious to him what happened. He knew it was unforgivable.
I took one look at her and had to pull her to me
Lucas had grown up with Brooke. When they first started elementary school, she showed him around. She helped him to not be scared. But by the time Brooke was in third grade, she didn't play with him anymore. She said it was because her Daddy told her that he didn't have any money or even a Daddy that loved him. All through Jr. High, he hated Brooke. She did everything in her power to make people's lives miserable. The worst part was, he was always attracted to her. Then high school came, he joined the basketball team, and Brooke noticed him again. He was hesitant to get to know her at first, but once he did he fell in love with her. She wasn't the girl he hated all through Jr. High, she was the girl he first met, and she had a good heart. He then decided that he would do anything to make her his. And that's exactly what he did.
Lord knows she should've seen right through me
When I promised her the world
They dated all through High School. Sure they broke up a few times, the first being after he got in the car accident with his Uncle Keith. Their breakups didn't last long though, before long they were making up, she said that she liked breaking up just so they could make up. He would just laugh. Brooke had always had a fear of commitment, but she had fallen in love with Lucas and commitment wasn't scary anymore. She figured that they would graduate high school, and Lucas would become a very wealthy writer. After he was rich she would marry him, for his money of course. They would live in a big house and drive nice cars. Lucas would buy their own private island and they would be in love forever. Lucas told Brooke he would give her anything she wanted, but he wouldn't mind settling for a small house, a small wedding, not so much money, 2 kids, and a dog as long as it was with her. She always shrugged it off, but he could tell by the way her eyes shined that she wanted nothing more. Lucas was the nice guy, everyone said he was way too nice for slutty Brooke. She was just gonna hurt him. But they made it through all of that ridicule and High School. But then he screwed it up in one drunken night. He knew now that he just ruined both of their high school dreams, now he just had to tell Brooke, which he was dreading because he loved her. He loved her with everything in him. He was nothing with out her, as dumb as that sounded.
But at 17, you only want one thing
For such a small town, people almost always married their high school sweet hearts, Lucas figured he and Brooke would just be another, along with success stories like Nathan and Haley, even Peyton and Jake had found their way back to each other. But there was more drama in Tree Hill then any large city that Lucas had ever heard of. All you had to do was look at his family to know that. It was his last name that had cursed him. Just then he heard a very loud banging on the door, interrupting him from his brooding and thinking. At first he thought it just might be the thunder outside, after all it was storming, rain pounding on the window and everything. When the pounding didn't stop on the door, he slowly made his way over to it, holding on to his pounding head.
"Is it true Lucas" Brooke yelled once he opened the door. He knew from looking at her that she found out. She was soaking wet, she most likely walked over there. Even though she was wet, he could see the tears running down her face. She looked so hurt, so broken. And he just wanted to crawl into a hole and die, knowing that he had done that to her.
Lucas did the only thing he could think of, he pulled her into a hug. But as fast as he pulled her into it, she pushed him away. Hitting his chest with her fists. He knew he deserved it.
"WHY!" she screamed as she hit him over and over again. She then turned, and walked away. Lucas of course followed her.
"Brooke I'm sorry" Lucas yelled, walking out into the pouring rain. Following Brooke down the dark, cold street.
I left her standin' with my high school ring
"You know what the worst part is Lucas" Brooke yelled, stopping in the middle of the road to turn around and look at him, "I heard it from that whore. Not even from you."
With that she started sobbing again, turned around and continued walking.
"Brooke, it was a mistake. A stupid mistake. I love you" He said, his voice getting quieter with every word.
Brooke then stopped walking, and put her hands up to her face. She slowly fell down to the ground and just sat there in the rain, crying.
Innocent tears in a pourin' rain
"I loved you Lucas, I gave you everything" She cried, Lucas tried to rest his hand on her arm, but she immediately pushed it away, "DON'T touch me."
"Brooke, I didn't mean it. I was drunk! I was drunk Brooke!" Lucas screamed. He didn't like screaming at her, but the rain was pounding on the ground so hard, screaming was the only option.
"Lucas, you had sex with her, being drunk does not make that okay" Brooke sobbed, looking up into Lucas' deep blue eyes. She couldn't understand why he did this to her. She actually trusted him; she was stupid enough to trust him. She made a mental note right there that even the nice guys are asses and not to trust anyone.
"I was just upset, we had that fight and then you wouldn't talk to me-"
"Don't even bring that fight into this, that does not make it ok Lucas. Now just leave. Get away from me. I'll be by with you're stuff later" Brooke cried, pulling her knees up to her chest. She rested her head on her knees, and cried. Lucas just stood there, his mouth partly open like he was going to say something, but honestly she wasn't in the mood for anymore excuses. He wasn't leaving, and that was making her madder than anything.
As I walked away
"LEAVE Lucas, just go" She cried, even more. He couldn't believe he did this to her, the girl he loved. The girl he was supposed to spend the rest of his life with. He didn't even know that other girls name. He knew it would be best to just follow her wishes and leave; he didn't deserve to be around her anymore anyways. So that's what he did. He left, walking back to his house. Tears started to fall down his cheeks, leaving the broken girl in the middle of the road in the pouring rain. He loved her with all his heart, and now he would have nothing to do with her.
And I still see her in my dreams
The only place that he knew he would be able to keep her was in his dreams. So that's what he did for the next few nights. He cried, slept and dreamt. It was the only place he could be with Brooke.
End Flashback
After that night, Lucas never thought he would see the day that he and Brooke were back together. Sure he would dream about it, but he never actually believed it would come true. He didn't exactly know what he did to deserve a second chance, but he did know one thing, he wasn't going to ruin it again. This time he wasn't going to mess up.
Lucas pulled open the drawer to his desk, and inside he pulled out a framed picture of him and Brooke. It was a picture of them that he had from High School. He always kept it on his dresser, until the big break up. Then he kept it in the dresser drawer. He ran his finger across the picture then turned the frame over and opened up the back. He pulled out a small note card. Brooke had left it in his mailbox the day that she had moved to California just weeks after their breakup. He read the lyrics on the back of the card that was written in Brooke's perfect curvy handwriting:
"One of these days you're gonna love me
You'll sit down by yourself and think
About the time you turned from me
And what good friends we might've been
And then you're gonna sigh a little
And maybe even cry a little but
One of these days you're gonna love me –Tim Mcgraw"
When he had found the card that day, it hurt. Brooke thought that he didn't even love her. He knew he had hurt her, but reading that he realized that he more than just hurt her. He made her question his love for her. Lucas never stopped loving her, ever, and he would look at the note card every once in while, not to remind himself to love her, but to remind himself how badly he screwed up. He promised himself that he would never hurt her enough to make her question his love for her again. More than that, that he wouldn't hurt her again. Now was his chance to prove both of those things. He loved Brooke Davis with everything in him, and there was nothing that was going to change that.
"What are you lookin' at?" Ryan asked, walking into Lucas' office.
"Nothing" Lucas said, as he hurried and placed the backing on the frame and put it back into his desk.
A/N: Alright there ya go! So I hope you liked it! I decided to go full force with the flashbacks in this chapter haha! I'm gonna start working on the next chapter right now, I don't have it written yet, soooo you're reviews will be very helpful! Thank you to everyone who is reviewing! Seriously I love them! Anyways, Review, and I'll post the next chapter (after it is written of course)!