Chapter 14
Lucas knew what had happened from the sounds. He closed his eyes, sighed and sat up. He had to save Brooke from the wrath of his mom, and from embarrassment. He stood up, and had to sit down again from dizziness. He tried again, slowly and managed to stand. He winced through the pain of each step as he made his way out of the room. He kept going by thinking of Brooke, and his mom.
"Mrs. Roe, I can explain." Brooke stuttered, and looked around the room. She saw Lucas in his bedroom doorway.
"Lucas, what the hell are you doing up! Get back in bed NOW!" Brooke yelled as she ran to help him stand.
"Thanks, but I need to help you right now, can you bring me to the couch?" Brooke sighed, but helped him. He WAS supposed to be allowed to stand in 24 hours, plus, she didn't want to face Karen alone.
"Lucas, what kind of irresponsible, sex-a-holic are you? You just got out of HEART surgery for god sakes! Why is SHE here, and why aren't you resting?" Karen yelled to Lucas. Brooke had to admit, Karen looked pretty scary, and Lucas had his head down, he didn't need this kind of stress right now. Luke looked sadder than she'd seen him in days and she wasn't sure if it was good or not, but she had to speak up.
"Excuse me, Mrs. Roe, but I need to interrupt. You have no right calling Lucas irresponsible or a sex-a-holic. You stayed in ITALY while your only son had potentially fatal surgery! He luckily had me to help him or else he would be all alone! I cannot even believe that you could even think Luke was irresponsible! You are his MOTHER! You should have been here, making his meals, waiting on him, but instead, you were on vacation while his GIRLFRIEND had to take care of him" Brooke said icily. "- not that I mind, Luke." She added. Brooke could tell Lucas didn't want to be here with his mother right now and she was upset that Karen had come in here and took all the light in Luke's eyes out in five minutes. "Can I talk to Lucas alone for a minute?" Brooke asked as she helped Lucas up from the couch, not even bothering to hear the answer.
"Babe, you know how I said my grandmother left me her house? It's ten minutes away and its really nice. She has maids and such that live there, so its not like all dusty and stuff. Do you want to go there, for tonight, and let Karen cool down, and we can come back tomorrow and talk to her?" Brooke asked.
"Yea, I think that would be best." Luke said. He was tired and really didn't want to have to explain everything to his mom right now. Brooke kissed him and went to the closet to get out his wheelchair. She quickly packed a few changes of clothes for Luke, and gathered all her stuff together. Then she wheeled Luke out of the room, ready to explain to Karen that they were leaving. But then, Andy came in.
"Do you guys have a place to go for the night, I'm trying to calm her down." Andy asked, worried, but he knew Karen would understand when she had time to think.
"Yea, actually, we were just going to leave. Thanks Andy." Brooke said and smiled. She wheeled Luke out of the house as she heard Andy trying to explain to Karen what was happening. Good luck man, she thought.
Brooke helped Luke into the car and threw his wheelchair and all their stuff in the back. They drove along in silence, but Luke couldn't help staring at Brooke. He hated to even think about it at a time like this, but Brooke never changed out of her lingerie and she was looking hot.
"Luke, you can stop staring at me. I did just say I had a whole HOUSE to myself. An empty house I might add." Brooke giggled.
As they drove up to the house, Luke gasped. "Wait, this is your place? Its freaking gigantic!"
"Yea, I know, it has like twenty-something rooms, I never knew what to do with hit. Oooh, Luke, you HAVE to see the master bed, its HUGE! I love it!" Brooke giggled. "Oh, yea, you WILL see the master bed, hahaha!"