Empty Apartment

Hurricane

Lucas walked down the hall and saw a very tipsy brunette on the ground. He jogged over towards her and helped her get up, "Do you need me to take you to the nurse?" He asked.

"No I'm fine," Brooke stammered, "And so are you," she flirted.

Lucas chuckled politely, "Are you sure you're okay?"

"Who are you?" Brooke asked, ignoring his question.

Lucas smirked, "Lucas Scott."

"Scott? Are you related to Nathan or Dan?" Brooke asked as she got up from the floor.

"Yeah," he said as his face turned from calm to anger, "Dan's my dad...Sort of."

Brooke felt bad for the blonde, "So you're half brothers with Nathan or something?"

Lucas sighed, "I wouldn't exactly call us brothers. I mean we've never really met before."

"He's an ass," Brooke stated, "If I were you I'd just stay away from him, or use those big muscles of yours and pummel him into the ground. Lucas laughed, and Brooke winked at him and then walked away.

As soon as Brooke walked into the classroom she heard Tim's annoying voice, "Why were you talking to Pucas?"

"His name's Lucas," Brooke shot back, "And I'm allowed to talk to whoever the hell I want!"

"I'm so hot that I make you scream, baby!" Tim exclaimed.

Brooke glared at him, "No, you're just an ass."

When the period ended Brooke barged of out the room and into the nearest classroom, so she could get some time to think. She leaned against the wall and took a deep breath.

"Did you get in trouble too?" She heard Nathan ask. Brooke turned and saw Nathan leaning against the teacher's empty desk.

"No," Brooke said, "I just needed time to think."

Nathan looked at her in confusion, "So you came to the detention room?"

Brooke looked around the room, "I didn't know..." She said as her voice drifted off. Both of them felt the awkwardness of the two of them in the same room together, "Why are you in here?"

Nathan sighed and scratched his chin, "I was throwing paper at the sub."

"Could you be anymore of a loser?" Brooke said with a laugh.

"Shut up," Nathan said defensively, "I saw you talking to Lucas today..." He said changing the subject.

Brooke hid her smile of satisfaction and crossed her arms, "You mean your brother?"

"Don't call him that," Nathan said sternly.

"I can't believe he's related to you," she said in disgust.

Nathan stood up straight, "Shut the hell up Brooke, nobody ever asked for your opinion," he shot back and then left the room slamming the door behind him.

After cheerleading Brooke drove to Nathan's house, against her will, to drop off something her mom had borrowed two weeks ago. Deb answered the door with her smile wide, "Brooke," she squealed as she pulled her into a tight hug, "I haven't seen you for years!"

"I've missed you," Brooke said truthfully, "Joyce," which Brooke called her 'mom', "Wanted me to return this iron to you."

"She can borrow it anytime," Deb said as her and Brooke went into the kitchen. Deb handed Brooke a Pepsi and took a sip of her wine.

Brooke sat down, "You shouldn't be drinking."

Deb gave her a warm smile, "I know, but lately I just..." She sighed. Brooke noticed that she looked tired and older than she usually did.

"Are you okay?"

"Things with Dan aren't going that well," Deb explained.

Brooke rested her hand on Deb's shoulder, "Are you going to be okay?"

"Yeah," Deb said as she smiled at Brooke. She heard a car pull into the driveway, she dumped out her wine and brushed herself off a bit, "Don't tell Nate."

Brooke nodded and they both looked over as Nathan walked in the door wearing his headphones. He set his stuff down and took off his head phones and looked over. "Hey," he said uncomfortably as he saw Brooke.

"Hi Nathan," Deb said sweetly as if everything were normal.

"I should go," Brooke said softly, and then left.

"Why was she here?" Nathan asked as soon as he heard the front door shut.

Deb sighed, "She was just dropping something off. You make it sound like she's banned from our house."

Nathan rolled his eyes, "She should be," he mumbled.

"Why aren't you two friends anymore?" Deb asked, "She used to practically live her when you two were younger."

"Exactly mom, when we were younger," he said and then walked to his room.

Loud music filled Peyton's room as she went through the history on her computer, "Brooke, why are you going into all these chat rooms?" She asked without turning around.

"Who? Me?" Brooke asked innocently as she stood in Peyton's doorway.

Peyton turned her chair around and rolled her eyes, "Don't try to act innocent!"

Brooke grinned and looked at Peyton's drawings, "So have you seen the new kid Lucas yet?"

"Yeah," Peyton answered.

"Do you like him?" Brooke asked as she plopped on Peyton's bed.

Peyton shrugged, "I don't know. How do you know him?"

"I met him in the halls," Brooke said, "He's hot!"

Peyton nodded, "He is definitely gorgeous..."

"You should go out with him!" Brooke squealed.

"I don't know," Peyton sighed, "I just got out of that relationship with Jake..."

"Which is all the more reason you should be looking for some new ass," Brooke added, "Come on Peyt, have some fun!"

Peyton scoffed, "I do have fun! You make me sound like some crabby lady down the street."

Brooke laughed, "I bet he's a great kisser."

"Me too," Peyton said as a smile crept on her face.

"Oh my god, is Peyton Sawyer actually having fun?" Brooke teased.

Peyton hit Brooke playfully, "I can have fun," she said as she shook her ass, "See!"

Brooke chuckled, "Very convincing," she said sarcastically.

"Not all of us can be little sex pots like you!"

"I know," Brooke said with a wink, "It's a gift."

Dan walked into his house to see Nathan sitting on the couch playing X Box and Deb in the kitchen drinking a glass of wine and reading a magazine, "Did you have any idea he was going to be here?" Dan asked frustrated.

Deb rose on eyebrow, "Who?"

"Lucas!" Dan exclaimed, "He moved her with Karen..."

Nathan shut off his game and went into the kitchen, "Yeah, he was at school today."

"He's going to ruin Nathan's chances Deb, he's going to ruin them," he said outraged.

Deb rolled her eyes, "You're overreacting Dan."

Dan slammed his hand on the table, "I am not freakin' overreacting Deb. This is our son's future and some of us care about him."

"No Dan," Deb said as she raised her voice, "You don't care about Nathan's future all you care about is how this is going to make you look!"

"That's bull shit Deb!"

Deb sighed, "No it's not Dan. Nathan will be fine; Lucas will not harm his basketball career in any way. Who cares if Lucas is on the team or not? It's just basketball!" She tried to explain.

Dan laughed menacingly, "I knew you wouldn't understand Deb. You're too busy going to fucking business meetings to even know what's going on in our son's life!"

Nathan walked outside and starting shooting jump shots. He missed each shot he took. Fifteen minutes later he saw his dad walk out with a glass of Bourbon in his hand. Nathan took a shot and missed it, "You can't miss easy shots like that," Dan pointed out.

"I know," Nathan said, "Did you just come out here to torment me?"

Dan shook his head, "I came out here to talk to you about Lucas."

Nathan sighed, "What about him?"

"I don't want him taking your spot," Dan said, "You earned that spot and I'm not going to let him come here and take it from you."

"He's your son," Nathan said as he dribbled the ball harder.

"He's a mistake," Dan said sternly. Nathan was taken aback by his dad's regret fullness towards Lucas, "Don't let him take over, son," he said and then walked back into the house.

Lucas sat at his computer and watched Peyton on her web cam as she drew. He heard a knock on his door and looked to see Brooke standing there, "Brooke," he said, "Is everything okay?"

Brooke nodded, "I know this is kind of weird me showing up here, but I just wanted to talk to you...Get to know you I guess," she said as she bit her bottom lip.

"Okay," Lucas said with a smile, "Come on in."

Brooke walked into the room and sat down on Lucas's bed. She looked around the room and saw all the trophies, "Dan would shit a brick if he saw all of those trophies."

"Oh yeah?" Lucas asked as he looked at them.

"He treats Nathan like crap, but then at the same time worships him," she stated.

Lucas sat down beside Brooke, "So he uses Nathan in a way?"

Brooke nodded, "Yeah, and treats him like shit in the long run."

"How do you know all of this?" Lucas asked.

"It's Tree Hill," Brooke said with a light laugh, "Everyone knows everything about everybody."

Lucas smirked, "What kind of dirty secrets are you hiding Brooke Davis?"

Brooke smiled, "I don't know if you'd be able to handle it."

"You're different from other girls."

"So I've heard," Brooke said as she winked at Lucas.

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You don't do it on purpose but you make me shake
Now I count the hours until you wake
With your babies breath
Breathe symphonies
Come on sweet catastrophe...