White Houses

Chapter Six

Jenny screams out and it's no pose

'Cause when she dances she goes and goes

Beer through the nose on an inside joke

I'm so excited, I haven't spoken

And she's so pretty, and she's so sure

Maybe I'm more clever than a girl like her

The summer's all in bloom

The summer is ending soon

Brooke walked into class and saw Nathan sitting there looking at a piece of notebook paper. Brooke sat down next to him and smiled at him, "Hey you," she said causing him to look away from the note and at her.

"Hey," he said and then looked back at the note he was reading.

"Love letter?" Brooke asked with a chuckle.

Nathan nodded, "Haley gave it to me," he said as a smile appeared on his face.

Brooke held back her anger, "That's cute," she said sarcastically.

"I know," Nathan said ignoring Brooke's tone.

Brooke cleared her throat, "Do you want to do something tonight? Like go out to eat or just stay at your place and eat some pizza and watch a movie?"

Nathan sighed, "I'm having Haley over tonight."

"Oh," Brooke said taking the hint that she was not wanted anymore, "Maybe tomorrow?"

Nathan shrugged, "I don't know, we were thinking of doing something all weekend."

Brooke was about to say something, but was cut off by the bell. During class Brooke looked out the window and didn't take in anything the teacher had said. All she could think about were all the promises that Nathan made her, and how he was breaking them one by one, and in the process breaking her already bruised heart.

The bell rang and Brooke walked out of the room behind Nathan. She was hoping that she could talk to him a little bit in the hallways, but just as she had expected Haley came running up to Nathan and they walked down the hall like they had been dating for years. Brooke rolled her eyes and ditched the rest of the school period.

"You should come to one of Tim's famous parties on Friday," Nathan suggested as he and Haley walked.

Haley laughed nervously, "I'm not really part of that crowd."

"If you show up with me everything will be alright," he assured her with a smirk.

Haley smiled, "Are you asking me out?"

"Only if you accept," Nathan said smoothly as he dug his hands in his pockets.

"Well I do," she said with a smile still plastered on her face.

Nathan laughed, "Well then I'm asking you."

"What makes you choose me and not those other girls?" Haley asked, "I mean you chose me, when you could be asking somebody like Brooke Davis to this party."

"Brooke and I are just friends," Nathan said, "Besides I want to go with you."

Haley giggled, "Okay," she said, "I'll talk to you later," she said with a quick wave and then walked into her second period class.

Peyton walked into the library and saw Lucas sitting there reading a book, as usual. Peyton smiled to herself and sat beside him, "Is that all you ever do?" Peyton asked as she looked at the book he was reading.

Lucas smiled and set the book down, "No, I do a lot of other things," he said with a wink.

"Naughty," Peyton said as she raised her eyebrows, "What are you doing tonight?"

"Probably having my girlfriend over," he said as he kissed her softly.

Peyton chuckled, "Don't you think you're girlfriend will get mad if she sees you kissing me?"

Lucas began kissing Peyton's neck, sending chills up and down her spine, "I don't think so."

"The librarians going to get pissed," Peyton said trying not to laugh as the librarian watched the two of them in disgust.

"She's old," Lucas said as he turned around and looked at the aggravated librarian, "She doesn't know what kids like us do in our spare time."

Peyton laughed, "I think she does."

Lucas shrugged as the bell rang, "We'll continue this later I hope," he teased.

"Hell yeah," Peyton said and watched Lucas leave the library.

Brooke walked into her house and looked around and realized how empty it really was. Brooke sighed and walked into the kitchen, "Where are you champagne?" She sang to herself. She saw the bottles of champagne sitting on the counter, "Aha! There you guys are," she said and grabbed the bottles and went to the living room and turned on the TV. Brooke took a chug of her champagne and leaned down in the couch, "Just drink and forget about everything Brooke," she said as she tried to calm herself.

Brooke finished the one bottle and started with the next, "One down," she slurred, "Um...two...no...a couple more to go!" She screamed as her voice echoed through the house. Brooke staggered around her house and found her private photo album and opened it. She saw a picture of her and Nathan sticking their tongues out at the camera and laughed. Brooke then saw a picture of her and Nathan hugging each other, "You're an ass!" She yelled to the picture of Nathan.

Haley walked into Nathan's house and whistled, "You're parents must be doing something right," she said as she looked around the house.

Nathan laughed, "Believe me, it gets lonely."

"I'd move in," Haley said with a laugh and then followed Nathan to the living room.

Nathan smiled, "That wouldn't be half bad," he said and then put in the DVD of Scary Movie, on of his and Brooke's favorite movies, and got a piece of pizza.

Haley laughed nervously, "Is this scary?"

"No," Nathan chuckled, "This is the funny one."

Haley let out a sigh of relief, "Good."

"But, if you do get scared you can come and sit on my lap," Nathan said with a cocky smirk on his face.

Haley rolled her eyes, "What are you? Santa Clause," she teased.

Nathan put his hands up in defensive and laughed, "It's just an offer Hales."

They watched the movie for a while and Haley sighed, "So, are you and Brooke pretty good friends?"

"We used to be best friends, but right now we're just friends I guess," Nathan stated, "Why?"

Haley shrugged, "Just wondering. You two seem really close."

"We're friends, but it's not like I let her stay over night my house or something," he lied.

Haley cuddled up to Nathan and smiled to herself, "That's good," she said softly.

Brooke rolled into a ball on the floor and brushed the hair out of her face. She heard her front door open and then slam shut, her dad was probably home. Brooke heard him yell her name; Brooke walked over to him and saw that he was completely hammered.

"Where the hell is your mother?" He slurred.

Brooke got scared, "I don't know..."

Her dad threw down his beer bottle causing Brooke to jump, "Listen you little bitch! I know that you know where she is so just tell me and I won't get upset!"

"Dad," Brooke said as she started to cry, "I'm telling the truth, I have no clue where she is!"

Brooke's dad slapped Brooke across the face causing her to fall on the ground and hold her face, "You stupid slut! Maybe if you would've been home then you would've seen your god forsaken mother!" He yelled.

"I was at school!" Brooke sobbed as the throbbing in her cheek began to sting.

"Shut up," he said and picked Brooke up by her hair and threw her against the wall. Brooke could smell the alcohol on his breath, "If your mother comes by here tonight tell her that daddy is looking for her!" He demanded. Brooke stared at him and horror, "Do you understand me?" He asked angrily and punched her in the face.

Brooke fell to the ground and cried, "I understand," she said as her voice cracked. She looked down and prayed that her father would leave. A couple second later she heard the front door slam and his Mercedes screech out of the driveway.

Brooke sobbed quietly and tried to catch her breath. She looked at herself in the mirror and saw the bruise around her eye beginning to form and the cut on her lip begin to gush. Brooke pulled her hair back and wiped her eyes and dabbed her eyes with a tissue. She got into her car and drove to Nathan's house. She was about to pull in, but she saw Nathan and Haley standing at Haley's car and watched as they kissed. Brooke's heart sank and the tears began to flow again. Haley's car pulled out and Brooke decided to pull in, Nathan saw the car pull in and gave Brooke a look of annoyance.

She got out of the car and Nathan saw that she was crying, "Oh my god..." Nathan said as he took a look at her face, "Who did this to you?"

"My...my dad," she choked out, "He came home drunk again Nathan," she said as Nathan pulled her closer to him.

Nathan was guilt ridden, "I'm so sorry Brooke, I'm so sorry," he whispered as he held her in his arms, "Come in."

They walked into Nathan's room and Brooke sat on his bed and cried, "I'm sorry for coming like this."

Nathan sat down beside Brooke and rubbed her back, "It's okay," he said soothing her, "I'm glad that you came instead of staying there."

Brooke shook her head, "No you're not."

"What?"

Brooke sighed, "You love her Nathan. You don't want to waste your time with me anymore," she said coldly.

"Are you talking about Haley?" Nathan asked, "I thought we were just friends Brooke."

Brooke wiped her eyes, "We are, but you only want to act like my friend when you want to. You were such a bastard to me today Nathan."

Nathan stroked Brooke's cheek, but she pulled away, "This is hard for me."

"How is this hard for you?" Brooke exclaimed, "I gave you everything Nathan! I trusted you!"

"I know," Nathan said trying to calm her, "I know."

Brooke put her head in her hands, "I can't do this friendship thing if you're not willing to be my friend back."

Nathan sighed, "Brooke..."

"You told me you loved me!" Brooke yelled, "You don't screw around with the word love!"

Nathan ran his finger along the cut on Brooke's lip, "Do we have to fight tonight?"

Brooke's eyes swelled with tears and she shook her head, "No," she said in almost a whisper, "We don't ever have to talk," she said as she started to get up.

"Brooke don't leave," he said as he grabbed her waist. He stood up and looked down at her, "This is hard for both of us."

"Damn right it is," Brooke said.

Nathan looked around his room and took a deep breath, "You're friendship is really important to me, as queer as that sounds, it is," he explained.

"And you're friendships important to me too," Brooke said, "But you can't keep making me jealous."

Nathan laughed, "I'm making you jealous?" He asked intrigued.

Brooke nodded, "Don't get too cocky," she said with a smirk.

"Let's get you cleaned up," Nathan said as he led Brooke downstairs to the kitchen. Brooke sat on the counter as Nathan got her some ice and cleaning stuff to put on her lip, "Okay this stuff burns," he said as he dabbed some of the cleaning stuff on a cotton ball and dabbed it on Brooke's lip.

"Ouch," Brooke said as he put it on her lip.

Nathan smiled, "Told you so."

Brooke rolled her eyes, "Shut up."

Nathan rubbed some ice around her eye, "I'm going to have to kick your dad's ass or something."

"Please do," Brooke said with hurt in her voice.

Nathan stood in between Brooke's legs as they dangled from the counter, "Well this position looks kind of dirty," he teased.

Brooke looked at where Nathan was standing and laughed, "We're two dirty little whores," she joked.

"You know," Nathan began, "You're pretty cute," he teased.

Brooke hit him on the head playfully, "You're so retarded!"

Nathan laughed, "Do you think if we kissed each other it would mean anything?"

"Excuse me?" Brooke asked, a little confused at the question.

"If we kissed," Nathan said, "I mean we're good friends so it probably wouldn't mean anything right?"

"Right," Brooke lied. Nathan leaned in and their lips met. Nathan's tongue rubbed against Brooke's bottom lip causing her mouth to open. Brooke's tongue explored Nathan's mouth as he moaned in pleasure. They both broke away when they realized the kiss was getting more passionate and heated then they had expected. "Sorry," Brooke apologized.

Nathan sighed, "It wasn't your fault things just got heated that's all."

"Yeah," Brooke agreed, "Did you feel anything?"

"Did you?" Nathan asked.

"I asked you first," Brooke said still taken aback from the kiss.

Nathan smirked, "Yeah I felt something."

Brooke smirked as well, "I did too," she said, "Does that mean that we want to be together?"

"Haley," Nathan said quickly. "Haley left her sweater here," he said off Brooke's look.

Brooke turned around and saw Haley's sweater on the couch, "I guess that it doesn't mean we want to be together," she said sadly.

"Brooke..."

Brooke put her hands up to stop Nathan, "I'm not going to keep pretending Nathan, and I'm not going to play you're games anymore. Straight out, I love you so much! I can't sit here and tell you that I want to be just friends because that would be a lie. When we kissed I felt the electricity and don't bull shit and tell me that you didn't feel it because I know the feeling is mutual," she explained, "I get jealous of you and Haley because I want to be the girl you hold close and kiss. I don't want to be just the friend anymore! I want to be with you Nathan, I've wanted to be with you since the day I met you."

Nathan stood there speechless and looked at Brooke's seriousness in her face, "I love you too," he said finally. Nathan pulled Brooke's face closer to his and kissed her passionately.

When the kiss ended Brooke let out a tearful laugh, "I never want to be without you," she sobbed.

Nathan wiped her tears and kissed her cheeks softly, "I'm never going to let you go," he assured her, "I want to be with you."

Brooke wrapped her arms tightly around Nathan and smiled, "Love me Nathan," she whispered as she took his hand and they walked into his bed room together.

"I will always," he said softly as he laid her down on his bed. He looked down at her sprawled out on his bed and smiled, "You're beautiful."

Brooke kissed Nathan forcefully and smiled, "I love you..."

"Are you happy Brooke?" Nathan asked.

"As happy as I'll ever be..."

The End

Thanks everyone for all the reviews! I'm sorry if the story is too short, but stories don't go on forever and if they did then they're pretty damn boring, haha! I know there wasn't any Lucas and Peyton in this story, but this was a Brooke and Nathan so I'm for to all the LucasPeyton fans! You know I still love you all! Anyways, I hope you guys will look out for more updates on my other stories. Thanks for all your support and all your coolness!