Disclaimer: its in the first chapter
Paring: Brucas
Rating: PG
Summary: Brooke is sick and no one knows.
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Water's Reaction to the Flame
LUCAS' POV
Ever since I saw Brooke and Haley wrapped up in that talk they were having last week after gym, I can't help but wonder what it's all about.
It looked pretty serious, I mean, Brooke looked really distressed and Haley was almost just as bad.
What is wrong? Surely it's nothing that serious. Brooke comes from a bad family and all, but she's never let hat get her down before.
So I've been racking my brain over and over for something that might have caused her problem (whatever it happens to be), and I've only come up with one possible cause. And I have to say that I don't like it- at all.
Because it's me.
I was the one who cheated on her with her best friend. I was the one who never truly apologised and I'm the one who last week in class saw what I had done to her. I saw it in her very eyes and then I looked away. I looked away like nothing had happened, like we were strangers. And you know the worst bit? I didn't look back.
So, here I am standing outside the pool, wondering what it's going to be like.
I haven't said a word to her yet and it's causing me pain. Because it's so very hard. I want to talk to her, I want to apologise for everything I did to her I wasn't to spill my heart out to her and tell her that I loved her, and I still do. Hell, I probably always will.
But how am I supposed to tell her that my heart is breaking, when she detests me? She won't even look at me.
I think about bailing. Just ditching the whole swim lesson (I mean come on, I learnt to swim when I was like two) and just taking my car and going off to the riverside court.
That does sound pretty appealing. But then that means that I won't get to see Brooke again. I won't get to see her beautiful eyes, or her huge smiles. So with a heavy and disgruntled sigh, I turn the handle, and walk into the pool.
As I'm captured by the steam I think to myself: I must love her more than I realise, if I'm willing to spend an hour in the pool with a bunch of self conscious guys.
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We're all lined up along the length of the pool. Still fully dressed.
The guys (including myself) are lined up along one side, and the girls are on the opposite side facing us.
How unbelievably ironic is it that Brooke is standing directly opposite me. Avoiding my gaze of course.
The teacher is yelling some garbled things at up from the middle.
"NOW TEAM, GO INTO YOUR SEPERATE CHANGING ROOMS NOW, AND GET CHANGED. I EXPECT TO SEE YOU ALL OUT HER AGAIN IN FIVE MINUTES"
Jake who is standing next to me watches as my eyes follow Brooke as she walks beside Haley into the girls changing cubicles.
He nudges my shoulder and I turn to look at him
"Luke man, when are you gonna get her back?"
Is he crazy? I mean, she won't even look at me, so how the hell am I supposed to get her back? There's also the slight dilemma of the fact that she most likely hates my guts right now.
Jake must have seen the astonished look on my face because he let out a low laugh and then tried another approach. "You still love her?"
Now that question is easier to answer. "Of course"
"So, are you ever planning on telling her this?"
What is he? A bloody therapist?
"Yeah, at some point, but."
He cuts me off and says one more thing before walking off into the changing rooms: "So tell her before its too late".
I know that he's right but sometimes it's just so hard to face the facts. So I do the only thing I can do. I shut up and try to push all thoughts of Brooke to the back of my head as I follow Jake into the changing rooms.
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Me and the rest of the guys in our class emerge from the cubicles and sit at the side of the pool. There is only one girls out, and trust me; Kim Thompson really doesn't classify that well in the feminine category.
We wait there for about ten minutes before they finally start to come out. Peyton comes first, and last but not least Brooke and Haley come out. And let me tell you; Brooke looks scared shitless.
She honestly looks completely and utterly terrified. But why? It's just swim class.
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"TAKE OFF YOUR TOWELS TEAM, AND GET IN THE POOL IMMEDIATELY" Screams the teacher at the top of her lungs.
Jake and I jump into the pool quickly and so the rest of the guys. The girls however are defiantly taking their time.
Haley takes off her towel and stuffs it in her bag. Brooke however is taking her time.
I can see the straps of a bikini above her towel.
She looks terrified.
All the girls around her begin to remove their towels, but she still holds hers firmly to her body.
"MISS DAVIS" Bellows Ms. Branch "GET IN THE DAMN POOL OR I'LL PERSONALLY SHOVE YOU IN THERE".
Brooke shares a scared glance with Haley before turning to face her bag –her back to us- and unwraps her towel slowly from around her.
I can see her take in a deep breath before she slowly turns to face us.
And the entire class gasps.
The house goes wanting
my woman still waiting
but i'm not leaving
i will find you
i know our love is true
i will find you
i feel he's deep down
past smoke and steel
broken concrete walls
when i sit down here i say
there beneath the fire
telling me it would be alright
there beneath the fire
telling me it would be alright
i will find you
i know our love is true
i will find you
i'm not leaving
'til the last dust pan of dirt is gone from here
there beneath the fire
telling me it would be alright
there beneath the fire
telling me it would be alright
END OF CHAPTER
AN: hey again. I hope that that chapter was okay. Sorry about the cliffhanger at the end! It was just so tempting!!
The song is called "Beneath the fire" and it's by Pete Francis.
This chapter was in Lucas' point of view, and I did this because I felt that his reactions and feelings towards Brooke should be more understood before I write the "reveal" chapter. I'll try to write that at some pint this week. Sorry the updates have been rather random, it's just that I've been incredibly busy lately studying for my science and French exams (ARGH!) but most of them are over now, so I should have a bit more time to write now!! (YAY!).
As usual, thanks to all my amazing reviewers in the last chapter: Colleen3200, RockerChick45, l-a-c-18, oth/o.c.fan213, Catz, Gilligan16, Brucas69 and lonz.
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I hope you all enjoyed this chapter! Bye for now!
-Mischa