Disclaimer: I don't own any of these characters. I only own the ones I make up and the story line.
A/N: Thank you to all my reviewers. I don't have time to name you specifically this time but next time i will. Thanks again. Enjoy.
Chapter three
Lucas and the Tree Hill gang
Dawn put away the clothes that Sunday night while Brooke went over to Peyton's to hang. Brooke promised Peyton over a week ago and said she would cancel so they could get to know each other better, but Dawn said it was alright and that they had done the bonding thing all day at the mall. They could do that anytime they wanted. They did live together after all. Dawn had bought a lot of designer clothes. She even bought a guchi bag. And it was real. That was the coolest thing to Dawn. Dawn's stomach grumbled.
"I need pizza," Dawn declared to no one but herself.
So she grabbed the phone and went downstairs. She ordered a pepperoni and sausage pizza and a bottle of Pepsi. Her sister was the one who had started her liking the combo. Dawn smiled at the happy memory. Dawn curled up on the couch and turned the TV on. Searching through the channels turned up nothing.
There is like a million channels and nothing on. Not Fair.
The doorbell rang throughout the house. Dawn skipped over to the door and when she opened it she expected to find the pizza boy but instead she found Lucas.
"Lucas."
"Dawn. And you're in Brooke's house."
"I am."
"Why are you in Brooke's house?" a confused Lucas asked.
"I'm her cousin," she said as a matter of factly.
"She's never mentioned you before."
"She didn't know about me until a couple of days ago."
"And I thought I had a messed up family," Lucas laughs.
"One of these days we can compare notes," Dawn jokes.
"Well… I should get going."
"Want me to tell Brooke you stopped by?" Dawn asked.
"Nah. I'll see her in school tomorrow.
"Ok."
Dawn watched as Lucas retreated back to his truck and drove off. Just as he was out of view Brooke pulled up in her car. She got out and came up the walkway with a huge smile on her face.
"This is so weird."
"What's weird?" Dawn asks.
"I've always come home to an empty house. Now it won't be," Brooke laughed.
"Unless I'm not here," Dawn teased.
"But at least you'll be coming back. I haven't had that in so long," Brooke admitted.
"Glad I could help."
"Character is what you know you are, not what others think you are."- - -
Marva Collins
It was Monday morning and it was Dawn's first day at Tree Hill High. She woke up around five am because she just couldn't sleep at all. She was tossing clothes around the room in search for the perfect combination of clothing. None were good enough. The room looked like three different storms hit at the same time. Finally she settled on a pair of tight fitting jeans and a red shirt that revealed her pierced belly button. Something neither her sister nor her mother knew she had and if they did she would be dead. She took ten minutes to do her make up. Two hours to straighten her hair.
"Ready?" Brooke asked from the doorway.
"Yeah," Dawn answered, "I'm just going to get my bag."
Brooke came in and looked around the room.
"Was there a natural disaster an no one told me?" Brooke asked amazed how much bigger the mess was from her room.
"Ha, Ha," Dawn said.
She slid into her new leather jacket and got her guchi bag.
"I thought it was funny," smirked Brooke.
Dawn rolled her eyes and started walking down the stairs.
"Come on Brooklyn," Dawn called over her shoulder, saying the last word extra loud.
"You wouldn't," Brooke gasped in mock surprise.
"I would never do a thing like that," Dawn stopped and turned around to face Brooke who was coming down the stairs, "After all who would listen to the new girl besides…"
Dawn stopped herself before she said his name.
"Who?" shrieked Brooke coming down the stairs two at a time.
In high heels might I add. The same boots that Dawn had brought from Sunny Dale.
"You will see."
Dawn grabbed her books before leaving the house. Brooke grabbed her books and ran after her.
Politeness is an inexpensive way of making friends. --- Henry Ford
Dawn sat with Brooke in the main office. They were waiting for Dawn's counselor to get off the phone. After about twenty minutes of waiting Mr. Scout came out of his office.
"Why Brooke, I never thought I'd see you this early."
"You know me Mr. Scout. Always willing to go the extra mile," Brooke flashed one of her famous smiles.
"And you must be Dawn Summers," Mr. Scout asked turning to Dawn.
Dawn nodded.
"Let me go get your schedule and some other paper work."
Mr. Scout disappeared back into his office and came back a few seconds later with a big brown envelope in his hand.
"In here you have your schedule, locker number and combination, and rules and regulations. But if you don't want to read them I'm sure Brooke can explain them to you. She's very well acquainted with them."
"Mr. Scout. I'm hurt that you would think of me as a troublemaker. I only know them so I don't do anything wrong."
Dawn laughed as she took the envelope from Mr. Scout.
"May I show my cousin around?" asked Brooke, flashing another one of her famous smiles.
"Why not. I think you would give Mrs. Baron a stroke if you were on time or early."
"Thank you," Brooke said, "And I have been early before."
"When?" an amused Mr. Scout asked.
"The first day of school freshman year," Brooke replied proudly.
Mr. Scout rolled his eyes turning to Dawn.
"Welcome to Tree Hill High," Mr. Scout said before returning to his office.
Brooke snatched the envelope away from Dawn and took out the schedule and locker information. She threw the rest in the trash.
"Brooke," Dawn said shocked.
"What…Oh. Do you really think the rules are any different from your old school?" Brooke asked.
"I guess not."
Brooke looked over the schedule and she began to smile.
"What?" I asked.
The smile being so contagious that Dawn started smiling too. It seemed ever time Brooke smiled Dawn ended up smiling.
"We have all but first and second together," Brooked said happily.
"Yay," Dawn cheered.
"Ooh I know people in your…"
"I'm going to try and make my own friends with out them knowing I'm relate to the famous Brooke Davis," Dawn cut her off.
"Ok."
Brooke's face fell a little bit.
"And you never know. I could just automatically become friends with your friends without them knowing about it."
"That's true."
Brookes smile brightened again.
"We all sit together at lunch so if you do meet them I'll know. We can plan a scheme," Brooke said excitedly.
She led Dawn out of the office explained her wonderful idea of how to get her friends in a practical joke.
Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless. --- Mother Teresa
"So here's your study hall," Brooke explained, "You know how to get to your other classes?"
"I got."
"Good luck."
Dawn nodded and watched as Brooke skipped back down the way they had come. Then Dawn saw Lucas come from where Brooke had just left.
"Hey Luke."
"Hey Dawn. What class do you have now?" Lucas asked.
"Study hall," Dawn said pointing to the door behind her.
"Sit in the last seat near the window," Lucas instructs, "I'll join you in a second. I just have to refill my water bottle."
Lucas holds up the water bottle. Dawn nods and heads into the classroom. There are people scattered around. Dawn tells the teacher that she's new and he takes her name and tells her to sit anywhere. So she sits where Luke told her too. She sits in the fifth seat towards the window. It didn't take Lucas to long to come into the classroom and sit in front of Dawn.
"So how do you like Tree Hill so far?" Lucas asked.
"It's ok."
"Do you want to go to my mom's café today after school?"
"Sure."
"And just think it'll be open."
Dawn laughed.
The rest of the period they talked about tree hill and Dawn told him about all her friends back in Sunny Dale. Then he told her about being in her computer class next period when he looked at her schedule. That period the teacher was absent so they got to do what ever they wanted. What Dawn and Luke did was make a plan on how they could get all his friends and Brooke in a practical joke.
