Lucas wanted to catch up with Brooke before practice. He hadn't seen her
since she disappeared from lunch. He quickly got changed and made his way
to the hall with the girls' locker room. He decided to surprise Brooke.
There he stood waiting for her to come out. Cheerleader after cheerleader
came out of that door and none of them was Brooke. Finally, he heard that
unmistakable laughter of Ms. Brooke Davis.
He smiled and grabbed her as she came out of the locker room. But it wasn't Brooke in his arms.
"Peyton!" Luke quickly disentangled himself from her. "I...uh...thought that you were um Brooke."
"That would be me."
Lucas turned his attention to Brooke. "Wait...what? Since when are you two friends again?"
Peyton stood there, forcing a smile. It was more awkward than she thought it was going to be.
"At lunch I decided to talk to Peyton. That's where I disappeared to."
"That's great," Luke said, looking from Brooke to Peyton and back again. "Well we better get in there."
Brooke slipped her arm around Luke's waist. "Yeah before Whitey has a fit his star player still hasn't shown up yet.
Lucas wrapped his arm around her shoulders and they walked into the gym, with Peyton following behind.
And then there was three.
After Practice
Lucas came over and gave Brooke a quick kiss. "See you in a few."
"Ok. Later Babe," Brooke said smiling. "C'mon Peyt."
"I'll meet you inside. I need to ask Jake something," Peyton told her.
Brooke gave her a suggestive grin. "Ok then." She walked away disappearing around the corner and into the locker room.
Luke started to walk away but Peyton called him back.
"Luke...wait."
He slowly turned around. "Yeah?"
"Can we talk sometime?" she asked him. "Maybe even hangout?"
Luke looked at her strangely. "Peyton I'm not going to hurt Brooke and mess things up again."
She quickly shook her head. "No just as friends."
"Then why did you just lie to her. You aren't talking to Jake...you're talking to me."
Peyton bit her lip. "I wasn't sure if you wanted to...or if she would want you to."
"I'd like to Peyton, but I'm not sure we are capable of a friendship," Lucas told her, a bit skeptically.
"I think we can manage a few hours of no arguments and no making out, just talking," Peyton argued.
"We've never been good at that."
She shrugged. "We could give it a shot."
"I guess we could. But Brooke has to know. I'm not keeping anything from her," Lucas said, making it perfectly clear.
Peyton gave him a tiny smile. "Cool. How about tomorrow after school?"
"Ok. See you then," Lucas said, turning to go to the locker room.
'I hope I didn't just get myself into trouble,' he thought to himself, as he walked into the locker room.
"Hey babe," Brooke said, smiling when she met him at his locker.
"Oh hey. What's up?" Lucas asked, distractedly looking for a book.
Brooke sensed something was bothering him. "What's the matter?"
Lucas sighed and ran his fingers through his hair. "Ok. I need to talk to you about something and maybe we should talk about it now. I think I need to do this now."
"You're making me nervous," Brooke said, worriedly.
"It's nothing really. I just. I want to make sure that its ok with you and all. The last thing I want to do is mess anything up."
"Luke, just tell me what's going on."
He closed his locker and leaned his shoulder on it to face Brooke. "Peyton talked to me after practice."
"And?"
"And she wants to hang out sometime. Me and her...like we used to," Lucas explained.
Brooke didn't say anything at first. "I see..." she said, trailing off. "I...I'm not sure how I feel about this. You two don't have the best track record when alone together."
"I know."
"What did you tell her?" Brooke asked.
"That I needed to talk to you and if you weren't ok with it then that was that," Lucas answered. "I told her that I don't want to screw things up with you again. And I really don't."
Brooke couldn't help but smile. "Then I trust you. If you want to hang out with her that's cool with me ok? Just please don't do anything stupid."
Lucas grinned at her. "I won't baby. I promise you that." Lucas pulled her to him and wrapped his arms around her and kissed her.
"Oh hey after school tomorrow, don't forget we have the first doctor's appointment," Brooke excited.
Oh no; the appointment. It was Friday already? Where has the last couple days gone?
Peyton would have to understand when he cancelled.
"I wouldn't miss it for the world."
He smiled and grabbed her as she came out of the locker room. But it wasn't Brooke in his arms.
"Peyton!" Luke quickly disentangled himself from her. "I...uh...thought that you were um Brooke."
"That would be me."
Lucas turned his attention to Brooke. "Wait...what? Since when are you two friends again?"
Peyton stood there, forcing a smile. It was more awkward than she thought it was going to be.
"At lunch I decided to talk to Peyton. That's where I disappeared to."
"That's great," Luke said, looking from Brooke to Peyton and back again. "Well we better get in there."
Brooke slipped her arm around Luke's waist. "Yeah before Whitey has a fit his star player still hasn't shown up yet.
Lucas wrapped his arm around her shoulders and they walked into the gym, with Peyton following behind.
And then there was three.
After Practice
Lucas came over and gave Brooke a quick kiss. "See you in a few."
"Ok. Later Babe," Brooke said smiling. "C'mon Peyt."
"I'll meet you inside. I need to ask Jake something," Peyton told her.
Brooke gave her a suggestive grin. "Ok then." She walked away disappearing around the corner and into the locker room.
Luke started to walk away but Peyton called him back.
"Luke...wait."
He slowly turned around. "Yeah?"
"Can we talk sometime?" she asked him. "Maybe even hangout?"
Luke looked at her strangely. "Peyton I'm not going to hurt Brooke and mess things up again."
She quickly shook her head. "No just as friends."
"Then why did you just lie to her. You aren't talking to Jake...you're talking to me."
Peyton bit her lip. "I wasn't sure if you wanted to...or if she would want you to."
"I'd like to Peyton, but I'm not sure we are capable of a friendship," Lucas told her, a bit skeptically.
"I think we can manage a few hours of no arguments and no making out, just talking," Peyton argued.
"We've never been good at that."
She shrugged. "We could give it a shot."
"I guess we could. But Brooke has to know. I'm not keeping anything from her," Lucas said, making it perfectly clear.
Peyton gave him a tiny smile. "Cool. How about tomorrow after school?"
"Ok. See you then," Lucas said, turning to go to the locker room.
'I hope I didn't just get myself into trouble,' he thought to himself, as he walked into the locker room.
"Hey babe," Brooke said, smiling when she met him at his locker.
"Oh hey. What's up?" Lucas asked, distractedly looking for a book.
Brooke sensed something was bothering him. "What's the matter?"
Lucas sighed and ran his fingers through his hair. "Ok. I need to talk to you about something and maybe we should talk about it now. I think I need to do this now."
"You're making me nervous," Brooke said, worriedly.
"It's nothing really. I just. I want to make sure that its ok with you and all. The last thing I want to do is mess anything up."
"Luke, just tell me what's going on."
He closed his locker and leaned his shoulder on it to face Brooke. "Peyton talked to me after practice."
"And?"
"And she wants to hang out sometime. Me and her...like we used to," Lucas explained.
Brooke didn't say anything at first. "I see..." she said, trailing off. "I...I'm not sure how I feel about this. You two don't have the best track record when alone together."
"I know."
"What did you tell her?" Brooke asked.
"That I needed to talk to you and if you weren't ok with it then that was that," Lucas answered. "I told her that I don't want to screw things up with you again. And I really don't."
Brooke couldn't help but smile. "Then I trust you. If you want to hang out with her that's cool with me ok? Just please don't do anything stupid."
Lucas grinned at her. "I won't baby. I promise you that." Lucas pulled her to him and wrapped his arms around her and kissed her.
"Oh hey after school tomorrow, don't forget we have the first doctor's appointment," Brooke excited.
Oh no; the appointment. It was Friday already? Where has the last couple days gone?
Peyton would have to understand when he cancelled.
"I wouldn't miss it for the world."