One Last Kiss
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Lucas stood outside of Brooke's calculus class nervously. She was in there now finishing off her exam and he just hoped that she had done well in it, she had been studying hard this past week and she really deserved to pass and she certainly deserved to lead her cheer squad to state.
He still couldn't get what he saw at the River Court last night out of his mind and his suspicions were raised even higher after Brooke told him about her parent's decision to recommit their marriage, something wasn't right…yet he just couldn't piece things together, nothing was making any sense and he still hadn't had the chance to talk to Nathan about what he saw.
He was interrupted from his thoughts when Brooke walked quickly out of the classroom and practically jumped into his arms. He smiled as he noticed that she wasn't wearing a Clean Teen shirt today. "How did you do?" he asked anxiously.
Brooke shrugged with a small smile "I think it went okay actually" she grinned "So hopefully I managed to pass"
"I'm sure you have" Lucas grinned and leant down and kissed her softly on the lips "And I notice you are no longer wearing that damn sweatshirt"
Brooke giggled and nodded her head, wrapping her arms around her boyfriend while doing so "Yeah, I spoke to Shelly this morning and I officially quit. She didn't take it that well actually but I told her that my boyfriend had needs and that he gets frustrated when he is not satisfied" she smirked.
Lucas's eyes widened and his face flushed with embarrassment "You did not tell her that? Did you?" he asked in disbelief but also with worry.
Brooke laughed at her boyfriend's face but immediately shook her head "No of course I didn't!" she giggled.
"Good" Lucas smiled and took her hand in his before the two walked through the halls "So…where's Nathan this morning?"
Brooke sighed loudly and shook her head "I don't know, he came home late last night and left Jessica with your parents so I have no idea where he is this morning, he is really not happy about the whole recommitment ceremony or whatever it's called" she muttered.
"Yeah…" Lucas trailed "That's a bit out of the blue isn't it?"
"I know" Brooke sighed "I don't know what the hell is going on anymore but from now on I am just going to stay out of it, I have had enough family drama these past few years to last me a life time"
"What about your Uncle David?" Lucas asked curiously trying to gather as much information as possible.
Brooke's head immediately snapped towards him "What about him?" she asked defensively and Lucas was surprised at her tone of voice.
"Nothing…" Lucas told her suspiciously "I was just wondering where he comes into all of this"
"He doesn't come into it at all" Brooke replied sharply "He has nothing to do with anything!"
"Okay...okay" Lucas replied confused "I was just asking Pretty Girl, no need to bite my head off"
"I know" Brooke sighed and turned to face him "I'm sorry"
"Its okay" Lucas gave her a small smile and leant down before lightly brushing his lips against hers "I have to get to class though, I'm already late, so see you at lunch?" he asked.
"Yeah" Brooke answered and gave him one last quick kiss before she watched him jog down the halls avoiding all the other students on his way.
David walked casually into Dan's dealership and walked straight into his brother's office without even knocking. "Morning Daniel" David smirked as he walked towards his desk and sat on one of the seats opposite him.
Dan looked at David in shock that he would just waltz right in the way he did "What are you doing here?" he asked in an icy tone.
David shrugged and looked around the office with his eyes "I just wanted to see how my big bro was doing, nothing wrong with that, right?"
Dan glared at him "What do you want, David? I don't have time to play your stupid little games"
"No games Danny, just a friendly chat" David told him with a smug smile and casually stretched his arms up in the air before placing them behind his neck and leaning back against his chair. "I hear you and that wife of yours are renewing your wedding wows"
Dan raised his eyebrow suspiciously "How did you know that?" he asked.
David shrugged and let out a small chuckle "I know everything" he told him holding a firm gaze with his brother.
Dan held his gaze wondering what that comment meant, what the hell did he know? Was he just bluffing, but before he had the chance to question him David stood up and walked towards the door.
"It's been nice talking to you bro" he smirked before leaving a baffled Dan behind.
Brooke nervously stood as she watched the other students in her class read their results for their calculus exam on the notice board. She was desperate to see if she had passed or not yet for some reason she couldn't find the strength to walk over and find out.
She smiled slightly when she saw Rachel walk towards her after finding out her own "Hey slut" she smirked as she got closer "You had a look yet?"
Brooke shook her head no and turned to face Rachel properly "So, what did you get?"
"A B" Rachel shrugged like it was no big deal, Brooke wished she could do that "I could have done better…could have done worse" she told her carelessly before straightening up "You aren't going to look?"
"I want to" Brooke sighed "But I'm pretty scared to find out" the brunette confessed.
"Don't be scared" Rachel urged "Just go look and stop acting like a pussy"
"Gee thanks" Brooke muttered sarcastically before she started walking slowly towards the notice board.
"Oh for heaven's sake, Brooke!" Rachel called after her "Talk about the slow walking for dramatic effect! This ain't the freakin movies!"
Brooke turned around and glared at her before giving her best friend the finger and walked the rest of the distance. She sighed loudly and pushed past the small crowd to get to the front and scanned her eyes down the page before coming across her name. Her nervous expression soon turned into a huge grin "I got a C!" she squealed excitedly to nobody in particular causing a few of her classmates to look at her strangely. Brooke shrugged not caring about what they thought. She got a C, which meant she could still be head cheerleader and lead her team to the state championships! Well, that's if the basketball team actually make it there first.
"Well?" Nathan asked impatiently as he met David at the River Court.
"I went to his office" David told him "Checked the place out a little…you know about his small safe placed behind his desk?" he asked and Nathan nodded. "Well I think that if you can figure out the combination then whatever he is hiding will be in there"
"Nah" Nathan said shaking his head "I want something deeper than his dodgy dealings, David."
"And I will get more…when you fight"
"I told you that I would! I just need to wait a couple of weeks!" Nathan argued.
"Why?" David asked annoyed "This shouldn't be on your terms, Nathan. I have a lot of people on my back about this!"
"I know that!" Nathan grunted in frustration "But I can't fight when I have some important basketball games coming up…I'm sorry but that's the only way. Besides, how do I even know that you will keep your side of the deal?"
David sighed and shook his head not in the mood to argue with his nephew "I'm not going through this again, Nathan. When you decide to grow up a little give me a call and I will carry on finding dirt on Dan. You however, keep your eyes and ears open about your next fight…because like I said before, it's not on your terms…hell they aren't even on mine!" David warned before walking towards his car leaving Nathan wondering what he meant by that.
"Go Ravens! Go!" Brooke shouted during the game that night "Go Lucas!" she smirked and Lucas ran backwards and winked at her.
"He is totally undressing you with his eyes" Rachel laughed as she leaned towards Brooke and nudged her side playfully.
Brooke smirked and shrugged "I'm certainly not complaining" she giggled "Go Lucas! Go Nathan!" she shouted still waving her pom poms up and down.
"What's up with Nathan anyway?" Rachel asked trying to hide her interest "Go Ravens!"
Brooke raised her eyebrow in suspicions and glanced at Rachel from the side "Why do you want to know?"
Rachel rolled her eyes "He's just not playing his best tonight, his mind doesn't seem into the game"
"Come on Lucas!" Brooke shouted and smiled as Lucas made another three pointer "Maybe he is thinking about you" she shrugged looking at Rachel.
Rachel shook her head "If that was so then why has he been avoiding me ever since he came back to school? Hell, even back to Tree Hill"
"Well why don't you ask him" Brooke urged.
"No" Rachel muttered and Brooke turned her eyes on her brother who was getting shouted at by Whitey for not making enough effort, Rachel was right…something was definitely on his mind.
"Go Ravens!"
"Come on!" Brooke giggled as she practically had to drag Lucas out of her car.
"Pretty Girl, where the hell are you taking me?" Lucas asked amused as his eyes were blind folded so he couldn't see a thing.
"Just wait" Brooke smirked before leaning up and kissing him softly on the lips. Lucas kissed her back deeply before slipping his tongue inside of her mouth. Brooke lifted her hands up and ran her fingers through his hair and groaned as Lucas's hands made their way up her shirt. However snapping back to reality Brooke slowly pulled away much to Lucas's frustration. "We can save that for later" she grinned.
"Ugh fine, but only if we have to" Lucas grunted. "Now are you going to tell me where you are?" he asked curiously.
"In a minute" Brooke laughed at his lack of patience, and she thought she was bad.
"Is this the part where you kill me?" Lucas asked with a nervous laugh as he noticed he stepped on a twig "I'm guessing we are in some sort of designated area, which means not many people should be about" he smirked getting idea's of his own in his head.
Brooke laughed lightly and tapped his chest "Don't get too ahead of yourself" she smirked and pecked his lips quickly before finally removing his blindfold.
Lucas looked around surprised, they were at the River Court but there was a blanket placed on the grass right by the river and there were a couple of candles lit on the rocks, he noticed a picnic basket and another blanket placed on top of it and also a bottle of wine. He smiled as he turned to face his girlfriend who was standing beside him with a nervous smile on her face.
"Well?" Brooke asked hesitantly as she chewed on her bottom lip "What do you think?"
Lucas smirked and kissed Brooke softly before pulling away and looking back towards where the blanket was placed "I think this is amazing and you are amazing" he smirked and kissed her again.
Brooke smiled as she pulled away "You aren't too bad yourself, boyfriend" she grinned before taking his hand in hers and leading her towards the picnic she had set up.
Nathan stood at the back of Tim's house during the after-game party, his eyes glued to the clock on his cell phone as he nervously tapped his foot.
"Whatcha doing?" Rachel asked coming up behind him and Nathan nearly jumped out of his skin.
"Jesus Rachel" Nathan muttered annoyed "You shouldn't sneak up on people like that"
Rachel rolled her eyes "Whatever hotshot, so I just thought I would come over and congratulate you on winning the game, although…as a fan of the Raven's, I have to say that you weren't on your best form tonight"
"Well thank you" Nathan bit back coldly and sarcasm dripping from his voice.
"Okay, seriously Nathan…what the hell is your problem?" Rachel asked annoyed, all she wanted to do was talk to him and cheer him up but Nathan obviously wasn't in the mood for conversation.
"Nothing" Nathan hissed "I just don't know why you're here, we broke up, remember? You left"
"I know that" Rachel sighed and looked down for a moment before looking back up "But I still care about you, Nate. I just want us to be friends"
"Yeah well maybe I don't want to be yours" Nathan spat coldly before walking away leaving a shocked Rachel behind.
Nathan stormed out of Tim's house and straight towards his car. "Nathan"
Nathan grunted and turned around ready to shout at whatever idiot wanted to talk to him now but his anger fell when he saw Haley walking up behind him. "Hey" he said with a small smile as he tried to fight back the anger that was still left inside of him.
"You leaving already?" Haley asked curiously "The party has only just started"
"Yeah I know" Nathan answered with a sigh as he looked down at his cell phone for a moment before turning his attention back on Haley "But I have something that I've got to do"
"Anything you need help with?" Haley asked smiling.
"Nah" Nathan smiled back and shook his head "I've got this one, thanks"
"Okay…well…remember what I said before, if you ever want that coffee, you know where to find me"
"I know" Nathan smiled "I will see you around, Haley James"
Haley smiled back and took a couple steps back before turning around and walking back towards the party.
"I love you, Brooke, you know that?" Lucas whispered against Brooke's neck where he began to trail light kisses.
"I know" Brooke's muffled voice let out before bringing Lucas's lips back against hers and Lucas pushed her down onto the blanket so he was lying on top of her. "And I love you too" she muttered against his lips and let her hands fall to the hem of his t-shirt before slowly bringing it over his head.
Lucas smiled and let his hands slip under Brooke's tank top and his fingers lazily grazed up and down her sides.
"Lucas" Brooke moaned against his lips as he felt his fingers trail over her breasts "Are we gonna do this here?" she got out in between breaths when she remembered that they were still at the River Court, the very public court…but then she realized that it wasn't like they hadn't done this before, besides, the thrill of getting caught made it more exciting.
"You aren't going anywhere, Pretty Girl" Lucas whispered huskily before kissing her hard on the neck, his hands still roaming freely under Brooke's top. "You are mine"
Brooke's hand trails down Lucas's chest seductively before going lower and lower. Lucas's breath caught in his throat as Brooke slipped her hands under his shorts and over his member under the material of his boxers. "Brooke" he groaned before quickly removing his basketball shorts for her and then pulled her shirt over her head.
It didn't take long for more and more items of clothing to be removed and soon Lucas found himself inside of her for the first time in over a week, relishing the feeling of being connected to her physically again.
Nathan pulled his hood over his head before walking through the dark car park towards Dan's closed dealership. He walked to the door and fumbled with the keys he copied off Dan this morning before letting himself inside. He looked around cautiously and quickly walked towards the alarm and slammed in the code before the whole building erupted into the sound of a siring.
He quickly walked into Dan's office, his torch guiding him and towards the safe behind his desk, he knew that he had told David that this would be a waste of time but that was only because he wanted whatever was inside to be in his hands, not his uncles. He bit his lip as he tried to figure out the combination numbers, he walked to his father's desk and ruffled through some papers to try and find anything but nothing was there. He shined the torch around the room looking for any sort of sign and he smirked when he saw a poster on the wall with numbers painted onto the paintings of cars, he quickly placed the numbers in but the safe still remained locked shut.
"Damn it" Nathan cursed under his breath but a smile soon dawned onto his face "Basketball" he whispered to himself and looked to a photo of Dan in his high school days wearing his basketball jersey, he put the numbers in and then the numbers of his own and soon the safe clicked open. "Score" he smirked and shuffled through the papers that were placed inside. He frowned slightly when he came across a video tape. He pulled it open and saw the date of that was written on, his frown deepened when he realized that this was the day of the school shooting.
He quickly placed the video tape into his backpack before locking the safe and quickly leaving the dealership. He just wanted to know what the hell was on that tape but wondered how he could do that without his father knowing, he only had a DVD player in his bedroom at home and he couldn't watch it in the main room because the chances are Deb or Dan or even Brooke could be around.
Lucas grinned and kissed Brooke's cheek softly as the two sat in the back of her car, Lucas's arms draped protectively around her, his hand rubbing up and down her arm soothingly.
"So…how did we end up here again?" Lucas asked with a smirk.
Brooke looked up at him and grinned "Well…we started off on the picnic blanket, then you wanted to move to the middle of the court and then I got cold and we ended up back in here" she giggled.
"Three different places in one night, aren't I a lucky guy" Lucas chuckled and Brooke winked at him before leaning up and kissing him softly on the lips.
"I missed this" Brooke confessed and leant her head against his shoulder and closed her eyes relishing the moments they had shared moments before.
"Me too" Lucas also admitted "Let's not drift apart like that again, okay?"
"Promise" Brooke whispered and Lucas trailed on his hands through her hair letting his fingers fall between her soft brown locks.
"Thanks Keith" Nathan smiled as he looked towards the video player placed under the Scott's TV in their living room.
"No problem" Keith nodded as he motioned towards the kitchen "I will be back there if you need me, and Jessica is asleep in our room"
"Okay, I will take her when I have finished with this" Nathan told him as he watched Keith leave the room; he quickly slipped the tape inside and frowned when he saw his mother appear on the screen, however he certainly wasn't expecting the next person to walk into the small bare room that his mother was sitting in. "Cooper" Nathan breathed out in shock and slowly sat down as he watched his mother and brother conspiring to blackmail money from Dan.
"Speaking of Nathan and Brooke; aren't they going to get a share in this money?" Cooper asked.
"That's up to you Cooper, but if they do it's from your pocket not mine" Deb stated
Nathan frown grew even more as he remembered back when Cooper placed his name in Dan's book so he could get some money for compensation, he couldn't believe that this was all a plan from the start, the whole 'bankrupt' thing was a complete lie, all to get some poxy money from Dan, money that Cooper didn't even receive!
"Oh Cooper!" Deb called after him, Cooper turned around waiting for her to continue. "Do you have a story? To tell Dan I mean?"
Cooper nodded "Yep, as far as he is concerned I am bankrupt"
"You need to tell the story good Cooper, I mean really good…it has to be believable, tell Nathan and Brooke if you have to" Deb said seriously "This needs to work"
"It will work Mom…and in a couple of week's time we will both be 50,000 richer" Cooper smiled before leaving.
"Shit Cooper, what the hell were you thinking?" Nathan asked himself as he shook his head in disbelief, however just as he was about to turn the tape off in annoyance he looked at the date on the bottom of the screen, the date wasn't the same date that was written on the tape, it was a few weeks earlier, in fact...the date that appeared on there was before even Cooper had even returned to Tree Hill. The whole thing just didn't make any sense. He nearly jumped out of his skin when the door swung open, he quickly leaped across the room and turned the TV off and smiled nervously at Brooke and Lucas who were looking at him confused.
Lucas looked at Nathan suspiciously, he still hadn't had the chance to talk to him about what he saw at the River Court the night before and the brunette twin was obviously hiding whatever he was just watching.
"Nate...what are you doing?" Brooke asked with a raised eyebrow.
Nathan let out a nervous laugh and smiled nervously at his sister "Um...oh nothing, just picking up Jess"
"By watching the TV?" Brooke asked confused as Lucas remained silent by her side.
"Well..." Nathan stuttered unsure of what to say "I wasn't supposed to be watching it but there was this really good highlights of a basketball game on ESPN tonight and I just wanted to check the final score"
Brooke shrugged, losing interest straight away when she realized that it was just about basketball. "Can I go take a shower?" she asked turning to her boyfriend.
"Sure, go ahead." Lucas smiled and kissed her softly "I will come join you in a moment" he whispered into her ear before watching her leave the room. He turned back to Nathan who was taking out a video tape and placing it in his backpack. "What's that?" he asked suspiciously.
"Huh?" Nathan asked startled, he thought that Brooke and Lucas were too engrossed in their kiss to notice him but he hadn't realized that Brooke had already left the room.
"The tape… that you just put in your bag" Lucas told him simply as he pointed towards Nathan's backpack. "Was that what you were watching?"
"What's it to you?" Nathan snapped defensively.
"I saw you last night" Lucas confessed and Nathan frowned confused.
"What?" he asked.
"Last night…at the River Court" Lucas told him and he saw Nathan's facial expression immediately change "With your Uncle David"
Nathan gulped slightly and shifted on his feet nervously "Whatever you saw, you saw it wrong" he told him forcefully trying to stop the nerves appearing in his voice.
"Really?" Lucas asked suspiciously and rose his eyebrow "Because it looked intense…in fact, at one point, I thought he was going to try and kill you"
Nathan let out a small nervous laugh "Don't be stupid, Lucas, we were just messing around"
"Right" Lucas said simply not believing it for a second "So what is on the tape?" he asked curiously.
"Nothing important!" Nathan hissed getting annoyed at Lucas's constant questions.
"I just want to know what's going on, Nathan. I know that you might think that it is none of my business but I love Brooke and you're her brother and I just don't want anything bad to happen" Lucas told him honestly "Whatever is going on…with David and your family, I just…I want to let you know that you can trust me" he told him sincerely "I think of you as a good friend, Nathan. Just know that you can trust me"
Nathan held his gaze for a moment before nodding "Okay" he sighed. "But I can't talk to you here"
Lucas nodded his head "Alright" he finished knowing that no more words needed to be spoken. "Oh and by the way…are you here alone?" he asked confused, wondering why Nathan would be watching TV alone in his empty house.
"No…your dads in the kitchen" Nathan told him and pointed down the hall.
Lucas's eyes widened as he looked towards the bathroom where Brooke was still in the shower, probably waiting for him to join her. "Oh…uh" he stuttered "Brooke!" he shouted before quickly leaving the room and an amused Nathan behind.
Nathan shook his head with a smile but it soon fell when he realized that he would pretty much have to tell Lucas about everything that had been going on in his life for the past few weeks…he just hoped that Lucas would keep it quiet like he said and not tell Brooke about it, especially since he had a feeling that he was going to need the blonde's help.
A/N: Well? Like it? I hope you all did, please review and tell me! Thanks to everyone who reviewed the last chapter too, it means a lot! I always say that lol! But it does!
Sara x