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Chapter Four: Turning Back Time and Starting Over
The doorbell rang for the third time that day and Sydney had gone out of the kitchen to answer it. But as she close to the door, it opened. She saw a tall, blonde haired man entering the house.
"Stand back!" Sydney yelled. "Brooke!"
"Who are you?" The stranger asked.
"Why should I answer that?" Sydney looked around for something to protect her. "Who are you?"
"Lucas?" Brooke's voice came from behind Sydney.
"You're Lucas?" Sydney asked.
"Yeah." He furrowed his eyebrows. "But I still don't know who you are."
"I'm Sydney, Brooke's sister but everyone here seems to think she's an only child." Sydney rambled. "I don't understand why..."
"Why are you here?" Brooke cut.
"One chance Brooke, that's all I ask." Lucas pleaded.
"Why Lucas? Tell me why I should give you a chance?" Brooke crossed her arms.
"Look, I'm going to say it again I didn't mean to hurt you." Lucas mumbled.
"I should go." Sydney slipped out.
"It doesn't mean a thing Lucas because you did hurt me!" Brooke cried. "You left me just like everyone else in my life." She tried her best to hold back her tears.
"Brooke, please." Lucas moved towards her in attempt to hug her.
"Don't touch me." She pushed him.
"Please, one chance." He put his hands together. "One more chance."
Brooke looked into his eyes and felt something tell her to go. "Lucas, if you do anything stupid tonight." She shook her head. "I'll go get changed."
"Not, you're perfect like that." He blocked the stairway. "Let's go."
"At least let me fix myself."
"You're fine, I promise." He smiled.
"Syd, I'm stepping out for awhile." Brooke crossed her arms. "Rules, no touching, no moving close and no arms around me and no hugging."
"Let's go." Lucas opened the door. It was about eight o'clock at night. "I am the ghost of Brucas past."
"Brucas?" Brooke eyed him.
"Brooke and Lucas." He shrugged.
"Why Brucas?"
"Because Lrooke sounds gross?" He shrugged.
"Okay, we're not moving."
"Hop in." He motioned for the carriage.
"A carriage?" Brooke eyes watered.
"A carriage." He opened the door and let her in.
"Where we going?" Brooke asked.
"Turning back time."
They stopped at Karen's Café but the sign was no longer Karen's Café. It now had the logo of the bar that they had gone to on their first so-called date.
Lucas jumped out of the carriage and offered his hand.
"No touching." Brooke helped herself out.
"She's here." Peyton said a little too loudly.
"Why am I not surprised she's here." Brooke rolled her eyes. When they got in the room was dark with small light coming from the disco ball and majority of the people there was the basketball team and the cheerleaders. They were all walking around with the sign RANDOM PERSON on them. Then the door opened and Haley walked in wearing a BROOKE and opened it for Nathan (wearing a LUCAS sign) who was in a blonde wig. They were reenacting the night with each and every detail.
"I held the door open for you that night." Brooke whispered. "Nathan's in a wig." She began to giggle. Lucas smiled softly.
Then Karen appeared behind the counter as a guy wearing the sign BARTENDER. Brooke brought her hand to her mouth when Karen read the names on their Fake ID's. And then it was over.
Lucas had turned back time.
"Lucas is sorry Brooke!" They all said at the same time as the finale.
Brooke looked up at Lucas with tears brimming in her eyes. "It doesn't work that way." Brooke whispered.
"Did you know that, that night every single guy in the room was looking at me? Because I was with the best looking girl." Lucas shrugged. "What do you want from me? I turned back time for you."
"I'd like to go home now." Brooke whispered.
"Okay." Lucas opened the door and allowed her to step out. "Thanks you guys!" He yelled into the room.
"You still owe us twenty bucks each." They yelled at the same time.
They sat quietly in the carriage all the way to Brooke's house.
"Are you crying?" Brooke asked noticing the soft, tiny sniffles coming from Lucas.
"No." He huffed. "I got something in my eye and I have a cold." And that was all that was said.
From a block away Brooke could see a glint of light coming from the front of her house.
"I'll be sure to get these out." Lucas jumped out of the carriage.
"I'M SORRY, BROOKE," was written with the flames of the candles. (A/N: Got it from the CHAD ï)
"Lucas," Brooke followed on after him. "How?"
"Pey..." He began but was stopped by Brooke's lips over his.
"I thought you said no touching, no," He smiled.
"One, I didn't say no kissing and two I said you couldn't touch me." Brooke smiled and threw her arms around him.
"I thought..."
"You think too much." For the first time in a long time, Brooke felt a surge of happiness rush through her.
"So were us again?" Lucas asked looking hopeful.
"Nope." Brooke shook her head. "We're starting over."
