I pulled up to her house and made my way to her door. I didn't really know why I was there, but she was the first person I thought of to call when that horrible incident with Anna occurred. So I guess I pretty much just went with my instincts. Before I could knock the door though it swung open and there she stood. The smile on her face immediately warmed my insides.
"Hey you, I was wondering how long you would be standing out here for." She stepped to the side to allow me into the house.
"Hi, thanks for letting me come over. I hope I wasn't interrupting anything." I stuffed my hands into my coat pocket, a little habit I do whenever I got nervous. And of course she caught on to it.
"No problem Lucas, come on." She reached over and grabbed my hand as she led me towards the living room. As we took our seat on the couch she started to massage my shoulders. And immediately the tension started to ease. "Wow Luke, you have had a rough day. Want to tell me what happened?"
"I'm still a little hazy on the facts myself. It happened so quickly. I guess it wasn't meant to be with us." I feel my head falling forward as my body continued to relax from her expert ministrations, but just as quickly as it started, it stopped.
"That's not true Luke. When two people really care for each other, they find a way to make it work. Maybe you and Anna haven't tried hard enough. There's got to be something else you could do." She leaned back against the cushions of the couch and tucked one leg under the other. "Do you care about her Luke? I mean really care about her?"
I lean my head back against the couch and shut my eyes as I try to form an answer to her questions. "Yes, I do care about Anna, very much. In the beginning anyway, but I can't deal with her insecurities about this relationship. I need her to trust me, and it seems she doesn't. I can't say that I blame her!" I admitted as I turned to look at her.
"Why do you say that? Have you cheated on her? Because if you did Lucas Scott, I'll personally kick your ass." She threatened as she sat up straighter from her position on the couch.
I had to laugh at her threat, which earned me a pretty powerful punch in the arm for such a small girl. "Ow, what was that for?" I asked as I rubbed the spot where she hit me.
"Well that one was for laughing at me, but this one is for being a jerk," she said as she laid another one on me "and this is for..." before she could get the words out I had already lunged at her in my attempt to grab her hands in mine to stop her from doing further damage. The next couple of minutes found us wrestling for control until I finally had her pinned to the floor.
I couldn't help but laugh at the indignant look on her face at being pinned. "Brooke, for such a tiny girl, you pack one hell of a punch. Now, before I let you go, you have to promise not to lay another one on me. Do you agree to my terms?" I watch as she tilts her head back and offers me a look of pure challenge.
"Yes, I agree to your terms." I watch as she nodded her head in agreement and must've missed the mischievous glint that came into her eyes when all of a sudden I found myself in a headlock. "Not!" She yelled as she started laughing uncontrollably.
"Oh, it's on now." Fortunate for me, she was on her knees so I was able to scoop her up from the position I was in and after a lot of grunting, was able to pick her up and body slam her on the couch. "And the champion of the WWF is the undefeated Lucas Scott." I started chanting as I raised my hand in victory. With the air knocked out of me from the exertion of the struggle, I crashed on top off her as I struggled to get my breathing back under control. "Wow, we haven't done that in a while."
"I know, it was fun." She agreed softly as the mood went from care-free and fun back to melancholy. "I've missed this Luke. You and me doing stuff like this." She gestured with her hands back and forth between me and her.
"Yeah, me too. When did our lives get so complicated?" I asked as I played with a hand that was now resting on my lap.
"When we got into relationships." She said solemnly. "So, what are you going to do about Anna? Are you going to try to talk to her?"
"I'm not sure. It ended kind of badly..." I raked a hand through my hair "I was an ass B. It shouldn't have ended the way it did. Now I don't know what to do."
"Go talk to her silly boy. Try to work things out, or at least get some closure out of it. Wait a minute, why again did you guys break up?" She raised her brow in inquiry.
"She got jealous when I told her we were hanging out Friday night."
"Jealous? Why? We've always hung out on Friday, I thought you said she was cool with it."
"She was, at first I guess."
"Well Lucas, I don't want to be the reason why you guys aren't working out. We don't have to hang out like this anymore if she's uncomfortable with it."
"But it shouldn't be this way Brooke. If she doesn't trust me enough to hang out with you without anything happening between us, than I can't be in a relationship like that." I looked into her beautiful hazel eyes, and can already see the retort forming before I cut her off. "I know what you're going to say. And I appreciate it, but whether it's me hanging out with you or with any other girl, this is always going to be a problem between me and her. It's just not going to work out."
"Okay Luke, it's your choice, but I think you should at least talk to her. At least try to work out a friendship, you guys have been dating awhile now, you don't want to lose what could potentially be a great friendship." She said as she ran a hand down my arm. I watched as her slender fingers travel down the length of my arm and reach my hands. I watched as she laced her fingers with mine and couldn't help but feel how right it felt to be here with her like this.
Here I am, just out of a relationship, sitting next to the only girl I wanted to be with. That's it, I have to tell her how I really feel. "Brooke, there's something I have to tell you."
"What's up Luke?" she asked me curiously.
"The real reason why I came here tonight is because..." before I could finish my sentence, a cell phone rang in the distance.
"Oh, that's my cell, but I can grab it later, go ahead, you were saying." She encouraged me to continue with a smile.
"No, that's okay, go pick it up, it could be important." I told her, as the nerve to tell her was now totally gone.
"Are you sure?"
"Yeah, go ahead, I'll be right here."
"Okay, let me grab it real quick, and I'll be right back." She ran and grabbed her phone from the other room and all I heard was "Hey baby, what's up?" Leave it to Felix to ruin the moment. I know I told her that I would stay where I was, but I couldn't stand to listen to them talk all lovey dovey with one another. Especially not when I was about to reveal how I really felt about her. Maybe this was a sign. Maybe I'm not supposed to tell her. Maybe...oh hell, I can't sit here and do this to myself, I gotta get out of here. I got up and put my jacket back on and made my way into the other room to tell her good-night.
"Hey Brooke, I'm going to head out. I'll talk to you later." I told her as I made my way to the front door to leave only to hear her call me back.
"Wait Luke, what were you going to tell me? It sounded important." She asked as she came to stand beside me at the door.
"It's nothing, we can talk later."
"Okay, if that's what you want. But listen Luke, I really think you should talk to Anna. I know I've already said it, but you should. Good night Lucas!" She leaned up to kiss me on my cheeks.
"I will B, don't worry! Thanks again for letting me come over. Now get back to your boyfriend before he gets jealous too." I told her as I try to force a light tone into my voice.
"Nah, he knows he's got nothing to worry about."
"Okay, bye!" As I make my way towards my car, I couldn't help but feel a heavy burden upon my heart. There was the girl I loved, who was within my reach, but she belongs to someone else. As I got into the car, I could feel a piece of my heart chip away.