Chapter 12
The Wake
Deb's House
Nathan is sitting down on the couch with his mother talking to a few of Dan's acquaintances, when Brooke walks up.
"Hi everyone, I don't mean to interrupt or anything, but I really need to talk to Nathan. Is that alright?"
"Yes of course sweetie. Everyone this is Brooke Davis."said Deb taking Brooke's hand in hers introducing her to everyone. "She is a very, very good friend of Nathan's. Now you two go ahead. I know we are boring you Nathan. You two go and have some fun and take care of him for me okay Brooke?"
"Will do." said Brooke pulling Nathan up from the couch and dragging him away.
"What's up B."
"Nothing really. I just thought that we should talk before Lucas gets here."
"Great. Is he still coming? You'd think that he'd be smart enough to know when he's not welcome. I mean if what happened earlier wasn't enough of a clue to him not to come than I don't know what is."
"Well seeing how I asked him to come, I think that is enough of an invite to be here."
"Wait. You told him to come? What about what he did to you? Did you somehow forget that you saw him kissing Peyton last night or does that not matter to you anymore? He can now be with Peyton one day and you the next as long as he pays you a little attention your fine with it?"
"I can't believe you just said that Nathan."
"I know. I'm sorry B. I shouldn't have said those things to you, but seriously why would you invite him after everything he did?"
"He didn't do anything to me. I thought I told you this earlier, I was wrong. He wasn't kissing Peyton and he doesn't want to be with her. It was just my mistake. I made up that whole thing in my head because I just assumed that they would hurt me again."
"So now you honestly believe him? You think that just because he said it, that makes it true. They have both lied to you before, what makes you think that they won't do it again?"
"I know that he's not lying to me Nate. Things are different this time. He doesn't want Peyton and he won't lie to me again."
"Do you really believe that?"
"Yes as a matter of fact I do. He has no reason to lie to me this time, we're not even together now."
"Exactly and look how you reacted to this. Just think how bad things would have been if you two were together. That in it's self is reason enough for him to deny it."
"Your right, he has lied to me before and so has she, but he has no need to lie to Haley. I just got through talking to her and she wanted to make sure that I knew that I was wrong about everything."
"Fine, maybe he wasn't kissing her this time, but that doesn't mean he won't hurt you again. I care about you way too much to let you let yourself get hurt again and that's what is gonna happen if you stay friends with this guy."
"You don't know that Nate. You have done your fair share of hurting people, but you've changed. Why is it so hard for you to believe that Lucas can change too?"
"I just don't like the guy okay? You know that better than anyone Brooke."
"So because you don't like him, I can't like him. Is that what your saying?"
"No, that's not it. I just don't want you trying to make me like him. Haley tried and it didn't work and it won't work for you B."
"Good because I'm not trying to do that. I know that you don't like him, but I do and I would appreciate you not making me have to choose between you two again. That felt horrible."
"What are you talking about? I never asked you to choose."
"Yes you did! At the funeral. I was supposed to sit with Lucas, but you held out your hand forcing me to choose. You knew that I would choose you and you used that against me."
"I didn't use you or that situation. At that time I still thought he was with Peyton. I just wanted you as far away from him as possible."
"Okay well now you know that he isn't so you don't have a problem with me being his friend right?''
"It's not like you'd care if I did. You'd still be his friend right?''
"Right."
"You see so why does it matter if I have a problem with it?"
"Because I want my best friends approval. I want to be able to be friends with both of you."
"You can B. I guess I can put up with him for you. I'm not saying that I will like it, but I'll do it for you."
"Good because he just walked in and I'm gonna go over and say hi. I'll see you later okay Nate?"
"Yeah sure whatever. I'll just go and find my wife."
"Okay I'll go find you both later."
"Sure."said Nathan as he went in search for Haley.
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"Hey Broody, it's about time you showed up. I was beginning to think you stood me up."
"Who me? Never. I could never do that to you. I care too much about you Brooke."
"Good, lets keep it that way. So where's Peyton? Didn't you two come together?"
"No, she said she'd be here. I'm surprised she's not here yet."
"I'm sure she'll show up sooner or later. So what took you so long to get here?"
"Well I wasn't too sure me being here was such a good idea. By the way, where is my wonderful and loving brother?"
"He's around somewhere with Tutor Wife, but it's okay. I talked to him and everything is okay now. He's sorry, he was just looking out for me. You can understand that right?"
"Of course I can. I'd do the same."
"Okay then you aren't gonna hold what happened earlier against him are you?"
"No, but if he ever touches me like that again he'll regret it."
"You know you two are really a lot alike. If you both would just get over yourselves, you could actually be pretty good friends and I don't mean pretend friends for Tutor Girls benefit, but real friends."
"If you say so, but for your information I did try with Nathan, but he was just to much of an ass."
"And your not?"
"No!"
"Look, I'm gonna tell you the same thing I told Nate. I'm not gonna choose between you two. Either we are all friends or we are not friends at all. You got that?"
"I can do that.''
"Good. Now enough of that lets talk about something else."
"Like what?"
"I don't know anything."
"Well how about we get out of here. This place is so depressing."
"I can't leave, Lucas. I have to be here for Nate."
"Don't you want to be here for me too?''said Lucas lifting his hand to her face tucking a stray piece of hair behind her ear.
"Of course I do."said Brooke placing her hand on his which was still on her cheek.
"Then lets go."
"I can't."
"Come on we really need to spend some time together alone.''Lucas whispered into her ear as he placed his hands on her hips."Now come on lets go."Lucas kissed Brooke hard on the lips.
"Whoa, what's going on? What was that for? Wait a second are you drunk? Oh my god you are."
"I am not. I may have had a few drinks, but I'm not drunk. Now come her and give me a kiss."
"Seriously Lucas stop."
"Why don't you want to be with me? Don't you love me? I still love you, always have and always will."
"Lucas don't say that. You are just drunk and don't know what your saying."
"Yes I do!"said Lucas pulling Brooke into a hug.
"Let go Lucas. I really need to get you out of here before your uncle sees you."
"I don't give a damn if he sees me. He's the reason why I'm like this."
"What? You know what it doesn't matter right now. I just need to get you home."
"I can't. My mom is home. I don't want her to see me like this."
"Fine I'll take you back to my house, you can sleep it off there tonight."
"Sounds good to me."
"I thought it would. Now you wait here I'm just gonna go find Haley and let her know I'm leaving."
"Okay just hurry. I can't stand this place."
"I will."said Brooke hesitantly leaving Lucas to go find Haley, hoping that she wasn't with Nathan and she wasn't.
"Hey Tutor Girl, come here I need to talk to you."
"What's up Brooke?"
"I'm gonna go ahead and leave. Will you tell Nate for me?"
"What? No! You tell him. You know he's gonna be pissed at you, your supposed to have dinner with us later. What's going on?"
"Nothing it's just that"Brooke leaned in closer to Haley."Lucas just got here and he's kinda drunk. I really need to get him out of here."
"Luke's drunk. Why? What happened?"
"I don't know, but I don't want Keith or Nate to see him like this. I'm just gonna take him to my house and let him sleep it off there."
"Okay well I'll cover for you with Nathan."
"Thanks, but whatever you do don't tell him Lucas is drunk."
"I won't just get him out of here. I'll call you later."
"Okay, I'll see you later."
"Bye."
Brooke went back to get Lucas, but didn't find him where she left him."Where the hell did you go? Damn it!"She started to look all over the house for him. She walked passed the study and found him in there with a bottle of Vodka in his hand."What are you doing Lucas? Put that down. You've already had enough to drink. Lets go."
"Fine whatever you say."said Lucas taking one last long chug of the bottle before putting it down and walking out with Brooke.
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"Hey, Babe have you seen Brooke? I've looked everywhere."
"Oh yeah, uh, she kinda had to leave. She told me to tell you bye for her."
"Why'd she have to leave?"
"I don't know. She just said she had to go."
"Did she leave with Lucas?"
Haley looked down not answering Nathan.
"Haley?"
"Okay, yes she left with Lucas. He's not doing to well and she needed to help him with something."
"That's a bunch of bull. He's fine. He just wants her all to himself. That bastard."
"What, and you don't want her all to your self too? You know you don't want her anywhere near him. I mean can you blame him for not wanting to be here after what happened with you two earlier?"
"I guess not. I know I was a jerk earlier and I should probably apologize to him. Not that I want to, but Brooke did say she was wrong about everything."
"Yes she was. So that means you don't have any reason to hate him."
"Trust me I have plenty of reasons, but I guess they're not really important. I'll talk to him tomorrow."
"Good, now lets go say bye to your mother so we can leave. I'm ready to go home.
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Brooke's House
Brooke was finally able to get a drunken Lucas out of her car. It seemed as if he had somehow gotten more drunk since he had first gotten to Deb's. "Come on Lucas we just need to make it up the stairs, then you can lay down on my bed and sleep okay?"
"Okay."
When they finally made it to her bedroom Brooke tried to get Lucas to lay down."Broody you need to lay down."said Brooke as she tried to push him onto her bed.
"No, I don't need to lay down. All I need is you. I want you Brooke."said Lucas now pushing her up against the wall, caressing her cheek and neck."I love you Brooke. Tell me you love me."
"Lucas, I can't" Brooke started to say, but was cut off by Lucas.
"Please don't say that."
"I'm sorry Lucas, but I can't. Please just let go and lay down. You need to sleep."said Brooke now pushing passed him and sitting on her bed.
"Okay your right. I do need to sleep. I'm sorry"said Lucas going over to the bed."Thanks Brooke."
"Your welcome, now go to bed."
"Are you gonna sleep in here too?"
"Of course, this is my room. Now move over Broody you know that's my side."
They both lied down on the bed with Lucas reaching his arm out and wrapping it around Brooke's shoulder, while she rested her head on his chest. In no time Lucas was asleep. Brooke hadn't felt this good in a long time. It wasn't even dark yet, but she felt like she could sleep all night. She looked up at the sleeping figure under her and placed her hand on the side of his face and whispered."I do love you Lucas."before closing her eyes and falling asleep.
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Early the next morning Lucas woke up not remembering where he was and grabbed his head in pain.
"Killer hang over huh? Here take these."said Brooke handing Lucas two aspirin and a glass of water.
"Thanks."
"No problem."
"How did I get here?"
" You don't remember anything about last night?"
" Not really."said Lucas grabbing his head again."I remember going to Deb's house to find you and I remember kissing you, but everything after that is a blur. Did we........."
"Oh god no Lucas! Are you crazy?"
"Just making sure."
"You did try though."
"Are you serious?"
"I'm afraid so."
"What else did I do?"
Brooke looked at Lucas debating on whether or not to tell him about his little confession. "You didn't do anything else, but you did say a couple of things."
"What did I say?"
"I think that I'll just keep that to myself. Besides I think that if I were to tell you, you might be a little embarrassed."
"I think your right, maybe I shouldn't know, But I do want to apologize for whatever I did say to you last night. I was drunk. Please don't hold it against me."
"I won't, besides it wasn't all that bad. It was kinda flattering."
"Really, well in that case maybe I do want to know."said Lucas pulling Brooke onto his lap.
"Trust me you don't. So are you going to tell me why you got drunk in the first place. The last time I saw you, you were fine."
"I know, but then something happened and I just couldn't deal with it or at least I didn't want to."
"Did this thing that happened have something to do with your uncle Keith?"
"How did you know that?"
"Well you were upset with him yesterday so I just figured it had to do with him."
"Yeah we sorta had an argument right after you left."
"About what?"asked Brooke when she realized he wasn't going to continue.
"You know the reading of Dan's will is later this evening right? Well Keith told me that I had to be there. Supposedly Dan left me something, but I just don't care. I don't want anything from him."
"I thought you were okay with this whole Dan situation?"
"I am okay. I now see that maybe he did care about me and I hate that he is gone, but that doesn't mean that I want his things now that he's gone."
"It's not that you want his things Lucas. Think of it like this, Dan wants you to have whatever it is he's leaving you. I think you should defiantly go."
"I don't know. I feel like if I go then I'll be out of place. It's like he didn't want anything to do with me when he was alive, so why am I there now?''
"You'll be there because Dan wants you there. Your his son too."
"Will you come with me Brooke?"
"I don't know Lucas, talk about being out of place. I can't go. I have no business being there."
"Yes you do. You'd be with me and I hate to admit this, but your friends with Nathan. Please I could really use the support."
"If you really want me to go, then I guess I could."
"Good and you won't ditch me for Nathan like you did yesterday at the funeral?"
"Lucas I said I was sorry. Nathan needed me and was furious with you and I wanted to keep you two apart."
"What about me? I needed you too."
"Yeah, and I took care of you too. I got your drunk ass safely to bed. My bed, but still it was a bed. I can be there for both of you. Besides it's not like you will be here for long after today."said Brooke looking down.
Lucas gently raised his hand to her chin and slightly lifted it up."Hey it's okay, we'll still be friends. I'll come down to visit and you can go and see me too. Everything will work out you'll see."
"I know, but I'm really gonna miss you. I mean we barely got back to being friends and now you have to leave. I hate this. Why did you have to move in the first place?"asked Brooke wrapping her arms around Lucas' neck.
"You know why I left. Everything was so crazy in my life at that time. You hated me, Peyton hated me, and Haley was spending all her time with Nathan, and then there was my shoulder. My life was one big mess and I needed a way out."
"Yeah, I know Lucas, but everyone's life gets messy at times, but it doesn't mean you have to run away."
"I wasn't running away. I just thought that everyone need their space, me included."
"So your saying that you moved away for everyone else's benefit?"
"Kinda."
"Whatever, just make sure you at least say goodbye this time."said Brooke poking Lucas in the chest.
"What are you talking about? I did say goodbye."
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Coming Up:
Brooke finds out about Lucas' goodbye.
More Brucas
What does Peyton have to do with all this?
Thanks for all the reviews. I hope nobody is disliking the close friendship between Brooke and Nathan. I really love how close they are.I hope you enjoyed this chapter. Let me know what you think.Read and Review.