"Hit the showers ladies!" Whitey yelled dismissing his team from practice.
It was another exciting practice for the Tree Hill Raven's; Nathan mouthing
off at Whitey every now and then but that's always been normal.
The guys all started walking towards their side of the gym, to their locker room.
"See you tomorrow girls," Brooke said, as the girls separated and went to their side, to their locker room. Brooke bent down to tie her shoe and grab her pom poms. She was taking her time to head to the locker room. Lucas and Jake were walking her way.
"Hey Brooke," Jake greeted her with a friendly smile.
"Hey Jake, Lucas."
Lucas smiles. "Hey Brooke."
Brooke and Lucas' held each others gaze for a few moments before Jake pulled them out of their trance.
"Do I still have a pair of babysitters tonight?" he asked them.
She nodded. "Yeah, I'm not letting Lucas chicken out," Brooke -assure-d him.
Lucas looked at her. "Me the one that would chicken out?" he asked her and his expression clearly expressing a-you've-got-to-be-kidding look.
Brooke laughed at him.
Peyton was on her way into the locker room, but the sound of Brooke's laughter made her turn back. She hadn't seen Brooke smile, nor heard her laugh since Lucas' accident and since the break up, and finding out about her and Lucas immediately followed it she still hasn't done either.
She watched as Brooke playfully pushed Lucas' shoulder. Because of all this she lost a friend, and her best friend. They seem to have mended their issues but that still let her out in the cold.
She watched as the boys headed to their locker room, and Brooke watched them a few minutes longer. Peyton quickly turned around so Brooke wouldn't see that she had been watching them and headed into the showers.
About ten minutes later, Brooke left the showers and headed to go find her locker. She started singing to herself. Mopey Brooke was no longer. As she was getting ready she was singing "I'm Walking on Sunshine" By Katrina and the Waves. Out of the corner of her eye she saw Peyton at the end of the row at her locker. Brooke quickly got dressed in jeans and a red tee. She ran a brush through her hair and closed her locker. Brooke left the locker room to find Lucas outside waiting for her.
"You take forever," Lucas commented, coming away from where he was leaning on the wall.
She rolled her eyes. "I wasn't that long. Maybe fifteen minutes," Brooke pointed out. Things seemed so normal at the moment. That the last few weeks never happened, but Brooke new they had. It was so easy to fall into the old times; to joke with Lucas, and be with him. It was kind of nice not to have to feel anger or bitterness or put up this phony act that she was ok when she really wasn't. Brooke linked her arm in his. "Let's get going. We got to be at Jake's in like five minutes."
Lucas shook his head and smiled. Girls. "Jake left like twenty minutes ago!"
"Blah, blah. Let's just get going."
Lucas's truck pulled up outside of Jake's house about seven minutes later.
"We technically still have three minutes! So we're early," she said sticking her tongue out at Lucas.
Lucas and Brooke got out of the truck and headed up the walkway. They knocked on the door and minutes later Jake opened the door.
"Come on in," he said, ushering them in.
Brooke and Lucas followed him inside. He was dressed respectively in a suit. "Jenny's sleeping right now," Jake explained, motioning for them to follow him while he continued to get ready. "She should be up within the next half hour. Around that time, she's going to need to be fed. There's a few eight oz. bottles in there already. Here's where I keep her clothes and things like that. Also I left the number for the attorney on the table, and Lucas has my cell," Jake rambled on, being the caring, protective, person he is. "We should be home within about two hours maybe three."
"Take your time," Brook said. "Don't rushed. Take care of everything that you need to."
Jake wanted to ask he, "Ok who are you and what have you done with the real Brook Davis, but decided to say nothing instead. "O, so the numbers are on the table. If you need any thing call me," Jake told Brooke and Lucas. "And thanks again guys, I really appreciate it."
"Anytime," Brook said smiling.
"No problem. Good luck."
Jake left Brooke and Lucas standing there as he rushed down the steps and into his parent's car where they were waiting.
Lucas shut the door behind Jake and turned to go find Brooke. He found her standing over Jenny's crib, staring down at the little baby sleeping.
END PART 7
The guys all started walking towards their side of the gym, to their locker room.
"See you tomorrow girls," Brooke said, as the girls separated and went to their side, to their locker room. Brooke bent down to tie her shoe and grab her pom poms. She was taking her time to head to the locker room. Lucas and Jake were walking her way.
"Hey Brooke," Jake greeted her with a friendly smile.
"Hey Jake, Lucas."
Lucas smiles. "Hey Brooke."
Brooke and Lucas' held each others gaze for a few moments before Jake pulled them out of their trance.
"Do I still have a pair of babysitters tonight?" he asked them.
She nodded. "Yeah, I'm not letting Lucas chicken out," Brooke -assure-d him.
Lucas looked at her. "Me the one that would chicken out?" he asked her and his expression clearly expressing a-you've-got-to-be-kidding look.
Brooke laughed at him.
Peyton was on her way into the locker room, but the sound of Brooke's laughter made her turn back. She hadn't seen Brooke smile, nor heard her laugh since Lucas' accident and since the break up, and finding out about her and Lucas immediately followed it she still hasn't done either.
She watched as Brooke playfully pushed Lucas' shoulder. Because of all this she lost a friend, and her best friend. They seem to have mended their issues but that still let her out in the cold.
She watched as the boys headed to their locker room, and Brooke watched them a few minutes longer. Peyton quickly turned around so Brooke wouldn't see that she had been watching them and headed into the showers.
About ten minutes later, Brooke left the showers and headed to go find her locker. She started singing to herself. Mopey Brooke was no longer. As she was getting ready she was singing "I'm Walking on Sunshine" By Katrina and the Waves. Out of the corner of her eye she saw Peyton at the end of the row at her locker. Brooke quickly got dressed in jeans and a red tee. She ran a brush through her hair and closed her locker. Brooke left the locker room to find Lucas outside waiting for her.
"You take forever," Lucas commented, coming away from where he was leaning on the wall.
She rolled her eyes. "I wasn't that long. Maybe fifteen minutes," Brooke pointed out. Things seemed so normal at the moment. That the last few weeks never happened, but Brooke new they had. It was so easy to fall into the old times; to joke with Lucas, and be with him. It was kind of nice not to have to feel anger or bitterness or put up this phony act that she was ok when she really wasn't. Brooke linked her arm in his. "Let's get going. We got to be at Jake's in like five minutes."
Lucas shook his head and smiled. Girls. "Jake left like twenty minutes ago!"
"Blah, blah. Let's just get going."
Lucas's truck pulled up outside of Jake's house about seven minutes later.
"We technically still have three minutes! So we're early," she said sticking her tongue out at Lucas.
Lucas and Brooke got out of the truck and headed up the walkway. They knocked on the door and minutes later Jake opened the door.
"Come on in," he said, ushering them in.
Brooke and Lucas followed him inside. He was dressed respectively in a suit. "Jenny's sleeping right now," Jake explained, motioning for them to follow him while he continued to get ready. "She should be up within the next half hour. Around that time, she's going to need to be fed. There's a few eight oz. bottles in there already. Here's where I keep her clothes and things like that. Also I left the number for the attorney on the table, and Lucas has my cell," Jake rambled on, being the caring, protective, person he is. "We should be home within about two hours maybe three."
"Take your time," Brook said. "Don't rushed. Take care of everything that you need to."
Jake wanted to ask he, "Ok who are you and what have you done with the real Brook Davis, but decided to say nothing instead. "O, so the numbers are on the table. If you need any thing call me," Jake told Brooke and Lucas. "And thanks again guys, I really appreciate it."
"Anytime," Brook said smiling.
"No problem. Good luck."
Jake left Brooke and Lucas standing there as he rushed down the steps and into his parent's car where they were waiting.
Lucas shut the door behind Jake and turned to go find Brooke. He found her standing over Jenny's crib, staring down at the little baby sleeping.
END PART 7